$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Payouts Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining:  5 of 164 4r5p4h

Fred Li raised to about 170,000 under the gun, Dan Sepiol reraised all in from the button for about 750,000, and Li called all in for another 150,000-ish.

Li: 
Sepiol: 

The board ran out , no help to Li, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Dan Sepiol  –  1,120,000  (28 bb)
Brek Schutten  –  755,000  (19 bb)
Adam Adler  –  600,000  (15 bb)
Robert Burlacu  –  430,000  (11 bb)
Spencer Champlin  –  375,000  (9 bb)
Fred Li  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($39,500)

With five players remaining from the field of 164 entries, the average stack is about 655,000 (16 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $52,000.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 164

Spencer Champlin opened to 50,000 in the cutoff, Adam Adler reraised all in for 290,000 in the big blind, and Champlin thought for a bit before he called.

Champlin: 
Adler: 

The board ran out , safe for Adler to double up.

Adam Adler  –  620,000  (25 bb)
Spencer Champlin  –  180,000  (7 bb)

Recent Eliminations
7th:  Igor Merda  –  $30,500

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 71
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  77
Prize Pool:  $25,410
April 8, 2025

Event 71 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 77 entries for a prize pool of $25,410.

Taking it down was Carlos Loving, winning outright for $8,565.

This marked Loving’s fifth SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously 2015 LHPO.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 164

Brek Schutten raised to 40,000 from under the gun, Thomas Reynolds reraised all in for 370,000 in the next seat over, Spencer Champlin called all in for 290,000 on the button, and Schutten folded.

Reynolds: 
Champlin: 

The board came , safe for Champlin to double up.

Down to 80,000, Reynolds busted the following hand in eighth place.

Spencer Champlin  –  670,000  (34 bb)
Thomas Reynolds  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($23,700)

With six players remaining from the field of 164 entries, the average stack is about 545,000 (27 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $39,500.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 164

Seat 1:  Igor Merda  –  250,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2:  Brek Schutten  –  430,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3:  Thomas Reynolds  –  370,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4:  Adam Adler  –  350,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5:  Dan Sepiol  –  485,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6:  Robert Burlacu  –  840,000  (42 bb)
Seat 7:  Spencer Champlin  –  320,000  (16 bb)
Seat 8:  Fred Li  –  270,000  (14 bb)

1st:  $185,400 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $124,000
3rd:  $92,000
4th:  $69,000
5th:  $52,000
6th:  $39,500
7th:  $30,500
8th:  $23,700

9th:  Kevin Rabichow  –  $18,600
10th:  Tim Capretta  –  $18,600

11th:  Russ Head  –  $13,600
12th:  Brandon Wilson  –  $13,600

13th:  Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  $11,300
14th:  Poseidon Ho  –  $11,300
15th:  Dean Lyall  –  $11,300

16th:  David Uvaydov  –  $9,400
17th:  David McGowan  –  $9,400
18th:  Eric Panayiotou  –  $9,400
19th:  Grant Wang  –  $9,400
20th:  Peter Cross  –  $9,400
21st:  Perry Zhao  –  $9,400

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 164

Robert Burlacu raised to 16,000 in early position and the player in the big blind called.

The flop was , the big blind checked, Burlacu bet 20,000, and the big blind called all in for his remaining 9,000 with . Burlacu was leading with .

The turn was the and locked it up for Burlacu, rendering the river moot and sending the remaining 21 players into the money.

Robert Burlacu  –  415,000  (52 bb)

With 21 players remaining from the field of 164 entries, the average stack is about 156,000 (20 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,400.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $770,800  |  Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 164

Mitchell Halverson raised all in for 44,000 from under the gun and Brek Schutten isolated the action in middle position.

Halverson: 
Schutten: 

The board ran out , no help to Halverson, locking up the pot for Schutten with nines full of sevens.

Brek Schutten  –  160,000  (27 bb)
Mitchell Halverson  –  Eliminated

Play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble. With 22 players remaining from the field of 164 entries, the average stack is about 149,000 (25 big blinds).

1st:  $185,400 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $124,000
3rd:  $92,000
4th:  $69,000
5th:  $52,000
6th:  $39,500
7th:  $30,500
8th:  $23,700
9th-10th:  $18,600
11th-12th:  $13,600
13th-15th:  $11,300
16th-21st:  $9,400

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 74
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  234
Prize Pool:  $35,100
Bounty Prize Pool:  $23,400
April 8, 2025

Event 74 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a  $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 234 entries generated a prize pool of $35,100, with an additional $23,400 set aside for bounties. The final 30 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $355.

Up top for the winner is $7,704.

1st:  $7,704 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $5,355
3rd:  $3,598
4th:  $2,188
5th:  $1,800
6th:  $1,485
7th:  $1,225
8th:  $1,020
9th:  $825
10th-12th:  $705
13th-15th:  $605
16th-18th:  $510
19th-21st:  $415
22nd-30th:  $355

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 73
$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  101
Prize Pool:  $97,970
April 8, 2025

Event 73 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), drawing 101 entries for a prize pool of $97,970. The final 13 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $2,250.

Up top for the winner is $28,930.

1st:  $28,930 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $18,700
3rd:  $12,400
4th:  $8,500
5th:  $6,040
6th:  $4,450
7th-8th:  $3,400
9th-10th:  $2,700
11th-13th:  $2,250