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Joe McKeehen added another major win to his poker resume on Tuesday with a victory in the $5,300 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.
The 2015 WSOP Main Event champion wasn't the only big winner. In fact, there were three players who won four events during the series, which is even more improbable when you consider the fact that never before had any player won four events in the same SHRP festival.
Raminder Singh, now the record-holder with 20 SHRP titles, was first to get to four. Jean Laurent matched Singh two days later, and literally hours after we reported it, a third player — Mehmet Siginc — won the $3,000 Big 4 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold'em for $92,017 via a three-way chop and his fourth victory at the 2026 SHRPO inside Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
WSOP Main Event Champ Wins Again
McKeehen, one of 673 entries in the Championship event, had a tough task at the final table. He was facing a number of skilled veteran pros, including Loni Hui and Darren Rabinowitz, who is fresh off his WSOP bracelet win after denying Phil Hellmuth a shot to extend his bracelet record.
But McKeehen has proven time and time again he can close out a major tournament, much like he did in the 2015 WSOP Main Event. The World Champ took out Hui in third place ($250,000) with pocket queens holding up against pocket eights. He would begin heads-up play with a decent-sized lead over David Greufe, who secured the first big score of his tournament poker career.
McKeehen had the experience, and soon would have a massive chip lead. But his opponent would catch a heater and make an impressive comeback to take a huge lead of his own. The two had agreed to a heads-up ICM chop before the match began for most of the prize pool, but they were still playing for an extra $40,000 and the SHRPO Guitar Tower Trophy.
McKeehen, who trailed at one point by more than 10-1 in chips, staged a comeback, which all started by hitting a flush on the river. The match took another turn when Greufe bluffed into McKeehen's nut flush, sending the WSOP champ back into the chip lead. He'd soon finish it off by winning a 60/40. Greufe took home $390,804 for second place, while the champion collected $462,600 and now has over $22 million in The Hendon Mob cashes.
SHRPO Championship Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe McKeehen | $462,600 |
| 2 | David Greufe | $390,804 |
| 3 | Loni Hui | $250,000 |
| 4 | Eddie Pak | $188,000 |
| 5 | Francisco Rivera | $142,000 |
| 6 | Daniel Chalifour | $108,000 |
| 7 | Jose Nadal Sordo | $83,000 |
| 8 | Robert-Andrei Burlacu | $65,000 |
| 9 | Darren Rabninowitz | $51,000 |
Bronshtein Adds 17th and 18th SHRP Titles
The SHRPO was full of crushers running deep and winning tournaments, and that includes Yuval Bronshtein, who is now in second place all time with 18 SHRP titles. Bronshtein first won the $800 DeepStack Big O, a tournament with 79 entries, for $18,432.
He beat Gary Bolden heads-up for the outright title. The runner-up received $10,855 as a consolation prize. Bronshtein, who has over $4 million in live tournament cashes, is among the top performers in SHRP history, trailing only Singh (20) for most titles.
Bronshtein then closed out the series with a second victory in the $600 T.O.E. tournament for $9,535, beating David Rivera heads-up to close it out. In doing so, he moved back to within two wins of Singh's record.
DeepStack Big O Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuval Bronshtein | $18,432 |
| 2 | Gary Bolden | $10,855 |
| 3 | Terence Beaman | $6,800 |
| 4 | Jason Daly | $4,550 |
| 5 | Grant Hart | $3,445 |
| 6 | Steven Langert | $2,785 |
| 7 | Alexander Orlov | $2,485 |
| 8 | Michael Soroka | $2,205 |
Another Tournament Win for a Mizrachi
It was another day, another win for a Mizrachi early at the 2026 SHRPO in July. This time, Robert Mizrachi, a five-time WSOP bracelet winner from South Florida.
Mizrachi, a hometown product, won the fourth event of the series — $600 DeepStack Big O — for $15,605. There were 95 entrants in this tournament, generating a prize pool of $49,210, no one receiving more than the champ. But Chet Sickle earned himself a solid payday of $9,350 for second place, as did Ian Anderson, who collected $5,905 for a third-place finish.
Mizrachi had a strong summer, not just in the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. He didn't win a bracelet at the 2026 WSOP, but he cashed 13 times, including two final table appearances, and he closed out the series in Las Vegas with a third-place finish for $185,282 in the $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed event.
DeepStack Big O Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Mizrachi | $15,605 |
| 2 | Chet Sickle | $9,350 |
| 3 | Ian Anderson | $5,905 |
| 4 | Daniel Kohler | $3,815 |
| 5 | Seth Harless | $2,955 |
| 6 | Matthew Wolfson | $2,335 |
| 7 | Jeffrey Gale | $1,970 |
| 8 | John Binns | $1,725 |
2026 SHRPO Full Results
*Images courtesy of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.
