$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 40/232

Miek Chiappetta raised all in for about 21,000 from early position, and Ari Engel isolated the pot from middle position.

Chiappetta:
Engel:

The board came down , safe for Engel to score the elimination.

Ari Engel – 165,000 (83 bb)
Mike Chiappetta – Eliminated

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 200 ante
Players Remaining: 44/232

Jeremy Ausmus – 158,000 (79 bb)
Haim Toorgeman – 150,000 (75 bb)
Ari Engel – 140,000 (70 bb)
Maria Ho – 118,000 (59 bb)
Roland Israelashvili – 82,000 (41 bb)
Keith Morrow – 61,000 (31 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz – 53,000 (27 bb)
Loni Harwood – 50,000 (25 bb)
Joseph Cheong – 50,000 (25 bb)
Sean Perry – 47,000 (24 bb)
Jake Bazeley – 45,000 (23 bb)
Paul Balzano – 40,000 (20 bb)
Dylan Linde – 40,000 (20 bb)
John Andress – 38,000 (19 bb)
Aaron Massey – 34,000 (17 bb)
Joe Kuether – 18,000 (9 bb)

2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 13
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 232
Prize Pool: $225,040
January 17, 2018

1st: $53,050 + trophy
2nd: $37,240
3rd: $23,067
4th: $14,031
5th: $10,836
6th: $8,979
7th: $7,651
8th: $6,526
9th: $5,304
10th-12th: $4,631
13th-15th: $3,972
16th-18th: $3,313
19th-21st: $2,653
22nd-24th: $2,082
25th-27th: $1,771
28th-29th: $1,555

2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
Entries: 153
Prize Pool: $76,500
January 16, 2018

Event 11 of the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out) tournament. A total of 153 players came to play and created a prize pool of $76,500, with the top 20 places being paid. A deal was agreed upon by the final four players and 26-year-old Chris Tham was the chip leader, making him the official winner.

Hailing from San Francisco, California, Tham is a software engineer that dabbles in poker quite a bit as well. He is primarily a cash-game player, but has also enjoyed recent tournament success. In November, Tham placed third in a WSOP circuit event for $112,503 and has been on the tournament trail since.

Tham commanded a hefty stack for a large portion of the day, and he entered the final table as chip leader with nearly 100 big blinds.

“I ran absurdly well,” said Tham about his victory. “I got like 16 or 17 knockouts today. It’s like I had almost nothing to do with this.”

Luck will always be a factor in poker tournaments, but Tham’s big results of late are proving he has the skill needed for long-term success.

Final Results
1st: Chris Tham – $15,311*+ trophy
2nd: David Moreno – $12,870*
3rd: Wenhao Ying – $9,331*
4th: Brian O’Keefe – $9,027*
5th: Roberto Berrocal – $3,691
6th: Lawrence Whyte – $3,060
7th: Dean Rutledge – $2,658
8th: Wataru Nippa – $2,387
9th: James Salmon – $2,056
10th: Charles Gomez – $1,798
11th: Alberto Fonseca Pinilla  $1,798
12th: Peter Vitantonio – $1,798
13th: Ory Hen – $1,549
14th: Kenneth Slater – $1,549
15th: Jacobo Milhem Mugrabi – $1,549
16th: Toby Boas – $1,308
17th: Ryan Galpern – $1,308
18th: Stephan Mehl – $1,308
19th: Scott Efron – $1,071
20th: Jonah Miller – $1,071

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 153

The remaining four players agreed to a deal. Here were their chip counts at the time, followed by their subsequent payouts.

Chris Tham – 849,000 (85 bb)
David Moreno – 523,000 (52 bb)
Wenhao Ying – 241,000 (24 bb)
Brian O’Keefe – 223,000 (22 bb)

As chip leader, Chris Tham is officially the winner of Event 11 of the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

Chris Tham – $15,311
David Moreno – $12,870
Wenhao Ying – $9,331
Brian O’Keefe – $9,027

A tournament recap will be posted later tonight.

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 153

Roberto Berrocal raised to 21,000 from the cutoff, and Chris Tham called from the small blind.

The flop came down ,and Tham check-called 26,000 from Berrocal.

The turn was the , Tham checked, Berrocal shoved for about 100,000, and Tham called with for the nut flush. Berrocal was drawing dead with , rendering the river moot.

Berrocal finished in fifth place for $3,691.

Chris Tham – 900,000 (113 bb)
Roberto Berrocal – Eliminated

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 153

Lawrence Whyte raised from the hijack, David Moreno reraised all in with a covering stack from the big blind, and Whyte called all in for about for 140,000.

Whyte:
Moreno:

The board ran out , no help to Whyte, ending his tournament in sixth place.

David Moreno – 450,000 (56 bb)
Lawrence Whyte – Eliminated

$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 153

Brian O’Keefe raised to 20,000 from the hijack, Dean Rutledge reraised all in from the big blind for about 83,000, and O’Keefe called.

O’Keefe:
Rutledge:

The board came down , no help to Rutledge, ending his tournament in seventh place for $2,658.

Brian O’Keefe – 255,000 (32 bb)
Dean Rutledge – Eliminated

$300 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/30,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 2 of 79

The remaining two players agreed to a deal. Here were their chip counts at the time, followed by their subsequent payouts.

Errol Massey – 456,000
Stephen Reid – 315,000

As chip leader,  Errol Massey is officially the winner of Event 10 of the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

Errol Massey – $5,668
Stephen Reid – $5,069

A recap of the tournament will be posted later tonight.

$300 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 15,000/30,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 2 of 79

Omaha 8

Stephen Reid raised from the button, and Errol Massey called from the big blind.

The flop came down , Massey led out, Reid raised, and Massey called.

The turn was the , Massey checked, Reid bet, and Massey called.

The river was the , and both players checked.

“Queens and tens,” announced Reid.

Massey, though, tabled for aces and queens, and Reid mucked.

Errol Massey – 456,000
Stephen Reid – 315,000