2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 23 $400 Deep Stack Turbo Pineapple Entries: 37 Prize Pool: $12,506 August 2, 2026
2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 23 Champion David Moreno
Event 23 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack Turbo Pineapple, drawing 37 entries for a prize pool of $12,506. Taking it down was David Moreno, winning outright for $5,127.
2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 23 $400 Deep Stack Turbo Pineapple Entries: 37 Prize Pool: $12,506 August 2, 2026
Event 23 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack Turbo Pineapple, drawing 37 entries for a prize pool of $12,506. The final five players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $1,000.
$400 Deep Stack Turbo Pineapple Structure Level 1: 100/100
Fun variant of the game when we kick off SHRPO Event 23 at 9 pm with a $400 Deep Stack Turbo Pineapple tournament. For those unfamiliar, everyone is dealt three hold cards, and one is discarded before the flop.
They’ll start with 20K stacks and all levels last 15 minutes with the turbo format. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 11:15 pm.
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 15 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (8:15pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 23 $800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em $1,000,000 Guaranteed Entries: 2,937 Prize Pool: $2,070,585 April 15-20, 2026
Platinum Stack Champion Johnny Bromberg Surrounded by Friends
“It’s a blessing,” said Johnny Bromberg after winning the mid-series Platinum Stack event. “I’ve been spending a lot of time with my daughter lately, and it’s emotional. I really won it for her.”
Bromberg hasn’t been playing as much poker this series, because he’s been with his four-year-old daughter instead. But he gave himself one day (last Friday night) to play a single flight of the mid-series $800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em event.
“I could only play one flight because I’ve been spending so much time with her,” said Bromberg. “Luckily I bagged, and then everything went right on Day 2 and Day 3.”
It was a huge event, with 2,937 entries generating a prizepool worth $2,070,585, more than doubling the $1 million guarantee. And by surviving Day 1 with a healthy stack, Bromberg was guaranteed a cash. He then cruised through Day 2, finishing third in chips with 11 players left.
Bromberg started Day 3 feeling strong.
“I felt really good because I’ve been in these spots before,” said Bromberg. “I felt like I had more experience than the other players, and I felt like they would make more mistakes.”
And things seemed to fall into place for Bromberg as he played his way toward the trophy.
“I made a lot of the right bluffs at the right time,” said Bromberg, “and all my hands held when I was ahead. So everything went right today.”
Well, not everything. Duc Vu went on a hot streak at the final table, knocking out two of the first four players before playing a pretty big pot against Bromberg. Vu raised preflop and bet every street on a board of , moving all in on the river.
Bromberg folded that hand, dropping down to just 22 big blinds as Vu took the chip lead with 133 big blinds.
“I got down to like 22 bigs,” said Bromberg, “but I never really panicked because I was just going to wait and I figured I could outplay everyone.”
Bromberg didn’t have to wait long.
Within the next 15 minutes, Bromberg took out the other two short stacks (Chase Hounshell in fifth place, David Moses in fourth). Bromberg was the shortest stack of the final three players, but he was sitting comfortably with 63 big blinds.
At that point, the average stack was worth 98 big blinds, and it looked like action could continue for hours before reaching a winner.
But it was only 15 minutes later that Bromberg and Vu played another big hand. Bromberg three-bet it to 10 million from the big blind, and Vu called. The flop came , Bromberg bet 11 million, and Vu called.
The turn card paired the board with the , Bromberg checked, Vu bet 13 million, and Bromberg check-raised all in. Vu tanked for a very long time before he folded, and Bromberg took that pot — and the chip lead.
It wasn’t long before Josh Hillock and Bromberg reraised back and forth, with Bromberg five-betting all in with , and Hillock calling with . The queens held up to knock out Hillock in third place, and Bromberg had a 2.4-to-1 lead for the start of heads-up play against Vu.
Heads-up play only lasted about 20 minutes before Vu four-bet all in with , right into Bromberg’s .
“He’s very aggressive,” said Bromberg about Vu. “He made it five million. I made it 20 million, and he thought I was full of shit. He just jammed, and I snapped. Luckily, it held.”
The board came , and Bromberg’s ace-king held up for him to win the pot, the title, the trophy, and $258,125. It’s the biggest live cash of Bromberg’s career, and as he said earlier, he did it for his four-year-old daughter.
This is Bromberg’s fifth trophy here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, so we asked him what keeps him coming back.
“This is the best casino,” said Bromberg. “It’s run the best, and I live in Miami, so this is like my home court. I got to win in front of all my friends.”
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em Prize Pool: $2,070,585 | Structure | Payouts Level 35: 600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 2,937
Johnny Bromberg
With the board showing on the turn, the players put in about 6,000,000 each.
The river card was the , Vu bet 17,000,000, and Bromberg called. Vu showed for king high, and Bromberg turned over to win the pot with two pair, aces and fives.
Johnny Bromberg – 208,800,000 (174 bb) Duc Vu – 84,900,000 (71 bb)
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em Prize Pool: $2,070,585 | Structure | Payouts Level 35: 600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 2,937
Josh Hillock
Josh Hillock raised from the small blind to 3,500,000, Johnny Bromberg reraised from the big blind to 10,000,000, and Hillock thought for a while before he reraised to 25,500,000.
Bromberg paused for a moment before he five-bet all in, and Hillock said, “Alright, let’s do this,” and he called all in for about 58,000,000 with .
Bromberg turned over , and Hillock needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came , and Hillock turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Bromberg won the pot with his pocket queens to eliminate Hillock in third place.
Josh Hillock – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($131,000)
Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:
Johnny Bromberg – 207,900,000 (173 bb) Duc Vu – 85,800,000 (72 bb)
1st: $258,125 + Showdown Trophy 2nd: $176,000
Reminder: In heads-up play, the button has the small blind and acts first before the flop.
$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em Prize Pool: $2,070,585 | Structure | Payouts Level 35: 600,000/1,200,000 with a 1,200,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 2,937
The players return from break to begin Level 35, with increased blinds of 600,000-1,200,000 with a big blind ante of 1,200,000.
With three players remaining from a field of 2,937, the average chip stack is around 97,900,000 (82 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts from the break:
, moving all in on the river.
, Bromberg bet 11 million, and Vu called.
, Bromberg checked, Vu bet 13 million, and Bromberg check-raised all in. Vu tanked for a very long time before he folded, and Bromberg took that pot — and the chip lead.
, and Hillock calling with 
. The queens held up to knock out Hillock in third place, and Bromberg had a 2.4-to-1 lead for the start of heads-up play against Vu.
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, and Bromberg’s ace-king held up for him to win the pot, the title, the trophy, and $258,125. It’s the biggest live cash of Bromberg’s career, and as he said earlier, he did it for his four-year-old daughter.
on the turn, the players put in about 6,000,000 each.
, Vu bet 17,000,000, and Bromberg called. Vu showed 
for king high, and Bromberg turned over 
, Bromberg checked, Vu bet 9,000,000, and Bromberg folded. Vu took the first pot of heads-up play.
