The 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open wrapped up two weeks in the Grand Ballroom with 54 trophy events, more history made, and a lot of fun was had over the 14-day run. Here’s a look at the raw numbers: 1i5d6z
Events: 54
Entries: 17,645
Guarantees: $8,910,000
Prize Pools: $18,292,375
Our players more than doubled the guarantees offered and topped 17,000 entries in the Grand Ballroom to participate in another big series.
During the series, we had more than one headliner; the Big 4 took center stage with the SHRPO Championship, $25K High Roller, the $2,700 Deep Stack, and the $1,100 Deep Stack.
Local favorite Farid Jattin won the SHRPO Championship for $655,000 against one of the toughest final tables in recent memory. Those nine players combined for more than $62 million in career earnings, five WSOP bracelets, and eight WSOP Circuit rings.
One of those WSOP bracelets belonged to 2021 WSOP Main Event champ Koray Aldemir and 2013 WSOP Main Event winner Ryan Riess finished in tenth.
James Carroll rolled to the top of the $1,100 field.
Big 4 $1,100: James Carroll – $100,000
We kicked off the series with a massive $400 Deep Stack that created the second-biggest tournament field in state history, tied our record for the biggest single flight (1,256 in Flight G), and turned the $1,000,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $2,063,490.
2022 SHRPO Event 1 – 7,703 entries
*2023 SHRPO Event 1 – 6,253 entries
2021 RRPO Event 1 – 6,196 entries
2022 RRPO Event 1 – 6,134 entries
2016 RRPO Event 1 – 5,018 entries
Johnny Bromberg took the top spot in Event 1 for $219,490 on a single $400 entry.
Other notable wins include Shaun Deeb earning a second Hollywood High Roller title in the $25K PLO to go along with his Big 4 High Roller win in 2019.
Anthony Zinno and Sam Sternfield added two trophies to their collection in this series. Zinno won the $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 title and the $1,100 Mixed PLO a few days later. Sternfield was the $600 Six-Max PLO winner and followed that up with a title in the $2,700 Eight-Game Mix for the biggest cash of his career.
David Shmuel moved up a spot on our all-time major wins list with a win in the $600 Big O for his eighth overall. Former WPTDeepStacks Hollywood champ Michael Graffeo won his fourth title in the $1,100 Deep Stack, and Eugene Kotlyarevskiy picked up his fourth in the $1,100 Limit Omaha 8 event.
Here’s an updated look at our all-time wins list:
Raminder Singh – 10 wins
Michael Newman – 9 wins
John Holley – 8 wins
Yuval Bronshtein – 8 wins
David Shmuel – 8 wins
Brian Altman – 7 wins
David Prociak – 7 wins
Gabriel Ramos – 7 wins
Scott Baumstein – 6 wins
Six tied with 5 wins
13 tied with 4 wins
It was another fantastic series that would not be possible without the of our incredible players. We thank you for turning up and making the Grand Ballroom an exciting place for two weeks of poker. We appreciate you and can’t wait to see you for the next one in November.
2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Schedule and Results
Here’s a full list of every trophy event and the results:
