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2025 Showdown Live Updates

Showdown Day 10 Schedule

March 28, 2025 @ 7:30AM by AlCantHang

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 26 Day 1E – $600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)

$2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 25,000 in chips
Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
Event 26 Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 30 – $600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)

Players begin with 25,000 in chips
Levels last 30 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 30 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 28 – $1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

2PM: Event 31 – $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

Players begin with 40,000 in chips
Levels last 20 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 10 (5:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 31 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 26 Day 1F – $600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)

$2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 25,000 in chips
Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
Event 26 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

3PM: $150 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

Two $1,250 packages guaranteed; includes seat in any $600 and $400 event plus $250 in cash
Players begin with 10,000 in chips
Levels last 15 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:15pm)
Structure Sheet

8PM: $150 Event 36 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

Two seats guaranteed into $1,100 buy-in Event 36
Players begin with 10,000 in chips
Levels last 15 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
Structure Sheet

2025 Poker Showdown Schedule

2025 Showdown Live Updates

Mixed Game Leaderboard After Day 9

March 28, 2025 @ 3:35AM by Mickey Doft

The 2025 Poker Showdown series was already set to be one of the biggest in our history, and now it’s even better. Our players love their mixed and Omaha games, and this series features the return of the $10,000 Mixed Game Leaderboard.

There are 12 qualifying tournaments, each with a chance to earn points and move up the leaderboard as the series progresses. We are putting up $10,000 in cash and prizes with the top spot earning a $1,100 tournament ticket, plus $3,000 in cash and a pretty SHR Hollywood guitar trophy.

Eric Polirer remains atop the leaderboard after Day 9, but in addition to Yuval Bronshtein on his heels, Ryan Hoenig is also closing in following his fourth qualifying final table of the series.

Three events remain to see how it all shakes out!

Event 2: $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8
Event 6: $600 Big O
Event 8: $600 Limit Omaha 8
Event 11 : $600 10-Game Mix
Event 14: $600 Mixed Triple Draw
Event 19: $400 H.O.R.S.E.
Event 21: $400 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha
Event 24: $600 Big O
Event 27: $600 T.O.R.S.E.
Event 30: $600 Limit Omaha 8
Event 32: $600 Badugi
Event 35: $600 Big Bet Dealer’s Choice

