$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 97 of 1,027

Flight A: 119 Entries: 11 Advanced
Flight B: 141 Entries, 12 Advanced
Flight C: 171 Entries, 12 Advanced
Flight D: 194 Entries, 20 Advanced
Flight E: 198 Entries, 20 Advanced
Flight F: 204 Entries, 22 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 1pm

Day 2 table draws:

First Name	Last Name	Chip Count	Table	Seat
Robert	Womack	22,500	41	1
Andrew	Gordon	205,400	41	2
Clifford	Conners	152,000	41	3
Roidi	Regaldo	118,000	41	4
Yvonne	McQuillan	56,200	41	5
Matthew	Kuba	147,800	41	6
Dominick	Spadavecchia	131,600	41	7
Manuel	Toribio	223,800	41	8
Michael	Eddy	94,000	41	9
Hany	Axoue	80,600	42	1
Eric	Rivkin	66,400	42	2
Sean	Shah	67,000	42	3
Dalis	Gomez	42,500	42	4
Sebastian	Andres	178,500	42	5
Ayca	Erakbas	37,000	42	6
Peter	Scianna	61,000	42	7
Offer	Kohavi	130,500	42	8
Philip	Consolo	89,200	42	9
Joseph	Duchman	54,900	43	1
Rafael	De Lima	172,500	43	2
Abdelouahed	Bouanani	141,500	43	3
Jeronimo	Abalos	212,500	43	4
Elias	Nassif	69,700	43	5
Ryan	Leto	59,700	43	6
Panagiotis	Nifakos	100,800	43	7
Chrystian	Oliveira	89,100	43	8
Marco	Musetti	137,400	43	9
Howard	Calderon	38,900	44	1
Robert	Transue	38,500	44	2
Ryan	McLane	43,100	44	3
Homero	Molina	68,400	44	4
Oktay	Altinbas	52,000	44	5
Robert	Williams	84,300	44	7
Jorge	Gomez	113,700	44	8
Pieter	Hogoboom	55,900	44	9
Henry	Miller	49,800	49	1
Daniel	Vazquez	18,500	49	2
Corbin	Avery	109,500	49	3
Farid	Dhanani	70,200	49	4
Deanna	Williams	86,500	49	5
Angelo	Castaldi	57,000	49	6
Scott	Baldelli	130,000	49	7
Stephen	Harris	63,000	49	8
David	Inselberg	88,900	49	9
Joseph	Irgon	57,500	50	1
Bradford	Greeley	325,300	50	2
Solange	Lucas	42,200	50	3
Rafael	Fernandes	115,000	50	4
Henry	Billete	168,400	50	5
Rafael	Reis	183,400	50	6
Frank	Sinopoli	76,300	50	7
Josias	Santos	157,500	50	8
Charles	Horton	73,000	50	9
Erik	Guzman	98,900	51	1
Pasquale	Caiazza	44,300	51	2
Jorge	Bermudez	76,800	51	3
Lizhi	Gong	40,000	51	4
Craig	Witz	63,000	51	5
Kyle	Carino	125,300	51	6
Julian	Florez	34,600	51	7
Robert	Saunders	68,000	51	8
Ronald	Magers	62,900	51	9
Ed	Turner	218,200	52	1
Scott	Zakheim	87,600	52	2
Wagner	Wysotchanski	59,600	52	2
Luis	Rivera Lugo	54,100	52	3
Josef	Shertzer	120,300	52	4
Triantafyllos	Mavrommatis	22,700	52	6
Scott	Sommer	74,000	52	7
Marcia	Costa-Savidge	50,000	52	9
Peter	Fellows	66,100	57	1
Hagai	Stein	185,000	57	2
Manuel	Amaro Alvarez	135,000	57	3
Wally	Maddah	42,500	57	4
Dejan	Petkovic	153,500	57	5
Christopher	Sedlar	226,600	57	6
Matan	Yehudai	34,300	57	7
Jeff	Kessler	140,400	57	8
Juan	Ferrer	103,000	57	9
Carlos	Bolanos	48,000	58	1
Francisco	Castillo	138,000	58	2
Vladimir	Kovalchuk	120,300	58	3
Andros	Ioakimides	77,500	58	4
Steve	Lake	21,200	58	5
Luis	Mantilla	103,100	58	6
Johanssy	Joseph	116,000	58	7
Roberto	Monteiro	252,100	58	8
Julian	Guimarares	185,500	58	9
Rollin	Hernandez	296,800	59	1
Jack	Towell	221,000	59	2
Soren	Morales	158,800	59	3
Juan	Peralta	136,000	59	4
Joseph	Carrafa	96,500	59	5
David	Shmuel	296,500	59	6
Yigal	Hen	39,900	59	7
Joaquin	Sosa	110,700	59	8
Barry	Chazen	128,600	59	9

