2025 Tampa Signature Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Tampa, Florida
Event 9
$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 352
Prize Pool: $792,000
July 25 – 28, 2025
The 2025 Signature Poker Series Championship was the headline event on the schedule and the $2,500 produced a fantastic field. It drew 352 entries, pushing the $500,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $792,000, and local favorite Ash Chehata captured the title, along with $164,430, after beating a tough final table.
The Championship had 17 players return for Day 3, where the largest payouts would be made. Chehata held the lead from the start and never relinquished it. He went wire-to-wire with some great play and big hands, and defeated the talented Stephen Song to take the title.
Congrats to Ash and thank you to everyone for coming out!
Final table results:
| Place | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashraf | Chehata | Port Orange | FL | $164,430 |
| 2 | Stephen | Song | West Palm Bch | FL | $109,340 |
| 3 | Mark | Zhang | Useldange | $80,260 | |
| 4 | Nahim | Adesio Valenca | Windermere | FL | $59,550 |
| 5 | Rusty | Wadsworth Jr | Weirsdale | FL | $44,650 |
| 6 | Justin | Zaki | Tampa | FL | $33,820 |
| 7 | Peter | Vitantonio | Highland Hgts | OH | $25,890 |
| 8 | John | Pointer | Tampa | FL | $20,020 |
| 9 | Bobby | Kennedy | Ocala | FL | $15,640 |
| 10 | Harvey | Vandeven | Ocala | FL | $15,640 |
| 11 | Felipe | Koury | Oceanside | CA | $12,630 |
| 12 | Chad | Kitchen | Wimauma | FL | $12,630 |
| 13 | Thien | Nguyen | Cape Coral | FL | $10,360 |
| 14 | Aaron | Speer | Clermont | FL | $10,360 |
| 15 | Nick | Raio | Saint Johns | FL | $8,650 |
| 16 | TK | Miles | Davie | FL | $8,650 |
| 17 | Hassan | El Hakim | Sarasota | FL | $7,360 |
| 18 | Brian | Ray | Tampa | FL | $7,360 |
| 19 | Phi | Nguyen | Tampa | FL | $7,360 |
| 20 | Filipp | Khavin | Saint Petersburg | FL | $7,360 |
| 21 | Daniel | Kasper | Minneola | FL | $6,370 |
| 22 | Fred | Paradis | Oldsmar | FL | $6,370 |
| 23 | Jamie | Smith | Largo | FL | $6,370 |
| 24 | Jerry | Silva | Tampa | FL | $6,370 |
| 25 | Spencer | Sweisford | Tampa | FL | $5,630 |
| 26 | Carlos | Vizoso | Mobile | AL | $5,630 |
| 27 | Paul | Siem | Clearwater | FL | $5,630 |
| 28 | Matthew | Baker | Naples | FL | $5,630 |
| 29 | Manny | Minaya | Tampa | FL | $5,630 |
| 30 | RJ | Sullivan | Riverview | FL | $5,630 |
| 31 | John | Kamis | Chicago | IL | $5,630 |
| 32 | Mike | Ahmad | Lutz | FL | $5,630 |
| 33 | Alan | Hamza | Ocala | FL | $5,090 |
| 34 | Marsha | Wolak-Barnett | Lakewood Ranch | FL | $5,090 |
| 35 | Christopher | Holland | Mulberry | FL | $5,090 |
| 36 | Carlos | Evangelista | Tampa | FL | $5,090 |
| 37 | Nathan | Geier | Cape Coral | FL | $5,090 |
| 38 | Brian | Powell | Waynesville | GA | $5,090 |
| 39 | Wayne | Leonard | Tampa | FL | $5,990 |
| 40 | Ryan | Hogan | Winter Garden | FL | $5,090 |
| 41 | Nick | Scholz | Tampa | FL | $4,700 |
| 42 | Michael | Cole | Placida | FL | $4,700 |
| 43 | Andre | Plaza | Orlando | FL | $4,700 |
| 44 | Tyler | Denson | New Smyrna Beach | FL | $4,700 |
