Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Announces Winners from the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Big 4 Championships
For the tenth consecutive year, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) concluded with the crowning of The Big 4 champions at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood.
Unique to South Florida, The Big 4 is a collection of four tournament finales that feature staggered structures, timed so the events play down simultaneously. This year’s four primary events boasted combined prize pool guarantees of $4.75 million. With 1,513 entries in Big 4 events, the total cash payouts topped more than $6.3 million.
The quartet of winners earned more than $1 million, with Jake Cody winning the SHRPO Championship and claiming $510,850. This year’s SHRPO Championship drew 889 total entries, boasting a total prize pool of more than $4.3 million.
SHRPO Championship Final Table Results:
1st: Jake Cody (Rochdale, England)– $510,850 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd: Jeremy Wien (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) – $450,000
3rd: Stephen Song (Greenwich, Conn.) – $438,000
4th: Andjelko Andrejevic (Miami, Fla.) – $240,000
5th: Shaun Davis (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) – $181,000
6th: Arlinda Johns (Carterville, Ill.) – $138,000
7th: Jasper Ma (Los Angeles, Calif.) – $106,000
8th: Joseph Curcio (Freehold. N.J.) - $82,000
9th: Chris Hunichen (Clayton, N.C.) - $65,000
The other Big 4 winners include:
- Landon Tice (Boca Raton, Fla.) won the $3,000 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em for $124,023
- Levi Berger (Brooklyn, N.Y.), won the $1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em for $48,102
- Shannon Shorr (Las Vegas, Nev.) won the $25,500 High Roller NLH for $352,873
This year’s SHRPO kicked off with the $400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (NLH), which had 5,658 entries. The event nearly doubled its $1 million guarantee for a final prize pool of more than $1.8 million. Winner Joseph Kim (Centreville, Va.) was awarded the title and cashed for $159,149.
Poker action will return to Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood with the Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open from Wednesday, Nov. 19 to Tuesday, Dec. 2. For more information and to view the series schedule, future tournament details and make hotel reservations, please visit SHRPO.com.
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About Seminole Hard Rock Poker
Seminole Hard Rock Poker encompasses four major poker series held annually at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. In August 2013, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) was introduced to poker players worldwide and featured a $10 million guarantee championship, the largest guarantee in history. In addition to the SHRPO, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker series includes the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open (January), Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown (April) and Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll” Poker Open (November). All four series fall under the SHRPO umbrella with tournament news, live updates and championship live streaming. Visit www.SHRPO.com. Join the conversation at #SHRPO and tag us @SHRPO.
About Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood is the flagship-integrated resort of Hard Rock International, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The renowned entertainment, gaming and hospitality destination unveiled a $1.5 billion expansion in 2019, highlighting the debut of the world’s first and only Guitar Hotel. Between three hotel towers, the resort boasts 1,271 luxury guestrooms. Amenities include a 42,000 square-foot Rock Spa® & Salon; an 18-acre recreational water experience; private “Bora Bora” style cabanas; more than 20 food and beverage outlets; a 26,000 square-foot retail promenade; 120,000 square feet of premier meeting and convention space; and an expansive gaming floor with more than 2,500 slots, more than 200 table games and a 45-table poker room. In 2023, the casino launched live craps, roulette and retail sports betting, offering 10 craps tables, 20 roulette tables, and sports betting locations including both electronic kiosks and kiosks with live sports betting agents. Introducing the new games is a historic milestone that immediately puts Florida in the same league as the world’s great gaming destinations. Hard Rock Live, ranked No. 4 worldwide in 2024 gross revenue for Pollstar Magazine, highlights A-list entertainers and performers, sporting events and live broadcast productions in an intimate 7,000-person capacity setting. Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood is located on 87 acres of the Hollywood Seminole Reservation along State Road 7 (U.S. Highway 441). For more information, visit us online at www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com call 1 (800) 937-0010 or follow us: Facebook: @HardRockHolly, X: @HardRockHolly, Instagram: @HardRockHolly.