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

Gytis Lazauninkas  –  235,000
Tony Joyce  –  186,000
Jonathan Jaffe  –  182,000
Fred Goldberg  –  167,000
Haim Toorgeman  –  153,000
Zhen Cai  –  117,000
Mukul Pahuja  –  112,000
Justin Zaki  –  107,000
Mike Graffeo  –  99,000
Aaron Massey  –  95,000
Nashaat Antonious  –  90,000
Frank Stepuchin  –  90,000
Joey Couden  –  88,000
Stan Jablonski  –  87,000
Tony Cousineau  –  79,000
Darren Rabinowitz  –  70,000
Cherish Andrews  –  70,000
Matthew Wantman  –  68,000
Paul Domb  –  63,000
Dimitri Vorbe  –  62,000
Kristen Foxen  –  61,000
Jake Schwartz  –  61,000
Nick Yunis  –  58,000
Jeff Madsen  –  57,000
Darren Elias  –  57,000
Matt Berkey  –  54,000
Natasha Mercier  –  53,000
Solange Lucas  –  49,000
David DiBernardi  –  48,000
Nadya Magnus  –  43,000
Faraz Jaka  –  33,000
Alex Foxen  –  32,000
Jeremy Ausmus  –  32,000
Pavel Plesuv  –  30,000
Loni Hui  –  13,000
Stanley Lee  –  13,000
Chris Tryba  –  11,000

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 27
$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  92
Prize Pool:  $92,000
January 19, 2023

Event 27 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em. (Re-Entry). A field of 92 entries produced a prize pool of $92,000, and emerging victorious was Jorge Custa, winning outright for $28,360.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$150 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  175
Prize Pool:  $20,650
January 19, 2023

Event 26 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $150 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 175 entries created a prize pool of $20,650, and winning the lion’s share of that was David Oshry, earning the outright victory for $5,205.

$600 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  60 of 465

Flight A:  169 Entries;  22 Advanced
Flight B:  133 Entries;  17 Advanced
Flight C:  163 Entries;  21 Advanced
Day 2:  Friday at 1 p.m.

$600 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  60 of 465

Flight A:  169 Entries;  22 Advanced
Flight B:  133 Entries;  17 Advanced
Flight C:  163 Entries;  21 Advanced
Day 2:  Friday at 1 p.m.

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 the multi-flight $600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 465 entries across three starting flights generated a prize pool of $241,800. The 63 players who made Day 2 are in the money, guaranteed $940.

Up top for the winner is $47,595.

1st:  $47,595 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $32,600
3rd:  $21,540
4th:  $14,725
5th:  $11,300
6th:  $9,460
7th:  $7,900
8th:  $6,340
9th-10th:  $4,785
11th-12th:  $3,950
13th-15th:  $3,120
16th-18th:  $2,640
19th-21st:  $2,225
22nd-24th:  $1,865
25th-27th:  $1,610
28th-36th:  $1,405
37th-45th:  $1,215
46th-54th:  $1,030
55th-63rd:  $940

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 74

Martin Stausholm raised to effectively 100,000 from the small blind, and Galen Hall called all in for that amount in the big blind.

Stausholm: 
Hall: 

The board ran out , giving Stausholm a flush to eliminate Hall in 10th place.

Martin Stausholm  –  360,000  (14 bb)
Galen Hall  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($54,800)

The final nine players are now bagging and tagging their chips for tomorrow afternoon’s final table. Stay tuned for official chip counts.

With nine players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 820,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $56,600 each.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 74

In Hand #26 of hand-for-hand play two spots from the money, Jesse Lonis raised all in for 235,000 from the hijack, and Joe McKeehen called in the big blind.

Lonis: 
McKeehen: 

The board came down , safe for Lonis to double up.

Jesse Lonis  –  510,000  (26 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  985,000  (49 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 570,000 (29 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 332

Day 2 is Friday at 1 p.m.

Seat 1:  Conrad Simpson  –  380,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2:  Maxim Urvantsev  –  355,000  (14 bb)
Seat 3:  Colin Robinson  –  535,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4:  David Jackson  –  400,000  (16 bb)
Seat 5:  Luke Brereton  –  1,635,000  (65 bb)
Seat 6:  Jason Hickey  –  790,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7:  Dan Sepiol  –  425,000  (17 bb)
Seat 8:  Tim Capretta  –  320,000  (13 bb)
Seat 9:  Ryan Hogan  –  1,895,000  (76 bb)

1st:  $66,790 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $47,505
3rd:  $31,370
4th:  $20,900
5th:  $15,500
6th:  $12,750
7th:  $10,760
8th:  $8,790
9th:  $6,970

Results Thus Far

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 332

Table 1
Seat 1:  Luke Brereton  –  1,300,000  (65 bb)
Seat 2:  Tim Capretta  –  195,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Willie Wiggins  –  415,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6:  Peter Vitantonio  –  230,000  (12 bb)
Seat 7:  David Jackson  –  525,000  (26 bb)
Seat 8:  Jason Hickey  –  470,000  (24 bb)
Seat 9:  Steve Karp  –  305,000  (15 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1:  Colin Robinson  –  300,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2:  Conrad Simpson  –  480,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3:  Daniel Sepiol  –  550,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Maxim Urvantsev  –  400,000  (20 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:  Ryan Hogan  –  685,000  (34 bb)
Seat 8:  Fabian Gumz  –  180,000  (9 bb)
Seat 9:  Thomas Boivin  –  580,000  (29 bb)

Results Thus Far
15th: Dorian Rios  –   $5,000

16th:  Sherriee Williams  –  $4,150
17th:  Cherish Andrews  –  $4,150
18th:  Rodney Turvin  –  $4,150

19th:  Alan Hamza  –  $3,420
20th:  Yaser Al-Keliddar  –  $3,420
21st:  Robert Goldberg  –  $3,420

22nd: Jim Gilbert  –  $2,790
23rd:  Ryan Van Sanford  –  $2,790
24th:  Carlos Bermudez  –  $2,790

25th:  Kevin Oakes  –  $2,415
26th:  Timothy Allen  –  $2,415
27th:  Alexander Stewart  –  $2,415

28th:  Eric Baldwin  –  $2,050
29th:  Ryan Estrada  –  $2,050
30th:  Jeremy Becker  –  $2,050
31st:  Viktor Kovachev  –  $2,050
32nd:  David Lu  –  $2,050
33rd:  Joseph Cheong  –  $2,050
34th:  Mitchell Halverson  –  $2,050
35th:  Antonio Serrao Jr.  –  $2,050
36th:  Stanley Lee  –  $2,050

37th:  Michael Tweedlie  –  $1,705
38th:  Artem Zverkhovskyy  –  $1,705
39th:  Sebastiaan De Jonge  –  $1,705
40th:  Roberto Schmeda  –  $1,705
41st:  Timothy Ulmer  –  $1,705

42nd:  Valerie Novak  –  $853
43rd: Rafael Reis  –  $852