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Michael Newman Wins His 12th Trophy and $103,274 in Event #1

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  4,265
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450
March 19-24, 2025

Event 1 Champion Michael Newman
Event 1 Champion Michael Newman

On Monday afternoon, after six days of play, Event #1 of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown came to an end in a six-way deal, with Michael Newman winning his 12th Seminole Hard Rock trophy, tying him for second on the career all-time list.

“I’m speechless,” said Newman. “I just love playing, and I’m so happy I was able to win.”

“I came in today second-to-last in chips,” Newman continued. “I only slept two hours, because we finished really late last night. It was a big field, the final table had some really good players, and I was just fortunate to come out on top.”

Newman was 21st in chips with 24 players remaining last night, 16th in chips with 17 remaining to start today, and sixth in chips when the nine-handed final table began.

“I always say to myself, ‘How many blinds do I have?’” said Newman. “I was just patient. I waited, and waited, and waited, and I picked my spots to make a move. I got caught bluffing one time, which is fine. It happens. Overall, I was really happy with how I played. And I’m extremely grateful that I was able to win another tournament.”

Newman picked his spots well to stay alive and maneuver his way to the final table. With eight players left he doubled thru Sean Astwood, getting it all in on the turn with a set of fours against Astwood’s pair of kings. Astwood was drawing dead on the river, and Newman doubled up. Astwood was down to three big blinds, and he was eliminated on the next hand.

They were stuck at seven players for the next hour, until Sean Phillippi raised under the gun, Miguel Martinez-Martinez called from UTG+1, and Newman called from the big blind with 9c2c. The flop came Jh5c4c, Phillippi bet, and Martinez-Martinez and Newman both called.

“I called, just to see if I got the club,” said Newman. “Club on the turn, and I jammed. Then the guy with the pocket tens called, and I won a massive pot.”

Newman turned his flush and moved all in. Phillippi folded, saying he had pocket aces (but not the ace of clubs), and Martinez-Martinez thought for a while before he called with 10s10h. Once again, Newman had his opponent drawing dead on the turn, and Newman doubled up again.

Newman’s momentum continued, and when Bryce McVay was eliminated in seventh place, the final six players agreed to a deal with Newman receiving the most money and being declared the winner. As mentioned earlier, it’s the 12th trophy for Newman from Seminole Hard Rock.

Here are Newman’s 12 SHRP major series victories:

2016 SHRPO:  $570 No-Limit Hold’em  –  $17,589
2016 RRPO:  $360 Pot-Limit Omaha  –  $7,740
2017 LHPO:  $570 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha  –  $7,473
2017 RRPO:  $3,500 RRPO Championship  –  $374,240
2019 LHPO:  $360 Ultimate Re-Entry  –  $183,525
2021 SHRPO:  $400 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em  –  $7,573
2022 RRPO:  $400 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em  –  $7,136
2022 RRPO:  $300 Black Chip Bounty  –  $6,437
2023 Showdown: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha  –  $25,178
2024 LHPO:  $200 Multi-Flight No-Limit Hold’em  –  $28,155
2024 Showdown:  $1,100 Turbo Purple Chip Bounty  –  $16,200
2025 Showdown:  $400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em  –  $103,274

With 12 titles here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, Newman is a fixture here for the big tournament series. And Newman loves playing here.

“Sometimes I can be a little bit not-so-nice at the table because I’m so competitive,” said Newman. “The pit bosses and Jason [Heidenthal] and everybody are always very nice to me. And I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all the hospitality from the Hard Rock.”


RESULTS:

Place First Name Last Name Prize Amount
1 Michael Newman $103,274*
2 Sean Phillippi $101,019*
3 Sergio Giha $100,865*
4 Tom Gottlieb $86,425*
5 Matthew Yorra $78,637*
6 Miguel Martinez-Martinez $63,610*
7 Bryce McVay $29,000
8 Sean Astwood $22,500
9 Alexandru Ivan $17,700
10 Ranei Aviv $17,700
11 Wayne Clarke $14,200
12 Haven Taylor $14,200
13 Charles Giroux $11,500
14 Mark Casabo $11,500
15 Patrick Mcconnell $11,500
16 Bruce Snell $9,300
17 Ruben Puras $9,300
18 Michael Morton $9,300
19 Brent Hoover $9,300
20 Glenn Becker $7,600
21 Alcides Gomez Ii $7,600
22 Aaron Kirshenberg $7,600
23 Richard Davis $7,600
24 Peter Hsu $6,200
25 Michael Rosenberg $6,200
26 Thomas Lunnun $6,200
27 Bradley Beetz $6,200
28 Andrea Orphanos $6,200
29 William Pappas $6,200
30 Dario Dussan Guzman $6,200
31 Rafael Valecillos I $6,200
32 Brian Powell $5,100
33 Juan Rojas $5,100
34 Pedro Palacio $5,100
35 Michael Garcia $5,100
36 Eric Siegel $5,100
37 Zachary Fischer $5,100
38 Austin Rattet $5,100
39 Tyler Kuhlman $5,100
40 Bryan Frantz $4,180
41 Michael Jacobson $4,180
42 Huicun Qiao $4,180
43 Dominic Daulton $4,180
44 Artim Zhuta $4,180
45 Feiwen Wu $4,180
46 Kevin Vail $4,180
47 John Wilson $4,180
48 Thien Nguyen $3,460
49 Sajibul Alam $3,460
50 Joshua Cranfill $3,460
51 Ryan Hogan $3,460
52 Sandip Guha $3,460
53 Olvenso Savoie $3,460
54 Craig Pollak $3,460
55 Moshe Refaelovitz $3,460
56 Perla Ojeda $2,880
57 Scott Epstein $2,880
58 Thomas Tramutola $2,880
59 Rodolfo Rodriguez $2,880
60 Alexander Bergelson $2,880
61 Jonathan Ounjian $2,880
62 Christopher Stephen Held $2,880
63 Eric Grabstock $2,880
64 Robert Kessler $2,400
65 Warren Obrien $2,400
66 Dylan Weiss $2,400
67 Frank Ackley $2,400
68 Rosaline Linares $2,400
69 Moises Jattin $2,400
70 Joseph Diaz Jr $2,400
71 Ha Nguyen $2,400
72 Lucas Santos $2,400
73 Jack Nathan $2,400
74 Brandon Berkenfeld $2,400
75 David Tran $2,400
76 Emilio Corral Figueroa $2,400
77 Jen-Yue Chiang $2,400
78 Bao Do $2,400
79 William Slepcevich $2,400
80 Jesse Fulmer $2,000
81 Nicholas Carballo $2,000
82 Evan Beard $2,000
83 Abraham Ramos Padilla $2,000
84 Michael Jones $2,000
85 Michael Tarafa $2,000
86 Gintautas Putinas $2,000
87 Clyde Maliauka $2,000
88 Ut Nguyen $2,000
89 Thomas Chillemi $2,000
90 David Frenkel $2,000
91 Richard Rivello $2,000
92 Scott Fritz $2,000
93 Andrew Cook $2,000
94 Tuan Nguyen $2,000
95 Ross Lebo $2,000
96 Rafael Marcondes Dos R $2,000
97 Chase Carlin $2,000
98 Gerardo Gonzalez $2,000
99 Ignacio Inzillo $1,680
100 Franklin Guevara $1,680
101 Sean Heywood $1,680
102 Eduardo Garcia Perez $1,680
103 Julian Pineda Lozano $1,680
104 Vincent Picardi $1,680
105 James Rodriguez $1,680
106 Stephen Vecchio $1,680
107 Kenneth Horbert Jr $1,680
108 Blaise Menta $1,680
109 Leslie Johns $1,680
110 Juan Membrenoorellana $1,680
111 Craig Bagon $1,680
112 Naing Thu $1,680
113 Pedro Ochoa $1,680
114 Nehme Gedeon $1,680
115 Luis Ramos $1,680
116 Jonathan Marcu $1,680
117 Tracy Potter $1,680
118 Deborah Zwanka $1,680
119 Patrick Pelissier $1,420
120 Anthony Lappas $1,420
121 Jonathan Gold $1,420
122 James Woodruff $1,420
123 Nelson Ferreras $1,420
124 Harold Rodriguez Chacon $1,420
125 Sandy Sanchez $1,420
126 Donald Manns $1,420
127 John Gordon $1,420
128 Jake Cody $1,420
129 Sadany Hevia $1,420
130 Lior Rusinek $1,420
131 Rey Rodriguez $1,420
132 Matthew Kuba $1,420
