Femi Fashakin Takes a Break From A.I. Security to Win the Mid-Series Showdown Trophy and $156,565

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  4,017
Prize Pool:  $2,088,840
March 26-31, 2025

Femi Fashakin
Event 26 Champion Femi Fashakin

The $600 Mid-Series Showdown anchored the middle weekend of this Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, and across four starting days there were 4,017 entries, beating the guarantee with a prizepool worth $2,088,840.

On Monday evening, after six days of play, it came to an end in a six-way deal, with chipleader Femi Fashakin winning the title, the trophy, and $156,565.

“It’s amazing,” said Fashakin. “It was a pretty tricky tournament for me, but I’m glad it all went down the way it did.”

“I was able to pick my spots,” said Fashakin, “and I got a pretty good run of cards. I got pretty lucky in some spots where I was able to get my opponents to pay me when I had a good hand, and other times I was able to take it down without too much resistance.”

This is the first Seminole Hard Rock trophy for Fashakin, who has a WSOP bracelet and more than $1.5 million in career earnings. But poker is more of a hobby than a career for him, as he is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for an A.I. security company.

“I don’t play full-time,” said Fashakin. “Most of the time I’m doing tech security stuff, so I just sneak down here whenever I get a chance off of work, and I’m usually out by Sunday or Monday.”

When asked how the trophy compared to the prize money, Fashakin said, “In this case, the trophy was more important to me. I could have played it out to the end, but I’m glad we chopped because at least I locked in the trophy.”

Fashakin lives in Orlando, less than a three-hour drive away from Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.

“Besides the fact that it’s pretty close to home, I really like the way the tournaments are organized here,” said Fashakin. “It’s an amazing team, and they do an excellent job to make sure the players have a good time and enjoy the game. It attracts recreational players and pros, and there’s something for everyone. And the structures are also very good. It’s one of the best casinos in the world, and I really enjoy it.”


RESULTS:

