2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  97
Prize Pool:  $50,440
November 23, 2024

Event 12 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 97 entries for a prize pool of $50,440. Emerging victorious was Long Nguyen, winning outright for $15,375.

This marked Nguyen’s fifth SHRP major series trophy win:

2021 SHRPO – $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8  ($19,605)
2021 RRPO – $400 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Max  ($12,040)
2022 RRPO – $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8  ($18,065)
2023 Showdown – $600 Big O  ($9,128)
2024 RRPO – $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8  ($15,375)

$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 97

Nadya Magnus potted to 120,000 from the button and Long Nguyen called in the big blind.

The flop was , Nguyen bet the pot of 280,000, Magnus raised all in for about 380,000, and Nguyen called.

Magnus: 
Nguyen: 

Magnus had a pair of treys, a flush draw, a wheel draw, and a low draw, while Nguyen had jacks and treys (and deuces).

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Nguyen to take down Event 12 outright for $15,375. Magnus finished runner-up for $9,455.

A recap of Event 12 will be posted later tonight.

$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 97

Long Nguyen limped in for 30,000 on the button, Nadya Magnus raised to 90,000 in the big blind, and Nguyen called.

The flop was , Magnus bet the pot, Nguyen raised all in for 340,000, and Magnus called.

Nguyen: 
Magnus: 

The turn and river completed the board, keeping Nguyen’s set of queens best to double up.

Long Nguyen  –  890,000  (30 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  1,050,000  (35 bb)

1st:  $15,375 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,455

$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 97

Long Nguyen raised to 60,000 from the button and Nadya Magnus called in the big blind.

The flop was , Magnus checked, Nguyen bet 30,000, and Magnus called.

The turn was the , Magnus checked, Nguyen bet 75,000, and Magnus called.

The river was the , Magnus checked, and Nguyen checked.

Magnus showed for a flush with a seven-four low, Nguyen showed a defeated for trips, and Magnus scooped the pot.

Nadya Magnus  –  1,500,000  (50 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  440,000  (15 bb)

1st:  $15,375 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,455

$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 97

JD Jiang limped in for 20,000 in the small blind, Long Nguyen raised to 50,000 in the big blind, and Jiang called.

They checked to the turn of a board where Jiang potted for 120,000. Nguyen called.

The river was the , Jiang went all in for about 300,000, and Nguyen called with for kings full of treys with a wheel, besting Jiang’s for trip kings to scoop the pot and eliminate Jiang in third place.

Long Nguyen  –  1,165,000  (58 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  775,000  (39 bb)
JD Jiang  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($5,800)

1st:  $15,375 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,455

$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 97

Romi Malhotra raised all in for 25,000 in the cutoff, Nadya Magnus called in the small blind and JD Jiang called in the big blind.

Magnus and Jiang checked down a board .

Jiang showed for a flush, besting Magnus’ holdings and Malhotra’s to end Malhotra’s tournament in fourth place.

JD Jiang  –  470,000  (24 bb)
Romi Malhotra  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($3,785)

With three players remaining, the average stack is about 650,000 (33 big blinds).

1st:  $15,375 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,455
3rd:  $5,800

$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 97

Seat 1:  Long Nguyen  –  965,000  (48 bb)
Seat 2:  Nadya Magnus  –  505,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3:  JD Jiang  –  440,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4:  Romi Malhotra  –  30,000  (1.5 bb)

1st:  $15,375 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,455
3rd:  $5,800
4th:  $3,785

5th:  Maksim Pisarenko  –  $2,950
6th:  David Oshry  –  $2,355
7th:  Jonathan Moschel  –  $2,005
8th:  Chad Stone  –  $1,740
9th:  Joseph Olivieri  –  $1,540

10th:  John Binns  –  $1,390
11th:  Zhen Cai  –  $1,265
12th:  Ayed Shweihat  –  $1,265
13th:  Christopher Picciano  –  $1,265

$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 97

Maksim Pisarenko potted to 56,000 from the cutoff and Long Nguyen called in the big blind.

The flop was , Nguyen potted, and Pisarenko called all in for about 80,000.

Pisarenko: 
Nguyen: 

The turn and river completed the board, giving Nguyen kings full of jacks to eliminate Pisarenko in fifth place.

Long Nguyen  –  885,000  (55 bb)
Maksim Pisarenko  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,950)

With four players remaining from a field of 97 entries, the average stack is 485,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $3,785.

1st:  $15,375 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,455
3rd:  $5,800
4th:  $3,785

5th:  Maksim Pisarenko  –  $2,950
6th:  David Oshry  –  $2,355
7th:  Jonathan Moschel  –  $2,005
8th:  Chad Stone  –  $1,740
9th:  Joseph Olivieri  –  $1,540

10th:  John Binns  –  $1,390
11th:  Zhen Cai  –  $1,265
12th:  Ayed Shweihat  –  $1,265
13th:  Christopher Picciano  –  $1,265

$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 97

Nadya Magnus raised to 35,000 from the hijack, David Oshry reraised all in for 72,000 on the button, and Magnus calld.

Magnus: 
Oshry: 

The board ran out , giving Magnus queens full of tens to eliminate Oshry in sixth place.

Nadya Magnus  –  675,000  (42 bb)
David Oshry  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($2,355)

With five players remaining from a field of 97 entries, the average stack is 388,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $2,950.

1st:  $15,375 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,455
3rd:  $5,800
4th:  $3,785
5th:  $2,950

6th:  David Oshry  –  $2,355
7th:  Jonathan Moschel  –  $2,005
8th:  Chad Stone  –  $1,740
9th:  Joseph Olivieri  –  $1,540

10th:  John Binns  –  $1,390
11th:  Zhen Cai  –  $1,265
12th:  Ayed Shweihat  –  $1,265
13th:  Christopher Picciano  –  $1,265

$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 97

Chad Stone was all in from the small blind for about 30,000 against Long Nguyen in the big blind.

Stone: 
Nguyen: 

The board ran out , no help to Stone after flopping straight draws, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Long Nguyen  –  650,000  (65 bb)
Chad Stone  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,740)

With seven players remaining from a field of 97 entries, the average stack is about 277,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $2,005.