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Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood announces 2017 Poker Open21 June 2017(PRESS RELEASE) -- The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) will celebrate its fifth season of highly-anticipated, top tournament play at South Florida's iconic entertainment destination, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Florida, since the historic introduction in 2013. SHRPO will take place Thursday, 3 August to Tuesday, 15 August 2017 featuring its signature four-tournament finale, The Big 4, now returning for the third year. The SHRPO Championship $5,250 (Single RE) will carry a $3 million guarantee. Filmed by Poker Night in America and televised on CBS Sports Network, The Big 4 will be played at Hard Rock Live on Tuesday, 15 August. All of the synchronized poker action will be live streamed online and available at SHRPO.com. The Big 4 feature staggered structures designed to cascade toward their completions, with the final four tables playing out alongside each other in front of a live audience. Doubling up once again to emcee on The Big 4 are professional poker player and TV personality Maria Ho and national network television host and poker commentator Ali Nejad. Carrying combined prize pools of $6.5 million, The Big 4 includes premium events:
"The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is the crown jewel of our poker series here at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood," said Tournament Director Tony Burns. "We're excited to once again welcome the poker world to South Florida and are really looking forward to the return of The Big 4 along with the addition of a $50,000 buy-in, $1 million guarantee Super High Roller and a $10,000 buy-in, $500,000 guarantee one-day event." Last year's tournaments boasted nearly $14 million in prize pools bordering on 17,000 entries. Jason Koon (Weston, West Virginia) won the $5,250 buy-in SHRPO Championship taking home the top prize of $1 million while Marvin Rettenmaier (Stuttgart, Germany) won the $25,500 High Roller for $787,497. Bradley Snider (Plantation, Florida) won the $2,650 Freeze-Out for $246,400, and Ruslan Dykshteyn (Hollywood, Florida) won the $1,100 Re-Entry for $151,100. This year, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and the Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) will present The Jeff Conine Celebrity Poker Classic benefiting the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Foundation taking place on Monday, 7 August. The charity event kicks off with an exclusive player party taking place prior to the tournament's 7 p.m. start time. Guests will enjoy live music, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres and a chance to win more than $30,000 in cash and prizes, including a $5,250 seat in the SHRPO $3 Million Guarantee Championship. Former major league baseball player Jeff Conine will be in attendance at the event, which will play in the tournament room. The 2017 SHRPO Big 4 broadcast will air on Season 6 of Poker Night in America on CBS Sports Network. On-site registration for the $3 million Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open is open. For more information and to view the series schedule, please visit SHRPO.com. Follow us on Twitter at @SHRPO and @SHRThePokerRoom, #SHRPO. |