$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  563

Darryll Fish  –  218,000  (218 bb)
Jordan Westmorland  –  182,000  (182 bb)
David Nathaniel  –  156,000  (156 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  145,000  (145 bb)
Brian Altman  –  143,000  (143 bb)
Nick Maimone  –  140,000  (140 bb)
TJ Shulman  –  125,000  (125 bb)
David Jackson  –  120,000  (120 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  102,000  (102 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  91,000  (91 bb)
Spencer Champlin  –  88,000  (88 bb)
Walter Bravo  –  86,000  (86 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  78,000  (78 bb)
Gregory Baird  –  76,000  (76 bb)
Gregory Spinder  –  74,000  (74 bb)
Nicholas Palma  –  65,000  (65 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Joshua Cranfill  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Tony Dunst  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  39,000  (39 bb)
Stuart Paterson  –  38,000  (38 bb)
Matthew Waxman  –  32,000  (32 bb)
Ayed Shweihat  –  30,000  (30 bb)
Joey Weissman  –  27,000  (27 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  26,000  (26 bb)
Daniel Swartz  –  13,000  (13 bb)
Johnny Bromberg   –  13,000  (13 bb)

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 38
$1,100 Progressive Bounty 5-Card PLO
Entries:  30
Prize Pool:  $23,100
Bounty Prize Pool:  $6,000
January 16, 2026

Event 38 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Progressive Bounty 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha. A field of 30 entries produced a prize pool of $23,100, with an additional $6,000 set aside for bounties. The final four players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $2,600.

Up top for the winner is $10,200.

1st:  $10,200 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,300
3rd:  $4,000
4th:  $2,600

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 37
$400 H.O.R.S.E.
Entries:  65
Prize Pool:  $21,450
January 16, 2026

Event 37 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 H.O.R.S.E, drawing 65 entries for a prize pool of $21,450. The final nine players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $770.

Up top for the winner is $7,490.

1st:  $7,490 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $4,290
3rd:  $2,630
4th:  $1,875
5th:  $1,445
6th:  $1,125
7th:  $965
8th:  $860
9th:  $770

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  533

A scan of the stacks during the dinner break revealed three players above the 240K mark.

1.  Artem Metalidi  –  321,600  (322 bb)
2.  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  253,500  (254 bb)
3.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  244,000  (244 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  519

Level 6 ended and tournament staff sent Championship players on their 90-minute dinner break, returning at 7 pm. They will play two more levels before we close registration and four more levels before they bag.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1A Entries:  490

Until a few days ago, Raminder Singh held the record (or tied) for the most career major SHR tournament wins in our history. He held the top spot on the all-time list for years until Yuval Bronshtein passed him with a win in the $400 Double Bomb Pot PLO tournament.

But Singh is still king of our No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 15 wins, and in some of our biggest tournaments on the schedule, including an Event 1 title during the 2019 SHRPO series for $200,000, and he took the top spot in this tournament in 2024 for another $486,353.

Singh has earned more than $900K in those 15 results alone, and he’s in today, trying to put another big win on his résumé.

1.  2015 SHRPO – $250 No-Limit Hold’em – $6,716
2.  2015 RRPO – $350 NLHE Black Chip Bounty – $11,400
3.  2015 RRPO – $350 No-Limit Hold’em – $15,298
4.  2018 RRPO – $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em – $37,706
5.  2019 SHRPO – $600 No-Limit Hold’em – $200,000
6.  2020 LHPO – $600 No-Limit Hold’em Six Max – $22,520
7.  2021 SHRPO – $200 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH – $6,256
8.  2022 Showdown – $150 No-Limit Hold’em – $5,008
9.  2022 RRPO – $600 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em – $7,897
10.  2023 Showdown – $400 No-Limit Hold’em – $12,230
11.  2024 LHPO – $3,500 No-Limit Hold’em Championship – $486,353
12.  2024 Showdown – $600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em – $18,400
13.  2024 SHRPO – $300 Quad Stack Bounty NLHE – $6,730
14.  2025 Showdown – $300 Quad Stack Six-Max Bounty NLHE – $4,499
15.  2025 Showdown – $400 No-Limit Hold’em – $7,576

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1A Entries:  444

Action is back underway after the second break with 444 entries on the and Ryan Seigel to the top of the counts. He leads with 231,000 with Artem Metalidi, Andrew Ostapchenko, Bretty Murray, and Alan Schein in top five.

They will work through two more levels before taking a 90-minute dinner break at 5:30 pm.

1.  Ryan Seigel  –  231,600  (386 bb)
2.  Artem Metalidi  –  215,600  (359 bb)
3.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  209,000  (348 bb)
4.  Brett Murray  –  175,300  (292 bb)
5.  Alan Schein  –  174,200  (290 bb)
6.  Shundan Xiao  –  173,000  (288 bb)
7.  Fikret Kovac  –  169,600  (283 bb)

$400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Closing out today’s schedule with more bounty at action in LHPO Event 39 at 5 pm.

$400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em with $100 on every player’s head, bust someone and get paid immediately.

They sit down to 25K deep stacks and all levels last 20 minutes for the one-day trophy event. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 8:30 pm.

• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (8:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 39 Structure Sheet

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 33
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  180
Prize Pool:  $174,600
January 15-16, 2026

LHPO Event 33 was a $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $100,000 guarantee and a two-day structure. The tournament drew 180 entries, creating a prize pool worth $174,600, and Karanvir Singh took the top spot outright for $40,520.

Congrats Karanvir!

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 34
$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Entries:  28
Prize Pool:  $691,600
January 15, 2026

The $25,500 LHPO High Roller was the biggest buy-in tournament on the schedule, and it drew some of the top players in the game. The tournament drew 28 entries, creating a prize pool worth $691,600, and Thomas Boivin won the title outright for $310,255.

This is Boivin’s third major SHR title and his first LHPO trophy.

“This is my first red one,” Boivin said with a happy smile.

Congrats Thomas!

2023 Showdown: $25K High Roller ($711,300)
2025 Showdown: $10K Six-Max ($271,600)
2026 LHPO: $25K High Roller ($310,255)