2024 LHPO Live Updates

2024 LHPO in Review

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Raminder Singh hoists the LHPO Championship trophy (that thing is not light)

We kicked off the new year with the 2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open series, which featured 52 trophy events over 13 days with nearly $4.5 million in guaranteed prize money.

Events: 52
Entries: 12,412
Guarantees: $4,480,000
Prize Pools: $11,158,855

A lot of money was paid out, but our players made all of our tournaments a huge success. They gave us plenty of stories, starting with our headliner, the LHPO Championship.

The $3,500 buy-in tournament featured a $2,000,000 guarantee with two starting flights and a lot of travelers in town for the games and good weather and took a seat next to our local regulars.

Buy-in: $3,500
Entries: 1,188
Guarantee: $2,000,000
Prize Pool: $3,801,600

This tournament created one of the most talented Championship final tables in our history and had everything you could want. WSOP bracelets and High Roller monsters and cash game experts and one local legend.

Raminder Singh began the series in sole position of the top spot on our all-time major wins list. His ten titles paced the field, but early on, Yuval Bronshtein and Michael Newman captured their tenth to tie him.

But Singh made a statement in the Championship; he captured the LHPO title, earned $486,353 and stands alone once again on our leaderboard.

It was a masterful performance, and he is more than worthy of returning to the top.

Other notable wins include a race for history on the last day of the series. Phil Hui, John Fauver, and Frederic all won two LHPO trophies in the last two weeks and were the last three players in the $1,100 Eight-Game Mix tournament.

Moss outlasted his two tough opponents and became only the fourth player in our history to win three titles in the same series.

2012 Showdown – Julio Fernandez
2012 RRPO – Atanael Thomas
2023 RRPO – Matt Bretzfield
2024 LHPO – Frederic Moss

Frederic Moss booked 1, 2, and 3 LHPO wins

Singh’s brief time tied on the win list began when Yuval Bronshtein caught him after he won the $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha title and Michael Newman won the $200 Big Stack.

Interesting note: Singh finished second in the $400 Turbo while Newman won the Big Stack. So Singh was one bad beat away from having 12 wins by the end of the series.

Raminder Singh – 11 wins
Michael Newman – 10 wins
Yuval Bronshtein – 10 wins
David Shmuel – 9 wins
John Holley – 8 wins
Matt Bretzfield – 8 wins
Four tied – 7 wins

Kevin MacDonald bagged in Flight A of the $400 Deep Stack opening event, won the $400 Turbo NLH that night, then returned for the Deep Stack and won that four days later.

Alex Foxen won the $25,500 High Roller NLH, Matt Glantz won the $10,000 High Roller PLO, and Upeshka De Silva won the $10,000 Deep Stack NLH.

With 52 trophy events, there was no end to the great stories and those are just a few. You can check the full list of results and updates linked below.

We can never thank you enough for your support and for making each series a huge success; our players are the best.

We look forward to seeing you at the Escalator Series in a few days and the 2024 Poker Showdown from April 3 through April 23!

2024 LHPO Championship: Raminder Singh – $486,353
Event 1 ($600 Multi-Flight): Kevin MacDonald – $250,420
Event 2 ($400 HORSE): Victor Nassif – $8,370
Event 3 ($1,100 Big O): Benjamin Jacobs – $11,026
Event 4 ($200 Big Stack): Noel Avila Mendez – $4,734
Event 5 ($400 Turbo): Kevin MacDonald – $4,890
Event 6 ($400 O8): Phil Hui – $9,850
Event 7 ($400 Bounty): Michael Tarafa – $6,143
Event 8 ($200 Mix): Frederic Moss – $5,650
Event 9 ($1,100 PLO): Yuval Bronshtein – $21,216
Event 10 ($400 Turbo NLH): Jason Blodgett – $5,825
Event 11 ($400 NLH): Donald Somers – $28,860
Event 12 ($1,100 NLH): Dominick Sarle – $42,705
Event 13 ($600 Mixed PLO): Michael Rosenberg – $13,460
Event 14 ($300 Bounty): Joseph Presho – $7,515
Event 15 ($400 Turbo): Jeffrey Shayani – $8,568
Event 16 ($200 Big Stack): Michael Newman – $28,155
Event 17 ($600 Big O): Filippos Stavrakis – $18,475
Event 18 ($400 Bounty PLO): Jacobo Montoya – $7,000
Event 19 ($600 Turbo): Samuel Journeay – $9,600
Event 20 ($400 Seniors): Cobi Cobian – $9,957
Event 21 ($600 6-Max NLH): Austin Morin – $19,655
Event 22 ($400 Triple Stud): Mihails Morozovs – $7,595
Event 23 ($1,100 PLO8): Max Neugebauer – $20,855
Event 24 ($1,100 HORSE): Jay Kerbel – $11,735
Event 25 ($2,200 NLH): Javier Zarco – $73,910
Event 26 ($10K PLO): Matt Glantz – $80,750
Event 27 ($600 PLO): John Fauver – $41,575
Event 28 ($200 Bounty): Donald Somers – $7,090
Event 29 ($1,100 Turbo): Aaron Kupin – $23,440
Event 30 ($1,100 NLH): Frank Weigel – $42,000
$25K High Roller: Alex Foxen – $426,075
Event 32 ($600 O8): Joe Shammas – $9,000
Event 33 ($1,100 Turbo): Min Zhang – $17,550
Event 35 ($600 HORSE): Phil Hui – $9,395
Event 36 ($400 Bounty): Solange Zambrano – $8,078
Event 37 ($600 2-7 TD): Kenneth Po – $9,420
Event 38 ($400 Big O): Frederic Moss – $9,165
Event 39 ($600 Turbo): Robbie Baumann – $8,690
Event 40 ($400 Bounty): Rudy Mamo – $7,582
Event 41 ($1,700 Bounty): Mike Liang – $31,855
Event 42 ($1,100 Mixed PLO): John Fauver – $17,410
Event 43 ($400 Multi-Flight): Steven Bennett – $32,658
Event 44 ($600 Seniors): Neil Blumenfield – $14,561
Event 45 ($1,100 8-Game): Frederic Moss – $20,095
Event 46 ($10K NLH): Upeshka De Silva – $166,725
Event 47 ($600 Turbo): Ian Anderson – $9,925
Event 48 ($600 OE): Scott Blackman – $11,135
Event 49 ($400 6-Max NLH): Nathaniel Moore – $12,900
Event 50 ($5K NLH): Stoyan Madanzhiev – $104,035
Event 51 ($1,100 6-Max PLO): Todd Ivens – $27,795
Event 52 ($300 Bounty): Steven Cohen – $7,150