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Femi Fashakin Takes a Break From A.I. Security to Win the Mid-Series Showdown Trophy and $156,565

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  4,017
Prize Pool:  $2,088,840
March 26-31, 2025

Femi Fashakin
Event 26 Champion Femi Fashakin

The $600 Mid-Series Showdown anchored the middle weekend of this Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, and across four starting days there were 4,017 entries, beating the guarantee with a prizepool worth $2,088,840.

On Monday evening, after six days of play, it came to an end in a six-way deal, with chipleader Femi Fashakin winning the title, the trophy, and $156,565.

“It’s amazing,” said Fashakin. “It was a pretty tricky tournament for me, but I’m glad it all went down the way it did.”

“I was able to pick my spots,” said Fashakin, “and I got a pretty good run of cards. I got pretty lucky in some spots where I was able to get my opponents to pay me when I had a good hand, and other times I was able to take it down without too much resistance.”

This is the first Seminole Hard Rock trophy for Fashakin, who has a WSOP bracelet and more than $1.5 million in career earnings. But poker is more of a hobby than a career for him, as he is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for an A.I. security company.

“I don’t play full-time,” said Fashakin. “Most of the time I’m doing tech security stuff, so I just sneak down here whenever I get a chance off of work, and I’m usually out by Sunday or Monday.”

When asked how the trophy compared to the prize money, Fashakin said, “In this case, the trophy was more important to me. I could have played it out to the end, but I’m glad we chopped because at least I locked in the trophy.”

Fashakin lives in Orlando, less than a three-hour drive away from Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.

“Besides the fact that it’s pretty close to home, I really like the way the tournaments are organized here,” said Fashakin. “It’s an amazing team, and they do an excellent job to make sure the players have a good time and enjoy the game. It attracts recreational players and pros, and there’s something for everyone. And the structures are also very good. It’s one of the best casinos in the world, and I really enjoy it.”


RESULTS:

