$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 81 of 369

Former SHRP champ Jorge Gomez made a late move as the clock was running down and he found a good time for a monster.

He was involved in a four-way all in and his was ahead of John Binn’s with the button’s and big blind’s in trouble. The board was safe to send two out and catapult Gomez into the lead.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 99 of 369

They are moving right along in Flight A and the field is under 100 players with an hour left in play.

Dani Dayan continues to lead with 250,000 but Justin Harvell is closing on the top of the counts with 240,000 in late action. He made a final table tournament in each of our last two series as part of a streak that had him book six straight final table cashes.

2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$300 Omaha 8 or Better
Entries: 78
Prize Pool: $19,890
January 11, 2018

The first day of the 2018 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open series kicked off with the multi-day WPTDeepStacks event but we also awarded our first trophy. Event 2 was a one-day trophy tournament that featured the popular four-card game Limit Omaha/8. By the time it was complete, local regular Michael Moed added another Omaha/8 title to his credit along with the $4,000 payout.

Event 2 drew 368 split-pot enthusiasts and they built the prize pool up to nearly $20,000 by the time the $300 buy-in tournament closed registration. The tournament quickly played down from that point with only 12 players remaining at the dinner break and 10 of them set to earn some money.

It took one level after the return to form the final table ten and Moed was joined by fellow SHRP winner David Shmuel, a player who captured two titles himself during the 2017 RRPO series. Other regulars Carey Pickus and Philippe Goureau also made the money but could not book the win.

After Jordan Stone was eliminated in sixth place, the five remaining players worked out an ICM deal to divide up the remaining prize pool and Moed earned another win as the chip leader.

This tournament title was the tenth of his career and his eighth Omaha/8 victory. Six of those Omaha/8 titles came right here in SHRP games along with a dozen final tables. The win pushed Moed further over the $200,000 mark in career earnings and a nice little boost as he prepares for an expanded family.

Moed and his wife Angela, a very talented player herself, are expecting their second child in a few months and he is excited to meet the newest member of his family.

Congratulations to Michael on his continued dominance of the Omaha/8 games and good luck to the growing family.

Final results:

1st: Michael Moed – $4,000 + Trophy*
2nd: David Shmuel – $3,384*
3rd: Donald Maloney – $3,225*
4th: Philippe Goureau – $2,723*
5th: Carey Pickus – $2,579*
6th: Jordan Stone – $995
7th: Jason Lopesilvero – $895
8th: Joel Farris – $796
9th: Cheryl Eldridge – $696
10th: Jason Balcaitis – $597
* – Denotes a five-way deal

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 144 of 369

Players are back in their seats after the final break of the day and two more hours of action. Former SHRP champ Dani Dayan moved to the top of the counts with 218,500 as Jaime Wiegrefe dropped into second position.

They will grind down three more levels before survivors bag up for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

Top five stacks:

Dani Dayan – 218,500 (137 bb)
Jaime Wiegrefe – 203,500 (127 bb)
Raj Vohra – 200,000 (125 bb)
Kyle Carino – 195,000 (122 bb)
Michael Garcia – 183,000 (114 bb)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 144 of 369

Flight A players are taking their final break of the day with ~140 remaining and three more levels to survive before moving on to Day 2.

While they are gone, enjoy a video peek from our friends on WPTDeepStacks team.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 144 of 369

Flight A is moving right along with 16 tables remaining and some big names still around including Kathy Liebert among the big stacks.

But the biggest belongs to SHR regular Jaime Wiegrefe closing in on 240,000 with only a handful of levels remaining in their day. The Miami grinder has a dozen career live tournament cashes with seven of them coming right here.

$300 Limit Omaha/8 (Re-Entry)
Level 14: 4,000/8,000 Limits | Structure
Players Remaining: 10 of 78

While the WPTDeepStacks event continues to play down to the end of their day, the Omaha/8 tournament hit their final table in the meeting room. Tournament staff moved the final ten players across the hall to play it out in the ballroom and they are back underway.

It’s a pretty nice lineup vying for the first trophy including former SHRP champs Michael Moed and David Shmuel.

Seat 1: Donald Maloney – 87,000
Seat 2: David Shmuel – 118,000
Seat 3: Philippe Goureau – 90,000
Seat 4: Jason Lepesilvero – 62,000
Seat 5: Jason Balcaitis – 8,500
Seat 6: Carey Pickens – 119,000
Seat 7: Jordan Stone – 152,000
Seat 8: Cheryl Parker – 50,000
Seat 9: Michael Moed – 82,000
Seat 10: Joel Farris – 12,000

Payouts:

1st – $6,721 + Trophy
2nd – $3,879
3rd – $2,427
4th – $1,641
5th – $1,243
6th – $995
7th – $895
8th – $796
9th – $696
10th – $597

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 189 of 369

The big brains crunched the numbers and Flight A of the  WPTDeepStacks event officially drew 369 entries to put it on pace to top the $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool sometime on Saturday.

We found Jon Borenstein making his way through post-dinner action and he has a bit of success in both WPT and SHR tournaments. He made the final table of the inaugural Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Big 4 $2,650 Freeze-out and finished third in the SHR Showdown opening tournament for another $60,000.

Borenstein’s biggest cash came in the WPT500 Las Vegas this summer when he picked up $230,000 for earning the title to push him over $1.5 million in career earnings.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight A Entries: 369

The dinner break is complete and cards are back in the air for the WPTDeepStacks event. The unofficial count shows 369 entries in the first flight and we are waiting on the accounting to complete before that number is locked in.

They will play six more levels today, with a break in the middle, before the survivors bag up their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday.

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
End of Level 9: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight A Entries: 364

Players in Flight A of the WPTDeepStacks opener are on a one-hour dinner break. The clock shows 364 to this point with registration and a single re-entry available until cards go back in the air.

With a stack of 153,000, Joe Corpus appears to have one of the largest holdings in the room. We’ll take a look at some of the other chip counts a bit later in the break.

Play is slated to resume at roughly 6:30pm.