2025 LHPO Live Updates

Tyler Phillips Leads the 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Mixed Games Leaderboard After Day 6

January 15, 2025 @ 5:19AM by Mickey Doft

The top four places on the leaderboard will earn prizes with the top spot grabbing a seat in the $3,000 HORSE event plus $3,000 in cash.

Eligible events:

Event #3 – $600 Big O
Event #5 – $400 Limit Omaha 8
Event #8 – $400 Triple Stud
Event #13 – $600 Mixed PLO
Event #18 – $600 T.O.R.S.E.
Event #22 – $600 9-Game Mix
Event #25 – $600 Six Max PLO 8
Event #30 – $600 Limit Omaha 8

Place	First Name	Last Name	Points
1	Tyler	Phillips	167.8
2	Phil	Hui	142.6
3	Payam	Pourghassem	120
3	Emil	Soffer	120
5	John	Binns	114.4
5	Victor	Nassif	114.4
7	David	May	112.2
8	David	Tarbet	104
9	Harry	Eisenberg	103.4
10	Gabe	Ramos	95.2
11	Christopher	Carey	93.9
12	Ryan	Hoenig	88.4
13	Matthew	Kaplan	86.2
14	Nicolas	Ganley	81.6
15	Thomas	Koral	80.5
16	Adam	Walter	76.2
17	Lavonne	Schaafsma	68.4
18	Leonard	Kriss	64.6
19	Donny	Rubinstein	64.2
20	Leonard	St Germain	60
21	A.J.	Kelsall	59.6
21	Michael	Dreese	59.6
21	Matthew	Wolfson	59.6
24	Mihails	Morozovs	57.4
24	Jordan	Miller	57.4
26	Tal	Avivi	55
26	Matthew	Bretzfield	55
28	Joshua	Thatcher	52.1
29	Kyle	Fleischmann	51.2
30	Christopher	Labrie	50.8
31	Douglas	Taylor	50.2
32	Alan	Katsnelson	48.4
33	Ariel	Mantel	47.3
34	Scott	Hecker	39.6
35	John	Capitano	38.5
36	David	Brooker	38.2
37	Dale	Phillips	35.8
38	Marc	Sacheli	35.4
38	Joseph	Olivieri	35.4
40	Harold	Klein	33.2
41	Ethan	Bennett	33
42	Ilya	Levitin	30.8
43	Alexander	Orlov	29.2
44	Yuval	Bronshtein	27.9
45	David	Shmuel	25.7
46	Ricardo	Quintero	24
47	Jonathan	Moschel	22.6
47	Adam	Nattress	22.6
49	Zhen	Cai	22.4
49	Scott	Stinson	22.4
51	Randy	Matienzo	20.4
52	Brandon	Ageloff	20.2
53	Stephen	Reid	18.9
54	Tyler	Bentz	18
54	Alejandro	Burzaco	18
54	Edward	Lawson	18
57	Charles	Simon	16.5
58	Laura	Born	9.2
58	Jd	Jiang	9.2
58	Eric	Polirer	9.2
61	Jay	Kerbel	9
61	Wayne	Palitz	9
61	Samuel	Sternfield	9
64	Kevin	Love	8.8
65	Brandon	Berkenfeld	7
65	Neal	Corcoran	7
65	Eric	Lea	7
65	Steven	Novak	7
69	Anthony	Angerami	6.8
69	Alan	Engel	6.8
69	Alessio	Isaia	6.8
69	Joshua	Nicholson	6.8
69	Larry	St Jean	6.8
74	Gregory	Josephson	6.6
75	Kenneth	Brosnahan	4.8
76	Pawel	Andrzejewski	4.6
76	Andrew	Becker	4.6
76	Egerton	Bullock	4.6
76	Thomas	Currey	4.6
76	Dominic	Granteed	4.6
76	James	Gunter	4.6
76	Larry	James	4.6
76	Jason	Korb	4.6
76	Eugene	Kotlyarevskiy	4.6
76	Charles	Mayes	4.6
76	Michael	Nasen	4.6
76	Kieu-Anh	Nguyen	4.6
76	Efthimios	Piperakis	4.6
76	Robert	Poolos	4.6
76	Martin	Raschkovan	4.6
76	Steven	Roth	4.6
76	Joseph	Shammas	4.6
76	Hoyt	Verner	4.6
94	Kenneth	Aldridge	4.4
94	Gregory	Baird	4.4
94	David	Droeger	4.4
94	Umeme	Hoye	4.4
94	Alessandro	Ponzio	4.4
94	Reading	Rummans	4.4
94	Sandy	Sanchez	4.4
94	Sam	Spira	4.4
94	Thomas	Walter	4.4
94	Charles	Wells	4.4
104	Lane	Abraham	2.4
104	Benjamin	Allen	2.4
104	Arnaldo	Alzualde	2.4
104	Jerome	Avery	2.4
