2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 29: Platinum Stack Day 2 Table and Seat Draw

August 7, 2025 @ 4:47AM by Mickey Doft

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $719,100 | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 129 of 1,020

Flight A: 238 Entries; 30 Advanced
Flight B: 181 Entries; 23 Advanced
Flight C: 346 Entries; 44 Advanced
Flight D: 255 Entries; 32 Advanced
Day 2: Thursday at 12 p.m.

Table	Seat	First Name	Last Name	City	ST	Chip Count
5	1	Noah	Schwartz	Hollywood	FL	1,098,000
5	2	David	Jackson	Las Vegas	NV	980,000
5	3	Dante	Cianfarra	Port Orange	FL	1,160,000
5	4	Ovenson	Benoit	Plantation	FL	1,190,000
5	5	Josias	Cardoso Dos Santos	Tampa	FL	974,000
5	6	Alen	Tenorio	Rio		497,000
5	7	Brent	Hoover	Oakland Park	FL	900,000
5	8	Andrew	Brinkley	Johns Creek	GA	890,000
5	9	Rickey	Welch	Auburndale	FL	212,000
6	1	Jeremy	Becker	Tampa	FL	1,775,000
6	2	Neal	Diaz	Royal Plm Bch	FL	745,000
6	3	Chad	Tucker	Winfield	AL	590,000
6	4	Daniel	Garcia	Hialeah	FL	219,000
6	5	Nitis	Udornpim	Bradenton	FL	695,000
6	6	Eric	Valerio	Bogota	NJ	645,000
6	7	Cory	Rock Jr	Boynton Beach	FL	661,000
6	8	George	Rovero Spyropoulos	Miami	FL	1,098,000
6	9	Shane	Santacroce	Coral Springs	FL	1,300,000
7	1	Jake	Cody	Nottingham		634,000
7	2	Borja	Iglesias Jato	Miami	FL	420,000
7	4	Hua Wei	Lin	Taipei City		721,000
7	5	Andrew	Moreno	Las Vegas	NV	1,139,000
7	6	Joseph	Hernon	Hampton	NH	235,000
7	7	Renato	Puertas	Sao Paulo		790,000
7	8	Terry	Kim	Scottsdale	AZ	1,169,000
7	9	Nelson	Mari	Ibiza		870,000
8	1	Joshua	Zucchet	Arden	NV	363,000
8	2	Yuan	Yu	Shanghai		365,000
8	3	Shravan	Kulshrestha	Miami	FL	704,000
8	4	Eric	Siegel	Bellmore	NY	415,000
8	5	Brandon	Miller	Palm Bay	FL	275,000
8	6	Eugene	Kotlyarevskiy	Parkland	FL	205,000
8	7	Stefan	Haqq	Port Of Spain		258,000
8	8	Yaniv	Yarkony	Davie	FL	822,000
8	9	Patrick	Biancone	Boynton Beach	FL	2,740,000
13	1	Antuan	Bunkley	West Palm Beach	FL	850,000
13	3	John	Malvasio	Valley Stream	NY	393,000
13	4	Huifang	Zhang	Las Vegas	NV	1,428,000
13	5	Keith	Saunders	Miami	FL	690,000
13	6	Nicholas	Seward	Las Vegas	NV	1,782,000
13	7	Mykhailo	Lendel	Jamesburg	NJ	1,282,000
13	8	Eric	Yanovsky	Brooklyn	NY	1,240,000
13	9	Gary	Gelman	Brooklyn	NY	275,000
14	1	Kyle	Taddei	Coconut Creek	FL	683,000
14	2	Scott	Zakheim	Fort Lauderdale	FL	265,000
14	3	Michael	Newman	Fort Lauderdale	FL	796,000
14	4	Sandeep	Devarshetty	Cumming	GA	1,170,000
14	5	Scott	Baumstein	Ft Lauderdale	FL	522,000
14	6	George	Hortelano	Plantation	FL	2,575,000
14	7	Christiano	Souza	Boynton Beach	FL	130,000
14	8	Kao	Saechao	Renton	WA	1,331,000
14	9	Myles	Mullaly	Rye	NY	1,090,000
15	1	Vanessa	Kade	Kelowna	BC	355,000
15	2	Michael	Liang	Las Vegas	NV	630,000
15	3	Paul	Zappulla Jr	Las Vegas	NV	312,000
15	4	Ernest	Bush	Fort Lauderdale	FL	1,285,000
15	5	Matthew	Paul	Miami	FL	560,000
15	6	Anthony	Merrill	Forest Hills	NY	1,046,000
15	7	Shawn	Stern	Chestnut Rdg	NY	867,000
