$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  586

Alex Foxen raised to 2,600 from the button and Joey Weissman called in the big blind.

The flop was , Weissman checked, Foxen bet 2,100, and Weissman called.

The turn was the , Weissman checked, Foxen bet 8,300, and Weissman called.

The river was the , Weissman checked, Foxen bet 11,200, Weissman check-raised all in with a covering stack, and Foxen thought for a little more than a minute before he called all in for about 45,000 more.

Weissman showed for a jack-high straight, besting Foxen’s for a ten-high straight to score the elimination.

Joey Weissman  –  207,000  (173 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  Eliminated

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 38
$400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries:  85
Prize Pool:  $28,475
January 20, 2024

Registration closed for the $400 Deep Stack Big O with 85 entries creating a prize pool worth $28,475. The last 11 players will cash with $800 for a min-cash and $9,165 to the Big O champ.

1st: $9,165 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $5,555
3rd: $3,455
4th: $2,335
5th: $1,780
6th: $1,425
7th: $1,185
8th: $1,000
9th: $920
10th: $855
11th: $800

$600 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100

We’ve been running some a turbo tournament most evenings of the series in one form or another. Tonight we have LHPO Event 39 at 9 pm with a $600 buy-in Deep Stack Turbo NLH tournament.

Players sit down to 20,000 in their stacks and levels last 15 minutes from start to finish. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 11:15 pm.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 39 Structure Sheet

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  324 of 557

There was 130,000 in the pot with the board reading when Dovid Lakein was all in for 48,100 from the small blind holding .

The full house was more than enough to top the pocket aces held by Jim Orleans under the gun. Lakein stacked up 226,200 after collecting the pot, and Orleans was at 128,300 after the hand.

Dovid Lakein – 226,200 (188 bb)
Jim Orleans – 128,300 (106 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  565

Alex Foxen raised to 2,600 from the button and Joey Weissman called in the big blind.

The flop was , Weissman checked, Foxen bet 1,700, and Weissman called.

The turn was the , Weissman checked, Foxen bet 7,800, and Weissman called.

The river was the and both checked.

Weissman showed for kings and nines, Foxen mucked, and Weissman won the pot.

Joey Weissman  –  124,000  (103 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  53,000  (44 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  324 of 557

Aaron Thivynathan held 63,900 from the big blind with , and that was just enough to cover the stack of his opponent who held pocket queens from late position.

The final board read , and Thivyanathan won the hand to stack up 136,000 after collecting the pot.

Aaron Thivyanathan – 136,000 (113 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  544

Aditya Prasetyo  –  325,000  (325 bb)
Kathy Liebert  –  250,000  (250 bb)
Luke Brereton  –  210,000  (210 bb)
Tom Koral  –  182,000  (182 bb)
Albert Calderon  –  165,000  (165 bb)
Juan Endara  –  147,000  (147 bb)
Andrew Moreno  –  143,000  (143 bb)
Austin Morin  –  122,000  (122 bb)
Mitch Garshofsky  –  116,000  (116 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott  –  114,000  (114 bb)
Zhen Cai  –  109,000  (109 bb)
Al Gomez  –  90,000  (90 bb)
Taylor Black  –  85,000  (85 bb)
Daryll Fish  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Stuart Paterson  –  66,000  (66 bb)
James Carroll  –  49,000  (49 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Shamica Lamar  –  46,000  (46 bb)
Frederic Normand  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Mike Liang  –  33,000  (33 bb)
Loni Hui  –  26,000  (26 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  533

The small blind was all in preflop for 23,000 with pocket aces, and Harvey Castro had him covered holding UTG+1.

The final board read , and Castro won the hand to stack up 111,500 after collecting the pot.

The small blind took the loss a little rough as he asked the dealer to hold the cards so he could a picture of them to, “emotionally deal with it later.” It didn’t take long for that to happen though as he flipped a chair over at another empty table as he walked out of the room a few seconds later.

Harvey Castro – 111,500 (111 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  532

Steven Snyder  –  225,000  (225 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  190,000  (190 bb)
Steven McKoy  –  174,000  (174 bb)
Jon Borenstein  –  165,000  (165 bb)
Joey Weissman  –  137,000  (137 bb)
Brandon Navarrete  –  130,000  (130 bb)
Scott Margereson  –  114,000  (114 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  112,000  (112 bb)
Nitis Udornpim  –  100,000  (100 bb)
Frank Russo  –  80,000  (80 bb)
Danny Fuhs  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Jeff Trudeau  –  74,000  (74 bb)
Marc Sacheli  –  70,000  (70 bb)
Danny Shiff  –  63,000  (63 bb)
Alessio Isaia  –  58,000  (58 bb)
Min Zhang  –  57,000  (57 bb)
Justin Saliba  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Carlos Guerrero  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Uri Kadosh  –  25,000  (25 bb)
Jeff Yarchever  –  25,000  (25 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  516

Eliot Hudon  –  235,000  (235 bb)
Jean Gaspard  –  224,000  (224 bb)
Dylan Linde  –  205,000  (205 bb)
Tyler Brow  –  180,000  (180 bb)
Anton Wigg  –  154,000  (154 bb)
Blake Purvis  –  150,000  (150 bb)
Marcos Exterkotter  –  145,000  (145 bb)
Jeremy Joseph  –  122,000  (122 bb)
Joel Deutsch  –  122,000  (122 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  114,000  (114 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  65,000  (65 bb)
David Inselberg  –  64,000  (64 bb)
Jessica Cai  –  64,000  (64 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan  –  64,000  (64 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Wagner Wysotchanski  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Fikret Kovac  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Javier Zarco  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Michael Newman  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Bobby Lupo  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Matt Glantz  –  37,000  (37 bb)
Ayed Shweihat  –  35,000  (35 bb)
Sandy Sanchez  –  34,000  (34 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  27,000  (27 bb)