There were 1,070 entries in the $5,300 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship, creating a prizepool worth more than $5.1 million to crush the $3 million guarantee. On Tuesday afternoon, the final four players agreed to a deal, and as chipleader, Farid Jattin was declared the winner, earning the title, the trophy, and $655,000.

“It feels amazing,” said Jattin. “How else can it feel?”

“I was second in chips,” said Jattin, “and I think I also had a pretty good seat draw, which is very important at the final table. I was just in my zone doing my thing. I took out a short stack early with kings to queen-ten, and after that a couple of good things went my way, and I was able to capitalize on them.”

Jattin only scored that one knockout at the final table, but he was first or second in chips the entire day. While this victory gives Jattin more than $8 million in career live tournament earnings, poker isn’t as central to his life as it used to be.

“I think the moment I stopped defining my life by poker results, the results started coming by nature,” said Jattin. “I’m playing for my family now — for my wife, for my brother, for my parents. I’m very thankful for poker, but eventually you’ve got to disconnect.”

Jattin likes to take three months off from poker each year. Earlier this year Jattin took a couple months off to get married in Italy.

“It’s been very nice,” said Jattin about taking extended breaks from poker. “It’s been very good to be able to reset my energy, be able to work on other things, be able to learn new crafts. Life is good.”

Jattin is a regular in the big tournaments here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, and this is his third major trophy here in the past two years.

“This is an amazing venue,” said Jattin. “I think besides Vegas, it’s the capital of poker nowadays in the States. It’s very professional, with a very good atmosphere. And they blow the guarantees out of the water.”

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Results:

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Farid	Jattin	$655,000*
2	Shannon	Shorr	$545,000*
3	Omer	Rotman	$490,762*
4	Kitty	Kuo	$480,763*
5	Jim	Collopy	$223,925
6	Koray	Aldemir	$180,130
7	Nadya	Magnus	$148,885
8	Mike	Leah	$118,115
9	Philipe	Pizzari Pinto	$87,960
10	Ryan	Riess	$87,960
11	Asher	Neaman	$68,500
12	Joel	Harwood	$68,500
13	David	Pham	$53,710
14	James	Mendoza	$53,710
15	Asher	Conniff	$53,710
16	Natasha	Mercier	$43,800
17	Darren	Elias	$43,800
18	Francis	Margaglione	$43,800
19	Mike	Jozoff	$36,120
20	Justin	Liberto	$36,120
21	Alexander	Stewart	$36,120
22	Chris	Backhouse	$29,840
23	Sebastien	Guinand	$29,840
24	Sheddy	Siddiqui	$29,840
25	Mike	Chiapetta	$25,790
26	Christian	Harder	$25,790
27	David	Coleman	$25,790
28	Chris	O'Hara	$22,625
29	Ardit	Kurshumi	$22,625
30	Taylor	Wilson	$22,625
31	Marc	Duquette	$22,625
32	Lou	Ojeda	$22,625
33	Brian	Arbaugh	$22,625
34	Gary	Bolden	$22,625
35	Joshua	Adcock	$22,625
36	James	Romero	$22,625
37	Cesar	Fuentes	$19,515
38	Justin	Bond	$19,515
39	Julian	Millard Feral	$19,515
40	Michael	Berk	$19,515
41	Landon	Tice	$19,515
42	Peter	Mugar	$19,515
43	David	Jackson	$19,515
44	Ari	Dinov	$19,515
45	Yunkyu	Song	$19,515
46	Rajasekar	Govindan	$17,385
47	Michael	Finstein	$17,385
48	Raffaello	Locatelli	$17,385
49	Anthony	Bertuccio	$17,385
50	Justin	Zaki	$17,385
51	Joseph	Dulaney	$17,385
52	Abdul	Al Magbleh	$17,385
53	Matt	Glantz	$17,385
54	Antonio	Salorio	$17,385
55	Unclaimed		$15,830
56	Antonio	Serrao	$15,830
57	Aaron	Flores	$15,830
58	Brandon	Wittmeyer	$15,830
59	James	Calderaro	$15,830
60	Cherish	Andrews	$15,830
61	Paul	Chung	$15,830
62	Tyler	Cornell	$15,830
63	Mike	Gao	$15,830
64	Ruslan	Prydryk	$14,685
65	Benjamin	Kendall	$14,685
66	Dominik	Bosnjak	$14,685
67	Zhen	Cai	$14,685
68	Nicholas	Carballo	$14,685
69	Jon	Borenstein	$14,685
70	Dom	Mosley	$14,685
71	Chris	Limo	$14,685
72	Ed	McNamara	$14,685
73	Tung	Nguyen	$13,600
74	Daniel	Clifford	$13,600
75	Jason	Daly	$13,600
76	Denys	Shafikov	$13,600
77	Paul	Koster	$13,600
78	Ryan	Jones	$13,600
79	Gregory	Anda	$13,600
80	David	Nowling	$13,600
81	Haim	Or Krief	$13,600
82	Rogen	Chhabra	$12,560
83	Juan	Endara	$12,560
84	Nikolai	Mamut	$12,560
85	Jake	Cody	$12,560
86	Daniel	Smijkovic	$12,560
87	Caio	De Lucca Sorbal	$12,560
88	Marcello	Del Grosso	$12,560
89	Yi Chi	Li	$12,560
90	Thomas	Boivin	$12,560
91	Dmitri	Vorbe	$11,520
92	David	Zibelli	$11,520
93	Daniel	Blum	$11,520
94	Roger	Teska	$11,520
95	Michael	Newman	$11,520
96	Devon	Shalmi	$11,520
97	Rafael	Reis	$11,520
98	Clemen	Deng	$11,520
99	Alex	Nguyen	$11,520
100	Aleks	Dimitrov	$10,485
101	Brandon	Wilson	$10,485
102	Kevin	Andriamahefa	$10,485
103	Colby	Covington	$10,485
104	Daniel	Couzens	$10,485
105	D.J	Alexander	$10,485
106	Joey	LeBrun	$10,485
107	Edward	Mroczkowski	$10,485
108	Scott	Wright	$10,485
109	Jake	Schindler	$9,500
110	Artem	Metalidi	$9,500
111	Robert	French	$9,500
112	Charles	DiFalco	$9,500
113	Jordan	Schneider	$9,500
114	Tony	Cousineau	$9,500
115	Howard	Mash	$9,500
116	Loni	Hui	$9,500
117	Min	Zhang	$9,500
118	Bryce	McVay	$8,515
119	Josh	Reichard	$8,515
120	Matthew	Leecy	$8,515
121	Zachary	Goodman	$8,515
122	Richard	Warren	$8,515
123	Zachary	Harrell	$8,515
124	Jake	Schwartz	$8,515
125	Frank	Stepuchin	$8,515
126	Edgar	Varas	$8,515
127	Mo	Arani	$7,530
128	David	Melman	$7,530
129	Sterling	Savill	$7,530
130	Wasim	Assaf	$7,530
131	Ashton	Griffin	$7,530
132	Brian	Luo	$7,530
133	Jason	Wandling	$7,530
134	Michael	Duek	$7,530

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,070

After the elimination of Jim Collopy in fifth place, the final four players took an unscheduled break to consider their options, and after much discussion, they agreed to a deal for the remainder of the prizepool.

These were their final chip counts:

1.  Farid Jattin  –  16,675,000  (83 bb)
2.  Omer Rotman  –  9,525,000  (48 bb)
3.  Kitty Kuo  –  8,800,000  (44 bb)
4.  Shannon Shorr  –  7,825,000  (39 bb)

As chipleader, Farid Jattin was declared the winner, earning the title and the trophy. Here are the payouts they agreed to:

1st:  Farid Jattin  –  $655,000 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  Shannon Shorr  –  $545,000
3rd:  Omer Rotman  –  $490,762
4th:  Kitty Kuo  –  $480,763

Stay tuned for a recap from this event, which will be posted later tonight.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,070

Jim Collopy moved all in from the small blind for 1,650,000, and Kitty Kuo folded the big blind. Collopy took the blinds and the ante.

Jim Collopy  –  2,050,000  (10 bb)

The next hand, Collopy moved all in from the button for 2,050,000, and this time Kuo called from the small blind with . Collopy turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Kuo won the pot with her king kicker to eliminate Collopy in fifth place.

Kitty Kuo  –  8,800,000  (44 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($223,925)

With four players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 10,700,000 (54 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $295,595 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,070

Omer Rotman raised from the cutoff to 400,000, Kitty Kuo called from the small blind, and Shannon Shorr reraised from the big blind to 5,000,000.

