Aido, Lagodich & Newman Among Big WPT Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Side Event Winners

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The World Poker Tour (WPT) recently wrapped the 2022 WPT Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open (RRPO) at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. The $3,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Main Event saw Andy Wilson top a 1,541-entry field to win $785,800 plus a $10,400 seat into the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

However, that was just one of 44 events in the festival, which catered to a combined 16,284 entrants and awarded $13,199,710 in prize money. We already highlighted early winners from the series, so we thought it only fair to recap some of the bigger winners from down the stretch.

Among those to capture titles late in the 2022 RRPO were Lisa Levy (Event #29: $400 Ladies Event for $5,870), Duff Charette (Event #34: $600 Deep Stack NLH for $76,075), Dominique Mosley (Event #39: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $61,170), Elliott Kampen (Event #32: $10,000 PLO High Roller for $121,600), and Eric Afriat, who won not one, but two titles (Event #33: $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty for $46,515 and Event #41: $400 Seniors 50+ for $9,100).

Here’s a look at some of the most notable storylines from the stop’s late side events.

Check out early winners from the 2022 RRPO here!

Sergio Aido Wins High Roller for $500K

Sergio Aido
Sergio Aido

From November 28-29, Event #37: $25,500 High Roller played out. The tournament attracted 85 runners and offered up a $2,099,500 prize pool paid out to the top dozen finishers including Justin Zaki (10th - $60,885), Giuseppe Iadisernia (11th - $58,790), and Michael Rossitto (12th - $56,690), who all cashed but failed to make the final table.

The tournament ended in a three-way deal that saw Sergio Aido, who this past August won the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) Championship for $900,100, claim the title and $500,000 in prize money. That brought his lifetime career earnings up over $14.7 million according to the Hendon Mob.

“I can come for only five or six days,” Aido told Seminole reporters, “and since I am living in Mexico now, it’s a convenient three-hour flight.”

RRPO $25K High Roller Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Sergio Aido$500,000*
2Scott Margereson$413,746*
3Justin Saliba$402,634*
4Gytis Lazauninkas$186,855
5Stan Jablonski$123,870
6Joe McKeehen$92,380
7Alex Livingston$75,580
8Chance Kornuth$65,085
9Ray Qartomy$62,985

*Denotes three-way ICM deal.

Frank Lagodich’s Heater Continues

Frank Lagodich
Frank Lagodich

On November 29, Event #42: $5,000 Deep Stack NLH more than tripled its $200K GTD as 134 entrants generated a prize pool of $636,500. The top 17 finishers made the money, and some of those to cash but fall short of the final table were Jason Klapman (11th - $15,920), Joey Weissman (14th - $14,000), Josh Reichard (15th - $12,900), and Ryan Riess (16th - $12,900).

The tournament ended in a five-way deal that saw Frank Lagodich, a big chip leader at the time, win the title and $133,241 in prize money. It was the second six-figure score for the Ohio pro in just over a week as he was fresh off winning the WSOP Circuit Grand Victoria $1,700 Main Event for $275,896. The latest win moved Lagodich over $1 million in lifetime earnings according to the Hendon Mob.

It was also Lagodich’s second SHRP major series trophy after having won the 2022 Seminole Poker Showdown $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship for $26,575.

RRPO Event #42 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Frank Lagodich$133,241*
2Yuval Bronshtein$86,947*
3Brian Hastings$77,211*
4Scott Dehm$72,022*
5Erik Seidel$62,249*
6James Romero$26,735
7Artem Metalidi$23,230
8Eric Panayiutou$20,365
9Isaac Kempton$17,980

*Denotes five-way ICM deal.

Michael Newman Wins 8th SHRP Title

Michael Newman
Michael Newman

Michael Newman is a crusher at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood. On November 21, he topped a 107-entry field to win Event #18: $400 Deep Stack Turbo NLH for $7,136 and his seventh SHRP title. That moved him into a five-way tie for second place with Brian Altman, Yuval Bronshtein, Gabe Ramos, and David Prociak, but it didn’t take long for him to break that tie.

On November 29, Event #44: $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty attracted 286 entrants and once again it was Newman getting the job done. His victory came with a $6,437 top prize but perhaps more importantly his eighth SHRP title, which broke the tie and moved him solely into second place behind only the nine titles of Raminder Singh.

Newman’s SHRP Titles

SeriesTournamentPrize
2016 SHRPO$570 No-Limit Hold’em$17,589
2016 RRPO$360 Pot-Limit Omaha$7,740
2017 LHPO$570 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha$7,473
2017 RRPO$3,500 RRPO Championship$374,240
2019 LHPO$360 Ultimate Re-Entry$183,525
2021 SHRPO$400 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em$7,573
2022 RRPO$400 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em$7,136
2022 RRPO$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty$6,437

Check out our feature article on Michael Newman here!

