2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 19
$1,100 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  73
Prize Pool:  $70,810
August 5, 2024

Event 19 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $1,100 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 73 entries generated a prize pool of $70,810 and winning the lion’s share of it was Peter Fellows, taking it down outright for a first-place payday of $23,545.

This marked Fellows’ second SHRP major series trophy victory, previously winning a Seniors event during the 2023 RRPO.

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 73

Peter Fellows raised to 45,000 from the button, Stuart Taylor reraised all in for about 440,000, and Fellows called with , leading Taylor’s .

The board ran out , safe for Fellows to win Event 19 outright for $23,545. Taylor finished runner-up for $13,800.

A recap of Event 19 will be posted later tonight.

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 73

Peter Fellows limped on the button and Stuart Taylor checked his option.

They checked to the turn of a board where Taylor bet 30,000. Fellows clicked it to 60,000, Taylor reraised all in for 205,000, and Fellows called with for a pair of kings.

Taylor showed for tens and fours and needed to hold up to stay alive.

The river was the , safe for Taylor to double up.

Stuart Taylor  –  470,000  (24 bb)
Peter Fellows  –  1,355,000  (68 bb)

1st:  $23,545 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $13,800

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 73

Peter Fellows raised to 45,000 on the button and Stuart Taylor called in the big blind.

The flop was and Taylor check-called Fellows’ continuation bet.

The turn was the , Taylor checked, Fellows bet 100,000, and Taylor called.

The river was the , Taylor led for 350,000, Fellows raised all in for about 680,000, and Taylor folded.

Fellows showed as he collected the pot.

Petter Fellows  –  1,445,000  (72 bb)
Stuart Taylor  –  380,000  (19 bb)

1st:  $23,545 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $13,800

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 73

Lee Horton raised all in for 180,000 from the small blind and Peter Fellows called in the big blind.

Horton: 
Fellows: 

The board ran out , giving Fellows aces and jacks on the river to eliminate Horton in third place.

Stuart Taylor  –  1,260,000  (63 bb)
Peter Fellows  –  565,000  (28 bb)
Lee Horton  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($8,640)

1st:  $23,545 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $13,800

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 73

Stuart Taylor raised to 50,000 from the small blind and John Stevenson called in the big blind.

The flop was , Taylor continued for 50,000, Stevenson raised all in for about 300,000, and Taylor called with for a pair of tens, leading Stevenson’s for a pair of nines.

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

Stuart Taylor  –  1,260,000  (84 bb)
John Stevenson  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($5,845)

With three players remaining, the average stack is about 608,000. (41 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $8,640.

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 73

Seat 3:  Lee Horton  –  325,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4:  Peter Fellows  –  390,000  (26 bb)
Seat 7:  Stuart Taylor  –  520,000  (35 bb)
Seat 8:  John Stevenson  –  590,000  (39 bb)

1st:  $23,545 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $13,800
3rd:  $8,640
4th:  $5,845

5th:  Christopher Cornell  –  $4,425
6th:  Judy Bielan  –  $3,540
7th:  Jeff Silverstein  –  $3,185
8th:  Chao Huang  –  $2,830
9th:  Kamvar Ravazian  –  $2,500
10th:  Kevin Blewitt  –  $2,500

With four players remaining from the field of 73 entries, the average stack is about 456,000 (30 bb).

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 73

Stuart Taylor raised to 30,000 from the cutoff, John Stevenson called on the button, Judy Bielan reraised all in from the small blind for about 126,000, and Taylor isolated the action with a four-bet shove.

Taylor: 
Bielan: 

The board ran out , no help to Bielan, ending her tournament in sixth place.

Stuart Taylor  –  440,000  (44 bb)
Judy Bielan  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($3,540)

With five players remaining from the field of 73 entries, the average stack is about 365,000 (27 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $4,425.

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 73

Jeff Silverstein was all in for roughly 160,000 on the button with against Peter Fellows in the cutoff holding .

The board ran out , no help to Silverstein, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Peter Fellows  –  410,000  (41 bb)
Jeff Silverstein  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($3,185)

With six players remaining from the field of 73 entries, the average stack is about 304,000 (30 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $3,540.

$1,100 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 73

Stuart Taylor limped on the button, John Stevenson completed in the small blind, and Chao Huang checked his option.

The flop was and action checked to Taylor who bet 15,000. Stevenson check-called, Huang check-raised to 75,000, Taylor folded, and Stevenson. called.

The turn was the , Stevenson checked, Huang bet 102,000, and Stevenson called.

The river was the , Stevenson went all in for about 115,000, and Huang thought for about 20 seconds before called all in for 105,000.

Stevenson tabled for the nut flush, besting Huang’s for aces and eights to eliminate Huang in eighth place.

John Stevenson  –  630,000  (63 bb)
Stuart Taylor  –  320,000  (32 bb)
Chao Huang  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($2,830)

With seven players remaining from the field of 73 entries, the average stack is about 260,000 (26 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $3,185.