104	William	Beasley	2.4
104	Georges	Boyadjian	2.4
104	Michael	Boykin	2.4
104	Amarnath	Chayanam	2.4
104	Jamie	Dobay	2.4
104	Henry	Eisenstein	2.4
104	Robert	Ely	2.4
104	Andrew	Gordon	2.4
104	Jeremy	Goureau	2.4
104	Philippe	Goureau	2.4
104	Joanne	Granteed	2.4
104	Grant	Hart	2.4
104	James	Hultink	2.4
104	Mariia	Ievseieva	2.4
104	David	Jacobs	2.4
104	Jerrold	Jacobs	2.4
104	Charles	Jacoby	2.4
104	Oleksandr	Kafarov	2.4
104	Jeffrey	Kenny	2.4
104	Michelle	Konig	2.4
104	Nicholas	Lay	2.4
104	Scott	Lazar	2.4
104	Todd	Lepow	2.4
104	Christopher	Licht	2.4
104	Juan	Marquez	2.4
104	Jason	Marshman	2.4
104	Michael	Masella	2.4
104	Andrea	Mastrogiovanni	2.4
104	Enrico	Mirabelli	2.4
104	Vinicius	Monteiro	2.4
104	Brian	Ng	2.4
104	Sheila	O'Connor	2.4
104	David	Oshry	2.4
104	Alfred	Perez	2.4
104	Willis	Perry Iii	2.4
104	Steven	Pollack	2.4
104	Zheng	Qiao	2.4
104	John	Reese	2.4
104	Aaron	Ricks	2.4
104	Bernhard	Schmidt	2.4
104	Vadim	Shlez	2.4
104	Ayed	Shweihat	2.4
104	David	Simpson	2.4
104	Joshua	Stewart	2.4
104	Joseph	Stiers	2.4
104	Dmitriy	Vernitskiy	2.4
104	Keith	Wagner	2.4
104	Zhun	Wang	2.4
104	Phillip	Whittington	2.4
104	Ronald	Winkelvoss	2.4
104	Jerry	Wong	2.4
104	Luis Alfredo	Zedan	2.4
104	Jennifer	Zewe	2.4
104	Artim	Zhuta	2.4
162	Paul	Angel	2.2
162	Steven	Bessette	2.2
162	Scott	Blackman	2.2
162	Ralph	Broderick	2.2
162	Nisim	Cohen	2.2
162	Bryan	Cuzino	2.2
162	James	Davis	2.2
162	Kevin	Dipasquale	2.2
162	Stephen	Ekin	2.2
162	Ann	Embry	2.2
162	Darryll	Fish	2.2
162	Steven	Flacco	2.2
162	Jean	Gaspard	2.2
162	James	Hagan	2.2
162	Robert	Harmelin	2.2
162	Chao	Huang	2.2
162	Christian	Ivens	2.2
162	Allen	Kessler	2.2
162	Hyndi	Khomutetsky	2.2
162	Aaron	Klausman	2.2
162	Jeffrey	Lehouillier	2.2
162	Christopher	Leslie Hynan	2.2
162	Yingui	Li	2.2
162	Benjamin	Ludlow	2.2
162	George	Maroulianakis	2.2
162	Karim	Merali	2.2
162	Daniel	Mowrer	2.2
162	Elias	Nassif	2.2
162	Gregory	Paryani	2.2
162	Erik	Perry	2.2
162	Yordan	Petrov	2.2
162	David	Prager	2.2
162	Lazaro	Rodriguez	2.2
162	Michael	Rosenberg	2.2
162	Cary	Rosenthal	2.2
162	Aaron	Schaff	2.2
162	Aaron	Steury	2.2
162	Manny	Tarich	2.2
162	Christopher	Walker	2.2
162	William	Wallace	2.2
162	Billie	Walter	2.2
162	Dylan	Weiss	2.2
162	Benjamin	Yogel	2.2
162	Benjamin	Zamani	2.2

2025 LHPO Live Updates

Tyler Denson Wins Event 24 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Heads-Up Chop for $14,395

January 15, 2025 @ 5:09AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 24
$1,100 Double Black Chip Bounty PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries: 68
Prize Pool: $52,360
Bounty Prize Pool: $13,600
January 14, 2025

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 24 Champion Tyler Denson

Event 24 of the 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Double Black Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 68 entries generated a prize pool of $52,360, with an additional $13,600 set aside for bounties.

