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The 2025 Poker Showdown series was already set to be one of the biggest in our history. Our players love their mixed and Omaha games, and this series featured the return of the $10,000 Mixed Game Leaderboard.
There were 12 qualifying tournaments, each with a chance to earn points and move up the leaderboard as the series progressed. $10,000 in cash and prizes was up for grabs, and in the end, it was Eric Polirer who finished on top, earning a $1,100 Showdown tournament ticket, plus $3,000 in cash and a pretty SHR Hollywood guitar trophy.
Polirer scored victories in Events 6 and 19, while making two other final tables early in the series. The lead he built proved to be just enough, as he held off Yuval Bronshtein and Ryan Hoenig to win.
A final standings post, along with Polirer being presented with his winning Guitar trophy, will be made during the week.
Event 35: $600 Big Bet Dealer’s Choice
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric | Polirer | 314.7 |
| 2 | Yuval | Bronshtein | 310.6 |
| 3 | Ryan | Hoenig | 290.3 |
| 4 | Frederic | Moss | 253.2 |
| 5 | Daniel | Pearlman | 231.6 |
| 6 | Dechang | Zhang | 209.4 |
| 7 | Joshua | Heinzl | 202.2 |
| 8 | Joseph | Olivieri | 176.1 |
| 9 | Christopher | Labrie | 142.6 |
| 10 | Carl | Buckland | 133.3 |
| 11 | Jay | Kerbel | 125.6 |
| 12 | Gabriel | Ramos | 122.3 |
| 13 | William | Heimiller | 120 |
| 14 | Kyle | Fleischmann | 119 |
| 15 | Jacob | Babins | 114 |
| 16 | Phillip | Hui | 112.6 |
| 17 | Joshua | Rhodes | 112 |
| 18 | Benjamin | Goldstein | 111.5 |
| 19 | Darryll | Fish | 110.4 |
| 20 | Victor | Nassif | 107.8 |
| 21 | Gregory | Baird | 106.4 |
| 22 | Donny | Rubinstein | 105.6 |
| 23 | Dominick | Sarle | 102.2 |
| 24 | Phillip | Wyatt | 100.7 |
| 25 | David | Shmuel | 99.2 |
| 26 | Alexander | Orlov | 96.1 |
| 27 | Pawel | Andrzejewski | 85.6 |
| 28 | Harry | Eisenberg | 83.8 |
| 29 | Aaron | Mermelstein | 83.6 |
| 29 | Elias | Nassif | 83.6 |
| 31 | Ricardo | Quintero | 81.4 |
| 32 | Frankie | Odell | 81.2 |
| 33 | Ariel | Mantel | 74.8 |
| 34 | Matthew | Kaplan | 69 |
| 35 | Chad | Roedersheimer | 62.2 |
| 36 | Nadezhda | Magnus | 59.8 |
| 37 | Chase | Crouch | 59.6 |
| 38 | Pritpal | Virdee | 59.4 |
| 39 | Thanhlong | Nguyen | 59.1 |
| 40 | Michael | Rosenberg | 50.6 |
| 41 | Brandon | Ageloff | 48.4 |
| 42 | Manny | Tarich | 46.2 |
| 43 | Benyomin | Richmond | 45.5 |
| 44 | Oscar | Castagna | 44.2 |
| 45 | Michael | Dreese | 44 |
| 46 | Matthew | Bretzfield | 42.2 |
| 47 | Ira | Friedman | 42 |
| 48 | Marc | Rabuse | 39.4 |
| 49 | Sam | Spira | 37.4 |
| 50 | Bernard | Greenspoon | 36.3 |
| 50 | Robert | King | 36.3 |
| 52 | Thomas | Taylor | 35.6 |
| 53 | Meikle | Partin | 31.9 |
| 54 | Dave | Digiovanni | 31 |
| 55 | Richard | Seamon | 30.8 |
| 55 | Thomas | Walter | 30.8 |
