High Roller: Martin Stausholm Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Ali Turkan

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 93

Martin Stausholm

Ali Turkan raised all in with a covering stack in the small blind and Martin Stausholm called all in for about 350,000 in the big blind.

Stausholm:  Ad9d
Turkan:  7s7c

The board ran out Qc8d3dTc5c, no help to Stausholm after flopping a flush draw and turning a straight draw, ending his tournament on the money bubble.

Ali Turkan  –  880,000  (35 bb)
Martin Stausholm  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

With 12 players remaining, the average stack is 775,000 (31 bb). The remaining players have locked up $62,022.

High Roller: Aleksejs Ponakovs Doubles Through Frank Lagodich

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 93

Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 62,000 from the hijack, Shashi Ramakrishna called in the small blind, and Frank Lagodich reraised all in with a covering stack in the big blind, Ponakovs called all in for 369,000, and Ramakrishna folded.

Ponakovs:  AhAd
Lagodich:  KhJd

The board ran out JsQdQc8d3s, safe for Ponakovs to doubleup.

Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  825,000  (33 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  550,000  (22 bb)

High Roller: Josh Reichard Eliminated by Brian Altman

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 93

Josh Reichard raised all in for 77,000 from the small blind and Brian Altman called in the big blind.

Reichard:  Kd9s
Atlman:  As6s

The board ran out AdQh9h8d5d, not enough help to Reichard, ending his tournament two off of the money.

Brian Altman  –  900,000  (36 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  Eliminated

High Roller: Adam Hendrix Doubles Through Josh Reichard

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 93

Josh Reichard raised to 50,000 from early position, Adam Hendrix three-bet to 200,000 in middle position, Reichard four-bet all in with a covering stack, and Hendrix called all in for 340,000.

Reichard:  AhQh
Hendrix:  JsJc

The board ran out AcJdTh5s2s, giving Hendrix a set of jacks to double through Reichard.

Adam Hendrix  –  745,000  (30 bb)
Josh Reichard  –  150,000  (6 bb)

High Roller: Updated Counts

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 93

Play has been on hand-for-hand two off of the money for more than a level now, and Joe McKeehen has been the main beneficiary having more than doubled his stack since the two-table redraw.

With 14 players remaining, the average stack is about 665,000 (27 bb).

Table 31
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  Joe McKeehen  –  1,400,000  (56 bb)
Seat 3:  Justin Zaki  –  850,000  (34 bb)
Seat 4:  Ethan Yau  –  460,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5:  Josh Reichard –    530,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6:  Brian Altman  –  835,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7:  Adam Hendrix  –  340,000  (14 bb)
Seat 8:  Benjamin Grise  –  900,000  (36 bb)

Table 32
Seat 1:  Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  200,000  (8 bb)
Seat 2:  Anton Wigg  –  240,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3:  Timur Vardanian  –  560,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4:  Shashi Ramakrishna  –  590,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:  Frank Lagodich  –  1,150,000  (46 bb)
Seat 7:  Ali Turkan  –  650,000  (26 bb)
Seat 8:  Martin Stausholm  –  480,000  (19 bb)

1st:  $682,238 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $459,420
3rd:  $298,623
4th:  $204,442
5th:  $135,529
6th:  $101,072
7th:  $82,696
8th:  $71,210
9th:  $68,913
10th:  $66,616
11th:  $64,319
12th:  $62,022

High Roller: Gal Yifrach Eliminated by Justin Zaki

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 93

Gal Yifrach was all in for about 270,000 from the button against Justin Zaki in the big blind.

Yifrach:  KsQh
Zaki:  AdAc

The board came 5s4s4d6d4c, no help to Yifrach, locking up the pot for Zaki.

Justin Zaki  –  770,000  (39 bb)
Gal Yifrach  –  Eliminated

High Roller: Brian Luo Eliminated by Martin Stausholm

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 93

Martin Stausholm opened to 32,000 from under the gun, Anton Wigg reraised to 85,000 from middle position, Brian Luo called all in for 6,000 on the button, Stausholm reraised all in for about 450,000, and Wigg folded.

Stausholm:  QsQc
Luo:  Ad9s

The board ran out QdQh6d6hJs, giving Stausholm quad queens to eliminate Luo.

Martin Stausholm  –  560,000  (35 bb)
Brian Luo  –  Eliminated

High Roller: Frank Lagodich Doubles Through Brian Luo

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 93

On the turn of a Kd8d4h4d board with about 355,000 in the pot, Brian Luo bet 140,000 from the small blind and Frank Lagodich called in the big blind.

The river was the Ad, Luo went all in for about 278,000, and Lagodich thought for a bit before he called all in about 272,000.

Luo showed Qh7h, while Lagodich tabled Kh8h for kings and eights to double up into the chip lead.

Frank Lagodich  –  1,179,000  (74 bb)
Brian Luo  –  6,000  (< 1 bb)

High Roller: Final Two Tables; Josh Reichard Leads

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 93

With 16 players remaining, the average stack is about 581,000 (36 bb).

Table 31
Seat 1:  Gal Yifrach  –  300,000  (19 bb)
Seat 2:  Joe McKeehen  –  600,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3:  Justin Zaki  –  490,000  (31 bb)
Seat 4:  Ethan Yau  –  720,000  (45 bb)
Seat 5:  Josh Reichard –  1,060,000  (66 bb)
Seat 6:  Brian Altman  –  980,000  (61 bb)
Seat 7:  Adam Hendrix  –  430,000  (27 bb)
Seat 8:  Benjamin Grise  –  790,000  (49 bb)

Table 32
Seat 1:  Aleksejs Ponakovs  –  450,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2:  Anton Wigg  –  570,000  (36  bb)
Seat 3:  Timur Vardanian  –  510,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4:  Shashi Ramakrishna  –  235,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5:  Brian Luo  –  460,000  (29 bb)
Seat 6:  Frank Lagodich  –  590,000  (37 bb)
Seat 7:  Ali Turkan  –  690,000  (43 bb)
Seat 8:  Martin Stausholm  –  465,000  (29 bb)

1st:  $682,238 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $459,420
3rd:  $298,623
4th:  $204,442
5th:  $135,529
6th:  $101,072
7th:  $82,696
8th:  $71,210
9th:  $68,913
10th:  $66,616
11th:  $64,319
12th:  $62,022

High Roller: Prize Pool and Payouts; $682,238 to the Winner

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 42
$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  93
Prize Pool:  $2,297,100
November 27, 2023

Event 42 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was the $25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 93 entries generated a prize pool of $2,297,100. The final 12 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $62,022.

Up top for the winner is $682,238.

1st:  $682,238 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $459,420
3rd:  $298,623
4th:  $204,442
5th:  $135,529
6th:  $101,072
7th:  $82,696
8th:  $71,210
9th:  $68,913
10th:  $66,616
11th:  $64,319
12th:  $62,022