Championship: Day 2 Table and Seat Draw

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 11:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 270 of 809

Flight A: 396 Entries; 138 Advanced
Flight B: 413 Entries; 132 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 12 p.m.

**Table 31 will break immediately.

First NameLast NameChip CountTableSeat
DavidShmuel203,00011
GalenHall60,00012
PascalTheodosiadis45,50013
DannySuied170,00014
BernardMuhire87,00015
KevinBlewitt151,00016
ElioFox175,00017
IanMatakis72,00018
SamSweilem250,00019
NoahNovick108,50021
NicholasSchwarmann171,50022
RyanRiess188,50023
MatthewSalsberg117,50024
RichardGress47,00025
JamesRomero150,00026
FaridJattin64,50027
JamesCarroll120,50028
BrianHastings35,50029
LuisCalvo Jr144,50031
ChadEveslage83,00032
PrithviRudrappa64,00033
AlexFoxen34,00034
JonathanCohen92,00035
ZacharyDonovan40,00036
NuriKural101,00037
JustinSwilling92,00038
TimReilly280,00039
GalYifrach356,00041
ChristianHarder44,00042
NissimGozlan68,50043
DavidLevi70,00044
MichaelJagroo24,50045
BrianYoon51,00046
VinyLima297,50047
CongPham31,00048
JohnO'Neal116,50049
StephenMa86,50051
DanielCouzens76,00052
OferPeleg171,50053
PeterWeinand102,50054
HarjinderChawla172,50055
DylanLinde47,00056
DanielShak109,50057
TaylorWilson234,00058
SamanthaCohen64,50059
DanielChan85,00061
GeorgeWolff28,00062
MichaelRossitto156,00063
WillFailla122,00064
NipunJava135,00065
RichardLee70,00066
MatthewWantman39,00067
AnirudhPonnala217,00068
JarrettBlakeley81,00069
GlennBecker63,50071
NoamYahav79,50072
A.J.Gambino168,00073
JasonWandling46,50074
StoyanObreshkov34,00076
PlamenStoyanov117,00077
JustinZaki64,50078
AaronMassey168,00079
RajeshVohra110,50081
MatthewBrady225,00083
BenYu31,00084
JosephCheong514,00085
BenjaminPalmer51,00086
DavidCastranova94,00087
IanO Hara31,00088
Richard LawrenceWierzba45,50089
AndreiShatilov114,50091
BrianAltman148,50092
AntonioFernandez105,00093
CliffGoldkind65,00094
AidanHynes112,50095
ChandanMathur68,00096
MatthewBerkey194,50097
VladimirRevniaga137,50099
MichaelGraffeo54,000101
AndrewOstapchenko102,500102
JoeCada37,000103
LukeGraham111,500104
JamiKopacz249,500105
JeffreyMadsen54,500106
AaronRosenthal45,000107
JasonMercier59,000108
DovidLakein71,500109
ChristopherWeber28,500111
PanagiotisNifakos139,000112
TonyMiles34,500113
DavidDibernardi65,000114
Haim GilNagar99,000115
AndrzejRogowski86,000116
BrockWilson162,500117
JamesCalderaro223,500118
MatthewWaxman141,500119
RyanVan Sanford39,000121
SheaSmith158,000122
PaulEvans195,500123
RandalFernandez48,000124
MarvinRettenmaier74,500125
GiulianoLentini132,000126
GastonMiculitzki281,500127
DimitryAgrachov74,500128
PerryShiao33,500129
MihaiItoafa67,500131
ByronRem164,500132
FilippKhavin166,500133
FrancisAnderson72,000134
DaltonBrinker35,000135
ShawnNguyen243,000136
PetkoTsakov47,000137
DavidProciak115,500138
AndreyKotelnikov185,000139
MichaelDel Vecchio150,500141
NicholasZautra103,500142
JohnDolan183,000143
CoreyHochman90,000144
AndreAkkari72,500146
PhillipHui107,500147
IsaiahGoldman142,500148
DanielBuzgon59,500149
RalphWong119,000151
JerryRobinson Jr70,000152
MatthewZarcadoolas70,500153
TomasSchlesinger153,500154
PaulVolpe186,500155
JacobRich135,000156
NicolasYunis225,000157