| 57 | Michael | Dorff | 28.8 |
| 58 | Matthew | Axelrod | 28.6 |
| 58 | Brett | Feldman | 28.6 |
| 60 | William | Mattison | 26.2 |
| 61 | Zhen | Cai | 24.6 |
| 62 | Brett | Bader | 24.2 |
| 62 | David | May | 24.2 |
| 62 | Steven | Roth | 24.2 |
| 65 | Patrick | Caputo | 20.9 |
| 66 | Matthew | Wolfson | 20.2 |
| 67 | Hyunbin | Yoo | 19.8 |
| 68 | Egerton | Bullock | 18.9 |
| 68 | Jonathan | Moschel | 18.9 |
| 70 | Sean | Christy | 16.5 |
| 70 | Jason | Lopesilvero | 16.5 |
| 72 | Leonard | Kriss | 15.8 |
| 73 | Kevin | Love | 15.6 |
| 73 | Sandy | Sanchez | 15.6 |
| 75 | Benjamin | Ludlow | 13.4 |
| 76 | Eugene | Mistretta | 11.2 |
| 76 | Michael | Isasi | 11.2 |
| 78 | Hal | Rotholz | 11 |
| 79 | Robert | Morris | 10.8 |
| 79 | Marcus | Stein | 10.8 |
| 81 | Jeffrey | Kenny | 9.2 |
| 82 | Tal | Avivi | 9 |
| 82 | Joseph | Shammas | 9 |
| 82 | Mark | Shaves | 9 |
| 82 | Michael | Stones | 9 |
| 86 | Marc | Sacheli | 8.6 |
| 87 | Bradley | Beetz | 7 |
| 87 | Brandon | Berkenfeld | 7 |
| 87 | Kenneth | Ruderman | 7 |
| 90 | Nicholas | Marsico | 6.8 |
| 90 | Joseph Lenwood Jr | Eder-Johnson | 6.8 |
| 92 | Robert | Burgmeier | 6.6 |
| 92 | Victor | Cianelli | 6.6 |
| 92 | Shawn | Colsch | 6.6 |
| 92 | Aron | Dermer | 6.6 |
| 92 | Dale | Phillips | 6.6 |
| 92 | Martin | Raschkovan | 6.6 |
| 92 | Stephen | Reid | 6.6 |
| 92 | Lazaro | Rodriguez | 6.6 |
| 92 | Dmitriy | Vernitskiy | 6.6 |
| 92 | Charles | Wells | 6.6 |
| 102 | Dominic | Finch | 6.4 |
| 102 | Mark | Kastory | 6.4 |
| 102 | Satoshi | Tanaka | 6.4 |
| 105 | John | Binns | 4.6 |
| 105 | Martin | Calkins | 4.6 |
| 105 | Thomas | Currey | 4.6 |
| 105 | Guilherme | Eggert | 4.6 |
| 105 | Daniel | Kroh | 4.6 |
| 105 | Jeffrey | Lehouillier | 4.6 |
| 105 | Michael | Michnik | 4.6 |
| 105 | Steven | Novak | 4.6 |
| 105 | David | Oshry | 4.6 |
| 105 | Robert | Oxenberg | 4.6 |
| 105 | Hitesh | Patel | 4.6 |
| 105 | Jason | Reep | 4.6 |
| 105 | Vadim | Shlez | 4.6 |
| 105 | Dewayne | Snipes | 4.6 |
| 105 | Maxime | Tanneur | 4.6 |
| 105 | Le | Tieu | 4.6 |
| 105 | Natan | Wager Vainer | 4.6 |
| 122 | Walter | Buss | 4.4 |
| 122 | Scott | Epstein | 4.4 |
| 122 | Harvey | Freedman | 4.4 |
| 122 | Melanie | Hochman | 4.4 |
| 122 | Tammy | Humphrey | 4.4 |
| 122 | Michael | Hutsko | 4.4 |
| 122 | Allen | Kessler | 4.4 |
| 122 | Ilya | Levitin | 4.4 |
| 122 | Craig | Love | 4.4 |
| 122 | Charles | Odenz | 4.4 |
| 122 | Patrick | Quealy | 4.4 |
| 122 | German | Quintero Pineros | 4.4 |
| 122 | Alexander | Rivera Cruz | 4.4 |
| 122 | Ron | Schindelheim | 4.4 |
| 122 | Bernhard | Schmidt | 4.4 |
| 122 | Chet | Sickle | 4.4 |
| 122 | Raymond | Smego-Barranco | 4.4 |
| 122 | Leonard | St Germain | 4.4 |
| 122 | Larry | St Jean | 4.4 |
| 122 | Nitis | Udornpim | 4.4 |
| 122 | Hoyt | Verner | 4.4 |
| 122 | Dylan | Weiss | 4.4 |
