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2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Jeremy Goureau Wins Event 58 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Heads-Up Chop for $4,995

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 58
$400 Turbo Progressive Bounty NLH/PLO
Entries:  80
Prize Pool:  $19,040
Bounty Prize Pool:  $8,000
August 10, 2026

2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 58 Champion Jeremy Goureau

Event 58 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Turbo Progressive Bounty No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha. A field of 80 entries generated a prize pool of $19,040, with an additional $8,000 set aside for the progressive bounties.

A heads-up chop was made and Jeremy Goureau was the slight chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 58 winner for $4,995.

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
1JeremyGoureauMiami BeachFL$4,995*
2ArielRoselloPembroke PinesFL$4,995*
3JohnValevichBrooklynNY$2,325
4MichaelVaksParamusNJ$1,575
5RodrigoAldorinoNorth MiamiFL$1,200
6GabrielCasalsMiamiFL$990
7DavidKahanBerchem$865
8RobertGrossmanHallandale BeachFL$765
9DavidMorenoHallandaleFL$665
10GeorgiIzovSofia$665

*denotes heads-up chop

2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Yuval Bronshtein Wins his 17th SHRP Major Series Trophy in 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 57 Outright Victory for $18,432

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 57
$800 Deep Stack Big O
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  79
Prize Pool:  $55,142
August 10, 2026

2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 57 Champion Yuval Bronshtein

Event 57 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was an $800 Deep Stack Big O, drawing 79 entries for a prize pool of $55,142. Emerging victorious was Yuval Bronshtein, winning outright for $18,432 and 17th SHRP major series trophy.

Here are Bronshtein’s 17 SHRP major series victories:

1.  2021 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($7,535)
2.  2021 SHRPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($6,673)
3.  2021 SHRPO:  $400 Pot-Limit Omaha  ($10,423)
4.  2022 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8/Stud 8  ($9,020)
5.  2022 LHPO:  $600 H.O.R.S.E.  ($11,760)
6.  2022 Showdown:  $600 Eight-Max Pot-Limit Omaha  ($20,630)
7.  2022 Showdown:  $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. Championship  ($21,645)
8.  2023 LHPO:  $600 Big O  ($13,405)
9.  2023 RRPO:  $600 H.O.R.S.E.  ($14,405)
10.  2024 LHPO:  $1,100 5-Card PLO  ($21,216)
11.  2025 LHPO: $1,100 Mixed PLO  ($24,588)
12.  2025 Showdown:  $600 10-Game Mix  ($10,940)
13.  2025 Showdown:  $600 Big O  ($15,100)
14.  2025 Showdown:  $1,100 Six-Max PLO  ($28,930)
15.  2025 RRPO:  $400 PLO8  ($7,475)
16.  2026 LHPO:  $400 Double Board Bomb Pot PLO  ($9,710)
17.  2026 SHRPO:  $800 Big O  ($18,432)

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
1YuvalBronshteinFort LauderdaleFL$18,432
2GaryBoldenLas VegasNV$10,855
3TerenceBeamanCollege PointNY$6,800
4JasonDalyFriendswoodTX$4,550
5GrantHartConwayAR$3,445
6StevenLangertLakewoodNJ$2,785
7AlexanderOrlovMoscowRussia$2,485
8MichaelSorokaDelray BeachFL$2,205
9LaurenceLederMiami BeachFL$1,930
10MichaelTadlockBushnellFL$1,655
2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 55: Andrew Ostapchenko Leads the Final 18 Players After Day 1

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$1,100 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $250,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 246

Andrew Ostapchenko

Day 2 of the Big 4 $1K begins Tuesday at 1 p.m.

TABLE 31
Seat 1.  Jessica Cai  –  622,000  (78 bb)
Seat 2.  Dale Roesel  –  101,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  Benjamin Zamani  –  300,000  (38 bb)
Seat 4.  Brandon Navarrete  –  512,000  (64 bb)
Seat 5.  Justin Datloff  –  91,000  (11 bb)
Seat 6.  Anthony Spinella  –  255,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7.  David Inselberg  –  52,000  (7 bb)
Seat 8.  Robert Rosen  –  216,000  (27 bb)
Seat 9.  Brett Bader  –  186,000  (23 bb)

TABLE 32
Seat 1.  Jay Jay Wilson  –  216,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2.  Wilnor Mercado  –  172,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3.  Eric Siegel  –  175,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4.  Mike Beasley  –  63,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5.  Peter Walsworth  –  403,500  (50 bb)
Seat 6.  Mike Chiappetta  –  167,000  (21 bb)
Seat 7.  Haim Toorgeman  –  268,000  (34 bb)
Seat 8.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  740,000  (93 bb)
Seat 9.  Tim Capretta  –  366,000  (46 bb)

