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Johnny Bromberg Wins His 3rd SHRP Major Series Trophy in 2025 Showdown Event 34 Heads-Up Deal for $28,282 1s6d4w

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 34 Champion Johnny Bromberg

Event 34 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 553 entries generated a prize pool of $182,490, nearing double the guarantee.

A heads-up deal between the final two players and Johnny Bromberg was the chip leader, making him the official Event 34 winner for $28,282.

This marked Bromberg’s third SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won$400 multi-flight opener at the 2023 SHRPO.

Place First Name Last Name Prize Amount
1 Johnny Bromberg $28,282*
2 Mohamed Lahlou $26,718*
3 Luis Capella Mila $16,300
4 Wendy Lu $12,200
5 Jason Porter $9,200
6 Shamica Lamar $7,000
7 Glen Clementi $5,400
8 Eric Valerio $4,200
9 Harrison Ruggiero $3,305
10 Andrew Robertson $3,305
11 Marcel Sabag $2,660
12 Calixto Rodriguez $2,660
13 Mukul Pahuja $2,160
14 Aleksandr Boitcov $2,160
15 Brent Hoover $2,160
16 Hung Le $1,780
17 Barry Weprin $1,780
18 Stephen Ma $1,780
19 Ivonne Margarita Hernandez $1,780
20 Joel Fell $1,480
21 Chongyou Chen $1,480
22 Philippe Roux $1,480
23 Douglas Cressi $1,480
24 Douglas Dossett $1,260
25 Michel Dubreuil $1,260
26 Alexey Kashirin $1,260
27 Zhargal Tsydypov $1,260
28 Rafiki Brown $1,260
29 James Shucart $1,260
30 Nicholas Stiles $1,260
31 Thomas Anderson $1,260
32 Adi Amit $1,060
33 Luis Suarez $1,060
34 Andre Bryan $1,060
35 Brian Hardy $1,060
36 Wisam Yakob $1,060
37 Francois Zayas $1,060
38 Norman Rodriguez $1,060
39 Andrew Difeo $1,060
40 Lunique Petiote $900
41 Demetrius Campbell $900
42 Anthony Cuffari $900
43 Zen Moin $900
44 Bradley Beetz $900
45 Daniel Vranich $900
46 Howard Mash $900
47 Glayson Leroy $900
48 Ivan Churkin $760
49 Jill Fiorentino $760
50 Ruben Puras Dieguez $760
51 Bruce Snell $760
52 Guillermo De La Vega Ramirez $760
53 Jen-Yue Chiang $760
54 Lennis Penn $760
55 Randy Sim $760
56 Michael Newman $660
57 Joseph Molitor $660
58 John Gorsuch $660
59 Curtis King $660
60 Brian Hulen $660
61 Michael Michnik $660
62 Steven Pollack $660
63 Jose Gonzalez $660
64 Jose Hernandez Almea $660
65 Charles Campos $660
66 Nicholas Sena-Hopkins $660
67 Clyde Maliauka $660
68 James Raymond $660
69 Fanilkumar Patel $660
70 Hunter Payne $660
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Event 34: Prize Pool and Payouts with $33K Up Top 482z5y

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Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 34
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  553
Prize Pool:  $182,490
March 30, 2025

Registration closed for the one-day $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 553 entries turning the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $182,490. The last 70 spots will be paid with $660 for a min-cash and $33,000 up top for the Event 34 champ.

1st: $33,000 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $22,000
3rd: $16,300
4th: $12,200
5th: $9,200
6th: $7,000
7th: $5,400
8th: $4,200
9th-10th: $3,305
11th-12th: $2,660
13th-15th: $2,160
16th-19th: $1,780
20th-23rd: $1,480
24th-31st: $1,260
32nd-39th: $1,060
40th-47th: $900
48th-55th: $760
56th-70th: $660

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Event 34: Big One-Day $100K 3a5b19

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The Mid-Series Showdown restart is just one part of a very busy day with a ton of action including Event 34 kicking off at 1 pm. It is a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a one-day structure and $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.

They’ll sit with 20K out front and the first six levels last 20 minutes before increasing to 30 in Level 7. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 11 at 5:30 pm.

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-6 last 20 minutes; Levels 7+ last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 11 (5:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 34 Structure Sheet
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Primary Event Schedule

1PM: Event 26 Day 2 – $600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

1PM: Event 34 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-6 last 20 minutes; Levels 7+ last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 11 (5:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 34 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 35 – $600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 35 Structure Sheet

4PM: Event 36 Day 1A – $1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-8 last 30 minutes; Levels 9-26 last 40 minutes
  • Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (8:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 36 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 37 – $600 Deep Stack Turbo PLO (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 37 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

2PM: $250 Double Feature Milestone Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Four $2,200 packages guaranteed; includes two seats in any $1,100 Showdown events
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:10pm)
  • Structure Sheet

5PM: $1,050 Turbo Satellite (Re-Entry)

  • One seat guaranteed into any Showdown $10K event
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

7PM: $400 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Two seats guaranteed into $3,500 Showdown Championship
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:10pm)
  • Structure Sheet

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Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi Wins the All In for St. Jude Charity Event 1c1y2x

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 34
$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  103
Prize Pool:  $15,000
January 16, 2025

All In for St. Jude Charity Event Winner Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi

The All In for St. Jude Charity Event had 103 entries, and after pulling out the $15,000 for the prizepool, there was $15,870 raised in entry fees for St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital. (That’s in addition to all the money raised thru the auction and the silent auction.)

