22-Year-Old Wins $261K Ahead of WPT Rock N Roll Poker Open Championship

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The World Poker Tour (WPT) is back at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida for the 2024 WPT Seminole Rock ‘n’ Roll Open festival that got underway on Nov. 20 and runs through Dec. 4.

The festival includes a $3,500 buy-in Championship Event with a $3 million guarantee from Nov. 29-Dec. 4, during which PokerNews will be on-site producing content.

The festival has already named more than a dozen winners across events that have already generated over $3.5 million in prize money. While some picked up their first trophies, many longtime grinders added to their collections of guitar pick trophies, including Matt Bretzfield, who won his tenth title, and Phil Hui, who won his ninth.

Matt Bretzfield

$400 Monster Stack Prize Pool Crosses $2 Million

The series kicked off with Event #1: $400 Deep Stack NLH, which drew a massive field of 6,480 for a prize pool of $2.1 million. New York’s Eric Yanovsky defeated Omar Morillo to win $261,920, a career-best for the young grinder.

“It feels pretty surreal,” Yanovsky told Seminole reporters. “I’m 22, but poker has been tough. I’ve had my ups and downs, but this is the high point, and I hope it keeps going up from here.”

Other players who went deep in the opening event include Jessica Cai (5th - $75,000), best known for her early chip lead in the 2021 WSOP Main Event, and 16-time Circuit ring winner Maurice Hawkins.

Later in the series, Phil Hui topped a field of 55 players in Event #5: $600 Eight-Game Mix to win $9,000, a fitting number as he also won his ninth trophy. Not long after, Matt Bretzfield shipped Event #13: $400 Deep Stack to win $27,010 and his tenth title.

Phil Hui Others to claim guitar pick trophies include Jaroslaw Osinski (Event #2: $600 Seniors NLH - $19,360), Grant Wang (Event #6: $1,100 Five-Card PLO - $24,602), Ryan Hoenig (Event #17: $600 Triple Stud - $9,270) and Vu Dang (Event #18: $600 Big O - $16,150).

Previous Winner

The previous RRPO Championship drew 1,447 entries for a prize pool of $4.6 million as Hungary’s Istvan Briski won $647,300 and a spot on the Mike Sexton Cup after a heads-up deal with Rayan Chamas, who earned $600,000.

WPT Seminole RRPO Final Table Results

Rank	Player	Country	Prize
1	Istvan Briski	Hungary	$647,300*
2	Rayan Chamas	Lebanon	$600,000*
3	Sandy Sanchez	United States	$366,500
4	Fred Goldberg	United States	$274,000
5	Matt Bond	United States	$206,900
6	Darryll Fish	United States	$157,800

There have big other big highlights at Seminole Hard Rock. Earlier this year, Josh Reichard defeated Landon Tice and Jesse Lonis to win the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship for $839,300.

In January, South Florida crusher Raminder Singh took down the $3,500 LHPO No-Limit Hold’em Championship for $486,353 and another trophy for his mantle. Singh appeared on the Life Outside Poker podcast earlier this year and discussed his LHPO win and many victories at Seminole Hard Rock.

A full list of winners so far at the WPT Seminole Rock ‘n’ Roll Open is available in the table below.

2024 WPT Seminole Rock ‘n’ Roll Open Winners So Far

EVENT	ENTRANTS	PRIZE POOL	WINNER	PRIZE (IN USD)
Event #1: $400 Deep Stack NLH	6,480	$2,138,400	Eric Yanovsky	$261,920
Event #2: $600 Seniors NLH	174	$90,480	Jaroslaw Osinski	$19,360
Event #3: $600 Deep Stack Big O	122	$63,440	Amarjit Lail	$16,080
Event #4: $300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty	153	$30,600	David Oshry	$6,915
Event #5: $600 Eight-Game Mix	55	$28,600	Phil Hui	$9,000
Event #6: $1,100 Five-Card PLO	103	$99,910	Grant Wang	$24,602
Event #7: $200 Big Stack NLH	299	$47,840	Yang Lu	$10,508
Event #8: $400 Turbo PLO	117	$39,780	Ryan Ricci	$11,735
Event #9: $600 Limit Omaha 8	69	$35,880	Robert Poolos	$12,560
Event #10: $600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH	191	$61,120	Shawn Dees	$13,221
Event #11: $600 Black Chip Bounty Five-Card PLO	128	$53,760	Ethan Bennett	$13,000
Event #12: $600 PLO 8	97	$50,440	Long Nguyen	$15,375
Event #13: $400 Deep Stack	686	$226,380	Matt Bretzfield	$27,010
Event #14: $600 Six-Max PLO	139	$72,280	Elliot Kampen	$19,595
Event #15: $1,100 Triple Stack NLH	425	$412,250	TBD	TBD
Event #16: $400 Turbo NLH	114	$38,760	Rajesekar Govindan	$11,435
Event #17: $600 Triple Stud	48	$24,960	Ryan Hoenig	$9,270
Event #18: $600 Big O	102	$50,040	Vu Dang	$16,150
Event #19: $200 Big Stack NLH	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Event #20: $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH	120	$28,800	David Yue	$8,485

Connor Richards is an Editor & Live Reporter for PokerNews and host of the Life Outside Poker podcast. Connor has been nominated for two Global Poker Awards for his writing.

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