2026 SHRPO Live Updates

2026 SHRPO in Review

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That’s a wrap on the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, one of the best series we run during the year, packed with 63 trophy events and more than its share of great memories.

Events: 63
Entries: 15,835
Guarantees: $8,080,000
Prize Pools: $12,334,810

The series drew more than 15,000 entries over the 15-day series with more than $8 million in guarantees and $12 million awarded.

SHRPO Champion Joe McKeehen
SHRPO Champion Joe McKeehen

The headliner on the schedule was the 2026 SHRPO Championship with a $5,300 buy-in and $3,000,000 guarantee. After a talented, tough final table and three-hour heads-up match, former WSOP Main Event winner Joe McKeehen took the top spot as our 2026 SHRPO Champ for $462,600 plus the pretty Guitar Tower Trophy.

McKeehen put his name on a very talented list of SHRPO Champions:

2013 – Blair Hinkle
2014 – Dan Colman
2015 – Omar Zazay
2016 – Jason Koon
2017 – Martin Kozlov
2018 – Brandon Eisen
2019 – Sean Winter
2021 – Dimitri Vorbe
2022 – Sergio Aido
2023 – Farid Jattin
2024 – Paul Snead
2025 – Jake Cody
2026 – Joe McKeehen

On the other end of the schedule, we kicked off the series with a $300 Quad Stack Slater Scoops tournament in the Grand Ballroom hosted by our friend Andy Slater. And boy did the players come out.

The tournament drew an incredible 1,024 entries for the tournament, easily building the biggest one-day field in our history.

We followed that up with another 5,069 entries over eight flights of the $400 Deep Stack, putting together a prize pool worth $1,662,632 and popular Poker Room grinder Joseph “Grumpy” won the tournament for $144,758. He had a lot of fans cheering for him.

2026 SHRPO Event 2 Champion Joseph Duchman

It seemed like every day we woke to a new record or milestone.

Early in the series, our all-time wins leader went back-to-back with Raminder Singh winning a $300 Bounty and $300 Deep Stack in consecutive days.

Not content with two titles, Singh won two more in the final week and became the first player in our history to win four trophies in a single series. Those wins plus 11 total cashes in the series earned Singh the top spot on our SHRPO Tournament Leaderboard.

But he wasn’t alone at the top of the leaderboard because Jean Laurent went on a win streak of his own. One day after Singh won his fourth title, Laurent won a $400 Deep Stack for his fourth of the series. He kept pace with Singh in the leaderboard chase but had to settle for second.

Yuval Bronshtein was late to the festivities, but he added two more trophies to his case to stay solidly in second on our all-time wins list.

Raminder Singh – 20 wins
Yuval Bronshtein – 18 wins
David Shmuel – 13 wins
Matt Bretzfield – 12 wins
Michael Newman – 12 wins
Phil Hui – 12 wins

The SHRPO Championship capped our Big 4 tournament schedule while Justin Zaki won the $25K Big High Roller, Mehmet Siginc captured the $3,000 Big 4 Deep Stack title, and Jay Jay Wilson took home the $1,100 Big 4 Deep Stack trophy.

Loni Hui had a nice run during the series, winning her fourth major SHRP trophy in the $800 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 event and finishing third in the SHRPO Championship for a cool $250,000.

Hui was also part of one of the best records we’ve set; for the first time in our history, five women earned a title in a single series (four of them outright, take that haters) out of the 59 open events.

Melanie Hochman – $600 Mixed Triple Draw
Esther Petiote – $400 Triple Stack Black Chip Bounty
Loni Hui – $800 Pot-Limit Omaha 8
Maria Hernandez – $1K Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Michelle Ceglarek – $400 Black Chip Bounty

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Thanks to everyone who came out to support the series; we appreciate you and hope to see you at the next one.

We have the Everglades Poker Open right around the corner and the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open in November.