2022 RRPO Winners

Seminole Hard Rock
DateTournamentEntriesPrize PoolWinnerPrize
Nov. 16-21Event #1: $400 Deep Stack NLH6,134$2,024,200Peter Hsu$191,223
Nov. 16Event #2: $600 Seniors 50+ NLH176$92,400Wilmer Chavira$16,031
Nov. 16Event #3: $600 Deep Stack Big O80$42,000Chris Kostoulas$7,418
Nov. 16Event #4: $200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty177$19,470Jesus Figueroa$4,313
Nov. 17Event #5: $600 HORSE78$40,950AJ Kelsall$13,625
Nov. 17-18Event #6: $1,100 Five-Card PLO102$98,940Robert Lupo$24,148
Nov. 17Event #7: $150 Big Stack NLH239$30,000Joseph Diaz$6,935
Nov. 17Event #8: $600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH37$19,610Matty Bretzfield$5,828
Nov. 18Event #9: $600 Limit Omaha 8108$56,700Salvatore Pipitone$16,900
Nov. 18Event #10: $600 Double Black Chip Bounty188$61,100Daniel Chlimper$15,425
Nov. 19Event #11: $600 PLO 8122$64,050Long Nguyen$18,065
Nov. 20Event #12: $400 Deep Stack NLH515$172,525Scott Baumstein$27,965
Nov. 20-21Event #13: $1,100 Six-Max NLH193$187,210Glen Cressman$46,170
Nov. 20-22Event #14: $600 Deep Stack PLO405$210,600John Holley$30,191
Nov. 20Event #15: $600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH74$39,220Raminder Singh$7,897
Nov. 21Event #16: $400 Omaha 8/Stud 883$27,805John Holley$8,950
Nov. 21-23Event #17: $200 Big Stack NLH1,894$303,040Christopher Lewis$32,400
Nov. 21Event #18: $400 Deep Stack Turbo NLH107$36,380Michael Newman$7,136
Nov. 22Event #19: $400 Big Stack Six-Max NLH115$38,525Larry Elliott$7,965
Nov. 22Event #20: $1,100 Deep Stack NLH Freezeout68$65,960Colin Robinson$22,135
Nov. 22-23Event #21: $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty PLO77$77,000David Moreno$26,020
Nov. 22Event #22: $400 Deep Stack NLH Turbo58$19,720Matt Vinke$7,095
Nov. 23Event #23: $400 Black Chip Bounty 5-Card PLO154$36,190David Goodis$9,450
Nov. 23Event #24: $200 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH254$27,940Christopher Corrales$5,695
Nov. 24Event #25: $250 Holiday Deep Stack NLH312$36,816Igor Tolstov$7,816
Nov. 25-30Event #26: $3,500 WPT RRPO Championship1,541$4,931,200Andy Wilson$785,800
Nov. 25Event #27: $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH151$35,485Daniyal Gheba$9,550
Nov. 26-27Event #28: $600 Mixed PLO62$32,550Floyd Scott Jr.$10,000
Nov. 26Event #29: $400 Ladies Event45$15,075Lisa Levy$5,870
Nov. 26Event #30: $150 Big Stack NLH119$14,042Sebastian Espinoza$4,052
Nov. 27Event #31: $400 Black Chip Bounty NLH349$82,015Alexander Perez$12,806
Nov. 27-28Event #32: $10,000 PLO High Roller32$304,000Elliott Kampen$121,600
Nov. 27-28Event #33: $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty182$182,000Eric Afriat$46,515
Nov. 27-29Event #34: $600 Deep Stack NLH838$435,760Duff Charette$76,075
Nov. 27Event #35: $1,100 Turbo NLH51$51,000Matthew Davenport$18,870
Nov. 28-29Event #36: $1,100 Deep Stack NLH119$115,430Milen Stefanov$33,640
Nov. 28-29Event #37: $25,500 High Roller85$2,099,500Sergio Aido$500,000
Nov. 28Event #38: $400 HORSE91$30,485David Shmuel$7,471
Nov. 28-29Event #39: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha42$199,500Dominique Mosley$61,170
Nov. 28Event #40: $150 Big Stack NLH124$14,632Alexander Morgovsky$4,112
Nov. 29Event #41: $400 Seniors 50+149$49,915Eric Afriat$9,110
Nov. 29Event #42: $5,000 Deep Stack NLH134$636,500Frank Lagodich$133,241
Nov. 29Event #43: $1,100 Six-Max PLO134$97,970Rafael Rodriguez Arango$28,895
Nov. 29Event #44: $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty286$44,300Michael Newman$6,437

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