A heads-up chop took place between the final two players and Tyler Denson was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 24 winner for $14,395.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Tyler	Denson	$14,395*
2	Elliott	Kampen	$14,395*
3	Mikhail	Chykiliov	$6,415
4	Michael	Morton	$4,585
5	Bulat	Khusainov	$3,535
6	Gene	Wilson	$2,750
7	John	Compton	$2,355
8	Gareth	McMahon	$2,095
9	Kamel	Mokhammad	$1,835

*denotes heads-up chop

2025 LHPO Live Updates

Nicholas Chong Wins His First Seminole Hard Rock Trophy After a Long Final Table Battle

January 15, 2025 @ 4:57AM by BJ Nemeth

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 14
$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 312
Prize Pool: $302,640
January 12-14, 2025

There were three starting flights for Event 14 over the past two days, attracting 312 entries to generate a prizepool worth $302,640. Forty players survived those flights to make Day 2 and finish in the money.

Day 2 was a long one, running more than 13 hours, with more than four hours just for the battle between the final three players. It was a lot of small ball back-and-forth at that point, with only two all-in-and-call situations in those final four hours.

The first all-in situation came when Rafael Rodriguez shoved into Nicholas Chong’s — Rodriguez caught an ace on the river, but it was too little, too late, as Chong had clinched the hand on the turn with a set of queens. Rodriguez was eliminated in 3rd place. (Click here for details.)

The second all-in situation was the final hand, when Matthew Lambrecht shoved ace-six into Nicholas Chong’s queen-jack. (Click here for details.) With a queen on the flop and another queen on the river, Chong won the pot, the title, the trophy, and $60,340 with trip queens.

“I’m really happy, but really, really tired,” said Chong. “It was a long day today.”

Chong loves playing here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, and the biggest tournament cash of his career came here last year, when he finished second in Event #1 at the 2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, earning $221,375.

Even though it was a six-figure payday, it was still a second-place finish, and coming out on top today was special for Chong.

“This is my first trophy here,” said Chong. “I’m really happy, and I wish to get more from the Hard Rock, both Tampa and here. This is my favorite casino for playing poker. It’s really lucky for me, and I never go home empty-handed.”

Results:

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Nicholas	Chong	$60,340
2	Matthew	Lambrecht	$41,500
3	Rafael	Rodriguez	$31,000
4	Kevin	DiPasquale	$23,100
5	Michael	Garcia	$17,400
6	Cangir	Elcin	$13,300
7	David	DiBernardi	$10,200
8	Feiwen	Wu	$7,900
9	Zhen	Cai	$6,200
10	Martins	Adeniya	$6,200
11	Kevin	MacDonald	$5,200
12	Pasquale	Caiazza	$5,200
13	Denis	Cyr	$4,360
14	Alexander	Rosenblatt	$4,360
15	Ben	Warrington	$4,360
16	Timothy	Mulroy	$3,580
17	Eric	Thoren	$3,580
18	Bryan	Schultz	$3,580
19	Scott	Zakheim	$3,580
20	Peter	Kinseth	$2,920
21	Calais	Campbell	$2,920
22	Samuel	Ganzfried	$2,920
23	Daniel	Vranich	$2,920
24	Haim	Toorgeman	$2,320
25	Nikolai	Tulin	$2,320
26	Tamas	Hartman	$2,320
27	Aaron	Flores	$2,320
28	Jacob	Kauffman	$2,320
29	Christopher	Bucceri	$2,320
30	A.J.	Kelsall	$2,320
31	David	Nathaniel	$2,320
32	Adam	Nattress	$1,940
33	Kevin	Ordet	$1,940
34	Miguel	Capriles	$1,940
35	Mica	Lamar	$1,940
36	Craig	Pollak	$1,940
37	Dion	Jagroo	$1,940
38	Benjamin	Zamani	$1,940
39	Joost	Schippers	$1,940
40	Yury	Parad	$1,940

2025 LHPO Live Updates

Bogdan Chornyy Wins Event 23 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Outright for $22,150

January 15, 2025 @ 4:56AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 23
$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 164
Prize Pool: $85,280
January 14, 2025

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 23 Champion Bogdan Chornyy

Event 23 of the 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 164 entries for a prize pool of $85,280.

