Event 47 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 168 entries generated a prize pool of $789,600, more than tripling the guarantee.

Emerging victorious was Adam Hendrix, winning outright for $192,150.

This marked Hendrix’s second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a $600 No-Limit Holdem event at the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open. 

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Adam	Hendrix	$192,150
2	Joe	Serock	$126,300
3	Meir	Meystel	$91,500
4	Arunas	Sapitavicius	$67,100
5	Krasimir	Yankov	$50,100
6	Grant	Wang	$38,200
7	Nikita	Kalinin	$29,700
8	Sam	Laskowitz	$23,500
9	Gediminas	Uselis	$19,100
10	Jeremy	Dan	$19,100
11	Vitalijs	Zavorotnijs	$15,800
12	David	DiBernardi	$15,800
13	John	Depersio	$13,400
14	James	Calderaro	$13,400
15	Nikolai	Mamut	$11,600
16	Artem	Metalidi	$11,600
17	Koray	Aldemir	$10,250
18	Norbert	Szecsi	$10,250
19	Carlos	Bermudez	$10,250
20	Asher	Conniff	$10,250
21	Justin	Zaki	$10,250

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 39
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  640
Prize Pool:  $332,800
November 26 – 28, 2023

Event 39 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a multi-flight $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). There were 640 entries, producing a prize pool of $332,800.

A three-handed deal took place at the final table and Nathan Thrush was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 39 winner for $48,961.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Nathan	Thrush	$48,961*
2	Stewart	Yancik	$45,569*
3	Franklin	Rojas	$37,495*
4	Rajeskar	Govindan	$20,280
5	Chad	Vetstein	$15,560
6	Al	Norman	$12,475
7	Orlando	Maldonado Jr.	$10,355
8	Ryan	Brown	$8,250
9	David	Laufer	$6,200
10	Arthur	Peacock	$6,200
11	Axel	Orellana Gomez	$5,130
12	William	Hicks	$5,130
13	Chet	Sickle	$4,090
14	Jake	Schwartz	$4,090
15	Kevin	Blewitt	$4,090
16	Michael	Merisier	$3,405
17	Claudio	Piedrabuena	$3,405
18	Carlos	Saturno Garcia	$3,405
19	Stanley	Lee	$2,790
20	Yanir	Hahitti	$2,790
21	Eugene	Kotlyarevskiy	$2,790
22	T.K.	Miles	$2,360
23	Gregory	Joslyn	$2,360
24	Saber	Salum Penayo	$2,360
25	David	Kozma	$1,995
26	Howard	Mash	$1,995
27	Corel	Theuma	$1,995
28	Nicholas	Velentzas	$1,640
29	Michael	Phillips	$1,640
30	Robert	Grossman	$1,640
31	Joshua	Zur	$1,640
32	Farhad	Jamasi	$1,640
33	Mustafa	Lobut	$1,640
34	Olga	Iermolcheva	$1,640
35	Mark	Shulla	$1,640
36	Rudy	Cadenas	$1,640
37	Luis	Ramos	$1,440
38	Ayed	Shweihat	$1,440
39	Dimitry	Agrachov	$1,440
40	Daniel	Clifford	$1,440
41	David	Hoag	$1,440
42	Sang	Ho	$1,440
43	Jordan	Kasimow	$1,440
44	Brock	Wilson	$1,440
45	Jaspal	Brar	$1,440
46	Luis	Gonzalez Gomez	$1,270
47	Santana	Noronha	$1,270
48	Gabriel	Croteau	$1,270
49	Roger	Lamia	$1,270
50	Diomig	Delgado	$1,270
51	Brett	Murray	$1,270
52	Rob	Brown	$1,270
53	Juan	Endara	$1,270
54	Satish	Surapaneni	$1,270
55	David	DiBernardi	$1,140
56	Richard	Whitebrook	$1,140
57	Florian	Ribouchon	$1,140
58	Teddy	Tavares Correa	$1,140
59	Steven	Haynes	$1,140
60	Yang	Lu	$1,140
61	Brian	Ng	$1,140
62	Joel	Gola	$1,140
63	Josias	Santos	$1,140
64	Lebert	Grinan	$1,030
65	Frederick	Attias	$1,030
66	Stephen	Kehoe	$1,030
67	Junior	Antoine	$1,030
68	Aaron	Massey	$1,030
69	Stuart	Greenbaum	$1,030
70	Tuan	Nguyen	$1,030
71	Rami	Hahitti	$1,030
72	Carl	Moultrie	$1,030
73	Alexander	Yen	$955
74	John	Petro	$955
75	Boshuang	Gao	$955
76	Peter	Shapiro	$955
77	Chaim	Appel	$955
78	Harrison	Shockley	$955
79	John	Deignan	$955
80	Michael	Vela	$955
81	Evan	Pantano	$955

*denotes three-handed deal

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 46
$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  164
Prize Pool:  $54,940
November 28, 2023

Event 46 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $400 Seniors 50+ N0-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 164 entries created a prize pool of $54,940.