15	8	Moshe	Refaelovitz	New York	NY	200,000
15	9	Ian	Siegel	Davie	FL	925,000
16	1	Timothy	Tobey	Key Largo	FL	667,000
16	2	Pasquale	Calabria	Naples	FL	915,000
16	3	Guillermo	Reyes Cardoso	Miami	FL	1,065,000
16	4	Michael	Amato	Boca Raton	FL	575,000
16	5	David	Oshry	Loxahatchee	FL	430,000
16	6	Daniel	Swartz	N Ridgeville	OH	1,740,000
16	7	Leo	Taffe	Ann Arbor	MI	1,260,000
16	8	Ory	Hen	Hollywood	FL	615,000
16	9	Ross	Fischer	Davie	FL	373,000
21	2	Logan	Eisner	Merrick	NY	675,000
21	3	Chance	Kornuth	Nashville	TN	1,120,000
21	4	Daniyal	Gheba	Las Vegas	NV	565,000
21	5	Ronald	Katz	Hollywood	FL	890,000
21	6	Frank	Brannan	Brooklyn	NY	2,645,000
21	7	Jared	Gable	Boca Raton	FL	1,335,000
21	8	Alex	Anton	Miami	FL	665,000
21	9	Eric	Kolodny	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	405,000
22	1	Judith	Bielan	Las Vegas	NV	490,000
22	2	Solange	Lucas	Davie	FL	100,000
22	3	Benjamin	Moschel	Miami	FL	651,000
22	5	Chase	Carlin	Boynton Beach	FL	365,000
22	6	Nigel	Murray	Miramar	FL	2,300,000
22	7	Fred	Paradis	Oldsmar	FL	272,000
22	8	Marco	Rodriguez	Sunrise	FL	1,010,000
22	9	Chad	Summers	Pompano Beach	FL	256,000
23	1	Tyler	Goldsmith	Orlando	FL	805,000
23	2	Amy	Patel	Alpharetta	GA	416,000
23	3	Anthony	Squicciarini	Bonita Spgs	FL	674,000
23	4	John	Morris	Kansas City	MO	525,000
23	5	Jack	Shea	Jacksonville	FL	460,000
23	6	Constantinos	Psallidas	Montreal	QC	259,000
23	7	Andrew	Jones	Naples	FL	1,047,000
23	8	Victoria	Livschitz	Whitefish	MT	450,000
23	9	Eugene	Katchalov	Las Vegas	NV	666,000
24	1	Francisco	De La Rosa Sanchez	Madrid		323,000
24	2	Jia Chi	Li	Taipe		530,000
24	3	Mark	Glazewski	Hernando	FL	820,000
24	4	James	Weidenborner	Verona	NJ	568,000
24	5	Alejandro	Bristol	Davie	FL	1,280,000
24	6	Ido	Ashkenazi	Fort Lauderdale	FL	575,000
24	7	Jessica	Cai	Lake Worth	FL	1,679,000
24	8	Davis	Harari	San Juan	NY	813,000
24	9	Zhen	Cai	Lake Worth	FL	575,000
30	1	Michael	Chiappetta	Boca Raton	FL	163,000
30	2	James	Romero	Las Vegas	NV	660,000
30	3	Cameron	Storto	Ft Lauderdale	FL	929,000
30	4	Lawrence	Travers	Davie	FL	266,000
30	5	Jeffrey	Schneider	Boynton Beach	FL	170,000
30	7	Peter	Vitantonio	Highland Hgts	OH	565,000
30	8	Justin	Fawcett	Gainesville	FL	1,255,000
30	9	Albert	Gil	Holon		1,450,000
31	1	Philip	Capron	Norfolk	VA	705,000
31	2	Carlos	Dorca	Doral	FL	195,000
31	3	Mica	Lamar	Wellington	FL	389,000
31	4	Bin	Weng	Las Vegas	NV	1,544,000
31	5	Ian	Kramer	Lake Worth	FL	1,370,000
31	6	Zyad	Qasem	Port St Lucie	FL	1,545,000
31	7	Paul	Balzano	Sunrise	FL	1,830,000
31	8	Kuang Hung	Lee	Taipe		890,000
31	9	Mike	Beasley	Weston	FL	316,000
32	1	Spencer	Champlin	Las Vegas	NV	255,000
32	2	Levi	Berger	Brooklyn	NY	740,000
32	3	Steven	Berman	Aventura	FL	231,000
32	4	Gary	Herstein	Chicago	IL	1,000,000
32	6	Kharlin	Sued	Pembroke Pines	FL	128,000
32	7	Philip	Rigby	Mitcham		942,000
32	8	Roni	Zelichonok	Aventura	FL	410,000
32	9	Paul	Lacroix	Miami	FL	275,000

