2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Ginold Rendel Wins Event 36 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open in Nine-Way Deal for $2,824

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2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 36
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  189
Prize Pool:  $29,295
Bounty Prize Pool:  $18,900
August 6, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Event 36 Champion Ginold Rendel

Event 36 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry). A field of 189 entries generated a prize pool of $29,295, with an additional $18,900 set aside for bounties.

A rare nine-way deal was reached at the final table and Ginold Rendel was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 36 winner for $2,824.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1GinoldRendel$2,824*
2JosephGotlieb$2,789*
3JamesBernard$2,788*
4JorgeDel Carpio Marroquin$2,608*
5LuisCristobol$2,493*
6RafaelCalmet Mosto$2,334*
7EmilianoGuido$2,165*
8MykhailoAvdieienko$2,077*
9EmilioBrana$2,077*
10ZeevIlmer$660
11AnthonyStewart$660
12LiesBechrir$660
13JonathanGoldman$550
14BrandonMetcalf$550
15MichaelTarafa$550
16JhoanLadino$450
17PaulaAlibrandi$450
18MiguelangelSalvador$450
19MariaHernandez$360
20ChadTucker$360
21MichaelRusso$360
22Ji ChengDing$360
23ShaulSultan$360
24AlainCandales Falcon$360

*denotes nine-way deal

2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 36: Prize Pool and Payouts; $7,060 to the Quad Stack Bounty Winner

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2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 36
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  189
Prize Pool:  $29,295
Bounty Prize Pool:  $18,900
August 6, 2025

Event 36 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry). A field of 189 entries generated a prize pool of $29,295, with an additional $18,900 set aside for bounties. The final 24 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $360.

Up top for the winner is $7,060.

1st:  $7,060 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $4,700
3rd:  $3,000
4th:  $1,900
5th:  $1,500
6th:  $1,275
7th:  $1,050
8th:  $900
9th:  $770
10th-12th:  $660
13th-15th:  $550
16th-18th:  $450
19th-24th:  $360

2025 SHRPO Live Updates

Event 36: Quad Stacks and $100 Bounties

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$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Bounties are up for grabs with SHRPO Event 36 at 4 pm but you’ll have a lot of chips to defend yourself. We have a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em tournament that will reward sending someone out.

Players sit with huge 40K starting stacks and all levels last 20 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 7:30 pm and player may refire as often as they wish while reg is open.

  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 10 (7:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 36 Structure Sheet
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SHRPO Day 8 Schedule

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Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 29 Day 1C – $800 Platinum Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 13 (5:45pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 29 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 33 – $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 33 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 34 Day 1 – $2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Final table will be live-streamed
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes; Final Table levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 11 (5:45pm)
  • Day 1 will end when seven players remain
  • Event 34 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 25 Day 2 – $600 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

2PM: Event 35 – $1,100 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 35 Structure Sheet

4PM: Event 36 – $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 10 (7:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 36 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 29 Day 1D – $800 Platinum Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $250,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 13 (11:45pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 29 Structure Sheet

9PM: Event 37 – $1,100 Purple Chip Bounty Turbo NLH(Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 37 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

11AM: $250 Event 34 Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Two seats guaranteed into $2,200 SHRPO Event 34
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 10 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (12:20pm)
  • Structure Sheet

4PM: $600 SHRPO Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Five seats guaranteed into $5,300 SHRPO Championship
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

6PM: $1,050 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 1-in-10 win seats into any SHRPO $10K event
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (8:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2025 SHRPO Schedule and Results

2025 Showdown Live Updates

Fred Paradis Wins Showdown Triple Stack for $131,300

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2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 36
$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  940
Prize Pool:  $911,800
March 30 – April 2, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 36 Champion Fred Paradis

Showdown Event 36 was the big $1,100 buy-in Triple Stack tournament that drew 940 entries and turned the $500,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $911,800. It took an extra day to settle the title, and it was Fred Paradis taking the top spot along with $131.300.

Congrats Fred!

