Event 15 of the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was the $1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry). A field of 744 entries left the previous record high of 556 in the dust. The guaranteed prize pool of $100,000 was more than septupled, as the field generated a prize pool of $721,680.

Almost 18 hours after the tournament began, it was Brian Hall who outlasted the field, earning the outright victory for $128,230.

After beginning the final table in the middle of the pack, Hall mostly stayed out of the way while the shorter stack fell on by one. With four players remaining, Hall got involved and found himself needing help to survive, all in with second pair after the flop against top pair. However, a lucky river card vaulted Hall into the lead and he never gave it up from there.

This marked Hall’s first cash at the Seminole Hard Rock and his largest career poker tournament score accoring to the Hendon Mob database.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Brian	Hall	$128,230
2	Stephen	Song	$85,850
3	Nadya	Magnus	$63,320
4	Kyle	Birdwell	$47,210
5	Jason	Obinger	$35,595
6	Andrew	Brinkley	$27,640
7	Zachary	Gutierrez	$20,925
8	Jewook	Oh	$14,600
9	Joon	Park	$14,600
10	Jason	Earhart	$11,150
11	Kenneth	Neri	$11,150
12	Ronnie	Day	$11,150
13	Ariel	Mantel	$8,305
14	Dav	Shun Lin	$8,305
15	Kyrylo	Kobzyev	$6,790
16	Gregory	Marcus	$6,790
17	Joey	Weissman	$5,620
18	Tommy	Tram	$5,620
19	Michael	Horchoff	$5,620
20	Shawn	Lucas	$5,620
21	Jason	Bregger	$4,710
22	Matthew	Zarcadoolas	$4,710
23	Mark	Cannon	$4,710
24	John	Gordon	$4,710
25	Drew	O'Connell	$3,995
26	Spencer	Champlin	$3,995
27	Vincent	Pontrello	$3,995
28	Endri	Foto	$3,995
29	Charley	Choe	$3,995
30	Stephen	Cleghorn	$3,995
31	Maxx	Dansky	$3,995
32	Katie	Lindsay	$3,995
33	Alan	Hamza	$3,430
34	Mark	Guariglia	$3,430
35	Ebrahim	Figueroa Noboa	$3,430
36	Carlos	Matos Erarte	$3,430
37	Denis	Snyder	$3,430
38	David	Berman	$3,430
39	Allen	Farris	$3,430
40	Paul	Camby	$3,430
41	Jerry	Wong	$2,985
42	Drake	Pitoniak	$2,985
43	David	MacDonald Jr.	$2,985
44	Jonah	Miller	$2,985
45	Jesse	Cohen	$2,985
46	Joseph	Henry	$2,985
47	Osmany	Saldanas	$2,985
48	Kilo	Krahn	$2,985
49	Sergio	Alvez Sandoval	$2,630
50	James	Calderaro	$2,630
51	Rodney	Turvin	$2,630
52	Jorge	Martinez	$2,630
53	Evan	Teitelbaum	$2,630
54	Yobrahin	Larez Sanchez	$2,630
55	Sebastiaan	De Jonge	$2,630
56	Joshua	Cranfill	$2,630
57	Dominque	Terzian	$2,350
58	David	Castranova	$2,350
59	Benjamin	Ector	$2,350
60	Michael	Acevedo Sanchez	$2,350
61	Aleksandr	Denisov	$2,350
62	Michael	Rossitto	$2,350
63	Andres	Jeckeln	$2,350
64	Gary	Herstein	$2,350
65	Michael	Wang	$2,125
66	Adam	Asbury	$2,125
67	Gary	Gelman	$2,125
68	Ralph	Massey	$2,125
69	Artem	Zverkhovskyy	$2,125
70	Vineet	Pahuja	$2,125
71	David	McGowan	$2,125
72	Jorge	Aristizabal	$2,125
73	Shuntak	Yeung	$1,950
74	Andrew	Williams	$1,950
75	James	Mackey	$1,950
76	Marco	Leonelli	$1,950
77	Matthew	Cosentino	$1,950
78	Dapreesch	Scates	$1,950
79	Ivan	Selimov	$1,950
80	Marcus	El Hauick	$1,950
81	Robert	Noel	$1,810
82	Jacob	Ferro	$1,810
83	Camilo	Manrique Huizi	$1,810
84	Ryan	Yu	$1,810
85	Nicolas	Yunis	$1,810
86	Andrew	Campbell	$1,810
87	Boris	Kolev	$1,810
88	Christopher	Murzanski	$1,810
89	Nipun	Java	$1,710
90	Chad	Reynolds	$1,710
91	David	Brookshire	$1,710
92	Aaron	Massey	$1,710
93	Zachary	Gruneberg	$1,710

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 744

Brian Hall limped from the button and Stephen Song checked his option in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Song ended up all in for about 2,600,000 with for trip sixes, but trailed Hall’s for a flopped eight-high straight.