2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Mixed Games Leaderboard After Day 8

August 7, 2025 @ 4:45AM by Mickey Doft

The 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open features the return of the $10,000 Mixed Game Tournament Leaderboard, highlighting some of our best mixed players throughout the series.

We have nine qualifying tournaments between July 30 and August 7 with the top spot earning a SHRPO $1,100 tournament ticket plus $3,000 in cash and the pretty Hard Rock guitar.

With one event to go, Joseph Olivieri remains atop the leaderboard, thanks to his win in Event 7 and a runner-up finish in Event 12.

Event 4: $600 Big O
Event 7: $600 Omaha 8
Event 12: $600 10-Game Mix
Event 17 : $600 Mixed PLO
Event 20: $600 Mixed Triple Draw
Event 26: $600 Big Bet Dealers Choice
Event 28: $600 H.O.R.S.E.
Event 33: $600 PLO 8
Event 38: $1,100 Omaha 8

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Points
1	Joseph	Olivieri	201
2	David	Tarbet	154.8
3	Gabe	Ramos	145.6
4	Jordan	Miller	142.8
5	Jon	Turner	140.9
6	Nicolas	Milgrom	136
7	Mitchell	Garonce	130
8	Lewis	Gallo	128.4
9	Brandon	Cantu	120
10	Kristan	Lord	111.5
11	John	Capitano	110
11	Scott	Matejka	110
11	Michael	Soroka	110
14	Stephen	Allen	105.6
15	David	Shmuel	103.8
16	Leonard	Kriss	102.8
17	Richie	Allen	86.6
18	Harvey	Freedman	84
19	A.J.	Kelsall	81.8
20	Joshua	Brower	77
20	Matt	Glantz	77
22	Justin	Turner	69.7
23	Christopher	Labrie	68.8
24	Ariel	Mantel	66.2
25	Donny	Rubinstein	62.7
26	Eric	Polirer	62.2
26	Michael	Tadlock	62.2
28	David	Rivera	60
29	Robert	Morris	59.4
30	Elias	Nassif	57.2
31	George	Linkenback	55.4
32	Jason	Blodgett	55
33	Daniel	Blum	53
34	Jonathan	Moschel	52.4
35	Kevin	Turnage	52.3
36	Julius	Reiner	51
37	Joshua	Cummings	49.4
38	Aron	Dermer	49.2
38	Brian	Ng	49.2
38	Ziya	Rahim	49.2
41	Andrea	Mastrogiovanni	48
42	Robert	Poolos	45.5
43	Kyle	Fleischmann	45.3
44	John	Holley Iii	45
45	Matthew	Bretzfield	44.6
46	Long	Nguyen	44.3
47	Andrew	Woodmancey	44.2
48	Jason	Papastavrou	40.7
49	Cary	Rosenthal	38.5
50	Ilya	Dyment	38
51	Stuart	Elkin	36.4
52	Robert	Williamson	35.4
53	Todd	Brenn	34
54	Andrew	Dudley	33.6
55	Kao	Saechao	31
56	Phillip	Wyatt	30.9
57	Matthew	Allen	30.4
58	Gary	Bolden	29.2
59	Brandon	Berkenfeld	28.7
60	Emmanuel	Badmus Fakiyesi	26.4
61	Christopher	Carey	26.3
62	David	Prociak	26.3
63	Matthew	Wolfson	25.7
64	Brandt	Shuler	24
65	Michael	Stones	22.6
66	William	Gibbons	22
67	Marc	Sacheli	21.9
68	Steven	Gray	21.3
69	Ricardo	Quintero	20.9
