Event 43: Stephen Song – 5th Place ($59,675) 37275w

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante Players Remaining:  4 of 111 2l4468

Stephen Song

In the first hand after the break, with the blinds increased to 15,000-25,000, Stephen Song completed the small blind to 25,000, Brandon Lulov raised from the big blind to 80,000, and Song thought for a bit before moving all in for about 500,000.

Lulov called with AdJc, but Song turned over JsJh. Song needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came As9h7sKd8s, and Lulov paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Song in fifth place.

Brandon Lulov  –  1,460,000  (58 bb)
Stephen Song  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($59,675)

The final four players are guaranteed at least $77,250 each.

Event 44: Ira Schwartz – 6th Place ($5,790) 694w1

$1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 19:  600/1,200
Players Remaining: 5 of 139

Ira Schwartz

The board read QcJs5c when Ira Schwartz got all in with Jd10s9c8s in the hole from the button, and Jeremy Ausmus called to cover him holding KsKh10h5h on the small blind.

The turn and river were dealt 9h6s, and Schwartz was eliminated in sixth place, good for $5,790. Ausmus stacked up 865,000 after collecting the pot.

Jeremy Ausmus – 865,000 (54 bb)
Ira Schwartz – Eliminated in Sixth Place ($5,790)

Event 43: Final Five Players 26735

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 111

Brandon Lulov  –  965,000  (39 bb)
Stephen Song  –  490,000  (20 bb)
Sean Ragozzini  –  345,000  (14 bb)
Ed Sebesta  –  265,000  (11 bb)
Filipp Khavin  –  160,000  (6 bb)

1st:  $311,915 + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  $201,100
3rd:  $118,280
4th:  $77,250
5th:  $59,675

6th:  Ren Lin  –  $49,025
7th:  Elio Fox  –  $41,555
8th:  Darren Elias  –  $36,230
9th:  Ash Chehata  –  $32,000

Sergio Aido Outlasts a Massive Field of 1,110 to Win the 2022 SHRPO Championship for $900,100 t3s4m

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,110
Prize Pool:  $5,383,500
August 5-9, 2022

2022 SHRPO Champion Sergio Aido Surrounded by Friends

There were 1,110 entries in the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship, enough to smash the $3 million guarantee and create a massive prizepool worth $5,383,500.

On Monday night they got down to the seven-handed final table, with all seven players guaranteed at least $154,185 each. They then played down to a winner on Tuesday on a live-stream broadcast by Poker Night in America.

In a final table that lasted more than nine hours, Sergio Aido was the last player standing to win the title, the iconic Guitar Tower-shaped trophy, and $900,100.

“As you can expect with 90-minute levels,” said Aido, “there was plenty of play. I’m very happy with how I played.”

Justin Liberto began the day as chipleader with a whopping 136 big blinds, but the long final table had taken a toll on his chip stack, and with four players left, he got it all in with Click here for more details.)

Chris Brewer started the final table second in chips with 97 big blinds, and made it all the way to the final three. Brewer got it all in preflop with Click here for more details.)

Collopy began heads-up play with the lead over Aido, but Aido cracked Collopy’s queens on a double-paired board to double up to a nearly 3-to-1 chip lead. (Click here for more details.)

Collopy was never able to recover from that deficit, but he went out on his own on a board of Kc6c5h4c10h. Collopy held the Ac5d, but with action on every street, a lowly pair of fives wasn’t likely to be the best hand.

Aido had turned a flush with Click here for more details on the final hand.)

Aido is originally from Spain, and you know he must have an impressive poker resume when this $900,100 prize is only his third largest. He finished fourth last week in Event 30, the $50,000 Super High Roller, and this victory will put Aido over $14 million in career earnings.

Aido has played in some of our big events here at Seminole Hard Rock over the past two years, and we might be seeing more of him in the future.

“Now I’m living in Mexico,” said Aido. “It’s closer to Miami, and I think this stop will be in my schedule in the following months. So I will be back for sure.”


