Event 2: Prize Pool and Payouts with $16,745 to Seniors Champ

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Deep Stack Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  209
Prize Pool:  $68,970
July 31, 2024

Registration closed for the $400 Deep Stack Seniors 50+ tournament with 209 entries turning the $50,000 into a prize pool worth $68,970. The last 27 spots will be paid with $515 for a min-cash and $16,745 up top for the Event 2 champ.

1st: $16,745 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $11,630
3rd: $7,070
4th: $4,300
5th: $3,320
6th: $2,750
7th: $2,345
8th: $2,005
9th: $1,675
10th-12th: $1,450
13th-15th: $1,240
16th-18th: $1,035
19th-21st: $830
22nd-24th: $640
25th-27th: $515

Event 3: Good Start

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 4:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries:  59

Yuval Bronshtein

The $600 Deep Stack Big O has a great crew over in the Meeting Room, their own space to play their five-card game and try to secure one of the first SHRPO trophies of the series.

A few familiar faces include Yuval Bronshtein, Nadya Magnus, John Binns, Phil Hui, Matt Bretzfield, Joel Harwood, Marc Sachelli, and Jay Kerbel.

Nadya Magnus

Event 1 Flight A: Registration Closed with 441 Entries

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Entries:  441

The math is complete and Flight A of SHRPO Event 1 drew 441 entries for a fantastic start to the series. They are ahead of pace to top the $1,000,000 and our players are going to build something nice.

Flight A will continue until 45 players remain and survivors will bag their chips for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

Day/TimeFlightEntriesAdvanced
Wednesday at 10 a.m.A441TBD
Wednesday at 5 p.m.B
Thursday at 10 a.m.C
Thursday at 5 p.m.D
Friday at 10 a.m.E
Friday at 5 p.m.F
Saturday at 10 a.m.G
Saturday at 5 p.m.H
Total441TBD

Mixed Game Tournament Leaderboard

With the launch of the Big O tournament, it seemed like a good time to discuss a new twist on the series. Given the popularity of our non-hold’em tournaments, we are running a competition to find the top mixed game players in the series.

Ten tournaments are available to earn points for the leaderboard race, and we have $10,000 in tournament prizes up for grabs, including a $5,300 seat in the $3,000,000 guarantee SHRPO Championship (plus an actual guitar).

We dug deep into the archives to find which players would be considered favorites to take the top spot. Yuval Bronshtein owns the most major Hollywood non-hold’em titles in our history with ten followed by David Shmuel and Matt Bretzfield with eight each.

Yuval Bronshtein – 10 wins
David Shmuel – 8 wins
Matt Bretzfield – 8 wins
David Prociak – 6 wins
Phil Hui – 6 wins
John Holley – 5 wins
Gabriel Ramos – 5 wins
John Binns – 4 wins
Filippos Stavrakis – 4 wins
Long Nguyen – 4 wins
Michael Moed – 4 wins
Robert Campbell – 4 wins
Whole bunch of others – 3 wins

$10,000 SHRPO Mixed Game Tournament Leaderboard rules

Event 3: Day 1 Big O

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

The 2024 SHRPO schedule is packed with Omaha games so we’re wasting no time getting a trophy event out there. Event 3 gets underway at 2 pm with a $600 buy-in Big O tournament with deep stacks and tons of action.

Players start with 20,000 in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day tournament. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm and they may fire as often as they wish during that time if they lose a stack.

Players in this tournament will earn points toward the Mixed Tournament Leaderboard, check the link for details.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 3 Structure Sheet

Event 2: First Break For Seniors

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Entries:  160

David Shmuel

The Seniors Event is about to take the first break of the tournament, and the turnout has been great so far. With more than two hours remaining in registration, they are working on creating one of the biggest fields for this event.

A few familiar faces include David Shmuel, Evan Teitelbaum, Zoltan Czinkota, Daniel Perlman, Scott Levitt, Amir Baron, Steven Bennett, Walter Bravo, and former WSOP Ladies Champs Jacquelyn Scott and Marsha Wolak.

Evan Teitelbaum
Jacquelyn Scott
Marsha Wolak
Zoltan Czinkota

Event 1 Flight A: Defending Champ

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  310

Johnny Bromberg

Flight A is back from its first break with more than 300 here already and on pace to smash the $1,000,000 guarantee. Today’s two flights will be the “smallest” of the lot and they will continue to grow into the weekend, so expect a massive prize pool.

Among those putting their hat in the ring, we found two champs sitting at the same table. Johnny Bromberg hit his biggest career score in this tournament last year, taking down the title for a $219,000 payout.

Event 1 Champion Johnny Bromberg
2023 SHRPO Event 1 Champion Johnny Bromberg

Ryan Hogan is sitting across from him and he has two Hollywood titles along with a $500 One-Day $100K Challenge title from our friends in Tampa a few days ago.

Ryan Hogan

Event 1 Flight A: Friendly Faces

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Entries:  235

Chris Nomikos

The Flight A field more than doubled its starting number and we have a great turnout on a Wednesday morning. We’ll have a big number to payout by the time registration closes on Saturday evening.

A few early friends include Chris Nomikos, Jennifer David, Caleb Piderit, Jose Gonzalez, and Paul Domb with many more expected as we hit the afternoon hours.

Jennifer David (left) and Caleb Piderit (right)
Jose Gonzalez
Paul Domb

Event 2: First Seniors

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We’re rolling out a popular one-day game at the start series with a $400 buy-in Seniors 50+ trophy event at 11 am. The tournament has a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and a ton of fun all day long.

They’ll start with 20,000 deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm and there is a 40-minute dinner break at 5:30 pm.

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 2 Structure Sheet