Sam Soverel, Shannon Shorr and Scott Baumstein Win Big At 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open

The 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open reached its dramatic conclusion on Tuesday, Aug. 12, with a number of massive events all wrapping up during the course of a single evening. The $5,250 buy-in championship was won by Dimitri Vorbe for $929,365, while Joe McKeehen took down the $25,500 buy-in high roller for $550,990. While those two marquee events drew much of the poker world’s attention, there were several other notable results during the afternoon. Below is a look at some of the other big winners crowned on the final day of the SHRPO.

Event 43 – $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller

The single-day $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em high roller event featured a $500,00 guaranteed prize pool. When 101 entries were made by the end of registration, the final prize pool nearly doubled that promised number, with $969,600 paid out among the top 13 finishers.

In the end, the last player standing was poker pro Sam Soverel. The bracelet winner and longtime Florida resident earned $293,205 as the champion of this event, increasing his lifetime tournament earnings to just shy of $16.3 million. This was the high-stakes regular’s 52nd career six-figure cash.

In addition to the title and the money, he also earned 600 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was Soverel’s second title and 12th final-table finish in a POY-qualified event, with more than $2.2 million in earnings across those scores. As a result of his impressive consistency so far this year, Soverel has climbed into 9th place in the 2021 POY race, which is sponsored by Global Poker.

Soverel also earned 293 PokerGO Tour rankings points in this event. This was his third title and 16th cash that qualified towards that high-stakes race. He now sits in third place on the PokerGO Tour leaderboard, with his 1,598 points giving him a 59-point lead over fourth-ranked Sean Winter.

Recent SHRPO $15,000 buy-in high roller winner Matthew Sabia finished seventh for $38,590. Other notables at the final table included World Poker Tour main event and WSOP bracelet winner James Calderaro (6th – $45,375), high stakes tournament regular Brock Wilson (5th – $56,720), and 2021 Orleans Summer Poker Series main event winner Tomas Soderstrom (3rd – $111,505).

Here is a look at the payouts and rankings points awarded at the final table:

Event 35 – $2,650 No-Limit Hold’em

With 490 total entries, the $2,650 buy-in no-limit hold’em event easily surpassed its $1 million guarantee to create a final prize pool of $1,188,250. The biggest chunk of that money was awarded to eventual champion Shannon Shorr, who had won a $5,000 buy-in tournament at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood earlier this year for $296,535.

This time around Shorr took home $186,261 as the champion. This latest victory increased his career tournament earnings to $8,952,400.

Shorr struck a deal during three-handed play that redistributed the remaining prize money based on ICM, with Aditya Prasetyo locking up the most guaranteed money with $170,243. Shorr would earn at least $155,606, while Mukul Pahuja guaranteed himself $141,966. The final three agreed to set aside $30,655 for the eventual winner, along with the trophy.

Shorr went on to bust both Pahuja and Prasetyo to secure the title, the extra money, and 1,080 POY points as the winner. This was his second title and fifth final-table finish of the year, with $592,579 in POY earnings. This score catapulted him inside the top twenty, with his 2,330 total points good for 18th.

Ray Qartomy finished ninth in this event for $23,335. He went on to register for the $10,000 high roller discussed above and finished eighth in that event for another $33,450.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Event 38 – $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em

The $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em event also beat its $500,000 guarantee, with 567 entries building a $567,000 prize pool. Scott Baumstein emerged victorious in this event, earning $81,220 for the win.

This was Baumstein’s second title and eighth POY-qualified final table of the year. The 840 POY points he earned were enough to see him move into 22nd place in the overall standings, with 2,237 total points and $192,727 in year-to-date earnings.

Baumstein won a crucial pot with A-K beating out both pocket queens and pocket tens. He caught an ace on the river to secure the chip lead, which he maintained heading into four-handed action. The final four struck a deal based on ICM numbers that resulted in Baumstein being awarded the title. Aaron Pinson earned the same payout, as he was essentially tied with Baumstein at the time the deal was struck.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

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