2025 Poker Showdown Schedule

Rank	First Name	Last Name	Points
1	Eric	Polirer	308.3
2	Yuval	Bronshtein	251.4
3	Ryan	Hoenig	247.9
4	Daniel	Pearlman	203
5	Leo	Zhang	150.2
6	Christopher	Labrie	140.4
7	Carl	Buckland	131.1
8	Jay	Kerbel	125.6
9	Gabriel	Ramos	122.3
10	Joseph	Olivieri	121.7
11	William	Heimiller	120
12	Darryll	Fish	110.4
13	Josh	Heinzl	110
14	Frederic	Moss	108
15	Victor	Nassif	107.8
16	Gregory	Baird	106.4
17	Benjamin	Goldstein	105.1
18	Donny	Rubinstein	101.4
19	David	Shmuel	95
20	Alexander	Orlov	89.7
21	Kyle	Fleischmann	88.2
22	Pawel	Andrzejewski	85.6
23	Harry	Eisenberg	83.8
24	Aaron	Mermelstein	81.4
24	Ricardo	Quintero	81.4
26	Ariel	Mantel	70.6
27	Matthew	Kaplan	69
28	Phillip	Wyatt	64.4
29	Phillip	Hui	64.2
30	Chad	Roedersheimer	60
31	Chase	Crouch	59.6
32	Pritpal	Virdee	59.4
33	Nadya	Magnus	57.6
34	Long	Nguyen	56.9
35	Michael	Rosenberg	48.6
36	Brandon	Ageloff	48.4
37	Oscar	Castagna	44.2
38	Matthew	Bretzfield	42.2
39	Ira	Friedman	42
40	Michael	Dreese	37.6
41	Marc	Rabuse	37.4
42	Bernard	Greenspoon	36.3
42	Robert	King	36.3
44	Thomas	Taylor	35.6
45	Richard	Seamon	30.8
45	Thomas	Walter	30.8
47	Meikle	Partin	29.9
48	Michael	Dorff	28.8
49	Matthew	Axelrod	28.6
49	Brett	Feldman	28.6
51	David	May	24.2
52	Zhen	Cai	22.4
53	Brett	Bader	22
53	Steven	Roth	22
55	Egerton	Bullock	18.9
55	Jonathan	Moschel	18.9
57	Sean	Christy	16.5
57	Jason	Lopesilvero	16.5
59	Matthew	Wolfson	15.8
60	Hyunbin	Yoo	15.6
61	Leonard	Kriss	13.6
62	Kevin	Love	11.4
63	Eugene	Mistretta	11.2
63	Michael	Isasi	11.2
63	Benjamin	Ludlow	11.2
63	Sandy	Sanchez	11.2
67	Benyomin	Richmond	9.2
68	Hal	Rotholz	9
68	Joseph	Shammas	9
68	Mark	Shaves	9
68	Michael	Stones	9
72	Robert	Morris	8.8
73	Bradley	Beetz	7
73	Brandon	Berkenfeld	7
73	Jeffrey	Kenny	7
73	Kenneth	Ruderman	7
77	Nicholas	Marsico	6.8
77	Tal	Avivi	6.8
77	Joseph Lenwood Jr	Eder-Johnson	6.8
80	Aron	Dermer	6.6
80	Elias	Nassif	6.6
80	Stephen	Reid	6.6
80	Lazaro	Rodriguez	6.6
80	Sam	Spira	6.6
85	John	Binns	4.6
85	Martin	Calkins	4.6
85	Thomas	Currey	4.6
85	Dave	Digiovanni	4.6
85	Guilherme	Eggert	4.6
85	Daniel	Kroh	4.6
85	Jeffrey	Lehouillier	4.6
85	Michael	Michnik	4.6
85	Steven	Novak	4.6
85	David	Oshry	4.6
85	Robert	Oxenberg	4.6
85	Hitesh	Patel	4.6
85	Jason	Reep	4.6
85	Vadim	Shlez	4.6
85	Dewayne	Snipes	4.6
85	Maxime	Tanneur	4.6
85	Le	Tieu	4.6
85	Natan	Wager Vainer	4.6
103	Robert	Burgmeier	4.4
103	Victor	Cianelli	4.4
103	Shawn	Colsch	4.4
