19-Year-Old Karl Creazzo Wins the First Live Tournament He Ever Played (Event #1) to Win $146,829

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  5,870
Prize Pool:  $1,937,100
July 31 – August 5, 2024

Karl Creazzo
Event 1 Champion Karl Creazzo

On Monday afternoon, after six days of play, Event #1 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open came to an end when 19-year-old Karl Creazzo won the title, the trophy, and $146,829 in a six-way deal.

“It feels amazing,” said Creazzo, who is primarily a cash game player. “This was my first live tournament, anytime, ever. I’ve played a couple online with friends, but that’s it.”

There were eight starting flights for this event over the first four days of the series, attracting a total field of 5,870 entries to generate a prizepool worth $1,937,100 — nearly doubling the $1 million guarantee.

There were 588 players who survived to Day 2, where play began with the field in the money. That was a 13 1/2-hour day that dwindled the field down to the final 29.

Creazzo almost didn’t make it thru Day 2, getting it all in after a flop of AxKxJx with AxKx against his opponent’s AxQx. But a 10x on the river gave his opponent a straight and knocked Creazzo down to about six big blinds.

“That crippled me,” said Creazzo, “but I got a couple of double-ups to survive.”

Creazzo survived Day 2 to finish eighth in chips with 29 players left.

On Day 3, Creazzo stayed out of trouble, and made it to the nine-handed final table third in chips, where he won a nice pot early with pocket kings to contend for the chip lead. Then he knocked out Roy Singer in eighth place to become the first player to 30 million in chips, and Creazzo held onto those chips until the final six players agreed to a deal — a deal that gave Creazzo the title and the trophy in the first live tournament of his career.

“I was the one who mentioned an ICM chop when we got back from break,” said Creazzo. “Getting the trophy in my first tournament was big. If I was second in chips, I probably would have agreed to a chop, but I wouldn’t have suggested it.”

“I love it here,” said Creazzo about Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood. “I’m going to be back for the next tournament series, and I’ll definitely play this event next year. I have to defend the trophy.”


Results:

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1KarlCreazzo$146,829*
2ChrisMilles$140,492*
3KevinGomez$140,000*
4DavidShmuel$124,476*
5AlexZiskin$105,803*
6IanSiegel$85,720*
7GeorgeVarga$40,500
8RoySinger$31,500
9CarlosPichardo$24,600
10MattVinke$24,600
11Diego Martinez$19,500
12JosephMontervino$19,500
13FrankWeigel$15,500
14ManuelMustafa$15,500
15GaryFitzgerald$15,500
16TonyLi$12,400
17JasonHolzberg$12,400
18DonaldJackson$12,400
19PhilJuarez$12,400
20JulioDelgado$10,000
21FredParadis$10,000
22GlaysonLeroy$10,000
23ScottJohnson$10,000
24RaulHernandez$8,100
25ShamicaLamar$8,100
26ScottHeiligman$8,100
27IlyaMoundoues$8,100
28BrianBascome$8,100
29BarekFaraj$8,100
30TalMor$8,100
31ChristopherCornell$8,100
32HunterRosling$6,500
33LanceWinsaft$6,500
34EvgenyNikulnikov$6,500
35RobertRodriguez$6,500
36LouOjeda$6,500
37StephenAllen$6,500
38JamesGuidi$6,500
39MichaelVuong$6,500
40BernardRose$5,300
41ChrisAgnos$5,300
42ThaoLe$5,300
43MichaelTarafa$5,300
44JuanMubarak$5,300
45FrankRusso$5,300
46DianeLepera$5,300
47FeiwenWu$5,300
48StevenPalumbo$4,380
49LuisSoriano$4,380
50JuanTrujillo$4,380
51FabianFoster$4,380
52MarcusEl-Huaick$4,380
53NeilWertheim Jr.$4,380
54EricKolodny$4,380
55EdwinRogers$4,380
56DavidXu$3,620
57JorgeGomez$3,620
58RafaelPerez$3,620
59RyanJones$3,620
60ThomasBerryman$3,620
61BrendenGluck$3,620
62AlexisKivu$3,620
63MarceloAagesen$3,620
64AthirSaco$3,000
65GregoryMcNealy$3,000
66JorgeBermudez$3,000
67ChadSummers$3,000
68BruceBailey$3,000
69BradleySpeight$3,000
70ThomasTramutola$3,000
71RuslanDykshteyn$3,000
72MichaelLaufer$3,000
73AlNorman$3,000
74MatthewBaker$3,000
75JeffreyHimelfarb$3,000
76CarlosBermudez$3,000
77VencentWelch$3,000
78CuinnGriffin$3,000
79SteffenLue$3,000
80WilliamFife Jr.$2,500
81KeenonNelson$2,500
82AndreiKaras$2,500
83NadeemHirani$2,500
84HenMizrahi$2,500
85AlanRichel$2,500
86JackNathan$2,500
87NicholasVigilante$2,500
88TedZaborowski$2,500
89NicholasMann$2,500
90EricSabido$2,500
91ChristianAndersen$2,500
92RobertRogers$2,500
93StevenCabas$2,500
94RobertoGonzalez Martelo$2,500
95CarlosNieto$2,500
96RasamMohammadian$2,500
97RaymondBecker$2,500
98JonathanGarcia$2,500
99JosephPiambino$2,500
100JohnRyan$2,100
101SongO$2,100
102SaurabhkumarPatel$2,100
103BrandonWilkins$2,100
104ArthurPeacock$2,100
105MarkGlazewski$2,100
106EmmanuelDimaano Jr.$2,100
107RobertJonsson$2,100
108LeonardMiller$2,100
109AustinMorin$2,100
110MatthewWhite$2,100
111MarkWinchell$2,100
112MelissaDoucette$2,100
113RamonMartinez$2,100
114EricSiegel$2,100
115BradleyCoultas$2,100
116JamesSalmon$2,100
117MarcSacheli$2,100
118LutherTran$2,100
119RobertMason$2,100
120GuyHayun$2,100
121DustynSchindewolf$2,100
122GrantHart$2,100
123DayfranOrtiz Nino$2,100
124RafaelOropesa$2,100
125JasonUnderhill$2,100
126KarimMasarweh$2,100
127StevenRosling Jr.$2,100
128JessicaVierling$2,100
129JahanSahni$2,100
130StevenFreifeld$2,100
131CaseyKaplan$1,780
132ScottEpstein$1,780
133NicolasYunis$1,780
134NiponSubpuan$1,780
135ButchJumalon$1,780
136JoshuaHuggins$1,780
137DillonMarks$1,780
138AxelOrellana$1,780
139MarkBonacquisti$1,780
140RonYarkony$1,780
141AustinSilverstein$1,780
142KevinPayton$1,780
143RobertSeaton$1,780
144IsaiahRobinson$1,780
145EricWard$1,780
146DanielPearlman$1,780
147GeorgeRovero Spyropoulos$1,780