70	Andrew	Laikin	20.2
71	Mitchell	Lampitt	20.2
72	Michael	Gross	19.5
73	Manuel	Lopez	19.5
74	Jonathan	Delmundo	18.4
75	Michael	Dreese	18.4
76	Brandon	Ageloff	18
77	Thomas	Currey	18
78	Steven	Steinmetz	18
79	Mark	Hurst	16.5
80	Michael	Amato	14
81	Kenneth	Po	11.6
82	Tal	Avivi	11.4
83	Scott	Rist	11.4
84	Kevin	Love	11.2
85	Christopher	Licht	9.4
86	Natan	Wager Vainer	9.4
87	Laurence	Cumiskey, Jr	9.2
88	Nicholas	Zivolich	9.2
89	Jeffrey	Cookson	9
90	Zhen	Cai	7.4
91	David	Oshry	7.4
92	Charles	Simon	7.4
93	Sergei	Kirkunov	7.2
94	Donald	Todd	7.2
95	Peter	Walsworth	7.2
96	Gregory	Baird	7
97	Nadya	Magnus	7
98	Matthew	Mullins	7
99	Paul	Zappulla Jr	7
100	Phillip	Hui	6.8
101	Joel	Alpert	6.6
102	Oxana	Cummings	6.6
103	Dale	Phillips	6.6
104	Samuel	Sternfield	6.6
105	Oscar	Castagna	5
106	Dave	Digiovanni	5
107	Daniel	Fairclough	5
108	Darryll	Fish	5
109	Kamel	Mokhammad	5
110	Aaron	Ricks	5
111	Marcus	Shepard	5
112	Zachary	Barres	4.8
113	William	Beasley	4.8
114	Patrick	Caputo	4.8
115	Joel	Harwood	4.8
116	George	Maroulianakis	4.8
117	Steven	Pollack	4.8
118	Graham	Wells	4.8
119	Matthew	Kaplan	4.8
120	Claudangelo	Beaudouin	4.6
121	John	Binns	4.6
122	Stefan	Bowles	4.6
123	Kelly	Chapman	4.6
124	Matthew	Danchik	4.6
125	Sebastiaan	De Jonge	4.6
126	Grant	Hart	4.6
127	Scott	Hecker	4.6
128	George	Holzer Jr	4.6
129	Andres	Korn	4.6
130	Laurence	Miles	4.6
131	Lana	Rosenberg	4.6
132	Joshua	Thatcher	4.6
133	Joel	Deutsch	4.4
134	Peter	Dirksen	4.4
135	Scott	Epstein	4.4
136	Scott	Gullett	4.4
137	Eugene	Katchalov	4.4
138	Baylie	Kull	4.4
139	Frank	Menendez	4.4
140	Eugene	Mistretta	4.4
141	David	Navratil	4.4
142	Efthimios	Piperakis	4.4
143	German	Quintero Pineros	4.4
144	Martin	Raschkovan	4.4
145	Lazaro	Rodriguez	4.4
146	Steven	Rosling Jr	4.4
147	Domenic	Armano	2.6
148	David	Bradshaw Jr	2.6
149	Jason	Brewer	2.6
150	Jason	Burruss	2.6
151	Dante	Cianfarra	2.6
152	Rinat	Dinmukhametov	2.6
153	Stephen	Esposito	2.6
154	Frederick	Goldberg	2.6
155	Glyn	Griffis	2.6
156	Benjamin	Harris	2.6
157	Roy	Heimowitz	2.6
158	Nathan	Helmick	2.6
159	Johnathan	Hill	2.6
160	Brian	Jenkins	2.6
161	Stephen	Johnson	2.6
162	Jason	Kahan	2.6
163	Saif	Keshwani	2.6
164	Jared	Koppel	2.6
165	Ryan	Leto	2.6
166	Dimas	Martinez	2.6
167	Manelic	Minaya	2.6
168	Marco	Moran	2.6
169	Aristoteles	Neto	2.6
170	Michael	Newman	2.6
171	Steven	Novak	2.6
172	Justin	Obssuth	2.6
173	Joseph	Patalano	2.6
174	Julian Teoman	Petrowski	2.6
175	Andrew	Probst	2.6
176	Patrick	Ritacco	2.6
177	Steven	Roth	2.6
