2022 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  527
Prize Pool:  $176,545
January 16, 2022

Event 6 of the 2022 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry), attracted 527 entries to create a prize pool of $176,545, more than tripling the guarantee.

A seven-way deal was reached at the final table and as the chip leader, Bryan Choi was the official winner, earning $25,820 for his showing.

*denotes seven-handed deal

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 527

After playing seven-handed for a few minutes, the remaining players agreed to look at the numbers and soon reached a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Bryan Choi  –  3,700,000  (62 bb)
Raffaello Locatelli  – 2,195,000  (37 bb)
D.J. Collier  –  1,985,000  (33 bb)
Larry Metz  –  980,000  (16 bb)
Axel Santoni  –  675,000  (11 bb)
Guillermo Hamilton  –  530,000  (9 bb)
Michael Forca  –  475,000  (8 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Bryan Choi  –  $25,820
Raffaello Locatelli  –  $18,635
D.J. Collier  –  $17,872
Larry Metz  –  $12,226
Axel Santoni  –  $10,331
Guillermo Hamilton  –  $10,302
Michael Forca  –  $8,884

As the chip leader, Bryan Choi is the official winner of Event 6 of the 2022 Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

A recap of the event will be posted later this morning.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 527

Following a nine-high flop, a short-stacked Spyros Malkotsis was all in from the big blind with for about 300,000 against Bryan Choi’s in middle position.

Malkotsis found no help from the turn nor river, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Bryan Choi  –  3,800,000  (76 bb)
Spyros Malkotsis  – Eliminated in 8th Place  ($4,555)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 527

Arthur Boatman was all in for about 1,200,000 with in the cutoff against Bryan Choi in middle position holding .

The final board read , giving Choi jacks full of tens to eliminate Boatman in ninth place.

Bryan Choi  –  3,700,000  (74 bb)
Arthur Boatman  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($3,520)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 527

Seat 1:  Raffaello Locatelli  –  1,770,000  (44 bb)
Seat 2:  Spyros Malkotsis  –  310,000  (8 bb)
Seat 3:  DJ Collier  –  2,240,000  (56 bb)
Seat 4:  Guillermo Hamilton  – 740,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5:  Bryan Choi  –  2,600,000  (65 bb)
Seat 6:  Larry Metz  –  210,000  (5 bb)
Seat 7:  Michael Forca  –  460,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8:  Arthur Boatman  –  1,450,000  (36 bb)
Seat 9:  Axel Santoni  –  800,000  (20 bb)

1st:  $33,505 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $23,480
3rd:  $15,420
4th:  $10,785
5th:  $8,285
6th:  $6,885
7th:  $5,710
8th:  $4,555
9th:  $3,520

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 343

Day 2 will begin Monday at 2 p.m.

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 343

Day 2 will begin Monday at 2 p.m.

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 8
$600 Triple Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  94
Prize Pool:  $49,820
January 16, 2022

Event 8 of the 2022 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, the $600 Triple Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry), drew 94 entries and a prize pool of $49,920.

A deal was reached among the final four players and as the chip leader, Carlo Rodriguez was the official winner for $9,827.

*denotes four-handed deal

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 4,960

Day 2 of the 2022 Lucky Hearts Poker Open kickoff event began with 618 players, all starting the day in the money. After 17 levels of play, just 14 remain, each looking to capture the $368,855 first-place prize.

Frank Brannan is leading the way after Day 2 with 23,750,000, followed closely by Day 1 chip leader Farid Jattin with 21,275,000. The two of them hold more than 45% of the chips in play.

The remaining 14 players will return on Monday at 3 p.m to play down to a winner.

Table 7
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  Brandon Lalloo  –  3,650,000 (12 bb)
Seat 3:  Geremy Labrador  –  2,500,000  (8 bb)
Seat 4:  Dustin Nelson  –  2,775,000  (9 bb)
Seat 5:  Christopher Haydt  –  9,775,000  (33 bb)
Seat 6:  Steve Bridges  –  7,200,000  (24 bb)
Seat 7:  Frank Brannan  –  23,750,000  (79 bb)
Seat 8:  Timothy Mulroy  –  5,275,000  (18 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 8
Seat 1:  Chris Perry  –  5,175,000  (17 bb)
Seat 2:  Eric Siegel  –  2,725,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3:  Rachael Pampinella  –  2,125,000  (7 bb)
Seat 4:  Yoseph Yehudai  –  3,950,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5:  Aaron Flores  –  4,925,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6:  Jeremy Pappano  –  3,775,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7:
Seat 8:
Seat 9:  Farid Jattin  –  21,275,000  (71 bb)

1st:  $368,855 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $235,680
3rd:  $175,540
4th:  $141,855
5th:  $113,485
6th:  $87,695
7th:  $59,320
8th:  $45,650
9th-10th:  $30,095
11th-12th:  $20,055
13th-14th:  $14,360

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 4,960

Yoseph Yehudai raised all in for 1,775,000 from under the gun and Christopher Zito called all in for a little less from the hijack.

Yehudai: 
Zito: 

The board ran out , giving Yehudai aces and treys to eliminate Zito in 15th place.

Yoseph Yehudai  – 3,900,000  (16 bb)
Christopher Zito  –  Eliminated in 15th Place  ($14,360)