$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 41

Arkadiy Tsinis raised from middle position to 27,000, Ping Liu reraised from the big blind to 108,000, and Tsinis thought for a while before he called.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Liu bet 70,000, and Tsinis tanked for a while before he called.

The river card was the , Liu bet 135,000, and Tsinis called. Liu showed for a pair of kings, but Tsinis turned over to win the pot.

Arkadiy Tsinis  –  850,000  (71 bb)
Ping Liu  –  800,000  (67 bb)

Two hands later, Level 14 ended, and the players took a break, with the blinds increasing to 8K-16K (16K ante). Here are their official chip counts from the break

Seat 1.  Jared Jaffee  –  242,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2.  Alex Turyansky  –  209,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  702,000  (44 bb)
Seat 4.  Ping Liu  –  794,000  (50 bb)
Seat 5.  Kevin Rabichow  –  491,000  (31 bb)
Seat 6.  Byron Kaverman  –  402,000  (25 bb)
Seat 7.  Arkadiy Tsinis  –  879,000  (55 bb)
Seat 8.  Maria Ho  –  432,000  (27 bb)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 513,000 (32 big blinds), but only the final seven will finish in the money. Here are the payouts:

1st:  $364,571
2nd:  $232,921
3rd:  $146,842
4th:  $101,270
5th:  $70,889
6th:  $55,699
7th:  $40,508

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 41

Ping Liu got it all in from the hijack for 326,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Jared Jaffee (UTG+1).

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Liu to win the pot and double up in chips.

Ping Liu  –  677,000  (68 bb)
Jared Jaffee  –  90,000  (9 bb)

Two hands later, Maria Ho raised from the button to 22,000, Jared Jaffee moved all in from the big blind for 80,000, and Ho called with . Jaffee turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Jaffee won the pot with his queen kicker to double up in chips.

Jared Jaffee  –  175,000  (18 bb)
Maria Ho  –  440,000  (44 bb)

Four hands later, after the blinds increased to 6K-12K (12K ante), Jaffee moved all in from the hijack for 170,000, taking the blinds and antes.

Jared Jaffee  –  200,000  (17 bb)

The next hand, Ali Imsirovic raised from middle position to 27,000, Ping Liu reraised from the button to 80,000, and Imsirovic thought for a while before he three-bet all in for about 400,000.

Liu called with , and Imsirovic turned over . Imsirovic needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Liu to win the pot and eliminate Imsirovic in ninth place.

Ping Liu  –  1,070,000  (89 bb)
Ali Imsirovic  –  Eliminated in 9th Place

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 513,000 (43 big blinds), and they are now officially on the Money Bubble. Here is the prizepool at stake:

1st:  $364,571
2nd:  $232,921
3rd:  $146,842
4th:  $101,270
5th:  $70,889
6th:  $55,699
7th:  $40,508

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 41

The final nine players redrew for random seats at the final table, and action will continue until they burst the Money Bubble with seven players left.

Here are their updated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Jared Jaffee  –  416,000  (42 bb)
Seat 2.  Alex Turyansky  –  130,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  680,000  (68 bb)
Seat 4.  Ping Liu  –  330,000  (33 bb)
Seat 5.  Kevin Rabichow  –  728,000  (73 bb)
Seat 6.  Byron Kaverman  –  370,000  (37 bb)
Seat 7.  Arkadiy Tsinis  –  650,000  (65 bb)
Seat 8.  Maria Ho  –  535,000  (54 bb)
Seat 9.  Ali Imsirovic  –  280,000  (28 bb)

Joe Cada  –  Eliminated in 11th Place
Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  Eliminated in 12th Place

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 456,000 (46 big blinds), but only the final seven will finish in the money. Here are the payouts:

1st:  $364,571
2nd:  $232,921
3rd:  $146,842
4th:  $101,270
5th:  $70,889
6th:  $55,699
7th:  $40,508

$400 Six-Max PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/2,500
Players Remaining:  7 of 67

After the elimination of Tony Cousineau in 10th place, the final nine players redrew for random seats at the final table, and they will play down to a winner tonight.

Here are their updated chip counts, followed by the payouts:

Seat 1.  Artem Maksimov  –  68,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2.  Ken Aldridge  –  147,500  (59 bb)
Seat 3.  David Levy  –  120,000  (48 bb)
Seat 4.  Carlos Garcia  –  95,000  (38 bb)
Seat 5.  Tom Guedj  –  160,500  (64 bb)
Seat 6.  Eric Kolodny  –  172,500  (69 bb)
Seat 7.  Andrei Mitsiuk  –  32,000  (13 bb)

1st:  $6,950
2nd:  $4,495
3rd:  $2,995
4th:  $2,050
5th:  $1,445
6th:  $1,055
7th:  $790

8th:  Anthony Cousineau  –  $790
9th:  Rafael Rodriguez Arango  –  $615
10th:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  $615
11th:  Michael Rosenberg  –  $490
12th:  Kevin Love  –  $490

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 41

Level 12 comes to an end, and the players take a 15-minute break. Here are their official chip counts:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Joe Cada  –  234,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  568,000  (57 bb)
Seat 3.  Kevin Rabichow  –  546,000  (55 bb)
Seat 4.  Arkadiy Tsinis  –  319,000  (32 bb)
Seat 5.  Ping Liu  –  667,000  (67 bb)
Seat 6.  Alex Turyansky  –  155,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Byron Kaverman  –  364,000  (36 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Ali Imsirovic  –  83,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  178,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6.  Jared Jaffee  –  487,000  (49 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Maria Ho  –  500,000  (50 bb)

