Kevin Ordet and Benjamin Moschel also won Big Four titles.

The 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) kicked off at the end of July and wrapped up on Tuesday night with the conclusion of its traditional “Big Four” finale. That included the $5,300 buy-in, $3 million GTD SHRPO Championship, the $25,500 High Roller, $1,100 Deep Stack NLH, and $3,000 Deep Stack NLH.

We already recapped Erik Seidel taking down a $10K tournament, as well as side event wins by Darryll Fish (Event #3: $600 Deep Stack Big O for $16,830), Ari Engel (Event #8: $600 Eight-Game Mix for $12,875), Phil Hui (Event #12: $600 Mixed PLO for $18,495), Javier Zarco (Event #25: $600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH for $19,740), and Nick Yunis (Event #29: $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH for $15,580).

There was also a trio of repeat winners in Lenard Adams (Event #11: $600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH for $9,610 and Event #41: $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH for $16,770), Nick Seward (Event #31: $1,100 Deep Stack NLH for $39,000 and Event #37: $2,200 Deep Stack NLH for $91,500), and Matthew Wolfson (Event #44: $1,100 Mixed PLO for $11,721 and Event #52: $400 Black Chip Bounty 5-Card PLO for $5,000).

Below is a look at the winners of the “Big Four” tournaments.

19-Year-Old Schools Older Pros in First Poker Tournament for $146k Title

Paul Snead Wins 2024 SHRPO Championship

The $5,300 SHRPO Championship, which took place from August 9-13, cruised by its $3 million guarantee as 865 entrants generated a $4,195,250 prize pool that was paid out to the top 109 finishers.

Among those to make deep runs were Ren Lin (56th – $15,500), Kristen Foxen (52nd – $18,400), Kitty Kuo (42nd – $21,800), Andrew Moreno (24th – $31,000), Jesse Lonis (13th – $49,000), Jeremy Becker (10th – $63,000), and Loni Hui (7th – $103,000).

With just three players remaining, the SHRPO Live Reporting Team reported that it was Level 30 (100,000/200,000/150,000) when Snead raised to 500,000 from the button and then called when Brandon Kessous moved all in for 7 million from the small blind. Kessous held ace-jack but was behind Snead’s pocket jacks, which held to score the knockout.

When heads-up play began Snead held a slight chip lead over Clemen Deng and the two worked a deal that saw them both take home over $500K while Snead became the official champion.

“It feels amazing, I just feel like the Hard Rock is my home turf now,” Snead told SHRPO reporters. “I’m originally from New York and still live there and Florida now. Foxwoods used to be my home turf, but now I totally feel comfortable here and playing here. I love the way that they run tournament here, it’s just great.”

He added: “I was all in for my tournament life twice yesterday. I won a huge race with Ace-King against Queens, and then I came from behind all-in against Clemen [Deng] post-flop with Queens against Jack-10 on a Jack-10 flop. Those were the two hands where I could have been out of the tournament but I won. That hasn’t happened to me, so I feel really good … I’m ready to go hit the PokerGo studio for sure.”

2024 SHRPO Championship Final Table Results

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Kenney & Sepiol Work Deal in $25K High Roller

The biggest buy-in of the “Big Four” was Event #54: $25,500 High Roller, which attracted 67 entrants and awarded a $1,654,900 prize pool. According to live updates from the event, three players remained when Alex Foxen raised to 65,000 from the button with the blinds at 15,000/30,000/30,000.

Dan Sepiol folded from the small blind and Bryn Kenney three-bet to 300,000 from the big blind. Foxen four-bet to 535,000 and then called off the 965,000 he had behind after Kenney five-bet jammed. Foxen held ace-queen but was dominated by the ace-king of Kenney. The board ran out low cards and Kenney’s kicker held to send Foxen to the rail in third place.

Kenney held 5.4 million to Sepiol’s 1.3 million at the start of heads-up play, and the duo worked a deal that ultimately saw Kenney, as the chip lead, claim the SHRPO title plus $487,990 in prize money.

$25,500 High Roller Final Table Results

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Erik Seidel Wins 2024 SHRPO $10,000 Deep Stack; Engel, Hui & Fish Claim Titles

Kevin Ordet Spins It Up to Win $3,000 Deep Stack

Event #50: $3,000 Deep Stack NLH featured a $1 million guarantee, but it fell a bit short of meeting it drawing a field of 323 runners. That was paid out amongst the top 47 finishers including Cherish Andrews (43rd – $5,400), AJ Kelsall (36th – $6,500), Artem Metalidi (23rd – $10,000), Landon Tice (15th – $14,500), Justin Saliba (10th – $19,200), and Nick Seward (4th – $71,000), who fell just short of his third title of the series.

After Jim Collopy exited in third place, the title came down to Trace Henderson and Kevin Ordet. The latter had begun the final table eighth in chips and wound up the victor in a rollercoaster heads-up match to win the tournament outright for $190,800.

$3,000 Deep Stack NLH Final Table Results

Moschel Defeats a Prince En Route to $1,100 Deep Stack Victory

Event #53: $1,100 Deep Stack NLH attracted 504 entrants and awarded a $500,000 prize pool to the top 65 finishers including Maria Lampropulos (21st – $4,360), TK Miles (13th – $6,300), Paul Balzano (11th – $7,500), Aaron Massey (7th – $14,700), and Shannon Shorr (4th – $33,000).

In the end, Benjamin Moschel defeated Jean “Prince” Gaspard in heads-up play to win the tournament for $89,800. To do so, he won three all-ins to claim the chip lead before finishing off Prince.

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH Final Table Results

2024 SHRPO Winners

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