Results and updates for all events:

SHRPO Championship: Joe McKeehen – $462,600
$25K Big 4 SHRPO High Roller – Justin Zaki – $391,550
$3,000 Big 4 Deep Stack: Mehmet Siginc – $92,017
$1,100 Big Deep Stack: Jay Jay Wilson – $42,682

Event 1 (Slater Scoops): Arie Sibonney – $29,578
Event 2 ($400 NLH): Joseph Duchman – $144,758
Event 3 ($600 Seniors): Kirk Bitu – $11,447
Event 4 ($600 Big O): Robert Mizrachi – $15,605
Event 5 ($300 Mix): Tony Burns – $3,865
Event 6 ($300 Turbo NLH): Jorge Rivera – $4,850
Event 7 ($600 O8): Jean Laurent – $11,755
Event 8 ($1K NLH): Zach Bruch – $23,710
Event 9 ($800 PLO): Rinat Dinmukhametov
Event 10 ($300 Bounty): Raminder Singh – $6,385
Event 11 ($400 Turbo PLO): Eric Lea – $6,934
Event 12 ($600 HORSE): Seth Harless – $9,562
Event 13 ($800 Bounty): Mikhail Chykiliov – $7,870
Event 14 ($600 Bounty PLO): Kenny Hill – $8,670
Event 15 ($300 NLH): Raminder Singh – $8,374
Event 16 ($400 NLH/PLO): Manny Tarich – $4,506
Event 17 ($600 Mixed PLO): Jean Laurent – $13,937
Event 18 ($1K NLH): Shane Santacroce – $74,600
Event 19 ($400 NLH): Yi Li – $26,532
Event 20 ($600 TD): Melanie Hochman – $12,759
Event 21 ($400 PLO): Konstantin Volkov – $9,487
Event 22 ($300 Bounty): Antuan Bunkley – $8,514
Event 23 ($400 Pineapple): David Moreno – $5,127
Event 24 ($600 Seniors): Greg Spinder – $14,982
Event 25 ($600 PLO): Mehmet Siginc – $29,000
Event 26 ($600 DC): Carl Carnevale – $10,342
Event 27 ($600 6-Max): Jamie Smith – $14,314
Event 28 ($600 10-Game): Jason Papastavrou – $10,541
Event 29 ($800 Platinum Stack): Jason Daly – $93,080
Event 30 ($2K 6-Max): Ariel Mantel – $38,453
Event 31 ($400 Bounty): Esther Petiote – $5,084
Event 32 ($400 NLH): Jacobo Montoya – $7,468
Event 33 ($800 PLO8): Loni Hui – $17,591
Event 34 ($10K 6-Max): Dan Sepiol – $134,797
Event 35 ($1K PLO): Steven Sarmiento – $17,125
Event 36 ($300 Bounty): Gideon Chamdi – $6,814
Event 37 ($1K Bounty): Dean Sultan – $6,322
Event 38 ($800 O8): Jeff Gale – $13,754
Event 39 ($1K NLH): Maria Hernandez – $37,508
Event 40 ($10K NLH): Vitalijs Zavorotnijs – $115,549
Event 41 ($300 NLH/PLO): Robert Grossman – $13,418
Event 42 ($1K Turbo): Raminder Singh – $10,978
Event 44 ($400 Seniors): Nicholas Biasevich – $7,625
Event 45 ($600 Mixed PLO): Jean Laurent – $11,675
Event 46 ($400 Bounty): Michelle Ceglarek – $11,808
Event 47 (40/40/40): Ahamad Memad – $11,322
Event 48 ($800 NLH/PLO): Mehmet Siginc – $14,105
Event 49 ($300 NLH): Raminder Singh – $8,205
Event 50 ($600 TORSE): Darin Utley – $9,756
Event 51 ($400 NLH): Jean Laurent – $15,637
Event 53 ($200 NLH): Tomas Lauria – $12,698
Event 54 ($400 Bounty PLO): Niko Gianno – $6,611
Event 57 ($800 Big O): Yuval Bronshtein – $18,432
Event 58 ($400 Turbo Bounty): Jeremy Goureau – $4,995
Event 59 ($600 TOE): Yuval Bronshtein – $9,535
Event 60 ($10K NLH): Daniyal Gheba – $198,426
Event 61 ($400 NLH): Vincent Picardi – $10,934
Event 62 ($1K PLO): Andrew Ostapchenko – $20,850
Event 63 ($300 Bounty): Joseph Ciavola – $9,125

2026 SHRPO Live Updates

After a Quick-Then-Slow, Up-and-Down, Back-and-Forth Final Table, Joe McKeehen Wins the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 43
$5,300 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  673
Prizepool:  $3,262,704
August 7-11, 2026

Joe McKeehen and Jason Heidenthal
SHRPO Champion Joe McKeehen (left) and Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Poker Tournament Manager Jason Heidenthal

There were 673 entries in the five-day $5,300 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship, and after an incredible final table that played out very quickly and then very slowly, Joe McKeehen defeated David Greufe heads-up to win the title, the trophy, and $462,600.

