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Art Peacock Wins the 2025 WPT Poker Showdown Championship for $776,000! 2p7071

Art Peacock

The 2025 WPT Poker Showdown Championship headlined the series and the $3,500 buy-in tournament drew 1,755 entries, turning the $3,000,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $5,616,000. The final table was played down in Las Vegas and Florida poker legend Art Peacock took the top spot on the big stage for $776,000.

Another title on his résumé, congrats Art!

Place First Name Last Name Amount
1 Arthur Peacock $776,000
2 Mihai Niste $515,000
3 Daniel Marcus $380,000
4 Mitchell Hynam $285,000
5 Jared Hemingway $215,000
6 Jeffrey Fritz $164,000
7 Rafael Rodriguez Arang $126,000
8 Alain Medesan $98,000
9 Brian Yoon $77,000
10 Johnny Bromberg $77,000
11 Frank Funaro Jr $65,000
12 Alfie Poetra $65,000
13 Kharlin Sued $54,000
14 Dung Nguyen $54,000
15 Sridhar Sangannagari $54,000
16 Nathan Thrush $45,500
17 Scott Heiligman $45,500
18 Brian Altman $45,500
19 Asher Conniff $45,500
20 Michael Vanier $38,500
21 David Moses $38,500
22 Hassan El Hakim $38,500
23 Hyndi Khomutetsky $38,500
24 Shuofei Geng $32,500
25 Nicholas Sena-Hopkins $32,500
26 Nicholas Blumenthal $32,500
27 Lucas Reeves $32,500
28 Jimmy Born $32,500
29 Elijah Berg $32,500
30 Daniel Shiff $32,500
31 Jorge Gomez $32,500
32 Harrison Gimbel $27,500
33 Daniel Chalifour $27,500
34 William Pappas $27,500
35 Jonathan Bennett $27,500
36 Seunghyun Nam $27,500
37 Joshua Adcock $27,500
38 Nadya Magnus $27,500
39 Jarrett Mullins $27,500
40 Sean Astwood $23,000
41 Donald Delancy $23,000
42 Asher Neaman $23,000
43 Thomas Boivin $23,000
44 Peter Mugar $23,000
45 Abbas Hadizadeh $23,000
46 Viktor Kovachev $23,000
47 David Ha $23,000
48 Adrian Hoda $19,400
49 Yunkyu Song $19,400
50 Jen-Yue Chiang $19,400
51 Aaron Augusten $19,400
52 Oniel Mccalla $19,400
53 Ory Hen $19,400
54 Daniel Lee $19,400
55 Joshua Stewart $19,400
56 Dylan Smith $16,300
57 John Matsuda $16,300
58 Eugene Golubchik $16,300
59 Mark Davidoff $16,300
60 David Uvaydov $16,300
61 Akash Seth $16,300
62 Thomas Kornechuk $16,300
63 Spencer Champlin $16,300
64 Zhen Cai $13,800
65 Jason Hickey $13,800
66 Nancy Birnbaum $13,800
67 Michael Zulker $13,800
68 Alex Anton $13,800
69 Adrian State $13,800
70 Jake Schwartz $13,800
71 Victor Avallone $13,800
72 Matthew Yorra $13,800
73 Roman Kornev $13,800
74 Robert Bendeck $13,800
75 Ladarren Banks $13,800
76 Scott Eskenazi $13,800
77 Kathleen Liebert $13,800
78 Seun Oluwole $13,800
79 Sebastian Toro Henao $11,500
80 Feiwen Wu $11,500
81 Chase Bricker $11,500
82 Michael Chiappetta $11,500
83 Bryce Mcvay $11,500
84 David Peters $11,500
85 Mike Gao $11,500
86 Ginold Rendel $11,500
87 Yaniv Yarkony $11,500
88 Alexander Hensley $11,500
89 Dominick Sarle $11,500
90 Victor Nissim $11,500
91 Emanuel Failla Jr $11,500
92 Oleksandr Trokhymenko $11,500
93 Dragana Mackelprang $11,500
94 Bryan Paris $11,500
95 Megan Chapman $9,600
96 Antoine Sankari $9,600
97 Clemen Deng $9,600
98 Edward Mcnamara Iv $9,600
99 Juan Munne $9,600
100 Jorge Bermudez $9,600
101 Harvey Castro $9,600
102 Michael Bohmerwald $9,600
103 Thomas Carroll $9,600
104 Vincenzo Abate $9,600
