Event 18 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a multi-flight $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). Across six starting flights, a field of 1,130 entries played for a prize pool of $200,000.

A three-handed deal took place at the final and Andreas Athanasopoulos was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 18 winner for $26,459.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Andreas	Athanasopoulos	$26,459*
2	David	Kilcoyne	$25,381*
3	Dmitri	Zaitsev	$21,600*
4	Gabriel	Fuller	$12,600
5	Minh	Nguyen	$9,500
6	Yaymel	Bodes	$7,300
7	Tyler	Ubl	$5,600
8	David	Rivera	$4,340
9	Keith	Saunders	$3,400
10	Kurt	Lichtman	$3,400
11	Michael	Bales	$2,720
12	Cristo	Perez Acosta	$2,720
13	Michael	Tarafa	$2,180
14	Mark	Marcellus	$2,180
15	Carlos	Pino	$2,180
16	Yossi	Ben Kessous	$1,760
17	Marlon	Ramos	$1,760
18	Manfred	Rosenow	$1,760
19	Brenden	Feinberg	$1,760
20	Patrick	Tompkins	$1,440
21	Thomas	Gari	$1,440
22	Samuel	Follman	$1,440
23	Vendel	Johnson	$1,440
24	Thomas	Taylor	$1,180
25	Trevor	Collins	$1,180
26	Unclaimed		$1,180
27	Austin	Rattet	$1,180
28	Frederick	Abbas	$1,180
29	David	Aronson	$1,180
30	Mohammed	Kabir	$1,180
31	Adam	Lorraine	$1,180
32	Jean	Paul Drayton	$980
33	Robert	Frederick	$980
34	Kenny	Velez	$980
35	Isaac	Cramer	$980
36	Joseph	Petrolino	$980
37	Santana	Noronha	$980
38	Andrew	Boujaoude	$980
39	Christian	Duranleau	$980
40	James	Rodriguez	$820
41	John	Malvasio	$820
42	Brenden	Gluck	$820
43	Earl	Bernard	$820
44	Peter	Fellows	$820
45	John	Eyer	$820
46	Michael	Ralyea	$820
47	Andrew	Orozco	$820
48	Cristian	Rodriguez	$680
49	Robert	Bielinski	$680
50	Graham	Gibson	$680
51	Bradley	Beetz	$680
52	Alon	Shahar	$680
53	Pinchas	Chakchakov	$680
54	Earl	Shaevitz	$680
55	Francois	Zayas	$680
56	Allen	Petuch	$580
57	Irwin	Block	$580
58	Glen	Clementi	$580
59	Leon	Toledo	$580
60	Unclaimed		$580
61	Rafael	Lima	$580
62	Benjamin	Robinson	$580
63	David	Tran	$580
64	Saara	Ylianttila	$480
65	Michael	Hunsucker	$480
66	Pierre	Lacoste	$480
67	Panagiotis	Kassimatis	$480
68	Tomer	Akerman	$480
69	Unclaimed		$480
70	Marla	Dusek	$480
71	Robert	Stewart Jr	$480
72	Joe	Simmons	$480
73	Yuriy	Kozinskiy	$480
74	Sean	Astwood	$480
75	Taylor	Deane	$480
76	Jairo	Velasquez	$480
77	Peter	Shapiro	$480
78	James	Cialella	$480
79	Bruce	Thomas	$480
80	Nir	Sharon	$420
81	Mukul	Pahuja	$420
82	Joseph	Reale	$420
83	Adriel	Rimola Cullen	$420
84	Gilfred	Bertin Jr	$420
85	Shane	Profit	$420
86	Alfredo	Rodriguez	$420
87	Tim	Shane	$420
88	Frederick	Manamon	$420
89	Alon	Dankner	$420
90	Brian	Ng	$420
91	Piotr	Kordos	$420
92	Luis	Ramos	$420
93	Daniel	Quesada	$420
94	Ivan	Churkin	$420
95	Jean	Jospeh	$420
96	Soma	Gubacsi	$420
97	Trent	Smith	$420
98	Eric	Dogu	$360
99	Kevin	Knight	$360
100	Jose	Pulido	$360
101	Damien	Richardson	$360
102	Michael	Gaskins	$360
103	Matthew	Kuba	$360
104	Jason	Mayes	$360
105	Jose	Rodriguez	$360
106	Rodney	Banks	$360
107	Unclaimed		$360
108	Kevin	Naim	$360
109	Aleksandr	Tishchenko	$360
110	Philip	Toister	$360
111	Richard	Broomes	$360
112	Rainulfo	Ricardo Perez	$360
113	Mario	Gazic	$360
114	Patrick	McConnell	$360
115	Carlos	Torres Vazquez	$360

*denotes three-handed deal

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,130

When the final three players returned from break, they agreed to a deal to end the tournament and split up the remaining prizepool. These were the official chip counts:

1.  Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  7,775,000  (52 bb)
2.  David Kilcoyne  –  6,550,000  (44 bb)
3.  Dmitri Zaitsev  –  2,625,000  (18 bb)

And here are the modified payouts they agreed to:

1st:  Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  $26,459* + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  David Kilcoyne  –  $25,381*
3rd:  Dmitri Zaitsev  –  $21,600*

Congratulations to Andreas Athanasopoulos!