With 18 players remaining from the field of 246 entries, the average stack is about 273,000 (34 big blinds)

1st:  $55,940 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $37,000
3rd:  $27,500
4th:  $20,600
5th:  $15,600
6th:  $11,900
7th:  $9,100
8th:  $7,100
9th-10th:  $5,600
11th-12th:  $3,960
13th-15th:  $3,380
16th-18th:  $2,800

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
19VannaTeaSan JoseCA$2,800
20RamiHahittiHallandaleFL$2,320
21AaronMederosTampaFL$2,320
22DorPelegHollywoodFL$2,320
23HarelAvitanTal AvivFL$2,320
24TalRothmanWest Palm BeachFL$1,940
25MonikaHrabecVienna0$1,940
26JordanKasimowMiamiFL$1,940
27JulietHegedusPembroke PinesFL$1,940
28Alberto AlejandroMolesBuenos Aires0$1,940
29MordechaiGoldnerLakewoodNJ$1,940
30ShawnSternChestnut RdgNY$1,940
31MarkGaudinoDavieFL$1,940
2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 53: Day 2 Table and Seat Draw

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$200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $72,838  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  59 of 461

Flight A:  102 Entries;  13 Advanced
Flight B:  158 Entries;  20 Advanced
Flight C:  201 Entries;  26 Advanced
Day 2:  Tuesday at 1 p.m.

TableSeatFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
551DavidBellaviaPalm CityFL294,000
552CoreyZedoMaitlandFL147,000
553AdamSingerMiamiFL54,000
554RichardBroomesSt Micheal137,000
555RajivMaraghPalm BayFL637,000
556PaulPragerDavieFL138,000
557DavidAronsonHallandale BeachFL185,000
558JudithBielanLas VegasNV251,000
559CesarMendoza GomezMiamiFL542,000
561PeterShapiroSunny Isles BeachFL169,000
562RoniZelichonokAventuraFL168,000
563RodolfoRodriguezWestonFL120,000
564JessicaEwudMiamiFL117,000
565Julian TeomanPetrowskiBoca RatonFL116,000
567ManuelHerrera LopezDavieFL329,000
568SantanaNoronhaDavieFL49,000
569BretWinogradWest Palm BchFL186,000
631GavinBlockMiamiFL50,000
632GideonChamdiDavieFL90,000
633MosheTarichNorth Miami BeachFL114,000
634BillieBowmanBig Pine KeyFL82,000
635JulioRodriguezHialeahFL107,000
636TomasLauria CalvoMiamiFL175,000
637FernandoRobrenoMiami36,000
638MarkLeBlancIrvineCA210,000
639JosephPetrolinoBoca RatonFL206,000
641MarcPelfortMiamiFL70,000
642AdrielRimola CullenMiamiFL161,000
643EldoRodriguezPlantationFL205,000
644RobertFregosiDunedinFL101,000
645PinchasChakchakovPlantationFL160,000
646IgorTerpenevHallandaleFL19,000
647RuslanShaikhovDubai78,000
648SethBerkovitchFar RockawayNY242,000
649KonstantinosAttonisPompano BeachFL30,000
701JaimeMonteroCoral SpringsFL82,000
702WillieWigginsPembroke PnesFL170,000
703NirPelegAventuraFL129,000
704DevinBatistaOakland ParkFL71,000
705LyleDiamondFt LauderdaleFL166,000
706SamanthaVassalloWebsterNY50,000
707ScottGreenbergDelray BeachFL172,000
708RaySt Jacques CarrionLas VegasNV156,000
711RaymondRuszkowskiCutler BayFL171,000
712SalvatoreAccardiPompano BeachFL106,000
713JoshuaSwimmHalfmoonNY148,000
714AustinRattetFort LauderdaleFL65,000
715ArielRoselloPembroke PnesFL343,000
716JayKlitznerWestonFL96,000
717MarkDolloffBoca RatonFL228,000
718AlfredCottonCutler BayFL168,000
721NicholasViscontiDelray BeachFL70,000
722DavidEhresmanLake WorthFL148,000
723RonelJuanWest Palm BeachFL259,000
725BrentHooverOakland ParkFL118,000
726GaryGelmanMiami BeachNY142,000
727DanielQuesadaMiamiFL226,000
728JuanMontoya BernalAventuraFL46,000
729LevParnasBoca RatonFL116,000
2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 53: Day 2 Chip Counts

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$200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $72,838  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  59 of 461

