DECEMBER $30,000 TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD

December 17, 2025 @ 12:30PM by Jason Heidenthal

The complete set of rules and prizes is listed below.

***Showing Top 100 Spots Only***

***Results thru Thur 12/18/25***

Rank	First Name	Last Name	City	State	Points
1	DAVID	NATHANIEL JR	MIRAMAR	FL	222.3
2	CHRISTOPHER	ZOLLO	BOYNTON BEACH	FL	130
3	Eric	Rivera	NORCROSS	GA	128.8
4	MARIO	DE LA PUENTE	BELLE ISLE	FL	125
5	DAN	AVITSUR	MIAMI	FL	114.9
6	GUILLERMO	HAMILTON	MIAMI	FL	114.2
7	AKEELO	RHODEN	MIAMI	FL	112.2
8	JOULE	KADADU	HALLANDALE	FL	109.8
9	RAUL	GAYOSO	PEMBROKE PINES	FL	107.6
10	EDGARDO	ROSARIO FIGUEROA	LAKELAND	FL	106.1
11	JOSEPH	VILLACCI	COOPER CITY	FL	104.4
12	ROY	SALTER	OAK PARK	CA	97.6
13	PASQUALE	CAIAZZA	DAVIE	FL	97
14	DANIEL	VRANICH	LAKE PARK	FL	96.6
15	KAMAL	HUNTER	MIAMI	FL	95.8
16	JUN	TANG	MYRTLE BEACH	SC	88.1
17	VICKI	HOLMES	MARINETTE	WI	86.2
18	ALCIDES	GOMEZ II	MIAMI	FL	85.3
19	MINO	CHRISTOULAKIS	FORT LAUDERDALE	FL	84.4
20	BENJAMIN	SRIQUI	SUNRISE	FL	83.8
21	RONALD	MORONE	PLANTATION	FL	82.4
22	RICHARD	GANESH	PORT SAINT LUCIE	FL	80.6
23	ANTHONY	CASAS	MIAMI	FL	79.2
24	ANTONIO	COLON	PRINCETON	FL	78.3
25	DOMINIC	DAULTON	MELBOURNE	FL	78.1
26	ADI	AIZIN	HOLON		77
27	ERIK	DE SOUZA	POMPANO BEACH	FL	76.6
28	COREY	MARTIN	PLANTATION	FL	75.6
29	MANNY	TARICH	HOLLYWOOD	FL	75.2
30	RAMIL	ABUSEV	FORT LAUDERDALE	FL	73.2
31	ROBERT	KUZNIETZ	FORT LAUDERDALE	FL	72.2
32	OSMANY	SALDANAS	MIAMI	FL	71
33	RICHARD	FLEMING	DELRAY BEACH	FL	70.4
34	ROBERT	KESSLER	CORAL SPRINGS	FL	69.8
35	ERIC	KOLODNY	SUNNY ISLES BEACH	FL	67.4
36	CHRISTOPHER	CURATOLO	COCONUT CREEK	FL	67.1
37	ENGELBERTH	VARELA	MIAMI	FL	66.8
38	DENIS	MENDOZA	PEMBROKE PINES	FL	65
39	MOISES	JATTIN	MIAMI	FL	65
40	LUIS	BUENO	FORT LAUDERDALE	FL	62.8
41	MICHAEL	SINISGALLI	MIAMI	FL	62.8
42	LESTER	TRIMINO	MIAMI	FL	62.6
43	MATTHEW	BROWN	COOPER CITY	FL	62.4
44	MARYON	HARPER	PALMETTO BAY	FL	62.2
45	CHRISTOPHER	NOMIKOS	HALLANDALE BEACH	FL	61
46	SHAWN	FAGAN	POMPANO BEACH	FL	60.6
47	KWANG	SOON	PEMBROKE PINES	FL	60
48	PETER	PILZ	FORT LAUDERDALE	FL	58.2
49	LUCIANO	BIVAR	SAO PAULO		57.8
50	MYKHAILO	AVDIEIENKO	HALLANDALE BEACH	FL	57.4
51	ROY	BADASH	ROCKVILLE	MD	57.4
52	JUAN	MUBARAK	HIALEAH	FL	57
53	JEFFREY	PEET	TAYLORSVILLE	UT	55
54	CARL	BATISTA	MIAMI	FL	55
55	ADRIAN	VENEZIANO	CASTEL GRANDE		55
56	DUCARMEL	BEAUBIEN	MIRAMAR	FL	53.8
57	ANDREAS	ATHANASOPOULOS	TAMARAC	FL	53.3
58	MARCOS	SARAVIA ESCALANTE	WESTON	FL	53.2
59	DAVID	RENDULIC	FAEANA		52.8
60	ANTHONY	WLADKOWSKI	HALLANDALE BEACH	FL	52.8
61	RAINULFO	RICARDO PEREZ	HIALEAH	FL	52.6
62	ALEXANDER	RUXER	WEST HAVEN	CT	50.6
63	YOBANIS	LEYVA MENDOZA	MIAMI SPRINGS	FL	49.6
64	NOAH	KUMIN	WEST NEWTON	MA	49.4
65	JEREMY	SHAW	BOCA RATON	FL	48.8
66	RODNEY	BANKS	SEQUIM	WA	48.6
67	CIARAN	WALLS	LittlePort		48.4
68	NICHOLAS	ATEHORTUA	EASTON	PA	48.4
69	DIEGO	MARTTNEZ	HOLLYWOOD	FL	47.6
70	ANDREW	DEL RIO	CORAL SPRINGS	FL	45.9
71	GARY	LIEBERMAN	DAVIE	FL	45.8
72	IONUT	NEGOESCU	HALLANDALE BEACH	FL	45.1
73	RAMINDER	SINGH	DELRAY BEACH	FL	45
74	MARC	SACHELI	MIAMI	FL	45
75	BARRETT	WORST	PORT ORANGE	FL	44.8
76	ANGEL	URIOL SANABRIA	NORTH MIAMI	FL	44.2
77	HYDERICK	NORMAN	ORLANDO	FL	44.2
78	LOGAN	MOLLER	BOCA RATON	FL	41.8
79	DOUGLAS	FOLEY	MOORESVILLE	NC	41.8
80	JUAN	MONTOYA BERNAL	AVENTURA	FL	41.8
81	MELANIE	HOCHMAN	BOYNTON BEACH	FL	41.8
82	AVIRAM	VANA	SUNNY ISLES	FL	41.8
83	ELDO	RODRIGUEZ	DAVIE	FL	41.4
84	DOUGLAS	FINKELSTEIN MURYK	SUNNY ISLES BEACH		40.7
85	JAIRO	VELASQUEZ	SUNRISE	FL	39.7
86	DAVID	ALBERTSON	CORAL SPRINGS	FL	39.6
87	KEVIN	PHAM	KEY WEST	FL	39.5
88	EDUARDO	RAGOLTA	HIALEAH	FL	38.7
89	MARC	CULBERSON	WESTON	FL	38.4
90	PATRICIA	MILES	LAPEER	MI	38.2
91	BLERIM	KATROSHI	ISLAMORADA	FL	38.1
92	JEFFREY	SHAYANI	OYSTER BAY	NY	37
93	DAVID	ESKENAZI	HIGHLAND PARK	IL	36.4
94	STEVEN	BERMAN	AVENTURA	FL	36
95	MIRIAM	SHARON	KIRYAT MOTZKIN		35.6
96	YAAKOV	MOSKOVICH	BALTIMORE	MD	35.2
97	LAWRENCE	LANGSBARD	NALLANOALE	FL	35.2
98	RAUL	JIMENEZ DIAZ	HOMESTEAD	FL	34
99	KYLE	SULLIVAN	HOLLYWOOD	FL	33.8
100	AXEL	RODRIGUEZ	CARTERSVILLE	GA	33