103	Harvey	Freedman	4.4
103	Laurence	Goldstein	4.4
103	Melanie	Hochman	4.4
103	Tammy	Humphrey	4.4
103	Ilya	Levitin	4.4
103	Craig	Love	4.4
103	Charles	Odenz	4.4
103	Dale	Phillips	4.4
103	Patrick	Quealy	4.4
103	German	Quintero Pineros	4.4
103	Martin	Raschkovan	4.4
103	Alexander	Rivera Cruz	4.4
103	Marc	Sacheli	4.4
103	Bernhard	Schmidt	4.4
103	Chet	Sickle	4.4
103	Raymond	Smego-Barranco	4.4
103	Larry	St Jean	4.4
103	Marcus	Stein	4.4
103	Dmitriy	Vernitskiy	4.4
103	Charles	Wells	4.4
126	Giovanni	Abate	2.4
126	William	Beasley	2.4
126	Rudolph	Bourg Jr	2.4
126	Jeffrey	Bunims	2.4
126	Jason	Cahill	2.4
126	Alon	Dankner	2.4
126	Christian	Duranleau	2.4
126	Jonathan	Gold	2.4
126	Grant	Hart	2.4
126	Scott	Hecker	2.4
126	Christopher	Licht	2.4
126	Bruce	Miller	2.4
126	Julio	Novo	2.4
126	Andrew	Phillips	2.4
126	Riley	Price	2.4
126	Philip	Sokolov	2.4
126	Charles	Wardlaw	2.4
126	David	Weiner	2.4
144	Jacob	Babins	2.2
144	Dallas	Bare	2.2
144	Matthew	Beinner	2.2
144	Steven	Bell	2.2
144	Scott	Blackman	2.2
144	Brian	Brightberg	2.2
144	Stephen	Brightberg	2.2
144	Walter	Buss	2.2
144	Patrick	Caputo	2.2
144	David	Childs	2.2
144	Jordan	Chizick	2.2
144	Brenden	Colter	2.2
144	Diomig	Delgado	2.2
144	Stephen	Ekin	2.2
144	Robert	Ely	2.2
144	Scott	Epstein	2.2
144	Eric	Firestone	2.2
144	Marc	Geissel	2.2
144	Dominic	Granteed	2.2
144	Brendan	Haughey	2.2
144	Sean	Heywood	2.2
144	Kevin	Ho	2.2
144	Michael	Hutsko	2.2
144	Christian	Ivens	2.2
144	Mark	Kastory	2.2
144	Allen	Kessler	2.2
144	Matthew	Lambrecht	2.2
144	Ross	Lebo	2.2
144	James	Leonard	2.2
144	Gloria	Lo Russo	2.2
144	Robert	Mackie	2.2
144	Russell	Marco	2.2
144	Dimas	Martinez	2.2
144	William	Mattison	2.2
144	Clark	Merritt	2.2
144	Daniel	Mowrer	2.2
144	Brenda	Nelson	2.2
144	Brian	Ng	2.2
144	Frankie	Odell	2.2
144	Domenico	Olivo	2.2
144	Seun	Oluwole	2.2
144	Jason	Papastavrou	2.2
144	Bradley	Peterson	2.2
144	Efthimios	Piperakis	2.2
144	Andrew	Pokrivnak	2.2
144	Steven	Pollack	2.2
144	Francisco	Ramirez	2.2
144	Ron	Schindelheim	2.2
144	Spencer	Scholnick	2.2
144	John	Simcox	2.2
144	Tonia	Sledd	2.2
144	Leonard	St Germain	2.2
144	Tyler	Ubl	2.2
144	Nitis	Udornpim	2.2
144	Cosimo	Urato	2.2
144	Ricardo	Velasco	2.2
144	Hoyt	Verner	2.2
144	Billie	Walter	2.2
144	Brian	Warnecke	2.2
144	Devin	Weinberg	2.2
144	Scott	Weinstein	2.2
144	Dylan	Weiss	2.2
144	Shawn	Wilmot Jr	2.2
144	Ronald	Winkelvoss	2.2
144	Andrew	Woodmancey	2.2

