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Johnny Bromberg Wins His 3rd SHRP Major Series Trophy in 2025 Showdown Event 34 Heads-Up Deal for $28,282

March 31, 2025 @ 5:01AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 34
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 553
Prize Pool: $182,490
March 30, 2025

2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Event 34 Champion Johnny Bromberg

Event 34 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown was a $400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 553 entries generated a prize pool of $182,490, nearing double the guarantee.

A heads-up deal between the final two players and Johnny Bromberg was the chip leader, making him the official Event 34 winner for $28,282.

This marked Bromberg’s third SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won the $1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em during the 2024 Showdown and the $400 multi-flight opener at the 2023 SHRPO.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Johnny	Bromberg	$28,282*
2	Mohamed	Lahlou	$26,718*
3	Luis	Capella Mila	$16,300
4	Wendy	Lu	$12,200
5	Jason	Porter	$9,200
6	Shamica	Lamar	$7,000
7	Glen	Clementi	$5,400
8	Eric	Valerio	$4,200
9	Harrison	Ruggiero	$3,305
10	Andrew	Robertson	$3,305
11	Marcel	Sabag	$2,660
12	Calixto	Rodriguez	$2,660
13	Mukul	Pahuja	$2,160
14	Aleksandr	Boitcov	$2,160
15	Brent	Hoover	$2,160
16	Hung	Le	$1,780
17	Barry	Weprin	$1,780
18	Stephen	Ma	$1,780
19	Ivonne Margarita	Hernandez	$1,780
20	Joel	Fell	$1,480
21	Chongyou	Chen	$1,480
22	Philippe	Roux	$1,480
23	Douglas	Cressi	$1,480
24	Douglas	Dossett	$1,260
25	Michel	Dubreuil	$1,260
26	Alexey	Kashirin	$1,260
27	Zhargal	Tsydypov	$1,260
28	Rafiki	Brown	$1,260
29	James	Shucart	$1,260
30	Nicholas	Stiles	$1,260
31	Thomas	Anderson	$1,260
32	Adi	Amit	$1,060
33	Luis	Suarez	$1,060
34	Andre	Bryan	$1,060
35	Brian	Hardy	$1,060
36	Wisam	Yakob	$1,060
37	Francois	Zayas	$1,060
38	Norman	Rodriguez	$1,060
39	Andrew	Difeo	$1,060
40	Lunique	Petiote	$900
41	Demetrius	Campbell	$900
42	Anthony	Cuffari	$900
43	Zen	Moin	$900
44	Bradley	Beetz	$900
45	Daniel	Vranich	$900
46	Howard	Mash	$900
47	Glayson	Leroy	$900
48	Ivan	Churkin	$760
49	Jill	Fiorentino	$760
50	Ruben	Puras Dieguez	$760
51	Bruce	Snell	$760
52	Guillermo	De La Vega Ramirez	$760
53	Jen-Yue	Chiang	$760
54	Lennis	Penn	$760
55	Randy	Sim	$760
56	Michael	Newman	$660
57	Joseph	Molitor	$660
58	John	Gorsuch	$660
59	Curtis	King	$660
60	Brian	Hulen	$660
61	Michael	Michnik	$660
62	Steven	Pollack	$660
63	Jose	Gonzalez	$660
64	Jose	Hernandez Almea	$660
65	Charles	Campos	$660
66	Nicholas	Sena-Hopkins	$660
67	Clyde	Maliauka	$660
68	James	Raymond	$660
69	Fanilkumar	Patel	$660
70	Hunter	Payne	$660

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Event 34: Prize Pool and Payouts with $33K Up Top

March 30, 2025 @ 6:30PM by AlCantHang

2025 Poker Showdown
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 34
$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 553
Prize Pool: $182,490
March 30, 2025

Registration closed for the one-day $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 553 entries turning the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $182,490. The last 70 spots will be paid with $660 for a min-cash and $33,000 up top for the Event 34 champ.

1st: $33,000 + Showdown Trophy
2nd: $22,000
3rd: $16,300
4th: $12,200
5th: $9,200
6th: $7,000
7th: $5,400
8th: $4,200
9th-10th: $3,305
11th-12th: $2,660
13th-15th: $2,160
16th-19th: $1,780
20th-23rd: $1,480
24th-31st: $1,260
32nd-39th: $1,060
40th-47th: $900
48th-55th: $760
56th-70th: $660

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Event 34: Big One-Day $100K

March 30, 2025 @ 12:30PM by AlCantHang

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The Mid-Series Showdown restart is just one part of a very busy day with a ton of action including Event 34 kicking off at 1 pm. It is a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a one-day structure and $100,000 guaranteed prize pool.

They’ll sit with 20K out front and the first six levels last 20 minutes before increasing to 30 in Level 7. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 11 at 5:30 pm.