133 Richard Contell $1,420
134 Howard Mash $1,420
135 Alan Phillips $1,420
136 Peter Fellows $1,420
137 Louis Oliver $1,420
138 Troy Marchese $1,420
139 George Ruby $1,420
140 Uu Odenz $1,420
141 Gafur Tursunov $1,420
142 Gabriel Fuller $1,420
143 Adam Arakelian $1,420
144 Paul Urban $1,420
145 Aaron Moorefield $1,420
146 Travis Fickes $1,420
147 Michael Nye $1,420
148 Manelic Minaya $1,420
149 Matthew Glantz $1,420
150 Anthony Salgado $1,420
151 Mark Bernstein $1,420
152 Joseph Levitt $1,420
153 Raul Jimenez Diaz $1,420
154 Brandon Miller $1,420
155 Noah Bitton $1,420
156 Gregory Moshe $1,420
157 Jason Francks $1,420
158 Yuriy Kozinskiy $1,420
159 Jay Klitzner $1,420
160 Scott Blackman $1,420
161 Caleb Piderit $1,180
162 Shamica Lamar $1,180
163 Robert Mantin $1,180
164 Michael Fryett $1,180
165 Merion Barker $1,180
166 Zhe Ni $1,180
167 Tyler Bentz $1,180
168 Braulio Puello $1,180
169 Jeffrey Kenny $1,180
170 Jorge Martinez $1,180
171 Jennifer Frankenstein $1,180
172 Maurice Hawkins $1,180
173 Jeffrey Kessler $1,180
174 Russell Vavuris $1,180
175 Ofer Sela $1,180
176 Dejan Petkovic $1,180
177 Joseph Di Rose Rojas $1,180
178 Andres Fernandez $1,180
179 Joel Gola $1,180
180 Darryll Fish $1,180
181 Randy Burstein $1,180
182 Blake Robinson $1,180
183 Aaron Thivyanathan $1,180
184 Nikolay Volper $1,180
185 Greg-Eliot Rosen $1,180
186 Marsha Wolak-Barnett $1,180
187 Marcos Saravia Escalante $1,180
188 Piotr Kordos $1,180
189 Ory Hen $1,180
190 Dmitry Savelyev $1,180
191 Isabel Siblesz $1,180
192 Daniel Apice $1,180
193 James Calderaro $1,180
194 Isaac Russell $1,180
195 Michael Mendez $1,180
196 Andrew Miller $1,180
197 Christian Martin $1,180
198 Paulius Bikus $1,180
199 Robert Cohen $1,180
200 Riley Fuller $1,180
201 Joseph Alfaro $1,180
202 Everest Lascala $1,180
203 Felix Ramirez $1,180
204 William Paulsen $1,180
205 Sergey Glagolev $1,180
206 Chun Ping David Lo $1,180
207 Bijay Lama $1,180
208 Hung Quach $1,180
209 Carlton Creque $1,180
210 Paul Nguyen $1,180
211 Brian Breen $1,180
212 Melissa Doucette Trader $1,180
213 Haung Roy Wong $1,180
214 Miguel Capriles Cannizzaro $1,000
215 Jorge Aristizabal $1,000
216 Walter Nalvarte $1,000
217 Patrick Ibrahim $1,000
218 Steven Bennett $1,000
219 Bogdan Chornyy $1,000
220 Charles Reed $1,000
221 Michael Ramsden $1,000
222 Felipe Casanova $1,000
223 Aleksei Donets $1,000
224 Vaughn Steeves $1,000
225 Raymond Becker Iii $1,000
226 Jeremy Wolf $1,000
227 Shaun Davis $1,000
228 William Rincon $1,000
229 Cory Rock Jr $1,000
230 Brian Ng $1,000
231 Jorge Ramos $1,000
232 Adam Sallas $1,000
233 Noah Schwartz $1,000
234 Benjamin Moschel $1,000
235 David Oshry $1,000
236 Randall Campbell $1,000
237 Roberto Rosen $1,000
238 James Kerr $1,000
239 Jason Mayes $1,000
240 Paul Mendes $1,000
241 Jack Shea $1,000
242 Tuan Nguyen $1,000
243 Alberto Dominguez $1,000
244 Sabas Ferrer-Ferrer $1,000
245 Bradley Smith $1,000
246 Igor Holdaiy $1,000
247 Upendra Mody $1,000
248 Tanupat Punjarojanakul $1,000
249 Igor Tretyakov $1,000
250 Selim Hamadache $1,000
251 Jean Jospeh $1,000
252 Shea Smith $1,000
253 George Hortelano $1,000
254 David Moses $1,000
255 Georges Boyadjian $1,000
256 Hal Rotholz $1,000
257 Yilmaz Yosul $1,000
258 Hollander Preap $1,000
259 Jason Wandling $1,000
260 Jhoan Ladino $1,000
261 Daniel Garcia $1,000