| 144 | Matthew | Beinner | 4.2 |
| 144 | Hertsel | Levy Sakhai | 4.2 |
| 144 | Kenneth | Po | 4.2 |
| 144 | Andrew | Pokrivnak | 4.2 |
| 148 | Giovanni | Abate | 2.4 |
| 148 | William | Beasley | 2.4 |
| 148 | Rudolph | Bourg Jr | 2.4 |
| 148 | Jeffrey | Bunims | 2.4 |
| 148 | Jason | Cahill | 2.4 |
| 148 | Alon | Dankner | 2.4 |
| 148 | Christian | Duranleau | 2.4 |
| 148 | Jonathan | Gold | 2.4 |
| 148 | Grant | Hart | 2.4 |
| 148 | Scott | Hecker | 2.4 |
| 148 | Christopher | Licht | 2.4 |
| 148 | Bruce | Miller | 2.4 |
| 148 | Julio | Novo | 2.4 |
| 148 | Andrew | Phillips | 2.4 |
| 148 | Riley | Price | 2.4 |
| 148 | Philip | Sokolov | 2.4 |
| 148 | Charles | Wardlaw | 2.4 |
| 148 | David | Weiner | 2.4 |
| 166 | Dallas | Bare | 2.2 |
| 166 | Steven | Bell | 2.2 |
| 166 | Karim | Bevans | 2.2 |
| 166 | Scott | Blackman | 2.2 |
| 166 | Adam | Brancato | 2.2 |
| 166 | Brian | Brightberg | 2.2 |
| 166 | Stephen | Brightberg | 2.2 |
| 166 | David | Childs | 2.2 |
| 166 | Jordan | Chizick | 2.2 |
| 166 | Brenden | Colter | 2.2 |
| 166 | Diomig | Delgado | 2.2 |
| 166 | Adam | Dickson | 2.2 |
| 166 | Stephen | Ekin | 2.2 |
| 166 | Robert | Ely | 2.2 |
| 166 | Travis | Erdman | 2.2 |
| 166 | Eric | Firestone | 2.2 |
| 166 | Marc | Geissel | 2.2 |
| 166 | Laurence | Goldstein | 2.2 |
| 166 | Dominic | Granteed | 2.2 |
| 166 | Brendan | Haughey | 2.2 |
| 166 | Brian | Haveson | 2.2 |
| 166 | Sean | Heywood | 2.2 |
| 166 | Kevin | Ho | 2.2 |
| 166 | Mariia | Ievseieva | 2.2 |
| 166 | Christian | Ivens | 2.2 |
| 166 | Charles | Jacoby | 2.2 |
| 166 | Kenneth | Justin | 2.2 |
| 166 | Sergei | Kirkunov | 2.2 |
| 166 | Harold | Klein | 2.2 |
| 166 | Matthew | Lambrecht | 2.2 |
| 166 | Ross | Lebo | 2.2 |
| 166 | James | Leonard | 2.2 |
| 166 | Gloria | Lo Russo | 2.2 |
| 166 | Robert | Mackie | 2.2 |
| 166 | Russell | Marco | 2.2 |
| 166 | George | Maroulianakis | 2.2 |
| 166 | Dimas | Martinez | 2.2 |
| 166 | Randy | Matienzo | 2.2 |
| 166 | Clark | Merritt | 2.2 |
| 166 | David | Moses | 2.2 |
| 166 | Daniel | Mowrer | 2.2 |
| 166 | Brenda | Nelson | 2.2 |
| 166 | Brian | Ng | 2.2 |
| 166 | Domenico | Olivo | 2.2 |
| 166 | Seun | Oluwole | 2.2 |
| 166 | Jason | Papastavrou | 2.2 |
| 166 | Bradley | Peterson | 2.2 |
| 166 | Chi | Phan | 2.2 |
| 166 | Efthimios | Piperakis | 2.2 |
| 166 | Steven | Pollack | 2.2 |
| 166 | Ramin | Ramazi | 2.2 |
| 166 | Francisco | Ramirez | 2.2 |
| 166 | David | Rivera | 2.2 |
| 166 | Spencer | Scholnick | 2.2 |
| 166 | John | Simcox | 2.2 |
| 166 | David | Simpson | 2.2 |
| 166 | Tonia | Sledd | 2.2 |
| 166 | Samuel | Sternfield | 2.2 |
| 166 | Tyler | Ubl | 2.2 |
| 166 | Cosimo | Urato | 2.2 |
| 166 | Ricardo | Velasco | 2.2 |
| 166 | Billie | Walter | 2.2 |
| 166 | Brian | Warnecke | 2.2 |
| 166 | Devin | Weinberg | 2.2 |
| 166 | Scott | Weinstein | 2.2 |
| 166 | Russell | Willett | 2.2 |
