2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 55
$10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  99
Prize Pool:  $940,500
April 3, 2025

Event 55 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 99 entries for a prize pool of $940,500. Taking it down was Thomas Boivin, winning outright for $271,600.

This marked Boivin’s second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won the $25K High-Roller event during the 2023 Showdown for $711,300.

$10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 99

Thomas Boivin limped in for 150,000 on the button, Neil Warren raised to 600,000 in the big blind, Boivin reraised all in with a covering stack, and Warren called all in for about 3,325,000.

Boivin: 
Warren: 

The board came , giving Boivin aces and treys to win the pot and Event 55 outright for $271,600. Warren finished runner-up for $184,60

1st:  Thomas Boivin  –  $271,600 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  Neil Warren  –  $184,600
3rd:  Brock Wilson  –  $120,000
4th:  Harvey Castro  –  $81,600
5th:  Ryan Mandara  –  $57,900
6th:  Alexandros Kolonias  –  $42,700
7th:  Michael Berk  –  $32,700
8th:  Brian Yoon  –  $32,700
9th:  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  $26,100
10th:  Michael Gathy  –  $26,100
11th:  Stephen Song  –  $21,500
12th:  Chris Brewer  –  $21,500
13th:  Dean Lyall  –  $10,750
14th:  Jacob Kauffman  –  $10,750

A recap of Event 55 will be posted in a bit.

$10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 99

Brock Wilson was all in for about 700,000 from the button with against Thomas Boivin in the big blind holding .

The board ran out , giving Boivin an eight-high straight to eliminate Wilson in third place.

Thomas Boivin  –  7,700,000  (77 bb)
Neil Warren  –  2,200,000  (22 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($120,000)

1st:  $271,600 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $184,600

$10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 99

Seat 1:  Thomas Boivin  –  5,125,000  (51 bb)
Seat 2:  Brock Wilson  –  3,025,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3:  Neil Warren  –  1,750,000  (18 bb)

1st:  $271,600 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $184,600
3rd:  $120,000

4th:  Harvey Castro  –  $81,600
5th:  Ryan Mandara  –  $57,900
6th:  Alexandros Kolonias  –  $42,700
7th:  Michael Berk  –  $32,700

8th:  Brian Yoon  –  $32,700
9th:  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  $26,100
10th:  Michael Gathy  –  $26,100
11th:  Stephen Song  –  $21,500
12th:  Chris Brewer  –  $21,500
13th:  Dean Lyall  –  $10,750
14th:  Jacob Kauffman  –  $10,750

$10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 99

Harvey Castro raised all in for 990,000 from the cutoff and Thomas Boivin thought for a little while before he called.

Castro: 
Boivin: 

The board ran out , giving Boivin a flush to eliminate Castro in fourth place.

Thomas Boivin  –  5,800,000  (73 bb)
Harvey Castro  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($81,600)

With three players remaining from the field of 99 entries, the average stack is 3,300,000 (41 big blinds).

1st:  $271,600 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $184,600
3rd:  $120,000

$10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 99

Ryan Mandara was all in for about 780,000 in the cutoff against Neil Warren in the hijack.

Mandara: 
Warren: 

The board came , giving Warren a ten-high straight to eliminate Mandara in fifth place.

Ryan Mandara  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($57,900)

Seat 1:  Thomas Boivin  –  4,510,000  (56 bb)
Seat 2:  Harvey Castro  –  1,240,000   (16 bb)
Seat 3:  Brock Wilson  –  2,300,000  (29 bb)
Seat 4:  Neil Warren  –  1,850,000  (23 bb)

1st:  $271,600 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $184,600
3rd:  $120,000
4th:  $81,600

5th:  Ryan Mandara  –  $57,900
6th:  Alexandros Kolonias  –  $42,700
7th:  Michael Berk  –  $32,700

8th:  Brian Yoon  –  $32,700
9th:  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  $26,100
10th:  Michael Gathy  –  $26,100
11th:  Stephen Song  –  $21,500
12th:  Chris Brewer  –  $21,500
13th:  Dean Lyall  –  $10,750
14th:  Jacob Kauffman  –  $10,750

$10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 99

Thomas Boivin raised to 120,000 from under the gun, Alexandros Kolonias reraised all in for about 850,000 in the big blind, and Boivin called.