178	Jeffrey	Sanders	2.6
179	Marc	Satin	2.6
180	Brandon	Shields	2.6
181	Michael	Snow	2.6
182	Sean	Stoll	2.6
183	Dimitri	Vorbe	2.6
184	David	Weiner	2.6
185	Daniella	Adri Suid	2.4
186	Denis	Anderson	2.4
187	Scott	Baumstein	2.4
188	Andrew	Becker	2.4
189	Carlos	Bermudez	2.4
190	Yuval	Bronshtein	2.4
191	Egerton	Bullock	2.4
192	Derek	Burns	2.4
193	Walter	Buss	2.4
194	William	Clay	2.4
195	Neal	Corcoran	2.4
196	Chase	Crouch	2.4
197	David	Eller	2.4
198	Brett	Feldman	2.4
199	James	Hagan	2.4
200	Mariia	Ievseieva	2.4
201	Michelle	Konig	2.4
202	Paul	Lenkeit	2.4
203	David	Liu	2.4
204	Nawaung	Maran	2.4
205	Rodrigo	Mehech	2.4
206	Karim	Merali	2.4
207	Richard	Moore	2.4
208	David	Moreno	2.4
209	William	Moulton	2.4
210	Gary	Muzzonigro	2.4
211	Brenda	Nelson	2.4
212	Jason	O'Loughlin	2.4
213	Alexander	Orlov	2.4
214	Marc	Rabuse	2.4
215	Sachin	Ramrakhani	2.4
216	Evelyn	Rosling	2.4
217	Donavan	Roussell	2.4
218	Steven	Rutter	2.4
219	Dmitry	Savelyev	2.4
220	Richard	Seamon	2.4
221	James	Sebastiano	2.4
222	Brian	Sekel	2.4
223	Brian	Smith	2.4
224	Philip	Sokolov	2.4
225	Filippos	Stavrakis	2.4
226	Ronnie	Tate	2.4
227	Keith	Wagner	2.4
228	Lawrence	Whyte	2.4
229	Willie	Wiggins Jr	2.4
230	Paul	Williams	2.4
231	Stewart	Yancik	2.4
232	Frank	Alcock	2.2
233	Matthew	Axelrod	2.2
234	Max	Benrexi	2.2
235	Bariscan	Betil	2.2
236	Douglas	Booth	2.2
237	Michael	Boykin	2.2
238	John	Cofhlin Iii	2.2
239	Steven	Davis	2.2
240	Diomig	Delgado	2.2
241	Stephen	Delvecchio Jr	2.2
242	Philip	Denomme	2.2
243	Beau	Dickinson	2.2
244	Thomas	Eagle	2.2
245	Ronnie	Elkhatib	2.2
246	Jeffrey	Gale	2.2
247	Vernon	Gerlack	2.2
248	Joshua	Gerzog	2.2
249	John	Goyette	2.2
250	Dominic	Granteed	2.2
251	Ali	Heins	2.2
252	Melanie	Hochman	2.2
253	Christian	Ivens	2.2
254	Charles	Jacoby	2.2
255	Jordan	Joeckel	2.2
256	Steven	Kaplan	2.2
257	Aaron	Klausman	2.2
258	Ross	Lebo	2.2
259	Gregg	Lengle	2.2
260	Cecith	Londono	2.2
261	Jason	Marshman	2.2
262	David	May	2.2
263	Charles	Mayes	2.2
264	Donnie	Mcbrayer	2.2
265	Keith	Mccormack	2.2
266	Victor	Nassif	2.2
267	Brian	Nichols	2.2
268	Daniel	Nocerino	2.2
269	David	Nowling	2.2
270	Erik	Perry	2.2
271	Jerry	Robinson Jr	2.2
272	Axel	Rodriguez	2.2
273	Hunter	Rosling	2.2
274	John	Shuler	2.2
275	John	Simcox	2.2
276	David	Simpson	2.2
277	Theodore	Sobo	2.2
278	Emil	Soffer	2.2
279	Sam	Spira	2.2
280	Marcus	Stein	2.2
281	Jonathon	Toft-Nielsen	2.2
282	Gary	Vick	2.2
283	Christopher	Walker	2.2
284	James	Weidenborner	2.2
285	Charles	Wells	2.2
286	Marc	Wolfe	2.2
287	Omar	Yates	2.2

