2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$600 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  465
Prize Pool:  $241,800
January 18–20, 2023

Event 21 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a multi-flight $600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). Over three starting flights, a field of 465 entries generated a prize pool of $241,800. There were 60 players who advanced to Day 2, and emerging victorious from the bunch was William Kopp, winning outright for $47,595.

This marked Kopp’s second SHRP major series trophy, and his second in PLO. His first came at the 2016 LHPO when he won a $1,650 PLO event for $19,000.

$400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 164

Seat 1:  James Weidenborner  –  760,000  (19 bb)
Seat 2:  Anderson Montana  –  650,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3:  Ron Tate  –  740,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4:  Santana Noronha  –  165,000  (4 bb)
Seat 5:  Ziya Rahim  –  700,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6:  George Hortelano  –  100,000  (3 bb)
Seat 7:  Samantha Simon  –  160,000  (4 bb)

1st:  $10,025 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,610
3rd:  $3,950
4th:  $2,410
5th:  $1,860
6th:  $1,540
7th:  $1,330

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  300 of 802

Andrew Esposito raised all in blind for 28,000 from under the gun, Josh Garber calls in middle position, the player in the cutoff four-bets to 53,000, and Garber folds.

The cutoff shows , while Esposito reveals .

The board runs out , giving Esposito trip fours on the river to double up.

Andrew Esposito  –  89,000  (45 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  300 of 802

Joseph Cheong was all in from middle position for roughly 65,000 against Colby Covington in the small blind.

Cheong: 
Covington: 

The board ran out , giving Covington a pair of aces to eliminate Cheong.

Colby Covington  –  203,500  (102 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  Eliminated

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  315 of 802

The player in the cutoff opened to 4,500, Scott Bohlman three-bet to 13,000 from the button, the cutoff four-bet to 35,000, Bohlman five-bet all in for 87,000, and the cutoff called with . Bohlman was ahead with .

The board ran out , giving Bohlman a set of kings to double up.

Scott Bohlman  –  179,000  (80 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  360 of 802

Nick Verderamo raised to 4,500 from the hijack, Adam Hendrix three-bet to 20,000 from the big blind, Verderamo four-bet all in for 90,000, and Hendrix called.

Verderamo: 
Hendrix: 

The flop came , keeping Verderamo in the lead with pair of tens.

The turn was the , giving Hendrix a pair of aces to pull ahead.

The river was the , giving Verderamo a set of tens to win the pot and double up.

Nick Verderamo  –  183,000  (92 bb)
Adam Hendrix  –  130,000  (65 bb)

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. The final 21 players will cash, earning at least $565.

Up top for the winner is $10,025.

1st:  $10,025 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,610
3rd:  $3,950
4th:  $2,410
5th:  $1,860
6th:  $1,540
7th:  $1,330
8th:  $1,175
9th-10th:  $1,025
11th-12th:  $885
13th-15th:  $750
16th-18th:  $625
19th-21ts:  $565

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  776

Sheddy Siddiqui  –  213,000
Chris Lewis  –  203,000
Arian Stolt  –  174,000
Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  170,000
Jeff Trudeau  –  150,000
Brandon Navarrete  –  145,000
Joseph Cheong  –  137,000
Matt Zarcadoolas  –  135,000
Ren Lin  –  125,000
Thomas Boivin  –  123,000
Asher Conniff  –  112,000
Nick Verderamo  –  108,000
Christopher Logue  –  108,000
Jon Borenstein  –  90,000
Joe Serock  –  88,000
Philip Shing  –  84,000
Jim Gilbert  –  83,000
Aram Oganyan  –  76,000
Josh Kay  –  70,000
Bin Weng  –  65,000
Eoghan O’Dea  –  65,000
Chad Eveslage  –  63,000
Corel Theuma  –  54,000
Brian Hastings  –  54,000
Justin Saliba  –  54,000
Alex Rocha  –  50,000
Matt Waxman  –  48,000
Ryan Eriquezzo  –  47,000
Esther Taylor  –  45,000
Taylor von Kriegenbergh  –  43,000
Jim Collopy  –  43,000
Scott Bohlman  –  43,000
Brian Altman  –  37,000
Shannon Shorr  –  27,000
Joey Weissman  –  26,000

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  740

Min Zhang  –  253,000
Jake Ferro  –  178,000
Frank Funaro  –  155,000
Fabian Gumz  –  145,000
Rodney Turvin  –  140,000
James Calderaro  –  138,000
James Romero  –  135,000
Eric Baldwin  –  135,000
Andrew Moreno  –  130,000
Mke Chiappetta  –  123,000
A.J. Kelsall  –  116,000
Kathy Liebert  –  114,000
Christopher Frank  –  108,000
Gal Yifrach  –  104,000
Darren Rabinowitz  –  97,000
Michael Newman  –  97,000
Sam Panzica  –  93,000
Upeshka De Silva  –  77,000
Ken Aldridge  –  76,000
Brock Wilson  –  73,000
Valerie Novak  –  73,000
Leon Sturm  –  70,000
Yuval Bronshtein  –  63,000
Phil Souki  –  49,000
Francis Anderson  –  49,000
Adam Hendrix  –  45,000
Michael Wang  –  44,000
Landon Tice  –  41,000
Daniel Lazrus  –  27,000
Jesse Cohen  –  26,000
Stephen Song  –  23,000
Ryan Riess  –  17,000
David Jackson  –  14,000

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  722

Following a flop of , a flurry of action between Robin Jofre in middle position and Aram Zobian on the button culminated with Jofre all in for 221,200 with for a set of sixes, trailing Zobian’s for a set of jacks.

The turn was the , giving Jofre quad sixes to take the lead, and he held through the river to win the hefty pot.

Down to 200, Zobian busted shortly thereafter.

Robin Jofre  –  290,000  (290 bb)
Aram Zobian  –  Eliminated