“Down here in Florida, I don’t feel like I’ve ever done as well as I should have,” said McKeehen, who won the WSOP Main Event in 2015 and has more than $22 million in career live tournament earnings. “It feels like every time I get into the situation, I just can’t. This time around, I was very focused.”

McKeehen started the final table third in chips with 59 big blinds, behind chipleader David Greufe (130 big blinds) and Loni Hui (108 big blinds). This was the lineup:

Seat 1.  Joe McKeehen  –  4,400,000  (59 bb)
Seat 2.  Loni Hui  –  8,125,000  (108 bb)
Seat 3.  Darren Rabinowitz  –  1,275,000  (17 bb)
Seat 4.  Jose Nadal  –  1,350,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Frankie Rivera  –  1,675,000  (22 bb)
Seat 6.  Dan Chalifour  –  2,400,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7.  David Greufe  –  9,725,000  (130 bb)
Seat 8.  Eddie Pak  –  1,650,000  (22 bb)
Seat 9.  Robert-Andrei Burlacu  –  2,075,000  (28 bb)

“The way the chips were distributed at the beginning was really weird,” said McKeehen. “You had two people with a lot. Me in third place, kind of in the middle, and everyone else was not that deep. So it was actually a really weird situation for me. I had to think about it a lot last night, especially when I saw the table draw with one of the biggest stacks [Hui] to my direct left. I had to figure out how to play it.”

Loni Hui and Phil Hui
Loni Hui (left) and her husband Phil Hui (background, right)

It was Loni Hui who took control of the final table early, notching three of the first four knockouts to take the lead with five players remaining.

“Honestly, I really didn’t do much at all until five-handed, when I caught a bluff for a lot of chips,” said McKeehen.

In that hand, Greufe bluffed the flop, turn, and river with ten high and no draws, and McKeehen check-called him down with a flopped top pair to win a huge pot worth 58 big blinds. (Click here for the full details on that hand.)

Greufe was able to bounce back from that hand, eliminating short stacks Frankie Rivera (fifth place) and Eddie Pak (fourth place). At that point, Hui and Greufe were once again the big stacks, with McKeehen pretty far behind.

“Even three-handed, the same two people had all the piles, and I just had a little more than I started with,” said McKeehen. “But I caught some cards and I won some big pots. It seemed every time the pot got really big, especially three-handed, I had the best hand. That was helpful.”

Two key hands came against Hui.

First, McKeehen check-called all three streets against Hui. Unlike Greufe in that earlier hand, Hui wasn’t bluffing and turned over KhKd, but McKeehen flopped trip queens with Qh9d to win a pot worth 58 big blinds. That pot evened up McKeehen and Hui with 82 big blinds each, leaving Greufe in the lead with 106 big blinds. (Click here for the full details on that hand.)

A short while after that, Hui four-bet all in preflop with 8s8c, but she ran into McKeehen’s QhQd. The best hand held up, and Hui was eliminated in third place. (Click here for the full details on that hand.)

To summarize the final table to this point, seven players busted in a little more than three hours — barely more than two of the 90-minute levels. There were seven all-in-and-call situations, and the short stack lost every single time.

David Greufe and Joe McKeehen
David Greufe (left) and Joe McKeehen (right)

The heads-up battle would be a completely different story. These were the official counts at the start of heads-up play:

Joe McKeehen  –  19,925,000  (159 bb)
David Greufe  –  13,750,000  (110 bb)

“I knew it was going to be a really long heads-up battle,” said McKeehen. “We both started over 100 big blinds deep, because all those people busted really fast. It was a very, very thoughtful tournament. I had to use all my brain power.”

Heads-up play lasted longer than the rest of the final table to that point, and McKeehen summed it up rather well.

“The heads-up was crazy,” said McKeehen. “I immediately had like a 20-to-1 chip lead, but he came back, and he had me at almost 20-to-1 himself, and then I somehow pulled it off.”

