Championship: Joel Gola Doubles Through Nenad Medic

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,224

Joel Gola (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Nenad Medic opened to 525,000 from the cutoff and picked up calls from Joel Gola on the button and Chad Evelsage in the big blind.

The flop was 7h4h3c, Eveslage checked, Medic bet 600,000 and Gola raised to 1,800,000. Eveslage got out of the way, Medic moved all in, and Gola called with the smaller stack at risk.

Gola: Ah2h
Medic: QdQc

Medic is ahead with the queens but Gola has flush and straight outs. The 5d turn gives Gola a wheel and the Jh river sends him a huge double.

Joel Gola – 14,950,000 (60 bb)
Nenad Medic – 2,350,000 (9 bb)

Event 52: Prize Pool and Payouts; $9,425 and a $3,500 WPT LHPO Championship Seat to the Curtain Call Winner

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 52
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH
Entries:  297
Prize Pool:  $44,500 + $3,500 WPT LHPO Seat
Bounty Prize Pool:  $29,700
December 2, 2025

Event 52 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was The Curtain Call – a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 297 entries generated a prize pool of $44,500, with an additional $29,700 set aside for bounties. The final 38 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $340.

Up top for the winner is $9,425, along with a $3,500 seat into the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship in January.

1st:  $9,425 + $3,500 LHPO Championship Seat + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,625
3rd:  $4,415
4th:  $2,770
5th:  $2,140
6th:  $1,770
7th:  $1,485
8th:  $1,225
9th:  $980
10th-12th:  $825
13th-15th:  $705
16th-18th:  $590
19th-21st:  $475
22nd-24th:  $390
25th-38th:  $340

Event 50: Aram Oganyan Leads as the Money Bubble Approaches

$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $568,700  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 121

The money bubble is approaching in Event 50 and Aram Oganyan leads with 256,000  (51 big blinds).

With 20 players remaining from the field of 121 entries, the average stack is about 121,000 (24 big blinds).

1st:  $143,900 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $96,000
3rd:  $72,000
4th:  $54,000
5th:  $40,500
6th:  $31,000
7th:  $23,700
8th:  $18,400
9th-10th:  $14,500
11th-12th:  $11,300
13th-16th:  $9,400

Championship: Updated Counts on Break

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,224

Seat 1.  Kevin Nee  –  9,500,000  (38 bb)
Seat 2.  Chad Eveslage  –  5,750,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Aram Zobian  –  13,625,000  (55 bb)
Seat 4.  Anthony Merlo  –  6,100,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  7,525,000  (30 bb)
Seat 6.  Nenad Medic  –  10,150,000  (41 bb)
Seat 7.  Joel Gola  –  8,525,000  (34 bb)

1st:  $605,100
2nd:  $395,000
3rd:  $295,000
4th:  $220,000
5th:  $166,000
6th:  $127,000
7th:  $98,000

Championship: Aram Zobian Versus Kevin Nee

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,224

Aram Zobian (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Kevin Nee opened to 500,000 from the button and Aram Zobian called from the big blind. The flop was QdTc5s and Zobian checked.

Nee bet 400,000 and Zobian check-raised to 1,000,000. Nee re-raised to 3,000,000 and Zobian called after using a time chip. The turn was Qc, Zobian checked, Nee bet 1,000,000 and Zobian called.

The river was 7s, Zobian bet 700,000 and Nee folded his two pair Td3h while Zobian was going to be good with TsTh for a flopped and turned boat.

Aram Zobian – 12,625,000 (63 bb)
Kevin Nee – 7,300,000 (37 bb)

Event 51: Prize Pool and Payouts; $19,705 to the 6-Max PLO Winner

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 51
$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha
Entries:  55
Prize Pool:  $53,350
December 2, 2025

Event 51 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha, drawing 55 entries for a prize pool of $53,350. The final seven players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $2,400.