POKER TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD PROMOTION

OFFICIAL RULES

December 1 – December 31, 2025

Poker Player Eligibility & Earning Points

1. Players must enter designated poker tournament events between December 1 – December 31, 2025. The following events are not eligible for the leaderboard. 1. Satellite Events & 2. Survivor Events

2. There is no limit to the number of tournament events a player may play, nor the number of entries per tournament. All players receive points for only one entry on their highest finish.

3. Players will receive 2 points for entering an event if they do not cash in the event.

4. Players who cash in an event will receive “Cash Points”.

5. Field Size Multiplier Key & Cash Points Key is as follows:

Multiplier Points Key

Field Size / Multiplier Points

4-50 Players / 1.0
51-100 Players / 1.1
101-150 Players / 1.2
151-200 Players / 1.3
201-300 Players / 1.4
301-400 Players / 1.5
401-500+ Players / 1.6

Cash Points Key

1st – 100
2nd – 70
3rd – 50
4th – 44
5th – 38
6th – 33
7th – 28
8th – 24
9th – 20
10th thru 18th – 15
19th thru 27th – 12
28th thru Cash – 10

6. The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tournament Leaderboard points are calculated by multiplying the multiplier points by either the Cash Points or the Points for entering.

7. If a deal (chop) is made, players who agree to bring a tournament to its end with any alteration of the posted payouts all tie for the next payout spot. For example, if 5 players chop (even, via ICM or any other way) all players tie for 5th place points.