The key hand early in heads-up was when Greufe bluffed all three streets on a board of Qh7h6dQdJh with Kc9h, and McKeehen check-called him down with a flopped pair of sixes that rivered a flush, turning over 6h5h. That gave McKeehen an 18-to-1 chip lead, and it looked like heads-up would be over much sooner than expected. (Click here for the full details on that hand.)

But Greufe bounced back, doubling up five times over the next hour or so to take the lead. And because they were relatively deep, only one of those hands was all in preflop.

David Greufe
Runner-Up David Greufe

In that fifth double-up hand, they got it all in on the river with the board showing As10d9h3s10h. McKeehen bet, Greufe moved all in, and McKeehen tank-called with Js10c for trip tens. But Greufe turned over Qs10s for trip tens with a slightly better kicker to earn the double-up and take a nearly 3-to-1 lead. (Click here for the full details on that hand.)

“I couldn’t fold three of a kind to him, and I really wanted to. I got pipped by one,” said McKeehen about that hand. “I thought that might have been the end of it, but luckily I had some chips left.”

A short while later, they played a hand to the river on a board of 8h8d4dAcJd. With 2.7 million in the pot, Greufe bet 300,000, McKeehen raised to 3,000,000, and Greufe three-bet shoved all in. McKeehen snap-folded, leaving himself with just nine big blinds. (Click here for the full details on that hand.)

It took a while, but McKeehen was able to grind his way back to only a 2-to-1 deficit, when they played a big hand on a board of 10h7d4dJd9s. Greufe check-raised the flop, bet the turn, and shoved the river with 8c6c for a ten-high straight. But McKeehen snap-called with Ad10d for an ace-high flush to turn the tables and take a 2-to-1 lead himself. (Click here for the full details on that hand.)

Joe McKeehen
Joe McKeehen

Momentum stayed on McKeehen’s side as he won a nice pot with a higher two pair to take a 4-to-1 chip lead, and not long after that Greufe shoved 15 big blinds with Kd9d into McKeehen’s AdQd. The best hand held up, and McKeehen won the title, the iconic SHRPO Guitar Tower trophy, and $462,600. (Click here for the full details on that final hand.)

“We swung so much back and forth,” said McKeehen. “I ran really good for a while, then he ran really good for a while, and I ran great at the end. I just won every hand that I needed to, every time the pot got big.”

McKeehen is a regular in the big tournament series held here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.

“This place is great,” said McKeehen. “The dealers are incredible, and the floor staff is amazing. This place runs bigger stuff too, which is nice. I can play the $10,000, and they had a $25,000, which I fortunately had to skip this time around. I’m not sad about it.”

“And the prizepools are large,” McKeehen continued. “Not many places are getting 700 people for a $5K anymore. So this place is still drawing, and I’m happy to come every time. I’ll be back again.”

SHRPO Champion Joe McKeehen
SHRPO Champion Joe McKeehen

Final Results:

