Event 42: Yann Abitbol Leads the Final Four Players

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $269,360  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 518

Seat 1:  Anthony Piacquadio  –  1,600,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2:  Hitesh Patel  –  2,710,000  (45 bb)
Seat 3:  Yann Abitbol  –  3,500,000  (58 bb)
Seat 4:  Steve Karp  –  2,550,000  (43 bb)

1st:  $48,000 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $32,200
3rd:  $23,700
4th:  $17,800

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
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

Championship: Counts on Break; Hyndi Khomutetsky Back in the Lead

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,224

Hyndi Khomutetsky (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Seat 1.  Kevin Nee  –  10,375,000  (52 bb)
Seat 2.  Chad Eveslage  –  7,575,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3.  Aram Zobian  –  5,250,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4.  Anthony Merlo  –  11,850,000  (59 bb)
Seat 5.  Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  12,125,000  (61 bb)
Seat 6.  Nenad Medic  –  6,075,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7.  Joel Gola  –  7,925,000  (40 bb)

1st:  $605,100
2nd:  $395,000
3rd:  $295,000
4th:  $220,000
5th:  $166,000
6th:  $127,000
7th:  $98,000

Jhordy Sanchez Wins Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 44 Outright for $28,440

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 44
$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  112
Prize Pool:  $108,640
December 1 – 2, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 44 Champion Jhordy Sanchez

RRPO Event 44 was a $1,100 buy-in Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $100,000 guarantee, and the 112 entries beat that number for a $108,640 prize pool. Jhordy Sanchez had a long day but came out on top for the outright win and $28,440.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1JhordySanchez$28,440
2JonathanWang$19,000
3FabianNiederreiter$14,100
4RandallEmmett$10,500
5BorisShakhmurov$8,000
6ZyadQasen$6,100
7AlbertoCifuentes$4,680
8DavidMcGowan$3,620
9MitchGarshofsky$2,840
10RichardRice$2,840
11HunterCichy$2,320
12PavlinKarakikov$2,320
13JohnMcDonald$1,940
14StuartTaylor$1,940

Championship: Rob Wazwaz – 8th Place ($76,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,224

Rob Wazwaz (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Rob Wazwaz open-shipped for 1,875,000 from middle position and it folded around to Kevin Nee on the button. He called and the blinds folded.

Wazwaz: 8h8c
Nee: 9s9d

Wazwaz was in a lot of trouble with the smaller pair and nothing on the AhJd4sJs5s board gave him any help.

Kevin Nee – 10,675,000  (85 bb)
Rob Wazwaz – Eliminated in 8th Place ($76,000)

Championship: Shane Santacroce – 9th Place ($59,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,224

Shane Santacroce (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Hyndi Khomutetsky opened to 300,000 from the hijack, and Shane Santacroce three-bet to 750,000 from the cutoff. Khomutetsky moved all in, and Santacroce called at risk for 3,425,000.

Santacroce: 9s9h
Khomutetsky: AcKc

Another big race for Santacroce, and he needed his nines to hold to stick around. Khomutetsky took the lead when she paired her king on the Ks7h6s flop. The Jd turn and Ad river finished the board, and Santacroce was the ninth-place finisher.

Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  10,875,000  (73 bb)
Shane Santacroce  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($59,000)

Boris Kolev Wins RRPO $25K High Roller for Second Win in Two Days

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 45
$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  51
Prize Pool:  $1,259,700
December 1-2, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open High Roller Champion Boris Kolev

The 2025 RRPO $25K High Roller was the biggest buy-in tournament on the schedule, and it drew 51 entries, pushing the $1,000,000 guarantee to a prize pool of $1,259,700. As expected, it was a talented final table, and Boris Kolev took the title for $465,900 after defeating Max Neugebauer.

It was a great two days for Kolev; he won the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em event yesterday afternoon, then entered the High Roller and won it today, going back-to-back in the two biggest buy-in events on the schedule.

Congrats Boris!

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1BorisKolev$465,900
2MaxNeugebauer$277,200
3BrandonWilson$170,100
4DavidColeman$119,700
5JustinLiberto$94,500
6BrockWilson$75,600
7ThomasBoivin$56,700

Championship: Nenad Medic Doubles Through Shane Santacroce

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,224

Nenad Medic (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Anthony Merlo opened to 325,000 from the cutoff and Shane Santacroce three-bet to 1,075,000 from the big blind. Nenad Medic cold four-bet to 2,675,000 from the big blind and Merlo folded.

Santacrose put in a fifth bet for all of his chips and Medic called at risk for 6,650,000 total.

Medic: JhJc
Santacroce: AcKd

A huge flip at the final table and Medic needed his jacks to hold to double. The board ran clean TsTc7c4d2h and he took the huge pot.

Nenad Medic – 13,475,000 (90 bb)
Shane Santacroce – 1,450,000 (10 bb)

Event 50: Prize Pool and Payouts; $143,900 Up Top

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

Registration closed for the big one-day $5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 121 entries, more than doubling the $250,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $568,700. The last 16 players will make the money with $9,400 for a min-cash and $143,900 up top for the Event 50 champ.

1st: $143,900 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $96,000
3rd: $72,000
4th: $54,000
5th: $40,500
6th: $31,000
7th: $23,700
8th: $18,400
9th-10th: $14,500
11th-12th: $11,300
13th-16th: $9,400

Event 44: Jhordy Sanchez ($28,440) Defeats Jonathan Wang ($19,000) for the Title

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $108,640  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante

Jhordy Sanchez

After a long tough heads-up battle, Jhordy Sanchez defeated Jonathan Wang heads-up for the $1,100 Triple Stack title.

Wang picked up $19,000 as the runner-up while Sanchez earned $28,440 plus the RRPO trophy for the win.

1st: Jhordy Sanchez – $28,440 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: Jonathan Wang – $19,000

Jonathan Wang