Outlasting the field was Bogdan Chornyy, winning outright for $22,150.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Bogdan	Chornyy	$22,150
2	Matthew	Waxman	$14,500
3	David	Moreno	$9,780
4	Jason	Raber	$6,780
5	Michael	Sinisgalli	$4,840
6	Ian	Gillespie	$3,555
7	Logan	Eisner	$2,695
8	Charlemagne	Benjamin	$2,110
9	Randall	Emmett	$2,110
10	Daniel	Couzens	$2,110
11	Tamas	Hartman	$1,705
12	Yevhenii	Cherniak	$1,705
13	Conrad	Issa	$1,425
14	Robert	Bendeck	$1,425
15	Jake	Cody	$1,240
16	Bryce	McVay	$1,240
17	Chad	Reynolds	$1,110
18	Jacob	Kauffman	$1,110
19	Mikhail	Byala	$1,035
20	Emiliano	Guido	$1,035
21	Michael	Graffro	$1,035

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Event 17: Day 2 Table and Seat Draw

January 15, 2025 @ 3:50AM by Mickey Doft

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $200,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 127 of 1,234

Flight A: 153 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B: 205 Entries; 21 Advanced
Flight C: 164 Entries; 17 Advanced
Flight D: 198 Entries; 20 Advanced
Flight E: 271 Entries; 28 Advanced
Flight F: 243 Entries; 25 Advanced
Day 2: Wednesday at 1 p.m.