Place First Name Last Name Prize Amount
1 Femi Fashakin $156,565*
2 Abraham Ramos Padilla $150,220*
3 Atanas Pavlov $147,315*
4 Zachary Fischer $135,013*
5 David Frenkel $103,310*
6 Joel Gossett $94,257*
7 Sebastian Toro Henao $42,500
8 Marcelo Aagesen $33,000
9 Albert Son $26,000
10 Hector Pacheco $26,000
11 Martin Culotta $21,200
12 Antoine Sankari $21,200
13 Liran Bracha $17,300
14 Hal Nguyen $17,300
15 Lam Tran $17,300
16 James Leonard $14,100
17 Alexander Kimpel $14,100
18 Perla Ojeda $14,100
19 Gregory Pessine $14,100
20 Tomas Brokl $11,600
21 Lee Connell $11,600
22 Alexandre Henry $11,600
23 Robert Morris $11,600
24 Dan Heimiller $9,500
25 Brian Scott $9,500
26 Raminder Singh $9,500
27 Jorge Eghi $9,500
28 Richard Leblanc $9,500
29 Artem Morev $9,500
30 Caio De Lucca Sobral $9,500
31 Kyle Buerosse $9,500
32 Logan Berger $7,900
33 Zachary Eichenbaum $7,900
34 Juan Endara $7,900
35 Ricardo Eyzaguirre $7,900
36 Eric Rowen $7,900
37 Kevin Rines $7,900
38 Misael Iadisernia $7,900
39 Caleb Piderit $7,900
40 Drew Dodge $6,500
41 Shaun Davis $6,500
42 Axel Orellana Gomez $6,500
43 Adam Mclaughlin $6,500
44 Joseph Shammas $6,500
45 Balakrishna Patur $6,500
46 Matthew White $6,500
47 Kyle Bridwell $6,500
48 Shannon Mccloud $5,400
49 Lateshia Mullings $5,400
50 Christopher Funari $5,400
51 David Dibernardi $5,400
52 John Ryan Iii $5,400
53 William Mattison $5,400
54 Daniel Swartz $5,400
55 Michael Monaco $5,400
56 Shokhrukh Bakhromov $4,500
57 Ramy Boctor $4,500
58 Antuan Bunkley $4,500
59 Alejandro Saez $4,500
60 Pablo Valdivieso $4,500
61 Roni Zelichonok $4,500
62 Ridley Jecrois $4,500
63 Charlemagne Benjamin Jr $4,500
64 Glenn Fishbein $3,760
65 Eldo Rodriguez $3,760
66 Marcos Escalante $3,760
67 Jordan Sparagana $3,760
68 Brett Sherman $3,760
69 Kelly Slay $3,760
70 Sebastian Echavarria $3,760
71 Josias Santos $3,760
72 Aaron Flores $3,760
73 Jarod Ludemann $3,760
74 Michael Bills $3,760
75 Jorge Leidi $3,760
76 James Clark $3,760
77 Kaifan Wang $3,760
78 Luis Nunez $3,760
79 Taylor Hart $3,760
80 John Wilson $3,160
81 Alon Shahar $3,160
82 Tsolmon Jargalsaikhan $3,160
83 Thang Nguyen $3,160
84 Daniel Cruz $3,160
85 Artim Zhuta $3,160
86 Asher Neaman $3,160
87 Manelic Minaya $3,160
88 Michael Chiappetta $3,160
89 David Singh $3,160
90 Samuel Ronalds $3,160
91 Jake Schwartz $3,160
92 Howard Wilamowski $3,160
93 Daniel Jesudason $3,160
94 Joseph Levitt $3,160
95 Chase Hounshell $3,160
96 Arnaldo Gordon $2,660
97 Zubair Pasha $2,660
98 Dorian Pavon $2,660
99 Fabio Chaves $2,660
100 Aaron Pacheco $2,660
101 David Castranova $2,660
102 Migle Kriksciunaite $2,660
103 Ovenson Benoit $2,660
104 Stuart Young $2,660
105 Oleg Minavichev $2,660
106 Orlan Colina Barr $2,660
107 Hal Rotholz $2,660
108 Oscar Castagna $2,660
109 Adam Brody $2,660
110 James Cialella $2,660
111 Dyanna Lopez $2,660
112 Gary Herstein $2,240
113 Isaac Cramer $2,240
114 Walter Nalvarte $2,240
115 John Mc Ewen $2,240
116 Javier Sanchez $2,240
117 Damien Gaskin $2,240
118 Joseph Pacheco $2,240
119 Casey Crews $2,240
120 Artur Tishchenko $2,240
121 Alex Becker $2,240
122 Yoel Espinosa $2,240
123 Jose Cadoze $2,240
124 Matthew Edmonds $2,240
125 Robert George $2,240
126 Seun Oluwole $2,240
127 Julian Canellas $2,240