8. No dealing points.

9. No making deals and then playing for points only.

10. Results will be posted throughout the month and final results will be posted on or before January 1, 2026.

Prize Allocation

1. Upon completion of the Seminole Hard Rock Tournament Leaderboard on December 31, 2025, the final leaderboard standings will be posted, and the prizes awarded as follows:

1^ST PLACE ($6,000)
-$3,500 LHPO WPT MAIN EVENT TICKET
-$1,100 JANUARY BIG SLICK TICKET ON 1/3/26
-$300 LHPO EVENT #1 TICKET
-$1,100 CASH
-LEADERBOARD TROPHY

2^nd PLACE ($5,500)
-$3,500 LHPO WPT MAIN EVENT TICKET
-$1,100 JANUARY BIG SLICK TICKET ON 1/3/26
-$900 CASH

3^RD PLACE ($4,000)
-$3,500 LHPO WPT MAIN EVENT TICKET
-$500 CASH

4^TH – 10^TH PLACE ($1,500)
-$1,100 JANUARY BIG SLICK TICKET ON 1/3/26
-$400 LHPO MAIN EVENT SATELLITE TICKET ON 1/4/26

^11TH– 20^TH PLACE ($400)
-$400 LHPO MAIN EVENT SATELLITE TICKET ON 1/4/26

2. Prizes are non-transferable and tickets have no cash value.

3. Prizes will be funded through the Marketing Poker Promotional Fund.

4. All prizes must be redeemed by January 3, 2026.

Players must be at least 18 years of age and a Unity cardholder in order to participate. Unity cards are free to all visitors 18 and over.

Big Stack Special

2025 December Deep Stack Special: $100,000 Guaranteed!

December 12, 2025 @ 3:53PM by Jason Heidenthal

$200 December Deep Stack Special
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Entries: 128 of 997
Current Prize Pool: $158,523
Avg Chip Stack: 155,500

Flight A: 83 Entries; 11 Advanced
Flight B: 148 Entries; 19 Advanced
Flight C: 94 Entries; 12 Advanced
Flight D: 132 Entries; 17 Advanced
Flight E: 121 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight F: 146 Entries; 18 Advanced
Flight F: 274 Entries; 35 Advanced
Day 2: Sunday at noon

