High Roller: Ignacio Moron Doubles Thru Michael Duek

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 105

Ignacio Moron
Ignacio Moron

Ignacio Moron got it all in from middle position for 80,000 with 9s8s, and needed to improve to stay alive against the Qh6c of Michael Duek in the big blind.

The board came 10s7h2s4cJs, and Moron flopped an open-ended straight draw with a spade flush draw, and hit both of them on the river to win the pot with a spade flush and double up in chips.

Ignacio Moron  –  200,000  (8 bb)
Michael Duek  –  1,080,000  (43 bb)

With 15 players remaining from a field of 105, the average chip stack is around 700,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money, guaranteed at least $54,465 each.

High Roller: Eric Wasserson Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Sean Winter

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 105

Sean Winter
Sean Winter

During hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Eric Wasserson got it all in from middle position for 250,000 with 10h10c, but he needed to improve to stay alive against the AsAd of Sean Winter in the cutoff.

The board came Qs8h5d2c5h, and the aces held up for Winter to win the pot and eliminate Wasserson on the Money Bubble in 16th place.

Sean Winter  –  910,000  (36 bb)
Eric Wasserson  –  Eliminated

With 15 players remaining from a field of 105, the average chip stack is around 700,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money, guaranteed at least $54,465 each.

High Roller: Final Two Tables; Approximate Chip Counts

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 105

Table 83
Seat 1:  Joseph Cheong  –  550,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2:  Arian Stolt  –  550,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3:  David Peters  –  600,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4:  Darren Elias  –  355,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Dylan Linde  –  685,000  (27 bb)
Seat 6:  Eric Wasserson  –  300,000  (12 bb)
Seat 7:  Asher Conniff  –  810,000  (32 bb)
Seat 8:  Sean Winter  –  600,000  (24 bb)

Table 89
Seat 1:  Chad Eveslage  –  525,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2:  Nolan King  –  410,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3:  Joey Weissman  –  315,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Duek  –  1,190,000  (48 bb)
Seat 5:  Taylor Wilson  –  1,760,000  (70 bb)
Seat 6:  James Carroll  –  990,000  (40 bb)
Seat 7:  Ignacio Moron  –  80,000  (3 bb)
Seat 8:  Taylor von Kriegenbergh  –  1,040,000  (42  bb)

1st:  $713,190 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $505,700
3rd:  $319,000
4th:  $217,900
5th:  $140,050
6th:  $103,740
7th:  $85,585
8th:  $72,615
9th:  $70,025
10th:  $67,430
11th:  $64,840
12th:  $62,255
13th:  $59,650
14th:  $57,055
15th:  $54,465

High Roller: Justin Saliba Eliminated by Asher Conniff

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 105

Justin Saliba was all in for 200,000 from the small blind against Asher Conniff in the big blind.

Saliba:  Kh9d
Conniff:  Ad2h

The board came Qc5c2s3hAh, no help to Saliba, giving Conniff the pot.

Asher Conniff  –  810,000  (32 bb)
Justin Saliba  –  Eliminated

The remaining 16 players are now redrawing for seats. The money bubble is set to begin.

High Roller: Dylan Linde Doubles Thru Ignacio Moron

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 105

Dylan Linde raised to 125,000 in the small blind, Igancio Moron reraised all in with a covering stack in the big blind, and Linde called all in for 330,000.

Linde:  KhKs
Moron:  Kd9s

The board ran out 6h4s2c7cQc, safe for Linde to double up.

Dylan Linde  –  685,000  (27 bb)
Ignacio Moron  –  65,000  (3 bb)

High Roller: Jorge Gomez Eliminated by Darren Elias

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 105

After losing a coin flip to Eric Wasserson, Jorge Gomez raised all in for 90,000 from the cutoff. Wasserson called on the button, Darren Elias reraised all in for about 420,000 from the big blind, and Wasserson folded.

Gomez:  Kd9h
Elias:  AcJs

The board ran out 7c3d6s3s3c, no help to Gomez, locking up the pot for Elias.

Darren Elias  –  630,000  (32 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  Eliminated

High Roller: Official Chip Counts for the Final 18 Players

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 105

Asher Conniff
Chipleader Asher Conniff

Table 83
Seat 1:  Taylor Wilson  –  1,055,000  (53 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Justin Saliba  –  325,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4:  Asher Conniff  –  1,165,000  (58 bb)
Seat 5:  Joseph Cheong  –  670,000  (34 bb)
Seat 6:  Joey Weissman  –  170,000  (9 bb)
Seat 7:  Chad Eveslage  –  305,000  (15 bb)
Seat 8:

Table 84
Seat 1:  Sean Winter  –  780,000  (39 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  James Carroll  –  1,035,000  (52 bb)
Seat 4:  Jorge Gomez  –  250,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5:  Eric Wasserson  –  310,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6:  Michael Duek  –  530,000   (27 bb)
Seat 7:  Darren Elias  –  480,000  (24 bb)
Seat 8:

Table 89
Seat 1:  Dylan Linde  –  680,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2:  Igancio Moron  –  320,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Taylor von Kriegenbergh  –  615,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:  Arian Stolt  –  305,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7:  Nolan King  –  300,000  (15 bb)
Seat 8:  David Peters  –  1,110,000  (56 bb)

1st:  $713,190 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $505,700
3rd:  $319,000
4th:  $217,900
5th:  $140,050
6th:  $103,740
7th:  $85,585
8th:  $72,615
9th:  $70,025
10th:  $67,430
11th:  $64,840
12th:  $62,255
13th:  $59,650
14th:  $57,055
15th:  $54,465

High Roller: Three-Table Redraw

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 105

Dylan Linde (left) and Asher Conniff (right)

The Big 4 High Roller dropped to 24 players midway through Level 13 to trigger a complete three-table redraw. They still have a lot of work to do, they’ll lose another table before going into hand-for-hand mode at 16 players.

Before they broke up, the two biggest stacks in the room were seated next to each other. Asher Conniff leads the field with 1,185,000 and Dylan Linde is second with 988,000.

High Roller: Prize Pool and Payouts with $713,190 Up Top

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  105
Prize Pool:  $2,593,500
August 8-9, 2022

Registration closed for the $25K Big 4 High Roller with 105 entries. The $2,000,000 guaranteed turned into a prize pool worth $2,593,500 and the last 15 spots will be paid. A min-cash is worth $54,465 while the last six players will earn six digits and the champ will cash for $713,190.

1st: $713,190 + SHRPO trophy
2nd: $505,700
3rd: $319,000
4th: $217,900
5th: $140,050
6th: $103,740
7th: $85,585
8th: $72,615
9th: $70,025
10th: $67,430
11th: $64,840
12th: $62,255
13th: $59,650
14th: $57,055
15th: $54,465

High Roller: Dinner Break Until 8 p.m.

$25,500 Big 4 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  97

The players in the High Roller are in the midst of a 90-minute dinner break. Play resumes at about 8 p.m. Registration remains open until the end of the dinner break.

There are currently 38 players remaining, and leading the way is Ignacio Moron with 834,000, followed by Asher Conniff with 805,000.