2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 31
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  201
Prize Pool:  $194,970
August 7-8, 2024

On Thursday afternoon, the final seven players in Event 31 ($1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em) played down to a winner on the first live stream of the series, and it ended around 5:30 pm when Nicholas Seward and David Jackson agreed to a heads-up deal. As chipleader, Seward was declared the winner, receiving the title, the trophy, and $39,000.

Jackson began the final table as the chipleader, and he scored the first knockout about 90 minutes into the action when his outran the of Dan Stavila. A ten on the flop was enough to send Stavila home in seventh place. (Click here for details on this hand.)

Seward actually started this final table second-to-last in chips with 25 big blinds, but he slowly built up his stack over the first two hours before playing a pretty big hand against Ya Yun Liu.

With six players left, Liu bluffed the river with queen high on a board of , and Seward called with . Liu was left with just three big blinds, eventually busting in sixth place, while Seward catapulted up near chipleader David Jackson. And Seward stayed near the top of the counts for the rest of the way. (Click here for details on this hand.)

With five players left, there was a three-way all-in situation between Seward, Matthew Zarcadoolas, and Eric Siegel. Siegel turned a set of queens to triple up in chips, and Seward won the side pot with two pair to knock out Zarcadoolas in fifth place. (Click here for details on this hand.)

Eric Siegel started the day last in chips, but he battled his way to the final four before he moved all in after the flop with top two pair against Seward’s flush draw. Seward caught a club on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Siegel in fourth place. (Click here for details on this hand.)

There were four double-ups in a row with three players left, but eventually Lanny Vaysman got it all in with against David Jackson’s , and he never caught up. Vaysman was knocked out in third place. (Click here for details on this hand.)

Heads-up play began with Seward holding more than twice as many chips as Jackson, but it only took about 15 minutes for Jackson to tie things up, winning a nice pot with a raise on the river. (Click here for details on this hand.)

Seward and Jackson went back-and-forth for a bit, with Seward taking a small chip lead into the break. They both wanted to play Event 37 ($2,200 No-Limit Hold’em), so they agreed to a deal to end the tournament. As chipleader, Seward was declared the winner, receiving the title, the trophy, and $39,000.

Results:

* Indicates the results of a heads-up deal.

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $194,970  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 201

During the break, the final two players agreed to a deal for the remaining prizepool. These were their official chip counts:

Nicholas Seward  –  2,680,000  (34 bb)
David Jackson  –  2,345,000  (29 bb)

And these were the payouts they agreed to:

1st:  Nicholas Seward  –  $39,000 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  David Jackson  –  $35,330

As chipleader, Nicholas Seward was declared the winner, receiving the title, the trophy, and $39,000.

Congratulations to Nicholas Seward!

1st:  Nicholas Seward  –  $39,000* + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  David Jackson  –  $35,330*
3rd:  Lanny Vaysman  –  $22,100
4th:  Eric Siegel  –  $16,500
5th:  Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  $12,500
6th:  Ya Yun Liu  –  $9,500
7th:  Dan Stavila  –  $7,300

* Indicates the results of a heads-up deal.

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $194,970  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 201

Level 27 comes to an end, and the players take a 15-minute break. Here are the official chip counts, followed by the final table payouts:

Nicholas Seward  –  2,680,000  (34 bb)
David Jackson  –  2,345,000  (29 bb)

1st:  $44,830 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $29,500

3rd:  Lanny Vaysman  –  $22,100
4th:  Eric Siegel  –  $16,500
5th:  Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  $12,500
6th:  Ya Yun Liu  –  $9,500
7th:  Dan Stavila  –  $7,300

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHRPO LIVE STREAM
(These updates are on the same 30-minute delay to avoid spoilers.)

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $194,970  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 201

Nicholas Seward completed the small blind to 60,000, and David Jackson checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came , Jackson checked, Seward bet 60,000, and Jackson called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Jackson bet 80,000, and Seward thought for a while before raising to 310,000. Then Jackson used a Time Chip to tank for nearly a minute before three-betting it to 1,010,000.

Seward used a Time Chip to tank for nearly a minute before he folds, and Jackson took the pot.

David Jackson  –  2,665,000  (44 bb)
Nicholas Seward  –  2,350,000  (39 bb)

Here are the payouts at stake:

1st:  $44,830 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $29,500

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHRPO LIVE STREAM
(These updates are on the same 30-minute delay to avoid spoilers.)

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $194,970  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 201

David Jackson raised from the button to 125,000, and Nicholas Seward called from the big blind.

The flop came , Seward checked, Jackson bet 80,000, and Seward check-raised to 200,000. Jackson thought for a while before he called.

The turn card tripped the board with the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Seward bet 175,000, Jackson raised to 590,000, and Seward thought for a while before he called. Jackson showed to win the pot with a full house, eights full of queens, and Seward mucked.

David Jackson  –  2,500,000  (42 bb)
Nicholas Seward  –  2,525,000  (42 bb)

And here are the payouts at stake:

1st:  $44,830 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $29,500

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHRPO LIVE STREAM
(These updates are on the same 30-minute delay to avoid spoilers.)

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $194,970  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 201

Lanny Vaysman was all in preflop with , and needed to improve to stay alive against David Jackson’s .

The board came , and Vaysman flopped an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Jackson won the pot with two pair, jacks and tens, to eliminate Vaysman in third place.

Lanny Vaysman  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($22,100)

Here are the official chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Nicholas Seward  –  3,635,000  (61 bb)
David Jackson  –  1,390,000  (23 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $44,830 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $29,500

3rd:  Lanny Vaysman  –  $22,100
4th:  Eric Siegel  –  $16,500
5th:  Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  $12,500
6th:  Ya Yun Liu  –  $9,500
7th:  Dan Stavila  –  $7,300

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHRPO LIVE STREAM
(These updates are on the same 30-minute delay to avoid spoilers.)