$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  333 of 890

Ari Engel was all in for 37,000 in the big blind against Jorge Gomez on the button.

Engel: 
Gomez: 

The board ran out , giving Gomez aces and threes to eliminate Engel.

Jorge Gomez  –  174,000  (87 bb)
Ari Engel  –  Eliminated

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Players Remaining:  360 of 890

Alex Foxen  –  343,000
Alessio Isaia  –  310,000
Ryan Eriquezzo  –  290,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  160,000
Marc Sacheli  –  155,000
Scott Levitt  –  153,000
Eric Afriat  –  140,000
Will Failla  –  140,000
David DiBernardi  –  140,000
Frank Lagodich  –  135,000
Jesse Lonis  –  120,000
Matt Berkey  –  115,000
Kyle Julius  –  110,000
Frank Flowers  –  95,000
James Carroll  –  86,000
Sean Shah  –  78,000
Aram Zobian  –  67,000
Colin Robinson  –  65,000
William Kopp  –  60,000
Ziya Rahim  –  53,000
T.K. Miles  –  52,000
Martin Zamani  –  40,000
Nick Palma  –  15,000

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  890

Joel Gola raised all in for about 12,000 from the hijack, and Landon Tice called in the big blind with , leading Gola’s .

The board came , safe for Tice to score the elimination.

Landon Tice  –  215,000  (143 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  813

A player in middle position opens to 3,000, Chris Csik three-bets to 8,500 from the hijack, and the middle-position player calls.

The flop is , middle position checks, Csik continues for 5,000, and his opponent calls.

The turn is the , and both check.

The river is the , middle position bets 7,000, and Csik calls.

The middle-position player shows , while Csik tables for kings and sevens to win the pot.

Chris Csik  –  360,000  (300 bb)

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 31
$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries:  116
Prize Pool:  $38,860
January 21, 2023

Event 31 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry). A field of 116 entries created a prize pool of $38,860. The final 15 will cash, earning at least $955.

Up top for the winner is $11,130.

1st:  $11,130 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $7,095
3rd:  $4,235
4th:  $2.720
5th:  $2,060
6th:  $1,710
7th:  $1,475
8th:  $1,300
9th-10th:  $1,125
11th-12th:  $1,010
13th-15th:  $955

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  778

Imari Love  –  293,000
Erik Cajelais  –  230,000
Landon Tice  –  191,000
Steven McKoy  –  165,000
Joe McKeehen  –  150,000
Aaron Steury  –  141,000
Alessio Isaia  –  130,000
Caleb Piderit  –  126,000
Nancy Birnbaum  –  123,000
Mike Liang  –  120,000
Dominique Mosley  –  108,000
David Miscikowski  –  106,000
Francis Margaglione  –  93,000
Ryan Eriquezzo  –  87,000
Blake Whittington  –  75,000
Solange Lucas  –  70,000
Anthony Spinella  –  62,000
Stephen Song  –  60,000
Brett Bader  –  57,000
Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  50,000
Gabriel Abusada  –  45,000
Luke Brereton  –  35,000
Jean Gaspard  –  31,000
Jonathan Jaffe  –  20,000

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  737

Igor Tretyakov  –  195,000
Rogen Chhabra  –  135,000
Glen Cressman  –  127,000
Martha Wolak  –  113,000
Alex Keating  –  96,000
Yaser Al-Keliddar  –  90,000
Fernando Pages  –  88,000
Josh Reichard  –  73,000
Jake Schwartz  –  68,000
Sam Sternfield  –  65,000
Jorge Gomez  –  63,000
Steve Buckner  –  63,000
Adam Adler  –  58,000
Leon Sturm  –  55,000
Brian Altman  –  54,000
Ryan Depaulo  –  53,000
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  52,000
Yuval Bronshtein  –  48,000
Aaron Massey  –  33,000
Jeremy Ausmus  –  28,000

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  283 of 802

Day 1A:  802 Entries;  283 Advanced
Day 1B:  Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 30
$400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  164
Prize Pool:  $38,540
Bounty Prize Pool:  $16,400
January 20, 2023

Event 30 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 164 entries created a prize pool of $38,540, with an additional $16,400 set aside for bounties.

Taking it down was James Wiedenborner, winning outright for $10,025.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 29
$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries:  70
Prize Pool:  $36,750
January 20, 2023

Event 29 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry). There were 70 entries, creating a prize pool of $36,750. A heads-up deal took place at the final table, and as the chip leader, it was Steven Idels who was the official winner for $11,131.

*denotes heads-up deal