2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 72
$1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha
Entries: 88
Prize Pool: $85,360
April 28, 2026

Event 72 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $1,100 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha, drawing 88 entries for a prize pool of $85,360. Taking it down was Frederic Normand, winning outright for $26,585.
This marked Normand’s third SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won a $400 Turbo Double Board Bomb Pot PLO during the 2025 RRPO and a $5K PLO event during the 2025 Showdown.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | City | ST | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederic | Normand | Quebec | QC | $26,585 |
| 2 | Marc | Schiller | Fort Lauderdale | FL | $17,190 |
| 3 | Colby | Covington | Miramar | FL | $11,300 |
| 4 | Peter | Park | Los Angeles | CA | $7,730 |
| 5 | Steven | Cabas | Miami | FL | $5,485 |
| 6 | Veton | Balidemaj | Bronx | NY | $4,025 |
| 7 | David | Moreno | Hallandale | FL | $3,075 |
| 8 | Matt | Salsberg | Los Angeles | CA | $3,075 |
| 9 | Alfred | Perez | Lake Worth | FL | $2,440 |
| 10 | LaDarren | Banks | Tuscaloosa | AL | $2,440 |
| 11 | Eric | Kolodny | Sunny Isles Beach | FL | $2,015 |





, Burlacu checked, and Schutten continued for 80,000. Burlacu check-raised to 320,000, Schutten reraised all in with a covering stack, and Burlacu took about five seconds before he called all in for roughly 1,060,000 with 
for a pair of kings. Schutten tabled 
for a pair of jacks.
, vaulting Schutten into the lead with trip jacks.
, safe for Schutten to win Event 72 outright for $185,400. Burlacu finished runner-up for $124,000.
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and needed to improve to survive.

, no help to Champlin, ending his tournament in third place.


, giving Sepiol a flopped pair of jacks, but Burlacu rivered a club flush to eliminate Sepiol in fourth place.




, safe for Sepiol to double up.


, giving Burlacu kings and tens to eliminate Adler in fifth place.