2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 50
$600 T.O.R.S.E.
Entries:  63
Prize Pool:  $32,634
August 9, 2026

Event 50 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 T.O.R.S.E, drawing 63 entries for a prize pool of $32,634.

A heads-up deal was made between the final two players and Darin Utley was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 50 winner for $9,756.

This marked Utley’s third SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won a $600 Big O during the 2026 Showdown and a $400 Multi-Flight No-Limit Hold’em event during the 2026 Lucky Hearts.

*denotes heads-up deal

$3,000 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $500,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 184

Day 2 begins Monday at 12:00 noon. Table 22 will get balanced at the start of play.

TABLE 22
Seat 1.  DJ Swartz  –  67,500  (23 bb)
Seat 2.
Seat 3.
Seat 4.  Filipp Khavin  –  88,500  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Sharon Bachar  –  90,500  (30 bb)
Seat 6.  Cherish Andrews  –  178,000  (59 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Kharlin Sued  –  51,500  (17 bb)
Seat 9.  Justin Zaki  –  177,500  (59 bb)

TABLE 30
Seat 1.  Jacob Kauffman  –  144,500  (48 bb)
Seat 2.  Marco Rodriguez  –  61,500  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  Jonathan Tamayo  –  58,500  (20 bb)
Seat 4.  David Nathaniel  –  54,500  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Olvenso Savoie  –  181,000  (60 bb)
Seat 6.  Brandon Schwartz  –  46,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  James Marzo  –  206,000  (69 bb)
Seat 9.  Jeremy Becker  –  249,000  (83 bb)

TABLE 31
Seat 1.  Guillaume Walch  –  268,000  (89 bb)
Seat 2.  Alex Anton  –  121,500  (41 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Berk  –  189,500  (63 bb)
Seat 4.  Santiago Nadal  –  139,000  (46 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Colby Covington  –  185,500  (62 bb)
Seat 7.  Mehmet Siginc  –  218,500  (73 bb)
Seat 8.  Daniel Iachan  –  181,000  (60 bb)
Seat 9.

TABLE 32
Seat 1.  Niall Costigan  –  224,500  (75 bb)
Seat 2.  David Sanders  –  117,000  (39 bb)
Seat 3.  Johnny Bromberg  –  94,500  (32 bb)
Seat 4.  Ken Fishman  –  440,000  (147 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Adi Ben Ami  –  189,000  (63 bb)
Seat 7.  Guillermo Reyes  –  332,500  (111 bb)
Seat 8.  Anthony Piacquadio  –  227,500  (76 bb)
Seat 9.  Brock Wilson  –  15,000  (5 bb)

1st:  $116,400 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $78,000
3rd:  $58,000
4th:  $43,000
5th:  $32,500
6th:  $24,900
7th:  $19,100
8th:  $14,900
9th-10th:  $11,700
11th-12th:  $9,400
13th-15th:  $7,800
16th-19th:  $6,500
20th-23rd:  $5,400

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,262,704  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 673

Day 2 comes to an end with 35 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Eddie Pak, who bagged up 2,850,000 (114 big blinds).

Here is the full seat draw with official chip counts for Day 2:

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  Roman Hrabec  –  1,465,000  (59 bb)
Seat 2.  Jonathan Wang  –  760,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3.  Peter Walsworth  –  880,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Frankie Rivera  –  1,705,000  (68 bb)
Seat 6.  Benjamin Zamani  –  690,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7.  Darren Rabinowitz  –  1,430,000  (57 bb)
Seat 8.  Joe McKeehen  –  2,180,000  (87 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Eli Berg  –  500,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Jason Rocha  –  390,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4.  Mark Gaudino  –  220,000  (9 bb)
Seat 5.  Chun Kwan  –  185,000  (7 bb)
Seat 6.  Jose Nadal  –  980,000  (39 bb)
Seat 7.  Robert-Andrei Burlacu  –  1,170,000  (47 bb)
Seat 8.  Norberto Charuf  –  1,185,000  (47 bb)

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  Jordan Schneible  –  735,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2.  Tyler Kuhlman  –  650,000  (26 bb)
Seat 3.  Danny Clarkson  –  1,310,000  (52 bb)
Seat 4.  Jon Turner  –  1,355,000  (54 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  David Jackson  –  900,000  (36 bb)
Seat 7.  Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  1,380,000  (55 bb)
Seat 8.  Eddie Pak  –  2,850,000  (114 bb)

TABLE 15
Seat 1.  Dan Chalifour  –  1,300,000  (52 bb)
Seat 2.  Loni Hui  –  960,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3.  Surminder Singh  –  610,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Rafael Yaraliyev  –  1,500,000  (60 bb)
Seat 6.  Michael Wang  –  440,000  (18 bb)
Seat 7.  Alejandro Gonzalez Olaech  –  420,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8.  Dario Dussan  –  570,000  (23 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Nick Verderamo  –  575,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2.  Nick Seward  –  560,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3.  Jason Daly  –  1,495,000  (60 bb)
Seat 4.  Mikhail Chykiliov  –  300,000  (12 bb)
Seat 5.  David Greufe  –  1,215,000  (49 bb)
Seat 6.  Oliver Berens  –  485,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Salvatore DiCarlo  –  470,000  (19 bb)

