$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  216 of 582

On a flop of , Michael Berk bet 35,000 in middle position and Bin Weng called in the hijack.

The turn was the , Berk bet 40,000, and Weng called.

The river was the , Berk checked, Weng bet 137,500, and Berk called.

Weng tabled for treys full of queens, Berk mucked, and Weng won the pot to vault to about 540,000, which puts him just above Frank Funaro’s 520,000 as Day 1A approaches its end.

Bin Weng  –  540,000  (270 bb)
Michael Berk  –  75,000  (38 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  234 of 582

With about 15,000 in the pot and the board reading , Matthew Lambrecht bet 18,000 from the small blind. Tony Cousineau called in middle position.

Lambrecht showed for quad tens, besting Cousineau’s for a flush to win the pot.

Matthew Lambrecht  –  272,000  (136 bb)
Tony Cousineau  –  252,000  (126 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  243 of 582

Faraz Jaka raised from middle position to 7,500, the player in the cutoff called, and David DiBernardi moved all in from the small blind for 35,500. Jaka thought for a while before he called, and the cutoff thought for a while before she folded.

DiBernardi turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive against Jaka’s .

The board came , and Jaka paired his ten on the turn, but improved no further. DiBernardi won the pot with his pocket queens to double up in chips.

David DiBernardi  –  82,500  (41 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  120,000  (60 bb)

The tournament clock shows 240 players remaining from a field of 582 entries, with an average chip stack around 121,500 (61 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 37
$400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  141
Prize Pool:  $33,135
Bounty Prize Pool:  $14,100
January 17, 2025

Event 37 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts was a $400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) was a $400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 141 entries generated a prize pool of $33,135, with an additional $14,100 set aside for bounties. The final 18 players will finish in the money, with a min cash paying $605.

Up top for the winner is $9,260.

1st:  $9,260 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $5,830
3rd:  $3,465
4th:  $2,090
5th:  $1,625
6th:  $1,360
7th:  $1,175
8th:  $1,045
9th:  $925
10th-12th:  $810
13th-15th:  $705
16th-18th:  $605

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  252 of 582

With the board showing on the turn, Viktor Kovachev checked his small blind, and the UTG player bet 7,500. The button called, and Kovachev check-raised all in for 18,900. Both players called.

The river card was the , and both players checked.

Button:    (fives full of tens)
UTG:    (fives full of jacks)
Viktor Kovachev:    (sixes full of fives)

Kovachev had the highest full house, and won the pot to triple up in chips.

Viktor Kovachev  –  85,000  (57 bb)

A while later, Kovachev raised under the gun to 3,500, another player called, and the player on the button reraised to 13,000. Kovachev moved all in for 74,500, and the next player folded.

The player on the button tanked for a long time before he called with . Kovachev turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Kovachev to win the pot and double up in chips.

Viktor Kovachev  –  156,500  (104 bb)

The tournament clock shows 252 players remaining from a field of 582 entries, with an average chip stack around 115,500 (77 big blinds).

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure | Live Stream
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  261 of 582

Filipp Khavin raised all in for 10,000 from under the gun and Fred Dabus isolated the pot with a shove of his own for 66,000 in the hijack.

Khavin: 
Dabus: 

The board came , no help to Khavin, locking up the pot for Dabus.

Fred Dabus  –  80,000  (53 bb)
Filipp Khavin  –  Eliminated

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  270 of 582

During the dinner break, a new table was moved to the live-stream stage. Here is the lineup with official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Daniel Sepiol  –  116,000  (77 bb)
Seat 2.  Milan Dobrilovic  –  73,000  (49 bb)
Seat 3.  David McGowan  –  82,500  (55 bb)
Seat 4.  Francis Anderson  –  79,000  (53 bb)
Seat 5.  Spencer Champlin  –  146,500  (98 bb)
Seat 6.  Sebastian Crema  –  64,500  (43 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Adam Hendrix  –  50,000  (33 bb)
Seat 9.  Jonathan Tamayo  –  186,500  (124 bb)

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure | Live Stream
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries:  582

The players return from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 1,000-1,500 and a 1,500 ante.

Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 582 entries. This is the first of two starting flights, and Day 1B begins tomorrow at 11:00 am. There is already more than $1.86 million in the prizepool, and we should easily smash the $2 million guarantee tomorrow.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 300K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Timothy Mulroy  –  347,000  (231 bb)
2.  Yingui Li  –  332,500  (222 bb)
3.  Frank Funaro  –  318,500  (212 bb)
4.  Ricky Landais  –  314,500  (210 bb)
5.  George Tokarczyk  –  308,000  (205 bb)
6.  Michael Dwyer  –  294,000  (196 bb)

Action will continue tonight after dinner until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  557

Adam Hendrix was just eliminated when his fell to Steve Braverman’s .

The final board showed , and when the stacks were counted down, Hendrix had about 32,000 while Braverman had a little over 40,000.

Steve Braverman  –  79,000  (66 bb)
Adam Hendrix  –  Eliminated

The tournament clock shows 557 entries so far, and the prizepool is worth more than $1.78 million on its way to the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

Action will continue tonight after dinner until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure | Live Stream
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries:  550

David Poces was all in from middle position for 7,300 against the small blind and the big blind. Any additional betting would create a side pot.

Both players checked to the river on a board of , and all three players turned over their cards:

Small Blind:    (ace high)
Big Blind:    (ace high)
David Poces:    (pair of nines)

Poces spiked a nine on the river to win the pot and triple up in chips.

David Poces  –  23,100  (19 bb)

The tournament clock shows 550 entries so far, and the prizepool is worth more than $1.76 million on its way to the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

Action will continue tonight after dinner until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).