2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Matthew Beinner Wins Event 37 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Heads-Up Deal for $8,488

August 7, 2025 @ 3:46AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 37
$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries: 54
Prize Pool: $27,000
Bounty Prize Pool: $27,000
August 6, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 37 Champion Matthew Beinner

Event 37 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $1,100 Purple Chip Bounty Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 54 entries generated a prize pool of $27,000, with an additional $27,000 set aside for bounties.

A heads-up deal was reached between Matthew Beinner and Andre Plaza, who had each final tabled events earlier in the night. Beinner took seventh in the $2K NLHE Event 34, while Plaza took a seventh of his own in the $600 PLO Multi-Flight Event 25.

Beinner had the chip lead in their deal, making him the official Event 37 winner for $8,488.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Matther	Beinner	$8,488
2	Andre	Plaza	$7,442
3	Sun	Choi	$3,645
4	Kamel	Mokhammad	$2,565
5	Youssef	Bagrach	$2,025
6	Brandon	Smith	$1,620
7	Alcides	Gomez	$1,215

*denotes heads-up deal

2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Anik Ajmera Wins Event 36 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $36,900

August 7, 2025 @ 3:34AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 25
$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 364
Prize Pool: $189,200
August 4-6, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 25 Champion Anik Ajmera

Event 25 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha Multi Flight (Re-Entry). Across four starting flights, a total of 364 entries generated a prize pool of $189,200, nearly doubling the guarantee.

After a lengthy final table, it was Anik Ajmera who emerged victorious, winning outright for $36,900.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Anik	Ajmera	$36,900
2	Lou	Ojeda	$26,000
3	Joel	Gossett	$19,200
4	David	Eller	$14,400
5	Gabriel	Pardo	$10,900
6	Igor	Tretyakov	$8,300
7	Andre	Plaza	$6,400
8	Paul	Zappulla	$4,960
9	David	Ehrenfeld	$3,880
10	Daniel	Wirgau	$3,880
11	Steve	Yagudaev	$2,960
12	Darin	Lyons	$2,960
13	Roai	Saiag	$2,340
14	Rafael	Rodriguez	$2,340
15	Russell	Brooks	$2,340
16	Bradley	Rhodes	$1,920
17	Ivan	Suarez	$1,920
18	Yulien	Alvarez	$1,920
19	Kamel	Mokhammad	$1,920
20	Danny	Clarkson	$1,560
21	Lawrence	Cowsar	$1,560
22	Thomas	Romero-North	$1,560
23	Ron	Jacobowitz	$1,560
24	Michael	Newman	$1,240
25	Jon	Turner	$1,240
26	Floyd	Scott*Jr.	$1,240
27	Ian	Greendale	$1,240
28	Jeffrey	Gale	$1,240
29	Richard	Becker	$1,240
30	Eric	Kolodny	$1,240
31	Christopher	Zollo	$1,240
32	Will	Failla	$1,040
33	Jordan	Miller	$1,040
34	Ira	Schwartz	$1,040
35	Michael	Junco	$1,040
36	Donald	Todd	$1,040
37	Alexis	Puga*Alvarino	$1,040
38	James	Rone	$1,040
39	Joseph	Klonowski	$1,040
40	Michael	Mendez	$1,040
41	Tyler	Bentz	$1,040
42	Paul	Fisher	$1,040
43	Brandon	Duvdivani	$1,040
44	Brian	Ng	$1,040
45	Ido	Ashkenazi	$1,040
46	Noah	Schwartz	$1,040
47	Michael	Dentale	$1,040
48	Bradley	Beetz	$1,040

2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Ginold Rendel Wins Event 36 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Nine-Way Deal for $2,824

August 7, 2025 @ 3:22AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 36
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries: 189
Prize Pool: $29,295
Bounty Prize Pool: $18,900
August 6, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 36 Champion Ginold Rendel

Event 36 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry). A field of 189 entries generated a prize pool of $29,295, with an additional $18,900 set aside for bounties.