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guarantee | Payouts
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 97 of 1,027

Flight A: 119 Entries: 11 Advanced
Flight B: 141 Entries, 12 Advanced
Flight C: 171 Entries, 12 Advanced
Flight D: 194 Entries, 20 Advanced
Flight E: 198 Entries, 20 Advanced
Flight F: 204 Entries, 22 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 1pm

Day 2 chip counts:

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Chip Count
1	Bradford	Greeley	325,300
2	Rollin	Hernandez	296,800
3	David	Shmuel	296,500
4	Roberto	Monteiro	252,100
5	Christopher	Sedlar	226,600
6	Manuel	Toribio	223,800
7	Jack	Towell	221,000
8	Ed	Turner	218,200
9	Jeronimo	Abalos	212,500
10	Andrew	Gordon	205,400
11	Julian	Guimarares	185,500
12	Hagai	Stein	185,000
13	Rafael	Reis	183,400
14	Sebastian	Andres	178,500
15	Rafael	De Lima	172,500
16	Henry	Billete	168,400
17	Soren	Morales	158,800
18	Josias	Santos	157,500
19	Dejan	Petkovic	153,500
20	Clifford	Conners	152,000
21	Matthew	Kuba	147,800
22	Abdelouahed	Bouanani	141,500
23	Jeff	Kessler	140,400
24	Francisco	Castillo	138,000
25	Marco	Musetti	137,400
26	Juan	Peralta	136,000
27	Manuel	Amaro Alvarez	135,000
28	Dominick	Spadavecchia	131,600
29	Offer	Kohavi	130,500
30	Scott	Baldelli	130,000
31	Barry	Chazen	128,600
32	Kyle	Carino	125,300
33	Vladimir	Kovalchuk	120,300
34	Josef	Shertzer	120,300
35	Roidi	Regaldo	118,000
36	Johanssy	Joseph	116,000
37	Rafael	Fernandes	115,000
38	Jorge	Gomez	113,700
39	Joaquin	Sosa	110,700
40	Corbin	Avery	109,500
41	Luis	Mantilla	103,100
42	Juan	Ferrer	103,000
43	Panagiotis	Nifakos	100,800
44	Erik	Guzman	98,900
45	Joseph	Carrafa	96,500
46	Michael	Eddy	94,000
47	Philip	Consolo	89,200
48	Chrystian	Oliveira	89,100
49	David	Inselberg	88,900
50	Scott	Zakheim	87,600
51	Deanna	Williams	86,500
52	Robert	Williams	84,300
53	Hany	Axoue	80,600
54	Andros	Ioakimides	77,500
55	Jorge	Bermudez	76,800
56	Frank	Sinopoli	76,300
57	Scott	Sommer	74,000
58	Charles	Horton	73,000
59	Farid	Dhanani	70,200
60	Elias	Nassif	69,700
61	Homero	Molina	68,400
62	Robert	Saunders	68,000
63	Sean	Shah	67,000
64	Eric	Rivkin	66,400
65	Peter	Fellows	66,100
66	Craig	Witz	63,000
67	Stephen	Harris	63,000
68	Ronald	Magers	62,900
69	Peter	Scianna	61,000
70	Ryan	Leto	59,700
71	Wagner	Wysotchanski	59,600
72	Joseph	Irgon	57,500
73	Angelo	Castaldi	57,000
74	Yvonne	McQuillan	56,200
75	Pieter	Hogoboom	55,900
76	Joseph	Duchman	54,900
77	Luis	Rivera Lugo	54,100
78	Oktay	Altinbas	52,000
79	Marcia	Costa-Savidge	50,000
80	Henry	Miller	49,800
81	Carlos	Bolanos	48,000
82	Pasquale	Caiazza	44,300
83	Ryan	McLane	43,100
84	Wally	Maddah	42,500
85	Dalis	Gomez	42,500
86	Solange	Lucas	42,200
87	Lizhi	Gong	40,000
88	Yigal	Hen	39,900
89	Howard	Calderon	38,900
90	Robert	Transue	38,500
91	Ayca	Erakbas	37,000
92	Julian	Florez	34,600
93	Matan	Yehudai	34,300
94	Triantafyllos	Mavrommatis	22,700
95	Robert	Womack	22,500
96	Steve	Lake	21,200
97	Daniel	Vazquez	18,500

