2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$1,100 Deep Stack Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha
Entries:  77
Prize Pool:  $74,690
November 20, 2025

Event 6 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha, attracting 77 entries for a prize pool of $74,690. A heads-up deal between the final two players was made and Manuel Herrera Lopez was the chip leader, making him the official Event 6 winner for $24,114.

*denotes heads-up deal

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 5
$600 Limit Omaha 8
Entries:  82
Prize Pool:  $42,640
November 20, 2025

Event 5 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $600 Limit Omaha 8, drawing 82 entries for a prize pool of $42,640. A three-way deal was made at the final table, and Aron Dermer was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 6 winner for $9,344.

This marked Dermer’s fourth SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won the $400 H.O.R.S.E. event during the 2022 LHPO, the $360 H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2019 Showdown, and the Charity Series of Poker/Jeff Conine Celebrity Poker Classic at the 2017 SHRPO.

*denotes three-way deal

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 8
$400 Deep Stack Turbo Pot-Limit Omaha
Entries:  82
Prize Pool:  $27,880
November 20, 2025

Event 8 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack Turbo Pot-Limit Omaha, drawing 82 entries for a prize pool of $27,880. The final 11 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $785.

Up top for the winner is $8,975.

1st:  $8,975 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $5,440
3rd:  $3,380
4th:  $2,285
5th:  $1,745
6th:  $1,400
7th:  $1,155
8th:  $975
9th:  $900
10th:  $840
11th:  $785

$600 Limit Omaha 8
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  25,000/50,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  8 of 82

Seat 1:  David Rivera  –  470,000  (9 BB)
Seat 2:  Gabe Ramos  –  290,000  (6 BB)
Seat 3:  Zachariah Polasky  –  190,000  (4 BB)
Seat 4:  Ahmet Alper  –  305,000  (6 BB)
Seat 5:  Michelle Konig  –  107,000  (2 BB)
Seat 6:  Aron Dermer  –  460,000  (9 BB)
Seat 7:  Cary Rosenthal  –   24,000  (.5 BB)
Seat 8:  Nicholas Blumenthal  –  205,000  (4 BB)

1st: $13,735 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $8,315
3rd: $5,170
4th: $3,500
5th: $2,665
6th: $2,130
7th: $1,770
8th: $1,500

9th:  Arturo Morgan  –  $1,375
10th:  Benjamin Goldstein  –  $1,200
11th:  Chris Labrie  –  $1,200

$1,100 Deep Stack Five-Card Pot-Limit Omaha
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 77

Seat 1:  Elliott Kampen  –  655,000  (82 bb)
Seat 2:  Pawel Andrzejewski  –  71,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3:  Nicholas Nieto  –  81,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4:  Richie Allen  –  61,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5:  Paul Fisher  –  120,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6:  Abel Gebeyehu  –  174,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7:  Jeffrey Gale  –  234,000  (29 bb)
Seat 8:  Manuel Herrera Lopez  –  144,000  (18 bb)

1st:  $24,935 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $14,565
3rd:  $9,200
4th:  $6,160
5th:  $4,670
6th:  $3,900
7th:  $3,400
8th:  $3,000

9th:  Oliver Bithell  –  $2,620
10th:  Andrei Mitsiuk  –  $2,240

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 7
$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  211
Prize Pool:  $33,760
November 20, 2025

Event 7 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em, drawing a field of 211 entries for a prize pool of $33,760. The final 27 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $380.

Up top for the winner is $7,220 and a $3,500 ticket into the WPT RRPO Championship event.

1st:  $7,220 + $3,500 WPT RRPO Ticket + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $4,940
3rd:  $3,680
4th:  $2,740
5th:  $2,080
6th:  $1,580
7th:  $1,220
8th:  $940
9th-10th:  $740
11th-12th:  $660
13th-15th:  $560
16th-19th:  $460
20th-27th:  $380

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight D Players Remaining:  333 of 678

Flight D of RRPO Event 1 closed with 557 entries, bringing the total field size to 2,458 entries at the halfway point, with the expected four largest flights to come

Play in Flight D will continue until 68 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to cash, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Chip Counts Thru Flight C

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 177 of 1,779

Flight A:  536 Entries;  53 Advanced
Flight B:  557 Entries;  55 Advanced
Flight C:  686 Entries;  69 Advanced
Flight D:  In Progress (Reg. Open ~9:30 p.m.)
Flight E:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Friday at 5 p.m.
Flight G:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight H:  Saturday at 5 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.
Day 3:  Monday at 1 p.m.

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  69 of 686

Flight C of Event 1 drew 686 entries, bringing the total field side to 1,779 entries with five starting flights to go. Jack Nathan bagged the biggest stack of the 69 Flight C survivors, putting 687,000 (115 big blinds) in the bag.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted soon, but here are the seven players who bagged at least 400K:

1.  Jack Nathan  –  687,000  (115 bb)
2.  Jeff Fielder  –  571,000  (95 bb)
3.  David Helpard  –  515,000  (86 bb)
4.  John DePersio  –  500,000  (83 bb)
5.  Eric Phan  –  455,000   (76 bb)
6.  Eddie Uehara  –  425,000  (71 bb)
7.  Ben Zamani  –  416,000  (69 bb)

Day 2 will begin Sunday at 1 p.m. with blinds at the same point as the starting flight that finished the earliest, which right now is Level 16 with blinds of 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante.

Flight D is already underway, and registration remains open until the start of Level 9 (9:30 pm).

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  69 of 686

Jonathan Marcu raised all in for 23,000 from under the gun and David Helpard isolated the action from the button with , leading Marcu’s .

The board ran out , no help to Marcu, locking up the pot for Helpard and sending the remaining field onward to Day 2.

David Helpard  –  515,000  (86 bb)
Jonathan Marcu  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Perhaps the happiest player in the room for the money bubble to burst was John De Soto, who was down to a single 1K chip and was due to be the big blind the next hand.

A recap of Flight C will be posted soon with the chip leaders, and full chip counts will be posted in a little while.