In chip count order, you can see that Ping Liu leads the field:

1.  Ping Liu  –  667,000  (67 bb)
2.  Jonathan Jaffe  –  568,000  (57 bb)
3.  Kevin Rabichow  –  546,000  (55 bb)
4.  Maria Ho  –  500,000  (50 bb)
5.  Jared Jaffee  –  487,000  (49 bb)
6.  Byron Kaverman  –  364,000  (36 bb)
7.  Arkadiy Tsinis  –  319,000  (32 bb)
8.  Joe Cada  –  234,000  (23 bb)
9.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  178,000  (18 bb)
10.  Alex Turyansky  –  155,000  (16 bb)
11.  Ali Imsirovic  –  83,000  (8 bb)

Dovid Lakein  –  Eliminated in 12th Place

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 373,000 (37 big blinds), and the field is playing down to the money tonight (seven players). Here are the payouts:

1st:  $364,571
2nd:  $232,921
3rd:  $146,842
4th:  $101,270
5th:  $70,889
6th:  $55,699
7th:  $40,508

$600 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 150

After the elimination of Yordan Petrov in 10th place, the final nine players redrew for random seats at the final table, and they will play down to a winner tonight.

Here are their updated chip counts, followed by the payouts:

Seat 1.  Shlomi Bracha  –  165,000  (17 bb)
Seat 2.  Ory Hen  –  390,000  (39 bb)
Seat 3.  Justin Harvell  –  195,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4.  Jason Gooch  –  295,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Chris Ryan  –  180,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6.  Michael Lim  –  185,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7.  John Gorsuch  –  185,000  (19 bb)
Seat 8.  Omer Nagar  –  195,000  (20 bb)
Seat 9.  Greg Baird  –  605,000  (61 bb)

1st:  $21,945 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $13,913
3rd:  $8,189
4th:  $4,971
5th:  $3,856
6th:  $3,184
7th:  $2,783
8th:  $2,484
9th:  $2,195

10th:  Yordan Petrov  –  $1,908
11th:  Rady Martinez  –  $1,908
12th:  David Gunas  –  $1,908
13th:  David Frenkel  –  $1,630
14th:  Matthew Smith  –  $1,630
15th:  Paul Snead  –  $1,630
16th:  Raminder Singh  –  $1,391
17th:  Aryeh Bassman  –  $1,391
18th:  Richard Leger  –  $1,391
19th:  Anthony Askey  –  $1,193

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 41

Anthony Zinno got it all in from the cutoff for 138,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Jonathan Jaffe in the small blind.

The board came — Zinno flopped two pair to Jaffe’s club flush, and Zinno improved no further. Jaffe won the pot with his flush to eliminate Zinno in 13th place.

Jonathan Jaffe  –  495,000  (83 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  Eliminated in 13th Place

And the recent eliminations:

Andy Andrejevic  –  Eliminated
Jim Collopy  –  Eliminated
Lazaro Hernandez  –  Eliminated

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 342,000 (57 big blinds), and the field is playing down to the money tonight (seven players).

2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 25
$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  41
Prize Pool:  $1,012,700
January 20-21, 2020

Registration has closed for the $25,500 High Roller, and with 41 entries, the total prizepool is worth $1,012,700.

The final seven players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $40,508, while the winner will earn $364,571.

1st:  $364,571
2nd:  $232,921
3rd:  $146,842
4th:  $101,270
5th:  $70,889
6th:  $55,699
7th:  $40,508

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 41

There were three entries during the dinner break to bump the total field to 41, which clears the $1 million guarantee. The prizepool should be released soon.

So there were 18 players in the field after dinner, but Fred Goldberg (18th place) and Ryan Riess (17th place) were eliminated fairly quickly, so there was a redraw for seats at the final two tables.

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Joe Cada
Seat 2.  Jonathan Jaffe
Seat 3.  Kevin Rabichow
Seat 4.  Lazaro Hernandez
Seat 5.  Ping Liu
Seat 6.  Alex Turyansky
Seat 7.  Anthony Zinno
Seat 8.  Andy Andrejevic

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Dovid Lakein
Seat 2.  Byron Kaverman
Seat 3.  Arkadiy Tsinis
Seat 4.  Ali Imsirovic
Seat 5.  Giuseppe Iadisernia
Seat 6.  Jared Jaffee
Seat 7.  Jim Collopy
Seat 8.  Maria Ho

Alex Turyansky was down to just 10K on the dinner break, but he’s making a bit of a comeback.

He got his stack up to 35K before moving all in UTG+1. Lazaro Hernandez called from the big blind with , and Turyansky turned over .

The board came — Turyansky paired his ten on the flop, Hernandez turned a flush draw and a straight draw, and Turyansky rivered two pair to win the pot and double up in chips.

Alex Turyansky  –  78,000  (16 bb)
Lazaro Hernandez  –  290,000  (58 bb)

With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 256,000 (51 big blinds).

$400 Six-Max PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 9:  400/800
Players Remaining:  24 of 67

Registration has closed for the $400 Six-Max PLO event, and with 67 entries, the total prizepool is worth $22,780.

The final 12 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $490 each, and the winner will earn $6,950.

2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$400 Six-Max PLO (Single Re-Entry)
Entries:  67
Prize Pool:  $22,780
January 20, 2020

1st:  $6,950
2nd:  $4,495
3rd:  $2,995
4th:  $2,050
5th:  $1,445
6th:  $1,055
7th-8th:  $790
9th-10th:  $615
11th-12th:  $490