2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 28 $600 Six-Max Double Black Chip Bounty PLO (Re-Entry) Entries: 140 Prize Pool: $45,500 Bounty Prize Pool: $28,000 April 5, 2022
2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 28 Champion Steven Steinmetz
Event 28 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Six-Max Double Black Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). The tournament drew 140 entries, creating a prize pool of $45,500 with another $28,000 set aside for bounties.
A three-way deal took place at the final table and as the chip leader, Steven Steinmetz was the official winner, earning $10,245 for the victory.
$600 Six-Max Double Black Chip Bounty PLO (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 18 of 140
Filippos Stavrakis
David Moreno raised to 7,500 from the cutoff, Marc Sacheli called all in for 7,000 from the button, Filippos Stavrakis called from the small blind, and the player in the big blind called.
Everyone checked down a board of .
Stavrakis: Moreno: Big Blind; Sacheli:
“I flopped everything, and missed,” said Sacheli.
Stavrakis’ pair of nines on the river was the winner, ending Sacheli’s tournament on the money bubble.
Filippos Stavrakis – 365,000 (122 bb) Marc Sacheli – Eliminated on the Money Bubble
$600 Six-Max Double Black Chip Bounty PLO (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 20 of 140
Chipleader Steven Steinmetz
The players returned from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,500-3,000 and a 3,000 ante.
With 20 players remaining from a field of 140, the average chip stack is around 140,000 (47 big blinds). The final 18 players will finish in the money, earning at least $830 each.
A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 250K each, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 28 $600 Six-Max Double Black Chip Bounty PLO (Re-Entry) Entries: 140 Prize Pool: $45,500 Bounty Prize Pool: $28,000 April 5, 2022
Registration has closed for the $600 Six-Max Double Black Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha event, and with 140 entries, the total prizepool is worth $73,500. The payouts will add up to $45,500, with another $28,000 awarded in bounties.
The final 18 players will finish in the money, earning at least $830, and $12,550 is set aside for the winner, along with a Showdown trophy for the Event 28 champion.
$600 Six-Max Double Black Chip Bounty PLO (Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 100/100 with a 100 ante
Event 27 isn’t the only short-handed game on the schedule today, we also have a $600 Six-Max PLO tournament at 3 pm with $200 bounties on each player to make things a little more interesting.
Event 28 players start with 20,000 deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:30 pm. This is another one-day trophy event and we will crown another champ later this evening.
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 30 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2022 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 28 $25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guarantee Entries: 93 Prize Pool: $2,297,100 January 24-25, 2022
High Roller Champion Jonathan Jaffe
The last time there was a $25,500 High Roller during the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a field of 41 entries created a prizepool worth $1,012,700. This year, the field was more than twice as large with 93 entries, and the prizepool more than doubled the $1 million guarantee to reach $2,297,100.
But one thing that remained constant is Jonathan Jaffe, who won both events, earning $340,285 in 2020 and $574,085 this year.
When asked to compare the two events, Jaffe said, “Bigger field, more money. I’m happy about that.”
“I definitely ran the best I can ever remember running in a high-roller,” said Jaffe after his victory Tuesday evening. “That’s kind of a peculiar feeling, when you keep winning all-ins from behind and your chips multiply, but you don’t feel like you did something particularly great.”
One of the key moments for Jaffe actually came the night before on the final table bubble, when he got it all in after the flop with against Joseph Cheong’s . Jaffe was two cards away from elimination, but the fell on the turn to save Jaffe’s tournament and catapult him into the chip lead.
As for Cheong, he bounced back from that bad beat and was chipleader for much of the final table. And then, with three players left, he played the biggest pot of the tournament against Jaffe.
Jaffe and Cheong agreed to a heads-up deal, and as chipleader, Jaffe earned the title, the trophy, and the most money ($574,085). Cheong earned $540,000 as the runner-up.
Jaffe is a regular in the big events here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, so what keeps him coming back?
“Proximity,” said Jaffe. “I live 15 minutes away, and I love it. I go home for dinner break, and you just can’t beat that. Right now, this is the place that is hosting so much of the volume of the World Poker Tour, and we get a $25K every time they come here. It’s amazing. It makes me not want to fly out anywhere else, because we have the best poker only 15 minutes away.”
$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts Level 20: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 93
High Roller Champion Jonathan Jaffe
After the elimination of Tim Capretta in third place, Jonathan Jaffe and Joseph Cheong agreed to a deal. These were their official chip counts:
Jonathan Jaffe – 5,140,000 (103 bb) Joseph Cheong – 4,160,000 (83 bb)
As chipleader, Jaffe was declared the champion and received the trophy, along with the most money. Jaffe is a repeat champion, having won this exact same event at last year’s Lucky Hearts Poker Open.
Here are their final payouts, along with the other final tablists:
1st: Jonathan Jaffe – $574,085 + LHPO Trophy 2nd: Joseph Cheong – $540,000 3rd: Tim Capretta – $291,730 4th: Dan Colpoys – $202,145 5th: Eli Berg – $130,935 6th: Caleb Piderit – $98,775 7th: Sameer Batra – $80,400 8th: Vikenty Shegal – $68,915 9th: Jerry Wong – $66,615
Stay tuned for a recap from this event later tonight.
$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts Level 20: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 93
Jonathan Jaffe
Joseph Cheong completed the small blind to 50,000, Jonathan Jaffe raised from the big blind to 150,000, and Cheong called.
The flop came , Cheong checked, Jaffe bet 225,000, and Cheong called.
The turn card was the , Cheong checked, and Jaffe thought for a bit before moving all in for 1,260,000. Cheong asked for an exact count before he called with for a pair of aces.
Jaffe turned over for a club flush draw with a gutshot straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive.
Jaffe needed a king or a club, and he got the best of both worlds when the river brought the . Jaffe won the pot with a club flush to double up in chips.
Jonathan Jaffe – 3,320,000 (66 bb) Joseph Cheong – 4,400,000 (88 bb)
With three players remaining from a field of 93, the average chip stack is about 3.1 million (62 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $291,730 each.