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1FemiFashakin$156,565*
2AbrahamRamos Padilla$150,220*
3AtanasPavlov$147,315*
4ZacharyFischer$135,013*
5DavidFrenkel$103,310*
6JoelGossett$94,257*
7SebastianToro Henao$42,500
8MarceloAagesen$33,000
9AlbertSon$26,000
10HectorPacheco$26,000
11MartinCulotta$21,200
12AntoineSankari$21,200
13LiranBracha$17,300
14HalNguyen$17,300
15LamTran$17,300
16JamesLeonard$14,100
17AlexanderKimpel$14,100
18PerlaOjeda$14,100
19GregoryPessine$14,100
20TomasBrokl$11,600
21LeeConnell$11,600
22AlexandreHenry$11,600
23RobertMorris$11,600
24DanHeimiller$9,500
25BrianScott$9,500
26RaminderSingh$9,500
27JorgeEghi$9,500
28RichardLeblanc$9,500
29ArtemMorev$9,500
30CaioDe Lucca Sobral$9,500
31KyleBuerosse$9,500
32LoganBerger$7,900
33ZacharyEichenbaum$7,900
34JuanEndara$7,900
35RicardoEyzaguirre$7,900
36EricRowen$7,900
37KevinRines$7,900
38MisaelIadisernia$7,900
39CalebPiderit$7,900
40DrewDodge$6,500
41ShaunDavis$6,500
42AxelOrellana Gomez$6,500
43AdamMclaughlin$6,500
44JosephShammas$6,500
45BalakrishnaPatur$6,500
46MatthewWhite$6,500
47KyleBridwell$6,500
48ShannonMccloud$5,400
49LateshiaMullings$5,400
50ChristopherFunari$5,400
51DavidDibernardi$5,400
52JohnRyan Iii$5,400
53WilliamMattison$5,400
54DanielSwartz$5,400
55MichaelMonaco$5,400
56ShokhrukhBakhromov$4,500
57RamyBoctor$4,500
58AntuanBunkley$4,500
59AlejandroSaez$4,500
60PabloValdivieso$4,500
61RoniZelichonok$4,500
62RidleyJecrois$4,500
63CharlemagneBenjamin Jr$4,500
64GlennFishbein$3,760
65EldoRodriguez$3,760
66MarcosEscalante$3,760
67JordanSparagana$3,760
68BrettSherman$3,760
69KellySlay$3,760
70SebastianEchavarria$3,760
71JosiasSantos$3,760
72AaronFlores$3,760
73JarodLudemann$3,760
74MichaelBills$3,760
75JorgeLeidi$3,760
76JamesClark$3,760
77KaifanWang$3,760
78LuisNunez$3,760
79TaylorHart$3,760
80JohnWilson$3,160
81AlonShahar$3,160
82TsolmonJargalsaikhan$3,160
83ThangNguyen$3,160
84DanielCruz$3,160
85ArtimZhuta$3,160
86AsherNeaman$3,160
87ManelicMinaya$3,160
88MichaelChiappetta$3,160
89DavidSingh$3,160
90SamuelRonalds$3,160
91JakeSchwartz$3,160
92HowardWilamowski$3,160
93DanielJesudason$3,160
94JosephLevitt$3,160
95ChaseHounshell$3,160
96ArnaldoGordon$2,660
97ZubairPasha$2,660
98DorianPavon$2,660
99FabioChaves$2,660
100AaronPacheco$2,660
101DavidCastranova$2,660
102MigleKriksciunaite$2,660
103OvensonBenoit$2,660
104StuartYoung$2,660
105OlegMinavichev$2,660
106OrlanColina Barr$2,660
107HalRotholz$2,660
108OscarCastagna$2,660
109AdamBrody$2,660
110JamesCialella$2,660
111DyannaLopez$2,660
112GaryHerstein$2,240
113IsaacCramer$2,240
114WalterNalvarte$2,240
115JohnMc Ewen$2,240
116JavierSanchez$2,240
117DamienGaskin$2,240
118JosephPacheco$2,240
119CaseyCrews$2,240
120ArturTishchenko$2,240
121AlexBecker$2,240
122YoelEspinosa$2,240
123JoseCadoze$2,240
124MatthewEdmonds$2,240
125RobertGeorge$2,240
126SeunOluwole$2,240
127JulianCanellas$2,240
128AbmKabir$2,240
129DavidPoces$2,240
130LiorRusinek$2,240
131MauriceParadis$2,240
132JoelGola$2,240
133PetersonSt-Fort$2,240
134LuckensonPericles$2,240
135MaxKingstone$2,240
136AmelMujic$2,240
137LucasJumalon$2,240
138HuangWong$2,240
139WillieWiggins Jr$2,240
140ScottZakheim$2,240
141$2,240
142JeffreyKenny$2,240
143FabianFoster$2,240
144MichaelVadala$2,240
145AaronThivyanathan$2,240
146QuanPhui$2,240
147WilliamPappas$2,240
148CraigBagon$2,240
149BradleySmith$2,240
150MichaelTufaro$2,240
151JulioReyes$2,240
152DevinBrodman$1,880
153LuisOrtiz$1,880
154DavidTrager$1,880
155JenniferFrankenstein$1,880
156MarcusEl Huaick$1,880
157CalaisCampbell$1,880
158MarshallMorris$1,880
159JamesRodriguez$1,880
160TylerMontoya$1,880
161JasminOmanovic$1,880
162JacobCorda$1,880
163LuisRamos$1,880
164Unclaimed$1,880
165MohammedKabir$1,880
166AlexisKivu$1,880
167GeorgeHemphill$1,880
168CurtisKing$1,880
169JulianLozano$1,880
170PetreIonescu$1,880
