2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries:  145
Prize Pool:  $76,125
July 26, 2023

Event 3 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry). A field of 145 entries marked the second-largest Big O field in SHRP history, and the biggest at the $600 price point. The prize pool was set at $76,125, and winning the lion’s share of it was David Shmuel, taking it down in a heads-up deal for $18,903.

This marked Shmuel’s eighth SHRP major series trophy, tying him with John Holley and Yuval Bronshtein, trailing only Michael Newman’s nine and Raminder Singh’s ten.

Here are Shmuel’s eight SHRP major series trophy victories:

2017 RRPO:  $360 Pot-Limit Omaha 8  ($7,152)
2017 RRPO:  $150 No-Limit Hold’em  ($16,573)
2018 SHRPO:  $360 Pot-Limit Omaha  ($12,589)
2020 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($7,742)
2022 Showdown:  $600 H.O.R.S.E.  ($13,890)
2022 RRPO:  $400 H.O.R.S.E.  ($7,471)
2023 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($12,025)
2023 SHRPO:  $600 Big O  ($18,903)

*denotes heads-up deal

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 145

Before heads-up play began, David Shmuel and Donald Maloney agreed to a deal.

Here were the chip counts at the time:

David Shmuel  –  2,070,000  (69 bb)
Donald Maloney  –  830,000  (28 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

David Shmuel  –  $18,903
Donald Maloney  –  $15,562

As the chip leader, David Shmuel was the official Event 3 winner for $18,903 and his eighth SHRP major series trophy.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 145

Vitaly Kosenyuk limped for 30,000 on the button, David Shmuel did the same from the small blind, and Donald Maloney checked in the big blind.

The flop was , and action was checked to Kosenyuk who bet the pot of 120,000. Both Shmuel and Maloney called.

The turn was the , Shmuel potted for 480,000, and Maloney folded.

Kosenyuk: 
Shmuel: 

Shmuel was ahead with a queen-high straight and held through the river to eliminate Kosenyuk in third place.

David Shmuel  –  2,070,000  (69 bb)
Donald Maloney  –  830,000  (28 bb)
Vitaly Kosenyuk  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($7,840)

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 145

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 145

Following a flop of , Errol Massey was all in for 290,000 in the cutoff against Sal Pipitone in the big blind.

Massey: 
Pipitone: 

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Massey to scoop the pot with kings up and the nut low.

Two hands later, Pipitone raised all in for his remaining 60,000 from the button. David Shmuel called in the small blind, and Massey called in the big blind.

Shmuel and Massey checked down a board of , and Shmuel tabled for treys full of jacks.

Pipitone couldn’t beat it with and was out in fifth place.

David Shmuel  –  1,590,000  (64 bb)
Errol Massey  –  530,000  (21 bb)
Sal Pipitone  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($3,690)

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 145

Seat 1:  Errol Massey  –  495,000  (31 bb)
Seat 2:  Donald Maloney  –  360,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3:  Vitaly Kosenyuk  –  125,000  (8 bb)
Seat 4:  Sal Pipitone  –  525,000  (33 bb)
Seat 5:  David Shmuel  –  1,380,000  (86 bb)

1st:  $21,140 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $13,325
3rd:  $7,840
4th:  $4,760
5th:  $3,690

Results
6th:  Brandon Ageloff  –  $3,050
7th:  Jonathan Israel  –  $2,685
8th:  David Thurston  –  $2,385
9th:  Chris Labrie  –  $2,100
10th:  Dmitry  Savelyev  –  $2,100
11th:  Kyle Fleischmann  –  $1,830
12th:  Stephen Tung  –  $1,830
13th:  William Leffingwell  –  $1,560
14th:  Mehmet Akbas  –  $1,560
15th:  Harvey Freedman  –  $1,335
16th:  Barry Levy  –  $1,335
17th:  Ahmet Alper  –  $1,200
18th:  Steven Novak  –  $1,200
19th:  Robrecht Winterink  – $1,200

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 145

Following the turn of an board, Brandon Ageloff (who had lost a healthy portion of his stack getting quartered by David Shmuel) was all in for about 105,000 with for a wrap/low draw.

Sal Pipitone had him covered in position with for a set of aces.

The river completed the board, further improving Pipitone to aces full of jacks to eliminate Ageloff in sixth place.

Sal Pipitone  –  620,000  (62 bb)
Brandon Ageloff  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($3,050)

With five players remaining from a field of 145 entries, the average stack is 580,000 (58 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $3,690.

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 145

On the first hand of the final table, Sal Pipitone raised to 17,000 from the cutoff. David Shmuel called on the button, and Jonathan Israel called in the big blind.

The flop was , Israel bet the pot of 63,000, Pipitone raised, Shmuel folded, and Israel called all in for another 2,000.

Pipitone: 
Israel: 

Pipitone’s broadway straight was leading Israel’s diamond flush draw.

The turn and river completed the board, keeping Pipitone’s straight best to eliminate Israel in seventh place.

Sal Pipitone  –  405,000  (51 bb)
Jonathan Israel  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($2,685)

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 145

Seat 1:  Errol Massey  –  544,000  (68 bb)
Seat 2:  Donald Maloney  –  658,000  (82 bb)
Seat 3:  Vitaly Kosenyuk  –  540,000  (68 bb)
Seat 4:  Sal Pipitone  –  292,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5:  David Shmuel  –  335,000  (42 bb)
Seat 6:  Brandon Ageloff  –  441,000  (50 bb)
Seat 7:  Jonathan Israel  –  90,000  (11 bb)

1st:  $21,140 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $13,325
3rd:  $7,840
4th:  $4,760
5th:  $3,690
6th:  $3,050
7th:  $2,685

Results Thus Far:
8th:  David Thurston  –  $2,385
9th:  Chris Labrie  –  $2,100
10th:  Dmitry  Savelyev  –  $2,100
11th:  Kyle Fleischmann  –  $1,830
12th:  Stephen Tung  –  $1,830
13th:  William Leffingwell  –  $1,560
14th:  Mehmet Akbas  –  $1,560
15th:  Harvey Freedman  –  $1,335
16th:  Barry Levy  –  $1,335
17th:  Ahmet Alper  –  $1,200
18th:  Steven Novak  –  $1,200
19th:  Robrecht Winterink  – $1,200

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 145

Table 9
Seat 1:  Chris Labrie  –  114,000  (14 bb)
Seat 2:  David Shmuel  –  294,000  (37 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Stephen Tung  –  102,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5:  Donald Maloney  –  473,000  (59 bb)
Seat 6:  Sal Pipitone  –  263,000  (33 bb)
Seat 7:  William Leffingwell  –  29,000  (4 bb)
Seat 8:  Kyle Fleischmann  –  47,000  (6 bb)

Table 10
Seat 1:  Brandon Ageloff  –  392,000  (49 bb)
Seat 2:  Errol Massey  –  473,000  (59 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Vitaly Kosenyuk  –  364,000  (46 bb)
Seat 5:  Jonathan Israel  –  33,000  (4 bb)
Seat 6:  David Thurston  –  98,000  (12 bb)
Seat 7:  Mehmet Akbas  –  91,000  (11 bb)
Seat 8:  Dmitry  Savelyev  –  98,000  (12 bb)

Results Thus Far:
15th:  Harvey Freedman  –  $1,335
16th:  Barry Levy  –  $1,335
17th:  Ahmet Alper  –  $1,200
18th:  Steven Novak  –  $1,200
19th:  Robrecht Winterink  – $1,200