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
1JoeMcKeehenPlymouth MeetingPA$462,600 *
2DavidGreufeJacksonvilleMO$390,804 *
3LoniHuiTamaracFL$250,000
4EddiePakLos AngelesCA$188,000
5FranciscoRiveraBushkillPA$142,000
6DanielChalifourSpoffordNH$108,000
7JoseNadal SordoAlicante$83,000
8Robert-AndreiBurlacuLondon$65,000
9DarrenRabinowitzLas VegasNV$51,000
10DavidJacksonLas VegasNV$51,000
11RomanHrabecSvetice$46,000
12MikhailChykiliovMiami BeachFL$46,000
13JordanSchneibleN Syracuse
NY$41,000
14$41,000
15JonTurnerLas VegasNV$41,000
16JasonDalyFriendswoodTX$36,000
17NickVerderamoBaltimoreMD$36,000
18JonathanWangSan FranciscoCA$36,000
19DannyClarksonSaint JohnsFL$36,000
20Eli BergMiami BeachFL$31,000
21PeterWalsworthLakewoodFL$31,000
22OliverBerensMiamiFL$31,000
23JasonRochaFort LauderdaleFL$31,000
24BenjaminZamaniBoca RatonFL$26,000
25DarioDussanNeiva$26,000
26VitalijsZavorotnijsRigaLatvia$26,000
27SurminderSinghMiami BeachFL$26,000
28MichaelWangLas VegasNV$26,000
29AlejandroGonzalez Olaechea
North MiamiFL$26,000
30MarkGaudinoDavieFL$26,000
31RafaelYaraliyevBrooklynNY$26,000
32TylerKuhlmanFort LauderdaleFL$21,800
33NickSewardLas VegasNV$21,800
34SalvatoreDiCarloLas VegasNV$21,800
35ChunKwanLondon$21,800
36OmerRotmanFort LauderdaleFL$21,800
37MartinCarneroDavieFL$21,800
38MerchavZuaretsMacabim$21,800
39MichaelPawelekCoconut CreekFL$21,800
40NadyaMagnusBoca RatonFL$18,400
41TaylorWilsonWheelingWV$18,400
42LukeGrahamPalm CityFL$18,400
43KaifanWangWestwoodMA$18,400
44YuvalBronshteinFort LauderdaleFL$18,400
45JerryWongWestonFL$18,400
46OryHenHollywoodFL$18,400
47KevinSchulzLake WorthFL$18,400
48ColinRobinsonTempeAZ$15,500
49ElliotttKampenFishersIN$15,500
50DarrenEliasMedfordNJ$15,500
51PhilippeSoucyNaplesFL$15,500
52AaronMermelsteinPhiladelphiaPA$15,500
53AveryCramerNyackNY$15,500
54DylanRaymanDavieFL$15,500
55NatashaMercierDavieFL$15,500
56AriKatzReisterstownMD$13,100
57Luis AlfredoZedanPinecrestFL$13,100
58JeremyWienMount KiscoNY$13,100
59AlekseiDonetsNaplesFL$13,100
60AnthonyBertuccioLakelandFL$13,100
61JeffTrudeauMount DoraFL$13,100
62AlexisKivuMunchen$13,100
63NicholasCarballoCutler BayFL$13,100
64DavidD'AlessandroMiamiFL$11,200
65EdgardoRosario FigueroaLakelandFL$11,200
66StevenBegleiterMiamiFL$11,200
67SaurabhkumarPatelGainesvilleFL$11,200
68TommyTranLas VegasNV$11,200
69AriDinovBoca RatonFL$11,200
70WilliamCabanMiamiFL$11,200
71TomasSchlesingeBoca RatonFL$11,200
72MaximGumenyukMoscow$11,200
73BorisVaynbergSouthamptonPA$11,200
74RichardDavisJupiterFL$11,200
75UriKadoshFort LauderdaleFL$9,700
76ArtemMetalidiKyiv$9,700
77JustinFawcettGainesvilleFL$9,700
78MichaelDuekAventuraFL$9,700
79FaridJattinMiamiFL$9,700
80JordanSemelFort LauderdaleFL$9,700
81EvgenyKharchenkoHallandale BeachFL$9,700
82AnibalPabonHomesteadFL$9,700
83LiamHeStoughtonMA$9,700
84TKMilesDavieFL$9,700
85AndrewOstapchenkoLas VegasNV$9,700

* – denotes adjustment to heads-up payouts

2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Joseph Ciavola Wins Event 63 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $9,125 and a $3,500 MSPT RRPO Seat

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 63
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH
$25,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  320
Prize Pool:  $47,360
Bounty Prize Pool:  $32,000
August 11, 2026

2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 63 Champion Joseph Ciavola

Event 63 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was The Curtain Call, a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 320 entries generated a prize pool of $47,360, with an additional $32,000 set aside for bounties.

Joseph Ciavola emerged victorious, winning outright for $9,125 and a $3,500 MSPT RRPO Championship Seat in November.

