2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 61
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 437
Prize Pool: $144,210
April 26, 2026
Event 61 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em, drawing 437 entries for a prize pool of $144,210.
A heads-up chop was made between the final two players and Avi Frier was the slight chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 61 winner for $21,575.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | City | ST | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avi | Frier | Hollywood | FL | $21,575* |
| 2 | Alan | Hamza | Ocala | FL | $21,575* |
| 3 | Bair | Batozhargalov | Seattle | WA | $12,800 |
| 4 | Qasem | Jamhour | Miami | FL | $9,600 |
| 5 | Vinny | Pahuja | Jersey City | NJ | $7,200 |
| 6 | Andrew | Del Rio | Coral Springs | FL | $5,500 |
| 7 | Guy | Naimi | Miami | FL | $4,240 |
| 8 | Justin | Trant | Miami | FL | $3,300 |
| 9 | Alexander | Perez | Miami | FL | $2,580 |
| 10 | Tamer | Salama | Bradenton | FL | $2,580 |
| 11 | Nicholas | Ralph | Portsmouth | $2,340 | |
| 12 | Ory | Hen | Hollywood | FL | $2,340 |
| 13 | Brandon | Casalis | Miami | FL | $2,060 |
| 14 | Gary | Gelman | Brooklyn | NY | $2,060 |
| 15 | Russell | Dizer | Pine City | NY | $2,060 |
| 16 | Edward | Medoff | Margate | FL | $1,760 |
| 17 | Chinh | Duong | Falls Church | VA | $1,760 |
| 18 | William | Chase | Falmouth | ME | $1,760 |
| 19 | Shalon | Elharrar | Pensacola | FL | $1,760 |
| 20 | Manuel | Herrera Lopez | Davie | FL | $1,480 |
| 21 | Ruth | Ruffman | Naples | FL | $1,480 |
| 22 | $1,480 | ||||
| 23 | Jason | Nablo | Niagara Falls | NY | $1,480 |
| 24 | John | Dwyer | Coral Springs | FL | $1,220 |
| 25 | Steven | Glasscock | Bixby | OK | $1,220 |
| 26 | Ross | Lebo | Lehigh Acres | FL | $1,220 |
| 27 | Paul | Shafran | Boca Raton | FL | $1,220 |
| 28 | Michael | Newman | Fort Lauderdale | FL | $1,220 |
| 29 | Richard | Chouinard | Royal Palm Beach | FL | $1,220 |
| 30 | Jun | Tang | Myrtle Beach | SC | $1,220 |
| 31 | Paul | Prager | Davie | FL | $1,220 |
| 32 | David | Ehresman | Lake Worth | FL | $1,000 |
| 33 | John | Valevich | Sunny Isles Beach | FL | $1,000 |
| 34 | Anastasija | Zavorotnaja | Boca Raton | FL | $1,000 |
| 35 | Richard | Broomes | St. Micheal | $1,000 | |
| 36 | Dongsheng | Lin | Pembroke Pines | FL | $1,000 |
| 37 | Jacob | Damsgaard | Boca Raton | FL | $1,000 |
| 38 | Bryan | Schultz | Las Vegas | NV | $1,000 |
| 39 | Maryon | Harper | Palmetto Bay | FL | $1,000 |
| 40 | Jeffrey | Garfinkel | Boca Raton | FL | $800 |
| 41 | Tyler | Quander | Pompano Beach | FL | $800 |
| 42 | Dien | Le | Bellevue | WA | $800 |
| 43 | Adi | Amit | Boca Raton | FL | $800 |
| 44 | Michael | Rozen | Parkland | FL | $800 |
| 45 | Glen | Canelstein | Coral Springs | FL | $800 |
| 46 | Charles | Mitchell | Satellite Beach | FL | $800 |
| 47 | Spencer | Gore | San Francisco | CA | $800 |
| 48 | Brent | Hoover | Oakland Park | FL | $660 |
| 49 | Jacob | Priest | Smyrna | GA | $660 |
| 50 | Alan | Nacinovic | Waterdown | ON | $660 |
| 51 | David | Oumanski | Hollywood | FL | $660 |
| 52 | Harel | Avitan | Langhorn | PA | $660 |
| 53 | |||||
| 54 | Frank | Lagodich | Las Vegas | NV | $660 |
| 55 | Amr | Elsheikh | Long Island City | FL | $330 |
| 56 | Jean | Fatta | Parkland | FL | $330 |
*denotes heads-up chop
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