The river was the , safe for Hall to earn the outright victory for $128,230.

Stephen Song finished runner-up for $85,850.

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 744

Nadya Magnus limped from the small blind, Brian Hall raised to 375,000 from the big blind, Magnus reraised all in for 2,325,000 and Hall tanked for a bit before he called.

Magnus:
Hall:

The board came down , giving Hall aces and fives to eliminate Magnus in third place.

Brian Hall – 9,400,000 (88 bb)
Stephen Song – 5,125,000 (51 bb)
Nadya Magnus – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($63,320)

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 744

Brian Hall – 6,625,000 (66 bb)
Stephen Song – 5,725,000 (57 bb)
Nadya Magnus – 2,175,000 (22 bb)

1st: $128,230 + Trophy
2nd: $85,850
3rd: $63,320

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 744

Kyle Birdwell raised from under the gun and Brian Hall called from the big blind.

The flop was and Hall checked to Birdwell who continued for 300,000. Hall check-raised all in for 3,080,000 and Birdwell thought for a bit before he called with for a pair of jacks, leading Hall’s for a pair of sevens.

The turn kept Birdwell ahead, but the river was the to give Hall trips to double into the chip lead.

Brian Hall – 6,400,000 (85 bb)
Kyle Birdwell – 655,000 (9 bb)

The following hand, Nadya Magnus raised from the button and Birdwell committed his remaining 580,000 from the big blind. Magnus called.

Magnus:
Birdwell:

The board ran out , no help to Birdwell, ending his run in fourth place.

Nadya Magnus – 2,175,000 (29 bb)
Kyle Birdwell – Eliminated in 4th Place ($47,210)

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4  of 744

(There was a dead button this hand)

Stephen Song raised to 150,000 from the hijack, Jason Obinger three-bet all in for about 1,400,000 from the big blind and Song called.

Song:
Obinger:

Song had picked up aces again and held as the board came , ending Obinger’s tournament in fifth place.

Stephen Song – 5,400,000 (71 bb)
Jason Obinger – Eliminated in 5th Place ($35,595)

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 744

An eventful final table for Andrew Brinkley came to an end in sixth place. He doubled his short stack with ace-seven against pocket eights, ran ace-queen into ace-king, and doubled his short stack again with queen-jack against pocket nines. However, the next all-in was his last.

Kyle Birdwell raised to 225,000 from the cutoff, Brinkley three-bet all in for 510,000 from the small blind and Birdwell called.

Birdwell:
Brinkley:

The board fell , no help to Brinkley, ending his run in sixth place.

Kyle Birdwell – 4,800,000 (64 bb)
Andrew Brinkley – Eliminated in 6th Place ($27,640)

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 744

Zach Gutierrez raised all in for 310,000 from middle position, Jason Obinger three-bet to 600,000 from the next seat over and Stephen Song isolated the pot with a shove from the button with a covering stack.

Gutierrez:
Song:

The board ran out , no help to Gutierrez, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Stephen Song – 4,600,000 (61 bb)
Jason Obinger – 1,700,000 (23 bb)
Zach Gutierrez – Eliminated in 7th Place ($20,925)

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 744

Stephen Song raised to 120,000 from early position, Jewook Oh three-bet all in for 250,000 from the cutoff and Song called.

Song:
Oh:

The board ran out , giving Song a pair of nines to eliminate Oh in eighth place.

Stephen Song – 3,700,000 (62 bb)
Jewook Oh – Eliminated in 8th Place ($14,600)

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 744

Seat 1: Brian Hall – 1,530,000 (31 bb)
Seat 2: Zach Gutierrez – 3,030,000 (61 bb)
Seat 3: Jason Obinger – 2,765,000 (55 bb)
Seat 4: Kyle Birdwell – 3,250,000 (65 bb)
Seat 5: Stephen Song – 1,840,000 (37 bb)
Seat 6: Nadya Magnus – 1,370,000 (27 bb)
Seat 7: Andrew Brinkley – 600,000 (12 bb)
Seat 8: Jewook Oh – 455,000 (9 bb)

1st: $128,230 + Trophy
2nd: $85,850
3rd: $63,320
4th: $47,210
5th: $35,595
6th: $27,640
7th: $20,925
8th: $14,600