The 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open kicked off at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on August 3. The series ran through August 16 and boasted a total of 18 primary events. Headlined by The Big 4 winners, there were a total of 27 players that recorded six-figure cashes during the series.
The 2017 SHRPO Champions:
- Event 1 ($570 Deep Stack RE) – Nipun Java ($230,849)
- Event 2 ($300 Turbo RE) – Nigel Murray ($18,570)
- Event 3 ($1,650 Purple Chip Bounty Single RE) – Guifang Liu ($31,497)
- Event 4 ($300 Seniors 50+ RE) – Mike Preston ($7,008)
- Event 5 ($360 Black Chip Bounty Turbo Single RE) – Stuart Krasney ($10,567)
- Event 6 ($300 CSOP/Jeff Conine) – Aaron Dermer ($5,000 + $5,250 SHRPO Seat)
- Event 7 ($570 Single RE) – Evan Teitelbaum ($18,832)
- Event 8 ($50,000 Super High Roller RE) – Nick Schulman ($440,000)
- Event 9 ($1,100 Turbo Freeze-Out) – Brian England ($31,109)
- Event 10 (The Big 4, $1,100 RE) – Brian Altman ($118,157)
- Event 11 (The Big 4, $5,250 Championship Single RE) – Martin Kozlov ($754,083)
- Event 12 (The Big 4, $2,650 Freeze-Out) – Alex Foxen ($204,600)
- Event 13 (The Big 4, $25,500 High Roller RE) – John Andress ($801,450)
- Event 14 ($150 RE) – Joseph Ritzie ($24,682)
- Event 15 ($2,650 PLO RE) – Charlie Coultas ($73,222)
- Event 16 ($360 HORSE RE) – AJ Kelsall ($6,480)
- Event 17 ($10,000 RE) –Alexander Turyansky ($334,176
- Event 18 ($250 Deep Stack Turbo RE) –Alex Haber ($4,136)
2017 marked the third consecutive year for the event to boast The Big 4, a one-of-kind progression of events that sees a quartet of majors play out simultaneously side-by-side.
With SHRPO officially wrapped, next up for the Seminole Hard Rock is the World Series of Poker Circuit beginning September 21.
Thanks for following along and see you next month!