Rotman and Kuo both folded, and Shorr took the pot.

Shannon Shorr  –  7,450,000  (37 bb)
Omer Rotman  –  10,525,000  (53 bb)
Kitty Kuo  –  6,150,000  (31 bb)

With five players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 8,550,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $223,925 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,070

The first half hour of Level 30 has been very quiet in of action. Here are approximate chip counts with nearly an hour left in this level:

Seat 1.  Kitty Kuo  –  7,500,000  (38 bb)
Seat 2.  Shannon Shorr  –  6,200,000  (31 bb)
Seat 3.  Farid Jattin  –  14,000,000  (70 bb)
Seat 4.  Omer Rotman  –  11,800,000  (59 bb)
Seat 5.  Jim Collopy  –  4,100,000  (21 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $859,775 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $616,305
3rd:  $399,850
4th:  $295,595
5th:  $223,925

6th:  Koray Aldemir  –  $180,130
7th:  Nadya Magnus  –  $148,885
8th:  Mike Leah  –  $118,115
9th:  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  $87,960

With five players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 8,550,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $223,925 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,070

In the last hand of Level 29, Omer Rotman raised from the hijack to 325,000, Kitty Kuo called from the button, and Farid Jattin reraised from the big blind to 1,750,000. Rotman and Kuo both folded, and Jattin took the pot.

The players left for their 15-minute break, and when they return, the blinds will increase to 100,000-200,000 with a 200,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Kitty Kuo  –  8,900,000  (45 bb)
Seat 2.  Shannon Shorr  –  6,125,000  (31 bb)
Seat 3.  Farid Jattin  –  12,125,000  (61 bb)
Seat 4.  Omer Rotman  –  11,000,000  (55 bb)
Seat 5.  Jim Collopy  –  5,175,000  (26 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $859,775 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $616,305
3rd:  $399,850
4th:  $295,595
5th:  $223,925

6th:  Koray Aldemir  –  $180,130
7th:  Nadya Magnus  –  $148,885
8th:  Mike Leah  –  $118,115
9th:  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  $87,960

With five players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 8,550,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $223,925 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,070

Kitty Kuo raised from the cutoff to 325,000, Koray Aldemir reraised from the small blind to 1,300,000 (leaving himself just 175K), and Kuo called.

The flop came , and Aldemir quickly got it all in for 175,000 with for two pair, aces and tens. But Kuo turned over for trip tens, and Aldemir needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Kuo won the pot with her trip tens to eliminate Aldemir in sixth place.

Kitty Kuo  –  8,700,000  (58 bb)
Koray Aldemir  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($180,130)

With five players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 8,550,000 (57 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $223,925 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,070

Omer Rotman raised from the hijack to 325,000, and Koray Aldemir called from the big blind. The flop came , Aldemir checked, Rotman bet 1,000,000, and Aldemir moved all in for 1,025,000.

Rotman called with for ace high, and Aldemir turned over for a pair of nines. Aldemir needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , giving Rotman the lead with a pair of jacks, but the river card was the , putting a diamond flush on the board to chop the pot.

Omer Rotman  –  9,975,000  (67 bb)
Koray Aldemir  –  1,475,000  (10 bb)

With six players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 7,125,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $180,130 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,070

Farid Jattin raised from the cutoff to 325,000, and Kitty Kuo called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Kuo bet 500,000, and Jattin called.

The river card paired the board with the , Kuo checked, Jattin bet 1,575,000, and Kuo called with for a flopped eight-high straight. But Jattin turned over to win the pot with a rivered spade flush.

Farid Jattin  –  11,000,000  (73 bb)
Kitty Kuo  –  6,650,000  (44 bb)

With six players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 7,125,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $180,130 each.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,070

Shannon Shorr raised from the cutoff to 300,000, and Omer Rotman called from the big blind.

The flop came , Rotman checked, Shorr bet 275,000, and Rotman called.

The turn card was the , Rotman checked, Shorr bet 1,300,000, and Rotman thought for a while before he called.

The river card paired the board with the , and both players checked. Rotman showed to win the pot with two pair, aces and queens, and Shorr mucked.

Omer Rotman  –  9,425,000  (63 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  7,350,000  (49 bb)

With six players remaining from a field of 1,070, the average chip stack is around 7,125,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $180,130 each.