$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 155

Harvey Bruce Freedman moved all in from the small blind for about 160,000, and Bruce Gans called from the big blind with .

Freedman turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Gans won the pot with his ace to eliminate Freedman in fifth place.

Bruce Gans  –  425,000  (27 bb)
Harvey Bruce Freedman  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,543)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 465,000 (29 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $3,294.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 155

Jill Pike raised from the cutoff to 40,000, Greg Spinder moved all in from the big blind, and Pike called with . Spinder turned over , and he was dominated and facing elimination.

But the flop came , and Spinder flopped two pair to take the lead. Pike never caught up, and Spinder doubled up with his two pair.

Greg Spinder  –  180,000  (11 bb)
Jill Pike  –  21,000  (1 bb)

The next hand, Jill Pike moved all in from the hijack for 21,000, and Harvey Bruce Freedman called from the big blind with . Pike turned over , and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Freedman paired his eight on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Pike in sixth place.

Harvey Bruce Freedman  –  185,000  (12 bb)
Jill Pike  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($2,108)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 372,000 (23 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $2,543.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 155

Bruce Gans raised from the cutoff to 30,000, and Jill Pike called from the small blind. The flop came , Pike checked, Gans moved all in for 122,000, and Pike quickly called with .

Gans turned over for a spade-flush draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , giving Gans additional outs with a gutshot straight draw.

The river card was the , and Pike quietly said “Fudge nugget” as Gans rivered his flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Bruce Gans  –  324,000  (27 bb)
Jill Pike  –  200,000  (17 bb)

A short while later, Harvey Bruce Freedman raised from the hijack to 35,000, Richard Whitebrook moved all in from the button for about 110,000, and Yvonne McQuillan moved all in over the top from the big blind for about 280,000. Freedman folded.

Whitebrook turned over , but he needed to improve to stay alive against McQuillan’s .

The board came , and McQuillan turned a full house, jacks full of sixes, to win the pot and eliminate Whitebrook in seventh plce.

Yvonne McQuillan  –  450,000  (38 bb)
Richard Whitebrook  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,831)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 310,000 (26 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $2,108.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 155

The players return from break to begin Level 19, with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 with a 10,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Greg Spinder  –  64,000  (6 bb)
Seat 2.  David Albertson  –  104,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3.  Harvey Bruce Freedman  –  124,000  (12 bb)
Seat 4.  Bruce Gans  –  172,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5.  Richard Whitebrook  –  251,000  (25 bb)
Seat 6.  Jill Pike  –  254,000  (25 bb)
Seat 7.  Yvonne McQuillan  –  454,000  (45 bb)
Seat 8.  Phil Rigby  –  437,000  (44 bb)

A hand or two later, David Albertson raised from the button to 35,000, Harvey Bruce Freedman moved all in from the small blind for 119,000, and Albertson called all in for 104,000 with .

Freedman turned over , and Albertson needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Albertson paired his ten on the flop, but Freedman paired his ace on the turn and his nine on the river to win the pot and eliminate Albertson in eighth place.

Harvey Bruce Freedman  –  243,000  (24 bb)
David Albertson  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,644)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 266,000 (27 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $1,831.

$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  216 of 486

Registration has closed, and Event 11 ($150 Big Stack NLH) attracted 486 entries, creating a total prizepool worth $58,320.

The final 61 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $210 each, and the winner will earn $11,500, the trophy, and a $3,500 seat into the main event, the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  486
Prize Pool:  $58,320
January 13, 2020

1st:  $11,500 + LHPO Trophy + $3,500 WPT seat
2nd:  $8,060
3rd:  $5,182
4th:  $3,566
5th:  $2,737
6th:  $2,281
7th:  $1,904
8th:  $1,527
9th:  $1,151
10th-12th:  $951
13th-15th:  $752
16th-18th:  $635
19th-21st:  $535
22nd-24th:  $448
25th-27th:  $386
28th-36th:  $335
37th-45th:  $289
46th-54th:  $245
55th-61st:  $210

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 155

Greg Rosen moved all in from middle position for about 60,000, David Albertson moved all in over the top from the button for about 100,000, and the blinds folded.

Rosen turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Albertson’s .

The board came , and Albertson flopped a set of nines and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate Rosen in ninth place.