PLACE	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME	AMOUNT WON
1	GUILLERMO	HAMILTON	$20,168
2	CHRISTOPHER	ZOLLO	$18,910
3	RAUL	GAYOSO	$12,300
4	RICHARD	FLEMING	$9,100
5	EDGARDO	ROSARIO FIGUEROA	$6,380
6	MYKHAILO	AVDIEIENKO	$5,025
7	BARRETT	WORST	$3,975
8	ANTHONY	CASAS	$3,125
9	BRENT	HOOVER	$2,400
10	YOEL	LAJONCHERE ESPINOSA	$2,400
11	COLBY	LEWIS	$1,900
12	SHANE	ROSE	$1,900
13	RANEI	AVIV	$1,600
14	YURIY	KOZINSKIY	$1,600
15	ROBERT	NEWHOUSE	$1,600
16	NICOLAS	FUKS MORO	$1,360
17	CLAUDEL	JOSEPH	$1,360
18	ANDREW	DEL RIO	$1,360
19	HAU	NGUYEN	$1,140
20	RICHARD	CONTELL	$1,140
21	JOSE	ARDILLA	$1,140
22	CHRISTOPHER	NOMIKOS	$1,140
23	ILKIN	DOSTIYEV	$1,140
24	DRAGAN	MIHAJLOVSKI	$1,140
25	BRIAN	KEANE	$1,140
26	DENNIS	CASTILLO	$1,140
27	JOSEPH	GOTLIEB	$1,140
28	RAMIL	ABUSEV	$960
29	EITAN	WAISFELD	$960
30	FACUNDO	CONIGLIO	$960
31	STEPHEN	IBRAHIM	$960
32	MARCOS	SARAVIA ESCALANTE	$960
33	EMILIE	STALINGS	$960
34	PETER	FELLOWS	$960
35	DEBORAH	MUHA	$960
36	MICHAEL	HEVERLY	$960
37	IAN	BISHOP	$800
38	GARY	LIEBERMAN	$800
39	ELDO	RODRIGUEZ	$800
40	WILLIE	WIGGINS JR	$800
41	SERGIO	LARRAIN OLLER	$800
42	KAMAL	HUNTER	$800
43	CESAR	MENDOZA GOMEZ	$800
44	BRIAN	NELLI	$800
45	JEZERIAH	WEBB	$800
46	MIGUEL	CARABALLO	$660
47	JOSMIG	ALFARO U	$660
48	KATSUHIDE	YAMAMOTO	$660
49	EFTHIMIOS	PIPERAKIS	$660
50	GIDON	CHAMDI	$660
51	JOHN	AYCOCK JR	$660
52	OSMANY	SALDANAS	$660
53	LUCIANO	BIVAR	$660
54	JASON	VENTURA	$660
55	DANIEL	QUESADA	$560
56	WILLY	LOUIS-CHARLES	$560
57	NEAL	CORCORAN	$560
58	SCOTT	KURTZMAN	$560
59	CHRISTOPHER	BROWN	$560
60	ANGEL	JARA	$560
61	BENJAMIN	SRIQUI	$560
62	ADAM	SCHUELLER	$560
63	ERNESTO	CASTELLANOS	$560
64	ALEKSANDR	TINIAKOV	$480
65	JEAN	LAURENT	$480
66	JASON	BLANK	$480
67	ANGELO	PEREZ	$480
68	EMERSON	WARD	$480
69	LEV	PARNAS	$480
70	BLERIM	KATROSHI	$480
71	CARLOS	NIETO	$480
72	CLAUDIO	KALILI	$480
73	WALTER	NALVARTE	$480
74	FERNANDO	PAGES	$480
75	PEDRO	PALACIO	$480
76	JAIRO	VELASQUEZ	$480
77	AKEELO	RHODEN	$480
78	LOUIS	WHITEMAN	$480
79	RAYMOND	ARSENAULT	$480
80	ANDRES	MENDEZ	$400
81	ANDREW	FRIER	$400
82	BRIAN	MOULTON	$400
83	LESTER	TRIMINO	$400
84	NOEL	AVILA MENDEZ	$400
85	ROSS	FISCHER	$400
86	ANTONIO	ARENCIBIA MONDUY	$400
87	VLADIMIR	FLORENT	$400
88	ROBERT	MATICCHIO	$400
89	MICHAEL	DERMER	$400
90	JUN	TANG	$400
91	UPENDRA	MODY	$400
92	RICHARD	GANESH	$400
93	MANUEL	SOLTERO LUNA	$400
94	ANIBAL	PABON	$400
95	LIOR	ELGRABLI	$400
96	VITO	DISTEFANO	$400
97	GUILLERMO	REYES CARDOSO	$340
98	TUAN	NGUYEN	$340
99	JOSHUA	SORTINO	$340
100	ANTHONY	THEISSEN	$340
101	ROBERT	GALLO	$340
102	JENNIFER	ALCANTARA	$340
103	SABAS	FERRER-FERRER	$340
104	DANIEL	VRANICH	$340
105	LUIS	CRISTOBOL	$340
106	PHILIP	TOISTER	$340
107	ADRIAN	WINEBARGER	$340
108	KEVIN	DEMAJ	$340
109	CARLOS	TORRES VAZQUEZ	$340
110	ERNESTO	AMENGUAL	$320
111	MICHAEL	CORBETT	$320
112	NOAH	BITTON	$320
113	JUAN	QUIROZ CASTILLO	$320
114	IGOR	TERPENEV	$320
115	ABRAHAM	RAMOS PADILLA	$320
116	BAIR	BATOZHARGALOV	$320
117	EDGAR	VILLAMIL	$320
118	ANTONIO	COLON	$320
119	AVRAM	LOCKWOOD	$320
120	ALEX	GUZMAN	$320
121	ILYA	GALAKTIONOV	$320
122	DARIO	FONTANI	$320
123	JAMES	STONE	$320
124	MICHAEL	LOVE	$320
125	JULIAN	WOHLGEMUTH	$320
126	ANDREW	MILLER	$320
127	RODRIGO	ALDORINO	$320
128	ALEXANDER	WIGGINS	$320

2025 RRPO Live Updates

2025 RRPO in Review

December 4, 2025 @ 12:00PM by AlCantHang

We wrapped up our fourth and final major series of 2025 with the Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open which featured 52 trophy events and more than $7.5 million in guaranteed money.

Events: 52
Entries: 16,636
Guarantees: $7,590,000
Prize Pools: $12,391,160

Another fantastic turnout from our friends and very loyal supporters. We strive to provide the best tournament experiences you will find, and you continue to come out in big numbers.

Thank you.

It’s important to highlight some of our best moments throughout the series, memorable wins, and significant numbers.

Kevin Nee (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

We closed out the series with the highlight on the schedule, the 2025 WPT RRPO Championship. The $3,500 buy-in tournament drew 1,224 entries, pushing the $3,000,000 guarantee up to a prize pool worth $3,916,800. Kevin Nee battled over five fun days of action and took the title for $605,100 after one hand of heads-up play.