Table	Seat	First Name	Last Name	City	ST	Chip Count
5	1	Michael	Weinberg	Delray Beach	FL	29,000
5	2	Carlos	Vazquez	Palmetto Bay	FL	51,000
5	3	Jared	Gable	Boca Raton	FL	59,000
5	4	Erez	Lapsker	Boca Raton	FL	17,500
5	6	Lisa	Teebagy	Lighthouse Point	FL	170,000
5	7	Warren	Carney	Fort Lauderdale	FL	281,500
5	8	Matthew	Dahl	Edina	MN	127,500
5	9	Jordan	Miller	Coxs Creek	KY	28,500
6	1	Alberto	Niebla	Miami	FL	61,000
6	2	Christopher	Norton	Sanford	NC	128,500
6	3	Austin	Fink	Miami	VA	59,500
6	4	David	Lipsky Jr	Daytona Beach	FL	186,500
6	5	Oleg	Minavichev	Miami	FL	120,000
6	6	Joshua	Welch	Key Largo	FL	65,000
6	7	Ionut	Negoescu	Hallandale Beach	FL	140,000
6	8	Bryan	Cuzino	New Port Richey	FL	68,000
6	9	Peter	Fellows	Miramar	FL	32,000
7	1	Deandre	Irizarry	Miami	FL	51,500
7	2	Serge	Osko	Parkland	FL	161,000
7	3	Brian	Goodman	Flower Mound	TX	91,500
7	4	Quentin	Limido	Davie	FL	360,500
7	5	Charles	Vacanti	Amherst	NY	53,500
7	6	Donald	Cowie	Toronto	ON	94,000
7	7	Shravan	Kulshrestha	Miami	FL	225,000
7	8	Jean	Deromedi Delplanque	Miami Beach	FL	104,000
7	9	Chris	Lewis	Milton	GA	81,500
8	1	George	Hortelano	Plantation	FL	271,000
8	2	Jean-Louis	Santoni	Issy Les Moulineaux	-	145,000
8	3	Anthony	Moreda	Miami	FL	167,500
8	4	Denis	Mendoza	Pembroke Pines	FL	327,000
8	5	Arthur	Holmes	Miramar	FL	465,000
8	6	Rafael	Maciel Menezes		-	213,000
8	7	Ernesto	Romero	Key Biscayne	FL	57,500
8	9	Hertsel	Levy Sakhai	Madrid	-	131,500
13	1	Peter	Shapiro	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	182,000
13	2	Mark	Gaudino	Davie	FL	58,000
13	3	Ariel	Rosello	Hialeah	FL	47,500
13	4	John	Wilder	Greensboro	NC	59,000
13	5	Jose	Silva	Plantation	FL	134,500
13	6	Michael	O'Malley	Jupiter	FL	274,500
13	7	Marcos	Saravia Escalante	Weston	FL	80,000
13	8	Alejandro	Funes	Coral Gables	FL	86,000
13	9	Rey	Rodriguez	Miami	FL	57,500
14	1	Luis	Fumero	Miami	FL	41,500
14	2	Thomas	Jackson	Thonotosassa	FL	191,000
14	3	Minh	Nguyen	West Palm Beach	FL	150,000
14	4	Long	Dinh	Coral Springs	FL	153,000
14	5	Dmitri	Zaitsev	Miami	FL	381,500
14	6	Marc	Wolfe	Miami	FL	57,500
14	7	Satish	Surapaneni	Clifton	NJ	263,000
14	8	Warren	O'Brien	South Boston	MA	220,000
14	9	Roni	Zelichonok	Aventura	FL	88,000
15	1	Juan	Rojas	Chajari	-	170,500
15	2	Tammy	Ehrhart	Port Orange	FL	153,000
15	3	Benjamin	Sriqui	Sunrise	FL	195,000
15	4	Clark	Merritt	St Thomas	VI	159,000
15	5	Hector	Pacheco	Davie	FL	442,500
15	6	Joseph	Villacci	Cooper City	FL	136,500
15	7	Anthony	Casas	Miami	FL	271,500
15	8	Eldo	Rodriguez	Davie	FL	138,000
15	9	Steven	Bennett	Deerfield Bch	FL	152,000
16	2	Terry	Hartman	Chattanooga	TN	101,000
16	3	Philip	Toister	Hollywood	FL	230,000
16	4	Dylan	Weiss	Jupiter	FL	85,000
