2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 34
$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  103
Prize Pool:  $15,000
January 16, 2025

The All In for St. Jude Charity Event had 103 entries, and after pulling out the $15,000 for the prizepool, there was $15,870 raised in entry fees for St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital. (That’s in addition to all the money raised thru the auction and the silent auction.)

There was $1,000 taken out of the prizepool for the chipleader-at-the-first-break bonus, and the remaining $14,000 will be paid out to the final nine players as shown below:

1st:  $5,000
2nd:  $2,700
3rd:  $1,500
4th:  $1,200
5th:  $1,000
6th:  $800
7th:  $700
8th:  $600
9th:  $500

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 103

Registration has closed with 103 entries, and there was an award for the chipleader at this first break. Unsurprisingly, the chipleader is Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi, who turned his 10K starting stack into 158,500 over the first two hours of play. (The next closest chip stack was 91,000.)

Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi  –  158,500 (159 bb)

As chipleader at the first break, Mizrachi receives a trophy and $1,000 cash.

With 45 players remaining from a field of 103, the average chip stack is around 22,900 (23 big blinds). They will be playing down to a winner tonight.

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $196,910  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 203

Bin Weng  –  265,000  (53 bb)
Travell Thomas  –  235,000  (47 bb)
George Hortelano  –  210,000  (42 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  210,000  (42 bb)
Jonathan Tamayo  –  200,000  (40 bb)
Cangir Elcin  –  175,000  (35 bb)
Herbert Nairn  –  170,000  (34 bb)
Artem Metalidi  –  75,000  (15 bb)

$10,000 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 10:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 74

Grant Wang  –  948,000  (79 bb)
Thomas Carroll  –  780,000  (65 bb)
Jordan Westmorland  –  620,000  (52 bb)
Isaac Kempton  –  600,000  (50 bb)
Rogen Chhabra  –  570,000  (48 bb)
Andrew Moreno  –  495,000  (41 bb)
Justin Zaki  –  440,000  (37 bb)
Michael Berk  –  410,000  (34 bb)
David Coleman  –  340,000  (28 bb)
Eli Berg  –  335,000  (28 bb)
David McGowan  –  295,000  (25 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  260,000  (22 bb)
Martin Carnero  –  180,000  (15 bb)

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  200/300
Entries:  74

The charity event is nearing the one-hour mark, and the field has increased to 74 entries. Randall Emmett is playing, and whenever somebody busts from his table, he’s paying for them to re-enter.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, shortly before 10:00 pm.

The Silent Auction portion of the All In for St. Jude Charity Event is being held until 9:30 pm, and there are some very impressive items available.

• an autographed guitar signed by CMA award-winning Best New Female Artist Megan Moroney

• a reserved seat in a Celebrity Cash Game held in Las Vegas, featuring celebrities playing $1/$3 no-limit hold’em

• a three-night stay at The Setting Inn Napa Valley with a private tour and wine-tasting

• two tickets and a round of drinks at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater

• a Las Vegas vacation package that includes a four-night stay at Caesars Palace, a round of golf for four players at Painted Desert Golf Club, four tickets to a Vegas Golden Knights hockey game, and more

• a 24″x48″ acrylic collage by local Miami artist Liz Nevado titled “Sweet Kisses”

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 33
$300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  127
Prize Pool:  $25,400
Bounty Prize Pool:  $6,350
January 16, 2025

Event 33 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 127 entries generated a prize pool of $25,400, with an additional $6,350 set aside for bounties. The final 16 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $400.

Up top for the winner is $6,540.

1st:  $6,540 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $4,320
3rd:  $3,220
4th:  $2,400
5th:  $1,820
6th:  $1,380
7th:  $1,060
8th:  $820
9th-10th:  $640
11th-12th:  $480
13th-16th:  $400

$400 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 181

Flight A:  126 Entries;  16 Advanced
Flight B:  65 Entries;  8 Advanced
Flight C:  Reg. Until ~9:30 p.m.
Day 2:  Friday at 1 p.m.

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Entries:  50

The cards went in the air for the All In for St. Jude Charity Event at 7:39 pm with 50 entries. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, shortly before 10:00 pm.

There was an introduction before the tournament by WPT Executive Tour Director Matt Savage, Charity Series of Poker President/Found Matt Stout, and Lizzette Dorado, who is the Executive Director for St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital in Florida and Puerto Rico.

The items for the silent auction have been brought into the tournament area, and the silent auction remains open until 9:30 pm.

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 32
$10,000 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  74
Prize Pool:  $703,000
January 16, 2025

Event 32 of the 2025 Seminole Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 74 entries for a prize pool of $703,000. The final 10 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying 

Up top for the winner is $217,320.

1st:  $217,320 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $141,200
3rd:  $94,700
4th:  $66,900
5th:  $48,100
6th:  $36,600
7th:  $29,000
8th:  $25,000
9th-10th:  $22,090

$300 All In for St. Jude Charity Event (Re-Entry)
$15,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The All In for St. Jude Charity Event began with a fancy players party with food, drinks, and a traditional auction, and there is a silent auction for other items that continues until 9:30 pm.

The poker tournament was scheduled for 7:00 pm, but it will be off to a late start as everyone is moving over from the players party to the dedicated tournament area. There will also be single-table blackjack tournaments available. (Players must be 21 years old for blackjack, while poker is 18+.)

The buy-in is $300, and players begin with 10,000 in chips. Registration remains open until the start of Level 9, which will be about 9:45 pm or so.

As a charity event, it will be quick, with 15-minute levels, and they are playing down to a winner tonight. We won’t be covering this like most of our tournaments, because this event isn’t really about the poker hands.