Boivin: 
Kolonias: 

The board ran out , no help to Kolonias, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Thomas Boivin  –  2,500,000  (42 bb)
Alexandros Kolonias  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($42,700)

With five players remaining from the field of 99 entries, the average stack is about 1,980,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $57,900 each.

$10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 99

Harvey Castro raised to 100,000 from the hijack and Michael Berk called in the big blind.

The flop was , Berk checked, Castro bet 60,000, and Berk called.

The turn was the , Berk checked, Castro bet 500,000, and Berk called all in for about 275,000.

Castro: 
Berk: 

Berk had a pair of queens with a gutshot straight draw, while Castro had a flush draw with an open-ended straight draw.

The river was the , giving Castro a flush to eliminate Berk in seventh place.

Michael Berk  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($32,700)

Seat 1:  Thomas Boivin  –  1,300,000  (26 bb)
Seat 2:  Harvey Castro  –  2,980,000  (60 bb)
Seat 3:  Brock Wilson  –  1,350,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4:  Neil Warren  –  1,425,000  (29 bb)
Seat 5:  Ryan Mandara  –  945,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6:  Alexandros Kolonias  –  1,900,000  (38 bb)

1st:  $271,600 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $184,600
3rd:  $120,000
4th:  $81,600
5th:  $57,900
6th:  $42,700

7th:  Michael Berk  –  $32,700

8th:  Brian Yoon  –  $32,700
9th:  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  $26,100
10th:  Michael Gathy  –  $26,100
11th:  Stephen Song  –  $21,500
12th:  Chris Brewer  –  $21,500
13th:  Dean Lyall  –  $10,750
14th:  Jacob Kauffman  –  $10,750

$10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 99

Harvey Castro raised to 80,000 from UTG+1, Neil Warren reraised all in for 670,000 in the cutoff, Michael Berk reraised all in over the top, and Castro folded.

Warren: 
Berk: 

The board ran out , giving Warren an ace-high flush to crack Berk’s aces and double up

Neil Warren  –  1,500,000  (38 bb)
Michael Berk  –  385,000  (10 bb)

With seven players remaining from the field of 99 entries, the average stack is about 1,415,000 (35 big blinds).

1st:  $271,600 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $184,600
3rd:  $120,000
4th:  $81,600
5th:  $57,900
6th:  $42,700
7th:  $32,700

8th:  Brian Yoon  –  $32,700
9th:  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  $26,100
10th:  Michael Gathy  –  $26,100
11th:  Stephen Song  –  $21,500
12th:  Chris Brewer  –  $21,500
13th:  Dean Lyall  –  $10,750
14th:  Jacob Kauffman  –  $10,750

$10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 13:  15,000/25,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 99

Seat 1:  Thomas Boivin  –  1,200,000  (48 bb)
Seat 2:  Harvey Castro  –  1,775,000  (71 bb)
Seat 3:  Brock Wilson  –  1,075,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4:  Neil Warren  –  540,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5:  Ryan Mandara  –  1,175,000  (47 bb)
Seat 6:  Michael Berk  –  2,275,000  (91 bb)
Seat 7:  Alexandros Kolonias  –  1,860,000  (74 bb)

1st:  $271,600 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $184,600
3rd:  $120,000
4th:  $81,600
5th:  $57,900
6th:  $42,700
7th:  $32,700

8th:  Brian Yoon  –  $32,700
9th:  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  $26,100
10th:  Michael Gathy  –  $26,100
11th:  Stephen Song  –  $21,500
12th:  Chris Brewer  –  $21,500
13th:  Dean Lyall  –  $10,750
14th:  Jacob Kauffman  –  $10,750