16	5	Abraham	Ramos Padilla	Hialeah	FL	173,000
16	6	Jeffrey	Keiser	Hollywood	FL	38,500
16	7	James	Cassidy	Stuart	FL	287,500
16	8	Emmanuel	Mckenzie	Houston	TX	48,000
16	9	Johnny	Bromberg	Los Angeles	CA	124,500
21	1	Henry	Billete	Miami	FL	67,000
21	2	Maor	Ben Hamu	Forest Hills	NY	63,500
21	3	Sergio	Perez	Hialeah	FL	79,500
21	4	Brandon	Colburn	Hollywood	FL	154,000
21	5	David	Lane	Danvers	MA	198,000
21	6	Jose	Ardila	Miami Lakes	FL	72,500
21	7	Guillermo	Reyes Cardoso	Miami	FL	264,500
21	8	Matthew	Hardesty	Michigan City	IN	18,000
21	9	Timothy	Pettus	Auburndale	FL	155,000
22	1	Sylvain	Lessard	Brownsburg-Chatham	QC	51,000
22	2	Joe	Simmons	Nashville	TN	111,500
22	3	Kyle	Lazzaro	Fort Lauderdale	FL	252,000
22	4	Juan	Soberon	Miami	FL	118,500
22	5	Anthony	Salenzi Villanueva	Doral	FL	61,000
22	6	Victor	Taieb	Miami	FL	211,000
22	7	Anthony	Talavera	Sunrise	FL	69,000
22	8	David	Rivera	Davie	FL	191,000
22	9	Nicholas	Visconti	Delray Beach	FL	96,500
23	1	Noah	Bitton	Islamorada	FL	287,500
23	2	Dragan	Mihajlovski	Port Saint Lucie	FL	100,500
23	3	Jeffrie	Charlton	Lake Worth	FL	36,500
23	4	Yasmany	Hernandez	Hialeah	FL	75,000
23	5	Manny	Tarich	Hollywood	FL	111,000
23	6	Aaron	Flores	Summit	IL	64,000
23	7	Salvatore	Orlando	Woodbridge	ON	142,000
23	8	Jack	Battaglia	Hollywood	FL	163,500
24	2	Anthony	Itarelli	Methuen	MA	192,500
24	3	Elliott	Sibonney	Toronto	ON	268,000
24	4	Daniel	Ouellet	Madawaska	ME	120,000
24	5	Jairo	Velasquez	Sunrise	FL	60,000
24	6	Matthew	Johnson	Smyrna	TN	219,000
24	7	Harrison	Ruggiero	Miami Beach	FL	155,000
24	8	Michael	May	Dania	FL	75,500
24	9	Jonathan	Moschel	Owings Mills	MD	226,500
30	1	Manfred	Rosenow	Pembroke Pines	FL	204,000
30	2	Youssef	Bargach	Fairfax	VA	388,500
30	3	Carlos	Torres Vazquez	Weston	FL	257,000
30	4	Peter	Bodnar	Burlington	ON	28,500
30	5	Eitan	Aloush	Cooper City	FL	78,000
30	6	Michael	Tarafa	Homestead	FL	120,500
30	7	Justin	Guzman	Fort Lauderdale	FL	95,000
30	8	Dave	Alfa	Las Vegas	NV	199,000
31	1	Aviv	Moseri	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	46,000
31	2	Willie	Wiggins	Pembroke Pines	FL	317,000
31	4	Justin	Obront	Davie	FL	63,000
31	5	David	Rauch	Pompano Beach	FL	241,000
31	6	Eric	Penner	West Palm Bch	FL	86,500
31	7	Dmitriy	Vernitskiy	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	113,000
31	8	Anthony	Askey	Riverview	FL	69,500
31	9	Art	Peacock	Jupiter	FL	268,500
32	1	Ephraim	Uzan	Hallandale Beach	FL	57,000
32	2	Jonathan	Goldman	Miami	FL	373,000
32	3	Kelly	Bradshaw	St Petersburg	FL	71,000
32	4	Melvin	Berfond	Brooklyn	NY	65,000
32	5	Rodrigo	Aldorino	North Miami	FL	112,500
32	6	Juan	Rua Flechas	Aventura	FL	238,000
32	7	Daniel	Cruz	Boca Raton	FL	129,000
32	9	Roman	Borczan	Miami	FL	320,500

