$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

It’s the last Saturday of the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open and it will be a busy one in the Seminole Ballroom. Day 1A of the WPT LHPO Championship pulled 705 entries into the headliner and today just might be bigger.

The $1,000,000 was topped before the start of Day 1A and the prize pool sits over $2.25 million with plenty of space to grown.

Players will start with 40,000 deep stacks and levels last 60 minutes on Days 1 and 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at ~9:15 pm with a single re-entry available for those who bust before. They will play through 11 levels and those with chips after that will return tomorrow for Day 2.

We are ready for a big day and cards go in the air at 11 am for the last flight of the Championship.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 and 2 levels last 60 minutes
• Day 3 and 4 levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• Day 1 will end after Level 11
• Championship Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $3,500 WPT LHPO Championship

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Day 1 and 2 levels last 60 minutes
• Day 3 and 4 levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• Day 1 will end after Level 11
• Championship Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 18 – $400 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Single Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/single re-entry until start of Level 9 (7:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 18 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 65 – $400 LHPO Championship Turbo Satellite

• 1 seat guaranteed into $1,000,000 GTD LHPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
• Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 66 – $400 WPT LHPO Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1 seat guaranteed into $1,000,000 GTD WPT LHPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 10-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 8
• Winners will be entered into the earliest starting flight
• Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 67 – $250 Multi-Event 20 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 packages guaranteed; Package includes $1,700 seat in Event 20 plus $500 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Structure Sheet

Seminole Hard Rock Safe + Sounds Guidelines

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 705

All alternates have been seated and registration closed for the first flight of the 2021 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship. It was a huge day with 705 entries placing it solidly in the top five among all of our $3,500 Championships.

Flight A will continue this evening until the end of Level 11 and survivors at that point will lock up a seat for Day 2 on Sunday.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 542

Alternates continue to get seated and we found more friends in the game including Ronnie Bardah, Kenny Nguyen, Jake Schwartz, and Justin Harvell.

They will continue through Level 6 before taking a 90-minute dinner break.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 521

Due to the fantastic turnout today, there has been an update to the tournament schedule for both starting flights.

Day 1A and 1B were scheduled to play 10 full flights but will now play through Level 11. That pushes the end time from ~11:15 pm to ~12:30 am.

Please stop by the Tournament Supervisor desk if you have any questions.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Entries: 480

There’s a familiar face sitting at the top of the chip counts as Loni Harwood’s 115,000 looks to be tops heading towards the second break.

We last saw Harwood during the 2020 WSOP Circuit Tampa series where she came two spots from winning her sixth WSOP Circuit ring. All told she owns five WSOP Circuit rings along with two WSOP bracelets and a Poker Showdown trophy from 2012 with more than $3 million in career earnings.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Entries: 480

We continue to see new faces in the Seminole Ballroom, taking part in the Championship as their first go at the series.

Recent arrivals include Frankie Flowers, John Dolan, Asher Conniff, Joe Reddick, Michael Wang, and WPT Season XIII Player of the Year Anthony Zinno.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 480

The entry count moved up to 480 after the first break to push the prize pool over $1,500,000 with no slowdown in sight. Due to the size of the field and with an eye towards player safety, new entrants will have an alternate number and will be seated as soon as possible.

David Nathaniel Jr was one of the last players to get a seat before we hit capacity and he’s here on a freeroll. Nathaniel Jr is our reigning Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year and earned that title after a win in the SHR Tampa Pinktober Main Event along with WSOP Circuit Coconut Creek Main Event final table and WSOP Circuit Tampa Main Event cash.

Part of his prize package included a Championship/Main Event seat in our major series and Nathaniel Jr is looking forward to another deep run.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 458

The first (staggered) break is complete and cards are back in the air for the entire field.

But not before being welcomed WPT’s Executive Tour Director Matt Savage who was joined by our Tournament Manager Jason Heidenthal, Enriketa Ozolina, and Tony Dunst.