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2025 RRPO Live Updates

Fun in the Sun Day 1 Schedule (Friday)

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11 a.m. – Event #1 Flight A  –  $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels  –  30 minutes  /  Day 2 levels – 40 minutes
  • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (3:30 p.m.)
  • Flight A will end when 12.5% of the field remains
  • Event #1 Structure Sheet

6 p.m. – Event #1 Flight B  –  $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels  –  30 minutes  /  Day 2 levels – 40 minutes
  • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
  • Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains
  • Event #1 Structure Sheet

Tournament updates will begin at about 3:45 p.m.

2025 Fun in the Sun, Fun in the Sun

2025 Fun in the Sun Begins Friday – 6 Events/$320,000 in Guarantees

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Friday, December 26th

  • 11 a.m.  –  Event #1 Flight A  –  $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) 
    • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
    • Day 1 levels  –  30 minutes / Day 2 levels – 40 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (3:30 p.m.)
    • Flight A will end when 12.5% of the field remains
    • Event #1 Structure Sheet
  • 6 p.m.  –  Event #1 Flight B  –  $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
    • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
    • Day 1 Levels  –  30 minutes / Day 2 levels – 40 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (10:30 p.m.)
    • Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains
    • Event #1 Structure Sheet

Saturday, December 27th

  • 1 p.m.  –  Event #1 Day 2 Restart
    • Day 2 Levels  –  40 minutes
  • 4 p.m.  –  Event #2  –  $400 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
    • $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
    • Levels last 20 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 12 (8:10 p.m.)
    • Event #2 Structure Sheet

Sunday, December 28th

  • 11 a.m.  –  Event #3 – $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em Main Event (Re-Entry)
    • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
    • Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes / Level 13+ last 40 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 13 (5:45 p.m.)
    • Flight A will end when 12.5% of the field remains
    • Event #3 Structure Sheet
  • 6 p.m.  –  Event #3 – $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em Main Event – Turbo Flight (Re-Entry)
    • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
    • Levels 1-12 last 15 minutes / Level 13+ last 20 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 13 (9:15 p.m.)
    • Flight B will end when 12.5% of the field remains
    • Event #3 Structure Sheet

Monday, December 29th

  • 12 p.m.  –  Event #3 Day 2 Restart
    • 40-minute levels
  • 1 p.m.   –   Event #4 – $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
    • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
    • Level last 30 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (5:30 p.m.)
    • Event #4 Structure Sheet

Tuesday, December 30th

  • 11 a.m. – Event #5 – $300 Holiday Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
    • $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
    • Level last 30 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 9 (5:30 p.m.)
    • Event #5 Structure Sheet
  • 6 p.m. – Event #6 – $150 Triple Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
    • $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
    • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
    • Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes / Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
    • Late Registration until start of Level 11 (8:55 p.m.)
    • Event #6 Structure Sheet
2025 RRPO Live Updates

Mike Vela Wins Event 52 of the 2025 RRPO Outright for $9,425 and a $3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Seat

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2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 52
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH
Entries:  297
Prize Pool:  $44,500 + $3,500 WPT LHPO Seat
Bounty Prize Pool:  $29,700
December 2, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 52 Champion Mike Vela

Event 52 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was The Curtain Call – a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 297 entries generated a prize pool of $44,500, with an additional $29,700 set aside for bounties.

Emerging victorious was Mike Vela, winning outright for $9,425 and a $3,500 seat into the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open in January.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1MichaelVela$9,425 + $3,500 LHPO Seat
2RodneyBanks$6,625
3AlbertEskenazi$4,415
4AshamAmir$2,770
5JatinderMalhotra$2,140
6AnatolyZharnits$1,770
7PeterSmith$1,485
8JoshuaSortino$1,225
9WalterHart III$980
10KevinOrjuela Ayala$825
11AndersonMontana Garcia$825
12MichelBittan$825
13BettyDavis$705
14FredericMiceli$705
15PhilipProulx$705
16MiguelRivero$590
17HoracioVargas Montalvo$590
18MichaelBucar$590
19DominicCapatano$475
20SylvainFontaine$475
21TammyBarner$475
22MarshallMorris$390
23EngelberthVarela$390
24JustinGuzman$390
25EmilianoGuido$340
26JhordySanchez$340
27MarcosMoreno$340
28JacoboMilhem Mugras$340
29MarcKropf$340
30PeterFellows$340
31ElliottSibonney$340
32EarlBernard$340
33SharonBachar$340
34WilberGonzalez$340
35JulioDelgado Reyes$340
36RoyKashani$340
37CarlCajuste$340
38ClaudioBernal$340
2025 RRPO Live Updates

Aram Oganyan Wins Event 50 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Outright for $143,900

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2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 50
$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  121
Prize Pool:  $568,700
December 2, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 50 Champion Aram Oganyan

Event 50 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em, drawing 121 entries for a prize pool of $568,700.