The tournament was won by Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, winning a first-place prize of $5,000.

Place First Name Last Name Prize Amount
1 Michael Mizrachi $5,000
2 Jessica Caden $2,700
3 $1,500
4 Matt Stout $1,200
5 Timothy Pai $1,000
6 Angela Guzman-Gatica $800
7 Brett Butz $700
8 Glen McCrory $600
9 Terrence Doyle $500
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Charity Event: Faces From the Field 6y523s

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed  |  Payouts
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 103

There are 12 players remaining from a field of 103, and the average chip stack is around 86,000 (29 big blinds). The final nine players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $500 and a top prize of $5,000.

Here is a look at some of the scenes from the tournament:

Ken “Teach” Aldridge (left) and Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) President/Founder Matt Stout
When people busted from his table during the registration period, film producer Randall Emmett (pictured) was generously paying for their re-entry so they could try again.

Esther “Etay” Taylor (left) and Matt Waldron
Gabe Ramos (left) and Dan Stavila
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Charity Event: Prize Pool and Payouts; First Prize is $5,000 4m6p2e

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 34
$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  103
Prize Pool:  $15,000
January 16, 2025

The All In for St. Jude Charity Event had 103 entries, and after pulling out the $15,000 for the prizepool, there was $15,870 raised in entry fees for St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital. (That’s in addition to all the money raised thru the auction and the silent auction.)

There was $1,000 taken out of the prizepool for the chipleader-at-the-first-break bonus, and the remaining $14,000 will be paid out to the final nine players as shown below:

1st:  $5,000
2nd:  $2,700
3rd:  $1,500
4th:  $1,200
5th:  $1,000
6th:  $800
7th:  $700
8th:  $600
9th:  $500

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Charity Event: Registration Closes with 103 Entries; Michael Mizrachi Leads the Final 45 Players 5m1m5l

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 103

Michael Mizrachi won this trophy (and $1,000 cash) for being chipleader at the first break. Mizrachi posed for the photo even though, as he said, “I haven’t won anything yet.”

Registration has closed with 103 entries, and there was an award for the chipleader at this first break. Unsurprisingly, the chipleader is Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, who turned his 10K starting stack into 158,500 over the first two hours of play. (The next closest chip stack was 91,000.)

Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi  –  158,500 (159 bb)

As chipleader at the first break, Mizrachi receives a trophy and $1,000 cash.

With 45 players remaining from a field of 103, the average chip stack is around 22,900 (23 big blinds). They will be playing down to a winner tonight.

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Charity Event: Field Up to 74; Impressive Items Up for Silent Auction 4q6e40

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  200/300
Entries:  74

Silent Auction Items

The charity event is nearing the one-hour mark, and the field has increased to 74 entries. Randall Emmett is playing, and whenever somebody busts from his table, he’s paying for them to re-enter.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, shortly before 10:00 pm.

The Silent Auction portion of the All In for St. Jude Charity Event is being held until 9:30 pm, and there are some very impressive items available.

• an autographed guitar signed by CMA award-winning Best New Female Artist Megan Moroney

• a reserved seat in a Celebrity Cash Game held in Las Vegas, featuring celebrities playing $1/$3 no-limit hold’em

• a three-night stay at The Setting Inn Napa Valley with a private tour and wine-tasting

• two tickets and a round of drinks at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater

• a Las Vegas vacation package that includes a four-night stay at Caesars Palace, a round of golf for four players at Painted Desert Golf Club, four tickets to a Vegas Golden Knights hockey game, and more

• a 24″x48″ acrylic collage by local Miami artist Liz Nevado titled “Sweet Kisses”

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Charity Event: Tournament Begins with 50 Entries 4w1f5e

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Entries:  50

Charity Event – Field

The cards went in the air for the All In for St. Jude Charity Event at 7:39 pm with 50 entries. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, shortly before 10:00 pm.

There was an introduction before the tournament by WPT Executive Tour Director Matt Savage, Charity Series of Poker President/Found Matt Stout, and Lizzette Dorado, who is the Executive Director for St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital in Florida and Puerto Rico.

The items for the silent auction have been brought into the tournament area, and the silent auction remains open until 9:30 pm.

From left to right, Lizzette Dorado, Matt Savage, and Matt Stout welcome players to the All In for St. Jude Charity Event.