Championship: Updated Seat Draw

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 843

Chips and Cards

Players are just returning from their second fifteen minute break of the day, here’s a look at how they stack up:

Table 29
Seat 1: Jake Schwartz – 580,000
Seat 2: Sam Soverel – 1,220,000
Seat 3: Chris Edwards – 530,000
Seat 4: Nadeem Hirani – 95,000
Seat 5: Thiago Camilo – 1,055,000
Seat 6: Ian Gillespie – 445,000
Seat 7: Joey Couden – 605,000
Seat 8: Mukul Pahuja – 1,625,000

Table 30
Seat 1: Maxx Coleman – 750,000
Seat 2: Nadya Magnus – 1,100,000
Seat 3: John Dollinger – 1,100,000
Seat 4: Tzu Huang – 800,000
Seat 5: Jorge Chavez – 225,000
Seat 6: Aaron Massey – 950,000
Seat 7: Scott Drobes – 3,300,000
Seat 8: Michael Weinberg – 800,000

Table 39
Seat 1: Ryan Remington – 765,000
Seat 2: William Criego – 730,000
Seat 3: Victor Figueroa – 1,540,000
Seat 4: Vitor Coelho – 735,000
Seat 5: Vadim Shlez – 290,000
Seat 6: Chanracy Khun – 1,200,000
Seat 7: Billy Pilossoph – 950,000
Seat 8: Hiroaki Harada – 630,000

Table 40
Seat 1: James Calderaro – 1,300,000
Seat 2: Timothy Banks – 2,085,000
Seat 3: Peter Walsworth – 2,400,000
Seat 4: — empty —
Seat 5: Matt Affleck – 1,855,000
Seat 6: Davian Santana – 700,000
Seat 7: Brian Altman – 3,130,000
Seat 8: Aaron Rosenthal – 290,000

Championship: Aaron Rosenthal Doubles Through Brian Altman

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 843

Brian Altman (left) versus Aaron Rosenthal (right)

Aaron Rosenthal shoved for 155,000 from under the gun, it folded around to Brian Altman in the big blind who put in the calling chips.

Rosenthal tabled 9s8c and needed to get lucky against Altman’ s Kc10s.

The board ran out Jc8d5sQc6d and Rosenthal paired his eight to stay alive.

Aaron Rosenthal – 340,000
Brian Altman – 3,000,000

Championship: Vitor Coelho Doubles Through Victor Figueroa

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 843

Victor Figueroa (left) vs. Vitor Coelho (right)

Victor Figueroa opened to 45,000 from early position and Vitor Coelho three-bet to 110,000 from middle position. Figueroa put him in for 505,000 total and Coelho called.

Coelho turned over QhQs and was in good shape to double against Figueroa’s 10d10c.

The board ran out KsKc9s2d2s and Coelho ended up with two-pair to avoid elimination.

Vitor Coelho -1,060,000
Victor Figueroa – 1,400,00

Championship: Michael Weinberg Doubles Through Maxx Coleman

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$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 843

Michael Weinberg moved all in for 400,000 from the hijack and Maxx Coleman reshoved for 1,075,000 from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and it was off to the races.

Weinberg: AsKd
Coleman: 10h10s

The board ran out Jc9c2d6cAc and Weinberg spiked and ace on the river to avoid elimination.

Michael Weinberg – 850,000
Maxx Coleman – 675,000

Championship: Kenneth O’Donnell Eliminated by Scott Drobes

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 843

Kenneth O’Donnell was all in for 280,000 on a flop of 9h7s6s with Qc10d. He needed to improve against Scott Drobes’s 8c6h.

The turn was the 3h and the river Kh made it official as O’Donnell became the 33rd place finisher.

Scott Drobes – 2,500,000
Kenneth O’Donnell – Eliminated 

Championship: Sam Soverel vs. Ian Gillespie

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 843

Sam Soverel
Sam Soverel

Ian Gillespie opened to 45,000 from late position and Sam Soverel defended his big blind.

The flop came KsQh6s, Soverel checked, and Gillespie bet 30,000. Soverel called.

Both players checked the 7s on the turn. The river was the 9h, and Soverel led out 40,000 winning himself the pot.

Sam Soverel – 830,000

Championship: Scott Drobes vs. Tzu Huang

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Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 843

Tzu Huang (left) versus Scott Drobes (right)

Tzu Huang opened to 50,000 from early position and Scott Drobes called from middle position.

The flop came 5h3h2d, Huang bet 45,000 and Drobes raised to 100,000. Huang called.

Both players checked the 8d on the turn. The river was the 10c, Huang checked and Drobes bet 75,000.

Huang called and Drobes tabled the winning 9d9c.

Scott Drobes – 2,000,000
Tzu Huang – 1,100,000

Championship: Mukul Pahuja is Chipping Up

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Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 843

Thiago Camillo opened to 35,000 from late position, Ian Gillespie called from the hijack, and Mukul Pahuja three-bet to 130,000 from the button. Only Gillespie called.

The flop came 6s5d3d, Gillespie checked and Pahuja bet 300,000 winning himself the pot.

Mukul Pahuja – 1,525,000
Ian Gillespie – 600,000

Championship: Jake Schwartz Doubles Through Sam Soverel

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 843

Jake Schwartz (left) versus Sam Soverel (right)

Jake Schwartz was all in for 410,000 with 9c9s and out in front against Sam Soverel’s 7h7s.

The board ran out 3d2d2cQsQh, and Schwartz’s nines held to avoid elimination.

Jake Schwartz – 835,000
Sam Soverel – 715,000