Flight A:  102 Entries;  13 Advanced
Flight B:  158 Entries;  20 Advanced
Flight C:  201 Entries;  26 Advanced
Day 2:  Tuesday at 1 p.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1RajivMaraghPalm BayFL637,000
2CesarMendoza GomezMiamiFL542,000
3ArielRoselloPembroke PnesFL343,000
4ManuelHerrera LopezDavieFL329,000
5DavidBellaviaPalm CityFL294,000
6RonelJuanWest Palm BeachFL259,000
7JudithBielanLas VegasNV251,000
8SethBerkovitchFar RockawayNY242,000
9MarkDolloffBoca RatonFL228,000
10DanielQuesadaMiamiFL226,000
11MarkLeBlancIrvineCA210,000
12JosephPetrolinoBoca RatonFL206,000
13EldoRodriguezPlantationFL205,000
14BretWinogradWest Palm BchFL186,000
15DavidAronsonHallandale BeachFL185,000
16TomasLauria CalvoMiamiFL175,000
17ScottGreenbergDelray BeachFL172,000
18RaymondRuszkowskiCutler BayFL171,000
19WillieWigginsPembroke PnesFL170,000
20PeterShapiroSunny Isles BeachFL169,000
21RoniZelichonokAventuraFL168,000
22AlfredCottonCutler BayFL168,000
23LyleDiamondFt LauderdaleFL166,000
24AdrielRimola CullenMiamiFL161,000
25PinchasChakchakovPlantationFL160,000
26RaySt Jacques CarrionLas VegasNV156,000
27JoshuaSwimmHalfmoonNY148,000
28DavidEhresmanLake WorthFL148,000
29CoreyZedoMaitlandFL147,000
30GaryGelmanMiami BeachNY142,000
31PaulPragerDavieFL138,000
32RichardBroomesSt Micheal0137,000
33NirPelegAventuraFL129,000
34RodolfoRodriguezWestonFL120,000
35BrentHooverOakland ParkFL118,000
36JessicaEwudMiamiFL117,000
37Julian TeomanPetrowskiBoca RatonFL116,000
38LevParnasBoca RatonFL116,000
39MosheTarichNorth Miami BeachFL114,000
40JulioRodriguezHialeahFL107,000
41SalvatoreAccardiPompano BeachFL106,000
42RobertFregosiDunedinFL101,000
43JayKlitznerWestonFL96,000
44GideonChamdiDavieFL90,000
45BillieBowmanBig Pine KeyFL82,000
46JaimeMonteroCoral SpringsFL82,000
47RuslanShaikhovDubai78,000
48DevinBatistaOakland ParkFL71,000
49MarcPelfortMiamiFL70,000
50NicholasViscontiDelray BeachFL70,000
51AustinRattetFort LauderdaleFL65,000
52AdamSingerMiamiFL54,000
53GavinBlockMiamiFL50,000
54SamanthaVassalloWebsterNY50,000
55SantanaNoronhaDavieFL49,000
56JuanMontoya BernalAventuraFL46,000
57FernandoRobrenoMiami36,000
58KonstantinosAttonisPompano BeachFL30,000
59IgorTerpenevHallandaleFL19,000
2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 53: Prize Pool and Payouts; $12,698 to the Winner

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 53
$200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  461
Prize Pool:  $72,838
August 9-11, 2026

Event 53 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em, drawing 461 entries for a prize pool of $72,838. The 59 players that advanced to Day 2 are in the money and guaranteed $320.

Up top for the winner is $12,698.

1st:  $12,698 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $8,800
3rd:  $6,500
4th:  $4,880
5th:  $3,680
6th:  $2,800
7th:  $2,160
8th:  $1,680
9th-10th:  $1,320
11th-12th:  $1,160
13th-15th:  $1,000
16th-19th:  $860
20th-23rd:  $720
24th-31st:  $580
32nd-39th:  $480
40th-47th:  $380
48th-59th:  $320

2026 SHRPO Live Updates

High Roller: Brian Altman Leads After Day 1

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$25,400 Big 4 High Roller
Prize Pool:  $1,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 40

Brian Altman

The $25,400 Big 4 High Roller has bagged up and Brian Altman leads the remaining eight players after Day 1.

Day 2 begins Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Seat 1.  Justin Zaki  –  605,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2.  Brock Wilson  –  355,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3.  Alex Anton  –  320,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4.  Roman Hrabec  – 710,000  (36 bb)
Seat 5.  Joe McGuire  –  475,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  David D’Alessandro  –  395,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7.  Eli Berg  –  365,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8.  Brian Altman  –  775,000  (39 bb)

With eight players remaining from the field of 40 entries, the average stack is 500,000 (25 big blinds).

1st:  $410,000 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $250,000
3rd:  $150,000
4th:  $110,000
5th:  $80,000

2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Raminder Singh Leads the SHRPO Leaderboard

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The 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Leaderboard race is winding down and Raminder Singh is in the lead as play enters the final two days.

(Staninds updated thru Sunday Aug 9 &  Event 54 (Not Including 43 aka Main Event, 51, 53)

For a breakdown of the scoring and rules, click here.

