2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 35
$600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice (Re-Entry)
Entries:  61
Prize Pool:  $31,415
March 30, 2025

Event 35 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 61 entries for a prize pool of $31,415.

Emerging victorious was Joshua Rhodes, winning outright for $11,225.

With Yuval Bronshtein’s elimination on the money bubble of Event 35, along with Daniel Pearlman’s subsequent min-cash, Eric Polirer has locked up the top spot on the Mixed Game Leaderboard.

Polirer wins an $1,100 Showdown ticket, along with $3,000 cash and the Guitar trophy for his first-place finish. Bronshtein finished in second place for two $1,100 Showdown tickets and $300 cash. Ryan Hoenig finished in third place for an $1,100 Showdown ticket and a $600 Showdown ticket.

Fourth and fifth place are still in flux depending on the finishes for Leo Zhang and Josh Heinzl in Event 35.

Following the conclusion of Event 35, the official leaderboard results will be posted.

$600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 14:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 61

NL 2-7 Single Draw

Yuval Bronshtein raised to 8,000 from under the gun, Josh Heinzl called in the cutoff, and Ben Richmond called in the big blind.

Richmond drew two, while Bronshtein and Heinzl drew one. Richmond led out 25,000, sending Bronshtein into the tank for a little while before he called. Heinzl folded.

Richmond tabled , Bronshtein flashed , and Richmond collected the pot.

Ben Richmond  –  132,000  (33 bb)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  6,000  (1.5 bb)

The following hand, with Bronshtein all in for 4,000 in the big blind, action folded to Richmond in the small blind who called.

Richmond drew three, while Bronshtein stood pat with .

Richmond showed , then peeled over a , followed by a , and then a , making a jack-seven to eliminate Bronshtein on the money bubble.

Ben Richmond  –  138,000  (35 bb)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 14:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 61

Big O

Following a flop of , Leo Zhang was all in for about 210,000 against Sam Spira.

Zhang: 
Spira: 

Zhang was ahead with a set of tens and held through the turn and river.

Leo Zhang  –  455,000  (114 bb)
Sam Spira  –  80,000  (20 bb)

$600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 14:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 61

With Eric Polirer busting in 12th place and Ryan Hoenig falling in 10th place, only two players remain chasing Polirer for the top spot of the Mixed Game Leaderboard.

Yuval Bronshtein will clinch first place if he cashes, while Daniel Pearlman would need to win outright AND have Bronshtein finish on the money bubble. If Bronshtein bubbles and Pearlman doesn’t win, Polierer would remain atop and clinch it.

Josh Heinzl and Leo Zhang can also jump into the top five depending on their respective finishes.

$600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 11:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 61

Event 35 is the final event that qualifies for points on the $10,000 Mixed Game Leaderboard, and four of the top five players in the standings are all still in the field:

1.  Eric Polirer  –  312.5 pts
2.  Yuval Bronshtein  –  308.4 pts
3.  Ryan Hoenig  –  288.1 pts
5.  Daniel Pearlman  –  205.2 pts

The final eight players will finish in the money, and these players will need to cash in order to affect the standings. Of course Polirer controls his own destiny, because as long as he’s still in the event, nobody can catch him.

The player who finishes with the most points on the $10,000 Mixed Game Leaderboard will earn an $1,100 tournament ticket, plus $3,000 in cash and a Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood guitar trophy.

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 35
$600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice (Re-Entry)
Entries:  61
Prize Pool:  $31,415
March 30, 2025

Registration closed for the $600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice game with 61 entries, creating a prize pool worth $31,145. The last eight spots will be paid with $1,130 for a min-cash and $11,225 up top for the winner.

1st: $11,225 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $6,650
3rd: $4,165
4th: $2,900
5th: $2,200
6th: $1,730
7th: $1,415
8th: $1,130

$600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

The last qualifying tournament for the $10,000 Mixed Leaderboard gets underway at 2 pm with an interesting one. Showdown Event 35 is a $600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice game with the available games including No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha, Pot-Limit Omaha 8, Big O, No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw, Pot-Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, and No-Limit 5-Card Draw.

A lot to pick from.

They’ll start with 30K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm.

• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 35 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

1PM: Event 26 Day 2 – $600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 26 Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments
• Event 26 Day 2 Chip Counts
• Event 26 Payouts

1PM: Event 34 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-6 last 20 minutes; Levels 7+ last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 11 (5:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 34 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 35 – $600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 35 Structure Sheet

4PM: Event 36 Day 1A – $1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 30 minutes; Levels 9-26 last 40 minutes
• Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (8:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 36 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 37 – $600 Deep Stack Turbo PLO (Re-Entry)

• 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 37 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

2PM: $250 Double Feature Milestone Satellite (1-in-10)

• Four $2,200 packages guaranteed; includes two seats in any $1,100 Showdown events
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:10pm)
• Structure Sheet

5PM: $1,050 Turbo Satellite (Re-Entry)

• One seat guaranteed into any Showdown $10K event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

7PM: $400 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $3,500 Showdown Championship
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:10pm)
• Structure Sheet