2025 Showdown Live Updates

Event 26: Chip Counts Thru Flight D

March 28, 2025 @ 2:37AM by Mickey Doft

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 178 of 1,420

Flight A: 277 Entries; 35 Advanced
Flight B: 333 Entries; 42 Advanced
Flight C: 416 Entries; 52 Advanced
Flight D: 394 Entries; 49 Advanced
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.

Rank	First Name	Last Name	City	ST	Chip Count
1	Vaughn	Steeves	Englewood	FL	612,000
2	Julian	Pineda Lozano	Medellin	-	592,000
3	Joel	Gola	Golden Beach	FL	590,000
4	Thang	Nguyen	New York	NY	559,000
5	Jacquelyn	Scott	Fort Lauderdale	FL	540,000
6	James	Rodriguez	Denver	CO	539,000
7	Roberto	Alberro	Miami	FL	523,000
8	Eric	Rowen	Philadelphia	PA	477,000
9	Raminder	Singh	Delray Beach	FL	475,000
10	Hector	Pacheco	Davie	FL	472,000
11	Luckenson	Pericles	Tamarac	FL	454,000
12	Pedro	Palacio	Pompano Beach	FL	415,000
13	Daniel	Swartz	N Ridgeville	OH	408,000
14	Eric	Siegel	Bellmore	NY	370,000
15	Clifford	Mermell	Miami	FL	369,000
16	Andreu	Ferragut Lluch	Palmetto Bay	FL	357,000
17	Nikolay	Volper	Astoria	NY	347,000
18	Rafael	Rodriguez Arang	Medellin	FL	346,000
19	Sebastian	Toro Henao	Medellin		345,000
20	Jose	Severino Cadoze	Madride	-	341,000
21	Sheldon	Gross	Hillsboro Beach	FL	333,000
22	Robert	Rodriguez	Coral Springs	FL	325,000
23	Tomislav	Krizanic	Dania	FL	321,000
24	Devin	Brodman	Coconut Creek	FL	317,000
25	Lior	Rusinek	Boca Raton	FL	307,000
26	Michael	Chiappetta	Boca Raton	FL	306,000
27	Demetrius	Campbell	San Antonio	TX	305,000
28	Anthony	Merlo Jr	Toms River	NJ	305,000
29	Anthony	Cuffari	Philadelphia	PA	302,000
30	Albert	Son	New York	NY	302,000
31	Chris	Da-Silva	Dagenham		300,000
32	Ha	Nguyen	Lincoln	NE	300,000
33	Ridley	Jecrois	Riverview	FL	300,000
34	Cyril	Darmouni	Miami	FL	299,000
35	Jose	Gonzalez	Miami	FL	294,000
36	Timothy	Pollard	Laredo	TX	288,000
37	Wayne	Leonard	Tampa	FL	287,000
38	Troy	Bercot	Bradenton	FL	286,000
39	Elliott	Kampen	Fishers	IN	273,000
40	Brian	Scott	Miami	FL	273,000
41	Brandon	Schwartz	North Miami	FL	271,000
42	Logan	Berger	Liberty Township	OH	269,000
43	Casey	Crews	Sebring	FL	266,000
44	Jonathan	Vanderveen	Wellington	FL	264,000
45	Walter	Nalvarte	Hollywood	FL	263,000
46	Emre	Akgoz	Panama City	FL	261,000
47	Howard	Wilamowski	Miami	FL	257,000
48	Dyanna	Lopez	Wellington	FL	257,000
49	Jorge	Ramos	Pembroke Pines	FL	253,000
50	Romel	Mendoza	Bradenton	FL	249,000
51	Lawrence	Klur	Boynton Beach	FL	246,000
52	Diomig	Delgado	Naples	FL	240,000
53	Corey	Paul	Orlando	FL	240,000
54	Peter	Shapiro	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	237,000
55	Juan	Marquez	Weston	FL	233,000
56	Michael	Bills	Charlottesville	VA	233,000
57	Paul	Fisher	Northbrook	IL	232,000
58	Liran	Bracha	Plantation	FL	232,000
59	Eusebiu	Jalba	Ruse	-	231,000
60	Julio	Novo	Tampa	FL	221,000
61	Scott	Zakheim	Fort Lauderdale	FL	218,000
62	Zhen	Cai	Lake Worth	FL	217,000
63	Kyle	Lazzaro	Fort Lauderdale	FL	216,000
64	Eldo	Rodriguez	Davie	FL	216,000
65	Mohammed	Kabir	Williamsville	NY	216,000
66	Courtland	Twyman	Wellington	FL	216,000
67	Craig	Bagon	Boca Raton	FL	215,000
68	Andrew	Boujaoude	Laval	QC	214,000
69	Jeffrey	Palermo	Parkland	FL	214,000
70	David	Poces	Boca Raton	FL	212,000
71	Taylor	Hart	Happy Valley	OR	210,000
72	Vincent	Mollica	Jupiter	FL	209,000
73	Colin	Brunette	Longmeadow	MA	209,000
74	Robert	Morris	Rochester	NY	209,000
75	Dylan	Kahn	Bernardsville	NJ	202,000
76	Donald	Le	Davie	FL	201,000
77	Athir	Saco	Southfield	MI	195,000
78	Jiayi	Yao	Mckinney	TX	195,000
79	James	Scott	Fort Lauderdale	FL	190,000
80	Shamica	Lamar	Wellington	FL	185,000
81	Michael	Tufaro	Naples	FL	185,000
82	Kevin	Vail	Plantation	FL	184,000
83	Allan	Bieler	Sunrise	FL	182,000