Winning the lion’s share was out Aram Oganyan, taking it down outright for $143,900.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1AramOganyan$143,900
2NickYunis$96,000
3BrettBassock$72,000
4AdiRajkovic$54,000
5JustinLiberto$40,500
6LandonTice$31,000
7DavidMcGowan$23,700
8ConnorRash$18,400
9JesseLonis$14,500
10BrandonWilson$14,500
11DavidColeman$11,300
12JohnMcDonald$11,300
13JoshuaStewart$9,400
14MarkGuariglia$9,400
15NicholasPalma$9,400
16ThomasBoivin$9,400
2025 RRPO Live Updates

Rainer Kempe Wins Event 51 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Outright for $19,705

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2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 51
$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha
Entries:  55
Prize Pool:  $53,350
December 2, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 51 Champion Rainer Kempe

Event 51 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha, drawing 55 entries for a prize pool of $53,350.

Taking it down was Rainer Kempe, winning outright for $19,705.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1RainerKempe$19,705
2SebastianToro Henao$11,735
3FabrizioGonzalez$7,225
4TravellThomas$5,075
5LaurenceLeder$4,010
6IraSchwartz$3,200
7MatthewLeecy$2,400
2025 RRPO Live Updates

Steven Bennett Wins His 5th SHRP Major Series Trophy in 2025 RRPO Event 49 Outright Win for $9,495

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2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 49
$400 Triple Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em
Entries:  98
Prize Pool:  $32,340
December 2, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 49 Champion Steven Bennett

Event 49 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Showdown was a $400 Triple Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em, drawing 98 entries for a prize pool of $32,340. Earning the victory was Steven Bennett, winning outright for $9,495 and his fifth SHRP major series trophy.

Here are Bennett’s five SHRP major series trophy victories:

2016 SHRPO:  $360 No-Limit Hold’em  ($11,000)
2018 Showdown:  $570 No-Limit Hold’em  ($186,308)
2023 SHRPO:  $1,100 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em  ($33,010)
2024 LHPO:  $400 No-Limit Hold’em  ($32,658)
2025 RRPO:  $400 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em  ($9,495)

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1StevenBennett$9,495
2PaulDomb$6,200
3StephenEkin$4,100
4JosephDrory$2,805
5ScottLevitt$1,995
6KaranvirSingh$1,470
7JoseWong$1,125
8BrianSekel$1,125
9AndreBoff$895
10AlexanderOrlov$895
11ChaseCarlin$745
12JosephVillacci$745
13$745
2025 RRPO Live Updates

Event 50: Nick Yunis Leads the Final Five Players

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$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $568,700  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 121

Seat 1:  Aram Oganyan  –  595,000  (24 bb)
Seat 2:  Justin Liberto  –  420,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3:  Adi Rajkovic  –  435,000  (17 bb)
Seat 4:  Brett Bassock  –  305,000  (12 bb)
Seat 5:  Nick Yunis  –  670,000  (27 bb)

1st:  $143,900 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $96,000
3rd:  $72,000
4th:  $54,000
5th:  $40,500

6th:  Landon Tice  –  $31,000
7th:  David McGowan  –  $23,700
8th:  Connor Rash  –  $18,400
9th:  Jesse Lonis  –  $14,500

10th:  Brandon Wilson  –  $14,500
11th:  David Coleman  –  $11,300
12th:  John McDonald  –  $11,300
13th:  Joshua Stewart  –  $9,400
14th:  Mark Guariglia  –  $9,400
15th:  Nicholas Palma  –  $9,400
16th:  Thomas Boivin  –  $9,400

2025 RRPO Live Updates

Event 49: Paul Domb vs. Steven Bennett for the Trophy

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$400 Triple Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 98