105 Nicholas Palma $9,600
106 Nicholas Chong $9,600
107 Poseidon Ho $9,600
108 David Battaglia $9,600
109 Ilyas Muradi $9,600
110 Tyler Montoya $9,600
111 Ryan Brown $8,200
112 Carlos Leiva $8,200
113 Devon Shalmi $8,200
114 George Rovero Spyropoulos $8,200
115 Jason Rocha $8,200
116 Tarun Gulati $8,200
117 Jessica Cai $8,200
118 Joshua Guindon $8,200
119 Juan Montoya Bernal $8,200
120 Danny Wong $8,200
121 Ryan Hogan $8,200
122 Luis Ortiz $8,200
123 Gregory Nerenberg $8,200
124 Ylmaz Yosul $8,200
125 Philipe Pizzari Pinto $8,200
126 Brady Bash $8,200
127 Nikolay Volper $8,200
128 Alvin Norman $8,200
129 Diego Fernandez Mendez $8,200
130 Saber Salum Penayo $8,200
131 Jonathan Kramer $8,200
132 Omar El Nasrallah $8,200
133 Fabio Porcino Rosado Chaves $8,200
134 Andrew Moreno $8,200
135 Michael Savakinas $8,200
136 George Dolofan $8,200
137 Michael Tait $8,200
138 Sterling Savill $8,200
139 Matthew Lambrecht $8,200
140 Jhoan Ladino $8,200
141 Karanvir Singh $8,200
142 David Mcgowan $7,000
143 Robert Lebeau $7,000
144 Scott Wright $7,000
145 Benjamin Ludlow $7,000
146 Alejandro Herrera Gonzalez $7,000
147 Thanhlong Nguyen $7,000
148 Jerry Robinson $7,000
149 Kevin Nee $7,000
150 George Cain $7,000
151 Daniel Charlton $7,000
152 Cyrus Kao $7,000
153 Yuval Bronshtein $7,000
154 Manuel Fritz $7,000
155 Laith Salem $7,000
156 Eric Bonin $7,000
157 Kenneth Kim $7,000
158 Bryan Swanson $7,000
159 Anatoly Nikitin $7,000
160 Justin Zaki $7,000
161 Stephen Kehoe $7,000
162 Bryan Leskowitz $7,000
163 Melanie Pittard $7,000
164 Yi Li $7,000
165 Connor Stuewe $7,000
166 Brian Murphy $7,000
167 Javier Zarco Sanchez $7,000
168 Maxwell Lytell $7,000
169 Alain Candales Falcon $7,000
170 Cuba Levenberry $7,000
171 Michael Wang $7,000
172 Alejandro Jaureguireynoso $7,000
173 David Frenkel $7,000
174 Ryan Mandara $7,000
175 Nguyen Le $7,000
176 Petre Ionescu $7,000
177 Andrew Jenc $6,400
178 Gregory Back $6,400
179 Steve Yagudaev $6,400
180 Jarod Ludemann $6,400
181 Russell Brooks $6,400
182 Richard Scardina $6,400
183 Andrew Frankenberger $6,400
184 Thomas Macey $6,400
185 James Calderaro $6,400
186 Bradley Gafford $6,400
187 William Medina Diaz $6,400
188 Zachary Khang Vuong $6,400
189 Chad Eveslage $6,400
190 Ben Warrington $6,400
191 Nicholas Maimone $6,400
192 Ziad Matta $6,400
193 Richard Dubini $6,400
194 Balakrishna Patur $6,400
195 Igor Korkhin $6,400
196 Marc Goldman $6,400
197 Denis Cyr $6,400
198 Timothy Thorp $6,400
199 Daniel Novak $6,400
200 Jason Daly $6,400
201 Steven Sarmiento $6,400
202 Brian Luo $6,400
203 Devin Batista $6,400
204 Daniel Swartz $6,400
205 William Mical $6,400
206 Caleb Piderit $6,400
207 Matthew Wantman $6,400
208 Jeremy Schoenberger $6,400
209 Nicholas Seward $6,400
210 Kevin Darouvar $6,400
211 Allan Bieler $6,400
212 Grant Wang $6,400
213 Bryan Radigan $6,400
214 Matthew Salsberg $6,400
215 Daniel Monosson $6,400
216 Byung Eun Shin $6,400
217 Martin Zamani $6,400
218 Faraz Jaka $6,400
219 Cherish Andrews $6,400
220 Zachary Fischer $3,200
221 Or Krief Haim $3,200
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Championship: Art Peacock Wins! ($776,000); Mihai Niste Finishes as Runner-Up ($515,000) 6z3a1s