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
1JosephCiavolaMiamiFL$9,125 + $3,500 MSPT RRPO Seat
2RafaelMostoMiamiFL$6,500
3PaulOkenBoca RatonFL$4,820
4NikoGiannoLondon$3,620
5PaulaAlibrandiPembroke PinesFL$2,720
6MariaHernandezMiamiFL$2,080
7RichardPezeshkianDunkirkMD$1,600
8SharonBacharNorth Miami BeachFL$1,240
9DeanSultanPlantationFL$980
10AbelPonceHomesteadFL$980
11JosephNoaCoral GablesFL$800
12RichardSaundersWestonFL$800
13RaminderSinghDelray BeachFL$660
14GaryGelmanMiami BeachNY$660
15IgorKorkhinAventuraFL$660
16JonathanMoschelFt LauderdaleFL$540
17BrianHernandezMiamiFL$540
18GilbertIsaacWest Palm BeachFL$540
19GeorgeHortelanoWesley ChapelFL$540
20JoaquinTorraMiami BeachFL$440
21DavidEhresmanLake WorthFL$440
22LeroneSterlingLauderhillFL$440
23MikhailChykiliovMiami BeachFL$440
24AlexanderTorresHollywoodFL$375
25AbrahamRamos PadillaHialeahFL$375
26AndersonMontana GarciaFort LauderdaleFL$375
27KamalHunterMiamiFL$375
28YoelLajonchere EspinosaMiamiFL$375
29TonyBurnsWestonFL$375
30GuillermoRosero PerezWestonFL$375
31BrunoNafalHialeahFL$375
32RoyKashaniSunny Isles BeachFL$355
33JeanLaurentMiamiFL$355
34RaulJimenez DiazHomesteadFL$355
35BrandonChinCutler BayFL$355
36TylerUblClaytonNC$355
37PatriciaBasilioFort LauderdaleFL$355
38RonelJuanWest Palm BeachFL$355
39JosephPhelpsBonita SpringsFL$355
40MichaelBerkovitchFar RockawayNY$355
2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Andrew Ostapchenko Wins Event 62 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $20,850

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 62
$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha
Entries:  65
Prize Pool:  $62,920
August 11, 2026

2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 62 Champion Andrew Ostapchenko

Event 62 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha, drawing 65 entries for a prize pool of $62,920.

Outlasting the field was Andew Ostapchenko, emerging victorious for the first-place prize of $20,850.

The win marked Ostapchenko’s second SHRP major series trophy score, having previously won a $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em event during the 2021 Showdown.

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
1AndrewOstapchenkoLas VegasNV$20,850
2JustinFawcettGainesvilleFL$13,365
3PeterWalsworthLakewood RanchFL$8,825
4JonTurnerLas VegasNV$6,025
5PhuocVoFort LauderdaleFL$4,250
6SachinRamrakhaniFort LeeNJ$3,100
7AlexandruIvanTampaFL$2,335
8JeffreyGaleCoral SpringsFL$2,335
9GeorgiIzovSofia$1,835
2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Vincent Picardi Wins Event 61 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $10,934

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 61
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Entries:  113
Prize Pool:  $37,064
August 11, 2026

2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 61 Champion Vincent Picardi

Event 61 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em, drawing 113 entries for a prize pool of $37,064. Emerging victorious was Vincent Picardi, winning outright for $10,934.

The win marked Picardi’s second SHRP major serious trophy victory, having previously won a $400 Triple Stack Turbo NLHE event during the 2025 RRPO.

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
1VincentPicardiLake WorthFL$10,934
2JulietHegedusPembroke PinesFL$6,764
3EraclesPanayiotouToms RiverNJ$4,040
4EdwardMedoffMargateFL$2,594
5RafaelLimaDavieFL$1,964
6VitoDistefanoLas VegasNV$1,631
7JonathanGoldmanMiami ShoresFL$1,408
8JohnValevichBrooklynNY$1,242
9MosheRefaelovitzMiamiFL$1,093
10ColeGouletPlantationFL$964
11LucianoBivarSao PauloBrazil$964
12StevenPollackPlantationFL$964
13TimothyCaprettaGrand RapidsOH$834
14ArielRoselloPembroke PinesFL$834
15DanielPolereckySpain$834
2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Tomas Lauria Calvo Wins Event 53 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Outright for $12,698

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 53
$200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  461
Prize Pool:  $72,838
August 9-11, 2026

2026 SHRPO Event 53 Champion Tomas Lauria Calvo

Event 53 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em, drawing 461 entries for a prize pool of $72,838.

Taking it down was Tomas Lauria Calvo, winning outright for $12,698.

