2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 40
$10,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  66
Prize Pool:  $627,000
August 7, 2025

Event 40 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 66 entries for a prize pool of $627,000.

Taking it down was Darren Elias, winning outright for $219,535.

The victory marked Elias’ second SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event for $39,269 back during the 2011 Showdown series.

$10,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 66

Artem Metalidi raised to 100,000 from the button and Darren Elias called in the big blind.

The flop was , Elias checked, Metalidi continued for 80,000, Elias check-raised to 210,000, and Metalidi called.

The turn was the , Elias bet 275,000, and Metalidi called.

The river was the , Elias moved all in, and Metalidi used a time extension before he called all in for about 560,000.

Elias showed for jacks and fives, besting Metalidi’s for a pair of a jacks to win Event 40 outright for $219,535. Metalidi finished runner-up for $125,400.

A recap of Event 40 will be posted later tonight.

1st:  Darren Elias  –  $219,535 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  Artem Metalidi  –  $125,400
3rd:  Brock Wilson  –  $76,800
4th:  Chris Hunichen  –  $54,800
5th:  Robert Hagan  –  $42,325
6th:  Shannon Shorr  –  $32,900
7th:  Justin Zaki  –  $28,215
8th:  Daniel Swartz  –  $25,080
9th:  Michael Berk  –  $21,945

$10,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 66

Darren Elias  –  5,200,000  (104 bb)
Artem Metalidi  –  1,400,000  (28 bb)

1st:  $219,535 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $125,400

3rd:  Brock Wilson  –  $76,800
4th:  Chris Hunichen  –  $54,800
5th:  Robert Hagan  –  $42,325
6th:  Shannon Shorr  –  $32,900
7th:  Justin Zaki  –  $28,215
8th:  Daniel Swartz  –  $25,080
9th:  Michael Berk  –  $21,945

$10,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 66

$10,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 66

Seat 1.  Artem Metalidi  –  1,805,000  (36 bb)
Seat 2.  Brock Wilson  –  1,600,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Darren Elias  – 3,195,000  (64 bb)

1st:  $219,535 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $125,400
3rd:  $76,800

4th:  Chris Hunichen  –  $54,800
5th:  Robert Hagan  –  $42,325
6th:  Shannon Shorr  –  $32,900
7th:  Justin Zaki  –  $28,215
8th:  Daniel Swartz  –  $25,080
9th:  Michael Berk  –  $21,945

$10,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 66

Darren Elias raised from under the gun, Robert Hagan reraised all in from the big blind for about 300,000, and Elias called with , leading Hagan’s .

The board came , giving Elias queens full of aces on the river to beat Hagan’s turned flush.

Darren Elias  –  1,800,000  (45 bb)
Robert Hagan  –  Eliminated in 5th Place ($42,325)

With four players remaining from a field of 66 entries, the average stack is about 1,650,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $54,800.

$10,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 66

Shannon Shorr raised all in for 360,000 on the button and Artem Metalidi isolated the action from the small blind with , leading Shorr’s .

The board ran out , no help to Shorr, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Artem Metalidi  –  2,450,000  (61 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($32,900)

With five players remaining from a field of 66 entries, the average stack is about 1,320,000 (4 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $42,325.

$10,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 66

Justin Zaki raised to 235,000 in middle position (leaving 25,000 behind) and Chris Hunichen called in the small blind.

The flop was , Hunichen bet, and Zaki called all in for 25,000 with . Hunichen was ahead with .

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Zaki, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Chris Hunichen  –  1,100,000  (28 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($28,215)

With six players remaining from a field of 66 entries, the average stack is about 1,100,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $32,900.

$10,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 14:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 66

Seat 1.  Artem Metalidi  –  1,720,000  (58 bb)
Seat 2.  Chris Hunichen  –  845,000  (28 bb)
Seat 3.  Brock Wilson  –  1,240,000  (41 bb)
Seat 4.  Robert Hagan  –  355,000  (12 bb)
Seat 5.  Justin Zaki  –  260,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6.  Darren Elias  – 1,705,000  (57 bb)
Seat 7.  Shannon Shorr  –  475,000  (16 bb)

1st:  $219,535 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $125,400
3rd:  $76,800
4th:  $54,800
5th:  $42,325
6th:  $32,900
7th:  $28,215

8th:  Daniel Swartz  –  $25,080
9th:  Michael Berk  –  $21,945

$10,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 13:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 66

Seat 1.  Artem Metalidi  –  1,490,000  (60 bb)
Seat 2.  Chris Hunichen  –  805,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Brock Wilson  –  1,590,000  (64 bb)
Seat 4.  Robert Hagan  –  485,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5.  Justin Zaki  –  290,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6.  Darren Elias  –  695,000  (28 bb)
Seat 7.  Daniel Swartz  –  600,000  (24 bb)
Seat 8.  Shannon Shorr  –  240,000  (10 bb)
Seat 9.  Michael Berk  –  415,000  (17 bb)

1st:  $219,535 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $125,400
3rd:  $76,800
4th:  $54,800
5th:  $42,325
6th:  $32,900
7th:  $28,215
8th:  $25,080
9th:  $21,945