Taking it down was Peter Fellows, winning outright for $14,350.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Peter	Fellows	$14,350
2	Neil	Blumenfield	$9,520
3	David	Shmuel	$5,640
4	Judith	Bielan	$3,430
5	Joseph	Villacci	$2,650
6	Philip	Consolo	$2,195
7	Stephen	Roselius	$1,900
8	Giuseppe	Galluzzo	$1,675
9	Steven	Bennett	$1,460
10	Nancy	Thomas	$1,460
11	Marcelo	Jo	$1,265
12	Arie	Ben-Mayor	$1,265
13	Jeffrey	Kessler	$1,070
14	Josias	Santos	$1,070
15	Yuriy	Kozinskiy	$1,070
16	Jeffrey	Miller	$890
17	Igor	Hot	$890
18	Clinton	Fromal	$890
19	Alexander	Borukhovich	$750
20	Scott	Zakheim	$750
21	Ronald	Katz	$750

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 168

Joe Serock raised all in for 265,000 from the button and Adam Hendrix called in the big blind.

Serock: 
Hendrix: 

The board came , safe for Hendrix to win Event 47 outright for $192,150. Serock finished runner-up for $126,300.

A recap of Event 47 will be posted later tonight.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 168

Adam Hendrix raised all in with his chip-leading stack from the button, Joe Serock folded his small blind, and Meir Meystel called all in for about 915,000 in the big blind.

Hendrix: 
Meystel: 

The board ran out , no help to Meystel, ending his tournament in third place.

Adam Hendrix  –  3,095,000  (77 bb)
Joe Serock  –  265,000  (7 bb)
Meir Meystel  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($91,500)

1st:  $192,150 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $126,300

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 168

Adam Hendrix raised to 80,000 from the button and Meir Meystel called in the big blind.

The flop was , Meystel checked, Hendrix continued for 50,000, and Meystel called.

The turn was the , Meystel checked, Hendrix bet 215,000, and Meystel called.

The river was the , Meystel checked, Hendrix bet 425,000, and Meystel used a time-extension before he called.

Hendrix tabled for trip kings, Meystel mucked, and Hendrix won the pot to retake the chip lead.

Adam Hendrix  –  2,200,000  (55 bb)
Meir Meystel  –  775,000  (19 bb)
Joe Serock  –  385,000  (10 bb)

1st:  $192,150 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $126,300
3rd:  $91,500

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 168

Arunas Sapitavicius raised to 60,000 from the button, Joe Serock called in the small blind, and Meir Meystel called in the big blind.

The flop came , Serock checked, and Meystel bet 100,000. Sapitavicius called and Serock folded.

The turn was the , Meystel bet 200,000, and Sapitavicius called.

The river was the , Meystel checked, Sapitavicius went all in for 440,000, and Meystel used a time-extension before he called.

Sapitavicius showed for a pair of aces, but Meystel tabled for eights and deuces to win the pot and eliminate Sapitavicius in fourth place.

Meir Meystel  –  1,970,000  (66 bb)
Arunas Sapitavicius  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($67,100)

With three players remaining, the average stack is 1,120,000  (37 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $91,500.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 168

Meir Meystel raised to 65,000 from the small blind and Adam Hendrix called in the big blind.

The flop was , Meystel continued for 50,000, and Hendrix called.

The turn was the , Meystel checked, Hendrix bet 125,000, and Meystel called.

The river was the , Meystel checked, Hendrix bet 350,000, and Meystel thought for a while before he called.

Hendrix tabled for a jack-high straight, besting Meystel’s for a nine-high straight to take the chip lead.

Adam Hendrix  –  1,375,000  (55 bb)
Meir Meystel  –  950,000  (38 bb)
Joe Serock  –  700,000  (28 bb)
Arunas Sapitavicius  –  335,000  (13 bb)

1st:  $192,150 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $126,300
3rd:  $91,500
4th:  $67,100

Recent Eliminations
5th:  Krasimir Yankov  –  $50,100

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 164

Peter Fellows raised to 85,000 from the button and Neil Blumenfield called in the big blind.

The flop was , Blumenfield checked, Fellows continued for 90,000, and Blumenfield called.

The turn was the , Blumenfield checked, Fellows bet 215,000, and Blumenfield called.

The river was the , Blumenfield checked, Fellows went all in with a covering stack, and Blumenfield called all in for about 605,000.

Fellows showed for jacks and eights, besting Blumenfield’s to win Event 46 outright for $14,350. Blumenfield finished runner-up for $9,520.

A recap of Event 46 will be posted later tonight.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 164

After losing most of his stack to Peter Fellows, David Shmuel was all in for bout 160,000 in the big blind against Neil Blumenfield in the small blind.

Shmuel: 
Blumenfield: 

The board came , giving Blumenfield a pair of tens to eliminate Shmuel in third place.

Peter Fellows  –  2,200,000  (55 bb)
Neil Blumenfield  –  1,080,000  (27 bb)
David Shmuel  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($5,640)

1st: $14,350 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $9,520