$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels 1-6 last 20 minutes; Levels 7+ last 30 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 11 (5:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 34 Structure Sheet

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Showdown Day 12 Schedule

March 30, 2025 @ 8:00AM by AlCantHang

Primary Event Schedule

1PM: Event 26 Day 2 – $600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

1PM: Event 34 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels 1-6 last 20 minutes; Levels 7+ last 30 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 11 (5:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 34 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 35 – $600 Big Bet Mix Dealer’s Choice (Re-Entry)

Players begin with 30,000 in chips
Levels last 30 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 35 Structure Sheet

4PM: Event 36 Day 1A – $1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

$500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 30,000 in chips
Levels 1-8 last 30 minutes; Levels 9-26 last 40 minutes
Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (8:30pm)
Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
Event 36 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 37 – $600 Deep Stack Turbo PLO (Re-Entry)

Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 15 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 37 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

2PM: $250 Double Feature Milestone Satellite (1-in-10)

Four $2,200 packages guaranteed; includes two seats in any $1,100 Showdown events
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 20 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:10pm)
Structure Sheet

5PM: $1,050 Turbo Satellite (Re-Entry)

One seat guaranteed into any Showdown $10K event
Players begin with 10,000 in chips
Levels last 15 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:15pm)
Structure Sheet

7PM: $400 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

Two seats guaranteed into $3,500 Showdown Championship
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 20 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:10pm)
Structure Sheet

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Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi Wins the All In for St. Jude Charity Event

January 17, 2025 @ 1:45AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 34
$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 103
Prize Pool: $15,000
January 16, 2025

All In for St. Jude Charity Event Winner Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi

The All In for St. Jude Charity Event had 103 entries, and after pulling out the $15,000 for the prizepool, there was $15,870 raised in entry fees for St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital. (That’s in addition to all the money raised thru the auction and the silent auction.)

The tournament was won by Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, winning a first-place prize of $5,000.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Michael	Mizrachi	$5,000
2	Jessica	Caden	$2,700
3			$1,500
4	Matt	Stout	$1,200
5	Timothy	Pai	$1,000
6	Angela	Guzman-Gatica	$800
7	Brett	Butz	$700
8	Glen	McCrory	$600
9	Terrence	Doyle	$500

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Charity Event: Faces From the Field

January 16, 2025 @ 10:57PM by BJ Nemeth

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 103

There are 12 players remaining from a field of 103, and the average chip stack is around 86,000 (29 big blinds). The final nine players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $500 and a top prize of $5,000.

Here is a look at some of the scenes from the tournament:

Ken Teach Aldridge and Matt Stout — Ken “Teach” Aldridge (left) and Charity Series of Poker (CSOP) President/Founder Matt Stout

When people busted from his table during the registration period, film producer Randall Emmett (pictured) was generously paying for their re-entry so they could try again.

Esther Taylor and Matt Waldron — Esther “Etay” Taylor (left) and Matt Waldron

Gabe Ramos and Dan Stavila — Gabe Ramos (left) and Dan Stavila

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Charity Event: Prize Pool and Payouts; First Prize is $5,000

January 16, 2025 @ 10:36PM by BJ Nemeth

There was $1,000 taken out of the prizepool for the chipleader-at-the-first-break bonus, and the remaining $14,000 will be paid out to the final nine players as shown below:

1st: $5,000
2nd: $2,700
3rd: $1,500
4th: $1,200
5th: $1,000
6th: $800
7th: $700
8th: $600
9th: $500

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Charity Event: Registration Closes with 103 Entries; Michael Mizrachi Leads the Final 45 Players

January 16, 2025 @ 10:10PM by BJ Nemeth

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 45 of 103

Michael Mizrachi - Charity Chipleader Trophy — Michael Mizrachi won this trophy (and $1,000 cash) for being chipleader at the first break. Mizrachi posed for the photo even though, as he said, “I haven’t won anything yet.”

Registration has closed with 103 entries, and there was an award for the chipleader at this first break. Unsurprisingly, the chipleader is Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, who turned his 10K starting stack into 158,500 over the first two hours of play. (The next closest chip stack was 91,000.)

Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi – 158,500 (159 bb)

As chipleader at the first break, Mizrachi receives a trophy and $1,000 cash.

With 45 players remaining from a field of 103, the average chip stack is around 22,900 (23 big blinds). They will be playing down to a winner tonight.

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Charity Event: Field Up to 74; Impressive Items Up for Silent Auction

January 16, 2025 @ 8:36PM by BJ Nemeth

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300
Entries: 74

CSOP Silent Auction Items — Silent Auction Items

The charity event is nearing the one-hour mark, and the field has increased to 74 entries. Randall Emmett is playing, and whenever somebody busts from his table, he’s paying for them to re-enter.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, shortly before 10:00 pm.

The Silent Auction portion of the All In for St. Jude Charity Event is being held until 9:30 pm, and there are some very impressive items available.

• an autographed guitar signed by CMA award-winning Best New Female Artist Megan Moroney

• a reserved seat in a Celebrity Cash Game held in Las Vegas, featuring celebrities playing $1/$3 no-limit hold’em

• a three-night stay at The Setting Inn Napa Valley with a private tour and wine-tasting

• two tickets and a round of drinks at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater

• a Las Vegas vacation package that includes a four-night stay at Caesars Palace, a round of golf for four players at Painted Desert Golf Club, four tickets to a Vegas Golden Knights hockey game, and more

• a 24″x48″ acrylic collage by local Miami artist Liz Nevado titled “Sweet Kisses”

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Charity Event: Tournament Begins with 50 Entries

January 16, 2025 @ 8:08PM by BJ Nemeth

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Entries: 50

Charity Event - Field — Charity Event – Field

The cards went in the air for the All In for St. Jude Charity Event at 7:39 pm with 50 entries. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, shortly before 10:00 pm.

There was an introduction before the tournament by WPT Executive Tour Director Matt Savage, Charity Series of Poker President/Found Matt Stout, and Lizzette Dorado, who is the Executive Director for St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital in Florida and Puerto Rico.

The items for the silent auction have been brought into the tournament area, and the silent auction remains open until 9:30 pm.

From left to right, Lizzette Dorado, Matt Savage, and Matt Stout welcome players to the All In for St. Jude Charity Event.