2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 5
$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  90
Prize Pool:  $46,350
August 1, 2024

Event 5 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 90 entries for a prize pool of $46,350. Emerging victorious was Brian Smith, earning the outright victory for $14,700.

Along with his fifth-place finish in Event 3, the victory puts Smith atop the Mixed Games Leaderboard, which will be updated officially tomorrow.

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  40,000/80,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  1 of 90

Kevin Love raised to 80,000 from the button, Brian Smith three-bet to 120,000, Love four-bet to 160,000, Smith five-bet, and Love called all in for 165,000 total.

Love: 
Smith: 

The board ran out , giving Smith a ten-high straight with a seven-six low to scoop the pot and win Event 5 outright for $14,700. Love finished runner-up for $8,805.

A recap of Event 5 will be posted later tonight.

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 90

In one of the first few hands of heads-up play, after a flop of , Kevin Love bet 30,000, and Brian Smith called from the button.

The turn card was the , Love bet 60,000, and Smith called.

The river card was the , Love checked, Smith bet 60,000, and Love called.

Brian Smith:    (queen-high straight)
Kevin Love:    (two pair, tens and nines)

With no possible lows, Smith won the pot with his straight to knock Love down to about four big bets.

Brian Smith  –  2,000,000  (33 BB)
Kevin Love  –  240,000  (4 BB)

Here are the payouts at stake:

1st:  $14,700 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $8,805

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 90

Yuval Bronshtein raised from the button to 60,000, Brian Smith reraised from the small blind to 90,000, and Bronshtein called.

Smith bet 30,000 in the dark before the flop came . Bronshtein raised to 60,000, and Smith called, thinking Bronshtein was all in. But Bronshtein had 10K left.

The turn card was the , Bronshtein moved all in for 10,000, and Smith called.

Brian Smith:    (two pair, kings and nines)
Yuval Bronshtein:    (full house, nines full of jacks)

With no possible lows, Bronshtein needs to avoid a king on the river to stay alive, but the river card is — the .

Smith rivers a higher full house, kings full of nines, to eliminate Bronshtein in third place.

Yuval Bronshtein  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($5,565)

And here are the official chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Brian Smith  –  1,825,000  (30 BB)
Kevin Love  –  425,000  (7 BB)

And the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $14,700 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $8,805

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 90

Yuval Bronshtein limped in for 30,000 from the small blind and Brian Smith checked his option.

The flop was , Bronshtein bet 30,000, Smith raised, and Bronshtein called all in for another 20,000.

Bronshtein: 
Smith: 

Bronshtein was ahead with a jack-high straight and held through the turn and river to double up.

Yuval Bronshtein  –  160,000  (3 BB)
Brian Smith  –  1,670,000  (28 BB)

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 90

Brian Smith raised to 60,000 from the button, Kevin Love called in the small blind, Yuval Bronshtein three-bet to 90,000 from the big blind, and both Smith and Love called.

The flop was , Love checked, Bronshtein bet 30,000, and both Smith and Love called.

The turn was the , Love checked, Bronshtein bet 60,000, and Smith raised to 120,000. Love folded and Bronshtein called.

The river was the , Bronshtein checked, Smith bet 60,000, and Bronshtein called.

Smith tabled for trip nines, besting Bronshtein’s to win the pot.

Brian Smith  –  1,750,000  (29 BB)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  80,000  (1 BB)

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 90

The players took a quick break during Level 22, giving us a chance to get official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Brian Smith  –  1,565,000  (26 BB)
Seat 2.  Kevin Love  –  335,000  (6 BB)
Seat 3.  Yuval Bronshtein  –  350,000  (6 BB)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $14,700 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $8,805
3rd:  $5,565

4th:  David Tarbet  –  $3,590
5th:  Jason Lopesilvero  –  $2,780
6th:  David Shmuel  –  $2,205
7th:  Jim Juvancic  –  $1,855
8th:  Ricardo Quintero  –  $1,625
9th:  Domenico Olivo  –  $1,470

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is around 750,000 (13 Big Bets).

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  25,000/50,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 90

Brian Smith limped in from the button, Kevin Love limped in from the small blind, and David Tarbet was already all in from the big blind for the 20,000 he had remaining.

Love and Smith then checked down a board of .

Smith: 
Love: 
Tarbet: 

Smith took it down with trip fours, eliminating Tarbet in fourth place.

Brian Smith  –  1,550,000  (31 BB)
Kevin Love  –  350,000  (7 BB)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  350,000  (7 BB)
David Tarbet  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($3,590)

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  25,000/50,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 90

Jason Lopesilvero raised to 50,000 from under the gun (with 10,000 behind), Yuval Bronshtein reraised from the big blind, and Lopesilvero called all in.

Lopesilvero: 
Bronshtein: 

The board came down , giving Bronshtein a set of jacks to eliminate Lopesilvero in fifth place.

Yuval Bronshtein  –  290,000  (6 BB)
Jason Lopesilvero  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,780)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is around 560,000 (11 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,590 each.

$600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  25,000/50,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 90

David Shmuel raised to 50,000 from under the gun, David Tarbet three-bet to 75,000 from the cutoff, Brian Smith called in the big blind, and Shmuel called all in for another 10,000.

Smith and Tarbet proceeded to check down a board of .

Shmuel: 
Tarbet: 
Smith: 

Smith had tens and eights for two pair, besting Smith’s and Shmuel’s holdings to eliminate Shmuel in sixth place.

Brian Smith  –  1,270,000  (25 BB)
David Tarbet  –  150,000  (3 BB)
David Shmuel  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($2,205)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is 450,000 (9 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,780 each.