Event 74: Prize Pool and Payouts; $7,704 to the Winner y6i6c

Event 74 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a  $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 234 entries generated a prize pool of $35,100, with an additional $23,400 set aside for bounties. The final 30 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $355.

Up top for the winner is $7,704.

1st:  $7,704 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $5,355
3rd:  $3,598
4th:  $2,188
5th:  $1,800
6th:  $1,485
7th:  $1,225
8th:  $1,020
9th:  $825
10th-12th:  $705
13th-15th:  $605
16th-18th:  $510
19th-21st:  $415
22nd-30th:  $355

Eric Polirer Wins the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Mixed Game Leaderboard 2s42f

Eric Polirer

The 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown 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 SHR Hollywood guitar trophy.

Polirer scored victories in Events 6 and 19, while making two other final tables early in the series to hold off fierce competition.

Congrats, Eric!

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

Event 73: Prize Pool and Payouts; $28,930 to the Winner 6f301i

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 73
$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  101
Prize Pool:  $97,970
April 8, 2025

Event 73 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), drawing 101 entries for a prize pool of $97,970. The final 13 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $2,250.

Up top for the winner is $28,930.

1st:  $28,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $18,700
3rd:  $12,400
4th:  $8,500
5th:  $6,040
6th:  $4,450
7th-8th:  $3,400
9th-10th:  $2,700
11th-13th:  $2,250

Event 71: Chip Count and Payout Update 2i351p

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 77

Picking up action on Event 71 with seven players remaining at the final table. Here is a look at the updated chip counts and payout information.

Current chip standings:

Harrison Ruggiero – 301,000
James Rodriguez – 298,000
Bogdan Chornyy – 245,000
Rick Kalgstein – 211,500
Carlos Loving – 194,000
Vikranth Anga – 155,000
Antuan Bunkley – 135,500

1st: $8,565 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $4,955
3rd: $3,100
4th: $2,100
5th: $1,600
6th: $1,275
7th: $1,145
8th: Moshe Rafaelovitz – $1,015
9th: Joseph Petrolino – $890
10th: Kenny Hernandez – $765

Ben Boston Wins Showdown Savage Average Event in Heads-Up Deal 1w4h6g

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 67
$600 Savage Average NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  132
Prize Pool:  $68,640
April 7-8, 2025

Ben Boston

A chop brought the Savage Average tournament to a close with Ben Boston taking home the Seminole guitar pick trophy along with the top prize money of $14,865. Ian Siegel grabbed second and a cash worth $14,034. Here is a look at the final results from the tournament.

1st:  Ben Boston – $14,865* + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  Ian Siegel – $14,034*
3rd:  Srivinay Irrinki – $8,600
4th:  David Sathue – $6,400
5th: John Mayo – $4,840
6th:  Seth Fischer – $3,700
7th:  Shamica Lamar – $2,840
8th:  Steven Glazerman – $2,200
9th:  Stuart Young – $1,740
10th:  Pranav Sarda  –  $1,740
11th:  Thomas Reynolds  –  $1,240
12th:  Jeremy Schoenberg  –  $1,240
13th:  Frank Schinco  –  $1,040
14th:  Mitch Mitchell  –  $1,040
15th:  Brent Hoover  –  $1,040
16th:  Mike Beasley  –  $1,040
17th:  Michael Preston  –  $1,040

*: Denotes payouts decided at the heads-up chop.

Championship: Rafael Rodriguez – 7th Place ($126,000) 2n5d3z

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,755

Rafael Rodriguez

Rafael Rodriguez raised for 825,000 from middle position preflop, and Art Peacock popped it up to 2 million on the hijack. Rafael called all in for 1.55 million. so the two players flipped over their cards.

Art Peacock: 8s8h
Rodriguez: Ac4s

Board: Jh10d2c7d3s

Rodriguez was eliminated in seventh place for a cash of $126,000, and Peacock stacked up 27.15 million. The final table of six is set, and they will head over to Las Vegas on May 29th for television taping at the Luxor.

Art Peacock – 27,150,000 (108 bb)
Rafael Rodriguez – Eliminated in 7th Place ($126,000)

Championship: Alain Medesan – 8th Place ($98,000) 6lf1z

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,755

Alain Medesan

Alain Medesan raised to 600,000 under the gun, and Jared Hemingway called from the cutoff in the preflop action.

The flop rolled out Kc8c7h, Medesan got all in for 3.2 million, and Hemingway called to cover him. Here is a look at their cards.

Hemingway: 7d7s
Medesan: KsQs

Turn and River: 5s6d

Medesan was eliminated in eighth place for $98,000, and Hemingway stacked up 15,650,000 after collecting the pot.

Jared Hemingway – 15,650,000 (63 bb)
Alain Medesan – Eliminated in 8th Place ($98,000)

Event 72: Prize Pool and Payouts; $185,400 to the Winner 644m3u

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 72
$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  164
Prize Pool:  $770,800
April 8, 2025

Registration closed for the $5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 164 entries, more than tripling the $250,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $770,800. The last 21 players will make the money with $9,400 for a min-cash and $185,400 up top for the winner.

1st: $185,400 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $124,000
3rd: $92,000
4th: $69,000
5th: $52,000
6th: $39,500
7th: $30,500
8th: $23,700
9th-10th: $18,600
11th-12th: $13,600
13th-15th: $11,300
16th-21st: $9,400

Championship: Brian Yoon – 9th Place ($77,000) 4p423x

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,755

Brian Yoon

Jeffrey Fritz opened for 500,000 UTG+1, and Jared Hemingway called from middle position. Brian Yoon raised to 3.2 million on the button, Fritz got out of the way, and Hemingway shoved for 8,225,000. Yoon called all in for just over 5 million so the remaining two players revealed their cards.

Hemingway:  9s9c
Yoon: 10s10h

Board: Ac8d3cKcJc

Yoon was eliminated in ninth place for a cash worth $77,000, and Hemingway stacked up 14.35 million after collecting the pot thanks to the flush.

Jared Hemingway – 14,350,000 (57 bb)
Brian Yoon – Eliminated in 9th Place ($77,000)

Cherish Andrews Wins the $25K High Roller Title in Four-Way Deal for $408,265! 432y1g

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 69
$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  70
Prize Pool:  $1,729,000
April 7-8, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown High Roller champ Cherish Andrews

The popular $25K Showdown High Roller drew 70 entries and boosted the $1,000,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $1,729,000. After dominating a tough final table, Cherish Andrews took the top spot for $408,265 after a four-way deal.

This is her second major SHRP trophy to go along with a $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo win during the 2023 Poker Showdown.

Congrats Cherish!

Place First Name Last Name Payout
1 Cherish Andrews $408,265 *
2 Frank Brannan $342,935 *
3 Brock Wilson $313,410 *
4 Clemen Deng $248,990 *
5 Kevin Rabichow $116,800
6 Scott Margereson $91,000
7 Brian Battistone $77,800
8 Matt Wantman $69,200
9 Michael Gathy $60,600
Cherish Andrews with Brock Wilson