$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16: 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 48 of 507

With the board showing on the turn and more than 200K already in the pot, chipleader Nathan Grow has moved all in from the big blind against his opponent in late position.

Grow’s opponent has about 185K remaining in his stack, and he tanks for a long time before he folds.

Grow shows for ace high with a gutshot straight draw as he takes the pot to increase his already massive chip lead.

Nathan Grow  –  700,000  (140 bb)

A few minutes later, Grow has knocked out a player to near the 900K mark.

Nathan Grow  –  890,000  (178 bb)

Grow already has about 11.7% of all the chips in play with 48 players remaining.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 54 of 507

In the first half of the first level (15 minutes), the field lost 11 players. Everyone fits at six tables, but only the final four tables (36 players) will finish in the money.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 65 of 507

After two starting flights with a total of 507 entries, there are 65 players who survived to Day 2 in the $150 No Limit Hold’em event that closes out the Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

Click here for the seat draw, and click here for the leaderboard of chip counts.

The final 36 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $395 each, and the field will play down to a winner tonight. First prize is worth $16,432, plus the trophy and a framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Masters.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 115

Day 1 of the $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty comes to an end with eight players remaining. Here are the official chip counts and seating positions:

Seat 1.  Brandon Eisen  –  240,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2.  Philip Wojtuniecki  –  611,000  (76 bb)
Seat 3.  Jaime Wiegrefe  –  181,000  (23 bb)
Seat 4.  Manny Tarich  –  525,000  (66 bb)
Seat 5.  Brad Coultas  –  245,000  (31 bb)
Seat 6.  Corey Burbick  –  105,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  Jeff Hakim  –  287,000  (36 bb)
Seat 8.  Romain Follet  –  121,000  (15 bb)

And here is the remaining prizepool, followed by the players who have already finished in the money:

1st:  $33,922 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $20,988
3rd:  $12,535
4th:  $8,050
5th:  $6,095
6th:  $5,060
7th:  $4,370
8th:  $3,853

9th:  Nick Yunis  –  $3,393
10th:  Danny Monosson  –  $2,990
11th:  Anthony Zinno  –  $2,990
12th:  Kenneth Frey  –  $2,990
13th:  Chad Trentacosta  –  $2,588
14th:  Adam Adler  –  $2,588
15th:  Tony Ruberto  –  $2,588

These final eight players will return tomorrow (Tuesday) at 2:00 pm EST to play down to a winner.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Day 2 Blinds: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 65 of 507

Flight A:  165 Entries; 23 Advanced
Flight B:  342 Entries; 42 Advanced
Day 2:  Tuesday at 5:00 pm

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Day 2 Blinds: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 65 of 507

Flight A:  165 Entries; 23 Advanced
Flight B:  342 Entries; 42 Advanced
Day 2:  Tuesday at 5:00 pm

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 115

Romain Follet raised from the button to 16,000, Brandon Eisen moved all in from the small blind for 83,000, and Follet called with .

Eisen turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Eisen won the pot with two pair, aces and nines, to double up in chips.

Brandon Eisen  –  178,000  (30 bb)
Romain Follet  –  144,000  (24 bb)

A short while later, with the final board showing and about 47,000 already in the pot, Manny Tarich checked from the hijack, and Corey Burbick moved all in from the button for 32,000.

Tarich asked for a count before he called with for a pair of fours, but Burbick turned over to win the pot with a pair of kings and double up in chips.

Corey Burbick  –  111,000  (19 bb)
Manny Tarich  –  512,000  (85 bb)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 115

With the board showing on the turn and about 200K already in the pot, Philip Wojtuniecki moved all in under the gun for about 290,000, covering Nick Yunis, who was UTG+1 with about 100K in his stack.

Yunis tanked for a long time before he eventually called with for ace high. But Wojtuniecki turned over for a pair of fours. Yunis would need a king on the river to stay alive.

The river card paired the board with the , and Wojtuniecki won the pot with two pair, sixes and fours, to eliminate Yunis in ninth place.

Philip Wojtuniecki  –  590,000  (98 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($3,393)

This was the second top-10 finish of the day for Yunis, who was finished 10th in the Main Event this afternoon to earn $19,380.

The final eight players have an average chip stack around 288,000 (48 big blinds).

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 115

With two players eliminated almost simultaneously, the final nine players combine to the final table. Here are their updated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Brandon Eisen  –  95,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  Philip Wojtuniecki  –  404,000  (67 bb)
Seat 3.  Nick Yunis  –  212,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Jaime Wiegrefe  –  224,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5.  Manny Tarich  –  620,000  (103 bb)
Seat 6.  Brad Coultas  –  248,000  (41 bb)
Seat 7.  Corey Burbick  –  60,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8.  Jeff Hakim  –  190,000  (32 bb)
Seat 9.  Romain Follet  –  230,000  (38 bb)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $33,922 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $20,988
3rd:  $12,535
4th:  $8,050
5th:  $6,095
6th:  $5,060
7th:  $4,370
8th:  $3,853
9th:  $3,393

They will continue playing until the end of this level, and then stop for the night.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 115

Chad Trentacosta and Adam Adler were eliminated in 13th and 14th places, respectively.

Chad Trentacosta  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($2,588)
Adam Adler  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($2,588)

Kenneth Frey limped under the gun for 5,000, Anthony Zinno moved all in from UTG+1 for 57,000, and Frey tanked for a while before he called with . Zinno turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Zinno won the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to double up in chips.

Anthony Zinno  –  127,000  (25 bb)
Kenneth Frey  –  75,000  (15 bb)

A short while later, Frey was all in from the cutoff for 62,000 with , but he was dominated by the of Jaime Wiegrefe in the small blind.

The board came , and Wiegrefe won the pot with a rivered ace-high straight to eliminate Frey in 12th place.

Jaime Wiegrefe  –  245,000  (49 bb)
Kenneth Frey  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($2,990)

A short while later, after the blinds increased to 3,000-6,000 with a 6,000 ante, Anthony Zinno was eliminated in 11th place.

Anthony Zinno  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($2,990)

When Zinno was eliminated, there was already a hand in progress at the other table between Nick Yunis and Danny Monosson.

Monosson was all in for 98K with , and he was a favorite to double up against the of Yunis, who barely had him covered with 101K.

But the board came , and Yunis flopped a set of eights and rivered quads to win the pot and eliminate Monosson in 10th place.

Nick Yunis  –  212,000  (35 bb)
Danny Monosson  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($2,990)