A rare nine-way deal was reached at the final table and Ginold Rendel was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 36 winner for $2,824.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Ginold	Rendel	$2,824*
2	Joseph	Gotlieb	$2,789*
3	James	Bernard	$2,788*
4	Jorge	Del Carpio Marroquin	$2,608*
5	Luis	Cristobol	$2,493*
6	Rafael	Calmet Mosto	$2,334*
7	Emiliano	Guido	$2,165*
8	Mykhailo	Avdieienko	$2,077*
9	Emilio	Brana	$2,077*
10	Zeev	Ilmer	$660
11	Anthony	Stewart	$660
12	Lies	Bechrir	$660
13	Jonathan	Goldman	$550
14	Brandon	Metcalf	$550
15	Michael	Tarafa	$550
16	Jhoan	Ladino	$450
17	Paula	Alibrandi	$450
18	Miguelangel	Salvador	$450
19	Maria	Hernandez	$360
20	Chad	Tucker	$360
21	Michael	Russo	$360
22	Ji Cheng	Ding	$360
23	Shaul	Sultan	$360
24	Alain	Candales Falcon	$360

*denotes nine-way deal

2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Brandon Cantu Wins Event 33 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $15,710

August 7, 2025 @ 3:02AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 33
$600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries: 101
Prize Pool: $52,015
August 6, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 33 Champion Brandon Cantu

Event 33 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry), drawing 101 entries for a prize pool of $52,015.

Emerging victorious was Brandon Cantu, taking it down outright for $15,710.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Brandon	Cantu	$15,710
2	Harvey	Freedman	$9,755
3	Leonard	Kriss	$5,980
4	David	Shmuel	$3,900
5	Andrea	Mastrogiovanni	$3,045
6	Matt	Bretzfield	$2,430
7	John	Holley	$2,070
8	Kevin	Turnage	$1,795
9	Gabe	Ramos	$1,585
10	Kristan	Lord	$1,585
11	Brian	Ng	$1,430
12	Michael	Stones	$1,430
13	Todd	Brenn	$1,300

2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Bulat Khusainov Wins Event 35 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $25,975

August 7, 2025 @ 2:55AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 35
$1,100 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 80
Prize Pool: $77,600
August 6, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 35 Champion Bulat Khusainov

Event 35 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 80 entries for a prize pool of $77,600.

Taking it down was Bulat Khusainov, winning outright for $25,975.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Bulat	Khusainov	$25,975
2	Brian	Powell	$15,200
3	Adam	Levy	$9,460
4	Jared	Koppel	$6,400
5	Blake	Whittington	$4,850
6	David	Marmor	$4,000
7	Nguyen	Le	$3,500
8	Andrew	Woodmancey	$3,100
9	Israt	Zahan	$2,715
10	Benjamin	Eilers	$2,400

2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 25: Anik Ajmera Wins! ($36,900); Lou Ojeda Finishes Runner-Up ($26,000)

August 7, 2025 @ 2:21AM by Mickey Doft

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $189,280 | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 364

Anik Ajmera potted to 180,000 from the button, Lou Ojeda repotted to 540,000 in the big blind, Ajmera repotted, and Ojeda called all in for about 890,000.

Ajmera:
Ojeda:

The board came , giving Ajmera an ace-high diamond flush to win Event 25 outright for $36,900. Ojeda finished runner-up for $26,000.

A recap of Event 25 will be posted later tonight.

2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 25: Anik Ajmera Wins a Pot Worth 2.61 Million to Take a Big Lead Over Lou Ojeda

August 7, 2025 @ 1:58AM by BJ Nemeth

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $189,280 | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 364

Lou Ojeda (small blind) and Anik Ajmera (big blind) put in 180,000 each to see a flop of , and both players checked.

The turn card was the , Ajmera bet 225,000, and Ojeda called.

The river card was the , Ajmera pot-bet 870,000, and Ojeda tanked for a while before he called.

Ajmera showed to win the pot with a full house, fives full of jacks, and Ojeda mucks.

Anik Ajmera – 5,725,000 (95 bb)
Lou Ojeda – 1,560,000 (26 bb)

Here are the final table payouts at stake:

1st: $36,900 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $26,000

3rd: Joel Gossett – $19,200
4th: David Eller – $14,400
5th: Gabriel Pardo – $10,900
6th: Igor Tretyakov – $8,300
7th: Andre Plaza – $6,400
8th: Paul Zappulla – $4,960
9th: David Ehrenfeld – $3,880

2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 25: Lou Ojeda Evens It Up With a Set of Fives

August 7, 2025 @ 1:53AM by BJ Nemeth

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $189,280 | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 364

Lou Ojeda (small blind) and Anik Ajmera (big blind) put in 180,000 each to see a flop of . Ajmera checked, Ojeda bet 225,000, and Ajmera called.