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
1TomasLauria CalvoMiamiFL$12,698
2EldoRodriguezPlantationFL$8,800
3JoshuaSwimmHalfmoonNY$6,500
4PaulPragerDavieFL$4,880
5BretWinogradWest Palm BchFL$3,680
6RichardBroomesSt Micheal$2,800
7AlfredCottonCutler BayFL$2,160
8ManuelHerrera LopezDavieFL$1,680
9NirPelegAventuraFL$1,320
10MosheTarichNorth Miami BeachFL$1,320
11AdamSingerMiamiFL$1,160
12RonelJuanWest Palm BeachFL$1,160
13JosephPetrolinoBoca RatonFL$1,000
14RoniZelichonokAventuraFL$1,000
15JudithBielanLas VegasNV$1,000
16MarkDolloffBoca RatonFL$860
17SalvatoreAccardiPompano BeachFL$860
18RuslanShaikhovDubai$860
19RajivMaraghPalm BayFL$860
20CesarMendoza GomezMiamiFL$720
21DavidEhresmanLake WorthFL$720
22DavidBellaviaPalm CityFL$720
23ScottGreenbergDelray BeachFL$720
24SamanthaVassalloWebsterNY$580
25MarcPelfortMiamiFL$580
26JaimeMonteroCoral SpringsFL$580
27AdrielRimola CullenMiamiFL$580
28ArielRoselloPembroke PnesFL$580
29RaySt Jacques CarrionLas VegasNV$580
30BrentHooverOakland ParkFL$580
31DavidAronsonHallandale BeachFL$580
32LyleDiamondFt LauderdaleFL$480
33SethBerkovitchFar RockawayNY$480
34RodolfoRodriguezWestonFL$480
35WillieWigginsPembroke PnesFL$480
36JessicaEwudMiamiFL$480
37DanielQuesadaMiamiFL$480
38GaryGelmanMiami BeachNY$480
39AustinRattetFort LauderdaleFL$480
40Julian TeomanPetrowskiBoca RatonFL$380
41DevinBatistaOakland ParkFL$380
42RaymondRuszkowskiCutler BayFL$380
43SantanaNoronhaDavieFL$380
44JuanMontoya BernalAventuraFL$380
45CoreyZedoMaitlandFL$380
46BillieBowmanBig Pine KeyFL$380
47PinchasChakchakovPlantationFL$380
48RobertFregosiDunedinFL$320
49NicholasViscontiDelray BeachFL$320
50MarkLeBlancIrvineCA$320
51JulioRodriguezHialeahFL$320
52JayKlitznerWestonFL$320
53GideonChamdiDavieFL$320
54PeterShapiroSunny Isles BeachFL$320
55GavinBlockMiamiFL$320
56LevParnasBoca RatonFL$320
57FernandoRobrenoMiami$320
58KonstantinosAttonisPompano BeachFL$320
59IgorTerpenevHallandaleFL$320
2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Yuval Bronshtein Wins his 18th SHRP Major Series Trophy in 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 59 Outright Win for $9,535

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 59
$600 T.O.E.
Entries:  50
Prize Pool:  $25,900
August 11, 2026

2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 59 Champion Yuval Bronshtein

Event 59 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 T.O.E, drawing 50 entries for a prize pool of $25,900. Emerging victorious for the second consecutive night was Yuval Bronshtein, winning outright for $9,535 and his 18th SHRP major series trophy victory.

Here are Bronshtein’s 18 SHRP major series victories:

1.  2021 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($7,535)
2.  2021 SHRPO:  $400 Omaha 8  ($6,673)
3.  2021 SHRPO:  $400 Pot-Limit Omaha  ($10,423)
4.  2022 LHPO:  $400 Omaha 8/Stud 8  ($9,020)
5.  2022 LHPO:  $600 H.O.R.S.E.  ($11,760)
6.  2022 Showdown:  $600 Eight-Max Pot-Limit Omaha  ($20,630)
7.  2022 Showdown:  $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. Championship  ($21,645)
8.  2023 LHPO:  $600 Big O  ($13,405)
9.  2023 RRPO:  $600 H.O.R.S.E.  ($14,405)
10.  2024 LHPO:  $1,100 5-Card PLO  ($21,216)
11.  2025 LHPO: $1,100 Mixed PLO  ($24,588)
12.  2025 Showdown:  $600 10-Game Mix  ($10,940)
13.  2025 Showdown:  $600 Big O  ($15,100)
14.  2025 Showdown:  $1,100 Six-Max PLO  ($28,930)
15.  2025 RRPO:  $400 PLO8  ($7,475)
16.  2026 LHPO:  $400 Double Board Bomb Pot PLO  ($9,710)
17.  2026 SHRPO:  $800 Big O  ($18,432)
18.  2026 SHRPO:  $600 T.O.E.  ($9,535)

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
1YuvalBronshteinFort LauderdaleFL$9,535
2DavidRiveraDavieFL$5,725
3SethHarlessCooper CityFL$3,500
4AlexanderOrlovMoscowRussia$2,465
5JeffreyGaleCoral SpringsFL$1,945
6SergiyAlarikiMiamiFL$1,555
7SandySanchezParklandFL$1,175
2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Daniyal Gheba Wins Event 60 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Heads-Up Deal for $198,426

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 60
$10,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  71
Prize Pool:  $674,358
August 11, 2026

2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 60 Champion Daniyal Gheba

Event 60 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $10,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em, drawing 71 entries for a prize pool of $674,358.