171StoykoKolev$1,880
172DavidSmith$1,880
173DavidOshry$1,880
174SamuelGanzfried$1,880
175AnthonyCuffari$1,880
176KyleLazzaro$1,880
177NerijusKvedaras$1,880
178AlejandroJaureguireynoso$1,880
179GFerguson$1,880
180MillerRictich$1,880
181CubaLevenberry$1,880
182JasonKwartler$1,880
183CliffordMermell$1,880
184JustinGreen$1,880
185CarlosCordoba$1,880
186LeoNash$1,880
187LeonardoTorre$1,880
188JonathanVanderveen$1,880
189WilliamPapadopoulos$1,880
190AnthonyCarbone$1,880
191BoyanStamenov$1,880
192JohnTavss$1,880
193RobertRodriguez $1,880
194ArditKurshumi$1,880
195RafaelRodriguez Arang$1,880
196OnielMccalla$1,880
197CorelTheuma$1,880
198DominicFinch$1,880
199AthirSaco$1,880
200WilliamFlock$1,880
201MarcBronstein$1,880
202EdwardVillegas$1,560
203DavidSathue$1,560
204DanielDemuth$1,560
205ShonPerez$1,560
206JorgeRamos$1,560
207VaughnSteeves$1,560
208BenjaminLudlow$1,560
209JeremyBecker$1,560
210RichardEbaugh$1,560
211MikhailChykiliov$1,560
212AndrewBoujaoude$1,560
213KateKopp$1,560
214FrancescoDigiacomo$1,560
215QuanQuach$1,560
216JulioNovo$1,560
217ZhenCai$1,560
218JacquelynScott$1,560
219SergioGiha$1,560
220DemetriusCampbell$1,560
221PatrickCaputo$1,560
222CoryRock Jr$1,560
223ErnestoRomero$1,560
224AndreuFerragut Lluch$1,560
225EugeneMaslov$1,560
226AlvinNorman$1,560
227MatthewLambrecht$1,560
228BrentSheirbon$1,560
229LawrenceKlur$1,560
230MichaelTweedlie$1,560
231KennethBruno$1,560
232JoseGonzalez$1,560
233TaoChu$1,560
234RickeyWelch$1,560
235StuartPhillips$1,560
236ErnestoRasse Gonzalez$1,560
237RyanHoenig$1,560
238AlainMedesan$1,560
239RafikiBrown$1,560
240RobertNoel$1,560
241PaulSnead$1,560
242CourtlandTwyman$1,560
243RobertoAlberro$1,560
244NicholasSena-Hopkins$1,560
245OliverBerens$1,560
246EricKolodny$1,560
247JamesSalmon Iii$1,560
248ChongyouChen$1,560
249JonathanKramer$1,560
250DaleRoesel$1,560
251NathanThrush$1,560
252TylerBentz$1,560
253CyrilDarmouni$1,320
254AthanasiosPolychronopoulos$1,320
255MichaelMorton$1,320
256JacobKauffman$1,320
257NikolayVolper$1,320
258IgorHolidaiy$1,320
259OferSela$1,320
260AaronChien$1,320
261CangirElcin$1,320
262JuanMarquez$1,320
263JoseArdila$1,320
264KiaHooshmand$1,320
265AndresFernandez$1,320
266KevinHo$1,320
267ChaddBeatty$1,320
268DavidAkerman$1,320
269PhilipRigby$1,320
270VernonBarlow$1,320
271EduardoGarcia Perez$1,320
272JakeOzyman$1,320
273VincentMollica$1,320
274NgocNguyen$1,320
275JosephMontervino$1,320
276CoreyPaul$1,320
277RandallCampbell$1,320
278BradleyToper$1,320
279TuanNguyen$1,320
280AlbertoTani$1,320
281SelimHamadache$1,320
282DevonMarshall$1,320
283AndreasMichelmann$1,320
284AdamSallas$1,320
285BrianNerney$1,320
286AlexanderPerez$1,320
287NeilZonenashvili$1,320
288SemsettinIlyas$1,320
289IgorTretyakov$1,320
290JeffreyPalermo$1,320
291BrianBarros-Vazquez$1,320
292PetarKonstantinovic$1,320
293ScottJohnson$1,320
294JustinGrider$1,320
295TimothyPollard$1,320
296BrettBader$1,320
297JamesScott$1,320
298BrandonSchwartz$1,320
299DylanKahn$1,320
300YevheniiCherniak$1,320
301DonaldManns$1,320
302GilbertWhorrie$1,320
303JonathanBennett$1,320
304ChaseCarlin$1,320
305DanielMowrer$1,320
306AndrewDifeo$1,320
307TomislavKrizanic$1,320
308ChrisDa Silva Oduntan$1,320
309EusebiuJalba$1,320
310SabasFerrrer-Ferrer$1,320
311MoisesParilla$1,320
312RyanD'Angelo$1,320
313PedroPalacio$1,320
314SheldonGross$1,320
315ChristopherAlen$1,320
316BrendanFeinberg$1,320
317RaneiAviv$1,320
318JeffreyHimelfarb$1,320
319MoranMerdinger$1,320
320Jean PaulDrayton$1,320
321SolomonNgoy$1,320
322Yu-YuanLee$1,320
323StephenMa$1,140
324DiomigDelgado$1,140
325OsagyefoGreene$1,140
326JasonHolzberg$1,140
327Unclaimed$1,140
328DucNguyen$1,140
329DenysBazeliuk$1,140
330BryanCuzino$1,140
331JasonMcqueer$1,140
332DanielPearlman$1,140
333KevinVail$1,140
334NiallCostigan$1,140
335JorgeDe Arruda Feres Ribeiro$1,140