David Albertson  –  180,000  (23 bb)
Greg Rosen  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,417)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 233,000 (29 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $1,644.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 155

The final nine players have drawn for random seats at the final table, and play will continue tonight until they reach a winner. Here are their updated chip counts, followed by the remaining prizepool:

Seat 1.  Greg Spinder  –  67,000  (11 bb)
Seat 2.  David Albertson  –  100,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Harvey Bruce Freedman  –  204,000  (34 bb)
Seat 4.  Bruce Gans  –  231,000  (39 bb)
Seat 5.  Richard Whitebrook  –  92,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  Jill Pike  –  209,000  (35 bb)
Seat 7.  Greg Rosen  –  49,000  (8 bb)
Seat 8.  Yvonne McQuillan  –  473,000  (79 bb)
Seat 9.  Phil Rigby  –  440,000  (73 bb)

1st:  $14,166 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,188
3rd:  $5,415
4th:  $3,294
5th:  $2,543
6th:  $2,108
7th:  $1,831
8th:  $1,644
9th:  $1,417

And here is a list of the players who have finished in the money so far, along with their payouts:

10th:  Mike Parekh  –  $1,238
11th:  Hector Pacheco  –  $1,238
12th:  Fariborz Zojaji  –  $1,238
13th:  Miami John Cernuto  –  $1,067
14th:  Lawrence Klur  –  $1,067
15th:  David Katz  –  $1,067
16th:  Thomas Bielecky  –  $901
17th:  Peter Netherton  –  $901
18th:  Miguel Martinez  –  $901
19th:  Jonathan Shapiro  –  $738
20th:  Marc Levy  –  $738

We will be providing live updates from this table until they reach a winner.

2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,404
Prize Pool:  $1,361,880
January 9-13, 2020

The Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open kicked off the series with the $1,000,000 guaranteed WPTDeepStacks Hollywood event. The big tournament had a huge turnout and Tampa’s Edwards Muñiz made the trek across the state then walked away with the title.

“I still can’t believe it,” Muñiz said. “I can’t even process it. It’s been a magical few days.”

The tournament drew 1,404 entries over three starting flights and they put together a prize pool worth $1,361,880. Muñiz bagged the biggest stack in Flight B and he used those chips to make the final table at the end of Day 2.

Former RRPO opening event champ Trung Pham began the final table with the lead but Muñiz quickly moved up the counts until he took the late lead. He knocked the last three players out of the tournament and defeated Jason Block on the first hand of heads-up play.

Muñiz earned $228,717 for his WPTDeepStacks Hollywood title and moved into second place on the WPDeepStacks Player of the Year race with only 2019 champ Jason Young ahead of him.

This wasn’t the only win for Muñiz in this series. With some time to kill after bagging Flight B, Muñiz played the Big O tournament on Saturday and won that trophy on his day off.

“Killing time by playing poker and watching football is not a bad way to spend a Saturday,” Muñiz said. “I was sure that that was the peak of the poker trip until today happened.”

Congratulation to Edwards on the great weekend of poker and thank you to our players for a fantastic opening.

Final table results:

1st: Edwards Muñiz – $228,717*
2nd: Jason Block – $159,206
3rd: Peter Fellows – $103,316
4th: Brian Metter – $76,627
5th: Trung Pham – $57,739
6th: Howard Mash – $46,596
7th: Alcides Gomez – $38,348
8th: Justin Bianco – $30,276
9th: Aaron Rosenthal – $22,571
* First-prize amount includes a $3,000 package for the winner to play in the WPTDeepStacks Championship in April at Thunder Valley Resort & Casino.

Download: Complete WPTDeepStacks results (PDF)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 9:  400/800
Players Remaining:  40 of 108

The numbers were released for Event 10 and the $400 Pot Limit Omaha tournament drew 108 entries to create a prize pool of $36,720. The last 14 spots will be paid with $860 for a min-cash and $10,035 for the PLO champion.

2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 10
$400 Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  108
Prize Pool:   $36,720
January 13, 2020

1st: $10,035 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $6,695
3rd: $4,550
4th: $3,205
5th: $2,340
6th: $1,780
7th: $1,410
8th: $1,165
9th-10th: $1,005
11th-12th: $905
13th-14th: $860

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream
Level 36:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante

It did not take long to settle the matter. On the first hand of heads up, Jason Block limped his button and Edwards Muñiz raised to 1,500,000. Block moved all in for 10,100,000 and Muñiz called.

Muñiz:
Block:

Block was ahead for the double but Muñiz took the lead on the flop. The turn was and the river came to finish it off.

Block earned $159,206 for the runner-up finish while Muñiz banked $225,717 along with a $3K package to the WPTDeepStacks Championship.

1st: Edwards Muñiz – $228,717*
2nd: Jason Block – $159,206