2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 56
$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  44
Prize Pool:  $1,086,800
August 11-12, 2025

Event 56 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was the Big 4 $25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 44 entries for a prize pool of $1,086,800. The final six players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $65,500.

Up top for the winner is $419,100.

1st:  $419,100 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $252,200
3rd:  $154,300
4th:  $108,700
5th:  $87,000
6th:  $65,500

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 44

Table 39
Seat 1.  Scott Baumstein  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  346,000  (43 bb)
Seat 3.  Colby Covington  –  169,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4.  Chance Kornuth  –  378,000  (47 bb)
Seat 5.  Frank Russo  –  469,000  (59 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Nick Palma  –  100,000  (13 bb)

Table 40
Seat 1.  Jim Collopy  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Brandon Wilson  –  103,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  Bryn Kenney  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Macchia  –  214,000   (26 bb)
Seat 5.  Martin Zamani  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Adam Hendrix  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  Nicholas Seward  –  360,000  (45 bb)
Seat 8.

Table 47
Seat 1.  Chris Brewer  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Connor Rash  –  418,000  (52 bb)
Seat 3.  Shannon Shorr  –  100,000   (13 bb)
Seat 4.  Matthew Sabia  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.
Seat 6.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8.  Darren Elias  –  100,000  (13 bb)

Table 48
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Cherish Andrews  –  135,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Eli Berg  –  175,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4.  Tyler Hirschfeld  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.  Nguyen Le  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Justin Chi Jen Chu  –  219,000  (27 bb)
Seat 7.  Marius Gierse  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 8.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,311,650  | Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 889

Justin Swilling got all in for 375,000 preflop from the cutoff with in the hole, and Joseph Curcio had him covered holding on the button.

The board ran out , and Swilling was out in 12th for $57,000. Curcio was up to 2,075,000 after the hand.

Joseph Curcio – 2,075,000 (27 bb)
Justin Swilling – Eliminated in 12th Place ($57,000)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,311,650  | Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 889

Shaun Davis made it 200,000 to go preflop from the small blind, and Nick Palma bumped it up to 625,000 on the big blind. Davis then put Palma on a decision for his tournament life and he called all in. The two players then tabled their cards.

Davis:
Palma:

Board:

The cards did not run out Palma’s way, and he was eliminated in 13th place for a payout worth $49,500. Davis stacked up 5.8 million after collecting the pot.

Shaun Davis – 5,800,000 (77 bb)
Nick Palma – Eliminated in 13th Place ($49,500)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,311,650  | Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 889

Stephen Song opened under the gun, A.J. Kelsall popped it up to 450,000 on the cutoff, and then all the chips got into the middle when Song escalated things from there. The two players then tabled their cards.

Song:
Kelsall:

Board:

The cooler sent Kelsall to the rail in 14th place with $49,500 in his pocket, and the pot shot Song up to 6,750,000.

Stephen Song – 6,750,000 (90 bb)
A.J. Kelsall – Eliminated in 14th Place ($49,500)

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $4,311,650  | Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 889

Chris Hunichen raised to 225,000 preflop from the small blind, and Jeremy Becker moved all in for 1.15 million on the big blind. Hunichen called so they flipped over their cards.

Hunichen:
Becker:

Board:

Becker exited the field in 15th place for a payout worth $49,500, and Hunichen stacked up 2,675,000 after collecting the pot.

Chris Hunichen – 2,675,000 (35 bb)
Jeremy Becker – Eliminated in 15th Place ($49,500)

$3,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $626,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 232

The Big 4 $3K Final Table begins on Tuesday at 1 p.m.

Seat 1.  Paul Zappulla  –  911,000  (57 bb)
Seat 2.  Brock Wilson  –  245,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3.  Kevin Schulz  –  596,000  (40 bb)
Seat 4.  Justin Fawcett  –  862,000  (54 bb)
Seat 5.  Frank Brannan  –  897,000  (56 bb)
Seat 6.  Harry Cullen  –  202,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  Landon Tice  –  1,200,000  (75 bb)
Seat 8.  Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  888,000  (56 bb)

1st:  $139,200 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $92,000
3rd:  $68,000
4th:  $51,000
5th:  $38,500
6th:  $29,500
7th:  $22,700
8th:  $17,600

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 57
$1,100 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries:  70
Prize Pool:  $67,900
August 11, 2025

Event 57 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock was a $1,100 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry), drawing 70 entries for a prize pool of $67,900. The final nine players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $2,375.

Up top for the winner is $23,625.

1st:  $23,625 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $13,980
3rd:  $8,420
4th:  $5,940
5th:  $4,585
6th:  $3,565
7th:  $3,055
8th:  $2,715
9th:  $2,375

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 10:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 11 of 30  (reg. still open)

Play resumes at about 9:09 p.m. and registration will then close.

Table 40
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Connor Rash  –  418,000  (52 bb)
Seat 3.  Brandon Wilson  –  103,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4.
Seat 5.  Eli Berg  –  175,000  (22 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7.  Frank Russo  –  469,000  (59 bb)
Seat 8.  Cherish Andrews  –  135,000  (17 bb)

Table 48
Seat 1.  Chance Kornuth  –  378,000  (47 bb)
Seat 2.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  346,000  (43 bb)
Seat 3.  Colby Covington  –  169,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4.
Seat 5.  Nicholas Seward  –  360,000  (45 bb)
Seat 6.
Seat 7.  Michael Macchia  –  214,000  (26 bb)
Seat 8.  Justin Chi Jen Chu  –  219,000  (27 bb)

$600 Turbo PLO/NLH Mix (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

The last tournament on today’s schedule, and one of the last of the series, will be a quick-faces mix game at 8 pm. It is a $600 buy-in Turbo Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold’em mix game that will be packed with action.

They will sit down to 20K deep stacks and all levels last 15 minutes. 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 58 Structure Sheet