With 35 players remaining from a field of 673, the average chip stack is around 960,000 (38 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $513,404 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd:  $340,000
3rd:  $250,000
4th:  $188,000
5th:  $142,000
6th:  $108,000
7th:  $83,000
8th:  $65,000
9th-10th:  $51,000
11th-12th:  $46,000
13th-15th:  $41,000
16th-19th:  $36,000
20th-23rd:  $31,000
24th-31st:  $26,000
32nd-35th:  $21,800

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 12:00 noon EDT. Return to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,262,704  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 673

36th:  Omer Rotman  –  $21,800
37th:  Martin Carnero  –  $21,800
38th:  Merchav Zuarets  –  $21,800
39th:  Michael Pawelek  –  $21,800

40th:  Nadya Magnus  –  $18,400
41st:  Taylor Wilson  –  $18,400
42nd:  Luke Graham  –  $18,400
43rd:  Kaifan Wang  –  $18,400
44th:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  $18,400
45th:  Jerry Wong  –  $18,400
46th:  Ory Hen  –  $18,400
47th:  Kevin Schulz  –  $18,400

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,262,704  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 673

Darren Rabinowitz raised from middle position, and Martin Carnero called from the big blind.

The flop came , Carnero checked, Rabinowitz bet, and Carnero check-raised all in for about 235,000. Rabinowitz quickly called with , and Carnero turned over for a pair of queens. Carnero needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , giving Carnero a gutshot straight draw for additional outs, but the river card was the . Rabinowitz won the pot with a set of kings to eliminate Carnero in 37th place.

Darren Rabinowitz  –  1,430,000  (72 bb)
Martin Carnero  –  Eliminated in 37th Place  ($21,800)

With 36 players remaining from a field of 673, the average chip stack is around 935,000 (47 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money, guaranteed at least $21,800 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level (around 12:50 am).

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,262,704  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 673

Jordan Schneible relayed the following hand details to us, as explanation for how he dropped below a million in chips.

After a flop of with two diamonds, Jordan Schneible checked from the big blind, Joe McKeehen bet 40,000 from UTG, and Schneible called.

The turn card was an offsuit , Schneible checked, McKeehen bet 160,000, and Schneible called.

The river card was the , Schneible checked, McKeehen bet 360,000, and Schneible quickly called with suited for two pair, aces and queens. But McKeehen turned over suited to win the pot with an ace-high straight.

Joe McKeehen  –  1,875,000  (94 bb)
Jordan Schneible  –  940,000  (47 bb)

With 40 players remaining from a field of 673, the average chip stack is around 840,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money, guaranteed at least $18,400 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level (around 12:50 am).

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,262,704  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 673

Jordan Schneible raised under the gun to 30,000, Dario Dussan reraised from the big blind to 120,000, and Schneible four-bet all in for 735,000.

Dussan called with , and Schneible turned over . Schneible needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Schneible flopped trip aces to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jordan Schneible  –  1,495,000  (75 bb)
Dario Dussan  –  475,000  (24 bb)

With 43 players remaining from a field of 673, the average chip stack is around 785,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money, guaranteed at least $18,400 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of this level (around 12:50 am).

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,262,704  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 673

Loni Hui raised to 40,000 from middle position, Merchav Zuarets called in the small blind, and Jon Turner called in the big blind.

The flop was , Zuarets led for 50,000, Turner folded, Hui raised to 125,000, and Zuarets called.

The turn was the , Zuarets bet 100,000, Hui raised to 500,000, and Zuarets called all in for 275,000 with for turned two pair of aces and fours. Hui trailed with for a pair of aces.

The river was the , further improving Zuarets to fours full of aces to double up.

Merchav Zuarets  –  940,000  (47 bb)
Loni Hui  –  1,180,000  (59 bb)

With 45 players remaining from a field of 673, the average chip stack is around 750,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money, guaranteed at least $18,400 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:50 am).

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,262,704  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  46 of 673

Peter Walsworth raised from the hijack to 35,000, the player in the cutoff called, and Loni Hui reraised from the button to 110,000. Walsworth called, and the cutoff folded.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Walsworth checked, Hui bet 120,000, and Walsworth called.

The river card was the , Walsworth checked, Hui bet 310,000, and Walsworth used two Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he called. Hui showed to win the pot with a pair of jacks, and Walsworth mucked.

Loni Hui  –  1,800,000  (120 bb)
Peter Walsworth  –  1,050,000  (70 bb)

With 46 players remaining from a field of 673, the average chip stack is around 730,000 (49 big blinds). The remaining players are in the money, guaranteed at least $18,400 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:50 am).

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,262,704  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 673

48th:  Colin Robinson  –  $15,500
49th:  Elliott Kampen  –  $15,500
50th:  Darren Elias  –  $15,500
51st:  Phil Soucy  –  $15,500
52nd:  Aaron Mermelstein  –  $15,500
53rd:  Avery Cramer  –  $15,500
54th:  Dylan Rayman  –  $15,500
55th:  Natasha Mercier  –  $15,500