$400 Triple Stack WPT Wildcard: Lightning NLH
Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 106
We have a great turnout for the WPT Wildcard: Lightning event with more than 100 entries at the first break. Action moves fast when you only have 15 seconds to act (unless using some time chips of course).
A few friends in the field include our all-time trophy winner Raminder Singh, Rafael Lima, Scott Levitt, Carlos Bermudez, Paul Balzano, Frank Brannan, Robert Kessler, and Anibal Pabon.
$400 Triple Stack WPT Wildcard: Lightning NLH
Structure
Level 1: 100/100
We have a new twist on the game with RRPO Event 28 at 1 pm. The game will fly in the $400 Triple Stack WPT Wildcard: Lightning tournament because we are putting Action Clocks into play at the start. Players will have 15 seconds to decide at every point in the hand, pre flop and post flop.
It will zoom.
Players start with 30K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes. Late reg is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm and players may fire as often as they wish during that time.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Event 27 – $600 T.O.R.S.E (Re-Entry)
1PM: Event 21 Day 2 – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
1PM: Event 28 – $400 Triple Stack WPT Wildcard: Lightning NLH
2PM: Event 29 – $400 Black Chip Bounty 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
5PM: Event 30 – $400 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
11AM: $400 WPT RRPO Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
1PM: $400 WPT RRPO Championship Milestone Satellite (1-in-10)
4PM: $400 WPT RRPO Championship Milestone Satellite (1-in-10)
6PM: $400 WPT RRPO Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
8PM: $400 WPT RRPO Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 28
$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 85
Prize Pool: $43,775
August 5, 2025
Event 28 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry), drawing 85 entries for a prize pool of $43,775. Outlasting the field was David Tarbet, winning outright for $15,990.
This marked Tarbet’s second SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won a $600 2-7 Triple Draw event during the 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David | Tarbet | $14,020 |
| 2 | Kristan | Lord | $8,600 |
| 3 | Stephen | Allen | $5,320 |
| 4 | Daniel | Blum | $3,590 |
| 5 | Jordan | Miller | $2,750 |
| 6 | Jason | Papastavrou | $2,190 |
| 7 | Ariel | Mantel | $1,820 |
| 8 | Kao | Saechao | $1,530 |
| 9 | A.J. | Kelsall | $1,415 |
| 10 | Kevin | Turnage | $1,315 |
| 11 | Mark | Hurst | $1,225 |
2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 28
$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 85
Prize Pool: $43,775
August 5, 2025
Registration closed for the $600 H.O.R.S.E. tournament with 85 entries, creating a prize pool worth $43,775. The last 11 players will make the money with $1,225 for a min-cash and $14,020 up top for the H.O.R.S.E. champ.
1st: $14,020 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: $8,600
3rd: $5,320
4th: $3,590
5th: $2,750
6th: $2,190
7th: $1,820
8th: $1,530
9th: $1,415
10th: $1,315
11th: $1,225
$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 300/600 Limits
Today’s SHRPO $10,000 Mixed Game Leaderboard qualifying tournament is a classic. Event 28 is a $600 H.O.R.S.E. that will rotate games between Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, and Stud 8.
Players start with 25K in chips and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.
Primary Event Schedule
11AM: Event 25 Day 1C – $600 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
11AM: Event 28 – $600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
11AM: Event 29 Day 1A – $800 Platinum Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
12PM: Event 18 Day 2 – $1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
1PM: Event 30 – $10,000 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
3PM: Event 31 – $400 Triple Stack Six-Max Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
5PM: Event 25 Day 1D – $600 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
5PM: Event 29 Day 1B – $800 Platinum Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
9PM: Event 32 – $1,100 Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
11AM: $1,050 Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
1PM: $250 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
7PM: $205 Event 34 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 28
$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries: 95
Prize Pool: $92,150
March 27-28, 2025
There were 95 entries in the two-day $1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max event, with 12 finishing in the money and seven players advancing to the final table on Day 2. Eventual winner Chris Da-Silva amassed a gigantic chip lead on Day 1, beginning the final table with more than 45% of all the chips in play, worth 260 big blinds.
If it hadn’t been for Da-Silva, Sebastian Toro Henao would have had a big lead of his own with 127 big blinds. (The other five players had between 19 and 49 big blinds each.) So it was no surprise that Da-Silva and Henao ended up heads-up against each other at the end.
