$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,755

The 2025 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship is down to its last six players, and the official WPT final table is set. They will pause in the action, fly across the country, and play in front of cameras on the Hyper X ESports Arena stage at the Luxor in Las Vegas on May 29.

Art Peacock leads the Championship with Daniel Marcus, Jeffery Fritz, Jared Hemingway, Mihai Niste, and Mitchell Hynam rounding out the table.

They each locked up a $164,000 payday with $776,000 awaiting the winner and adding their name to the Mike Sexton Champions Cup.

Seat 1: Art Peacock – 27,150,000 (109 bb)
Seat 2: Jeffery Fritz – 16,150,000 (65 bb)
Seat 3: Mitchell Hynam – 2,000,000 (8 bb)
Seat 4: Jared Hemingway – 11,150,000 (45 bb)
Seat 5: Daniel Marcus – 22,150,000 (89 bb)
Seat 6: Mihai Niste – 8,650,000 (35 bb)

1st: $776,000*
2nd: $515,000
3rd: $380,000
4th: $285,000
5th: $215,000
6th: $164,000

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 74
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  234
Prize Pool:  $35,100
Bounty Prize Pool:  $23,400
April 8, 2025

The 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown closed out with Event 74, a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 234 entries generated a prize pool of $35,100, with an additional $23,400 set aside for bounties.

A heads-up chop took place and Rafael Lima was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 74 winner for $6,530.

This marked Lima’s third SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won a $600 PLO Bounty event during the 2023 SHRPO, and a  $1,700 No-Limit Hold’em Purple Chip Bounty at the 2021 Showdown.

*denotes heads-up chop

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 72
$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  164
Prize Pool:  $770,800
April 8, 2025

Event 72 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 164 entries generated a prize pool of $770,800, more than tripling the guarantee.

Emerging victorious was 2021 WPT Showdown Champion Brek Schutten, winning outright for $185,400.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 164

Brek Schutten raised to 125,000 from the button and Robert Burlacu called in the big blind.

The flop was , Burlacu checked, and Schutten continued for 80,000. Burlacu check-raised to 320,000, Schutten reraised all in with a covering stack, and Burlacu took about five seconds before he called all in for roughly 1,060,000 with for a pair of kings. Schutten tabled for a pair of jacks.

The turn was the , vaulting Schutten into the lead with trip jacks.

The river was the , safe for Schutten to win Event 72 outright for $185,400. Burlacu finished runner-up for $124,000.

A recap of Event 72 will be posted later tonight.

1st:  Brek Schutten  –  $185,400 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  Robert Burlacu  –  $124,000
3rd:  Spencer Champlin  –  $92,000
4th:  Dan Sepiol  –  $69,000
5th:  Adam Adler  –  $52,000
6th:  Fred Li  –  $39,500
7th:  Igor Merda  –  $30,500
8th:  Thomas Reynolds  –  $23,700
9th:  Kevin Rabichow  –  $18,600

10th:  Tim Capretta  –  $18,600
11th:  Russ Head  –  $13,600
12th:  Brandon Wilson  –  $13,600
13th:  Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  $11,300
14th:  Poseidon Ho  –  $11,300
15th:  Dean Lyall  –  $11,300
16th:  David Uvaydov  –  $9,400
17th:  David McGowan  –  $9,400
18th:  Eric Panayiotou  –  $9,400
19th:  Grant Wang  –  $9,400
20th:  Peter Cross  –  $9,400
21st:  Perry Zhao  –  $9,400

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 164

Spencer Champlin raised all in for about 800,000 in the small blind and Brek Schutten called in the big blind with .

Champlin showed and needed to improve to survive.

The board came , no help to Champlin, ending his tournament in third place.

Brek Schutten  –  1,880,000  (31 bb)
Robert Burlacu  –  1,400,000  (23 bb)
Spencer Champlin  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($92,000)

1st:  $185,400 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $124,000

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 164

Dan Sepiol raised all in for 630,000 from the button and Robert Burlacu reraised all in over the top from the small blind with .

Sepiol showed and needed to improve to survive.

The board ran out , giving Sepiol a flopped pair of jacks, but Burlacu rivered a club flush to eliminate Sepiol in fourth place.

Robert Burlacu  –  1,760,000  (29 bb)
Dan Sepiol  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($69,000)

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 73
$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  101
Prize Pool:  $97,970
April 8, 2025

Event 73 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), drawing 101 entries for a prize pool of $97,970.

For the third time this series, taking it down was Yuval Bronshtein, winning outright for $28,930 and his 14th SHRP major series trophy win.

Here are Bronshtein’s 14 SHRP major series victories:

1.  2021 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($7,535)
2.  2021 SHRPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($6,673)
3.  2021 SHRPO:  $400 Pot-Limit Omaha  ($10,423)
4.  2022 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8/Stud 8  ($9,020)
5.  2022 LHPO:  $600 H.O.R.S.E.  ($11,760)
6.  2022 Showdown:  $600 Eight-Max Pot-Limit Omaha  ($20,630)
7.  2022 Showdown:  $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. Championship  ($21,645)
8.  2023 LHPO:  $600 Big O  ($13,405)
9.  2023 RRPO:  $600 H.O.R.S.E.  ($14,405)
10.  2024 LHPO:  $1,100 5-Card PLO  ($21,216)
11.  2025 LHPO: $1,100 Mixed PLO  ($24,588)
12.  2025 Showdown:  $600 10-Game Mix  ($10,940)
13.  2025 Showdown:  $600 Big O  ($15,100)
14.  2025 Showdown:  $1,100 Six-Max PLO  ($28,930)

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 164

Robert Burlacu raised to 110,000 from the cutoff, Dan Sepiol three-bet all in for 415,000 in the big blind, and Burlacu called.

Burlacu: 
Sepiol: 

The board ran out , safe for Sepiol to double up.

Dan Sepiol  –  905,000  (18 bb)
Robert Burlacu  –  500,000  (10 bb)

With four players remaining from the field of 164 entries, the average stack is about 820,000 (16 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $69,000.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 164

Adam Adler raised all in for 425,000 on the button and Robert Burlacu called in the big blind.

Adler: 
Burlacu: 

The baord came , giving Burlacu kings and tens to eliminate Adler in fifth place.

Robert Burlacu  –  950,000  (19 bb)
Adam Adler  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($52,000)

With four players remaining from the field of 164 entries, the average stack is about 820,000 (16 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $69,000.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 164

After taking the chip lead, Robert Burlacu ran ten-eight suited into Spencer Champlin’s aces, and followed that up by running pocket sixes into Brek Schutten’s pocket kings. Dan Sepiol then doubled through Adam Adler.

Spencer Champlin  –  980,000  (20 bb)
Brek Schutten  –  740,000  (15 bb)
Robert Burlacu  –  595,000  (12 bb)
Dan Sepiol  –  515,00 0 (10 bb)
Adam Adler  –  425,000  (9 bb)

1st:  $185,400 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $124,000
3rd:  $92,000
4th:  $69,000
5th:  $52,000