A heads-up deal took place and Daniyal Gheba was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 60 winner for $198,426.

The win marked Gheba’s second SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won a $400 Turbo Bounty NLHE event during the 2022 RRPO.

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
1DaniyalGhebaLas VegasNV$198,426*
2DanSepiolLas VegasNV$171,282*
3YoussefBargachFairraxVA$82,750
4ClemenDengLas VegasNV$59,800
5CherishAndrewsChambersburgPA$45,600
6DaleRoeselChattanoogaTN$35,500
7DarrenEliasMedfordNJ$30,400
8JonathanTamayoHumbleTX$27,000
9NicholasPalmaBronxNY$23,600

*denotes heads-up deal

2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Jay Jay Wilson Wins Event 55 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Four-Way Deal for $42,682

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 55
$1,100 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  246
Prize Pool:  $250,000
August 10-11, 2026

2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 55 Champion Jay Jay Wilson

Event 55 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was the $1,100 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em, drawing 246 entries for the guaranteed prize pool of $250,000.

A four-way deal was made at the final table and Jay Jay Wilson was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 55 winner for $42,682.

PlaceFirst NameLast NameCitySTPrize Amount
1Jay JayWilsonPalm Beach GardensFL$42,682*
2BrandonNavarreteMiami SpringsFL$34,289*
3EricSiegelBellmoreNY$32,745*
4JustinDatloffBoca RatonFL$31,324*
5BrettBaderCoconut CreekFL$15,600
6MikeBeasleyWestonFL$11,900
7AndrewOstapchenkoLas VegasNV$9,100
8BenjaminZamaniBoca RatonFL$7,100
9JessicaCaiLake WorthFL$5,600
10AnthonySpinellaLas VegasNV$5,600
11WilnorMercado QuinteroTamaracFL$3,960
12TimothyCaprettaGrand RapidsOH$3,960
13PeterWalsworthLakewood RanchFL$3,380
14RobertRosenOld GreenwichCT$3,380
15HaimToorgemanPembroke PinesFL$3,380
16DaleRoeselChattanoogaTN$2,800
17MichaelChiappettaBoca RatonFL$2,800
18DavidInselbergBoca RatonFL$2,800
19VannaTeaSan JoseCA$2,800
20RamiHahittiHallandaleFL$2,320
21AaronMederosTampaFL$2,320
22DorPelegHollywoodFL$2,320
23HarelAvitanTal AvivFL$2,320
24TalRothmanWest Palm BeachFL$1,940
25MonikaHrabecVienna$1,940
26JordanKasimowMiamiFL$1,940
27JulietHegedusPembroke PinesFL$1,940
28Alberto AlejandroMolesBuenos Aires$1,940
29MordechaiGoldnerLakewoodNJ$1,940
30ShawnSternChestnut RdgNY$1,940
31MarkGaudinoDavieFL$1,940

*denotes four-way deal

2026 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 63: Prize Pool and Payouts; $9,125 and $3,500 MSPT RRPO Championship Seat to the Winner

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2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 63
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH
$25,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  320
Prize Pool:  $47,360
Bounty Prize Pool:  $32,000
August 11, 2026

Event 63 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was The Curtain Call, a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 320 entries generated a prize pool of $47,360, with an additional $32,000 set aside for bounties. The final 40 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $355.

Up top for the winner is $9,125 and a $3,500 MSPT RRPO Championship seat.

1st:  $9,125 + $3,500 MSPT RRPO Seat + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,500
3rd:  $4,820
4th:  $3,620
5th:  $2,720
6th:  $2,080
7th:  $1,600
8th:  $1,240
9th-10th:  $980
11th-12th:  $800
13th-15th:  $660
16th-19th:  $540
20th-23rd:  $440
24th-31st:  $375
32nd-40th:  $355