262 Rafael Rodriguez Arang $1,000
263 Michael Tufaro $1,000
264 Jozsef Szivos $1,000
265 Alex Becker $1,000
266 William Beasley $1,000
267 Jonathan Pineda $1,000
268 Kevin Lee $840
269 Shay Mccalla $840
270 Sagi Zommer $840
271 Sudharshan Karanam $840
272 Herbert Nairn $840
273 Lily Kornik $840
274 Hector Pacheco $840
275 David Akerman $840
276 Jeison Baena $840
277 Roberto Schmeda $840
278 Thomas Gari $840
279 Yaroslav Nakonechnyy $840
280 Diomig Delgado $840
281 Joseph Dinardo Ii $840
282 Christopher Corneroli $840
283 Brian Harris $840
284 Joshua Warschaw $840
285 Navin Chawla $840
286 Daryl Cahuasqui Vega $840
287 Israel Suissa $840
288 Vincenzo Cammarata $840
289 Jeevan Nomula $840
290 Brett Bader $840
291 Timothy Barbeau $840
292 Stoyko Kolev $840
293 Gomez Justo $840
294 Shon Schlomo Perez $840
295 Karim Masarweh $840
296 Scott Motter $840
297 Jimmy Corrales $840
298 Claudel Joseph $840
299 Jonathan Moschel $840
300 Arthur Peacock $840
301 Alex Guzman $840
302 Thomas Kornechuk $840
303 Dustin Jones $840
304 Nicholas Sena-Hopkins $840
305 Logan Berger $840
306 Jose Gonzalez $840
307 James Scott $840
308 Cheri Ivan $840
309 Alan Shulman $840
310 Cuba Levenberry $840
311 Antoine Asik $840
312 Riley Price $840
313 Lex Ozias $840
314 Caio De Lucca Sobral $840
315 Ovenson Benoit $840
316 Leart Hasani $840
317 Piyal Bose $840
318 Nathan Thrush $840
319 Ana Huete $840
320 Unclaimed $840
321 Thomas Schillo $840
322 Andrew Wilkes $840
323 Jay Romano $840
324 Anibal Pabon $840
325 Peter Shapiro $840
326 Glen Cressman $840
327 Shawn Fagan $840
328 Johnny Bromberg $840
329 Youssef Bargach $840
330 Adriel Ponzio $840
331 Dennis Altman $840
332 Maor Ben Hamu $840
333 Daniel Cruz $840
334 Charles Wells $840
335 Aleksandr Tishchenko $840
336 Moshe Yani $840
337 Nelson Costa $840
338 Charles Bragg Jr $840
339 Ephraim Uzan $840
340 Dani Genov $840
341 Steven Karp $840
342 Emmanuel Mckenzie $840
343 Michael Monicatti $720
344 Cornelius Rogers $720
345 Renato Paiva $720
346 Ruy Albano $720
347 Christopher Zeoli $720
348 Joel Borden $720
349 Andrew Yurchak $720
350 Pierre Lussier-Hall $720
351 Walter Bravo $720
352 Jonathan Sanders $720
353 Hugh Wright $720
354 Jerome Leonardo $720
355 Spencer Scholnick $720
356 Thomas Taylor $720
357 Luke Brereton $720
358 Samuel Kim $720
359 Aliaksei Tsiareshka $720
360 Jaques Gravel $720
361 Claudio Kalili $720
362 Tarek Ashwas $720
363 Adam Lorraine $720
364 Arthur Azen $720
365 Joseph Schwartz $720
366 Chad Roedersheimer $720
367 Rebecca Lake Pool $720
368 Matthew Buckles $720
369 Bryant Vasquez $720
370 Oscar Apaestigue $720
371 Eriberuto Uehara $720
372 Rafael Perez $720
373 Shawn Cunix $720
374 William Steinmetz $720
375 Ricaroo Villasmil Esparza $720
376 Mario Saenz $720
377 Joseph Rossi $720
378 Cero Zuccarello $720
379 Alon Shahar $720
380 Joseph Villatico $720
381 Bassam Mourad $720
382 Rastislav Antala $720
383 Thanh Dong $720
384 Samuel O’Bryant $720
385 John Vidal $720
386 Lance Winsaft $720
387 Ben Ramon $720
388 Neal Diaz $720
389 Timothy Shortell $720
390 Fadil Sadiku $720
391 Jeffery Hester $720
392 Azim Popatia $720
393 Pasquale Caiazza $720
394 Debra Hedgpeth $720
395 Michael Michnik $720
396 Michael Mascitelli $720
397 Vendel Johnson $720
398 Tuan Phan $720
399 Regette Duvdivani $720
400 Kevin Novorro $720
401 Iman Dan $720
402 William Heimiller $720
