More Big Winners From Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown SeriesA Look At Results From Several Higher-Stakes Tournaments From South Florida |
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Several of the largest payouts of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown series were awarded during the final week of play. The highest buy-in of the festival was won by Cherish Andrews, who took home $408,265 as the champion in that $25,000 tournament. The delayed final table was also set in the main event, with the champion set to earn $776,000 when that tournament resumes next month. Below is a closer look at three additional higher-stakes events that handed out six-figure paydays down the stretch at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in South Florida
SHRPS $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six Max Deep Stack
Belgian tournament star Thomas Boivin emerged victorious in the $10,000 six-max no-limit hold’em event, outlasting a field of 99 entries to earn $271,600 and 540 Card Player Player of the Year points.
This score just made the top ten list for the largest paydays of Boivin’s career. The victory increased his lifetime earnings to more than $9.5 million.
Brock Wilson finished third for $120,000 just four days before he managed a podium showing in the $25,000 buy-in event for $313,410. Other notables who ran deep included five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Brian Yoon (8th), 2019 WSOP Europe main event champion Alexandros Kolonias (6th), and recent World Poker Tour Rolling Thunder main event runner-up Harvey Castro (4th).
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Thomas Boivin | $271,600 | 540 |
| 2 | Neil Warren | $184,600 | 450 |
| 3 | Brock Wilson | $120,000 | 360 |
| 4 | Harvey Castro | $81,600 | 270 |
| 5 | Ryan Mandara | $57,900 | 225 |
| 6 | Alexandros Kolonias | $42,700 | 180 |
SHRPS $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em $1 Million GTD
The final $10,000 buy-in even on the schedule sported a $1 million guarantee. A total of 122 entries were made by the time registration closed, resulting in a final prize pool of $1,159,000 that was paid out amongst the top 16 finishers.
The largest share went to 2024 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown main event champion and 16-time WSOP Circuit gold ring winner Joshua Reichard. The Wisconsin native earned $288,400 as the last player standing, the third-largest score of his career. He is now close to $4.7 million in lifetime cashes.
Reichard overcame a big heads-up chip deficit to defeat three-time bracelet winner Martin Kabrhel heads-up in this event. There were several other highly-accomplished players that made it down to the business end of this event, including popular poker vlogger Brad Owen (12th), WPT champion Matthew Wantman (7th), bracelet winner Faraz Jaka (4th), and 2015 WSOP main event 16th-place finisher David Stefanski (3rd).
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Joshua Reichard | $288,400 | 660 |
| 2 | Martin Kabrhel | $197,000 | 550 |
| 3 | David Stefanski | $146,000 | 440 |
| 4 | Faraz Jaka | $109,000 | 330 |
| 5 | Grant Wang | $83,000 | 275 |
| 6 | Scott Carragher | $63,000 | 220 |
| 7 | Matthew Wantman | $48,500 | 165 |
| 8 | Jeremy Dan | $37,500 | 110 |
| 9 | Rehman Kassam | $29,500 | 55 |
SHRPS $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em $250 GTD
Like Reichard, Brek Schutten is a former champion of the main event at this festival who managed a big win this year in a high-stakes side tournament. The 2021 SHRPS main event champion and bracelet winner came out on top in this year’s $5,000 eight-max no-limit hold’em event, earning $185,400 for the win.
With 164 entries, the $250,000 guarantee was more than tripled. $770,800 was paid out across the top 20 finishers, with notables like Kevin Rabichow (9th), 2023 WPT World Championship winner Daniel Sepiol (4th), and 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open main event runner-up Spencer Champlin (3rd) all running deep.
Schutten grew his career earnings to nearly $6.1 million with this victory. Champlin climbed to 15th in the 2025 POY standings, with three final tables and one title so far this year. His win came in a $5,000 event at the PokerGO Tour Kickoff series, just three days after he secured $425,000 for his second-place showing in the previously mentioned LHPO main event.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Brek Schutten | $185,400 | 624 |
| 2 | Robert Burlacu | $124,000 | 520 |
| 3 | Spencer Champlin | $92,000 | 416 |
| 4 | Daniel Sepiol | $69,000 | 312 |
| 5 | Adam Adler | $52,000 | 260 |
| 6 | Fred Li | $39,500 | 208 |
| 7 | Igor Merda | $30,500 | 156 |
| 8 | Thomas Reynolds | $23,700 | 104 |
Photo credits: Seminole Hard Rock Poker Blog.
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