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 1 Champion Dario Dussan

We opened the series with a $400 Deep Stack with a massive $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool, a ton of money for the investment. The tournament drew an incredible 6,853 entries (the third-biggest field in state history) and created a prize pool worth $2,261,490.

Dario Dussan won the Event 1 title outright, banking $278,150 for the win. Not done there, a week later, Dussan won the $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament for another $61,075.

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 47 Champion Dario Dussan

Dussan wasn’t the only player to win two titles during the series; Boris Kolev made some history of his own. He won the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em tournament on Monday for $266,100, entered the $25K High Roller soon after, and won that tournament on Tuesday for another $465,900.

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open High Roller Champion Boris Kolev

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open $10K Champ Boris Kolev

He won the two biggest buy-in tournaments on the schedule in back-to-back days.

Joseph Olivieri also did the back-to-back thing earlier in the series. He won the $600 Mixed PLO one night and followed that up with a win in the $600 10-Game Mix the next.

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Event 39 Champion Yuval Bronshtein

Yuval Bronshtein continued to pack his trophy case. He won the $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 title for his 15th career major SHRP win to put himself in a tie with Raminder Singh for most in our history.

Hal Klein won the $600 H.O.R.S.E. for his eighth trophy, and the legend Phil Hui won the $600 Dealer’s Choice for his 12th. Here’s a look at the updated trophy counts:

Raminder Singh – 15 wins
Yuval Bronshtein – 15 wins
David Shmuel – 12 wins
Michael Newman – 12 wins
Phil Hui – 12 wins
Matt Bretzfield – 10 wins
Gabriel Ramos – 9 wins
Hal Klein – 8 wins
John Holley – 8 wins
Scott Baumstein – 8 wins

On a final historical note, we surpassed a major milestone during the series. Over the course of 56 major series, starting with the 2011 Poker Showdown, we have now awarded more than $600 million in prize money.

Major Series: 56
Entries: 650,801
Guarantees: $310,808,500
Prize Pools: $605,640,504

Again, thank you for coming out and supporting our series. We appreciate you all and look forward to seeing you in 2026.

Next up on our major schedule is the Lucky Hearts Poker Open running from January 6th through the 21st with 58 trophy events and nearly $9,000,000 in guarantees.

See you there!

You can find links for all events and results listed below

2025 RRPO Championship: Kevin Nee – $605,100
Event 1 ($400 NLH): Dario Dussan – $278,150
Event 2 ($600 Seniors): Juan Montoya – $18,234
Event 3 ($600 Big O): Mehmet Siginc – $10,300
Event 4 ($300 Bounty): Omar Urriola Peren – $4,450
Event 5 ($600 O8): Aron Dermer – $9,344
Event 6 ($1K PLO): Manuel Herrera Lopez – $24,114
Event 7 ($200 NLH): Bryan Hernandez – $7,220
Event 8 ($400 Turbo PLO): Thomas Tramutola – $5,932
Event 9 ($600 Bounty PLO): Pawel Andrzejewski – $7,755
Event 10 ($600 Bounty NLH): Dario Pistalo – $8,438
Event 11 ($600 H.O.R.S.E.): Hal Klein – $11,605
Event 12 ($400 Turbo NLH/PLO): Richard Ganesh – $8,934
Event 13 ($600 Mixed PLO): Nadya Magnus – $11,439
Event 14 ($400 NLH): Kevin Choe – $20,874
Event 15 ($600 Mixed TD): Frederic Moss – $10,840
Event 16 ($400 PLO): Benjamin Zamani – $12,280
Event 17 ($1K Platinum Stack): David Lee – $103,370
Event 18 ($300 Bounty): Leonardo Jafet – $9,560
Event 19 ($600 Seniors Bounty): Thomas Puccio – $13,490
Event 20 ($600 Dealer’s Choice): Phil Hui – $10,585
Event 21 ($200 Big Stack): Maurice Davis – $22,613
Event 22 ($400 Turbo PLO): Frederic Normand – $7,835
Event 23 ($600 6-Max): London Lawrence – $15,831
Event 24 ($600 2-7 TD): Rob Sherwood – $9,785
Event 25 ($1,700 Bounty PLO): Robert Cowen – $24,500
Event 26 ($400 Turbo NLH): Vincent Picardi – $7,215
Event 27 ($600 TORSE): Sam Spira – $7,268
Event 28 ($400 WPT Wildcard): Nan Min – $13,520
Event 29 ($400 Bounty PLO): Alexander Tafesh – $7,740
Event 30 ($300 6-Max Bounty): Willie Wiggins – $8,940
Event 31 ($300 Holiday Deep Stack): Matthew Bock – $13,975
Event 33 ($600 Mixed PLO): Joseph Olivieri – $13,685
Event 34 ($400 Bounty): Marlon Ramos – $9,690
Event 35 ($600 10-Game Mix): Joseph Olivieri – $9,410
Event 36 ($300 Quad Stack): Allan Dungo – $7,784
Event 37 ($1K Bounty Turbo): Frank Checho – $10,965
Event 38 ($400 NLH): Karel Kratochvil – $22,852
Event 39 ($400 PLO8): Yuval Bronshtein – $7,475
Event 40 ($10K NLH): Boris Kolev – $226,100
Event 41 ($1,700 Bounty): Brandon Sheils – $27,730
Event 42 ($600 NLH): Yann Abitbol – $43,000
Event 43 ($1K Turbo): Tanupat Punjarojanakul – $13,950
Event 44 ($1K Triple Stack): Jhordy Sanchez – $28,440
Event 45 ($25K High Roller): Boris Kolev – $465,900
Event 46 ($600 O8): Grant Hart – $12,360
Event 47 ($3K PLO): Dario Dussan – $61,075
Event 48 ($300 Quad Stack): Miguel Caraballo – $7,072
Event 49 ($400 6-Max NLH): Steven Bennett – $9,495
Event 50 ($5K NLH): Aram Oganyan – $143,900
Event 51 ($1K 6-Max PLO): Rainer Kempe – $19,705
Event 52 ($300 Bounty NLH): Mike Vela – $9,425