ChrisMoneymaker309,000159
AthanasiosPolychronopoulos302,000161
JasonBrin239,500162
JasonDollinger110,000163
BrandonEisen124,000164
DarrenRabinowitz102,500165
MarcDuquette109,500166
JackShea70,500167
ErikChristensen128,000168
JavierSarache90,000169
BenFarrell322,500171
JohnStevenson155,000172
SeanRemz128,500173
Aleksey VadimoviciiShaburov51,500174
MarkEddleman66,000175
OryHen60,500176
JamesMackey182,000177
KunalPatel206,000178
AnthonyZinno136,000179
HowardMash109,500181
ScottBaumstein242,500182
WallyMaddah17,500183
BrettBader76,000184
LytleAllen235,500185
SeanShah101,500186
KevinKilleen83,000187
RobertoAlberro76,000188
EricAfriat277,000189
RalphMassey111,000191
RuslanDykshteyn115,500192
MatasCimbolas164,000193
JacobNaumann90,000195
FrederickAttias61,500196
JustinAdams107,500197
KevinLaw188,000198
AlbertDaher113,000199
NizarDajani143,000201
HanochGuttman240,000202
AleksandrShevelev92,000203
MarcSacheli100,000204
DanielWirgau190,500205
MichaelWadlow53,000206
JakeSchindler141,000208
ByronKaverman219,000209
JohnSpadavecchia Jr54,500211
MarcGoldman32,500212
JeffreyBohanek32,500213
PeterStriano Iii113,000214
ShaunDeeb111,000215
TrungTran104,000216
MichaelDuek85,000217
DanielStrelitz117,000218
ZacharyGoodman163,000219
RileyFuller194,500221
JakeCody90,500222
RonaldSpooner119,500223
BenjaminJones137,000224
MatthewO'Donnell257,000225
JacobDaniels75,000226
MatthewSmith146,500227
DonaldsonBrown25,000228
MichaelScoma43,000229
ScottWright91,000231
AnthonyUtnage60,000232
AnerisAdomkevicius142,500233
CarlosGuerrero106,500234
JonathanLittle93,500235
SpencerChamplin58,000236
GregLevine157,000237
IgorMerda109,000238
AntoniosRoungeris143,500239
MohsinCharania174,500241
TonySinishtaj365,500242
AlonShahar195,000243
GilMorgensztern91,000244
DavidShaw151,000245
MariaHo51,000246
ClaytonMaguire180,500247
JordanCristos102,500248
MikeLeah31,500249
BrianRay93,000252
JordanFisch164,500253
JessicaDawley21,500254
JoseSilva146,000255
MukulPahuja161,000256
DarryllFish79,000257
TimothyMiles79,500258
JamesGilbert79,500259
ThomasMarchese130,000261
JerryWong170,000262
JaredJaffee30,500263
KennethEiniger206,500264
AdedapoAjayi94,500265
AlexJim54,000267
JustinLigeri166,000268
ErikSeidel112,500269
DienLe80,500271
JeffreyMorzella28,000272
CliffJosephy61,500273
BobMather261,500274
JeremyAusmus78,500275
SamFarha66,500276
AdamOwen18,500277
MichaelVela189,500278
JoshuaKay114,500279
OlivierBusquet79,500281
TomBoivin476,500282
HarrisonGimbel43,000283
GeorgiBelianin45,500284
ShannonShorr48,000285
LexyGavin162,000286
BruceKramer181,500287
BenjaminZamani172,000288
TomasGeleziunas88,500289
SergioGiha62,500291
MichaelNewman105,000292
MarioDe La Puente140,000293
John AllanHinds29,000294
ZhenCai117,000295
AdamZeltser222,500296
RyanWince158,500297
RichardAlati257,500298
LawrenceLipman74,500299
PaulBalzano105,000301
DavidHodges118,000302
JosephReddick95,000303
HarveyVandeven70,000304
ChristopherJohnson96,000305
DerekBowers93,500306
ShalomElharar242,000307
KyleAiken97,500308
BrandonCarl81,500309
TravisKlein159,500311
KennethO'Donnell191,000312
ManigLoeser23,500313
KaiMcCue-Unciano369,000314
KennethBruno20,000315
JimCarroll31,500316
SeanWinter152,000317
AndrewHedley103,000318
GeoffreyCudd48,500319