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 39:  800,000/1,600,000 with a 1,600,000 ante

Art Peacock

Art Peacock opened to 3,600,000 from his button, Mihai Niste moved all in for 37,400,000 and Peacock called to put him at risk.

Peacock: 8d8h
Niste: 4h4d

Peacock was dominant with the bigger pair and bigger stack. Nothing changed on the AhAcKc flop but some chop outs appeared on the 9h turn.  The 7s river finished the board and Art Peacock became the 2024 WPT Poker Showdown Champion.

1st:  Art Peacock  –  $776,000*
2nd:  Mihai Niste  –  $515,000

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Championship: Heads-Up Underway 6my4v

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,755

Mihai Niste

Heads up is underway between Art Peacock and Nihai Niste with $515,000 for the runner-up and $776,000 plus a WPT Championship seat to first.

Seat 1: Art Peacock – 34,700,000 (58 bb)
Seat 2: Mihai Niste – 52,600,000 (88 bb)

1st: $776,000*
2nd: $515,000

Art Peacock
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Championship: Daniel Marcus – 3rd Place ($380,000) 1f3r69

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,755

Daniel Marcus

Mihai Niste opened to 1,200,000 from the button, Art Peacock called in the small blind, and Daniel Marcus called all in for 1,000,000 in the big blind.

The flop was Kd7s3c, Niste bet 1,000,000 and Peacock folded.

Niste: Ks8d
Marcus: Th9h

Niste was ahead with his paired king, Niste turned an open-ended straight draw on the 8s turn but blanked the 4h river to go out in third place.

Mihai Niste – 52,600,000 (88 bb)
Daniel Marcus – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($380,000)

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Championship: Mitchell Hynam – 4th Place ($285,000) 2l1l5m

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,755

Mitchell Hynam

Mitchell Hynam opened to 800,000 and Art Peacock defended in the big blind. The flop was Ts9c3d and Peacock checked. Hynam bet another 800K, Peacock check-raised all in and Hynam called at risk for 4,900,000.

Peacock: Ad3s
Hynam: QcQd

Hynam was in great shape for a double, the big favorite with two cards to come but Peacock made trip threes on the 3c turn to take the lead. The 5c river finished the board and Hynam was sent out in fourth place.

Art Peacock – 47,300,000 (118 bb)
Mitchell Hynam – Eliminated in 4th Place ($285,000)

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Championship: Jared Hemingway – 5th Place ($215,000) 2c191o

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,755

Jared Hemingway

Jared Hemingway open-shipped for 3,775,000 and Mihai Niste called in the small blind to put him at risk.

Niste: TcTs
Hemingway: KhJd

It was a coin flip and Hemingway needed to improve to double but blanked the 9d8s2cQh7c flop to exit in fifth place.

Mihai Niste – 21,600,000 (54 bb)
Jared Hemingway – Eliminated in 5th Place ($215,000)

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Championship: Jeffery Fritz – 6th Place ($164,000) 3x542w

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,755

Jeffery Fritz

Jeffery Fritz open-shipped for 5,000,000 and it folded around to Art Peacock in the big blind. The huge chip leader called and Fritz was at risk.

