2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 53
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  504
Prize Pool:  $500,000
August 12-13, 2024

Event 53 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was the Big 4 $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 504 entries produced a prize pool of $500,000 and earning the biggest payday was Benjamin Moschel, winning outright for $89,800.

Moschel began the final table in the middle of the pack and sat back as Jean Gaspard eliminated several players to take hold of more than half the chips with four players remaining.

In the midst of Gaspard eliminating fourth-place finisher Shannon Shorr and third-place finisher Camerton Storto, Moschel won three all-ins against Gaspard to take the chip lead heads-up, before ultimately getting it in with best of it and holding up to earn his first SHRP major series trophy.

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 504

Jean Gaspard moved all in from the button for about 1,490,000, and Benjamin Moschel thought for a while before he called with .

Gaspard turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Gaspard paired his three on the flop, but improved no further. Moschel won the pot — and $89,800 — with pocket fours.

Jean Gaspard finished as the runner-up, earning $60,000.

Congratulations to Benjamin Moschel!

1st:  Benjamin Moschel  –  $89,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  Jean Gaspard  –  $60,000
3rd:  Cameron Storto  –  $44,500
4th:  Shannon Shorr  –  $33,000
5th:  Jason Hickey  –  $25,000
6th:  Adam Levy  –  $19,100
7th:  Aaron Massey  –  $14,700
8th:  Caleb Powell  –  $11,400
9th:  John Conkright  –  $9,000

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 504

Benjamin Moschel raised to 240,000 from the button, Jean Gaspard reraised all in with a covering stack from the big blind, and Moschel called all in for 4,280,000.

Moschel: 
Gaspard: 

The board ran out , giving Moschel a nine-high straight to double through Gaspard and take the chip lead.

Benjamin Moschel  –  8,640,000  (108 bb)
Jean Gaspard  –  1,440,000  (18 bb)

1st:  $89,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $60,000

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 504

Benjamin Moschel was all in for 1,745,000 in the big blind with against Jean Gaspard on the button holding .

The board ran out , giving Moschel a pair of jacks to double through Gaspard.

Benjamin Moschel  –  3,570,000  (45 bb)
Jean Gaspard  –  6,510,000  (81 bb)

1st:  $89,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $60,000

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 504

Cameron Storto raised all in for 710,000 from the button and Jean Gaspard called in the small blind with . Storto showed and needed his hand to hold up to suvive.

The board came , giving Gaspard queens and jacks to eliminate Storto in third place.

Jean Gaspard  –  8,255,000  (103 bb)
Benjamin Moschel  –  1,825,000  (23 bb)
Cameron Storto  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($44,500)

1st:  $89,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $60,000

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 504

Jean Gaspard raised from the button to 210,000, and Shannon Shorr called from the big blind.

The flop came , Shorr checked, Gaspard bet 210,000, and Shorr called.

The turn card was the , Shorr checked, Gaspard bet 450,000, and Shorr thought for a bit before he check-raised all in for about 870,000.

Gaspard quickly called with for top two pair, aces and queens, and Shorr turned over for a lower two pair, queens and nines. Shorr needed to catch a nine on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Gaspard won the pot with his top two pair to eliminate Shorr in fourth place.

Jean Gaspard  –  7,700,000  (96 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($33,000)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is around 3,360,000 (42 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $44,500 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 504

Jean Gaspard raised all in with a covering stack from the small blind and Benjamin Moschel called all in for 745,000 in the big blind.

Gaspard: 
Moschel: 

The board ran out , giving Moschel aces and deuces to double through Gaspard.

Benjamin Moschel  –  1,570,000  (20 bb)
Jean Gaspard  –  5,100,000  (64 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 504 entries, the average stack is about 2,520,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $25,000.

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 504

On the turn of a board with roughly 1,030,000 in the pot, Jason Hickey checked from the big blind and Jean Gaspard went all in with a covering stack from the button.

Hickey tanked for a little while before he called all in for about 970,000 with for a pair of tens, but Gaspard had him outkicked with .

The river was the , no help to Hickey, ending his tournament in fifth place.

Jean Gaspard  –  5,900,000  (98 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  1,920,000  (32 bb)
Benjamin Moschel  –  1,310,000  (22 bb)
Cameron Storto  –  950,000  (16 bb)
Jason Hickey  –  Elimated in 5th Place  ($25,000)

1st:  $89,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $60,000
3rd:  $44,500
4th:  $33,000

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 504

On a flop of , Jean Gaspard shoved from the button and Shannon Shorr called all in for about 920,000 from UTG/hijack with , leading Gaspard’s .

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Shorr to double up.

Shannon Shorr  –  2,300,000  (38 bb)
Jean Gaspard  –  4,500,000  (75 bb)

With five players remaining from a field of 504 entries, the average stack is about 2,015,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $25,000.

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 504

Adam Levy raised to 120,000 from the cutoff and Jean Gaspard called on the button.

The flop was and Levy ended up all in for his roughly 600,000 with against Gaspard’s .

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Levy, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Jean Gaspard  –  5,350,000  (89 bb)
Adam Levy  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($19,100)

With five players remaining from a field of 504 entries, the average stack is about 2,015,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $25,000.