2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 15
$300 HORSE 
Entries: 53
Prize Pool: $13,515
November 28, 2017

If there is a mixed games event at the Hard Rock, Phil Hui is usually in the field and favorite to take the whole thing down. In one of the last events of the 2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open, he did just that.

Hui defeated a 53-entry field to win the $300 HORSE event. In a four-way deal, Hui got nearly original first place money. What was scheduled to be a $5,000 first place payout was still $4,782 in the deal.

“I just ran pure when the levels were high,” said Hui. “Just stayed patient and not waste any bets and try to get it in good. And I ran good.”

Hui made his mark on the poker world when he broke through for a bracelet at the 2014 World Series of Poker in the $3,000 Omaha Hi-Lo event. Since then, he’s been regarded as one of the better mixed game players around.

Living in Florida, it can be tough to find a mixed game. Most of the games in the state are big bet games, but he still finds a way to stay sharp.

“If I want to play [mix], I’ll fly up to Philly and play cash at Parx,” said Hui. “Other than that, I just play these small tournaments during the series.”

Before becoming a full-time poker pro, Hui made his living as a professional golfer. Golfers tend to gamble quite a bit and it was on the tour where he got hooked on poker.

Unlike most pros his age, he didn’t get his start playing no limit hold’em.

“That’s how I learned how to play poker,” said Hui. “PLO8 was the first game I learned. And badugi before no limit hold’em.”

After getting a grasp of the game with his fellow golfers, he decided to leave the tour and play poker full time. He met a few other poker players who gave him some more in-depth strategy advice on no limit hold’em.

“In 2010, I met Rob Salaburu and some internet guys that taught me how to raise and three-bet,” joked Hui.

While he’s been a highly successful poker pro, the urge to get back out on the golf course and play on the PGA tour is in the back of his mind. A transition back to golf, would mean no time on the felt for Hui.

“It’s still up in the air,” said Hui. “I really do want to go back and give it one more shot. It would be 100% commitment to golf and no poker.”

While he never reached the PGA tour, he was quite successful on the tours just below it. If there wasn’t a change in the procedure, we might have seen Hui on television battling it out with the game’s best golfers instead of battling poker’s best players on the felt.

“I was pretty good,” said Hui about his time on the ‘mini tours.’  “I was top five on our money list. I almost got my card, but they changed the structure as to how you get your card, so it was a two-year process instead of one. So, I just decided to turn to poker.”

Results:

1st: Phil Hui – $4,782*
2nd: Carey Pickus – $2,300*
3rd: Georges Boyadjian – $2,000*
4th: Wally Maddah – $2,000*
5th: Harold Klein – $1,014
6th: Dennis O’Connor – $811
7th: Ricardo Quintero – $608

*Indicates adjusted payouts per the four-way deal

$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Championship Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 585

Six players remain with a chance to win the RRPO Championship along with $374,240 for the title. Eight-time WSOP Circuit champ Ari Engel made a late move and will return tomorrow as the chip leader with Matas Cimbolas in second place.