Championship: Day 2 Chip Counts

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 11:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 270 of 809

Flight A: 396 Entries; 138 Advanced
Flight B: 413 Entries; 132 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at 12 p.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1JosephCheong514,000
2TomBoivin476,500
3KaiMcCue-Unciano369,000
4TonySinishtaj365,500
5GalYifrach356,000
6BenFarrell322,500
7ChrisMoneymaker309,000
8AthanasiosPolychronopoulos302,000
9VinyLima297,500
10GastonMiculitzki281,500
11TimReilly280,000
12EricAfriat277,000
13BobMather261,500
14RichardAlati257,500
15MatthewO'Donnell257,000
16SamSweilem250,000
17JamiKopacz249,500
18ShawnNguyen243,000
19ScottBaumstein242,500
20ShalomElharar242,000
21HanochGuttman240,000
22JasonBrin239,500
23LytleAllen235,500
24TaylorWilson234,000
25MatthewBrady225,000
26NicolasYunis225,000
27JamesCalderaro223,500
28AdamZeltser222,500
29ByronKaverman219,000
30AnirudhPonnala217,000
31KennethEiniger206,500
32KunalPatel206,000
33DavidShmuel203,000
34PaulEvans195,500
35AlonShahar195,000
36MatthewBerkey194,500
37RileyFuller194,500
38KennethO'Donnell191,000
39DanielWirgau190,500
40MichaelVela189,500
41RyanRiess188,500
42KevinLaw188,000
43PaulVolpe186,500
44AndreyKotelnikov185,000
45JohnDolan183,000
46JamesMackey182,000
47BruceKramer181,500
48ClaytonMaguire180,500
49ElioFox175,000
50MohsinCharania174,500
51HarjinderChawla172,500
52BenjaminZamani172,000
53NicholasSchwarmann171,500
54OferPeleg171,500
55DannySuied170,000
56JerryWong170,000
57A.J.Gambino168,000
58AaronMassey168,000
59FilippKhavin166,500
60JustinLigeri166,000
61ByronRem164,500
62JordanFisch164,500
63MatasCimbolas164,000
64ZacharyGoodman163,000
65BrockWilson162,500
66LexyGavin162,000
67MukulPahuja161,000
68TravisKlein159,500
69RyanWince158,500
70SheaSmith158,000
71GregLevine157,000
72MichaelRossitto156,000
73JohnStevenson155,000
74TomasSchlesinger153,500
75SeanWinter152,000
76KevinBlewitt151,000
77DavidShaw151,000
78MichaelDel Vecchio150,500
79JamesRomero150,000
80BrianAltman148,500
81MatthewSmith146,500
82JoseSilva146,000
83LuisCalvo Jr144,500
84AntoniosRoungeris143,500
85NizarDajani143,000
86IsaiahGoldman142,500
87AnerisAdomkevicius142,500
88MatthewWaxman141,500
89JakeSchindler141,000
90MarioDe La Puente140,000
91PanagiotisNifakos139,000
92VladimirRevniaga137,500
93BenjaminJones137,000
94AnthonyZinno136,000
95NipunJava135,000
96JacobRich135,000
97GiulianoLentini132,000
98ThomasMarchese130,000
99SeanRemz128,500
100ErikChristensen128,000
101BrandonEisen124,000
102WillFailla122,000
103JamesCarroll120,500
104RonaldSpooner119,500
105RalphWong119,000
106DavidHodges118,000
107MatthewSalsberg117,500
108PlamenStoyanov117,000
109DanielStrelitz117,000
110ZhenCai117,000
111JohnO'Neal116,500
112DavidProciak115,500
113RuslanDykshteyn115,500
114AndreiShatilov114,500
115JoshuaKay114,500
116AlbertDaher113,000
117PeterStriano Iii113,000
118AidanHynes112,500
119ErikSeidel112,500
120LukeGraham111,500
121RalphMassey111,000
122ShaunDeeb111,000
123RajeshVohra110,500
124JasonDollinger110,000
125DanielShak109,500
126MarcDuquette109,500
127HowardMash109,500
128IgorMerda109,000
129NoahNovick108,500