Final Results:

Place First Name Last Name Prize Amount
1 Sergio Aido $900,100
2 Jim Collopy $614,775
3 Chris Brewer $412,375
4 Justin Liberto $305,955
5 Raul Hernandez $231,060
6 Ugis Steinman $186,200
7 Ryan Gianquitti $154,185
8 James Mackey $122,260
9 Mike Kilker $90,650
10 Mike Liang $90,650
11 Andrew Moreno $69,600
12 Mitchell Halverson $69,600
13 Tim Capretta $54,920
14 Matt Affleck $54,920
15 Jean Mimy $54,920
16 Martin Zamani $44,685
17 Oleksandr Gnatenko $44,685
18 Joe McKeehen $44,685
19 Gregory Anda $36,555
20 Vitalijs Zavorotnijs $36,555
21 Michael Laufer $36,555
22 Andrew Heckman $30,150
23 Luke Graham $30,150
24 Taylor Wilson $30,150
25 Roberto Alberro $26,485
26 Nic Agnew $26,485
27 Jason Wandling $26,485
28 Andrew Ostapchenko $23,255
29 Espen Jorstad $23,255
30 Cherish Andrews $23,255
31 Matthew Wantman $23,255
32 Sebastien Grax $23,255
33 Frank Lagodich $23,255
34 Stanley Lee $23,255
35 Tony Sinishtaj $23,255
36 Dimitry Agrachov $23,255
37 Nabil Cardoso $20,025
38 Kharlin Sued $20,025
39 Anes Kovacevic $20,025
40 Boris Kravets $20,025
41 Stewart Newman $20,025
42 Melad Marji $20,025
43 Ethan Yau $20,025
44 Mitch Garshofsky $20,025
45 Wagner Wysotchanski $20,025
46 Richard Simpkins $17,875
47 Alex Foxen $17,875
48 Sergio Giha $17,875
49 Michael Jozoff $17,875
50 Steve Karp $17,875
51 Gaston Miculitzki $17,875
52 Yulia Lisichkina $17,875
53 Christian Harder $17,875
54 Vincent Chauve $17,875
55 Raj Vohra $16,205
56 Joey Weissman $16,205
57 Yue Wang $16,205
58 Deonarine Itwaru $16,205
59 Aaron Massey $16,205
60 Claudio Piedrabuena $16,205
61 Dylan Smith $16,205
62 Howard Mash $16,205
63 Jonathan Jaffe $16,205
64 Joseph Petrolino $15,125
65 Carlos Rodriguez $15,125
66 Ranganath Kanchi $15,125
67 Ivan Saul $15,125
68 Alain Bauer $15,125
69 Scott Zakheim $15,125
70 Kevin Blewitt $15,125
71 Ryan Roussel $15,125
72 Asher Conniff $15,125
73 Elio Fox $14,050
74 Carlos Guerrero $14,050
75 Nathan Russler $14,050
76 Tyler Rueger $14,050
77 Brandon Caputo $14,050
78 A.J. Gambino $14,050
79 Ryan Van Sanford $14,050
80 Maximino Ramirez Lopez $14,050
81 Jon Brody $14,050
82 Marc Evanier $12,975
83 Taylor Hart $12,975
84 Rogert Teska $12,975
85 Ignacio Moron $12,975
86 Danny Wong $12,975
87 Zachary Duce $12,975
88 Abraham Faroni $12,975
89 David Jackson $12,975
90 Cesar Fuentes $12,975
91 Anthony Spinella $11,950
92 Damaso Benalcazar $11,950
93 Matt Glantz $11,950
94 Jesse Cohen $11,950
95 Mandy Calara $11,950
96 Carlos Bermudez $11,950
97 Max Kingstone $11,950
98 Kenneth Fishman $11,950
99 Filipp Khavin $11,950
100 Michael Newman $10,925
101 Minh Phan $10,925
102 Arian Stolt $10,925
103 Vladimir Vasilyev $10,925
104 Christopher Mills $10,925
105 Nick Schulman $10,925
106 Nick Palma $10,925
107 David Mzareulov $10,925
108 Kurt Lichtman $10,925
109 Jordan Kasimow $9,910
110 Corey Hochman $9,910
111 David Castranova $9,910
112 Jonathan Little $9,910
113 Tom Thomas $9,910
114 Jason Marshman $9,910
115 Matt Stout $9,910
116 James Gilbert $9,910
117 Michael Elbilia $9,910
118 Osman Ihlamur $8,995
119 Justin Zaki $8,995
120 Xiaoyan Wang $8,995
121 Brock Wilson $8,995
122 Michael Nugent $8,995
123 David Datashvili $8,995
124 Aaron Schaff $8,995
125 Will Failla $8,995
126 Andy Park $8,995
127 John Owen $8,115
128 Miguel Hernandez $8,115
129 $8,115
130 Schneur Borenstein $8,115
131 Tony Cousineau $8,115
132 Vadim Shlez $8,115
133 Tarun Gulati $8,115
134 Aaron Rosenthal $8,115
135 Yuval Bronshtein $8,115
136 Michael Garcia $8,115
137 Michael Duek $8,115
138 Anthony Zinno $8,115
139 Matthew McDowell $8,115

Event 43: Ren Lin – 6th Place ($49,025) 32n2y

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 111

Ren Lin

Brandon Lulov opened to 40,000 in the cutoff, Ren Lin three-bet all n for about 290,000 in the big blind, and Lulov called.

