$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)Prize Pool: $2,099,500 | Payouts
Level 13: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 85 613f3e
2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 42 $25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 85
Prize Pool: $2,099,500
December 2 – 3, 2024
Event 42 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was the $25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 85 entries generated a prize pool of $2,099,500, more than doubling the guarantee. The final 12 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $54,500.
$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries: 37
Darren Elias
The $25K High Roller returned from its first break, and it’s a talented group of players having fun at the tables. The field is a few new entries away from topping the $1,000,000 guarantee and it should get there with no problem since reg is open until 8 pm.
A few early friends include Darren Elias, Jonathan Jaffe, Jeremy Ausmus, Chance Kornuth, Brock Wilson, Cherish Andrews, Brian Altman, and Frank Funaro.
$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
The biggest buy-in tournament on the schedule kicks off at the top of the hour with the $25K RRPO High Roller. It features a $1,000,000 guarantee and some of the best poker you’ll find.
They’ll start with 100K in their stacks and 40-minute levels, which will increase to 90 minutes at the final table. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 8 p.m. Action will continue until they reach the nine-handed final table, and those players will return tomorrow at 1 p.m. to find our RRPO High Roller champ.
In addition to all that money, the winner will receive a ClubWPT Gold port which is good for an entry into their $5,000,000 freeroll at Wynn Las Vegas.
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
ClubWPT Gold port will be awarded for the winner of this event
Players begin with 100,000 in chips
Levels last 40 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 10 (8:00pm)
2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 42
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 865
Prize Pool: $4,195,250
August 9-13, 2024
2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Champion Paul Snead
Paul Snead is no stranger to success at Seminole Hard Rock properties all over the state of Florida between here at Hollywood and Tampa. Snead has multiple major tournament titles on his Seminole Hard Rock resume thanks to wins in the 2019 Seminole Showdown $5,000 NLH event, the 2022 Seminole Tampa Poker Classic $2,500 Championship, and the 2024 Seminole Tampa Poker Classic $1,700 Championship. He added even more hardware to that trophy case tonight by taking down the victory in the SHRPO $5,300 buy-in Championship Event. We caught up with him after the win for an interview about his most recent achievement in the Sunshine State.
“It feels amazing, I just feel like the Hard Rock is my home turf now. I’m originally from New York and still live there and Florida now. Foxwoods used to be my home turf, but now I totally feel comfortable here and playing here. I love the way that they run tournament here, it’s just great,” said Snead right after winning the trophy.
Snead continued, “I just love playing, and this is what I do when I’m not trading. I take it very seriously, I spend a lot of time talking poker with my poker coach and you wouldn’t believe the amount of time we spend talking about things, and it’s great when it all comes together. And I ran really good this tournament I think, which you need to do.”
Speaking more on that rungood that sent him down the path to the top of this tournament field Snead also added, “I was all in for my tournament life twice yesterday. I won a huge race with Ace-King against Queens, and then I came from behind all-in against Clemen [Deng] post-flop with Queens against Jack-10 on a Jack-10 flop. Those were the two hands where I could have been out of the tournament but I won. That hasn’t happened to me, so I feel really good … I’m ready to go hit the PokerGo studio for sure.”
Snead’s profession as he mentioned is working as a trader back in New York, but poker has become a serious and profitable hobby to him over the years. His close to $2.3 million in tournament earnings tells that story with a run of great results. We asked him about how those two major pursuits in his life are mutually beneficial to each other, and below is his response.
“Absolutely, you have to be analytical on both fronts, you have to have patience, you have to have discipline, and that’s the most important one. And that’s something I’ve had to work on in my poker game over the years. I’ve been playing for over 20 years now on a higher level, and the discipline part … and when I say discipline I mean keeping my emotions in check. Because people that know me will tell you that I wear it on my sleeve a lot of the time. And you can’t do that when you’re playing poker against the best players in the world. So that’s something that I’ve worked on, and I think that I’m much better at now and it’s served me,” said Snead.
We finished the final table-side chat with an inquiry to see what celebration plans Snead and his friends along the rail had in store for later. Snead responded, “I’ve got a bunch of local friends here. We’re usually up in New York this time of year so unfortunately my wife isn’t here. But I will see her tomorrow and we will celebrate with friends and family. I’m pretty amped about that trophy, it’s a good one.”
SHRPO Champion Paul Snead with Friends and Tournament Staff
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool: $4,195,250 | Structure
Level 30: 100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 865
Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Champion Paul Snead
After the elimination of Brandon Kessous in third place, Paul Snead and Clemen Deng quickly agreed to a deal to end the tournament. These were their official chip counts:
Paul Snead – 23,350,000 (117 bb)
Clemen Deng – 19,900,000 (100 bb)
And these are the payouts they agreed to:
1st: Paul Snead – $529,428* + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd: Clemen Deng – $512,522*
As chipleader, Snead was declared the winner, receiving the title and the trophy. Congratulations to Paul Snead!
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool: $4,195,250 | Structure
Level 30: 100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 865
Brandon Kessous
Paul Snead raised from the button to 500,000, Brandon Kessous moved all in from the small blind for 7,000,000, and Snead quickly called with .
Kessous turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came , and Kessous turned a heart flush draw, but improved no further. The pocket jacks held up for Snead to win the pot and eliminate Kessous in third place.
Brandon Kessous – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($310,000)
Here are the official chip counts for heads-up play:
Paul Snead – 23,350,000 (117 bb)
Clemen Deng – 19,900,000 (100 bb)
With three players remaining from a field of 865, the average chip stack is around 14,425,000 (72 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $310,000 each.
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prizepool: $4,195,250 | Structure
Level 30: 100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 865
Jack Thu
Brandon Kessous raised under the gun to 500,000, Jack Thu moved all in from the cutoff for 2,525,000, and Kessous thought for a while before he called with .
Thu turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came , and Kessous won the pot with an eight-high straight to eliminate Thu in fourth place.
Jack Thu – Eliminated in 4th Place ($230,000)
The final three players take a break to discuss a possible deal, but ultimately they decide to keep playing. Here are their official chip counts:
.
, and needed to improve to stay alive.
, and Kessous turned a heart flush draw, but improved no further. The pocket jacks held up for Snead to win the pot and eliminate Kessous in third place.
, Snead bets 500,000, Kessous raised to 1,300,000, and Snead three-bet all in for 16,600,000.
(queen high), and Snead took the pot without showing his 
, and needed to improve to stay alive.
, and Kessous won the pot with an eight-high straight to eliminate Thu in fourth place.