2025 LHPO Live Updates

Event 17: Day 2 Chip Counts

January 15, 2025 @ 3:44AM by Mickey Doft

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $200,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 127 of 1,234

Rank	First Name	Last Name	City	ST	Chip Count
1	Arthur	Holmes	Miramar	FL	465,000
2	Hector	Pacheco	Davie	FL	442,500
3	Youssef	Bargach	Fairfax	VA	388,500
4	Dmitri	Zaitsev	Miami	FL	381,500
5	Jonathan	Goldman	Miami	FL	373,000
6	Quentin	Limido	Davie	FL	360,500
7	Denis	Mendoza	Pembroke Pines	FL	327,000
8	Roman	Borczan	Miami	FL	320,500
9	Willie	Wiggins	Pembroke Pines	FL	317,000
10	James	Cassidy	Stuart	FL	287,500
11	Noah	Bitton	Islamorada	FL	287,500
12	Warren	Carney	Fort Lauderdale	FL	281,500
13	Michael	O'Malley	Jupiter	FL	274,500
14	Anthony	Casas	Miami	FL	271,500
15	George	Hortelano	Plantation	FL	271,000
16	Art	Peacock	Jupiter	FL	268,500
17	Elliott	Sibonney	Toronto	ON	268,000
18	Guillermo	Reyes Cardoso	Miami	FL	264,500
19	Satish	Surapaneni	Clifton	NJ	263,000
20	Carlos	Torres Vazquez	Weston	FL	257,000
21	Kyle	Lazzaro	Fort Lauderdale	FL	252,000
22	David	Rauch	Pompano Beach	FL	241,000
23	Juan	Rua Flechas	Aventura	FL	238,000
24	Philip	Toister	Hollywood	FL	230,000
25	Jonathan	Moschel	Owings Mills	MD	226,500
26	Shravan	Kulshrestha	Miami	FL	225,000
27	Warren	O'Brien	South Boston	MA	220,000
28	Matthew	Johnson	Smyrna	TN	219,000
29	Rafael	Maciel Menezes		-	213,000
30	Victor	Taieb	Miami	FL	211,000
31	Manfred	Rosenow	Pembroke Pines	FL	204,000
32	Dave	Alfa	Las Vegas	NV	199,000
33	David	Lane	Danvers	MA	198,000
34	Benjamin	Sriqui	Sunrise	FL	195,000
35	Anthony	Itarelli	Methuen	MA	192,500
36	Thomas	Jackson	Thonotosassa	FL	191,000
37	David	Rivera	Davie	FL	191,000
38	David	Lipsky Jr	Daytona Beach	FL	186,500
39	Peter	Shapiro	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	182,000
40	Abraham	Ramos Padilla	Hialeah	FL	173,000
41	Juan	Rojas	Chajari	-	170,500
42	Lisa	Teebagy	Lighthouse Point	FL	170,000
43	Anthony	Moreda	Miami	FL	167,500
44	Jack	Battaglia	Hollywood	FL	163,500
45	Serge	Osko	Parkland	FL	161,000
46	Clark	Merritt	St Thomas	VI	159,000
47	Timothy	Pettus	Auburndale	FL	155,000
48	Harrison	Ruggiero	Miami Beach	FL	155,000
49	Brandon	Colburn	Hollywood	FL	154,000
50	Long	Dinh	Coral Springs	FL	153,000
51	Tammy	Ehrhart	Port Orange	FL	153,000
52	Steven	Bennett	Deerfield Bch	FL	152,000
53	Minh	Nguyen	West Palm Beach	FL	150,000
54	Jean-Louis	Santoni	Issy Les Moulineaux	-	145,000
55	Salvatore	Orlando	Woodbridge	ON	142,000
56	Ionut	Negoescu	Hallandale Beach	FL	140,000
57	Eldo	Rodriguez	Davie	FL	138,000
58	Joseph	Villacci	Cooper City	FL	136,500
59	Jose	Silva	Plantation	FL	134,500
60	Hertsel	Levy Sakhai	Madrid	-	131,500
61	Daniel	Cruz	Boca Raton	FL	129,000
62	Christopher	Norton	Sanford	NC	128,500
63	Matthew	Dahl	Edina	MN	127,500
64	Johnny	Bromberg	Los Angeles	CA	124,500
65	Michael	Tarafa	Homestead	FL	120,500
66	Oleg	Minavichev	Miami	FL	120,000
67	Daniel	Ouellet	Madawaska	ME	120,000
68	Juan	Soberon	Miami	FL	118,500
69	Dmitriy	Vernitskiy	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	113,000
70	Rodrigo	Aldorino	North Miami	FL	112,500
71	Joe	Simmons	Nashville	TN	111,500
72	Manny	Tarich	Hollywood	FL	111,000
73	Jean	Deromedi Delplanque	Miami Beach	FL	104,000
74	Terry	Hartman	Chattanooga	TN	101,000
75	Dragan	Mihajlovski	Port Saint Lucie	FL	100,500
76	Nicholas	Visconti	Delray Beach	FL	96,500
77	Justin	Guzman	Fort Lauderdale	FL	95,000
78	Donald	Cowie	Toronto	ON	94,000
79	Brian	Goodman	Flower Mound	TX	91,500
80	Roni	Zelichonok	Aventura	FL	88,000
81	Eric	Penner	West Palm Bch	FL	86,500
82	Alejandro	Funes	Coral Gables	FL	86,000
83	Dylan	Weiss	Jupiter	FL	85,000
84	Chris	Lewis	Milton	GA	81,500
85	Marcos	Saravia Escalante	Weston	FL	80,000
86	Sergio	Perez	Hialeah	FL	79,500
87	Eitan	Aloush	Cooper City	FL	78,000
88	Michael	May	Dania	FL	75,500
89	Yasmany	Hernandez	Hialeah	FL	75,000
90	Jose	Ardila	Miami Lakes	FL	72,500
91	Kelly	Bradshaw	St Petersburg	FL	71,000
92	Anthony	Askey	Riverview	FL	69,500
93	Anthony	Talavera	Sunrise	FL	69,000
94	Bryan	Cuzino	New Port Richey	FL	68,000
95	Henry	Billete	Miami	FL	67,000
96	Joshua	Welch	Key Largo	FL	65,000
97	Melvin	Berfond	Brooklyn	NY	65,000
98	Aaron	Flores	Summit	IL	64,000
99	Maor	Ben Hamu	Forest Hills	NY	63,500
100	Justin	Obront	Davie	FL	63,000
101	Alberto	Niebla	Miami	FL	61,000
102	Anthony	Salenzi Villanueva	Doral	FL	61,000
103	Jairo	Velasquez	Sunrise	FL	60,000
104	Austin	Fink	Miami	VA	59,500
105	Jared	Gable	Boca Raton	FL	59,000
106	John	Wilder	Greensboro	NC	59,000
107	Mark	Gaudino	Davie	FL	58,000
108	Ernesto	Romero	Key Biscayne	FL	57,500
109	Rey	Rodriguez	Miami	FL	57,500
110	Marc	Wolfe	Miami	FL	57,500
111	Ephraim	Uzan	Hallandale Beach	FL	57,000
112	Charles	Vacanti	Amherst	NY	53,500
113	Deandre	Irizarry	Miami	FL	51,500
114	Carlos	Vazquez	Palmetto Bay	FL	51,000
115	Sylvain	Lessard	Brownsburg-Chatham	QC	51,000
116	Emmanuel	Mckenzie	Houston	TX	48,000
117	Ariel	Rosello	Hialeah	FL	47,500
118	Aviv	Moseri	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	46,000
119	Luis	Fumero	Miami	FL	41,500
120	Jeffrey	Keiser	Hollywood	FL	38,500
121	Jeffrie	Charlton	Lake Worth	FL	36,500
122	Peter	Fellows	Miramar	FL	32,000
123	Michael	Weinberg	Delray Beach	FL	29,000
124	Jordan	Miller	Coxs Creek	KY	28,500
125	Peter	Bodnar	Burlington	ON	28,500
126	Matthew	Hardesty	Michigan City	IN	18,000
127	Erez	Lapsker	Boca Raton	FL	17,500

