2015 SHRPO Live Updates

High Roller Day 1: Living The Good Life

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$25,400 High Roller Event (Re-Entry)
Level 9: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante

Plunk down $25,000 to play a poker tournament and you get treated right here at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino.

Check out the lounge area complete with a bar and an amazing food spread the players are enjoying while on dinner break.  There’s pretty much anything they could want including carved beef tenderlion, a mashed potato bar and such specialties as duck prosciutto with tallegio blistered tomato, a goat cheese, fennel and fig croquette and herb panko crusted lamb chop with pesto aioli.

It’s good to be a high roller.

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2015 LHPO Live Updates

Schedule for January 22

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Main Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Day 1A – $570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in tournament chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 2 Day 1 – $350 Omaha 8B (Re-Entry)

  • $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in tournament chips and 40-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • Day 1 will end at final table or 12AM, whichever comes first
  • Event 2 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Day 1B – $570 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in tournament chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Qualifier Schedule

3PM: Event 22 – $115 Deep(er) Stacks Qualifier (Re-Entry) 1-in-10

  • 5 packages guaranteed for LHPO Event 1 AND Event 7
  • Players begin with 5,000 in tournament chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 22 Structure Sheet

7PM: Event 23 – $115 Deep(er) Stacks Qualifier (Re-Entry) 1-in-10

  • 5 packages guaranteed for LHPO Event 1 AND Event 7
  • Players begin with 5,000 in tournament chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 23 Structure Sheet

9PM: Event 24 – $150 Survivor Turbo No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • 1 in 10 players win $1,200 cash
  • Players begin with 10,000 in tournament chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 24 Structure Sheet
2014 SHRPO Live Updates

SHRPO FINAL RESULTS – EVENT 24

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Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Event 24: $200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em
September 3, 2014

Entries: 344
Prizepool: $58,480

Enos Smith
Enos Smith

RECAP
The final trophy event of the 2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open carried a $50,000 guarantee on the prize pool.  They cleared that with ease as 344 players entered on the last day.

Some players were chasing points for the series leaderboard or the Player of the Year leaderboard.  Some were just chasing trophies.  That was Enos Smith’s reason for coming down from Palatka, FL.  This is his first win, but he finished 2nd in an HPT event at Daytona a couple of years ago.

After playing for about 12 hours, they reached the final table and all ten players agreed on a chop, with Smith getting the lion’s share as the chip leader.  Smith will take home the trophy and custom framed photo provided by IMPDI.

Placement based on chip counts:

1st Enos Smith
2nd Henri Azoulay
3rd Steve Marcozzi
4th Evgeniy Catane
5th Herbert Woodbery
6th Lance Foster
7th Scott Cowan
8th Rick Perez
9th Robert Tanner
10th Andrea Orphanos

There were 344 entrants in this event for a total prize pool of $58,480.  The final 27 earned a payday.  Among those cashing in this event was Wally Maddah, a tournament grinder chasing points on the leaderboard.  Another point chaser, Moe Maghraoui, was the bubble-boy, busting out in 28th place.

This was the final event of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open and the final series of the Player of the Year contest, so after the numbers are crunched, we will know if Angel Vu is the Seminole Hard Rock Player of the Year.

Until next time, may the cards fall your way.  Farewell from the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood!

FINAL RESULTS
1. JAMES SMITH III (EDGEWATER, FL): $5,860
2. HENRI AZOULAY (MIAMI BEACH, FL): $4,700
3. STEVEN MARCOZZI (NAPLES, FL): $4,700
4. EVGENIY CATANE (SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FL): $4,700
5. HERBERT WOODBERY (WINTER GARDEN, FL): $4,700
6. LANCE FOSTER (CORYDON, IA): $4,700
7. SCOTT COWAN (DAVIE, FL): $4,700
8. ENRIQUE PEREZ (MIAMI, FL): $4,700
9. ROBERT TANNER (WELLINGTON, FL): $4,700
10. ANDREA ORPHANOS (COCOA BEACH, FL): $4,700
11. JORGE GOMEZ (PLANTATION, FL): $819
12. GUILLERMO MONTERO: $819
13. MATTHEW FRASER (HOPKINTON, MA): $702
14. WALID MADDAH (TAMPA, FL): $702
15. DANIEL GENACHTE (DEERFIELD BEACH, FL): $702
16. DAVID GELLEY (PALM BEACH GDNS, FL): $614
17. JAY JOHNSON (PHILADELPHIA, PA): $614
18. MARK BERNSTEIN (HOLLYWOOD, FL): $614
19. ROBERT WILLIAMS (MIAMI GARDENS, FL): $526
20. STEVEN BENNETT (DEERFIELD BEACH, FL): $526
21. LOUIS BERDELLANS (COOPER CITY, FL): $526
22. JEFFERY SHEPPARD (FT LAUDERDALE, FL): $526
23. MICHAEL CHIAPPETTA (BOCA RATON, FL): $526
24. JANN SABIN (FORT LAUDERDALE, FL): $526
25. MARK SHULLA (PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL): $526
26. FREDERICK ALLENSPACH (PLANTATION, FL): $526
27. BRIAN PHILLIS (HIGHLAND BEACH, FL): $526

MAIN EVENT SCHEDULE AND RESULTS

2014 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 24: Final Event Ends in 10-Way Chop

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$200 Buy-In Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $50K Guaranteed

Level 24: Blinds 15k/30k/5k ante

Enos Smith - 1st Place
Enos Smith – 1st Place

When the final ten players got to the final table, they decided on a 10-way chop!

Here are the chip counts as of the chop:

Seat Player Chips

  1. Scott Cowan 366k
  2. Henri Azoulay 608k
  3. Rick Perez 363k
  4. Lance Foster 436k
  5. Herbert Woodbery 556k
  6. Enos Smith 1.115 million
  7. Evgeniy Catane 568k
  8. Steve Marcozzi 573k
  9. Andrea Orphanos 277k
  10. Robert Tanner 288k

Here are the finish positions:

1st Enos Smith
2nd Henri Azoulay
3rd Steve Marcozzi
4th Evgeniy Catane
5th Herbert Woodbery
6th Lance Foster
7th Scott Cowan
8th Rick Perez
9th Robert Tanner
10th Andrea Orphanos