Peacock: Ad9h
Fritz: QsQc

Fritz was in great shape to double with the queens but Peacock took the lead when he paired his ace on the As7c6h flop. The board finished with the Kc turn and Jc river and Fritz was the first eliminated from the final table.

Art Peacock  –  45,600,000 (114 bb)
Jeffery Fritz  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($164,000)

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Championship: Cards in the Air for Final Table 721j5t

$3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship
Prize Pool:  $5,616,000  |  Results
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,755

Cards are in the air the 2025 WPT Poker Showdown Championship final table in Las Vegas. You can watch all the action on the WPT live stream below with hole cards on a 30-minute delay.

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)

1st: $776,000*
2nd: $515,000
3rd: $380,000
4th: $285,000
5th: $215,000
6th: $164,000

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Slater Scoops Quad Stack Goes Bigger 4q4g2z

Once the 2025 Poker Showdown wraps up, we will return to our regular schedule of tournaments in the Poker Room, and we will have a nice bonus on April 15.

The Tuesday Night Slater Scoops Quad Stack, hosted by our good friend Andy Slater, will increase its regular guarantee and offer at least $50,000 in prize money. We are also adding a $5,300 seat to the 2025 SHRPO Championship for first place.

With a $250 buy-in and huge starting stacks, that is a ton of value available on April 15.

We hope to see you here!

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • $5,300 SHRPO Championship seat added to 1st place
  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 11 (9:30pm)
  • Structure Sheet
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2025 Poker Showdown in Review 2h2w1y

WPT Poker Showdown Championship final table

The 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Showdown was a massive series with 74 trophy events over three weeks and tons of great stories. But first the numbers –

Events:  74
Entries:  21,162
Guarantees:  $10,170,000
Prize Pools:  $20,008,190

A successful series by any measure. It was only the fifth time in our history that we drew more than 20,000 entries and the sixth time we awarded at least $20,000,000 in prize money.

The series wrapped, kind of, when the WPT Poker Showdown Championship reached its six-handed TV final table. The Championship drew 1,755 entries for a prize pool worth $5,616,000. The last six players will now travel to Vegas to play the final table in front of the WPT cameras on May 29.

We kicked off the series with a big $1,000,000 opener, and Michael Newman banked the win and the trophy along with $103,274. This was his 12th career major SHRP win, but it was only the start of a shake-up of our all-time wins list.

Yuval Bronshtein won the $600 10-Game event for his 12th trophy to pull within one of leader Raminder Singh. Then, Singh went ahead and won his 14th. Bronshtein won the $600 Big O for his 13th, and Singh kept the pace by winning a $400 Deep Stack for his 15th. Closing out the series on the last night, Bronshtein added one more for his third in three weeks.

They kept us on our toes.

Not letting them all get away, Phil Hui added his 11th, so here’s a look at the updated all-time major SHRP win list:

Raminder Singh  –  15 wins
Yuval Bronshtein  –  14 wins
Michael Newman  –  12 wins
David Shmuel  –  11 wins
Phil Hui  –  11 wins
Matt Bretzfield  –  10 wins

Bronshtein became the sixth player in our history to win three in the same series plus five other players, including Singh, recorded two Showdown wins this year. Another record with Eric Polirer, Frederic Moss, Johnny Bromberg, and Jay Kerbel ing the two-win fun.

Eric Polirer

Polirer won the $600 Big O and $400 H.O.R.S.E. plus two other final tables in the first two weeks to top our $10,000 Mixed Game Leaderboard. He held off a late charge by Bronshtein and took home $3,000 in cash plus a $1,100 Showdown ticket and the pretty guitar trophy.

Other notable wins include Cherish Andrews dominating a tough final table to win the $5,000 Deep Stack trophy on the last night of the series, and Jay Kerbel went back-to-back winning two trophies in as many nights.

There were so many great wins that it is impossible to summarize them all, so we’ll let the list do it for us. Below are links to all 74 events on the Showdown schedule, along with the winners and their tally.

We couldn’t put on these huge series without our players. Thank you to everyone who traveled to participate and our fantastic local . Thank you as always; we hope to see you at the next one!

Event 74 ($300 Bounty): Rafael Lima – $6,530