Tom Marchese, Michael Newman, and SHRP team Darryll Fish and Sheddy round out the tough final table to be played out in front of the Poker Night in America camera.

Seat 1: Darryll Fish – 2,385,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: Michael Newman – 3,360,000 (42 bb)
Seat 3: Tom Marchese – 1,050,000 (13 bb)
Seat 4: Matas Cimbolas – 3,680,000 (46 bb)
Seat 5: Ari Engel – 4,495,000 (56 bb)
Seat 6: Sheddy Siddiqui – 2,580,000 (32 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st – $374,240 + Trophy
2nd – $262,440
3rd – $168,920
4th – $121,920
5th – $93,560
6th – $75,380

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 10,000/20,000 Limits | Structure
Players Remaining: 4 of 53

After Klein’s fifth place elimination, the final four players agreed to a chop. With Phil Hui having such a massive chip lead, he takes credit for the win.

Carey Pickus, Wally Maddah, and Georges Boyadjian were also involved in the chop. Here are the details:

1st: Phil Hui – $4,782
2nd: Carey Pickus – $2,300
3rd: Georges Boyadjian – $2,000
4th: Wally Maddah – $2,000

$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Championship Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 585

Michael Newman limped from under the gun with Denis Cyr having a lot of his stack already in the big blind. Ari Engel raised to 375,000 from the cutoff and Cyr called all in for his last 125,000.

Newman called then checked the flop and Engel bet 400,000. Newman mucked and the cards were flipped up.

Cyr:
Engel:

Engel was ahead with ace-high but Cyr added an open-ended straight draw on the turn. No save on the river and Cyr was eliminated in seventh place.

The clock was paused with 46 minutes and 14 seconds remaining in Level 29. The final six players will return tomorrow at noon to play for the Championship in front of the Poker Night in America cameras.

Ari Engel – 4,495,000 (56 bb)
Denis Cyr – Eliminated in 7th place ($62,200)

2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open 
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 1,027
Prize Pool: $123,240
November 27-29, 2017 

1st – $31,561
2nd – $18,486
3rd – $12,078
4th – $8,195
5th – $5,792
6th – $4,498
7th -$3,451
8th – $2,526
9th – $1,787
10th-12th – $1,356
13th-15th – $1,048
16th-18th – $863
19th-27th – $739
28th-36th – $629
37th-45th – $530
46th-54th – $468
55th-63rd – $419

$3,500 RRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Championship Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 585

Michael Newman used his verbal skills to win a hand against Matas Cimbolas. He opened to 180,000 and called a three-bet from Cimbolas to 550,000. They checked the flop and Newman bet 200,000 after the turn. Newman began talking while Cimbolas thought about it.

He eventually called and Newman quickly bet 400,000 after the river.

“Ace high is no good,” Newman said. “I’m telling you.”

Cimbolas waited a few minutes, smiled, and mucked his hand.

Newman flipped over king-high to get a round of applause from everyone, including Cimbolas.

Michael Newman – 3,500,000 (44 bb)
Matas Cimbolas – 3,850,000 (48 bb)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 8,000/16,000 Limits | Structure
Players Remaining: 4 of 53

Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 

Hal Klein: [x][x] /
Phil Hui: [x][x] /

Hal Klein got all in on fifth street against Phil Hui with the boards looking like they are above. Klein showed in the hole and Hui showed .

Klein had a 7-6 low on fifth and Hui had a pair of fours and a better low draw.

Hui picked up the on sixth and Klein hit the . Hui bricked his river, showing the and Klein tabled the .

Hui made a better low and Klein never made a pair. Hui scooped the whole pot and Klein was eliminated in fifth place for $1,014.

Phil Hui – 350,000
Hal Klein – Eliminated