403 James Leonard $720
404 Ariel Rosello $720
405 Nicholas Kojkowski $720
406 Surminder Singh $720
407 Alan Leon $720
408 George Dolofan $720
409 Yoel Lajonchere Espinosa $720
410 Brian Popp $720
411 Hen Mizrahi $720
412 Jennifer Aguilar $720
413 Luis Suarez $720
414 Andrew Casas $720
415 Jacob Bell $720
416 Tony Holsenbeck $720
417 David Nathaniel Jr $720
418 Christopher Zito $720
419 Gustavo Moscon $720
420 Charles Wardlaw $720
421 Jason Bartig $720
422 Matthew White $720
423 Mutaz Channaoui $720
424 Salvatore Sidoti $720
425 Franklin Rojas $720
426 Friedman $720
427 Mukul Pahuja $720
428 Adam Umstattd $660
429 Karanvir Singh $660
430 Fikret Kovac $660
431 Marcio Peixoto $660
432 David Poces $660
433 Sean Thomson $660
434 Graham Gibson $660
435 Andreas Athanasopoulos $660
436 James Clark $660
437 Nicholas Ayoung-Chee $660
438 Antuan Bunkley $660
439 Kenneth Bruno $660
440 Gary Gelman $660
441 Chet Sickle $660
442 Oscar Valle Rodriguez $660
443 Michael Miravi $660
444 Paul Julian $660
445 Dylan Jaijairam $660
446 Ivan Churkin $660
447 Zakarya Wolgamott $660
448 Nicholas Velentzas $660
449 Ahsan Abdul Rehman $660
450 Jack Rolnitzky $660
451 Raymond Mcdonough $660
452 Chris Da Silva Oduntan $660
453 Scott Kurtzman $660
454 Angelo Miele $660
455 Moti Ohayon $660
456 Roni Zelichonok $660
457 David Sathue $660
458 Alain Medesan $660
459 David Abolt $660
460 Peter Ng $660
461 Jose Gonzalez Valenzuela $660
462 Benjamin Pollan Y Brizuela $660
463 Perry Shiao $660
464 Lawrence Broome $660
465 Eric Rowen $660
466 Santiago Cardona Gomez $660
467 Nicholas Mac Donald $660
468 Jason Rice $660
469 Alexander Perez $660
470 Calixto Rodriguez $660
471 Maxx Dansky $660
472 Robert Antunes $660
473 Artur Chimchirian $660
474 Fernando Marrero Monduy $660
475 David Smeeth $660
476 Aaron Flores $660
477 Aqawil Bin Umar $660
478 Jeffrey Dasilva $660
479 Rudolph Bourg Jr $660
480 Adam Boylan $660
481 Yuanjie Chen $660
482 Robert Davidson $660
483 Thomas Jackson $660
484 Robert Sutton $660
485 Lee Connell $660
486 Eric Penner $660
487 Jose Luis Rodea Casella $660
488 Jessica Cai $660
489 Joshua Gerzog $660
490 Veselin Katrandzhiev $660
491 Samuel Mueller $660
492 Luis Barredo $660
493 Walter Seidel $660
494 Patrick Steele $660
495 Vamsi Dodda $660
496 Phong Nguyen $660
497 Daniel Rosinski $660
498 James Bourciquot $660
499 Brenden Gluck $660
500 Axel Orellana Gomez $660
501 James Willey $660
502 Brian Vazquez $660
503 Johnnye Davis Jr $660
504 Matthew Firestone $660
505 Oscar Valdes $660
506 Andrew Clifford $660
507 Mohamed Habott $660
508 Nagui Yassa $660
509 Ernesto Rasse Gonzalez $660
510 Gary Fitzgerald $660
511 Dyanna Lopez $660
512 Steve Blackmon $660
513 Steven Steinmetz $660
514 Eric Kolodny $660
515 Baseem Nsier $660
516 Marc Sacheli $660
517 Yaaaov Yona $660
518 Dean Sultan $660
519 Sergio Larrain Oller $660
520 Daniel Rogers $660
521 Steven Marin $660
522 Neil Zonenashvili $660
523 Francis Mohan $660
524 Robert Goldberg $660
525 Michael Amato $660
526 Stuart Young $660
527 Mikhail Chykiliov $660
528 Sean Swedman $660
529 Ryan Redey $660
530 John Pendl $660
531 Isadora Cristobal $660
532 Elissa Halbriech $660
533 Jorge Gomez $660
534 Jeffrey Shayani $660
535 Sebastian Toro Henao $660

* Indicates the results of a six-way deal.

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