Lulov:  JsJc
Lin:  AcQh

The board ran out his second final table of the day in sixth place.

Bradon Lulov  –  740,000  (37 bb)
Ren Lin  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($49,025)

Event 44: Samantha Perryman – 7th Place ($4,370) 206i38

$1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 19:  600/1,200
Players Remaining: 6 of 139

Samantha Perryman

Samantha Perryman was knocked out of the tournament in seventh place when her hand could not beat the AhQc8h7d held by David Moreno on a board dealt 9h6h4cQd8d.

Perryman was eliminated in seventh place, good for $4,370, and this was her second deep PLO run this week after chopping heads-up in the $1,100 Mixed PLO event for $20,000.

Moreno stacked up 560,000 after the hand.

David Moreno – 560,000 (35 bb)
Samantha Perryman – Eliminated in Seventh Place ($4,370)

Event 44: Results Update and Final Table Seat Draw 2c172w

$1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 19:  600/1,200
Players Remaining: 7 of 139

Here is a look at the seat draw among the final seven players:

Seat 1: Ira Schwartz
Seat 2: Jeremy Ausmus
Seat 3: David Moreno
Seat 4: Kyle Taddei
Seat 5: Samantha Perryman
Seat 6: Abdullah Faiz
Seat 7: Josh Reichard

Remaining Prize Pool:

1st: $36,675
2nd: $23,775
3rd: $15,915
4th: $10,980
5th: $7,815
6th: $5,790
7th: $4,370

Here are the results in the money today:

8th: Eli Pollack – $4,370
9th: Artem Metaldi – $3,400
10th: Dash Dudley – $3,400
11th: Anderson Ireland – $2,800
12th: Tom Thomas – $2,800
13th: Iman Dan – $2,375
14th: Phil Hui – $2,375
15th: Jordan Miller – $2,095
16th: Javier Sanchez – $2,095
17th: Andres Rodriguez – $1,920
18th: Michael Wang – $1,920

Event 43: Elio Fox – 7th Place ($41,555) 3q685r

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 111

Elio Fox

Ed Sebesta raised to 30,000 from under the gun, Elio Fox three-bet all in for about 140,000 from the hijack, and Sebesta called with 8d8c, flipping with Fox’s AcKc.

The board ran out 7s4d4h7h7d, no help to Fox, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Ed Sebesta  –  460,000  (31 bb)
Elio Fox  – Eliminated in 7th Place  ($41,555)

Event 43: Darren Elias – 8th Place ($36,230) 3st48

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 111

Darren Elias

Darren Elias was all in from the big blind for roughly 110,000 against Brandon Lulov on the button.

Elias:  Jc9c
Lulov:  AdQh

The board ran out 5d4s2sQd3c, further improving Lulov to a five-high straight to eliminate Elias in eighth place.

Brandon Lulov  –  655,000  (43 bb)
Darren Elias  – Eliminated in 8th Place  ($36,230)

David Baize Wins Event 42 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Four-Way Deal 716i72

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 42
$400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  153
Prize Pool:  $35,955
Bounty Prize Pool:  $15,300
August 9, 2022

2022 SHRPO Event 42 Champion David Baize

Event 42 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 153 entries produced a prize pool of $35,955, with an additional $15,300 set aside for bounties.

A four-handed deal took place at the final table. David Baize was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 42 champion for $6,599.

Place First Name Last Name Prize Amount
1 David Baize $6,599*
2 Salim Salem $5,986*
3 Alexander Borukhovich $5,034*
4 Jacobo Montoya $4,046*
5 Dan Ishaki $1,735
6 Carlos Bermudez $1,455
7 Nashaat Antonious $1,250
8 Trent Smith $1,100
9 Eric Piderit $965
10 Caleb Piderit $965
11 Chad Himmelspach $845
12 Raminder Singh $845
13 Jairo Velasquez $730
14 Kevin Orjuella Ayala $730
15 Ryan Leto $730
16 Alejandro Arana $620
17 Jennifer Fitzgibbon $620
18 Tamara Goldshteyn $620
19 Robert Goldberg $540
20 Thomas Allan-Abker $540

*denotes four-handed deal