The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) in Hollywood, Florida, is fast becoming one of the most sought after events in the poker calendar. Close your eyes, and think back to your grannies baked apple pie and you get the gist.
A few weeks back, I brought you Elio Fox’s victory in the $50,000 Super High Roller. The man who won his first bracelet in the summer topped a field of 25 entrants, including Dan Shak, heads-up, to take the title.
The series has since past into the annals of time, and here are a few more tales involving our high stakes brethren.
Jake Schindler wins the $25,500 No-Limit High Roller.
There are few players in a better state of mind than Jake Schindler and Shaun Deeb these days, and the pair rose to the top of a 123-entrant $25,500 High Roller.
Those 123 souls donated $3,136,500 in prize money, and Schindler beat the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year (POY) leader to bank the $800,758 first prize.
The win is Schindler’s 19th of his career, and his fifth most significant sum of money, during a career that has seen him take $20,881,255 from the live tournament tables, primarily in the States. Schindler’s best score was $3.6m as runner-up to Christoph Vogelsang in the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl.
Last year, Schindler finished second to Nick Schulman in the $50k SHRPO event.
ITM Results
1. Jake Schindler – $800,758
2. Shaun Deeb – $534,989
3. Tom Marchese – $371,183
4. Omar Zazay – $265,311
5. Mark Fisher – $195,570
6. Barry Hutter – $148,769
7. Ory Hen – $116,942
8. Paul Höfer – $95,110
9. David Peters – $80,073
10. Chris Hunichen – $80,073
11. Toby Lewis – $69,926
12. Nipun Java – $69,926
13. Alan Schein – $63,407
14. Ian O’Hara – $63,407
15. Darren Elias – $59,778
16. Ryan Riess – $59,778
Other SHRPO News
Brandon Eisen won the $5,250 No-Limit Hold’em SHRPO Championship. It was another bumper field with 914 entrants, and Eisen earned $771,444 after beating Jeremy Ausmus heads-up for the title.
The event smashed the $3m Guarantee with $4.4m entering the coffers. High rollers that placed well included Joseph Cheong, who continued his decent run of form finishing eighth for $102,843, Noah Schwartz finishing 11th for $62,415 and Jason Mercier took a baby timeout long enough to finish 37th for $17,333.
And Ryan Riess took down the $10k No-Limit Hold’em High Roller. The former WSOP Main Event winner defeated 91 entrants in the $500k GTD event. Riess secured a $236,838 payday after beating Ray Qartomy heads-up. Ben Yu continued his tremendous form in NLHE tournaments finishing fourth for $67,704, the Global Poker Index (GPI) #1, Stephen Chidwick, finished 9th for $34,944 and the former $25k WSOP Pot-Limit High Roller winner, James Calderaro, finished 12th for $21,857.