$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $4,311,650 | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 889

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $4,311,650 | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 889

Eric Yanovsky got all in preflop for 405,000 from the big blind holding 
, and Stephen Song had him covered with 
in the hole on the small blind.
The board was dealt 



, and Yanovsky doubled up to survive with a stack worth 875,000. Song was down to 570,000 after the hand.
Eric Yanovsky – 875,000 (35 bb)
Stephen Song – 570,000 (22 bb)
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $4,311,650 | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 46 of 889
Cards are in the air for the penultimate day of the championship event at Seminole Hard Rock. Blinds kick off with blinds at 15,000-25,000 with a big blind ante of 25,000, and 46 players are still in the hunt for the trophy. The field is scheduled to play down to the final seven players tonight. Shuffle up and deal!
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $4,311,650 | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 46 of 889

The 2025 SHRPO Championship drew 889 entries over two starting flights, brought 292 players back for Day 2, and 46 of them pushed forward to Day 3.
They return to the Grand Ballroom at noon and begin playing down to the final table. Levels continue to run for 60 minutes until the three-table redraw with 24 players remaining, then levels increase to 90 minutes. Play is scheduled to continue until only seven players remain and those players will return tomorrow to find our Champ.
WSOP bracelet winner Jake Cody leads a challenging field coming back, one that includes Brian Altman, Justin Zaki, and Brynn Kenney among the leaders.
Day 2 Seats | Day 2 Chips | Payouts | Results
Primary Event Schedule
12PM: Day 3 – $5,300 SHRPO Championship
12PM: Event 52 Day 2 – $3,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
11AM: Event 53 Day 1B – $200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
1PM: Event 55 Day 1 – $1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
1PM: Day 1 – $25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
2PM: Event 57 – $1,100 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
5PM: Event 53 Day 1C – $200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
8PM: Event 58 – $600 Turbo PLO/NLH Mix (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
11AM: $2,650 High Roller Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
8PM: $1,050 Event 60 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $4,311,650 | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 46 of 889

Day 2 came to an end with 46 players remaining from the field of 889 entries. Jake Cody leads the way with 4,900,000 (196 big blinds) and holds an enormous chip lead on the field, with more than double second place.
Cody won the two biggest hands of the tournament in the final level of play tonight, first doubling through Eric Yanovsky, and then eliminating Marius Gierse with a better full house to bag more than a 100-big-blind chip lead.
Here is the top of the leaderboard:
1. Jake Cody – 4,900,000 (196 bb)
2. Brian Altman – 2,150,000 (86 bb)
3. Shaun Davis – 1,985,000 (79 bb)
4. Eric Kolodny – 1,975,000 (79 bb)
5. Justin Zaki – 1,625,000 (65 bb)
6. Bryn Kenney – 1,550,000 (62 bb)
Day 3 Chip Counts
Day 3 Table and Seat Draw
With 46 players remaining, the average chip stack is around 965,000 (38 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts at stake:
1st: $648,550 + SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy
2nd: $430,000
3rd: $320,000
4th: $240,000
5th: $181,000
6th: $138,000
7th: $106,000
8th: $82,000
9th-10th: $65,000
11th-12th: $57,000
13th-15th: $49,500
16th-19th: $43,000
20th-23rd: $36,500
24th-31st: $31,000
32nd-39th: $26,000
40th-46th: $21,800
Day 3 begins tomorrow (Monday) at 12:00 noon, and they are scheduled to play down to the final seven players for Tuesday’s live-streamed final table, which is scheduled to begin on Tuesday at 12:00 noon.
Stay tuned to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.

$5,300 SHRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $4,311,650 | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 46 of 889
Day 3 begins Monday at 12:00 noon.
| Table | Seat | First Name | Last Name | City | ST | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | Elliott | Kampen | Fishers | IN | 1,150,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Nicholas | Palma | Bronx | NY | 385,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Damaso | Benalcazar | Miramar | FL | 340,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Brian | Green | Las Vegas | NV | 330,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Kevin | Paustenbach | Plantation | FL | 1,435,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Fred | Paradis | Oldsmar | FL | 335,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Michael | Pawelek | Coconut Creek | FL | 145,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Blakely | Purvis | Montgomery | AL | 420,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Jonathan | Turner | Las Vegas | NV | 885,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Jeremy | Wien | Mount Kisco | NY | 1,130,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Myles | Mullaly | Rye | NY | 590,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Tyler | Hirschfeld | Glen Rock | NJ | 565,000 |
| 6 | 6 | A.J. | Kelsall | Tampa | FL | 575,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Bryn | Kenney | Henderson | NV | 1,550,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Justin | Zaki | Tampa | FL | 1,625,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Stephen | Song | West Palm Bch | FL | 840,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Eric | Yanovsky | Brooklyn | NY | 250,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Shaun | Davis | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 1,985,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Aaron | Klausman | Las Vegas | NV | 555,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Arlinda | Johns | Haines City | FL | 910,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Justin | Swilling | Port Orange | FL | 1,040,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Maksim | Pisarenko | Moscow | NV | 440,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Chris | Brewer | Vista | CA | 330,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Jake | Cody | Nottingham | 4,900,000 | |
| 8 | 2 | Joseph | Curcio | Fort Lauderdale | FL | 790,000 |
| 8 | 3 | Chris | Hunichen | Las Vegas | NV | 1,145,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Trung | Pham | Pearland | TX | 1,280,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Nathan | Pitts | Ft Lauderdale | FL | 465,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Thornton | Scott | Glen Cove | NY | 1,005,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Anton | Smirnov | 1,030,000 | ||
| 8 | 8 | Xiaoyao | Ma | Beijng | 1,010,000 | |
| 13 | 1 | Dale | Roesel | Chattanooga | TN | 500,000 |
| 13 | 2 | Eugene | Katchalov | Las Vegas | NV | 470,000 |
| 13 | 3 | Christian | Harder | Severna Park | MD | 925,000 |
| 13 | 4 | Philipe | Pizzari Pinto | Miami | FL | 695,000 |
| 13 | 5 | Kao | Saechao | Renton | WA | 1,475,000 |
| 13 | 6 | Jeremy | Becker | Tampa | FL | 720,000 |
| 13 | 7 | Tyrell | Atkinson | Cape Coral | FL | 1,090,000 |
| 13 | 8 | Dean | Hutchison | Tannochside | 475,000 | |
| 14 | 1 | Eric | Kolodny | Sunny Isles Beach | FL | 1,975,000 |
| 14 | 2 | Joseph | Klonowski | Crete | IL | 1,385,000 |
| 14 | 4 | Ivan | Starostin | Hallandale Beach | FL | 870,000 |
| 14 | 5 | Brian | Altman | Boston | MA | 2,150,000 |
| 14 | 6 | Andjelko | Andrejevic | 130,000 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Brandon | Duvdivani | Sunrise | FL | 710,000 |
| 14 | 8 | Daniyal | Gheba | Las Vegas | NV | 1,350,000 |