148KennethGlaser$1,780
149JamesSullivan$1,780
150AnthonyPathman$1,780
151DanielBozza$1,780
152PatrickIbrahim$1,780
153MauricioCajuso Jr.$1,780
154AlbertoSinani$1,780
155ArloStrozewski$1,780
156WillieWiggins Jr.$1,780
157YaakovYona$1,780
158ImrePapp$1,780
159CalebPowell$1,780
160NicholasKojkowski$1,780
161AlfredoMansur$1,780
162JimmyCorrales$1,780
163SterlingSavill$1,780
164NealCorcoran$1,780
165AnthonyWeir$1,780
166EdgarVaras$1,780
167PaulDomb$1,780
168ChristopherCarbine$1,780
170HaimOr Krief$1,780
171AlanTsang$1,780
172AbdelilahFahsi$1,780
173JamarBrown$1,780
174HarryBinda Jr.$1,780
175DanAvitsur$1,780
176ShawnStern$1,780
177HassanSader$1,780
178CarlosMarquez Baglietto$1,480
179CubaLevenberry$1,480
180GauntlettHolness$1,480
181JustinTrant$1,480
182MichaelTufaro$1,480
183JuanGelez$1,480
184VanVandergriff$1,480
185GregoryAnda$1,480
187StevenCohen$1,480
188RobertPeoples$1,480
189JohnWiley$1,480
190JorgeRivera$1,480
191JamesDean$1,480
192JasonWester$1,480
193AaronMoorefield$1,480
194ChandaWadley$1,480
195ArmandoRomero$1,480
196HabibBasma$1,480
197WilliamStanton$1,480
198AlfredoFernandez$1,480
199RafaelReis$1,480
200GregoryBarba$1,480
201HectorPacheco$1,480
202JeevanNomula$1,480
203ManuelFritz$1,480
204ArielRosello$1,480
205GregorioCorrea$1,480
206HananBen Abu$1,480
207JasonKahan$1,480
208KurtLichtman$1,480
209CarlosRodriguez$1,480
210ClaudioPiedrabuena$1,480
211ToninoD'Amore$1,480
212WilliamSlepcevich$1,480
213ChristopherCote$1,480
214VictorPark$1,480
215HenriAzoulay$1,480
216EricPenner$1,480
217ZhenCai$1,480
218PaulMendes$1,480
219AshrafChehata$1,480
220RyanLeto$1,480
221PaulHobson$1,480
222NelsonFerreras$1,480
223JakeSchwartz$1,480
224CyrilDarmouni$1,480
225JenniferParker$1,480
226DavidLopez$1,480
227JohnCostello$1,480
228MurrayFershtman$1,480
229DavidJackson$1,480
230IvanSuarez$1,480
231GabrielBurlacu$1,480
232YikuaiDong$1,480
233AnthonyGuagliardo$1,480
234DavidAronson$1,480
235VinnyPuleo$1,480
236AndresReyes Rodriguez$1,240
237RichardYau$1,240
238JayantChaudhary$1,240
239MatthewLessor$1,240
240ShannonMcCould$1,240
241DavidRivera$1,240
242AndrewJones$1,240
243KamelMokhammad$1,240
244RyanWeiss$1,240
245AndresAbad Ampudia$1,240
246GregoryThorson$1,240
247JasonLi$1,240
248DevinBatista$1,240
249LynfordPilgrim$1,240
250StuartPaterson$1,240
251MatthewGallen$1,240
252UlisesOlortiga$1,240
253LoniHui$1,240
254DimitryAgrachov$1,240
255VitorCoelho$1,240
256LenardAdams$1,240
257WayneMcAlister$1,240
258ChungChia$1,240
259ShawnFagan$1,240
260PaulStanechewski$1,240
261JuanRojas$1,240
262DouglasDecker$1,240
263PatriciaConrad$1,240
264JoshuaSaltz$1,240
265ChristopherDaly$1,240
266SterlingHare$1,240
267AnelIbrahimovic$1,240
268OmerRotman$1,240
269JasonAtherley$1,240
270HaimToorgeman$1,240
271ErikPerez$1,240
272AnthonyBerrebi$1,240
273WilliamNewkirk$1,240
274NathanHelmick$1,240
275DaveAlfa$1,240
276BrandonChoran$1,240
277KevinArriete$1,240
278BryanGreen$1,240
279DustinBrown$1,240
280HarrisonGimbel$1,240
281RodrickTyes$1,240
282ChangfengFan$1,240
283FredericNormand$1,240
284MichaelJacobson$1,240
285BilliTomlinson$1,240
286GilbertWhorrie$1,240
287AndrewKloc$1,240
288KoreenFord$1,240
289TylerCampbell$1,240
290MarkFlicker$1,240
291WillyStadele$1,240
292JeremyEyer$1,240
293JaimeMontero Garcia$1,240
294JasonTalbot$1,240
295EliasNassif$1,060
