$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

Someone opened the pot with a raise in middle position, though it’s not clear who did it. Stefan Schillhabel three-bet in the hijack, Seth Davies four-bet in the cutoff, the raiser folded, and Schillhabel five-bet shoved for 234,600. Davies called, committing most of his own stack to put his opponent at risk.

Schillhabel:
Davies:

There was an ace on the flop, and the run-out gave Schillhabel a huge double-up with a pair of aces.

Stefan Schillhabel – 490,000
Seth Davies – 75,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 911

David Liu raised to 50,000 from the hijack, Joey Couden reraised all in for 450,000 from the button, Ness Reilly called from the small blind, and Liu folded.

Couden:
Reilly:

The board came down , no help to Couden, ending his tournament in 20th place.

Ness Reilly – 2,140,000 (89 bb)
Joey Couden – Eliminated in 20th Place ($21,577)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 911

Cong Pham opened to 50,000 from the button and David Liu moved all in from the big blind for 673,000. Pham called with the bigger stack to put Liu at risk.

Liu:
Pham:

Liu was ahead in the race and he never had a sweat as the board ran for the double.

David Liu – 1,385,000 (58 bb)
Cong Pham – 1,500,000 (63 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

Stefan Schillhabel opened the cutoff to 5,500, and Luke Brereton three-bet shoved for 48,000 in the big blind. Schillhabel called to put him at risk.

Schillhabel:
Brereton:

The jack-high flop was a disaster for Brereton, and the run-out sent him to the rail just before dinner.

Schillhabel won the pot with jacks up to earn the knockout.

Stefan Schillhabel – 245,000
Luke Brereton – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 911

Following the turn of a board, Brandon Caputo was all in from the big blind for about 330,000 with against Ness Reilly in the hijack with .

The river was the , no help to Caputo, ending his tournament in 21st place.

Ness Reilly – 1,770,000 (74 bb)
Brandon Caputo – Eliminated in 21st Place ($18,039)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 21 of 911

Tristan Wade limped from the small blind, Ben Yu raised to 89,000 from the big blind, Wade reraised all in with a covering stack, and Yu called all in for 883,000.

Wade:
Yu:

The board came down , no help to Wade, locking up the double for Yu.

Shortly thereafter, Wade raised all in for 55,000 from the hijack and Yu isolated with a raise from the cutoff.

Wade:
Yu:

The board ran out , no help to Wade, ending his tournament in 22nd place.

Ben Yu – 1,900,000 (79 bb)
Tristan Wade – Eliminated in 22nd Place ($18,039)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

After being eliminated a short while ago, Erik Seidel has returned to the field with a fresh starting stack of 100,000 chips.

Seidel is the United States’ all-time winningest tournament player with more than $33 million in career cashes. As such, he has an A+ rating from the Poker Credit Bureau.

Borrowed 30k, lender was very insistent I don’t pay him back till summer, even tho I want to pay this week. Poker world is a funny place

— Erik Seidel (@Erik_Seidel) January 22, 2018

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 911

Curt Kohlberg opened to 55,000 from the hijack and Aleksandr Shevelev three-bet to 205,000 from the cutoff. John Dolan asked to see their stacks and moved all in having them both covered.

Kohlberg called for his 703,000 stack and Shevelev mucked.

Dolan:
Kohlberg:

Kohlberg needed to catch but it was Dolan locking up the hand on the flop. The board finished and to send Kohlberg out in 23rd place.

John Dolan – 2,950,000 (123 bb)
Curt Kohlberg – Eliminated in 23rd place ($18,039)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

Justin Bonomo (big blind) was heads-up against Stephen Chidwick (button) after an flop. Both men put in 13,500 apiece there, though it’s not clear who led the action.

Joining live on the turn, Bonomo bet enough to set Chidwick all in. The Brit quickly called all in for 46,500 to put himself at risk.

Bonomo:
Chidwick:

Chidwick was ahead with an overpair, but Bonomo had outs to both a straight and a flush.

The river was the blank , though, and Chidwick doubled up with queens up.

Stephen Chidwick – 155,000
Justin Bonomo – 210,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 911

Almog Biton raised to 54,000 from middle position, Tristan Wade called from the hijack, and Nick Schwarmann called from the big blind.

The flop came down , Schwarmann checked, Biton bet 75,000, Wade called, and Schwarmann check-raised to 300,000. Biton called, and Wade used a time-extension before he folded.

The turn was the , Schwarmann bet 525,000, and Biton used two time-extensions before he folded.

Nick Schwarmann – 2,230,000 (93 bb)
Almog Biton – 1,010,000 (42 bb)