128 Abm Kabir $2,240
129 David Poces $2,240
130 Lior Rusinek $2,240
131 Maurice Paradis $2,240
132 Joel Gola $2,240
133 Peterson St-Fort $2,240
134 Luckenson Pericles $2,240
135 Max Kingstone $2,240
136 Amel Mujic $2,240
137 Lucas Jumalon $2,240
138 Huang Wong $2,240
139 Willie Wiggins Jr $2,240
140 Scott Zakheim $2,240
141 $2,240
142 Jeffrey Kenny $2,240
143 Fabian Foster $2,240
144 Michael Vadala $2,240
145 Aaron Thivyanathan $2,240
146 Quan Phui $2,240
147 William Pappas $2,240
148 Craig Bagon $2,240
149 Bradley Smith $2,240
150 Michael Tufaro $2,240
151 Julio Reyes $2,240
152 Devin Brodman $1,880
153 Luis Ortiz $1,880
154 David Trager $1,880
155 Jennifer Frankenstein $1,880
156 Marcus El Huaick $1,880
157 Calais Campbell $1,880
158 Marshall Morris $1,880
159 James Rodriguez $1,880
160 Tyler Montoya $1,880
161 Jasmin Omanovic $1,880
162 Jacob Corda $1,880
163 Luis Ramos $1,880
164 Unclaimed $1,880
165 Mohammed Kabir $1,880
166 Alexis Kivu $1,880
167 George Hemphill $1,880
168 Curtis King $1,880
169 Julian Lozano $1,880
170 Petre Ionescu $1,880
171 Stoyko Kolev $1,880
172 David Smith $1,880
173 David Oshry $1,880
174 Samuel Ganzfried $1,880
175 Anthony Cuffari $1,880
176 Kyle Lazzaro $1,880
177 Nerijus Kvedaras $1,880
178 Alejandro Jaureguireynoso $1,880
179 G Ferguson $1,880
180 Miller Rictich $1,880
181 Cuba Levenberry $1,880
182 Jason Kwartler $1,880
183 Clifford Mermell $1,880
184 Justin Green $1,880
185 Carlos Cordoba $1,880
186 Leo Nash $1,880
187 Leonardo Torre $1,880
188 Jonathan Vanderveen $1,880
189 William Papadopoulos $1,880
190 Anthony Carbone $1,880
191 Boyan Stamenov $1,880
192 John Tavss $1,880
193 Robert Rodriguez  $1,880
194 Ardit Kurshumi $1,880
195 Rafael Rodriguez Arang $1,880
196 Oniel Mccalla $1,880
197 Corel Theuma $1,880
198 Dominic Finch $1,880
199 Athir Saco $1,880
200 William Flock $1,880
201 Marc Bronstein $1,880
202 Edward Villegas $1,560
203 David Sathue $1,560
204 Daniel Demuth $1,560
205 Shon Perez $1,560
206 Jorge Ramos $1,560
207 Vaughn Steeves $1,560
208 Benjamin Ludlow $1,560
209 Jeremy Becker $1,560
210 Richard Ebaugh $1,560
211 Mikhail Chykiliov $1,560
212 Andrew Boujaoude $1,560
213 Kate Kopp $1,560
214 Francesco Digiacomo $1,560
215 Quan Quach $1,560
216 Julio Novo $1,560
217 Zhen Cai $1,560
218 Jacquelyn Scott $1,560
219 Sergio Giha $1,560
220 Demetrius Campbell $1,560
221 Patrick Caputo $1,560
222 Cory Rock Jr $1,560
223 Ernesto Romero $1,560
224 Andreu Ferragut Lluch $1,560
225 Eugene Maslov $1,560
226 Alvin Norman $1,560
227 Matthew Lambrecht $1,560
228 Brent Sheirbon $1,560
229 Lawrence Klur $1,560
230 Michael Tweedlie $1,560
231 Kenneth Bruno $1,560
232 Jose Gonzalez $1,560
233 Tao Chu $1,560
234 Rickey Welch $1,560
235 Stuart Phillips $1,560
236 Ernesto Rasse Gonzalez $1,560
237 Ryan Hoenig $1,560
238 Alain Medesan $1,560
239 Rafiki Brown $1,560
240 Robert Noel $1,560
241 Paul Snead $1,560
242 Courtland Twyman $1,560
243 Roberto Alberro $1,560
244 Nicholas Sena-Hopkins $1,560
245 Oliver Berens $1,560
246 Eric Kolodny $1,560
247 James Salmon Iii $1,560
248 Chongyou Chen $1,560
249 Jonathan Kramer $1,560
250 Dale Roesel $1,560
251 Nathan Thrush $1,560
252 Tyler Bentz $1,560
253 Cyril Darmouni $1,320
254 Athanasios Polychronopoulos $1,320
