2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 29
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,020
Prize Pool: $719,100
August 5-7, 2025
Event 20 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was the $800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). Across four starting flights, a total of 1,020 entries generated a prize pool of $719,100, nearly tripling the guarantee.
A heads-up deal took place and Michael Amato was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 29 winner for $96,000.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | Amato | $96,000* |
| 2 | Eric | Kolodny | $78,620* |
| 3 | Leo | Taffe | $52,000 |
| 4 | $39,000 | ||
| 5 | Alejandro | Bristol | $29,500 |
| 6 | Kuang-Hung | Lee | $22,600 |
| 7 | Matthew | Paul | $17,400 |
| 8 | Frank | Brannan | $13,500 |
| 9 | Victoria | Livschitz | $10,600 |
| 10 | Roni | Zelichonok | $10,600 |
| 11 | Eric | Yanovsky | $9,200 |
| 12 | Myles | Mullaly | $9,200 |
| 13 | Zhen | Cai | $7,900 |
| 14 | George | Hortelano | $7,900 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | Schneider | $7,900 |
| 16 | Shravan | Kulshrestha | $6,800 |
| 17 | Nelson | Mari | $6,800 |
| 18 | Jack | Shea | $6,800 |
| 19 | Jeremy | Becker | $6,800 |
| 20 | Andrew | Moreno | $5,900 |
| 21 | David | Harari | $5,900 |
| 22 | Neal | Diaz | $5,900 |
| 23 | Philip | Rigby | $5,900 |
| 24 | Logan | Eisner | $5,000 |
| 25 | Chad | Tucker | $5,000 |
| 26 | Patrick | Biancone | $5,000 |
| 27 | Ross | Fischer | $5,000 |
| 28 | Antuan | Bunkley | $5,000 |
| 29 | Ovenson | Benoit | $5,000 |
| 30 | Andrew | Brinkley | $5,000 |
| 31 | Marco | Rodriguez | $5,000 |
| 32 | Tyler | Goldsmith | $4,240 |
| 33 | Mykhailo | Lendel | $4,240 |
| 34 | Nigel | Murray | $4,240 |
| 35 | Daniel | Swartz | $4,240 |
| 36 | Huifang | Zhang | $4,240 |
| 37 | Mark | Glazewski | $4,240 |
| 38 | Alen | Tenorio Alencar | $4,240 |
| 39 | Sandeep | Devarshetty | $4,240 |
| 40 | Daniel | Garcia | $3,600 |
| 41 | Terry | Kim | $3,600 |
| 42 | Jessica | Cai | $3,600 |
| 43 | Yaniv | Yarkony | $3,600 |
| 44 | Eugene | Kotlyarevskiy | $3,600 |
| 45 | Paul | Balzano | $3,600 |
| 46 | Michael | Newman | $3,600 |
| 47 | Joshua | Zucchet | $3,600 |
| 48 | Ernest | Bush | $3,040 |
| 49 | Brent | Hoover | $3,040 |
| 50 | Zyad | Qasem | $3,040 |
| 51 | Shane | Santacroce | $3,040 |
| 52 | Jared | Gable | $3,040 |
| 53 | Andrew | Jones | $3,040 |
| 54 | James | Weidenborner | $3,040 |
| 55 | Scott | Baumstein | $3,040 |
| 56 | Gary | Herstein | $2,540 |
| 57 | Jia-Chi | Li | $2,540 |
| 58 | Kao | Saechao | $2,540 |
| 59 | John | Morris | $2,540 |
| 60 | Ido | Ashkenazi | $2,540 |
| 61 | Jake | Cody | $2,540 |
| 62 | Noah | Schwartz | $2,540 |
| 63 | Steven | Berman | $2,540 |
| 64 | Paul | Lacroix | $2,120 |
| 65 | Ian | Siegel | $2,120 |
| 66 | Justin | Fawcett | $2,120 |
| 67 | Albert | Gil | $2,120 |
| 68 | Keith | Saunders | $2,120 |
| 69 | Guillermo | Reyes Cardoso | $2,120 |
| 70 | David | Jackson | $2,120 |
| 71 | Borja | Iglesias Jato | $2,120 |
| 72 | Constantinos | Psallidas | $2,120 |
| 73 | Eugene | Katchalov | $2,120 |
| 74 | Nitis | Udornpim | $2,120 |
| 75 | George | Rovero Spyropoulos | $2,120 |
| 76 | Ian | Kramer | $1,800 |
| 77 | Hua Wei | Lin | $1,800 |
| 78 | Stefan | Haqq | $1,800 |
| 79 | Judith | Bielan | $1,800 |
| 80 | Camerson | Storto | $1,800 |
| 81 | Bin | Weng | $1,800 |
| 82 | Shawn | Stern | $1,800 |
| 83 | Brandon | Miller | $1,800 |
| 84 | Ronald | Katz | $1,800 |
| 85 | Alex | Anton | $1,800 |
| 86 | Anthony | Merrill | $1,800 |
| 87 | Daniyal | Gheba | $1,800 |
| 88 | Philip | Capron | $1,800 |
| 89 | Francisco | De La Rosa Sanchez | $1,560 |
| 90 | James | Romero | $1,560 |
| 91 | Spencer | Champlin | $1,560 |
| 92 | Scott | Zakheim | $1,560 |
| 93 | David | Oshry | $1,560 |
| 94 | Chance | Kornuth | $1,560 |
| 95 | Levi | Berger | $1,560 |
| 96 | Joseph | Hernon | $1,560 |
| 97 | Renato | Puertas | $1,560 |
| 98 | Dante | Cianfarra | $1,560 |
| 99 | Peter | Vitantonio | $1,560 |
| 100 | Kyle | Taddei | $1,560 |
| 101 | Maurice | Paradis | $1,560 |
| 102 | Carlos | Dorca | $1,560 |
| 103 | Pasquale | Calabria | $1,420 |
| 104 | Josias | Cardoso Dos Santos | $1,420 |
| 105 | Cory | Rock Jr | $1,420 |
| 106 | Benjamin | Moschel | $1,420 |
| 107 | Vanessa | Kade | $1,420 |
| 108 | Michael | Liang | $1,420 |
| 109 | Yuan | Yu | $1,420 |
| 110 | Shamica | Lamar | $1,420 |
| 111 | Nicholas | Seward | $1,420 |
| 112 | Michael | Chiappetta | $1,420 |
| 113 | William | Beasley | $1,420 |
| 114 | Eric | Siegel | $1,420 |
| 115 | Christiano | Souza | $1,420 |
| 116 | John | Malvasio | $1,420 |
| 117 | Chad | Summers | $1,420 |
| 118 | Amy | Patel | $1,420 |
| 119 | Rickey | Welch | $1,420 |
| 120 | Anthony | Squicciarini | $1,420 |
| 121 | Chase | Carlin | $1,420 |
| 122 | Gary | Gelman | $1,420 |
| 123 | Timothy | Tobey | $1,420 |
| 124 | Lawrence | Travers | $1,420 |
| 125 | Eric | Valerio | $1,420 |
| 126 | Moshe | Refaelovitz | $1,420 |
| 127 | Paul | Zappulla Jr | $1,420 |
| 128 | Solange | Lucas | $1,420 |
| 129 | Kharlin | Sued | $1,420 |
*denotes heads-up deal