$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 50/100

The big tournament is finally upon us with the start of the 2015 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship. The high-profile event will draw some of the biggest names in poker along with a large number of local grinders and regulars.

The $3,500 buy-in tournament features a $3,000,000 guaranteed prize pool with three starting flights. Players begin with 30,000 starting stacks with 60-minute levels for all opening days. Late registration is open until the start of Level 7 and unlimited re-entries during that time if players lose their stack.

Play is scheduled to wrap up today after Level 10 when survivors will bag up their ships for Day 2 around midnight. We’ll be here for all the action, stay tuned.

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante

Zack Goodman and Chance Kornuth followed Noah Schwartz out the door to keep the early brisk pace.

Shannon Shorr continues to lead but Jason Mercier and Matt Stout are gaining ground.

Table 1
Seat 1: Empty
Seat 2: Ory Hen – 30,800
Seat 3: Jason Mercier – 123,400
Seat 4: Brian Hastings – 65,400
Seat 5: David Bell – 52,700
Seat 6: Daniel Rashbaum – 26,200

Table 2
Seat 1: Kevin Schulz – 126,700
Seat 2: Empty
Seat 3: Matt Stout – 138,400
Seat 4: Shannon Shorr – 189,000
Seat 5: Scott Efron – 57,900
Seat 6: Stephen Pinta – 39,500

Table 3
Seat 1: Empty
Seat 2: Cliff Goldkind – 64,600
Seat 3: Darryll Fish – 42,500
Seat 4: Jared Jaffee – 85,400
Seat 5: Stephen Diamantas – 52,900
Seat 6: Uri Kadoosh – 42,500

Shannon Shorr – 189,000
Matt Stout – 138,400
Kevin Schulz – 126,700
Jason Mercier – 123,400
Jared Jaffee – 85,400
Brian Hastings – 65,400
Cliff Goldkind – 64,600
Scott Efron – 57,900
Stephen Diamantas – 52,900
David Bell – 52,700
Darryll Fish – 42,500
Uri Kadoosh – 42,500
Stephen Pinta – 39,500
Ory Hen – 30,800
Daniel Rashbaum – 26,200

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante

Noah Schwartz did have time to let his seat warmup and was gone when his couldn’t catch up the Queens of Kevin Schulz to leave 17 players in the field.

Here’s the new lineup and updated counts are on the way.

Table 1
Seat 1: Zack Goodman
Seat 2: Ory Hen
Seat 3: Jason Mercier
Seat 4: Brian Hastings
Seat 5: David Bell
Seat 6: Daniel Rashbaum

Table 2
Seat 1: Kevin Schulz
Seat 2: Empty
Seat 3: Matt Stout
Seat 4: Shannon Shorr
Seat 5: Scott Efron
Seat 6: Stephen Pinta

Table 3
Seat 1: Chance Kornuth
Seat 2: Cliff Goldkind
Seat 3: Darryll Fish
Seat 4: Jared Jaffee
Seat 5: Stephen Diamantas
Seat 6: Uri Kadoosh

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante

Two quick back-to-back eliminations of Matt Waxman and Nissin Vaknin in the early stages of Level 12 leave just 18 in the field.

That triggered a complete redraw of the field and we’ll have the new lineup shortly.

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 11: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Corey Burbick was the last player to take his seat today and one of the first to leave. He was quickly followed by Carter Gill despite a valiant comeback attempt.

Gill was left just one big blind after tangling with Noah Schwartz before a series of doubles to actually give him the option of folding hands. He even got a little creative when he opened for 4,000 leaving 3,100 behind.

“It’s supposed to look scary,” he joked. The move managed to get through everyone though Schwartz was tempted. The comeback was cut short when his was out-flopped by Daniel Rashbaum’s .

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 11: 500/1,000/100 Ante

No shortage of smack talk in the early stages today, as expected with four tables made up mostly of world-class players who see each other on a regular basis.

“Jake’s gone!” was the shout from Jared Jaffee  as hopped around to shake the hand of Jake Schwartz. The needles began from the rest of the gallery and Schwartz stuck around for a while to give some of it right back.

Schwartz was one of the shorter stacks at the restart and couldn’t make a comeback.

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 11: 500/1,000/100 Ante

There are only 23 players remaining of the starting 94 in Event 15 and they are scheduled to play down to a winner today. It would appears to be a short day but look are deceiving. The hour-long levels and deep structure will give them plenty of room to make moves.

Average stacks is ~50 big blinds at the start of Day 2 with all but seven players below that mark. Shannon Shorr finished with the lead after 10 levels yesterday with Kevin Schulz and Scott Efron not far behind.

They still have some work to do to make into the money with just 12 of them getting a piece of the $200,000 prize pool. A min-cash will earn them $5,500 while the winner will cash out for $53,920.

Most of the players have taken their seats and we are about to get underway.

Table 1
Seat 1: Brian Hastings – 16,500
Seat 2: Jake Schwartz – 17,900
Seat 3: Ory Hen – 59,400
Seat 4: Darryll Fish – 34,50
Seat 5: Kevin Schulz – 107,900
Seat 6: Jared Jaffee – 87,400

Table 2
Seat 1: Uri Kadoosh – 45,500
Seat 2: Scott Efron – 103,700
Seat 3: David Bell – 36,100
Seat 4: Empty
Seat 5: Stephen Pinta – 83,900
Seat 6: Shannon Shorr – 109,600

Table 3
Seat 1: Matt Stout – 92,500
Seat 2: Zack Goodman – 20,400
Seat 3: Chance Kornuth – 52,800
Seat 4: Jason Mercier – 27,300
Seat 5: Nissin Vaknin – 49,200
Seat 6: Corey Burbick – 44,900

Table 4
Seat 1: Cliff Goldkind – 32,900
Seat 2: Daniel Rashbaum – 11,600
Seat 3: Carter Gill – 21,600
Seat 4: Stephen Diamantas – 23,500
Seat 5: Matt Waxman – 23,900
Seat 6: Noah Schwartz – 42,000

$2,200 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freezeout)
Level 11: 500/1,000/100 Ante

Table 1
Seat 1: Brian Hastings – 16,500
Seat 2: Jake Schwartz – 17,900
Seat 3: Ory Hen – 59,400
Seat 4: Darryll Fish – 34,50
Seat 5: Kevin Schulz – 107,900
Seat 6: Jared Jaffee – 87,400

Table 2
Seat 1: Uri Kadoosh – 45,500
Seat 2: Scott Efron – 103,700
Seat 3: David Bell – 36,100
Seat 4: Empty
Seat 5: Stephen Pinta – 83,900
Seat 6: Shannon Shorr – 109,600

Table 3
Seat 1: Matt Stout – 92,500
Seat 2: Zack Goodman – 20,400
Seat 3: Chance Kornuth – 52,800
Seat 4: Jason Mercier – 27,300
Seat 5: Nissin Vaknin – 49,200
Seat 6: Corey Burbick – 44,900

Table 4
Seat 1: Cliff Goldkind – 32,900
Seat 2: Daniel Rashbaum – 11,600
Seat 3: Carter Gill – 21,600
Seat 4: Stephen Diamantas – 23,500
Seat 5: Matt Waxman – 23,900
Seat 6: Noah Schwartz – 42,000