2025 RRPO Live Updates

Kevin Nee Wins the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship for $605,100!

December 3, 2025 @ 6:32PM by AlCantHang

2025 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 32
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,224
Prize Pool: $3,916,800
November 28 – December 3, 2025

2025 WPT RRPO Champion Kevin Nee (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

The 2025 WPT Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship was the big ticket item on the series schedule, and it did not disappoint. The $3,500 buy-in tournament drew 1,224 entries, turning the $3,000,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $3,916,800, and Kevin Nee took the top spot for $605,100 after a fun few days of action.

Of those 1,224 starters, 437 players made it through to Day 2, with Natasha Mercier leading the pack, along with Debbie Lee and Cherish Andrews in the top five. They burst the money bubble after the dinner break, with 63 players advancing to Day 3, and it was Hyndi Khomutetsky’s turn to lead the start of a new day.

Khomutetsky stayed strong, played well, and was among the leaders all the way to the six-handed final table. She was second in chips and took a bad beat from Joel Gola, the only player at the table with more chips, to exit in sixth place.

In a historically fast final table, it took only 60 hands to find our winner and only one hand when the tournament was heads-up.

Gola had a big lead most of the last day, but Nee chipped away at the popular amateur. After Aram Zobian was sent out in third place, they set up the table for heads-up play, and that took longer than the match.

On the first hand, they put all their chips in the middle ,and Nee flopped a nut flush to leave Gola drawing dead to second place.

