2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 59
$600 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  109
Prize Pool:  $57,225
May 2, 2023

Event 59 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Deep Stack 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). The tournament drew 109 entries, producing a prize pool of $57,225. A heads-up deal was made at the final table and Eric Kolodny was the chip leader, making him the official winner for $15,055.

This marked Kolodny’s second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a $150 No-Limit Hold’em tournament during the 2012 Showdown for $3,802. The score tonight gives Kolodny $400K in career live tournament winnings per the Hendon Mob poker database.

*denotes heads-up deal

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 203

Connor Rash raised all in for about 290,000 from UTG/hijack and Valerie Novak called in the big blind.

Rash: 
Novak: 

The board came , safe for Rash to double up.

Connor Rash  –  640,000  (16 bb)
Valerie Novak  –  750,000  (19 bb)

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 203

Valerie Novak raised to 100,000 from under the gun, Guy Naimi three-bet all in for about 310,000 from the button, and Novak called.

Novak: 
Naimi: 

The board ran out , giving Novak a pair of aces on the river to eliminate Naimi in sixth place.

Valerie Novak  –  1,080,000  (27 bb)
Guy Naimi  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($45,830)

With five players remaining from a field of 203 entries, the average stack is about 810,000 (20 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $60,125.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 203

Farhad Jamasi raised to 60,000 from the cutoff, Toby Joyce three-bet all in for 110,000 from the small blind, and Jamasi called with , leading Joyce’s .

The board came , no help to Joyce, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Farhad Jamasi  –  840,000  (28 bb)
Toby Joyce  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($35,490)

With six players remaining from a field of 203 entries, the average stack is about 675,000 (23 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $45,830.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 55
$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  105
Prize Pool:  $2,593,500
May 1-2, 2023

Event 55 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was the $25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 105 entries generated a prize pool of $2,593,500, and winning the lion’s share of it was Thomas Boivin, emerging victorious outright for $711,300.

This marked Boivin’s third time at a High Roller final table during an SHRP major series and his first trophy win. At the 2019 SHRPO, Boivin finished 3rd in the $50,000 Super High Roller for $288,330, and took another 3rd place during the 2021 SHRPO in the $25,500 Big 4 High Roller for $285,460.

His result today is the largest of his live poker career, per the Hendon Mob poker database, and he now has just shy of the $5 million mark in live career tournament winnings.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 203

Francis Anderson raised all in with a covering stack from the small blind and Farhad Jamasi called in the big blind.

Anderson: 
Jamasi: 

The board ran out , giving Jamasi a flush to double up.

Farhad Jamasi  –  525,000  (21 bb)
Francis Anderson  –  835,000  (33 bb)

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 203

Valerie Novak raised to 55,000 from the button, Ryan Eriquezzo three-bet all in for 230,000 in the small blind, and Novak called.

Novak: 
Eriquezzo: 

The board ran out , giving Novak kings and fours to eliminate Eriquezzo in eighth place.

Valerie Novak  –  870,000  (35 bb)
Ryan Eriquezzo  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($27,925)

With seven players remaining from a field of 203 entries, the average stack is about 580,000 (23 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $35,490.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 203

Connor Rash raised to 50,000 from the cutoff, Joey Lebrun called on the button, and Francis Anderson called in the big blind.

The flop was and action checked to Lebrun who bet 65,000. Only Anderson called.

The turn was the , Anderson checked, Lebrun shoved for effectively 340,000 and Anderson called all in immediately with for a set of fives, leading Lebrun’s for a pair of jacks.

The river was the , locking up for double for Anderson.

Francis Anderson  –  1,000,000  (40 bb)
Joey Lebrun  –  630,000  (25 bb)

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 203

David Stamm raised all in from UTG+1 for 125,000 and Francis Anderson isolated the action with a shove of his own from the hijack.

Stamm: 
Anderson: 

The board ran out , not enough help to Stamm, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Francis Anderson  –  475,000  (24 bb)
David Stamm  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($22,335)

With eight players remaining from a field of 203 entries, the average stack is about 510,000 (26 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $27,925.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 203

Ryan Eriquezzo raised all in for 150,000 from under the gun and Valerie Novak called in the big blind.

Eriquezzo: 
Novak: 

The board ran out , giving Eriquezzo aces and fives to double through Novak.

Ryan Eriquezzo  –  330,000  (17 bb)
Valerie Novak  –  770,000  (39 bb)