2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 50
$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  323
Prize Pool:  $1,000,000
August 11-13, 2024

Event 50 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was the Big 4 $3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 323 entries produced a prize pool of $1,000,000 and winning the lion’s share of it was Kevin Ordet, winning outright for $190,800.

Ordet returned for Tuesday’s final table eighth in chips of the remaining nine players and slowly chipped his way up to three-handed play, while Jim Collopy and Trace Henderson eliminated the rest of the table.

After battling three-handed for a while, Ordet doubled through Collopy when his ace-queen held against Collopy’s king-eight suited, giving Ordet the chip lead. Collopy fell a little while later in third place, setting up a 100-big-blind deep heads-up match against Henerson.

Ordet built a solid lead, twice having Henderson all in and at risk, but both times Henderson’s better hands held up for the double. In the end, however, Ordet’s flopped trips faded Henderson’s flush draw to seal the deal.

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 323

After a flop of , Trace Henderson (big blind) and Kevin Ordet (button) put in about 75,000 each.

The turn card was the , Henderson bet 125,000, Ordet raised to 400,000, and Trace reraised to 925,000. Ordet called.

The river card double-paired the board with the , and Henderson quickly moved all in. Ordet snap-called with for the top full house.

Henderson turned over for the two pair on the board with a king kicker. Ordet won the pot — and $190,800 — with jacks full of fives.

Trace Henderson finished as the runner-up, earning $128,000.

Congratulations to Kevin Ordet!

1st:  Kevin Ordet  –  $190,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  Trace Henderson  –  $128,000
3rd:  Jim Collopy  –  $95,000
4th:  Nick Seward  –  $71,000
5th:  Steven Miller  –  $54,000
6th:  Christian Harder  –  $41,000
7th:  Bruce Russell  –  $31,500
8th:  Myles Mullaly  –  $24,400
9th:  Manny Amaro  –  $19,200

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 323

Kevin Ordet raised from the button to 125,000, Trace Henderson reraised from the big blind to 500,000, and Ordet reraised to 1,100,000.

Henderson five-bet all in, and Ordet thought for a while before he folded. Henderson took the pot.

Trace Henderson  –  5,600,000  (112 bb)
Kevin Ordet  –  2,475,000  (50 bb)

Here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $190,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $128,000

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 323

Kevin Ordet raised to 125,000 from the button, Trace Henderson three-bet from the big blind Order four-bet shoved with a covering stack, and Henderson called all in for 2,365,000.

Ordet: 
Henderson: 

The board came , giving Henderson a pair of tens to double through Ordet.

Trace Henderson  –  4,780.000  (96 bb)
Kevin Ordet  –  3,295,000  (66 bb)

1st:  $190,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $128,000

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 323

Trace Henderson raised to 95,000 on the button, Kevin Ordet three-bet to 325,000 in the big blind, and Henderson called.

The flop was , Ordet checked, Henderson bet 500,000, Ordet check-raised all in with a covering stack, and Henderson called all in for 1,710,000 with for a pair of sevens, leading Ordet’s for a pair of deuces.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Henderson to double into the chip lead.

Trace Henderson  –  4,110,000  (103 bb)
Kevin Ordet  –  3,965,000  (99 bb)

1st:  $190,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $128,000

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 323

Trace Henderson raised to 85,000 from the button, Jim Collopy three-bet all in for about 810,000 from the small blind, and Henderson called with , leading Collopy’s .

The board ran out , not enough help top Collopy, ending his tournament in third place.

Kevin Ordet  –  5,375,000  (134 bb)
Trace Henderson  –  2,700,000  (68 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($95,000)

1st:  $190,800 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $128,000

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 323

Jim Collopy raised to 150,000 from the small blind, Kevin Ordet three-bet to 450,000 in the big blind, Collopy reraised all in with his chip-leading stack, and Ordet uses a time-extension before he called all in for 2,520,000.

Collopy: 
Ordet: 

The board ran out , safe for Ordet after the sweaty runout to double into the chip lead.

Kevin Ordet  – 5,080,000  (127 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  1,700,000  (43 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is around 2,690,000 (67 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $95,000 each.

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 323

Nick Seward raised to 200,000 (leaving 75,000 behind) from UTG/cutoff, Trace Henderson reraised from the big blind, and Seward called all in with , leading Henderson’s .

The board ran out , giving Henderson aces and sixes to eliminate Seward in fourth place.

Trace Henderson  –  1,860,000  (62 bb)
Nick Seward  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($71,000)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is around 2,690,000 (90 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $95,000 each.

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 323

Trace Henderson raised to 60,000 from UTG/hijack, Steven Miller reraised all in for 525,000 from the button, and Henderson called.

Henderson: 
Miller: 

The board came , giving Henderson a pair of queens on the turn to eliminate Miller in fifth place.

Trace Henderson  –  1,430,000  (48 bb)
Steven Miller  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($54,000)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is around 2,020,000 (67 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $71,000 each.