Bryn Kenney & Paul Snead Among “Big Four” Winners as 2024 SHRPO Wraps Up


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2024 SHRPO Winners

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

Paul Snead
2024 SHRPO champ Paul Snead

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

Place Player Prize
1 Paul Snead $529,428* + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2 Clemen Deng $512,522*
3 Brandon Kessous $310,000
4 Jack Thu $230,000
5 Billy Pilossoph $175,000
6 Tyler Montoya $133,000
7 Loni Hui $103,000
8 Sterling Savill $80,000

*Denotes heads-up deal.

Kenney & Sepiol Work Deal in $25K High Roller

Bryn Kenney
Bryn Kenney

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

Place Player Prize
1 Bryn Kenney $487,990* + SHRPO trophy
2 Dan Sepiol $390,810*
3 Alex Foxen $220,100
4 Brandon Wilson $152,300
5 Brandon Wittmeyer $102,600
6 Darren Elias $77,800
7 Jonathan Jaffe $62,900
8 Daniel Rezaei $54,600
9 Brock Wilson $52,900

*Denotes heads-up deal.

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

Kevin Ordet
Kevin Ordet

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

Place Player Prize
1 Kevin Ordet $190,800 + SHRPO trophy
2 Trace Henderson $128,000
3 Jim Collopy $95,000
4 Nick Seward $71,000
5 Steven Miller $54,000
6 Christian Harder $41,000
7 Bruce Russell $31,500
8 Myles Mullaly $24,400
9 Manny Amaro $19,200

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

Benjamin Moschel
Benjamin Moschel

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

Place Player Prize
1 Benjamin Moschel $89,800 + SHRPO trophy
2 Jean Gaspard $60,000
3 Cameron Storto $44,500
4 Shannon Shorr $33,000
5 Jason Hickey $25,000
6 Adam Levy $19,100
7 Aaron Massey $14,700
8 Caleb Powell $11,400
9 John Conkright $9,000