2025 LHPO Live Updates

Tal Avivi Wins his 3rd SHRP Major Series Trophy in 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 22 Three-Handed Deal for $12,246

January 15, 2025 @ 3:11AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 22
$600 Nine-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Entries: 79
Prize Pool: $40,685
January 14, 2025

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 22 Champion Tal Avivi

Event 22 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $600 Nine-Game Mix (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 79 entries for a prize pool of $40,685. A three-handed deal took place and Tal Avivi was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 22 winner for $12,246.

This marked Avivi’s third SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won the $600 Big Bet Dealers Choice at the 2024 RRPO and a $400 Mixed PLO event at the 2023 Showdown.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Tal	Avivi	$12,246*
2	Tyler	Phillips	$8,600*
3	Donny	Rubinstein	$5,714*
4	Phil	Hui	$3,355
5	Gabe	Ramos	$2,545
6	Tom	Koral	$2,035
7	Ariel	Mantel	$1,830
8	Joseph	Oliveiri	$1,630
9	A.J.	Kelsall	$1,430
10	Matthew	Wolfson	$1,300

*denotes three-handed deal

2025 LHPO Live Updates

Event 17: Prize Pool and Payouts; $32,740 to the Winner

January 15, 2025 @ 3:10AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 1,234
Prize Pool: $200,000
January 9-13, 2025

Event 17 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Open, the $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) multi-flight, drew a field of 1,234 entries across six starting flights for a prize pool of $200,000. The 127 players that advanced to Day 2 are in the money and guaranteed $360.

Up top for the winner is $32,740.

1st: $32,740 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $22,600
3rd: $16,700
4th: $11,800
5th: $8,900
6th: $6,800
7th: $5,500
8th: $4,460
9th-10th: $3,480
11th-12th: $2,580
13th-15th: $2,100
16th-19th: $1,720
20th-23rd: $1,420
24th-31st: $1,160
32nd-39th: $980
40th-47th: $820
48th-55th: $680
56th-63rd: $580
64th-79th: $480
80th-99th: $400
100th-127th: $360

2025 LHPO Live Updates

Ira Friedman Wins Event 21 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Outright for $17,040

January 15, 2025 @ 2:49AM by Mickey Doft

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$600 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 130
Prize Pool: $67,600
January 14, 2025

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 21 Champion Ira Friedman

Event 21 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $600 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 130 entries for a prize pool of $67,600.

Emerging victorious was Ira Friedman, taking it down outright for $17,040.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Ira	Friedman	$17,040
2	Gary	Gelman	$11,400
3	Jack	Rolnitzky	$8,400
4	Yury	Parad	$6,300
5	Stan	Jablonski	$4,760
6	Paul	Balzano	$3,640
7	Kathy	Liebert	$2,800
8	Allen	Cranfill	$2,180
9	Scott	Sisler	$1,700
10	David	Chase	$1,700
11	Elia	Brigante	$1,240
12	Stuart	Moody	$1,240
13	Joseph	Daddorio	$1,040
14	Nancy	Birnbaum	$1,040
15	Ryan	Brown	$1,040
16	Douglas	Montone	$1,040
17	Andrew	Friedlander	$1,040

2025 LHPO Live Updates

Event 14: Nicholas Chong Wins! ($60,340); Matthew Lambrecht Finishes as Runner-Up ($41,500)

January 15, 2025 @ 2:25AM by BJ Nemeth

$1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $302,640 | Structure | Payouts
Level 30: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 312

Nicholas Chong limped for 125,000, Matthew Lambrecht moved all in from the big blind for 2,525,000, and Chong called with .

Lambrecht turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came 10d , and Chong paired his queen on the flop and rivered trips to win the pot — and the trophy and $60,340 — with trip queens.

Matthew Lambrecht finished as the runner-up, earning $41,500.

Congratulations to Nicholas Chong!

1st: Nicholas Chong – $60,340 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: Matthew Lambrecht – $41,500
3rd: Rafael Rodriguez – $31,000
4th: Kevin DiPasquale – $23,100
5th: Michael Garcia – $17,400
6th: Cangir Elcin – $13,300
7th: David DiBernardi – $10,200
8th: Feiwen Wu – $7,900
9th: Zhen Cai – $6,200

Stay tuned for a recap later tonight.