PlacePlayerPoints
1Raminder Singh536
2Jean Laurent473.9
3Jason Daly349.4
4Niko Gianno342
5Sergiy Alariki337.5
6Mikhail Chykiliov328.2
7Yuval Bronshtein328
8David Tarbet315.8
9Maria Hernandez288.1
10Jose Nadal Sordo287.5
11Shane Santacroce285
12David Moreno283.9
13Danny Chang263
14Mehmet Siginc262.8
15Jonathan Turner255.2
16Seth Harless244.8
17Loni Harwood244
18Benjamin Zamani234.2
19Alexander Orlov220.9
20Casey Hayes217.2
21Tomas Lauria Calvo209.5
22Jeffrey Shayani205.7
23Dean Sultan205.6
24Jeffrey Gale205.2
25Michelle Ceglarek205.2
26Joseph Mckeehen205
27Niall Costigan204.4
28Terence Beaman203.5
29Moshe Refaelovitz194.4
30Olvenso Savoie193.9
31Eldo Rodriguez193
32Yi Li192
33Robert Grossman191.4
34Jeremy Becker190.5
35Eric Lea183.8
36Jordan Kasimow183.1
37Manny Tarich183
38John-Paul Ode180.8
39Andrew Ostapchenko177.2
40Ariel Rosello176
41Rodrigo Aldorino175.4
42Gidon Chamdi174
43Johnny Bromberg173.2
44Jacoso Montoya172.6
45Joseph Olivieri170
46Peter Walsworth166.1
47Vincent Picardi162
48Justin Zaki161.5
49Ethan Bennett160
50Rinat Dinmukhametov160
51Miguel Caraballo158.8
52Paul Prager157
53Jamie Smith156
54Alexis Kivu154.4
55Nicholas Palma153.4
56Juan Montoya Bernal153.2
57Kenneth Fishman153
58Daniel Sepiol153
59Joseph Ciavola151
60David Greufe151
61Miriam Sharon148.6
62Elier Montefu148.5
63Juliet Hegedus147.8
64Phuoc Vo145.8
65Qingyu Lu145.4
66Robert Fregosi145
67Jorge Rivera139.4
68Michael Berk139
69Brett Apter138
70Antuan Bunkley138
71Robert Mizrachi137
72John Capitano136.9
73Kenneth Po135.8
74Pasquale Caiazza135.3
75Rafael Mosto135
76Eric Kolodny134.3
77James Calderaro133.6
78Youssef Bargach133
79Lester Trimino132.4
80Lev Parnas132.2
81Ronel Juan132
82Steven Mckoy132
83Daniel Swartz131.9
84Kenneth Hill131.6
85Andrea Mastrogiovanni130
86Jennifer Aguilar129
87Gary Bolden Ii128.8
88Jeremy Goureau128.4
89Timothy Capretta127.8
90Omer Rotman127.8
91John Valevich126.8
92Timothy Miles126
93Bulat Khusainov125.4
94Darin Utley124.6
95Cherish Andrews123
96Reynel Hernandez122
97Noam Wecksler121.1
98Justin Fawcett121
99Wilnor Mercado Quintero120.2
100Zachary Bruch118
2026 SHRPO Live Updates

High Roller: Justin Zaki Leads the Final Eight Players

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$25,400 Big 4 High Roller
Prize Pool:  $1,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 13:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 40

With eight players remaining from the field of 40 entries, the average stack is 500,000 (31 big blinds).

Seat 1.  Justin Zaki  –  675,000  (42 bb)
Seat 2.  Brock Wilson  –  394,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Alex Anton  –  443,000  (28 bb)
Seat 4.  Roman Hrabec  –  483,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Joe McGuire  –  612,000  (38 bb)
Seat 6.  David D’Alessandro  –  315,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7.  Eli Berg  –  464,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8.  Brian Altman  –  614,000  (38 bb)

1st:  $410,000 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $250,000
3rd:  $150,000
4th:  $110,000
5th:  $80,000

2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 58: Prize Pool and Payouts; $4,995 to the NLH/PLO Turbo Progressive Bounty Winner

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 58
$400 Turbo Progressive Bounty NLH/PLO
Entries:  80
Prize Pool:  $19,040
Bounty Prize Pool:  $8,000
August 10, 2026

Event 58 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Turbo Progressive Bounty No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha. A field of 80 entries generated a prize pool of $19,040, with an additional $8,000 set aside for the progressive bounties. The final 10 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $665.

Up top for the winner is $4,995 and the remaining bounty.

1st:  $4,995 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $4,995
3rd:  $2,325
4th:  $1,575
5th:  $1,200
6th:  $990
7th:  $865
8th:  $765
9th-10th:  $665