130PhillipHui107,500
131JustinAdams107,500
132CarlosGuerrero106,500
133AntonioFernandez105,000
134MichaelNewman105,000
135PaulBalzano105,000
136TrungTran104,000
137NicholasZautra103,500
138AndrewHedley103,000
139PeterWeinand102,500
140AndrewOstapchenko102,500
141DarrenRabinowitz102,500
142JordanCristos102,500
143SeanShah101,500
144NuriKural101,000
145MarcSacheli100,000
146Haim GilNagar99,000
147KyleAiken97,500
148ChristopherJohnson96,000
149JosephReddick95,000
150AdedapoAjayi94,500
151DavidCastranova94,000
152JonathanLittle93,500
153DerekBowers93,500
154BrianRay93,000
155JonathanCohen92,000
156JustinSwilling92,000
157AleksandrShevelev92,000
158ScottWright91,000
159GilMorgensztern91,000
160JakeCody90,500
161CoreyHochman90,000
162JavierSarache90,000
163JacobNaumann90,000
164TomasGeleziunas88,500
165BernardMuhire87,000
166StephenMa86,500
167AndrzejRogowski86,000
168DanielChan85,000
169MichaelDuek85,000
170ChadEveslage83,000
171KevinKilleen83,000
172BrandonCarl81,500
173JarrettBlakeley81,000
174DienLe80,500
175NoamYahav79,500
176TimothyMiles79,500
177JamesGilbert79,500
178OlivierBusquet79,500
179DarryllFish79,000
180JeremyAusmus78,500
181DanielCouzens76,000
182BrettBader76,000
183RobertoAlberro76,000
184JacobDaniels75,000
185MarvinRettenmaier74,500
186DimitryAgrachov74,500
187LawrenceLipman74,500
188AndreAkkari72,500
189IanMatakis72,000
190FrancisAnderson72,000
191DovidLakein71,500
192MatthewZarcadoolas70,500
193JackShea70,500
194DavidLevi70,000
195RichardLee70,000
196JerryRobinson Jr70,000
197HarveyVandeven70,000
198NissimGozlan68,500
199ChandanMathur68,000
200MihaiItoafa67,500
201SamFarha66,500
202MarkEddleman66,000
203CliffGoldkind65,000
204DavidDibernardi65,000
205FaridJattin64,500
206SamanthaCohen64,500
207JustinZaki64,500
208PrithviRudrappa64,000
209GlennBecker63,500
210SergioGiha62,500
211FrederickAttias61,500
212CliffJosephy61,500
213OryHen60,500
214GalenHall60,000
215AnthonyUtnage60,000
216DanielBuzgon59,500
217JasonMercier59,000
218SpencerChamplin58,000
219JeffreyMadsen54,500
220JohnSpadavecchia Jr54,500
221MichaelGraffeo54,000
222AlexJim54,000
223MichaelWadlow53,000
224Aleksey VadimoviciiShaburov51,500
225BrianYoon51,000
226BenjaminPalmer51,000
227MariaHo51,000
228GeoffreyCudd48,500
229RandalFernandez48,000
230ShannonShorr48,000
231RichardGress47,000
232DylanLinde47,000
233PetkoTsakov47,000
234JasonWandling46,500
235PascalTheodosiadis45,500
236Richard LawrenceWierzba45,500
237GeorgiBelianin45,500
238AaronRosenthal45,000
239ChristianHarder44,000
240MichaelScoma43,000
241HarrisonGimbel43,000
242ZacharyDonovan40,000
243MatthewWantman39,000
244RyanVan Sanford39,000
245JoeCada37,000
246BrianHastings35,500
247DaltonBrinker35,000
248TonyMiles34,500
249AlexFoxen34,000
250StoyanObreshkov34,000
251PerryShiao33,500
252MarcGoldman32,500
253JeffreyBohanek32,500
254MikeLeah31,500
255JimCarroll31,500
256CongPham31,000
257BenYu31,000
258IanO'Hara31,000
259JaredJaffee30,500
260John AllanHinds29,000
261ChristopherWeber28,500
262GeorgeWolff28,000
263JeffreyMorzella28,000
264DonaldsonBrown25,000
265MichaelJagroo24,500
266ManigLoeser23,500
267JessicaDawley21,500
268KennethBruno20,000
269AdamOwen18,500
270WallyMaddah17,500