296JeromeLeonardo$1,060
297JohnNugent$1,060
298JosephBoulais$1,060
299MeganRajablu$1,060
300JenniferMandel$1,060
301ScottBelovicz$1,060
302RodrigoAldorino$1,060
303AlekseiDonets$1,060
304NikitaKuznetsov$1,060
305VetonKastrati$1,060
306ChanningCoe$1,060
307JohnGiglio$1,060
308CoreyMajor$1,060
309RyanPathman$1,060
310HungTran$1,060
311CarlMoultrie$1,060
312RobertSchmal$1,060
313GorazdJanevski$1,060
314JoshuaHanson$1,060
315JuanEndara$1,060
316FayeHall$1,060
317NirSharon$1,060
318SandipGuha$1,060
319LeonardTau$1,060
320GuyRodas$1,060
321JoshuaViveros$1,060
322BrandonAgeloff$1,060
323JasonLi$1,060
324AdrianoSoares Alves$1,060
325MichaelMarrero$1,060
326RichardBroomes$1,060
327GilDe St Jeor$1,060
328GonzaloMercade$1,060
329KevinBlewitt$1,060
330ChristopherAlen$1,060
331VendelJohnson$1,060
332PaulValenzuela$1,060
333QuanPhui$1,060
334ErnestoRomero$1,060
335KevinPaustenbach$1,060
336QuiontusGriffin$1,060
337DavidOshry$1,060
338JonathanMoschel$1,060
339CarlosCorrea$1,060
340SergioGamarra$1,060
341CelsoLeroy$1,060
342RichardDe Carvalho Saunders$1,060
343MosheRefaelovitz$1,060
344WilforMarentes Pinto$1,060
345AlexanderBorukhovich$1,060
346ChristopherLiranzo$1,060
347Luis AlfredoZedan$1,060
348NicholasVelentzas$1,060
349StewartYancik$1,060
350SolomonSalem$1,060
351EricPhan$1,060
352AntoineBahi$1,060
353RichardRivello$1,060
354OrlandoSandoval Archilla$1,060
355ArmandoPrieto$1,060
356EduardoPoletto$1,060
357AminHosein$1,060
358JackPerlman$1,060
359DebraHedgpeth$1,060
360GabrielCusumano$1,060
361AndrewYurchak$1,060
362CharlesWolfe$1,060
363AlbertoNiebla$1,060
364RyanO'Cull$1,060
365ShaneMeenan$1,060
366FarzanMobarez$1,060
367MichaelGraffeo$1,060
368AndrewStamboulidis$1,060
369JoseGonzalez$1,060
370BrettSherman$1,060
371AlexandruPredincea$1,060
372ChetSickle$1,060
373GaryGelman$1,060
374EmilianoGuido$1,060
375JamesTomblin$1,060
376ChristopherAbad$1,060
377JaimeWu Wang$1,060
378GabrielCasals$900
379HenriqueSevilhano$900
380CharlesBragg Jr.$900
381MauricioDuarte$900
382IgorTretyakov$900
383SteveOlivier$900
384MihalacheCean$900
385UriKadosh$900
386NataliNguyen$900
387JosephBartholdi$900
388JailynPrimus$900
389WilliamSteinmetz$900
390JaimeCampos$900
391WilliamBlackwell$900
392AnthonyMoreda$900
393JohnAboud$900
394JosephShammas$900
395JoseChapui$900
396ShaneSantacroce$900
397ArthurWilliams$900
398DiegoCalvino$900
399JoseSeverino Cadoze$900
400ScottFahnestock$900
401DylanSmith$900
402PaulJohnson$900
403BrianHeino$900
404TylerBentz$900
405CamiloIrizarry Villegas$900
406DanielWirgau$900
407BrendanDornan$900
408GilBen-Simhon$900
409SabasFerrer-Ferrer$900
410MiguelMedrano$900
411CorelTheuma$900
412RajasekarGovindan$900
413CoryRock Jr$900
414StephenBuda$900
415NicholasRaio$900
416HuifangZhang$900
417KollinStuart$900
418RicardoEyzaguirre$900
419AnthonyTalavera$900
420IkerBairen Vigil$900
421AngeloGarabia Yero$900
422LucasJumalon$900
423RichardFernandez$900
424DelroyReid$900
425AnthonyLavalle$900
426AndraZachow$900
427SeanBarrington$900
428AlfredCotton Jr$900
429BrianGoodman$900
430EdwinCubas$900
431FredericoDabus$900
432JimmyNunez$900
433ThomasPuccio$900
434CraigSmith$900
435RomanFomin$900
436StevenMckoy$900
437BrennanDevaney$900
438RossFischer$900
439CarmeloMaldonado-Nieves$900
440MatthewZarcadoolas$900
441ErnestoAmengual$900
