We closed out the year with our last major series in the Grand Ballroom and the 2024 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was success from start to finish. We came out of the gates with the $2,000,000 opener and wrapped things up with an exciting finish to the WPT RRPO Championship.
Events: 49
Entries: 16,844
Guarantees: $7,240,000
Prize Pools: $14,438,663
Another fantastic, successful series that saw us award more prize money than any other RRPO series in our history (for reference, this is our 13th running of the series).
2024 RRPO – $14,438,663
2023 RRPO – $14,250,170
2022 RRPO – $13,482,340
2021 RRPO – $13,434,505
2019 RRPO – $8,278,745
As with every series, we had some notable wins but extraordinary people.
Dylan Smith won the WPT RRPO Championship on the final day of the series on the live-stream stage against a tough lineup. He earned $662,200 and put his name on the Mike Sexton Champions Cup a few months after finishing fifth in the WPT Poker Showdown Championship.
Phil Hui won his ninth major SHRP title in the $600 Eight-Game Mix to move into a tie with Matt Bretzfield on the all-time wins list. Then Bretzfield won the $400 Deep Stack to move ahead of Hui with ten.
Of course, Hui did it again a few days later, winning the $600 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, his second of the series and his tenth overall for a four-way tie that included David Shmuel.
But then Shmuel went ahead and captured the $600 Limit Omaha 8 tournament to move up into a tie for second.
A lot of words to say that we had movement on our all-time wins list:
Raminder Singh – 13 wins
Michael Newman – 11 wins
David Shmuel – 11 wins
Yuval Bronshtein – 10 wins
Matt Bretzfield – 10 wins
Phil Hui – 10 wins
John Holley – 8 wins
Brian Altman – 7 wins
David Prociak – 7 wins
Gabriel Ramos – 7 wins
Scott Baumstein – 7 wins
Scott Baumstien won his seventh trophy, while Ryan Hoenig and Zhen Cai earned their fourth. David Oshry and Edward Leonard joined Hui as players who won two titles in this series.
Brandon Wilson extended one of the most impressive win streaks. He took the top spot in the $25K RRPO High Roller on our last day in the Grand Ballroom for his fifth Hollywood title.
This was the third High Roller win for Wilson in three consecutive series:
2024 Showdown: $25K High Roller No-Limit Hold’em ($601,800)
2024 SHRPO: $50K Super High Roller NLH ($346,775)
2024 RRPO: $25K High Roller No-Limit Hold’em ($602,900)
Another fun two weeks in the Grand Ballroom and we appreciate all the support. None of these massive series would be possible without our incredible players, both local and those who travel into town.
Thanks again!
We look forward to seeing everyone for the upcoming Fun in the Sun series in the Poker Room to close out 2024 and the Lucky Hearts Poker Open in January to kick off the 2025 run.
2024 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open results
WPT RRPO Championship: Dylan Smith – $662,200
Event 1 ($400 NLH): Eric Yanovsky – $261,920
Event 2 ($600 Seniors): Jaroslaw Osinski – $19,360
Event 3 ($600 Big O): Amarjit Lail – $16,080
Event 4 ($300 Bounty): David Oshry – $6,915
Event 5 ($600 8-Game): Phil Hui – $9,000
Event 6 ($1K PLO): Grant Wang – $24,602
Event 7 ($200 NLH): Yang Lu – $10,508
Event 8 ($400 Turbo PLO): Ryan Ricci – $11,735
Event 9 ($600 O8): Robert Poolos – $12,560
Event 10 ($600 Bounty NLH): Shawn Dees – $13,221
Event 11 ($600 Bounty PLO): Ethan Bennett – $13,000
Event 12 ($600 PLO8): Long Nguyen – $15,375
Event 13 ($400 NLH): Matt Bretzfield – $27,010
Event 14 ($600 6-Max PLO): Elliott Kampen – $19,595
Event 15 ($1K Multi-Flight): Luke Brereton – $78,030
Event 16 ($400 Turbo NLH): Rajesekar Govindan – $11,435
Event 17 ($600 Triple Stud): Ryan Hoenig – $9,720
Event 18 ($600 Big O): Vu Dang – $16,150
Event 19 ($200 Big Stack): Michael Horton – $32,220
Event 20 ($400 Bounty): David Yue – $8,485
Event 21 ($400 6-Max): London Lawrence – $21,055
Event 22 ($600 2-7TD): Phil Hui – $9,720
Event 23 ($1,700 Bounty PLO): Eric Kolodny – $26,020
Event 24 ($400 Turbo NLH): David Dongwoo Ko – $9,600
Event 25 ($600 HORSE): Branon Berkenfeld – $10,945
Event 26 ($400 Bounty PLO): Oleksandr Trokhymenko – $6,269
Event 27 ($300 Bounty NLH): David Uvaydov – $12,527
Event 28 ($250 Holiday Deep Stack): Ronel Juan – $11,741
Event 30 ($600 Dealer’s Choice): Tal Avivi – $5,720
Event 31 ($400 Bounty): Tamas Hartman – $9,360
Event 32 ($600 Mixed PLO): Andrew Voor – $12,075
Event 33 ($300 Quad Stack): Jacquelyn Scott – $9,505
Event 34 ($1K Bounty): Mike Gao – $11,300
Event 35 ($400 NLH): Benjamin Szwimer – $27,280
Event 36 ($600 PLO8): Zhen Cai – $14,430
Event 37 ($10K NLH): Faraz Jaka – $313,495
Event 38 ($1,700 Bounty): Edward Leonard – $29,200
Event 39 ($600 NLH): Jefferson Guerrero – $37,902
Event 40 ($1K Turbo): Scott Baumstein – $14,740
Event 41 ($1K Triple Stack): Javier Zarco – $37,570
Event 42 ($25K High Roller): Brandon Wilson – $602,900
Event 43 ($600 O8): David Shmuel – $8,245
Event 44 ($3K PLO): AJ Gillette – $49,280
Event 45 ($200 Big Stack): David Oshry – $5,306
Event 46 ($400 Seniors): George Miro – $6,692
Event 47 ($5K NLH): Daniel Neilson – $201,500
Event 48 ($1K 6-Max PLO): Edward Leonard – $30,395
Event 49 ($300 Bounty): Anthony Askey – $6,036
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