336DavidSinger$1,140
337LuisCapella Mila$1,140
338EduardoChrist$1,140
339JohnnyBromberg$1,140
340JosephBurns$1,140
341KennethWeiner$1,140
342MitchellHynam$1,140
343Unclaimed$1,140
344JakeCody$1,140
345StevenBrackesy$1,140
346TarekAshwas$1,140
347AaronPinson$1,140
348ShamicaLamar$1,140
349JayaMalapati$1,140
350YanivYarkony$1,140
351DevinBatista$1,140
352AllanBieler$1,140
353AlexeyKashirin$1,140
354SinanLi$1,140
355EricSiegel$1,140
356MoisesJattin$1,140
357AzimPopatia$1,140
358DanielSepiol$1,140
359SheaSmith$1,140
360RichardRice$1,140
361AnthonyMerlo Jr$1,140
362JosephReyes$1,140
363EmreAkgoz$1,140
364JacobRistich$1,140
365MichaelValore$1,140
366LawrenceWhyte$1,140
367BryceMcvay$1,140
368AnibalPabon$1,140
369ShalomElharar$1,140
370LucasMendes$1,140
371ThanhDong$1,140
372MichaelNewman$1,140
373ColinBrunette$1,140
374NathanLee$1,140
375JamesShucart$1,140
376JasonWandling$1,140
377ElliottKampen$1,140
378MohamedLahlou$1,140
379ChristopherUlrich$1,140
380GrantWang$1,140
381AlexanderObed$1,140
382MichaelMerlino$1,140
383PhillipKrnyaich$1,140
384WilliamChase$1,140
385RomelMendoza$1,140
386JosephMuldoon$1,140
387PaulFisher$1,140
388MauricePaola$1,140
389TroyBercot$1,140
390JamaelWilliams$1,140
391NicholasStiles$1,140
392GaryGelman$1,140
393JordanPhillips$1,140
394DanielCharlton$1,140
395ManishChaddha$1,140
396WeizhengZhong$1,140
397MichaelFryett$1,140
398BrianHardy$1,140
399KelvineVu$1,140
400NikitaBakarjiev$1,140
401JoelBorden$1,140
402RileyFuller$1,140
403NicholasYunis$1,040
404AdrianCurry$1,040
405SridharSangannagari$1,040
406MarkCasabo$1,040
407DonaldLe$1,040
408PeterPilz$1,040
409JamarBrown$1,040
410PeterDunlevy$1,040
411RobertRogers$1,040
412FrederickManamon$1,040
413GrantHart$1,040
414ThaoLe$1,040
415MichaelJacobson$1,040
416MarcSacheli$1,040
417RichardLeger$1,040
418JakeLoonan$1,040
419BenjaminZamani$1,040
420PeterShapiro$1,040
421StephenSmith$1,040
422KirbyConserve$1,040
423JamesGordon$1,040
424RobertPratt$1,040
425SamuelCunix$1,040
426MichaelMichnik$1,040
427KevinOrdet$1,040
428JiayiYao$1,040
429CoreyRistich$1,040
430MaribethHilliard$1,040
431Unclaimed$1,040
432GabrielFuller$1,040
433DouglasDossett$1,040
434MircoScharen$1,040
435DarioDussan Guzman$1,040
436JosephHernon$1,040
437PerryShiao$1,040
438BernhardSchmidt$1,040
439Jen-YueChang$1,040
440SajIllikal$1,040
441JamesKerr$1,040
442SanatMehrotra$1,040
443LoganEisner$1,040
444AaronBelardo$1,040
445ScottCarragher$1,040
446AaronMermelstein$1,040
447ChristophCannuli$1,040
448PaulDomb$1,040
449RafaelLima$1,040
450JuanMontoya Bernal$1,040
451ScottBlackman$1,040
452JimmyNunez$1,040
453ZacharyMckinney$1,040
454TracyPotter$1,040
455MukulPahuja$1,040
456BryanFrantz$1,040
457MykhailoLendel$1,040
458TonyThomas$1,040
459HenMizrahi$1,040
460JhoanLadino$1,040
461MichaelDorsch$1,040
462AkeemGumbs$1,040
463RobertMantin$1,040
464JustinDatloff$1,040
465ChadSummers$1,040
466ThienNguyen$1,040
467WilliamJennings Ii$1,040
468FelixSierra Aponte$1,040
469HaimNagar$1,040
470AnthonyCasas$1,040
471WilliamNewkirk$1,040
472TheodorosKaragiannis$1,040
473AlayneZeto$1,040
474LakishiaJefferson$1,040
475JonathanGold$1,040
476StephenDelvecchio Jr$1,040
477AnthonyDinardi$1,040
478GaryFitzgerald$1,040
479ViktorKovachev$1,040
480SamuelEbert$1,040
481JoseSnejberg$1,040
482RobertGrossman$1,040
483PatrickMcconnell$1,040
484AbdelilahFahsi$1,040
485OlvensoSavoie$1,040
486RileyPrice$1,040
487JormanCano$1,040
488RinaCoss$1,040
489ZhargalTsydypov$1,040
490BaoDo$1,040
491JackieLee$1,040
492NitisUdornpim$1,040
493DmytroMykhailov$1,040
494DavidZibelli$1,040
495BruceSnell$1,040
496LarryHolmes$1,040
497IanSiegel$1,040
498PhilippeRoux$1,040
499BretGrebow$1,040
500ChangliangDeng$1,040
501BradleySiegel$1,040
502MahliyoCagatay$1,040
503ClydeMaliauka$1,040
504JohnKing$1,040
505NicolaDavimos$1,040

* Indicates the results of a six-way deal.