2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$600 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  147
Prize Pool:  $76,440
July 30, 2025

Event 3 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 147 entries produced a prize pool of $76,440, easily surpassing the $50,000 guarantee.

Emerging victorious was Gregory Spinder, winning outright for $18,720.

The win marked Spinder’s second SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won a a $560 No-Limit Hold’em event during the 2012 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open.

$600 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $76,440  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 147

Guillermo Reyes limped in from the button and Gregory Spinder checked his option.

They checked to the turn of a board where Reyes bet 100,000. Spinder called.

The river was the , Spinder checked, Reyes bet 200,000, Spinder check-raised all in with a covering stack, and Reyes called all in for about 720,000 with for jacks and nines,

Spinder, however, tabled for trip nines to win the pot and Event 3 outright for $18,720. Reyes finished runner-up for $12,400.

A recap of Event 3 will be posted later tonight.

$600 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $76,440  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 147

Gregory Spinder limped from the button for 40,000, and Guillermo Reyes checked his option in the big blind. The flop came , Reyes bet 100,000, and Spinder called.

The turn card paired the board with the , Reyes checked, Spinder bet 200,000, and Reyes check-raised all in.

Spinder snap-called with for two pair, queens and eights, and Reyes turned over for ten high.

Reyes was drawing dead, and the meaningless river card was the . Spinder won the pot with his higher two pair to double up and retake the chip lead.

Gregory Spinder  –  2,280,000  (57 bb)
Guillermo Reyes  –  660,000  (17 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $18,720 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $12,400

$600 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $76,440  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 147

Guillermo Reyes moved all in from the button for 200,000, and Gregory Spinder called from the big blind with . Reyes turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Reyes paired his eight on the flop, and it held up for him to win the pot and double up for the third time in a row.

Guillermo Reyes  –  440,000  (11 bb)
Gregory Spinder  –  2,500,000  (63 bb)

Three hands later, Spinder moved all in, and Reyes called all in from the big blind for 400,000 with . Spinder turned over , and Reyes needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Reyes won the pot with a pair of eights to double up for the fourth time in a row.

Guillermo Reyes  –  840,000  (21 bb)
Gregory Spinder  –  2,100,000  (53 bb)

Three hands later, Reyes moved all in for 840,000, and Spinder called from the big blind with . Reyes turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

Reyes asked the dealer for a two, and Spinder said, “Don’t worry. It’s coming.”

The board came , and sure enough, Reyes spiked a deuce on the river to win the pot and double up for the fifth time in a row — and take the chip lead.

Guillermo Reyes  –  1,720,000  (43 bb)
Gregory Spinder  –  1,220,000  (31 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $18,720 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $12,400

$600 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $76,440  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 147

Guillermo Reyes called all in for 40,000 on the button with and was ahead of Gregory Spinder’s in the big blind.

The board came , safe for Reyes to survive.

Guillermo Reyes  –  120,000  (3 bb)
Gregory Spinder  –  2,820,000  (71 bb)

The next hand, Spinder raised and Reyes called all in for 80,000 with , leading Spinder’s .

The board ran out , safe for Reyes to double up again.

Guillermo Reyes  –  200,000  (5 bb)
Gregory Spinder  –  2,740,000  (69 bb)

1st:  $18,720 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $12,400

$600 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $76,440  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 147

Gregory Spinder raised from the button, Guillermo Reyes reraised all in with a slightly bigger stack from the big blind, and Spinder called all in for 1,430,000 with , leading Reyes’ .

The board ran out , giving Spinder trip aces to double up and take a huge chip lead.

Gregory Spinder  –  2,900,000  (73 bb)
Guillermo Reyes  –  40,000  (1 bb)

1st:  $18,720 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $12,400

$600 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $76,440  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 147

Gregory Spinder moved all in from the button for 650,000, and Matt Yorra thinks for a while before he called all in from the big blind for about 550,000 with .

Spinder turned over , and Yorra needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Yorra paired his six on the flop, but Spinder paired his king on the river to win the pot and eliminate Yorra in third place.

Matt Yorra  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($9,200)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Guillermo Reyes  –  1,690,000  (42 bb)
Gregory Spinder  –  1,250,000  (31 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $18,720 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $12,400

$600 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $76,440  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 147

With the flop reading , Guillermo Reyes was all in for 575,000 in the small blind with for a pair of fives against Matt Yorra in the big blind holding .

The and river completed the board, safe for Reyes to double up.

Guillermo Reyes  –  1,480,000  (37 bb)
Matt Yorra  –  610,000  (15 bb)

With three players remaining from a flight of 147 entries, the average chip stack is around 980,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,200 each.

$600 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $76,440  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 147

The players return from break to begin Level 25, with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 and a 40,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Guillermo Reyes  –  780,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Matt Yorra  –  1,420,000  (36 bb)
Seat 3.  Gregory Spinder  –  750,000  (19 bb)

Here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $18,720 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $12,400
3rd:  $9,200

4th:  Mike Beasley  –  $6,900
5th:  Emerson Ward  –  $5,200
6th:  James Weidenborner  –  $3,980
7th:  Paul Balzano  –  $3,060
8th:  Judy Bielan  –  $2,380
9th:  Jeffrey Himelfarb  –  $1,860

With three players remaining from a flight of 147 entries, the average chip stack is around 980,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,200 each.

$600 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $76,440  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 147

Guillermo Reyes raised from the button to about 100,000, and Matt Yorra called from the small blind.

The flop came , Yorra checked, Reyes bet 100,000, and Yorra check-raised all in. Reyes thought for a while before he folded face up for a pair of aces. Yorra took the pot.

Matt Yorra  –  1,170,000  (39 bb)
Guillermo Reyes  –  1,250,000  (42 bb)

A few minutes later, with 90,000 in the pot, the flop came . Reyes bet 30,000 from the small blind, Yorra raised from the big blind to 105,000, and Reyes reraised to 205,000.

Yorra four-bet all in, and Reyes folded. Yorra showed for a pair of eights with a diamond flush draw as he took the pot.

Matt Yorra  –  1,400,000  (47 bb)
Guillermo Reyes  –  1,000,000  (33 bb)

With three players remaining from a flight of 147 entries, the average chip stack is around 980,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,200 each.