2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  5,069
Prize Pool:  $1,662,632
July 29 – August 3, 2026

Event 2 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, the $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em multi-flight, drew a field of 5,069 entries across eight starting flights.

A three-way chop took place at the final table and Joseph “Grumpy” Duchman was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 2 winner for $144,758.

*denotes three-way chop

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,662,632  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 36:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 5,069

The remaining three players in Event 2 agreed to an even chop. Here were their chip counts at the time:

Joseph Duchman  –  38,600,000  (77 bb)
Harvey Ayers  –  35,700,000  (71 bb)
Luis Ramos  –  27,000,000  (54 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Joseph Duchman  –  $144,758
Harvey Ayers  –  $144,757
Luis Ramos  –  $144,757

As the chip leader, Joseph “Grumpy” Duchman was the official winner of Event 2 for $144,758.

A recap of Event 2 will be posted later tonight.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,662,632  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 36:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 5,069

With the flop reading and about 6,000,000 in the pot, Harvey Ayers bet from the small blind, Joseph Duchman raised to 10,000,000 from the big blind, and Ayers called.

The turn was the , Ayers checked, Duchman bet 10,000,000, and Ayers called.

The river was the , Ayers checked, and Duchman checked.

Ayers showed for nines and fours, but Duchman tabled for kings and fours to win the pot and retake the chip lead.

Joseph Duchman  –  48,000,000  (96 bb)
Harvey Ayers  –  38,500,000  (77 bb)
Luis Ramos  –  14,800,000  (30 bb)

With three players remaining from the field of 5,069 entries, the average stack is about 33,800,000 (68 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $100,000.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,662,632  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 36:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 5,069

Caleb Harris raised all in for 7,600,000 from the cutoff and Harvey Ayers called on the button with .

Harris showed and needed his hand to improve to survive.

The board came , giving Ayers trip aces to eliminate Harris in fourth place.

Harvey Ayers  –  57,000,000  (114 bb)
Caleb Harris  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($75,000)

With three players remaining from the field of 5,069 entries, the average stack is about 33,800,000 (68 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $100,000.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,662,632  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 5,069

Harvey Ayers raised to 2,000,000 from the button, Joseph Duchman called in the small blind, and Furkan Beg three-bet to 7,000,000 from the big blind.

Ayers four-bet all in for 15,400,000, Duchman folded, and Beg thought for a bit before he called all in for 13,600,000.

Ayers: 
Beg: 

The board ran out , giving Ayers kings and sixes to eliminate Beg in fifth place.

Harvey Ayers  –  31,400,000  (79 bb)
Furkan Beg  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($56,000)

With four players remaining from the field of 5,069 entries, the average stack is about 25,300,000 (63 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $75,000.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,662,632  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 5,069

Joseph Duchman raised to 1,500,000 from the cutoff, Furkan Beg called on the button, Joshua Poe three-bet all in for about 12,300,000 in the big blind, Duchman four-bet all in with the bigger stack, and Beg folded.

Poe showed , leading Duchman’s .

The board ran out , giving Duchman kings and queens to eliminate Poe in sixth place.

Joseph Duchman  –  37,000,000  (93 bb)
Joshua Poe  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($32,000)

With five players remaining from the field of 5,069 entries, the average stack is about 20,300,000 (51 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $56,000.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,662,632  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 5,069

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,662,632  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 5,069

Seat 1: Joshua Poe – 12,700,000 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Ed Galpine – 6,700,000 (17 bb)
Seat 3: Caleb Harris – 16,200,000 (41 bb)
Seat 4: Harvey Ayers – 9,600,000 (24 bb)
Seat 6: Joseph Duchman – 16,700,000 (42 bb)
Seat 7: Furkan Beg – 16,000,000 (40 bb)
Seat 9: Luis Ramos – 22,300,000 (56 bb)

1st: $200,272 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $134,000
3rd: $100,000
4th: $75,000
5th: $56,000
6th: $43,000
7th: $33,000
8th: Kevin Falls – $25,500
9th: Angelo Miele – $20,200

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,662,632  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 5,069

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,662,632  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 5,069

In a huge three-way all in pot, Angelo Miele was all in for 4,425,000 against Caleb Harris and Kevin Falls, both with right around 6,000,000.

Harris:
Miele:
Falls:

Harris was ahead with the pairs and his hand held up on the board to send Miele out in ninth place and leave Falls with a single 25K chip.

When they counted down the stacks, Falls had Harris covered by a single 25K chip and Mielese was eliminated.

Caleb Harris – 16,200,000 (54 bb)
Kevin Falls  –  25,000 (<1 bb)
Angelo Miele  –  Eliminated in 9th Place ($20,200)