2024 SHRPO Winners

Bryn Kenney & Paul Snead Among “Big Four” Winners as 2024 SHRPO Wraps Up 101
Date Tournament Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize
July 31-August 5 Event #1: $400 Deep Stack NLH 5,870 $1,937,100 Karl Creazzo $146,829
31-Jul Event #2: $400 Deep Stack Seniors 50+ 209 $68,970 Patrick Capozziello $14,632
31-Jul Event #3: $600 Deep Stack Big O 109 $56,135 Darryll Fish $16,830
31-Jul Event #4: $200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty 182 $20,020 Emiliano Guido $5,090
1-Aug Event #5: $600 Limit Omaha 8 90 $46,350 Brian Smith $14,700
1-Aug Event #6: $600 Six-Max PLO 120 $62,400 Kamel Mokhammad $14,603
1-Aug Event #7: $200 Big Stack NLH 267 $42,720 Brunno Aquarone $7,310
2-Aug Event #8: $600 Eight-Game Mix 79 $40,685 Ari Engel $12,875
2-Aug Event #9: $600 Double Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH 81 $26,325 Greg Buonocore $8,420
2-Aug Event #10: $600 Black Chip Bounty Five-Card PLO 133 $55,860 Daniel Kroh $15,725
2-Aug Event #11: $600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH 49 $25,970 Lenard Adams $9,610
3-Aug Event #12: $600 Mixed PLO 125 $64,375 Phil Hui $18,495
4-Aug Event #13: $400 Deep Stack NLH 612 $201,960 Justin Molis $15,664
4-Aug Event #14: $600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice 80 $41,200 Matthew Mullins $13,240
August 4-5 Event #15: $1,100 Deep Stack NLH 157 $152,290 Peter Hsu $36,970
August 4-6 Event #16: $600 Deep Stack PLO 346 $179,920 Juan Maceiras $37,080
4-Aug Event #17: $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH 284 $44,020 Alena Karunets $8,880
4-Aug Event #18: $400 Deep Stack Turbo NLH 50 $17,000 Manuel Amaro Alvarez $6,290
5-Aug Event #19: $1,100 Seniors 50+ 73 $70,810 Peter Fellows $23,545
August 5-7 Event #20: $200 Big Stack NLH 1,648 $263,680 Jose Ruiz $31,829
5-Aug Event #21: $400 Savage Average NLH 80 $26,400 Sean Astwood $8,870
5-Aug Event #22: $600 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw 58 $29,870 Scott Blackman $10,700
5-Aug Event #23: $300 Quad Stack PLO/NLH 136 $34,000 Timothy Butler $6,440
6-Aug Event #24: $600 HORSE 72 $37,080 Christopher Hice $12,970
6-Aug Event #25: $600 Deep Stack Six-Max NLH 141 $73,320 Javier Zarco $19,740
6-Aug Event #26: $10,000 Deep Stack NLH 69 $655,500 Erik Seidel $179,953
6-Aug Event #27: $600 Double Black Chip Bounty PLO 96 $31,200 Michael Rudolph $9,805
6-Aug Event #28: $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty 171 $26,505 Riley Price $6,900
6-Aug Event #29: $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH 38 $38,000 Nick Yunis $15,580
7-Aug Event #30: $600 Eight-Handed PLO 8 94 $48,410 Vu Dang $15,235
August 7-8 Event #31: $1,100 Deep Stack NLH 201 $194,970 Nick Seward $39,000
7-Aug Event #32: $10,000 PLO 54 $513,000 Sam Sternfield $157,046
7-Aug Event #33: $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty 256 $38,400 James Bernard $6,014
7-Aug Event #34: $200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty 243 $26,730 Jesse Oler $4,897
7-Aug Event #35: $1,100 Purple Chip Bounty Turbo NLH 85 $85,000 Joseph Rossi $10,938
8-Aug Event #36: $1,100 Limit Omaha 8 45 $43,425 Neal Corcoran $16,915
August 8-9 Event #37: $2,200 Deep Stack NLH 198 $396,000 Nick Seward $91,500
8-Aug Event #38: $50,000 Super High Roller 11 $533,500 Brandon Wilson $346,775
8-Aug Event #39: $600 Black Chip Bounty NLH 116 $49,300 Rick Kalgstein $9,704
8-Aug Event #40: $200 Big Stack NLH 281 $44,960 Scott Sommer $7,208
8-Aug Event #41: $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH 43 $43,000 Lenard Adams $16,770
August 9-13 Event #42: $5,300 SHRPO Championship 865 $4,195,250 Paul Snead $529,428
9-Aug Event #43: $1,100 HORSE 34 $32,810 Christopher Hice $9,898
9-Aug Event #44: $1,100 Mixed PLO 50 $48,500 Matthew Wolfson $11,721
9-Aug Event #45: $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo 127 $42,545 Austin Morin $7,000
10-Aug Event #46: $400 Deep Stack NLH 189 $62,370 Ian Cohen $14,470
10-Aug Event #47: $600 Eight-Game Mix 47 $24,440 David Shmuel $9,490
10-Aug Event #48: $300 Quad Stack NLH 94 $23,970 Shahar Biniaminov $5,666
11-Aug Event #49: $400 Omaha 8/Stud 8 58 $19,140 Scott Wyler $6,885
August 11-13 Event #50: $3,000 Deep Stack NLH 323 $1,000,000 Kevin Ordet $190,800
August 12-13 Event #51: $200 Deep Stack NLH        
August 11-12 Event #52: $400 Black Chip Bounty 5-Card PLO 97 $22,310 Matthew Wolfson $5,000
August 12-13 Ev ent #53: $1,100 Deep Stack NLH 504 $500,000 Benjamin Moschel $89,800
August 12-13 Event #54: $25,500 High Roller 67 $1,654,900 Bryn Kenney $487,990
12-Aug Event #55: $1,100 Deep Stack Big O 52 $50,440 Lee Horton $13,535
12-Aug Event #56: $600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH/PLO 67 $35,510 Shahar Biniaminov $12,420
13-Aug Event #57: $400 Deep Stack PLO8 49 $16,170 Jay Kerbel $4,536
13-Aug Event #58: $10,000 Deep Stack NLH 115 $1,104,000    
13-Aug Event #59: $400 Deep Stack NLH 109 $35,970    
13-Aug Event #60: $1,100 Six-Max PLO 106 $102,820    
13-Aug Event #61: $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH 168 $42,840    

*Images courtesy of SHRPO.


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