255 Michael Morton $1,320
256 Jacob Kauffman $1,320
257 Nikolay Volper $1,320
258 Igor Holidaiy $1,320
259 Ofer Sela $1,320
260 Aaron Chien $1,320
261 Cangir Elcin $1,320
262 Juan Marquez $1,320
263 Jose Ardila $1,320
264 Kia Hooshmand $1,320
265 Andres Fernandez $1,320
266 Kevin Ho $1,320
267 Chadd Beatty $1,320
268 David Akerman $1,320
269 Philip Rigby $1,320
270 Vernon Barlow $1,320
271 Eduardo Garcia Perez $1,320
272 Jake Ozyman $1,320
273 Vincent Mollica $1,320
274 Ngoc Nguyen $1,320
275 Joseph Montervino $1,320
276 Corey Paul $1,320
277 Randall Campbell $1,320
278 Bradley Toper $1,320
279 Tuan Nguyen $1,320
280 Alberto Tani $1,320
281 Selim Hamadache $1,320
282 Devon Marshall $1,320
283 Andreas Michelmann $1,320
284 Adam Sallas $1,320
285 Brian Nerney $1,320
286 Alexander Perez $1,320
287 Neil Zonenashvili $1,320
288 Semsettin Ilyas $1,320
289 Igor Tretyakov $1,320
290 Jeffrey Palermo $1,320
291 Brian Barros-Vazquez $1,320
292 Petar Konstantinovic $1,320
293 Scott Johnson $1,320
294 Justin Grider $1,320
295 Timothy Pollard $1,320
296 Brett Bader $1,320
297 James Scott $1,320
298 Brandon Schwartz $1,320
299 Dylan Kahn $1,320
300 Yevhenii Cherniak $1,320
301 Donald Manns $1,320
302 Gilbert Whorrie $1,320
303 Jonathan Bennett $1,320
304 Chase Carlin $1,320
305 Daniel Mowrer $1,320
306 Andrew Difeo $1,320
307 Tomislav Krizanic $1,320
308 Chris Da Silva Oduntan $1,320
309 Eusebiu Jalba $1,320
310 Sabas Ferrrer-Ferrer $1,320
311 Moises Parilla $1,320
312 Ryan D’Angelo $1,320
313 Pedro Palacio $1,320
314 Sheldon Gross $1,320
315 Christopher Alen $1,320
316 Brendan Feinberg $1,320
317 Ranei Aviv $1,320
318 Jeffrey Himelfarb $1,320
319 Moran Merdinger $1,320
320 Jean Paul Drayton $1,320
321 Solomon Ngoy $1,320
322 Yu-Yuan Lee $1,320
323 Stephen Ma $1,140
324 Diomig Delgado $1,140
325 Osagyefo Greene $1,140
326 Jason Holzberg $1,140
327 Unclaimed $1,140
328 Duc Nguyen $1,140
329 Denys Bazeliuk $1,140
330 Bryan Cuzino $1,140
331 Jason Mcqueer $1,140
332 Daniel Pearlman $1,140
333 Kevin Vail $1,140
334 Niall Costigan $1,140
335 Jorge De Arruda Feres Ribeiro $1,140
336 David Singer $1,140
337 Luis Capella Mila $1,140
338 Eduardo Christ $1,140
339 Johnny Bromberg $1,140
340 Joseph Burns $1,140
341 Kenneth Weiner $1,140
342 Mitchell Hynam $1,140
343 Unclaimed $1,140
344 Jake Cody $1,140
345 Steven Brackesy $1,140
346 Tarek Ashwas $1,140
347 Aaron Pinson $1,140
348 Shamica Lamar $1,140
349 Jaya Malapati $1,140
350 Yaniv Yarkony $1,140
351 Devin Batista $1,140
352 Allan Bieler $1,140
353 Alexey Kashirin $1,140
354 Sinan Li $1,140
355 Eric Siegel $1,140
356 Moises Jattin $1,140
357 Azim Popatia $1,140
358 Daniel Sepiol $1,140
359 Shea Smith $1,140
360 Richard Rice $1,140
361 Anthony Merlo Jr $1,140
362 Joseph Reyes $1,140
363 Emre Akgoz $1,140
364 Jacob Ristich $1,140
365 Michael Valore $1,140
366 Lawrence Whyte $1,140
367 Bryce Mcvay $1,140
368 Anibal Pabon $1,140
369 Shalom Elharar $1,140
370 Lucas Mendes $1,140
371 Thanh Dong $1,140
372 Michael Newman $1,140
373 Colin Brunette $1,140
374 Nathan Lee $1,140
375 James Shucart $1,140
376 Jason Wandling $1,140
377 Elliott Kampen $1,140
378 Mohamed Lahlou $1,140
379 Christopher Ulrich $1,140
380 Grant Wang $1,140
381 Alexander Obed $1,140
