Jake Schindler wins SHRPO High Roller for $800,000

The American has moved to the 14th place on the all-time money list.

Jake has a long history of success at the festival, as he won the 2013 SHRPO $2,200 NLH event for $59,500, the $100K Super High Roller for $570,375 in 2014, and finished runner-up in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $50K Super High Roller for $260,000 in 2017.

Not surprisingly the field was filled with top-notch players in the $25,500 High Roller of the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO). The event generated a field of 123, creating a prize pool of $3,136,500, with $800,758 for the winner. High-roller specialist, Jake Schindler was the last man standing after he defeated Shaun Deeb heads-up.

Only 16 of the original 123 made the money, with WSOP Main Event champ Ryan Riess finishing 16th for $59,778. He was followed by Darren Elias who received the same amount and then both Ian O'Hara and Alan Schein departed their tables to pick up $63,407 at the cage. India's Nipun Java goth 12th for $69,926, while Englishman Toby Lewis finished 11th for the same prize.

Two real-heavyweights shared the following two spots as Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen and David Peters finished 10th and 9th for $80,073 each. The only non-US player on the final table was Germany's Paul Höfer, who got 8th for $95,110. He shoved with king-nine which couldn't beat the Ace-king of Mark Fisher.

Satellite qualifier, former SHRP Player of the Year, Ory Hen followed the German shortly after. He put his last chips into the middle as a 4:1 favorite, but his tens got cracked by the nines of Omar Zazay's. Hen received a paycheck of $116,942.

Barry Hutter was next to go when he 3-bet shoved his Ace-queen into the pocket rockets of Tom Marchese's. His performance worthed $148,769 this time.

The hunter became the prey after this, as Fisher busted in 5th place. His queen-nine wasn't enough against the Ace-ten of Shaun Deeb's in a preflop all-in confrontation. Fisher walked away with $195,570.

Third place finisher, Tom Marchese

Zazay finally busted in 4th place, when his deuces ran into the kings of Schindlers. The $300 satellite winner took home $265,311, for an infinite ROI. Shaun then busted Tom holding Ace-ten against Queen-ten. The high-roller regular added $371,183 to his winnings.

The heads-up between Jake and Shaun went back-and-forth with each of them holding the lead several times. In the final hand, the two were flipping, but Deeb's pocket tens finished second best against the King-queen of Schindler's.

The good run has been continuing for Deeb after the WSOP, and with this $534,989 prize, his 2018 winnings now stand at $3,085,451. Jake added $800,758 to his all-time winnings, increasing the number to $20,881,255.

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