84	James	Kerr	Lakeland	FL	180,000
85	Marc	Bronstein	Delray Beach	FL	178,000
86	Martin	Culotta	Miami	FL	176,000
87	Peterson	St-Fort	Melbourne	FL	176,000
88	Solomon	Wa Ngoy	Vero Beach	FL	175,000
89	Aaron	Flores	Summit	IL	170,000
90	Richard	Leblanc		-	170,000
91	Alexis	Kivu	Vienna	-	169,000
92	Kevin	Ho	Fort Myers	FL	168,000
93	Ranei	Aviv	Netanya		166,000
94	Drew	Dodge	Spring Hill	FL	166,000
95	Richard	Rice	Ft Lauderdale	FL	165,000
96	Bobby	Noel	Pittsburgh	PA	163,000
97	Joseph	Montervino	Wellington	FL	163,000
98	Boyan	Stamenov	Sofia		160,000
99	Jason	Holzberg	Delray Beach	FL	158,000
100	Michael	Morton	Davie	FL	157,000
101	David	Sathue	Dania	FL	156,000
102	Jeffrey	Kenny	Iron River	WI	154,000
103	Ernesto	Romero	Key Biscayne	FL	151,000
104	Samuel	Ronalds	Sarasota	FL	150,000
105	Perla	Ojeda	Miami	FL	148,000
106	Luis	Dominguez Nunez	North Miami Beach	FL	146,000
107	DNR			-	145,000
108	Vernon	Barlow	Crest Hill	IL	143,000
109	Jake	Schwartz	Ft Lauderdale	FL	141,000
110	Mukul	Pahuja	Cherry Hill	NJ	141,000
111	Thao	Le	Cape Coral	FL	140,000
112	Asher	Neaman	Pembroke Pines	FL	137,000
113	Bruce	Snell	Okeechobee	FL	135,000
114	Kenneth	Weiner	Royal Palm Beach	FL	135,000
115	Donald	Manns	Largo	FL	135,000
116	Joel	Borden	Hollywood	FL	135,000
117	Adam	Mclaughlin	New York	NY	134,000
118	Dominic	Finch	Columbus	OH	131,000
119	Roni	Zelichonok	Aventura	FL	131,000
120	Jorge	Ribeiro	Winter Garden	FL	130,000
121	Rafael	Lima	Davie	FL	128,000
122	Alexander	Perez	Miami	FL	128,000
123	Jhoan	Ladino	Miami	FL	128,000
124	James	Salmon Iii	Plantation	FL	128,000
125	Phillip	Krnyaich	Clermont	FL	125,000
126	Ofer	Sela	Aventura	FL	125,000
127	Michael	Vadala	Chuluota	FL	123,000
128	Anthony	Casas	Miami	FL	119,000
129	Daniel	Mowrer	Downers Grove	IL	112,000
130	Niall	Costigan	Lake Worth	FL	112,000
131	Misael	Iadisernia	Boynton Beach	FL	112,000
132	Sinan	Li	Edmond	OK	112,000
133	Mohamed	Lahlou	Saint Petersburg	FL	111,000
134	Abraham	Ramos Padilla	Hialeah	FL	110,000
135	Samuel	Ebert	Miami	FL	109,000
136	Michael	Merlino	Philadelphia	PA	108,000
137	Jake	Loonan	Delray Beach	FL	104,000
138	Chase	Carlin	Boynton Beach	FL	103,000
139	Alayne	Zeto	Miami	FL	101,000
140	Cangir	Elcin	Miami	FL	101,000
141	Robert	Rogers	Pembroke Pines	FL	99,000
142	Marc	Sacheli	Miami	FL	97,000
143	Oleg	Minavichev	Miami	FL	96,000
144	Theodoros	Karagiannis	Xilokriza	FL	96,000
145	Cory	Rock Jr	West Palm Beach	FL	96,000
146	Luis	Ramos	Delray Beach	FL	95,000
147	Viktor	Kovachev	Sofia	-	95,000
148	Andreas	Michelmann	Stobdorf	-	92,000
149	James	Cialella	Philadelphia	PA	91,000
150	Brian	Hardy	Lauder Hill	FL	90,000
151	Douglas	Dossett	Chico	CA	89,000
152	Jason	Wandling	Boynton Beach	FL	84,000
153	Gary	Fitzgerald	Miami	FL	82,000
154	Nicolas	Yunis	Miami	FL	82,000
155	Jorman	Cano	Boca Raton	FL	82,000
156	Tony	Thomas	Cape Coral	FL	78,000
157	William	Mattison	Houston	TX	75,000
158	Juan	Montoya Bernal	Aventura	FL	74,000
159	Jeffrey	Himelfarb	Wellington	FL	73,000
160	Jamar	Brown	Lauderhill	FL	73,000
161	James	Gordon	Boca Raton	FL	72,000
162	William	Jennings Ii	N Palm Beach	FL	71,000
163	Kenneth	Bruno	Atlantis	FL	67,000
164	Scott	Blackman	Ft Lauderdale	FL	66,000
165	David	Dibernardi	Tampa	FL	66,000
166	Zhargal	Tsydypov	Burbank	CA	66,000
167	Jasmin	Omanovic	Erie	PA	65,000
168	Zachary	McKinney	Columbia	SC	65,000
169	Tracy	Potter	Jacksonville	FL	65,000
170	William	Chase	Falmouth	ME	58,000
171	Sanat	Mehrotra	Seattle	WA	55,000
172	Sergio	Giha	Miami	FL	54,000
173	Hen	Mizrahi	Satellite Beach	FL	53,000
174	Robert	Mantin	Boca Raton	FL	52,500
175	Ian	Siegel	Davie	FL	49,000
176	Jackie	Lee	Palm Bch Gdns	FL	45,000
177	Patrick	McConnell	Meriden	CT	43,000
178	Nikita	Bakarjiev	N Miami Beach	FL	36,000

