$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 55

The Ladies Event wrapped up quicker than expected, with the final three players agreeing to an equal chop of the remaining prizepool. These were their official chip counts:

1.  Nohad “Nu” Teliani  –  389,000  (97 bb)
2.  Matilde Fernandez  –  236,000  (59 bb)
3.  Rosanna De La Rosa  –  200,000  (50 bb)

As chipleader, Nu Teliani received the title, the trophy, and the prize package that includes a seat into Event #22 ($1,100 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em) and a vacation package to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.

1st:  Nohad “Nu” Teliani  –  $2,792* + $1,100 Seat (Event #22) + Vacation Package
2nd:  Matilde Fernandez  –  $2,791*
3rd:  Rosanna De La Rosa  –  $2,791*
4th:  Melissa Kaiser  –  $1,097
5th:  Elissa Pincus  –  $866
6th:  Debra Williams  –  $693
7th:  Wendy Mentro  –  $520

Stay tuned for a recap of this event which will be posted later tonight.

* Indicates a three-way chop.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  385

A player raised from middle position to 1,500, Fred Goldberg reraised from the cutoff to 4,000, and his opponent called.

The flop came , his opponent checked, Goldberg bet 5,000, and his opponent moved all in for a little more than 20K.

Goldberg quickly called with for a pair of aces, and his opponent turned over for a pair of aces with a lower kicker.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Goldberg won the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to eliminate his opponent and reach 180K in chips.

Fred Goldberg  –  180,000  (300 bb)

The eliminated player lingered a bit after the hand, and Goldberg was very nice and polite with him. After the player left, somebody pointed out that Goldberg was extra nice to the players after he busted them.

Someone else suggested that Goldberg should buy the player a drink.

Goldberg smiled and said, “I’m in for four bullets. He should buy me a drink.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm), and action is scheduled to continue until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  352

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 300-600 and a 600 ante.

A scan of the field turned up four players with at least 135K in chips, with nobody really taking a clear chip lead yet.

1.  Hitesh Patel  –  142,400  (237 bb)
2.  Jose Parra  –  141,600  (236 bb)
3.  Cliff Maloney  –  138,100  (230 bb)
4.  Robert Jonsson  –  136,600  (228 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm), and action is scheduled to continue until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  151 of 423

Flight A:  423 Entries; 151 Advanced
Flight B:  Saturday at 11 am
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 noon

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  151 of 423

Day 1A of the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open comes to an end with 151 players remaining (from a field of 423), and the chipleader is Ryan Remington, who bagged up 475,000 (317 big blinds). He catapulted into the chip lead after winning a huge three-way pot in Level 9 against Ping Liu and Michael Newman.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but here is a preview of the leaderboard:

1.  Ryan Remington  –  475,000  (317 bb)
2.  Alan Schein  –  345,000  (230 bb)
3.  Vladimir Vasilyev  –  323,500  (216 bb)
4.  Davian Santana  –  307,500  (205 bb)

Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am, with registration open until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. As always, you’ll be able to find updates right here at SHRPO.com.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  155 of 423

In the final minutes of the night, after a flop of , Ami Alibay checked the small blind, and Joel Gossett bet 3,000 from under the gun. Davian Santana called, and Alibay check-raised all in for about 28,000.

Gossett moved all in over the top for 98,900, and Santana snap-called with a much bigger stack.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Davian Santana:    (gutshot Royal Flush draw)
Joel Gossett:    (set of jacks)
Ami Alibay:    (two pair)

The turn card was the , giving Santana an ace-high straight, and if it had held, Santana would have taken over the chip lead.

But the river card paired the board with the , and Gossett won the pot with a full house, jacks full of tens, to double thru Santana and eliminate Alibay from Day 1A.

Joel Gossett  –  98,900
Davian Santana  –  307,500
Ami Alibay  –  Eliminated

Day 1A is about to come to an end, and players will be bagging and tagging their chips. Stay tuned for a leaderboard, followed by the full list of official chip counts later tonight.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  160 of 423

Ami Alibay moved all in from middle position for 12,800, and the player in the cutoff called with .

Alibay turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Alibay paired his deuce on the flop and his ace on the river to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

Ami Alibay  –  28,600  (24 bb)

With about 150 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 105,800 (88 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of this level (about 11:15 pm), and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  170 of 423

With the board showing on the turn, Phil Rigby checked the small blind, Isaiah Goldman bet 4,000 from the big blind, and Rigby check-raised to 11,000. Goldman called.

The river card was the , Rigby moved all in for 22,300, and Goldman thought for a while before he called with for a pair of jacks. But Rigby turned over to win the pot with a flopped jack-high straight and double up in chips.

Phil Rigby  –  75,500  (63 bb)
Isaiah Goldman  –  6,100  (5 bb)

At another table, with the final board showing on the river with more than 40K already in the pot, Jason Brin checked from middle position, the player on the button bet 26,000, and Brin went into the tank.

Brin asked, “Six-seven?”

The player on the button said nothing for a moment or two, and then replied, “Could be seven-deuce, right?”

Brin thought for a while longer before he asked the dealer to clarify the bet amount. Brin said he thought she said “46,000,” and so he thought a bit more before he called.

The button showed for a pair of nines, but Brin turned over to win the pot with a set of nines.

After the hand, Brin said he probably would have folded to a bet of 46,000, which represented about half of his remaining chips at that point.

Jason Brin  –  167,000  (139 bb)

With about 170 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 99,500 (83 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of this level (about 11:15 pm), and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  195 of 423

Ryan Remington raised UTG+1 to 3,000, Michael Newman called from the cutoff, and Ping Liu reraised from the button to 12,000. Remington and Newman both called.

All three players checked to the turn on a board of , and Remington bet 16,000. Newman called, and Ping raised to 64,000. Remington went all in for 153,300, and Newman called all in for nearly 150,000. Liu also called with a stack of 160,500.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Ping Liu:    (jack-high straight)
Ryan Remington:    (set of jacks)
Michael Newman:    (jack-high straight)

Remington was one card away from elimination, but the river card was — the .

Remington rivered quad jacks to win the entire pot, doubling thru Liu and eliminating Newman from Day 1A. Remington took the chip lead with nearly 500K in chips.

Ryan Remington  –  490,000  (490 bb)
Ping Liu  –  7,200  (7 bb)
Michael Newman  –  Eliminated

After the hand, Remington said, “I was only looking for a full house, not quads.”

Liu got his short stack all in on the next hand with against , but the board came — Liu flopped a set of sixes, only to see the board straighten out so they chopped the pot with a nine-high straight on the board.

A hand or two later, Liu was eliminated.

Ping Liu  –  Eliminated

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10 (about 11:15 pm), and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  215 of 423

Registration has closed for Day 1A, and there were 423 entries today. Registration is open for tomorrow’s Day 1B until 9:15 pm tomorrow night, and that will be the final starting flight.

The prizepool is already worth more than $1.3 million, well on its way to smashing the $2 million guarantee.

With about 215 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 78,700 (79 big blinds).

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10 (about 11:15 pm), and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am.