Paul Domb  –  1,700,000  (57 bb)
Steven Bennett  –  1,240,000  (41 bb)

1st:  $9,495 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,200

3rd:  Stephen Ekin  –  $4,100
4th:  Joseph Drory  –  $2,085
5th:  Scott Levitt  –  $1,995
6th:  Karanvir Singh  –  $1,470
7th:  Jose Wong  –  1,125
8th:  Brian Sekel  –   $1,125
9th:  Andre Boff  –  $895
10th:  Alexander Orlov  –  $895
11th:  Chase Carlin  –  $745
12th:  Joseph Villacci  –  $745

2025 RRPO Live Updates

Yann Abitbol Wins Event 42 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open in Heads-Up Deal for $43,000

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2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 42
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  518
Prize Pool:  $269,360
November 30 – December 2, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 42 Champion Yann Abitbol

Event 42 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em, drawing 518 entries for a prize pool of $269,300.

A heads-up deal was made and Yann Abitbol was the chip leader at the time, making him the offical Event 42 winner for $43,000.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1YannAbitbol$43,000*
2AnthonyPiacquadio$37,200*
3SteveKarp$23,700
4HiteshPatel$17,800
5JamesPerri$13,500
6DemetriosFrangias$10,300
7MarcoRodriguez$7,900
8SebastianKos$6,200
9ElvynBello Santos$4,840
10JoseSeverino Cadoze$4,840
11KyleSullivan$4,040
12AmmadOmar$4,040
13PaulShafran$3,360
14RyanVan Sanford$3,360
15TiantaoZhao$3,360
16RaymondRuszkowski$2,800
17BrendaNelson$2,800
18DevondMarshall$2,800
19IvanMarynych$1,040
20NicolaDavimos$2,800
21EvanTeitelbaum$2,340
22TimothyThorp$2,340
23JamesCalderaro$2,340
24MichaelMendez$2,340
25SharonBachar$1,980
26LouisWhiteman$1,980
27RonnieDay$1,980
28AndrewOrozco$1,980
29SunChoi$1,980
30JasonKlapman$1,980
31CurtisKing$1,980
32HassanTahsildar$1,980
33NorisBarcimanto$1,660
34PaulBalzano$1,660
35EricKolodny$1,660
36LawrenceKlur$1,660
37GarryGurevich$1,660
38CoreyPaul$1,660
39PrashanthNataraj$1,660
40AnthonyMarquez$1,660
41KennethFrey$1,400
42HectorPacheco$1,400
43PaulLozano Martin$1,400
44JackShea$1,400
45JoseWong$1,400
46FrancisChaviano$1,400
47KaiwenWei$1,400
48SolangeLucas$1,400
49ElizavetaAnicanova$1,200
50TammyBarner$1,200
51JahanSahni$1,200
52DinaOlano Chacin$1,200
53NicholasVerderamo$1,200
54HarrisonDobin$1,200
55KevenStammen$1,200
56LuisRayon Perez$1,200
57AyedShweihat$1,040
58JamesSalmon$1,040
59RobertBernstein$1,040
60RafaelRodriguez Arango$1,040
61EarlBernard$1,040
62RobertoBendeck$1,040
63FrancisAnderson$1,040
64EugeneKatchalov$1,040
65SadanyHevia$1,040
66DorPeleg$1,040

*denotes heads-up deal

2025 RRPO Live Updates

Event 52: Prize Pool and Payouts; $9,425 and a $3,500 WPT LHPO Championship Seat to the Curtain Call Winner

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2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 52
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH
Entries:  297
Prize Pool:  $44,500 + $3,500 WPT LHPO Seat
Bounty Prize Pool:  $29,700
December 2, 2025

Event 52 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was The Curtain Call – a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 297 entries generated a prize pool of $44,500, with an additional $29,700 set aside for bounties. The final 38 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $340.

Up top for the winner is $9,425, along with a $3,500 seat into the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship in January.

1st:  $9,425 + $3,500 LHPO Championship Seat + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,625
3rd:  $4,415
4th:  $2,770
5th:  $2,140
6th:  $1,770
7th:  $1,485
8th:  $1,225
9th:  $980
10th-12th:  $825
13th-15th:  $705
16th-18th:  $590
19th-21st:  $475
22nd-24th:  $390
25th-38th:  $340