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1FredParadis$131,300
2MaxwellYoung$100,000
3LuisOrtiz$69,000
4FaridDridl$51,000
5MichaelMorton$39,000
6ScottBaumstein$29,500
7IraFriedman$22,800
8DavidNathaniel$17,700
9MaximeChilaud$13,900
10PaulSnead$13,900
11ValentinBezik$12,000
12SheldonGross$12,000
13DapreeschScates$10,300
14ChristopherDa Silva Oduntan$10,300
15NicolaDavimos$10,300
16AlexanderZiskin$8,700
17MichaelNewman$8,700
18AlejandroJaureguireynoso$8,700
19AaronMermelstein$8,700
20ChangliangDeng$7,400
21GaryGelman$7,400
22TanupatPunjarojanakul$7,400
23BenjaminZamani$7,400
24RafaelRodriguez Arang$6,300
25DarioDussan Guzman$6,300
26SpencerChamplin$6,300
27KevinGomez$6,300
28HanMing Feng$6,300
29MichaelForca$6,300
30MatthewMcEwan$6,300
31ErnestoRasse Gonzalez$6,300
32DylanKahn$5,200
33TuanNguyen$5,200
34DienLe$5,200
35JasonRocha$5,200
36AlanShulman$5,200
37ChadRoedersheimer$5,200
38KaifanWang$5,200
39FlorianRibouchon$5,200
40DavidFinkelstein$4,360
41EusebiuJalba$4,360
42ThomasPuccio$4,360
43DarrenRabinowitz$4,360
44MichaelHunsucker$4,360
45KharlinSued$4,360
46StuartYoung$4,360
47EugeneGolubchik$4,360
48JoseSnejberg$3,680
49RobertLebeau$3,680
50PhilipePizzari Pinto$3,680
51SamuelGanzfried$3,680
52YunkyuSong$3,680
53BenjaminMoschel$3,680
54CalaisCampbell$3,680
55HaimToorgeman$3,680
56DavidJackson$3,100
57DavidSathue$3,100
58MichaelBills$3,100
59GustavoMoscon$3,100
60LannyVaysman$3,100
61NicholasYunis$3,100
62AaronThivyanathan$3,100
63MukulPahuja$3,100
64DavidMoses$2,620
65DonaldManns$2,620
66JustinGreen$2,620
67RichardDubini$2,620
68RichardDavis$2,620
69RafaelLima$2,620
70AlejandroHerrera Gonzalez$2,620
71JoeyWeissman$2,620
72ZacharyFischer$2,620
73JulianPineda Lozano$2,620
74ShenghaoLiang$2,620
75CalebPiderit$2,620
76DaleRoesel$2,620
77CalebPowell$2,620
78ErnestBush$2,620
79TaylorHart$2,620
80HarrisonGimbel$2,240
81PaulDomb$2,240
82CarlosSaturno Garcia$2,240
83DeanLyall$2,240
84ArtemMetalidi$2,240
85AdamAgaev$2,240
86PasqualeCaiazza$2,240
87JeremyBecker$2,240
88AaronPinson$2,240
89JessicaCai$2,240
90StephenMa$2,240
91OryHen$2,240
92JoseReyes$2,240
93DanielHeimiller$2,240
94JasonPrest$2,240
95EldoRodriguez$2,240
96DorianRios Pavon$2,240
97GabrielFuller$2,240
98HaimNagar$2,240
99RichardRice$1,940
100TarunGulati$1,940
101DemetriusCampbell$1,940
102JosephBrum Pacheco$1,940
103MatthewLambrecht$1,940
104JuanMarquez$1,940
105JosephDuchman$1,940
106WaiNgai$1,940
107ShmuelZalmanov$1,940
108MitchellHynam$1,940
109IgorTretyakov$1,940
110SaberSalum Penayo$1,940
111AnkitAhuja$1,940
112DavidDibernardi$1,940
113CraigBagon$1,940
114JoshuaStewart$1,940
115RyanDougherty$1,940
116TsolmonJargalsaikhan$1,940
117AnthonyMerlo Jr$1,940
118DanielPalau Vicente$1,940
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Event 36: Fred Paradis Wins Triple Stack ($131,300); Maxwell Young ($100,000) Runner-Up

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$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante

Fred Paradis

Fred Paradis opened to 400,000 from his button and Maxwell Young raised to 1,400,000. Paradis clicked it up to 4,000,000 and Young announced all in to get a snap call from Paradis.

Paradis: QcQs
Young: TcTd

A big heads-up cooler for Young and Paradis’s queens held on the AcKd2hKh8d board to give him the pot and the Triple Stack title.

1st: Fred Paradis – $131,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: Maxwell Young – $100,000

Maxwell Young
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Event 36: Luis Ortiz – 3rd Place ($69,000)

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$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 940

Luis Ortiz
Luis Ortiz

Luis Ortiz was all in from the big blind for 1,550,000 with Qs10s, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the 5h4h of Fred Paradis in the small blind.

The board came 4s3c2cKsAh, and Paradis paired his four on the flop and rivered a five-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Ortiz in third place.

Luis Ortiz  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($69,000)

Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:

Fred Paradis  –  15,125,000  (76 bb)
Maxwell Young  –  13,100,000  (66 bb)

And here are today’s payouts:

1st:  $131,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $100,000

3rd:  Luis Ortiz  –  $69,000
4th:  Farid Dridi  –  $51,000
5th:  Michael Morton  –  $39,000

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Event 36: Farid Dridi – 4th Place ($51,000)

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$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 940

Farid Dridi
Farid Dridi

Farid Dridi moved all in from the button for 2,625,000, and Fred Paradis moved all in over the top from the small blind with AsJh.

Dridi turned over Ad6h, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 9h2d2c7hQc, and Paradis won the pot with his jack kicker to eliminate Dridi in fourth place.

Fred Paradis  –  12,800,000  (64 bb)
Farid Dridi  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($51,000)

With three players remaining from a field of 940, the average chip stack is around 9,400,000 (47 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $69,000 each.

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Event 36: Bonus Day

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$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $911,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 940

Eight starting flights and a long Day 2 weren’t enough to find our $1,100 Triple Stack champ so the five remaining players return at 1 pm with an eye on the title and the $138,300 top prize.

Seat 1:  Farid Dridi  –  5,100,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2:  Fred Paradis  –  7,275,000  (49 bb)
Seat 3:  Luis Ortiz  –  6,500,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Morton  –  2,125,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Maxwell Young  –  7,175,000  (48 bb)

1st:  $138,300 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $93,000
3rd:  $69,000
4th:  $51,000
5th:  $39,000