2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 41 $5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed Entries: 89 Prize Pool: $422,750 January 24, 2023
2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 41 Champion Brock Wilson
Event 41 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 89 entries generated a prize pool of $422,750, more than doubling the guarantee. Emerging victorious was Brock Wilson, winning outright for $129,350.
One of the top No-Limit Hold’em tournament players in the game today, Wilson surpassed the $6 million mark in career live tournament winnings per the Hendon Mob poker database with his victory tonight.
2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 41 $5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed Entries: 89 Prize Pool: $422,750 January 24, 2023
Registration closed for the one-day $5K Deep Stack tournament and it drew 89 entries to more than double the $200,000 guarantee. Our players put together a prize pool worth $422,750 and the last 12 players will cash.
A min-cash is worth $11,900 while the Event 41 champ will take home $129,350 and the LHPO trophy.
It’s become a tradition for all our major festivals, running a big buy-in one-day tournament on the last day of the series. Today at noon it’s a $5,000 Deep Stack NLH with a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool that will draw a great group of players.
Players will start with 20K deep stack and all levels will last 30 minutes for the one-day tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm. They’ll take a 45-minute dinner break at 6:30 pm and return to find our big Event 41 champ.
$200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 30 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 41 $400 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry) Entries: 149 Prize Pool: $49,915 November 29, 2022
2022 RRPO Event 41 Champion Eric Afriat
Event 41 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $400 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry), which drew 149 entries and produced a prize pool of $49,915. The final table had three trophy winners from just the last few days, as Lisa Levy (Event 29), David Shmuel (Event 38), and Eric Afriat (Event 33) were each vying for their second trophy of the series.
In the end, it was Afriat who emerged victorious, having the biggest stack at the time of a three-way chop, making him the official winner for $9,110.
This marked back-to-back days of trophy wins for Afriat, and his third SHRP major series trophy win, along with the aforementioned Event 33 and the 2014 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown. The three-time WPT champion has now amassed more than $4.5 million in career live tournament winnings according to the Hendon Mob poker database.
2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 41 $400 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry) Entries: 149 Prize Pool: $49,915 November 29, 2022
Registration closed for the $400 Seniors 50+ Event with 149 entries creating a very nice prize pool worth $49,915. The last 19 spots will be paid with $875 for a min-cash and $13,455 up top for our Seniors champ.
It’s out last day in the Grand Ballroom for the series (the Championship final table will play in the Meeting Room) and we have our second of two Seniors Events set to kick off at 10 am with a $400 buy-in.
Players start with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes in the one-day tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 2:30 pm. They have a Seniors-friendly dinner break at 4:30 pm and return to find our champion.
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 30 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 41 $2,200 Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) Entries: 115 Prize Pool: $230,000 August 8-9, 2022
Esther Taylor
Esther Taylor from Havertown, Pennsylvannia was declared the winner of Event 41 at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open after a chop was decided upon between the final two players. Taylor was the chip leader at the time, so she took home $59,825 along with the guitar pick trophy.
Taylor is a seasoned tournament pro with more than $2 million in career tournament earnings, but this is her first tournament title here at SHRPO. We caught up with her after the final table to get her thoughts about the tournament win.
“I’m happy to win, it’s always nice to win a trophy you know,” said Taylor. She continued, “I can take it home to my daughter, she’ll love it, but she has a billion [softball] trophies,” said Taylor.
“It was tough, it was tough, it wasn’t easy. There were a lot of good players, and the structure was very deep so it took a long time. Every one was kind of grinding, and just re-doubling up,” said Taylor when she was asked about her journey through the final day of the tournament.
When she was asked what keeps bringing her back to the Seminole Hard Rock for tournament series she said, “It’s such a simple flight to get here, although I drove for the first time this time. I love all you guys on the staff, and just how well the tournaments are run – and you know I play a lot of mixed games and this is one of few spots where they offer a lot of different games.”
Congratulations to the champion of Event 41 – Esther Taylor!
Final Table Results:
1st: Esther Taylor – $59,825* + SHRPO trophy 2nd: Roman Hrabec – $50,000* 3rd: Nicholas Nieto – $25,070 4th: Andrei Mitsiuk – $16,100 5th: Daniel Navarette – $12,190 6th: John Dubois – $10,120 7th: Melad Marji – $8,740 8th: Daniella Suid – $7,705
*: denotes results of a two-way deal.
That concludes our coverage of Event 41, but there is still so much more action to follow along with, including the SHRPO Championship that is still in play. Stay here at seminolehardrockpokeropen.com for all of the live updates.
