Poker Open

Championship: A Few Chip Counts From the Room

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 1,110

Mike Liang  –  730,000
Wagner Wysotchanski  –  670,000
Matt Wantman  –  665,000
James Mackey  –  605,000
Elio Fox  –  475,000
Ryan Van Sanford  –  415,000
Asher Conniff  –  400,000
Stewart Newman  –  350,000
Justin Liberto  –  330,000
Raj Vohra  –  295,000
Filipp Khavin  –  290,000
Chris Brewer  –  290,000
Scott Zakheim  –  200,000
Michael Newman  –  155,000
Jesse Cohen  –  95,000

Championship: Nick Schulman Eliminated in 105th Place by Andrew Moreno

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 1,110

Andrew Moreno
Andrew Moreno

Andrew Moreno raised to 22,000 from the cutoff, Nick Schulman three-bet all in for about 199,000 from the button, and Moreno called after about 90 seconds.

Moreno:  AhJc
Schulman:  7s7h

The board ran out Jh5cQhAcJs, giving Moreno jacks full of aces to eliminate Schulman in 105th place.

Andrew Moreno  –  1,140,000  (114 bb)
Nick Schulman  –  Eliminated in 105th Place  ($10,925)

Championship: Top 14 Chip Counts From the Dinner Break

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 1,110

Roberto Alberro
Chipleader Roberto Alberro

Here is an expanded list of chipleaders from the dinner break, now that we’ve been able to match everyone to their chip stacks as they’ve returned from dinner.

Here are the 14 players who had at least 800K at the dinner break:

1.  Roberto Alberro  –  1,269,000  (127 bb)
2.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  1,197,000  (120 bb)
3.  Martin Zamani  –  1,077,000  (108 bb)
4.  Vincent Chauve  –  1,037,000  (104 bb)
5.  Carlos Rodriguez  –  988,000  (99 bb)
6.  Cherish Andrews  –  977,000  (98 bb)
7.  Oleksandr Gnatenko  –  968,000  (97 bb)
8.  Kevin Blewitt  –  921,000  (92 bb)
9.  Andrew Moreno  –  916,000  (92 bb)
10.  Ugis Steinman  –  914,000  (91 bb)
11.  Stanley Lee  –  850,000  (85 bb)
12.  Taylor Wilson  –  847,000  (85 bb)
13.  Matt Affleck  –  818,000  (82 bb)
14.  Ranganath Kanchi  –  778,000  (78 bb)

The tournament clock shows 104 players remaining from a field of 1,110, with an average chip stack around 426,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,925 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

Championship: Action Resumes After Dinner

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  107 of 1,110

The players have returned from dinner to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 with a 10,000 ante.

The tournament clock shows 107 players remaining from a field of 1,110, with an average chip stack around 414,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,925 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

Event 38: Turbo Night

$600 Deep Stack Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Time is running out if you want to take home one of those pretty SHRPO trophies. We have a fast one to win one this evening with a $600 Turbo NLH tournament at 8 pm that will play out in one night.

Players start with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 15 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm.

Before the end of the night, we will have another SHRPO trophy leaving with a player.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 38 Structure Sheet

WPT Tampa Coming Up Soon!

We are wrapping things up in Hollywood over the next few days, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be some more big-money events in the Sunshine State coming up very soon.

The 2022 WPT Tampa series gets underway at our sister property in a couple of weeks.  Seminole Hard Rock Tampa is hosting the World Poker Tour with the series kicking off on August 25 and a $600 buy-in/$1,000,000 guarantee tournament.

The schedule features 32 primary events and more than $3,000,000 in guaranteed prize money. The series headliner is the 2022 WPT Tampa Championship on September 2, with a $3,500 buy-in, two starting flights, and a $1,000,000 guarantee.

Check out the schedule below, and we look forward to seeing our friends in Tampa!

2022 WPT Tampa schedule

Championship: Roberto Alberro Leads the Final 107 Players at the Dinner Break

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  107 of 1,110

Roberto Alberro
Roberto Alberro

Level 16 came to an end, and the players left for their 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:00 pm.

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up seven players with at least 950K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Roberto Alberro  –  1,269,000  (127 bb)
2.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  1,197,000  (120 bb)
3.  Martin Zamani  –  1,077,000  (108 bb)
4.  Vincent Chauve  –  1,037,000  (104 bb)
5.  Carlos Rodriguez  –  988,000  (99 bb)
6.  Cherish Andrews  –  977,000  (98 bb)
7.  Oleksandr Gnatenko  –  968,000  (97 bb)

The tournament clock shows 107 players remaining from a field of 1,110, with an average chip stack around 414,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,925 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

Championship: Recent Eliminations, 108th-139th Places

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  107 of 1,110

Here is a list of the players who have finished in the money so far, along with their payouts:

108th:  Kurt Lichtman  –  $10,925

109th:  Jordan Kasimow  –  $9,910
110th:  Corey Hochman  –  $9,910
111th:  David Castranova  –  $9,910
112th:  Jonathan Little  –  $9,910
113th:  Tom Thomas  –  $9,910
114th:  Jason Marshman  –  $9,910
115th:  Matt Stout  –  $9,910
116th:  James Gilbert  –  $9,910
117th:  Michael Elbilia  –  $9,910

118th:  Osman Ihlamur  –  $8,995
119th:  Justin Zaki  –  $8,995
120th:  Xiaoyan Wang  –  $8,995
121st:  Brock Wilson  –  $8,995
122nd:  Michael Nugent  –  $8,995
123rd:  David Datashvili  –  $8,995
124th:  Aaron Schaff  –  $8,995
125th:  Will Failla  –  $8,995
126th:  Andy Park  –  $8,995

127th:  John Owen  –  $8,115
128th:  Miguel Hernandez  –  $8,115
130th:  Schneur Borenstein  –  $8,115
131st:  Anthony Cousineau  –  $8,115
132nd:  Vadim Shlez  –  $8,115
133rd:  Tarun Gulati  –  $8,115
134th:  Aaron Rosenthal  –  $8,115
135th:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  $8,115
136th:  Michael Garcia  –  $8,115
137th:  Michael Duek  –  $8,115
138th:  Anthony Zinno  –  $8,115
139th:  Matthew McDowell  –  $8,115

Championship: Stewart Newman Doubles Up

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  117 of 1,110

Stewart Newman

Stewart Newman got all in for 62,000 preflop from late position holding AdJc in the hole, and UTG had him covered with KdKh.

The board was dealt 8d5c4c3h2h, and Newman doubled up thanks to a Wheel straight. He held 143,000 in chips after the hand.

Stewart Newman – 143,000 (17 bb)

 

Championship: Lukas Graham Doubles Up on the River

$5,300 SHRPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  126 of 1,110

Lukas Graham

With the board showing Qh10d3h10sAs on the river and about 115K already in the pot, the middle-position player bet 100,000, and Lukas Graham moved all in from the hijack for 163,000.

Graham’s opponent tanked for a long time before he called the extra 63,000 with KdJd for an ace-high straight.

But Graham turned over Ac10h to win the pot with a full house, tens full of aces, and double up in chips.

Lukas Graham  –  440,000  (55 bb)

The tournament clock shows 126 players remaining from a field of 1,110, with an average chip stack around 352,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,115 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (around 6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).