2025 Showdown Live Updates

Idan Magor Wins Event 29 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in Heads-Up Chop for $7,498

March 28, 2025 @ 2:06AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 29
$400 Deep Stack Eight-Handed PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries: 90
Prize Pool: $29,700
March 27, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 29 Champion Idan Magor

Event 29 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack Eight-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), drawing 90 entries for a prize pool of $29,700.

A heads-up chop took place at the final table and Idan Magor was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 29 winner for $7,498.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Idan	Magor	$7,498*
2	Jonathan	Moschel	$7,497*
3	Tsvi	Kornbluth	$3,565
4	Yuval	Bronshtein	$2,305
5	Long	Nguyen	$1,780
6	Shawn	Colsch	$1,410
7	David	Greenberger	$1,200
8	Manny	Tarich	$1,040
9	Clyde	Maliauka	$945
10	Quingyu	Lu	$860
11	Hyunbin	Yoo	$800
12	Steve	Marin	$800

*denotes heads-up chop

2025 Showdown Live Updates

Josh Heinzl Wins His 2nd SHRP Major Series Trophy in 2025 Showdown Event 27 Outright Win for $10,670

March 28, 2025 @ 1:23AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 27
$600 T.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 56
Prize Pool: $28,840
March 27, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 27 Champion Josh Heinzl

Event 27 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 T.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 56 entries for a prize pool of $28,840. Taking it down was Josh Heinzl, winning outright for $10,670.

The victory marked Heinzl’s second SHRP major series trophy win, having previously won a $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em event during the 2024 Showdown.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Joshua	Heinzl	$10,670
2	David	Shmuel	$6,345
3	Christopher	Labrie	$3,895
4	Carl	Buckland	$2,740
5	Ryan	Hoenig	$2,165
6	Joseph	Olivieri	$1,730
7	Victor	Nassif	$1,295

2025 Showdown Live Updates

Event 27: Josh Heinzl Wins! ($10,670); David Shmuel Finishes as Runner-Up ($6,345)

March 28, 2025 @ 12:49AM by BJ Nemeth

$600 T.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 50,000/100,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 1 of 56

In the first hand of Stud Hi-Lo, Josh Heinzl raised to 50,000, David Shmuel reraised to 100,000, and Heinzl called.

Josh Heinzl: ()
David Shmuel: () 10h

4th Street: Shmuel checked, Heinzl bet 50,000, and Shmuel called.

5th Street: Shmuel checked, Heinzl bet 100,000, and Shmuel called.

6th Street: Shmuel bet 100,000, and Heinzl called.

7th Street: Shmuel moved all in for 100,000, and Heinzl called.

Josh Heinzl: () ()
David Shmuel: () 10h ()

Shmuel had two pair, aces and kings, but Heinzl won the pot — and the trophy — with a full house, eights full of jacks.

