$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  155 of 423

In the final minutes of the night, after a flop of , Ami Alibay checked the small blind, and Joel Gossett bet 3,000 from under the gun. Davian Santana called, and Alibay check-raised all in for about 28,000.

Gossett moved all in over the top for 98,900, and Santana snap-called with a much bigger stack.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Davian Santana:    (gutshot Royal Flush draw)
Joel Gossett:    (set of jacks)
Ami Alibay:    (two pair)

The turn card was the , giving Santana an ace-high straight, and if it had held, Santana would have taken over the chip lead.

But the river card paired the board with the , and Gossett won the pot with a full house, jacks full of tens, to double thru Santana and eliminate Alibay from Day 1A.

Joel Gossett  –  98,900
Davian Santana  –  307,500
Ami Alibay  –  Eliminated

Day 1A is about to come to an end, and players will be bagging and tagging their chips. Stay tuned for a leaderboard, followed by the full list of official chip counts later tonight.