382 Michael Merlino $1,140
383 Phillip Krnyaich $1,140
384 William Chase $1,140
385 Romel Mendoza $1,140
386 Joseph Muldoon $1,140
387 Paul Fisher $1,140
388 Maurice Paola $1,140
389 Troy Bercot $1,140
390 Jamael Williams $1,140
391 Nicholas Stiles $1,140
392 Gary Gelman $1,140
393 Jordan Phillips $1,140
394 Daniel Charlton $1,140
395 Manish Chaddha $1,140
396 Weizheng Zhong $1,140
397 Michael Fryett $1,140
398 Brian Hardy $1,140
399 Kelvine Vu $1,140
400 Nikita Bakarjiev $1,140
401 Joel Borden $1,140
402 Riley Fuller $1,140
403 Nicholas Yunis $1,040
404 Adrian Curry $1,040
405 Sridhar Sangannagari $1,040
406 Mark Casabo $1,040
407 Donald Le $1,040
408 Peter Pilz $1,040
409 Jamar Brown $1,040
410 Peter Dunlevy $1,040
411 Robert Rogers $1,040
412 Frederick Manamon $1,040
413 Grant Hart $1,040
414 Thao Le $1,040
415 Michael Jacobson $1,040
416 Marc Sacheli $1,040
417 Richard Leger $1,040
418 Jake Loonan $1,040
419 Benjamin Zamani $1,040
420 Peter Shapiro $1,040
421 Stephen Smith $1,040
422 Kirby Conserve $1,040
423 James Gordon $1,040
424 Robert Pratt $1,040
425 Samuel Cunix $1,040
426 Michael Michnik $1,040
427 Kevin Ordet $1,040
428 Jiayi Yao $1,040
429 Corey Ristich $1,040
430 Maribeth Hilliard $1,040
431 Unclaimed $1,040
432 Gabriel Fuller $1,040
433 Douglas Dossett $1,040
434 Mirco Scharen $1,040
435 Dario Dussan Guzman $1,040
436 Joseph Hernon $1,040
437 Perry Shiao $1,040
438 Bernhard Schmidt $1,040
439 Jen-Yue Chang $1,040
440 Saj Illikal $1,040
441 James Kerr $1,040
442 Sanat Mehrotra $1,040
443 Logan Eisner $1,040
444 Aaron Belardo $1,040
445 Scott Carragher $1,040
446 Aaron Mermelstein $1,040
447 Christoph Cannuli $1,040
448 Paul Domb $1,040
449 Rafael Lima $1,040
450 Juan Montoya Bernal $1,040
451 Scott Blackman $1,040
452 Jimmy Nunez $1,040
453 Zachary Mckinney $1,040
454 Tracy Potter $1,040
455 Mukul Pahuja $1,040
456 Bryan Frantz $1,040
457 Mykhailo Lendel $1,040
458 Tony Thomas $1,040
459 Hen Mizrahi $1,040
460 Jhoan Ladino $1,040
461 Michael Dorsch $1,040
462 Akeem Gumbs $1,040
463 Robert Mantin $1,040
464 Justin Datloff $1,040
465 Chad Summers $1,040
466 Thien Nguyen $1,040
467 William Jennings Ii $1,040
468 Felix Sierra Aponte $1,040
469 Haim Nagar $1,040
470 Anthony Casas $1,040
471 William Newkirk $1,040
472 Theodoros Karagiannis $1,040
473 Alayne Zeto $1,040
474 Lakishia Jefferson $1,040
475 Jonathan Gold $1,040
476 Stephen Delvecchio Jr $1,040
477 Anthony Dinardi $1,040
478 Gary Fitzgerald $1,040
479 Viktor Kovachev $1,040
480 Samuel Ebert $1,040
481 Jose Snejberg $1,040
482 Robert Grossman $1,040
483 Patrick Mcconnell $1,040
484 Abdelilah Fahsi $1,040
485 Olvenso Savoie $1,040
486 Riley Price $1,040
487 Jorman Cano $1,040
488 Rina Coss $1,040
489 Zhargal Tsydypov $1,040
490 Bao Do $1,040
491 Jackie Lee $1,040
492 Nitis Udornpim $1,040
493 Dmytro Mykhailov $1,040
494 David Zibelli $1,040
495 Bruce Snell $1,040
496 Larry Holmes $1,040
497 Ian Siegel $1,040
498 Philippe Roux $1,040
499 Bret Grebow $1,040
500 Changliang Deng $1,040
501 Bradley Siegel $1,040
502 Mahliyo Cagatay $1,040
503 Clyde Maliauka $1,040
504 John King $1,040
505 Nicola Davimos $1,040

* Indicates the results of a six-way deal.

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