Stay tuned for a recap from this event, which will be posted later tonight.

* Indicates the results of a three-way deal.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,130

Level 30 comes to an end, and the players take a 15-minute break. Here are the official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  7,775,000  (52 bb)
Seat 2.  David Kilcoyne  –  6,550,000  (44 bb)
Seat 3.  Dmitri Zaitsev  –  2,625,000  (18 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $33,840 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $22,700
3rd:  $16,900

4th:  Gabriel Fuller  –  $12,600
5th:  Minh Nguyen  –  $9,500
6th:  Yaymel Bodes  –  $7,300
7th:  Tyler Ubl  –  $5,600
8th:  David Rivera  –  $4,340
9th:  Keith Saunders  –  $3,400

With three players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 5,650,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,900 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,130

David Kilcoyne raised from the button to 325,000, and Gabriel Fuller called from the big blind.

The flop came , and they quickly got it all in with a shove and a call, or a check-shove-call.

Fuller was all in for 725,000 with (pair of nines), and he needed to improve to stay alive against Kilcoyne’s (pair of aces). Fuller needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card paired the board with the , the river card double-paired the board with the , and Kilcoyne won the pot with a full house, aces full of fives, to eliminate Fuller in fourth place.

David Kilcoyne  –  6,500,000  (52 bb)
Gabriel Fuller  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($12,600)

With three players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 5,650,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,900 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,130

Andreas Athanasopoulos limped from the cutoff for 125,000, Dmitri Zaitsev completed the small blind, and Minh Nguyen checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came , Zaitsev checked, and Nguyen moved all in for 485,000. Athanasopoulos thought for a while before he called, and Zaitsev folded.

Nguyen turned over for a pair of eights, but Athanasopoulos turned over for a pair of aces. Nguyen needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Athanasopoulos won the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate Nguyen in fifth place.

Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  8,275,000  (66 bb)
Minh Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($9,500)

With four players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 4,250,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $12,600 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,130

Gabriel Fuller raised from the hijack to 275,000, leaving himself just 60K behind, and Dmitri Zaitsev called from the small blind.

The flop came , Zaitsev moved all in, and Fuller called all in for 60,000 with for ace high. Zaitsev turned over for a pair of nines, and Fuller needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Fuller paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Gabriel Fuller  –  920,000  (7 bb)
Dmitri Zaitsev  –  2,650,000  (21 bb)

With five players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 3,390,000 (27 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,130

Andreas Athanasopoulos limped under the gun for 100,000, Yaymel Bodes moved all in from the small blind for 975,000, and Athanasopoulos tanked for a while before he called with .

Bodes turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Athanasopoulos won the pot with two pair, aces and kings, with his ten kicker to eliminate Bodes in sixth place.

Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  6,400,000  (64 bb)
Yaymel Bodes  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($7,300)

With five players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 3,390,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,130

Tyler Ubl moved all in from the hijack for 780,000, and Andreas Athanasopoulos thought for a while before he called from the big blind with .

Ubl turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Athanasopoulos paired his seven on the flop, Ubl turned an open-ended straight draw, and the river card was a blank. Athanasopoulos won the pot with his pair of sevens to eliminate Ubl in seventh place.

Andreas Athanasopoulos  –  4,800,000  (60 bb)
Tyler Ubl  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($5,600)

With six players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 2,825,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,300 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,130

Dmitri Zaitsev raised UTG+1 to 225,000, David Rivera moved all in from the hijack for 740,000, and Zaitsev tanked for a while before he called with .

Rivera turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Zaitsev paired his queen on the flop and turned a jack-high flush to clinch the pot and eliminate Rivera in eighth place.

Dmitri Zaitsev  –  3,290,000  (41 bb)
David Rivera  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($4,340)

With seven players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 2,420,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,130

Gabriel Fuller raised all in from the cutoff for 775,000 and David Kilcoyne called in the big blind.

Fuller: 
Kilcoyne: 

The board came , safe for Fuller to double up.

Gabriel Fuller  –  1,630,000  (20 bb)
David Kilcoyne  –  4,380,000  (55 bb)

With eight players remaining from the field of 1,130 entries, the average stack is about 2,120,000 (27 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $4,340.