After the elimination of Mike Soroka in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table. Here are their seating assignments and their approximate chip counts:
Seat 1. David Levi – 150,000 (15 bb) Seat 2. Brian Gelrod – 100,000 (10 bb) Seat 3. Jacobo Fernandez – 190,000 (19 bb) Seat 4. Bryce Fox – 125,000 (13 bb) Seat 5. Jeff Trudeau – 40,000 (4 bb) Seat 6. Elias Nassif – 75,000 (8 bb) Seat 7. Robert Wachtel – 35,000 (4 bb) Seat 8. Stewart Yancik – 155,000 (16 bb) Seat 9. Aron Dermer – 235,000 (24 bb)
The Money Bubble has burst in the Omaha 8 event, and the final 12 players are now in the money, guaranteed at least $780 each, with $9,925 and the SHRPO trophy waiting up top for the winner.
Following the new TDA rules, they will combine to a final table with nine players remaining, and that’s when we’ll pick up our coverage. They will play as long as it takes tonight to reach a winner.
The math is complete and we have our official numbers for the Omaha 8 event. The tournament drew 92 entries to beat the $30,000 Guarantee and put $31,280 in the prize pool.
The last 12 spots will be paid out with $780 for a min-cash and $9,925 for the first SHRPO champ of the series.
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 2 $400 Limit Omaha 8 Entries: 92 Prize Pool: $31,280 August 1, 2019
The Omaha 8 tournament is nearing the end of its registration period and they crossed over the $30,000 guaranteed prize pool not long before Level 8 came to an end. They might pick up a few more entries to push it higher.
One of the recent entries has history in this tournament. Peter Walsworth returned to the Event Center as the defending champion when he won the 2018 SHRPO Omaha 8 title for his third overall SHRP win.
The Omaha 8 tournament got a little tougher before the first break. Phil Hui was already a successful player by any measure before he went to Las Vegas this summer for the WSOP. He already owned a bracelet and four WSOPC rings along with four SHRP titles (the lastest coming this spring during the Poker Showdown).
Then Hui bought into the $50K WSOP Poker Players Championship field, one of the toughest and most prestigious tournaments you’ll find, and conquered it. He was the last player standing over an incredibly tough field that featured top players from start to finish playing an eight-game mix. Hui earned more than $1,000,000 for his second bracelet and the rest of the world found out what we knew in the states. Hui is one of the best.
Flight A of Event 1 isn’t the only game drawing well this afternoon. The Omaha 8 tournament is up to 45 entries after the first level and it is halfway towards reaching the $30,000 Guarantee with four hours remaining to register.
We’re happy to have Kevin “Kevmath” Mathers join us for the start of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. The fount of poker knowledge already has success in this room when he locked up a second-place finish in the 2018 Poker Showdown $300 Deep Stack Turbo NLH event.
Joel Harwood already has his first SHRP trophy sitting at home. The Omaha specialist regularly makes the four-card final tables and he won his first title a year ago in the SHRPO $360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 tournament.
Event 1 of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is cruising along in the main part of the Event Center but it will be Event 2 awarding the first trophy of the series.
It is a one-day, $400 buy-in Omaha 8 tournament with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and a trophy at the end for our four-card friends.
Event 2 players sit down to 12,000 starting stacks and all levels last 30 minutes long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm with a dinner break scheduled around 6pm. When they return, they will play down to the final table and eventual Event 2 champion.
Cards go in the air at noon and we will bring the highlights and updates as they progress through their day.
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 2 $360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry) Entries: 67 Prize Pool: $20,100 April 4, 2019
Harry Eisenberg wins Event 2 for his second SHRP trophy
Harry Eisenberg has a knack for making final tables in mixed events during the big Seminole Hard Rock Poker series. Including today’s, Eisenberg had made 10 final tables in non-hold’em tournaments at the Seminole Hard Rock over the years.
The 74-year-old Eisenberg won his first SHRP trophy in the $300 H.O.R.S.E at the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, and now he has a second to add to his mantle. Eisenberg topped a field of 67 entries to win the $360 Limit Omaha 8 outright.
Eisenberg’s second trophy win almost didn’t happen, though. His first shot in the event was a swing and a miss. However, thanks to rush hour traffic, Eisenberg stuck around and hit it out of the park.
“I had no good hands in my first buy-in. I was going to leave and not buy in again, but I’m thinking I’ve got to fight traffic, it’s 4:00, so I said what the heck.”
Eisenberg gave it a second go, and needless to say things went much better.
“As cold as I was with the first buy-in, I got just as hot with the second.”
Eisenberg entered the final table as the chip leader and maintained it all the way up until three players remained. It was there that Phil Hui, winner of two SHRP mixed-game trophies, had seized the lead.
Hui eliminated Stephen Reid in third place and began heads-up play against Eisenberg with a slight chip lead. However, the heads-up battle went Eisenberg’s way and he emerged victoriously.
“I’ve played Omaha 8 all my life, so I think I’m competent at it. Going up against Phil, who is a super player, just makes it so satisfying to get the win against that good of a player.”
Results: 1st: Harry Eisenberg – $7,034 + Showdown trophy 2nd: Phil Hui – $4,020 3rd: Stephen Reid – $2,462 4th: Donny Rubinstein – $1,759 5th: Robert Mangino – $1,357 6th: Vasu Amarapu – $1,055 7th: Hoyt Verner – $905 8th: Cory Zeidman – $804 9th: Monte Adler – $704
, Eisenberg checked, Hui bet his remaining 25,000 and Eisenberg called.
turn and 
river completed the board, no help to Hui, ending his bid in second place for $4,020.