It was a fun, action-packed few days during the Championship. Congratulations to Kevin on the win, and thanks to everyone for coming out.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Kevin	Nee	$605,100
2	Joel	Gola	$395,000
3	Aram	Zobian	$295,000
4	Chad	Eveslage	$220,000
5	Anthony	Merlo	$166,000
6	Hyndi	Khomutetsky	$127,000
7	Nenad	Medic	$98,000
8	Rob	Wazwaz	$76,000
9	Shane	Santacroce	$59,000
10	Jason	Hickey	$59,000
11	Frank	Lagodich	$49,000
12	William	Slepcevich	$49,000
13	Matthew	Peng	$40,500
14	Stoyan	Madanzhiev	$40,500
15	Jackob	Datashvili	$40,500
16	Thien	Nguyen	$33,500
17	Toby	Boas	$33,500
18	Raymond	Rousseau	$33,500
19	Shannon	Shorr	$33,500
20	Natasha	Mercier	$28,000
21	Loni	Harwood Hui	$28,000
22	Bobby	Kennedy	$28,000
23	Rainer	Kempe	$28,000
24	Chance	Kornuth	$23,200
25	Agharazi	Babayev	$23,200
26	Trung	Pham	$23,200
27	Olvenso	Savoie	$23,200
28	Mo	Alhalwani	$23,200
29	Renji	Mao	$23,200
30	Michael	Belov	$23,200
31	Gary	Herstein	$23,200
32	Manny	Minaya	$19,400
33	Jonathan	Pastore	$19,400
34	Manny	Amaro	$19,400
35	Vadzim	Lipauka	$19,400
36	Logan	Eisner	$19,400
37	Raj	Vohra	$19,400
38	Alex	Yen	$19,400
39	Josh	Kay	$19,400
40	Thomas	Mühlöcker	$16,300
41	Elliott	Kampen	$16,300
42	Otto	Palacios	$16,300
43	Seth	Katich	$16,300
44	Nitis	Udornpim	$16,300
45	Jimmy	Lucifero	$16,300
46	Dimtri	Fares	$16,300
47	Florian	Gaugusch	$16,300
48	Jared	Hemingway	$13,800
49	Joshua	Hopkins	$13,800
50	Cuba	Levenberry	$13,800
51	Ioan	Taizs	$13,800
52	Sungwoon	Yoo	$13,800
53	Ilkin	Dostiyev	$13,800
54	Juan	Montoya	$13,800
55	Juan	Sanchez	$13,800
56	Tom	Fuchs	$11,500
57	Brian	Murphy	$11,500
58	Scott	Baumstein	$11,500
59	Robert-Andrei	Burlacu	$11,500
60	Frank	Funaro	$11,500
61	Shahin	Norouzian	$11,500
62	Anatoly	Nikitin	$11,500
63	Michah	Raskin	$11,500
64	Ian	Armstrong	$9,600
65	Szymon	Pawlak	$9,600
66	Benjamin	Zamani	$9,600
67	Pavlin	Karakikov	$9,600
68	Francis	Anderson	$9,600
69	Glenn	Slater	$9,600
70	Gaspare	Sposato	$9,600
71	Richard	Davis	$9,600
72	Nick	Yunis	$9,600
73	Justin	Vaysman	$9,600
74	Edward	Pak	$9,600
75	Vera	Dong	$9,600
76	David	Jackson	$9,600
77	John	Littleton	$9,600
78	Vlad	Darie	$9,600
79	Adrian	Lipe Jerez	$9,600
80	Jerry	Wong	$8,200
81	Danny	Qutami	$8,200
82	Diego	Fernandez Mendez	$8,200
83	Giuseppe	Iadisernia	$8,200
84	Caio	Sobral	$8,200
85	Robert	LeBeau	$8,200
86	Joey	Weissman	$8,200
87	Arsenii	Karmatckii	$8,200
88	Long	Nguyen	$8,200
89	Tal	Rothman	$8,200
90	Darryll	Fish	$8,200
91	Mike	Meskin	$8,200
92	Konstantin	Volkov	$8,200
93	Andrea	Orphanos	$8,200
94	Igor	De Oliveira Pinheiro	$8,200
95	Ilan	Verdnickov	$8,200
96	Hoby	Shapiro	$8,200
97	Misael	Iadisernia	$8,200
98	Jose	Severino	$8,200
99	Andrew	Ostapchenko	$8,200
100	Taylor	Wilson	$7,000
101	Maryon	Harper	$7,000
102	Mazen	Karnaby	$7,000
103	Robert	Hover	$7,000
104	Matthew	Sesso	$7,000
105	Marcelo	Aagesen	$7,000
106	Kurt	Krainski	$7,000
107	Mhd	Amer Al Kmeh	$7,000
108	Matthew	Lambrecht	$7,000
109	Jack	Shea	$7,000
110	Damien	Steel	$7,000
111	Kevin	Schulz	$7,000
112	Sridhar	Sangannagari	$7,000
113	Naromi	Todd	$7,000
114	Daniel	Kusnerak	$7,000
115	Debbie	Lee	$7,000
116	Mike	Vanier	$7,000
117	Ernest	Bush	$7,000
118	Alfonso	Lozano Arnau	$7,000
119	Tony	Sinishtaj	$7,000
120	Eliot	Hudon	$7,000
121	Travell	Thomas	$7,000
122	Igor	Tretyakov	$7,000
123	Gabriel	Andrade	$7,000
124	Connor	Rash	$6,400
125			$6,400
126	Chad	Davis	$6,400
127	Joseph	Drory	$6,400
128	Marc	Sacheli	$6,400
129	Andreu	Ferragut-Lluch	$6,400
130	Ronnie	Day	$6,400
131	Paula	Alibrandi	$6,400
132	Jack	Nathan	$6,400
133	Eric	Afrat	$6,400
134	Steven	Piper	$6,400
135	Zachary	Fischer	$6,400
136	Alexis	Kivu	$6,400
137	Itzhako	Dickstein	$6,400
138	Alon	Shahar	$6,400
139	Martin	Zamani	$6,400
140	Darren	Rabinoiwtz	$6,400
141	Walter	Taylor	$6,400
142	Aaron	Thivyanathan	$6,400
143	Jose	Lopez Fibla	$6,400
144	Mike	Liang	$6,400
145	Kaleb	Harwell	$6,400
146	Hitesh	Patel	$6,400
147	Stephanie	Morris	$6,400
148	Joe	McKeehen	$6,400
149	Boris	Vaynberg	$6,400
150	Paul	Snead	$6,400
151	Naveen	Sama	$6,400
152	Kenneth	Bruno	$6,400
153	Jonathan	Dokler	$6,400

2025 RRPO Live Updates

Championship: Kevin Nee ($605,100) Defeats Joel Gola ($395,000) for the Title

December 3, 2025 @ 5:04PM by AlCantHang

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $3,916,800 | Payouts | Results
Level 33: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante

On the first hand of heads-up play, Kevin Nee opened to 1,200,000 from his button and Joel Gola moved all in for 19,500,000. Nee quickly called and they both stood up to fade the board.

