$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 36: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 1,404
Peter Fellows open-shoved for 2,900,000 from the button, Edwards Muñiz called in the small blind and Jason Block folded his big.
Muñiz: Fellows:
Fellows had two live cards to double but the board was no help to send him out in third place.
Edwards Muñiz – 32,000,000 (80 bb) Peter Fellows – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($103,316)
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 36: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 1,404
Jason Block and Peter Fellows folded before Brian Metter moved all in for 4,200,000 from the small blind. Edwards Muñiz checked his cards and called in the big blind.
Muñiz: Metter:
Metter was in great shape for a double and faded trouble on the flop. The turn gave Muñiz a gutshot draw and it filled on the river to send Metter out in fourth place.
Edwards Muñiz – 29,000,000 (73 bb) Brian Metter – Eliminated in 4th Place ($76,627)
2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 7 $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty (Single Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed Entries: 109 Prize Pool: $111,725 Bounty Prize Pool: $54,500 January 12-13, 2020
Two years ago, Manny Tarich final tabled the Purple Chip Bounty event at the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, finishing fifth. (This event’s name comes from the purple $500 chip that players receive for knocking out another player.) Last year, he made the final table again, getting heads-up but falling short of the trophy once again.
This year, Tarich finally got the job done and won the tournament to claim his own bounty. “It’s awesome,” said Tarich. “I’m glad to finally get the monkey off my back.”
Tarich could have claimed victory earlier, but he shut down a five-player deal even though, as chipleader at the time, it would have given him the title and the trophy.
“I don’t do this for a living,” said Tarich, “so for me it’s pure competition. I used to play a lot of sports, and I was a very competitive person. For me, the win is more important than the money. Normally I won’t chop, because I like to play to win.”
There was a lot of respect given to third-place finisher Viktor Kovachev, who was openly praised by the other players at the table with four left.
At one point, Tarich was openly contemplating making a call against Kovachev for six big blinds on the river knowing he was beat. “I almost want to call just to see what you have,” said Tarich at the time, “even though I know I’m going to lose the hand.”
“I got quite lucky to hit the king against his jacks to knock [Kovachev] out,” said Tarich. “But the whole final table was solid players, and I was lucky to win.”
After Kovachev was eliminated, Tarich and Jason Nablo took some time to discuss a deal, and Tarich finally relented, agreeing to an even chop, though Tarich got to claim Nablo’s bounty along with his own.
Tarich said we aren’t likely to see him much the rest of this series, as he has commitments to work and family. “I have a great family at home,” said Tarich, who has several children, “and I’m very lucky my wife is patient to let me spend 13 hours on a Sunday playing poker.”
But Tarich will definitely be back here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood before too long.
“I only play at the Hard Rock,” said Tarich. “I stopped playing at other casinos. The staff here is amazing, and I’ve been coming here since it was the original casino next door. Everyone knows me even if I’m here once every couple of months. I won’t play anywhere else.”
Final Results:
1st: Manny Tarich – $27,093* 2nd: Jason Nablo – $27,092* 3rd: Viktor Kovachev – $12,401 4th: Artem Zverkhovskyy – $8,100 5th: Dominick Sannino – $6,257 6th: Stanley Lee – $5,139 7th: Chauncey Monk – $4,357 8th: Jose Parra – $3,799 9th: Truyen Nguyen – $3,352 10th: Thiago Palmieri Camilo – $2,961 11th: Leif Force – $2,961 12th: Guy Naimi – $2,961 13th: Vito Recchimurzo – $2,626 14th: Filipp Khavin – $2,626
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 36: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 1,404
Brian Metter limped from the small blind, Edwards Muñiz checked his option in the big blind, and the flop came . Both players checked, the turn was , and Metter bet 400,000.
Muñiz raised to 1,800,000 and Metter called. The river was , Metter checked, and Muñiz put out a big 7,000,000 bet. Metter thought for several moments and called.
Muñiz tabled for a turned wheel and Metter mucked the big pot to the leader.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 36: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 1,404
Level 35 came to an end and the four remaining players went on another 15-minute break. The average stack is 10,530,000 (26 bb) with the new blinds at 200,000/400,000 and a 400,000 big blind ante.
1st: $228,717* 2nd: $159,206 3rd: $103,316 4th: $76,627 * First-prize amount includes a $3,000 package for the winner to play in the WPTDeepStacks Championship in April at Thunder Valley Resort & Casino.
$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining: 30 of 168
The books are closed on the $600 Double Black Chip Bounty tournament and it drew 168 entries to easily beat the $50,000 guarantee. They combined to put $55,400 in the regular prize pool and another $33,600 in bounties. The last 21 spots will be paid with a min-cash worth $720 and the Event 9 champ will earn $13,410.
2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 9 $600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed Entries: 168 Prize Pool: $55,400 Bounty Prize Pool: $33,600 January 13, 2020
Closing out the Monday schedule, we have another huge evening tournament going at 6 pm. The tournament has a smaller buy-in, big guarantee, and a nice bonus prize at the end.
Event 11 is a $150 buy-in Big Stack tournament with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and we ADDED a $3,500 WPT LHPO Championship seat to first place. Not a bad way to spend a Monday evening.
Each player will start with 15,000 in chips and the tournament will run 20-minute levels. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:10 pm. This is a one-day tournament and they will play until we have another LHPO champion.
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship seat added to 1st place
Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 1,404
Trung Pham open-shoved for 1,900,000 from the button and Jason Block reshipped from the small blind to get a fold from Peter Fellows in the big.
Block: Pham:
Pham was in the lead to double up and the all-heart flop was safe. The turn left Pham with five outs to fade but the river paired Block to send Pham out in fifth place.
Jason Block – 4,900,000 (16 bb) Trung Pham – Eliminated in 5th Place ($57,739)
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 1,404
Peter Fellows shoved for 4,975,000 from the cutoff and Trung Pham quickly called from the big blind.
Fellows: Pham:
Fellows was in a lot of trouble but was bailed out when the dealer spread the flop. The board finished with turn and river to send Fellows the double.
Peter Fellows – 10,400,000 (35 bb) Trung Pham – 2,225,000 (7 bb)
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts | Live Stream Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 1,404
Jason Block opened to 650,000 from the button and Brian Metter moved all in for 4,800,000 from the big blind. Metter called and the cards were tabled.
Metter: Block:
Metter was dominated but he caught the flop to take the lead. He made trip sevens on the turn and Metter had his double after the river completed the board.
Brian Metter – 10,050,000 (34 bb) Jason Block – 2,375,000 (8 bb)