| 166 | Shawn | Wilmot Jr | 2.2 |
| 166 | Ronald | Winkelvoss | 2.2 |
| 166 | Jerry | Wong | 2.2 |
| 166 | Andrew | Woodmancey | 2.2 |
| 236 | James | Cialella | 2 |
| 236 | Christian | Faulkner | 2 |
| 236 | Chun | Lo | 2 |
| 236 | Joseph | Reddick | 2 |
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood
POKER TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD PROMOTION
OFFICIAL RULES
March 19 – 30, 2025
Poker Player Eligibility & Earning Points
1. Players must enter designated events during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown between March 19 and March 30, 2025. The following events are eligible for the leaderboard: 2, 6, 8, 11, 14, 19, 21, 24, 27, 30, 32, and 35.
2. There is no limit to the number of tournament events a player may play, nor the number of entries per tournament. All players receive points for only one entry on their highest finish.
3. Players will receive 2 points for entering an event if they do not cash in the event.
4. Players who cash in an event will receive “Cash Points”.
5. Field Size Multiplier Key & Cash Points Key is as follows:
Multiplier Points Key
Field Size / Multiplier Points
4-50 Players / 1.0
51-100 Players / 1.1
101-150 Players / 1.2
151-200 Players / 1.3
201-300 Players / 1.4
Cash Points Key
1st – 100
2nd – 70
3rd – 50
4th – 44
5th – 38
6th – 33
7th – 28
8th – 24
9th – 20
10th thru 18th – 15
19th thru 27th – 12
28th thru Cash – 10
6. The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tournament Leaderboard points are calculated by multiplying the multiplier points by either the Cash Points or the Points for entering.
7. If a deal (chop) is made, players who agree to bring a tournament to its end with any alteration of the posted payouts all tie for the next payout spot. For example, if 5 players chop (even, via ICM or any other way) all players tie for 5th place points.
8. No dealing points.
9. No making deals and then playing for points only.
10. Results will be posted throughout the series and results will be posted on or before March 31, 2025.
Prize Allocation
1. Upon completion of the Seminole Hard Poker Showdown Event 35 on March 30, 2025, the final leaderboard standings will be posted, and the prizes awarded as follows:
- 1st: $4,100 Total ( Showdown $1,100 Ticket + $3,000 CASH )
- 2nd: $2,500 Total ( Two Showdown $1,100 Tickets + $300 CASH )
- 3rd: $1,700 Total ( Showdown $1,100 Ticket + Showdown $600 Ticket )
- 4th: $1,100 Total ( Showdown $1,100 Ticket)
- 5th: $600 Total ( Showdown $600 Ticket)
2. Prizes are non-transferable and have no cash value.
3. Prizes will be funded through the Marketing Poker Promotional Fund.
4. All prizes must be redeemed by April 8, 2025.
Players must be at least 18 years of age and a Unity cardholder in order to participate. Unity cards are free to all visitors 18 and over.