After the elimination of Max Stevens in third place, Da-Silva started heads-up play with a 2.5-to-1 lead over Henao.
Then, in the first hand of heads-up play, Henao bet every street on a board of 
, moving all in on the river for 570,000. Da-Silva eventually called with 
for two pair, nines and sixes, but Henao turned over 
to double up into the lead with a full house.
That was the first time that Da-Silva didn’t have the lead at the final table, but Da-Silva managed to keep it close over the next 20 minutes.
The key hand came after a flop of 
, with Da-Silva check-raising to 100,000, and then betting 140,000 on the 
on the turn.
The river card was the 
, Da-Silva checked, Henao bet 600,000, and Da-Silva check-raised all in for 1,120,000. Henao tanked for several minutes before he called with 
for trip aces. But Da-Silva turned over 
to win the pot with a full house, doubling up to an 80-to-1 chip lead.
Down to two big blinds, Henao doubled up the next hand before Da-Silva won it all with pocket nines against six-deuce suited. Da-Silva won the title, the trophy, and $27,825.
Da-Silva is from England, and has more than $1.3 million in live tournament earnings, though this is his first trophy here at Seminole Hard Rock.
Congratulations to Chris Da-Silva!
RESULTS:
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris | Da-Silva | $27,825 |
| 2 | Sebastian Toro | Henao | $18,350 |
| 3 | Max | Stevens | $12,200 |
| 4 | Ben | Ludlow | $8,300 |
| 5 | Donald | Manns | $5,855 |
| 6 | Kevin | Ordet | $4,260 |
| 7 | Jayden | Krnyaich | $3,200 |
| 8 | Anatoly | Nikitin | $3,200 |
| 9 | Vaughn | Steeves | $2,480 |
| 10 | Adam | McLaughlin | $2,480 |
| 11 | Bryce | McVay | $2,000 |
| 12 | Joseph | Molitor | $2,000 |
$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 95
Chris Da-Silva raised from the button, and Sebastian Toro Henao called all in from the big blind for 20,000 with 
. Da-Silva turned over 
, and Henao needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The board came 
, and Henao won the pot wtih two pair, aces and tens, to double up in chips.
Chris Da-Silva – 2,795,000 (186 bb)
Sebastian Toro Henao – 55,000 (4 bb)
The next hand, Henao moved all in from the button for 55,000, and Da-Silva called from the big blind with 
.
Henao turned over 
, and needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came 
, and Henao flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Da-Silva won the pot — and the trophy, the title, and $27,825 — with two pair, queens and nines.
Sebastian Toro Henao finished as the runner-up, earning $18,350.
Congratulations to Chris Da-Silva!
1st: Chris Da-Silva – $27,825 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: Sebastian Toro Henao – $18,350
3rd: Max Stevens – $12,200
4th: Ben Ludlow – $8,300
5th: Donald Manns – $5,855
6th: Kevin Ordet – $4,260
7th: Jayden Krnyaich – $3,200
$1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 95
Sebastian Toro Henao raised to 40,000, and Chris Da-Silva called from the big blind.
The flop came , Da-Silva checked, Henao bet 35,000, and Da-Silva check-raised to 100,000. Henao called.
The turn card was the , Da-Silva bet 140,000, and Henao called.
The river card paired the board with the , Da-Silva checked, Henao bet 600,000, and Da-Silva thought for a while before he check-raised all in for 1,120,000. Henao went into the tank.
After a while, Henao wondered aloud if Da-Silva had pocket threes, or a flush, or maybe ace-three.
Henao tanked for a while longer before he asked Da-Silva, “Will you show me if I fold? I need to sleep well tonight.”
Da-Silva smiled, pointed to the payouts (showing $18,350 for second place), and said, “You’ll make a lot of money. You should sleep well with that.”
Henao tanked for a little while longer before he called with a slightly larger stack and turned over for trip aces.
But Da-Silva turned over to win the pot with a full house, sevens full of aces, to double up into a monstrous 80-to-1 chip lead.
Chris Da-Silva – 2,815,000 (188 bb)
Sebastian Toro Henao – 35,000 (2 bb)
And here are the final table payouts:
1st: $27,825 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $18,350
3rd: Max Stevens – $12,200
4th: Ben Ludlow – $8,300
5th: Donald Manns – $5,855
6th: Kevin Ordet – $4,260
7th: Jayden Krnyaich – $3,200