Nee:
Gola:

Nee was ahead with his ace then slammed the door on the flop for a nut flush. Gola was drawing dead to the turn and river to finish second for $395,000.

Nee picked up $605,100 as the 2025 WPT RRPO Champion and his name will now go on the Mike Sexton Champions Cup.

1st: Kevin Nee – $605,100
2nd: Joel Gola – $395,000

Joel Gola (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

2025 RRPO Live Updates

Championship: Aram Zobian – 3rd Place ($295,000)

December 3, 2025 @ 4:52PM by AlCantHang

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $3,916,800 | Payouts | Results
Level 33: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,224

Aram Zobian (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Joel Gola limped from the button, Kevin Nee completed the small blind, and Aram Zobian checked in the big blind.

The flop was and both Nee and Zobian checked. Gola bet 1,500,000 and Nee check-raised to 3,500,000. Zobian moved all in for 4,250,000 to get a fold from Gola and call from Nee.

Zobian:
Nee:

Zobian was ahead with his paired ten versus Nee’s paired four but he needed to dodge diamonds. His bad news showed up immediately on the turn and was eliminated after the river.

Aram Zobian – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($295,000)

Kevin Nee – 41,700,000 (104 bb)
Joel Gola – 19,500,000 (49 bb)

2025 RRPO Live Updates

Championship: Counts on Break; Joel Gola Leads

December 3, 2025 @ 4:15PM by AlCantHang

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $3,916,800 | Payouts | Results
Level 33: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 1,224

Seat 1. Kevin Nee –  15,800,000 (40 bb)
Seat 2. Aram Zobian –  17,200,000 (43 bb)
Seat 3. Joel Gola –  28,200,000 (71 bb)

1st: $605,100
2nd: $395,000
3rd: $295,000

4th: Chad Eveslage – $220,000
5th: Anthony Merlo – $166,000
6th: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $127,000

2025 RRPO Live Updates

Championship: Chad Eveslage – 4th Place ($220,000)

December 3, 2025 @ 4:03PM by AlCantHang

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $3,916,800 | Payouts | Results
Level 32: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 1,224

Chad Eveslage (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Action folded to Chad Eveslage in the small blind, he moved all in for 1,450,000 and Aram Zobian called in the big.

Eveslage:
Zobian:

Eveslage was ahead for the double but Zobian moved into the lead when he paired his nine on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and Eveslage was eliminated in fourth place.

Aram Zobian – 11,400,000 (38 bb)
Chad Eveslage – Eliminated in 4th Place ($220,000)

2025 RRPO Live Updates

Championship: Anthony Merlo – 5th Place ($166,000)

December 3, 2025 @ 3:49PM by AlCantHang

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $3,916,800 | Payouts | Results
Level 32: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 1,224

Anthony Merlo (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Anthony Merlo open-shipped for 2,025,000 from early position and it folded to Chad Eveslage in the small blind. He called at risk for 1,100,000 and Aram Zobian folded his big.

Merlo:
Eveslage:

Eveslage was a favorite to double up and his tens held on the board.

Eveslage took the big pot, Merlo was dropped under three big blinds, and was eliminated a few hands later.

Chad Eveslage – 2,800,000 (9 bb)
Anthony Merlo – Eliminated in 5th Place ($166,000)

2025 RRPO Live Updates

Championship: Hyndi Khomutetsky – 6th Place ($127,000)

December 3, 2025 @ 3:23PM by AlCantHang

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
Prize Pool: $3,916,800 | Payouts | Results
Level 32: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 1,224

Hyndi Khomutetsky (Photo Credit: Luther Redd/WPT)

Hyndi Khomutetsky opened to 1,400,000 from the under the gun, Joel Gola raised, Khomutetsky said all in for 11,075,000 and Gola quickly called for a massive hand between the top two stacks.

Khomutetsky:
Gola:

Khomutetsky was way ahead with a chance to take the chip lead and the flop was perfectly safe. The turn changed nothing but Gola nailed the river to send Khomutetsky out in sixth place.

Joel Gola – 36,625,000 (122 bb)
Hyndi Khomutetsky – Eliminated in 6th Place ($127,000)