$600 H.O.R.S.E.
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  8 of 62

Seat 1:  Frederic Moss  –  297,000  (15 BB)
Seat 2:  Michael Dreese  –  22,000  (1 BB)
Seat 3:  Hal Klein  –  530,000  (27 BB)
Seat 4:  Daniel Blum  –  33,000  (2 BB)
Seat 5:  Michael Hutsko  –  160,000  (8 BB)
Seat 6:  Ilya Dyment  –  44,000  (2 BB)
Seat 7:  David Tarbet  –  258,000  (13 BB)
Seat 8:  David Shmuel  –  206,000  (10 BB)

1st:  $11,605 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,820
3rd:  $4,275
4th:  $2,900
5th:  $2,255
6th:  $1,775
7th:  $1,450
8th:  $1,160

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 9
$600 Black Chip Bounty 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha
Entries:  63
Prize Pool:  $26,775
Bounty Prize Pool:  $6,300
November 21, 2025

Event 9 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $600 Black Chip Bounty 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha. A field of 63 entries created a prize pool of $26,775, with an additional $6,300 set aside for bounties.

A heads-up deal was made and Pawel Andrzejewski was the chip leader, making him the official Event 9 winner for $7,755.

This marked Andrzejewski’s third SHRP major series trophy, having previously won a $1,100 PLO Six-Max event during the 2023 RRPO and a $1,100 5-Card PLO event during the 2023 Showdown.

*denotes heads-up deal

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight F Players Remaining:  333 of 968

Flight F of RRPO Event 1 closed with 968 entries, bringing the total field size to 4,320 entries with (likely) the two largest flights to come on Saturday.

Play in Flight F will continue until 97 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 E

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$600 H.O.R.S.E.
Entries:  62
Prize Pool:  $32,240
November 21, 2025

Event 11 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $600 H.O.R.S.E. There were 62 entries, producing a prize pool of $32,240. The final eight players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $1,160.

Up top for the winner is $11,605.

1st:  $11,605 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,820
3rd:  $4,275
4th:  $2,900
5th:  $2,255
6th:  $1,775
7th:  $1,450
8th:  $1,160

$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:  333 of 3,352

Flight A:  536 Entries;  53 Advanced
Flight B:  557 Entries;  55 Advanced
Flight C:  686 Entries;  69 Advanced
Flight D:  679 Entries;  67 Advanced
Flight E:  894 Entries;  89 Advanced
Flight F:  In Progress (Reg. Open ~9:30 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 E Players Remaining:  89 of 894

Flight E of Event 1 drew 894 entries, bringing the total field side to 3,351 entries with three starting flights to go. There were 89 players from Flight E that advanced to Day 2 and leading the pack is Wisdom Akpaka with 663,000 (111 big blinds).

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

1.  Wisdom Akpaka  –  663,000  (111 bb)
2.  Quentin Jones  –  635,000  (106 bb)
3.  Kevin Chan  –  630,000  (105 bb)
4.  Robert Hagan  –  597,000  (100 bb)
5.  Christopher Maxfield  –  593,000  (99 bb)
6.  James Carroll  –  576,000  (96 bb)
7.  Evgeniy Catane  –  547,000  (91 bb)
8.  Tal Avivi  –  487,000  (81 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 F 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 E Players Remaining:  89 of 894

James Giraldo raised to 12,000 in the hijack and Christie Yau called in the big blind.

The flop is , Yau went all in for 94,000, and Giraldo thought for a little while before he called with for a pair of eights. Yau showed for a pair of nines.

The turn and river completed the board, safe for Yau to double up.

Christie Yau  –  221,000  (37 bb)
James Giraldo  –  158,000  (26 bb)

Hand-for-hand play was set to begin shortly after, but two eliminations came and the field was down to 89 players and in the money.

Flight E chip leaders will be posted shortly, and full chip counts through the five completed flight will be posted in about an hour.

$400 Turbo NLH/PLO Mix
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Today’s last trophy event gets underway at 8 pm and will be a speedy mix game to close out the day. It is a $400 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha mix that will keep things moving right along.

They’ll start with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 15 minutes until we crown a champ. Late registration and re-entries are available until 10:15 pm.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 12 Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  126 of 894

The last break of Flight E wrapped up and players are back in action with 126 players remaining. Only 90 of them will advance to Day 2 so they need to get to work.

We found two big stacks in the field while they were gone and it wasn’t close with the rest of the field. Kevin Chan was the leader at break with 538,000 followed by Quentin Jones with 526,000 and no one else was over 400K.

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 10
$600 Double Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Entries:  121
Prize Pool:  $38,720
Bounty Prize Pool:  $24,200
November 21, 2025

Registration closed for the $600 Double Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 121 entries, creating a regular prize pool worth $38,720 and a bounty prize pool of $24,200.

The last 16 players will make the money with $860 for a min-cash and $11,105 to the Event 10 champ.

1st: $11,105 + RRPO Trophy
2nd: $6,970
3rd: $4,160
4th: $2,625
5th: $1,940
6th: $1,665
7th: $1,445
8th: $1,275
9th: $1,125
10th-12th: $990
13th-16th: $860