Up top for the winner is $19,705

1st:  $19,705 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $11,735
3rd:  $7,225
4th:  $5,075
5th:  $4,010
6th:  $3,200
7th:  $2,400

Event 42: Yann Abitbol Leads the Final Four Players

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $269,360  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 518

Seat 1:  Anthony Piacquadio  –  1,600,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2:  Hitesh Patel  –  2,710,000  (45 bb)
Seat 3:  Yann Abitbol  –  3,500,000  (58 bb)
Seat 4:  Steve Karp  –  2,550,000  (43 bb)

1st:  $48,000 + RRPO Trophy
2nd:  $32,200
3rd:  $23,700
4th:  $17,800

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
5JamesPerri$13,500
6DemetriosFrangias$10,300
7MarcoRodriguez$7,900
8SebastianKos$6,200
9ElvynBello Santos$4,840
10JoseSeverino Cadoze$4,840
11KyleSullivan$4,040
12AmmadOmar$4,040
13PaulShafran$3,360
14RyanVan Sanford$3,360
15TiantaoZhao$3,360
16RaymondRuszkowski$2,800
17BrendaNelson$2,800
18DevondMarshall$2,800
19IvanMarynych$1,040
20NicolaDavimos$2,800
21EvanTeitelbaum$2,340
22TimothyThorp$2,340
23JamesCalderaro$2,340
24MichaelMendez$2,340
25SharonBachar$1,980
26LouisWhiteman$1,980
27RonnieDay$1,980
28AndrewOrozco$1,980
29SunChoi$1,980
30JasonKlapman$1,980
31CurtisKing$1,980
32HassanTahsildar$1,980
33NorisBarcimanto$1,660
34PaulBalzano$1,660
35EricKolodny$1,660
36LawrenceKlur$1,660
37GarryGurevich$1,660
38CoreyPaul$1,660
39PrashanthNataraj$1,660
40AnthonyMarquez$1,660
41KennethFrey$1,400
42HectorPacheco$1,400
43PaulLozano Martin$1,400
44JackShea$1,400
45JoseWong$1,400
46FrancisChaviano$1,400
47KaiwenWei$1,400
48SolangeLucas$1,400
49ElizavetaAnicanova$1,200
50TammyBarner$1,200
51JahanSahni$1,200
52DinaOlano Chacin$1,200
53NicholasVerderamo$1,200
54HarrisonDobin$1,200
55KevenStammen$1,200
56LuisRayon Perez$1,200
57AyedShweihat$1,040
58JamesSalmon$1,040
59RobertBernstein$1,040
60RafaelRodriguez Arango$1,040
61EarlBernard$1,040
62RobertoBendeck$1,040
63FrancisAnderson$1,040
64EugeneKatchalov$1,040
65SadanyHevia$1,040
66DorPeleg$1,040

Championship: Counts on Break; Hyndi Khomutetsky Back in the Lead

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,916,800  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,224

Hyndi Khomutetsky (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Seat 1.  Kevin Nee  –  10,375,000  (52 bb)
Seat 2.  Chad Eveslage  –  7,575,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3.  Aram Zobian  –  5,250,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4.  Anthony Merlo  –  11,850,000  (59 bb)
Seat 5.  Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  12,125,000  (61 bb)
Seat 6.  Nenad Medic  –  6,075,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7.  Joel Gola  –  7,925,000  (40 bb)

1st:  $605,100
2nd:  $395,000
3rd:  $295,000
4th:  $220,000
5th:  $166,000
6th:  $127,000
7th:  $98,000

Jhordy Sanchez Wins Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 44 Outright for $28,440

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 44
$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  112
Prize Pool:  $108,640
December 1 – 2, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 44 Champion Jhordy Sanchez

RRPO Event 44 was a $1,100 buy-in Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $100,000 guarantee, and the 112 entries beat that number for a $108,640 prize pool. Jhordy Sanchez had a long day but came out on top for the outright win and $28,440.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1JhordySanchez$28,440
2JonathanWang$19,000
3FabianNiederreiter$14,100
4RandallEmmett$10,500
5BorisShakhmurov$8,000
6ZyadQasen$6,100
7AlbertoCifuentes$4,680
8DavidMcGowan$3,620
9MitchGarshofsky$2,840
10RichardRice$2,840
11HunterCichy$2,320
12PavlinKarakikov$2,320
13JohnMcDonald$1,940
14StuartTaylor$1,940