Eric Polirer Finishes Atop the $10,000 Mixed Game Leaderboard

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 2: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8
Event 6: $600 Big O
Event 8: $600 Limit Omaha 8
Event 11 : $600 10-Game Mix
Event 14: $600 Mixed Triple Draw
Event 19: $400 H.O.R.S.E.
Event 21: $400 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha
Event 24: $600 Big O
Event 27: $600 T.O.R.S.E.
Event 30: $600 Limit Omaha 8
Event 32: $600 Badugi
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.