 

Championship Day 1B: Joseph Cheong Bags the Overall Chip Lead

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 10:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 132 of 413

Joseph Cheong
Joseph Cheong Holds the Chip Lead Entering Day 2

Day 1B of the $5,250 SHRPO Championship drew 413 entries, setting the total field size at 809. The prize pool is set at $3,923,650 and the final 102 players will finish in the money. A min-cash pays $7,925, while first place is worth $698,175.

Bagging the largest stack of the 132 survivors on Day 1B was Joseph Cheong.  He bagged 514,000 and will carry the overall chip lead of the 270 total players remaining into Day 2.

Cheong and Tom Boivin were far and away the chip leaders in the final stretch of the day, but Cheong scored a late elimination when his flush draw cracked Sheddy Siddiqui’s kings to eclipse the half-million chip mark. Boivin is second in chips with 476,500.

Day 2 begins Sunday at noon. Full chip counts and the Day 2 table and seat draw will be posted later tonight.

Championship Day 1B: Sheddy Siddiqui Eliminated by New Chip Leader Joseph Cheong

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  153 of 413 (Total Entries: 809)

Joseph Cheong raised to 3,500 from early position, Sheddy Siddiqui three-bet to 12,000 from the next seat over and Cheong called.

The flop was Qd5d2c, Cheong checked, Siddiqui bet 18,000, Cheong check-raised to effectively 76,000 and Siddiqui called all in.

Cheong: Ad3d
Siddiqui: KsKc

The Jh turn and 10d river completed the board, giving Cheong the nut flush to eliminate Siddiqui.

With that pot, Cheong took the Day 1B chip lead.

Joseph Cheong – 506,000 (337 bb)
Sheddy Siddiqui – Eliminated

Championship: 2003 WSOP Main Event Reunion

The poker world changed in the summer of 2003. An accountant named Chris Moneymaker from Georgia won his way into the WSOP Main Event that year via an $86 online satellite.

Moneymaker went on to make the final table and battled with Sammy Farha heads-up for the most coveted prize in poker. He defeated Farha, won the WSOP Main Event bracelet, and created a poker boom that is still in existence.

Today those two had a reunion in the Event Center.

Moneymaker played and bagged a big stack in Flight A of the SHRPO Championship and Farha is playing this evening. The two spent a few minutes catching up between hands and it was a special moment this evening.

Eric Harkins from Image Masters was the official WSOP photographer in 2003 and he captured all the action. Today, he was present once again and was able to document the two of them together.

Championship: Prize Pool of $3,923,650 Pays $698,175 to the Champ

2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 20
$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 809
Prize Pool: $3,923,650
August 9-13, 2019

The prize pool has been released for the $5,250 SHRPO Championship, and with 809 total entries (396 on Day 1A, and 413 on Day 1B), the total prize pool is worth $3,923,650. The final 102 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $7,925 each, and first prize is worth $698,175.

Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  $698,175
2nd:  $487,695
3rd:  $314,230
4th:  $232,065
5th:  $176,350
6th:  $139,705
7th:  $115,300
8th:  $91,365
9th-10th:  $69,800
11th-12th:  $57,325
13th-15th:  $45,395
16th-18th:  $37,665
19th-21st:  $30,920
22nd-24th:  $26,210
25th-27th:  $21,695
28th-36th:  $18,050
37th-45th:  $15,695
46th-54th:  $13,930
55th-63rd:  $12,595
64th-72nd:  $11,455
73rd-81st:  $10,475
82nd-90th:  $9,615
91st-99th:  $8,750
100th-102nd: $7,925

Championship Day 1B: Sean Remz Cracks Aces with Eight-Five to Knock Out a Player

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Players Remaining:  162 of 413 (Total Entries: 809)

Sean Remz
Sean Remz

A player raised from the button to 4,000, Sean Remz reraised from the small blind to 11,500, and the layer in the big blind moved all in for 34,500.

The player on the button tanked for a very long time before he folded, and Remz called fairly quickly with 8h5c. The big blind turned over AsAd, and needed his aces to hold to stay alive.

The board came 9d8c2c6d7d — Remz paired his eight on the flop and rivered a nine-high straight to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Sean Remz  –  140,000  (93 bb)

After the hand, Remz implied that he would have folded if the player on the button hadn’t taken so long to think, but Remz considered the entire situation and decided to call.

Remz final tabled the big field of Event 1 ($600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em) earlier this series, finishing fifth to earn $109,320.

Championship: Kai McCue-Unciano Surges With Aces Against Dominique Mosley’s Kings

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Entries:  413 (Total Entries: 809)

Kai McCue-Unciano
Kai McCue-Unciano

Dominique Mosley raised from under the gun was called by three players before Kai McCue-Unciano three-bet to 17,000 from the big blind. Mosley four-bet to 40,000, the three flatters folded and McCue-Unciano tanked for a bit before he five-bet shoved for about 190,000. Mosley called all in after a few moments for 187,500.

Mosley: KcKs
McCue-Unciano: AhAc

The board ran out 10s7c6c6d2s, no help to Mosley, locking up the hefty pot for McCue-Unciano.

Kai McCue-Unciano – 388,000 (259 bb)
Dominique Mosley – Eliminated 

Championship Day 1B: Dan Buzgon Doubles Through Lytle Allen

$5,250 SHRPO Championship (Single Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight B Entries:  413 (Total Entries: 809)

Dan Buzgon and Lytle Allen
Dan Buzgon (left) and Lytle Allen

After a series of raises, Dan Buzgon was all in from the small blind for roughly 39,000 with AcQd against Lytle Allen in the big blind with KcJd.

The board ran out 9c9d3h6hQh, giving Buzgon queens and nines to double through Allen.

Dan Buzgon – 84,000 (56 bb)
Lytle Allen – 260,000 (173 bb)