The numbers are in for the massive 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, and they are astounding. Over the last three weeks, more than $20 million in prize pools were generated by 21,162 entrants over 74 events.
The series isn’t quite over yet, as the final table of the $3,500 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship will be played in Las Vegas May 29, and it will be taped for broadcast. Those players are:
Seat 1. Art Peacock – 27,150,000 (109 bb)
Seat 2. Jeffery Fritz – 16,150,000 (65 bb)
Seat 3. Mitchell Hynam – 2,000,000 (8 bb)
Seat 4. Jared Hemingway – 11,150,000 (45 bb)
Seat 5. Daniel Marcus – 22,150,000 (89 bb)
Seat 6. Mihai Niste – 8,650,000 (35 bb)
Peacock is a World Series of Poker ring holder with more than $1.8 million in tourney cashes. Fritz’s best cash of $60,262 came five year ago. Hynman, from England, is coming off a win in €700 buy-in event at the Irish Poker Tour in January. Hemingway owns two WSOP rings, Marcus just won a $1,100 event for $78,710 at the Wynn Poker Millions in March, and Niste, a Romanian pro, has the most cashes of the final six players with $2.4 million.
They already won $164,000, and are playing for the trophy and $776,000.
Cherish Andrews win high roller
Andrews won the second-largest prize of the series by taking down the $25,000 high roller for $408,265. She was named the champion after the final four players made a deal that left Frank Brannan as the runner-up ($342,935), Brock Wilson in third ($313,410), and Clemen Dang in fourth ($249,990).
It should be noted that Wilson and Andrews are a couple.
Andrews is the reigning Global Poker Index Female Player of the Year, an award she also won in 2022. The win in Florida pushed her total winnings up over the $3 million mark.
Reichard wins again
Joshua Reichard made his mark on the SHRPS for the second straight year by outright winning the $10,000 Deep Stack event for $288,400. The field of 122 entries built a prize pool of $1,159,000.
He won the WPT champion event in 2024 for $838,400 — his largest cash of his poker tournament career. The man from Wisconsin now has $4.7 million in lifetime cashes.
Reichard is a beast on the WSOP Circuit tour, and with 16 rings, sits just three behind Ari Engel’s 19. He’s still searching for his first bracelet.
Martin Kabrhel and his $13.8 million in cashes was the runner-up ($197,000), while David Stefanski pushed his lifetime total to $2.3 million with a third ($146,000)
Winners, winners everywhere
So many events, so many trophies, and so many winners. And here they are:
Event 1 ($400 NLH): Michael Newman – $103,274
Event 2 ($600 PLO8): Ryan Hoenig – $14,520
Event 3 ($600 6-Max NLH): Jorge Martinez – $12,300
Event 4 ($300 NLH): Eldo Rodriguez – $4,040
Event 5 ($600 Seniors): Kevin MacDonald – $20,720
Event 6 ($600 Big O): Eric Polirer – $14,210
Event 7 ($300 NLH/PLO): Manny Tarich – $7,025
Event 8 ($600 O8): Daniel Pearlman – $13,195
Event 9 ($1K Bounty): Dylan Kahn – $21,740
Event 10 ($300 Bounty): Hector Pacheco – $4,367
Event 11 ($600 10-Game): Yuval Bronshtein – $10,940
Event 12 ($1K PLO): Ruslan Lukash – $22,735
Event 13 ($400 NLH): Julio Delgado – $19,167
Event 14 ($600 TD): Frederic Moss – $9,630
Event 15 ($1K Platinum): Dessiree Bennett – $49,199
Event 16 ($400 PLO): Alex Ziskin – $15,166
Event 17 ($300 Bounty): Shravan Kulshrestha – $5,865
Event 18 ($200 NLH): Andreas Athanasopoulos – $26,459
Event 19 ($400 HORSE): Eric Polirer – $8,960
Event 20 ($300 Bounty): Raminder Singh – $4,499
Event 21 ($400 Mixed PLO): Bill Heimiller – $10,210
Event 22 ($600 6-Max): John Malvasio – $16,751
Event 23 ($400 Seniors): Jeffrey Homer – $8,697
Event 24 ($600 Big O): Yuval Bronshtein – $15,100
Event 25 ($300 Bounty): Asham Amir – $6,421
Event 26 ($600 NLH): Femi Fashakin – $156,565
Event 27 ($600 TORSE): Josh Heinzl – $10,670
Event 28 ($1K 6-Max): Chris Da-Silva – $27,825
Event 29 ($400 PLO): Idan Magor – $7,498
Event 30 ($600 O8): Frederic Moss – $12,050
Event 31 ($300 Bounty): Jasmin Omanovic – $5,355
Event 32 ($600 Badugi): Dominick Sarle – $9,625
Event 33 ($400 PLO): Rafael Rodriguez Arango – $8,530
Event 34 ($400 NLH): Johnny Bromberg – $28,282
Event 35 ($600 Dealer’s Choice): Joshua Rhodes – $11,225
Event 36 ($1K Triple Stack): Fred Paradis – $131,300
Event 37 ($600 PLO): Isaac Malca Cohen – $17,130
Event 38 ($400 Seniors): Gyorgy Fazekas – $10,085
Event 39 ($1K 10-Game): Joseph Olivieri – $18,665
Event 40 ($10K HU): Jonathan Jaffe – $100,000
Event 41 ($600 Bounty): Thomas Bilello – $12,496
Event 42 ($600 Bounty PLO): Ernest Chevrette – $13,440
Event 43 ($1K Turbo): Scott Baumstein – $24,145
Event 44 ($600 6-Max): Tyler Whitehead – $14,995
Event 45 ($1K O8): Hal Klein – $19,650
Event 46 ($10K NLH): Anatoly Nikitin – $188,000
Event 47 ($400 PLO): Tanupat Punjarojanakul – $7,375
Event 48 ($400 NLH): Raminder Singh – $7,576
Event 49 ($2K NLH): Jake Cody – $93,900
Event 50 ($1K HORSE): Kris Lord – $19,380
Event 51 ($5K PLO): Frederic Normand – $43,434
Event 52 (Charity Event): Roberto Desogos – $3,850
Event 53 ($1K NLH): Maxime Chilaud – $49,430
Event 54 ($600 OE): Phil Hui – $11,945
Event 55 ($10K 6-Max): Thomas Boivin – $271,600
Event 56 ($300 Bounty): Johnny Bromberg – $7,255
Event 57 (Larry Frank Memorial): Matthew Zarcadoolas
Event 59 ($600 PLO8): Jay Kerbel – $9,177
Event 60 ($300 NLH): Michael Bohmerwald – $6,690
Event 61 ($600 Big O): Jay Kerbel – $14,235
Event 62 ($200 NLH): Tal Chacage – $6,580
Event 63 ($400 NLH): Walter Bravo – $26,490
Event 64 ($10K NLH): Josh Reichard – $288,400
Event 65 ($1K Mixed PLO): Andrea Mastrogiovanni – $19,290
Event 66 ($1K Turbo): Jason Daly – $32,580
Event 67 (Savage Average): Ben Boston – $14,865
Event 68 ($600 Triple Stud): Ricard Quintero – $9,508
Event 69 (High Roller): Cherish Andrews – $408,265
Event 70 ($1K Bounty): Eric Panayiotou – $20,700
Event 71 ($400 NLH): Carlos Loving – $8,565
Event 72 ($5K NLH): Brek Schutten – $185,400
Event 73 ($1K 6-Max PLO): Yuval Bronshtein – $28,930
Event 74 ($300 Bounty): Rafael Lima – $6,530
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