Congratulations to Josh Heinzl!

1st: Josh Heinzl – $10,670 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: David Shmuel – $6,345
3rd: Chris Labrie – $3,895
4th: Carl Buckland – $2,740
5th: Ryan Hoenig – $2,165
6th: Joseph Olivieri – $1,730
7th: Victor Nassif – $1,295

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Event 27: Josh Heinzl Wins the Last Hand of Stud Against David Shmuel

March 28, 2025 @ 12:38AM by BJ Nemeth

$600 T.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 50,000/100,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 2 of 56

The final two players were nearly even in chips for the last hand in Stud. Josh Heinzl raised to 50,000, and David Shmuel called.

Josh Heinzl: ()
David Shmuel: ()

4th Street: Heinzl bet 50,000, Shmuel raised to 100,000, and Heinzl called.

5th Street: Heinzl checked, Shmuel bet 100,000, and Heinzl called.

6th Street: Both players checked.

7th Street: Heinzl bet 100,000, and Shmuel called.

Josh Heinzl: () ()
David Shmuel: () ()

Heinzl showed two pair, aces and deuces, and Shmuel mucked, saying he had a lower two pair. Heinzl won the pot.

Josh Heinzl – 910,000 (9 BB)
David Shmuel – 490,000 (5 BB)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st: $10,670 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $6,345

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Event 28: Chris Da-Silva Leads the Final Table With Nearly Half the Chips in Play

March 28, 2025 @ 12:29AM by Mickey Doft

$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 95

The final table begins Friday at 12:00 noon.

Seat 1: Sebastian Toro Henao – 636,000 (127 bb)
Seat 2: Chris Da-Silva – 1,300,000 (260 bb)
Seat 3: Kevin Ordet – 93,000 (19 bb)
Seat 4: Ben Ludlow – 165,000 (33 bb)
Seat 5: Jayden Krnyaich – 217,000 (43 bb)
Seat 6: Donald Manns – 197,000 (39 bb)
Seat 7: Max Stevens – 244,000 (49 bb)

1st: $27,825 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $18,350
3rd: $12,200
4th: $8,300
5th: $5,855
6th: $4,260
7th: $3,200

8th: Anatoly Nikitin – $3,200
9th: Vaughn Steeves – $2,480
10th: Adam McLaughlin – $2,480
11th: Bryce McVay – $2,000
12th: Joseph Molitor – $2,000

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Event 27: Josh Heinzl Takes a 5-to-1 Lead Over David Shmuel

March 28, 2025 @ 12:15AM by BJ Nemeth

$600 T.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 40,000/80,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 2 of 56

In Triple Draw, Josh Heinzl raised from the button to 80,000, David Shmuel reraised from the big blind to 120,000, and Heinzl called.

1st Draw: Shmuel drew one card, and Heinzl drew two. Shmuel bet 40,000, Heinzl raised to 80,000, and Shmuel called.

2nd Draw: Shmuel drew one card, and Heinzl stood pat. Shmuel checked, Heinzl bet 80,000, and Shmuel check-raised to 160,000. Heinzl called.

3rd Draw: Both players stood pat, and both players checked.

David Shmuel:
Josh Heinzl:

Shmuel showed a 9-8 low, but Heinzl turned over an 8-7 low to win the pot and take more than a 5-to-1 lead.

Josh Heinzl – 1,190,000 (15 BB)
David Shmuel – 210,000 (3 BB)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st: $10,670 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $6,345

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Event 27: Chris Labrie – 3rd Place ($3,895)

March 28, 2025 @ 12:05AM by Mickey Doft

$600 T.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 40,000/80,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 2 of 56

Stud Hi-Lo

Chris Labrie was all in on fifth street for about 150,000 total against David Shmuel.

Shmuel showed / for sixes and fives, while Labrie’s hand was for an open-ended straight draw and low draw.

Labrie ran out the to make a non-helpful pair of nines, ending his tournament in third place.

David Shmuel – 710,000 (9 BB)
Josh Heinzl – 690,000 (9 BB)
Chris Labrie – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($3,895)

1st: $10,670 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $6,345