The 2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open ran January 10-22 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. In that time, 25 new poker champions were crowned including local standout Michael Newman in the $360 buy-in, $500,000 guaranteed Ultimate Re-Entry opener.
Joining Newman as an LHPO headliner was Jason Young. Young won the series’ $1,000,000 guaranteed, live-streamed WPTDeepStacks Main Event good for a first prize worth $263,205.
Here’s a look at each of the series champions:
- Event 1 ($360 Ultimate Re-Entry): Michael Newman – $181,025
- Event 2 ($360 O8): Adam Walter – $7,908
- Event 3 ($360 HORSE): Adam Walter – $5,790
- Event 4 ($360 PLO8): Andrew Woodmancey – $8,320
- Event 5 ($250 Ladies): Elanit Hasas – $5,394
- Event 6: ($360 Seniors) Hany Ayoud – $10,000
- Event 7: ($360 NLH) Reece Lightner – $18,286
- Event 8: ($150 Big Stack NLH) Ernesto Galves – $7,697
- Event 9: ($570 Six-Max) David Prociak – $33,035
- Event 10: ($360 8-Handed PLO) Hyndi Khomutetsky – $8,655
- Event 11: ($1,100 Main Event) Jason Young – $263,205
- Event 12: ($570 O8) Phil Hui – $6,675
- Event 13: ($360 Six-Max PLO) Gabriel Ramos – $5,230
- Event 14: ($570 PLO8) Shawn Nguyen – $8,200
- Event 15: ($360 Six-Max PLO8) Brad Albrinck – $4,635
- Event 16: ($570 HORSE) David May – $6,565
- Event 17: ($360 OE) George Linkenback – $4,797
- Event 18: ($360 Deep Stack NLH) Matt Vinke – $10,445
- Event 19: ($360 Big O) Nikolay Ponomarev – $4,995
- Event 20: ($150 NLH) Nathan Grow – $15,006
- Event 21: ($2,500 NLH) Ramon Miguel – $91,562
- Event 22: ($360 Black Chip Bounty) Alfredo Fernandez – $5,406
- Event 23: ($1,650 Purple Chip Bounty) Brad Coultas – $33,922
- Event 24: ($570 NLH) Joseph Cheong – $23,568
- Event 25: ($1,100 Big Stack PLO) Matt Breztfield – $15,323
That’s it for the Lucky Hearts Poker Open. Thank you to everyone who played! Next up at the Seminole Hard Rock is the Poker Showdown April 4-16. Full details on that series are available HERE.