$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 11: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 25
Bryn Kenney
Chris Brewer raised to 12,000 from middle position, Byron Kaverman called in the cutoff, and Bryn Kenney called from the big blind.
The flop was and action checked to Kaverman who bet 13,000. Kenney check-raised to 45,000, Brewer check-reraised to 90,000, Kaverman reraised to 135,000, and Kenney went all in for about 160,000.
Brewer folded and Kaverman called with for a set of tens, leading Kenney’s for sixes and fours.
The turn and river completed the board, locking up the pot for Kaverman.
“That was interesting to watch, I had ten-six,” said Sean Winter after the hand.
“Tens, six-four, and ten-six. Aces was the fourth best hand,” laughed Brewer.
2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 30 $50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Entries: 25 Prize Pool: $1,212,500 August 4-5, 2022
Event 30 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Poker Open, the $50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry), drew 25 entries to produce a prize pool of $1,212,500. The final five players will cash, earning at least $97,000.
Up top for the winner is $485,000 and the SHRPO trophy.
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure Level 4: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Entries: 15
Espen Jørstad
The Super High Roller field was sent on the first break of the day not long after the reigning WSOP Main Event champ took a seat in the big game.
Espen Jørstad picked up his first career WSOP bracelet early the summer with a $1,000 Tag Team win, but he wasn’t done there. He ran hot at the end of the summer and took home the massive WSOP Main Event bracelet after conquering the 8,663-player field for a $10,000,000 payout.
Now the champ is here and warming up with the $50,000 Super High Roller.
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante Entries: 9
Byron Kaverman
The $50K Super High Roller got underway this afternoon with a nice group of nine players with more expected throughout the day. Here’s the lineup, including former LHPO High Roller champ Jonathan Jaffe.
Christopher Brewer Darren Elias Chad Eveslage Alex Foxen Jonathan Jaffe Byron Kaverman Krishna Lawrence Jonathan Little Taylor von Kriegenbergh
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
We are one day away from kicking off the 2022 SHRPO Championship and the Big 4 run of tournaments. That means today we put on our biggest buy-in tournament of the series with the $50,000 Super High Roller at 2 pm this afternoon.
Some of the best players in the game will show up this afternoon to compete in the small field but for huge prizes.
Super High Rollers start with 125,000 out front and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes, going up to 90 minutes at the final table. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at approximately 10 pm following a 90-minute dinner break.
Day 1 will come to an end late on Thursday when they reach the final table and survivors will return on Friday to play for the title.
Players begin with 125,000 in chips
Levels last 40 minutes; Final table levels last 90 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 10 (10:00pm)
2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 30 $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed Entries: 475 Prize Pool: $460,750 April 6, 2022
2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 30 Champion Valerie Novak
Event 30 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 475 entries generated a prize pool of $460,750, demolishing the $100,000 guarantee.
After about 17 hours, Valerie Novak emerged victorious, winning outright for $91,835.
“I’m overwhelmed, grateful,” said a gushing Novak afterward. “I still can’t believe that happened.”
What happened was Novak topping an absolutely loaded final table. Chance Kornuth and Kristen Bicknell boast nearly $15 million in career live tournament winnings according to the Hendon Mob poker database between them, while the rest of the final table adds another roughly $3.5 million to that. Novak, who plays recreationally, only recently got back into the game after taking a break in 2019.
“I started playing again in September, and have been putting a lot of effort into upping my game. A lot more studying, and then applying it to some smaller tournaments. I’ve watched everything that I can on PokerGO.”
At the Lucky Hearts Poker Open in January, Novak finished seventh in the $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em Deep Stack for $27,215 and was determined to make a better showing out of this final table.
“I always seem to be short when I get to a final table. Always. That’s why it never seems to work out. In this case, I was sitting pretty well with chips.”
Novak began the final table second in chips with 44 big blinds and really picked up steam when she picked off a bluff from Kornuth to double up with five players left. She would eventually get heads-up with Kornuth.
“When I saw Chance at the table I thought I had no chance, as silly as that sounds.”
Chance Kornuth and Valerie Novak
Novak began heads-up play with the chip lead, and found a good spot when she check-raised all on a ten-high board with pocket kings. Kornuth called with top pair and didn’t improve, officially locking up the victory for Novak.
The win marks Novak’s largest career score on Hendon Mob, with the other two coming in the aforementioned event at the 2022 Lucky Hearts Poker Open and a 19th-place finish in the $3,500 Wynn Fall Classic Championship for $41,420 this past October. In addition to her commitment to studying the game, Novak credits family life back home in Maryland for her success.
“I have a family, a job, a grandson, so I just can play when I can. My husband is super supportive about me traveling, so I pick like three or four places throughout the year I wanna go to, and spend about two weeks there and kinda focus on the game. It’s just been working out. I’ve definitely seen an improvement in my game since September.”
and action checked to Kaverman who bet 13,000. Kenney check-raised to 45,000, Brewer check-reraised to 90,000, Kaverman reraised to 135,000, and Kenney went all in for about 160,000.
for a set of tens, leading Kenney’s 
for sixes and fours.
turn and 
river completed the board, locking up the pot for Kaverman.
, giving Peters a pair of queens to double up.