442WilliamUnderdown$900
443SebastianHoyos Villegas$900
444$900
445BrettBader$900
446SudharshanKaranam$900
447AnthonyCasas$900
448BradleySmith$900
449BrandonDuvdivani$900
450Flora-LiviuArapu$900
451StefanoMarinzulich$900
452WilliamRodriguez$900
453AhmedFahmy$900
454JeremyBecker$900
455TimothyRitvo$900
456PramodPandey$900
457EvelynRosling$900
458ChadStone$900
459JohnJacob$900
460JuanBarragan Ardila$900
461MichaelSmagala$900
462TroyWray$900
463ShawnWilmot Jr$900
464JordanSchneider$900
465DanitDayan$900
466MohammedHossain$900
467DavidMac Donald Jr$900
468JarvisShaw$900
469NicolasDavimos$900
470JamesDuffey$900
471MichaelPawelek Ii$900
472ManelicMinaya$820
473MarkEvangelista$820
474ThomasKaylor$820
475KevinNaim$820
476SonVo$820
477RyanHogan$820
478JesseMills$820
479JosephKadelock$820
480CesarOsorio Lugo$820
481JonathanSanders$820
482ChristopherKirkpatrick$820
483VuDang$820
484BartuKutlu$820
485JonathanPineda$820
486JosephLockhart$820
487DanielBrandsdorfe$820
488$820
489MichaelWang$820
490Jean PaulDrayton$820
491Soo SeCho$820
492DanielWilson$820
493WilliamCogan$820
494JonathanFortuno Vazquez$820
495RaymondNalbandian$820
496JulioAbreu$820
497CameronZak$820
498OrlandoSerrano$820
499SadanyHevia$820
500LiamMurphy$820
501BenjaminHeinz Pollan$820
502BruceMalyon$820
503NawaungMaran$820
504BrandonRay$820
505AlanHamza$820
506JamesKirkley$820
507LucianoNardi$820
508ClaudioKalili$820
509CristopherEstrada$820
510MarkJohnson$820
511ConradFlores$820
512RussellWilliams$820
513JeffrieCharlton$820
514ZionMesika$820
515JoshuaRobins$820
516AndresFalla$820
517MaxHarris$820
518JohnBarr$820
519JoseDel Cid Contreras$820
520LuisCepero$820
521JosephPetrolino$820
522RobertMoore$820
523ArturoGarcia$820
524EricHardwick$820
525ElvisBreton$820
526JosephChase$820
527SyedShah$820
528LukasWesche$820
529$820
530DavidPain$820
531FabioChaves$820
532JacksonMartin$820
533DanielBelisle$820
534DraganRadulov$820
535GabrielRamos$820
536LautaroTell$820
537MichaelHallen$820
538AdamHamby$820
539DanielAviles$820
540$820
541OscarApaestigue$820
542NicholasMcAlister$820
543PaulPrager$820
544WilliamHill$820
545LucGagne$820
546RonaldKatz$820
547JuanMarquez$820
548KirbyConserve$820
549SharonWhalen$820
550AaronThivyanathan$820
551PedroMarino$820
552CraigBagon$820
553EricJohnson$820
554DanielLetts$820
555ChristopherUlrich$820
556WillieForrest$820
557AdamShankman$820
558TylerDenson$820
559ValendionBencivenni$820
560IgorKatsevman$820
561CarmineSacco$820
562TimothyArnold$820
563NormanZapczynski$820
564RobertKessler$820
565JosephGelin$820
566JackobDatashvili$820
567LeoPinamonti$820
568DallasWhitaker$820
569ChaoHuang$820
570RobertoBarreto$820
571JasonGarofalo$820
572JudithBielan$820
573AliakseiTsiareshka$820
574EricValerio$820
575BernhardSchmidt$820
576NeilZonenashvili$820
577IevgenSmyrnov$820
578JosephTrupiano$820
579ScottBlackman$820
580RobertoSchmeda$820
581CorbenMurray$820
582RichardFleming$820
583BrandonDeal$820
584JohnlewisCascone$820
585JosephTorch$820
586AshtonNowak$820
587NicholasVisconti$820
588SandroVianna De Sa$820

* Indicates the results of a six-way deal.

Karl Creazzo
It was one of Karl Creazzo’s friends, Lucas, who had the idea to come down to Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood for the SHRPO series and share a hotel room.