Vu Dang Wins His First SHR Trophy in PLO-8 to earn $15,235

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 30
$600 Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  94
Prize Pool:  $48,410
August 7, 2024

Event 30 Champion Vu Dang
Event 30 Champion Vu Dang

There were 94 entries in Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha 8, which was the eighth of ten events that qualify for the SHRPO $10,000 Mixed-Game Leaderboard. The total prizepool was worth $48,410, and the final 12 players finished in the money.

Vu Dang won the event outright in a dramatic three-way all-in to earn $15,235, knocking out Marc Sacheli (2nd place) and Joseph Shammas (3rd place). This is the first Seminole Hard Rock trophy for Dang.

The current points leader in the SHRPO $10,000 Mixed-Game Leaderboard is David Tarbet, and he finished 10th in this event to earn 16.5 points to reach 206.1. Darryll Fish had a chance to pass him in this event with a victory, but Fish finished fourth to earn 48.4 points, giving him 173.0 to move up to second on the leaderboard. There are two points-earning events remaining — Event #36 ($1,100 Omaha 8) and Event #43 ($1,100 HORSE), and the top four players on the final leaderboard will win prizes. (Click here for more details.)


Results:

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1VuDang$15,235
2MarcSacheli$9,200
3JosephShammas$5,810
4DarryllFish$3,755
5JonathanMoschel$2,905
6JordanStone$2,300
7LorellPascual$1,940
8JamesJuvancic$1,700
9JamesGunter$1,540
10DavidTarbet$1,405
11SeanRemz$1,310
12BrendaNelson$1,310