$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results  |   Live Stream

$1,100 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 75

Day 2 of the Mixed PLO begins Monday at 1 p.m.

Table 4
Seat 1:  Tom Koral  –  291,000  (49 bb)
Seat 2:  Payam Pourghassem  –  185,000  (31 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  170,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:  Gary Friedman  –  165,500  (27 bb)
Seat 8:  Andrea Mastrogiovanni  –  268,000  (45 bb)

Table 5
Seat 1:  Alexander Orlov  –  82,500  (14 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Vadim Shlez  –  124,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Chris Licht  –  241,000  (40 bb)
Seat 6:
Seat 7:  Samuel Ebert  –  150,500  (25 bb)
Seat 8:  Yaser Al-Keliddar  –  186,500  (31 bb)

1st:  $24,588 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $14,186
3rd:  $8,876
4th:  $6,002
5th:  $4,547
6th:  $3,638
7th:  $3,274
8th:  $2,910
9th:  $2,546
10th:  $2,183

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results  |   Live Stream
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,162

Day 3 begins Monday at noon.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results  |   Live Stream
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,162

Day 2 came to an end with 56 players remaining, and the chipleader is Julian Pineda, who finished with 3,815,000 (153 big blinds).

Here is a look at the top of the leaderboard with the four players who bagged at least two million in chips:

1.  Julian Pineda  –  3,815,000  (153 bb)
2.  Christian Roberts  –  2,610,000  (104 bb)
3.  Caio De Lucca  –  2,535,000  (101 bb)
4.  Joost Schippers  –  2,150,000  (86 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $562,600 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $375,000
3rd:  $275,000
4th:  $205,000
5th:  $156,000
6th:  $119,000
7th:  $92,000
8th:  $71,000
9th-10th:  $56,000
11th-12th:  $46,500
13th-15th:  $39,000
16th-19th:  $32,500
20th-23rd:  $27,500
24th-31st:  $23,100
32nd-39th:  $19,400
40th-47th:  $16,300
48th-55th:  $13,800
56th:  $11,500

Day 3 begins tomorrow at 12:00 noon, and the field is scheduled to play down to the seven-handed live-streamed final table. Stay tuned to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the $3,500 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Live Stream
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,162

Here is a list of the final eliminations from Day 2, along with their payouts:

57th:  John Racener  –  $11,500
58th:  Niall Costigan  –  $11,500
59th:  Steve Buckner  –  $11,500
60th:  Anibal Pabon  –  $11,500
61st:  Max Young  –  $11,500
62nd:  Padraig O’Neill  –  $11,500
63rd:  Kharlin Sued  –  $11,500

64th:  Michael Gathy  –  $9,600
65th:  Frank Funaro  –  $9,600
66th:  Tom Dobrilovic  –  $9,600
67th:  Dan Heimiller  –  $9,600
68th:  Ramel Diaz-Warner  –  $9,600
69th:  Martin Carnero  –  $9,600
70th:  Harrison Gimbel  –  $9,600
71st:  Frank Stepuchin  –  $9,600
72nd:  Carl Carodenuto  –  $9,600
73rd:  Michael Newman  –  $9,600
74th:  Robert Kennedy  –  $9,600
75th:  Ky Nguyen  –  $9,600
76th:  Frederic Normand  –  $9,600
77th:  Mica Lamar  –  $9,600
78th:  Matthew Sabia  –  $9,600
79th:  Robert Grossman  –  $9,600

With 56 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,040,000 (52 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,500 each.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Live Stream
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,162

John Racener was all in from the hijack for about 325,000 with , and needed to improve to stay alive against the of Owen Savir in early position.

The board came , and the aces held up for Savir to win the pot and eliminate Racener in 57th place.

Owen Savir  –  830,000  (42 bb)
John Racener  –  Eliminated in 57th Place  ($11,500)

With 56 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,040,000 (52 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,500 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:45 am).

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Live Stream
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  57 of 1,162

On the turn of an board with roughly 600,000 in the pot, Niall Costigan went all in from the big blind for about 650,000 and Joost Schippers thought for a bit before he called with for a pair of aces.

Costigan showed for a flush draw with an open-ended straight draw.

The river was the , no help to Costigan, locking up the pot for Schippers.

Joost Schippers  –  2,290,000  (115 bb)
Niall Costigan  –  Eliminated in 58th Place  ($11,500)

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 44
$1,100 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  75
Prize Pool:  $72,750
January 19-20, 2025

Event 44 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry), drawing 75 entries for a prize pool of $72,750. The final 10 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $2,183.

Up top for the winner is $24,588

1st:  $24,588 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $14,186
3rd:  $8,876
4th:  $6,002
5th:  $4,547
6th:  $3,638
7th:  $3,274
8th:  $2,910
9th:  $2,546
10th:  $2,183

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 43
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  131
Prize Pool:  $131,000
Bounty Prize Pool:  $65,500
January 19-20, 2025

Event 43 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 131 entries generated a prize pool of $131,000, with an additional $65,500 set aside for bounties. The final 17 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $2,522.

Up top for the winner is $37,006.

1st:  $37,006 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $23,416
3rd:  $13,886
4th:  $8,515
5th:  $6,485
6th:  $5,502
7th:  $4,782
8th:  $4,192
9th:  $3,701
10th-12th:  $3,275
13th-15th:  $2,882
16th-17th:  $2,522

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Live Stream
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 1,162

Christian Roberts raised from under the gun, Joost Schippers three-bet to 115,000 on the button, Roberts four-bet to 340,000, and Schippers called.

The flop came , Roberts continued for 120,000, and Schippers called.

The turn was the , Roberts bet 200,000, and Schippers called.

The river was the , Roberts went all in for 930,000, and Schippers folded.

Christian Roberts  –  2,300,000  (115 bb)
Joost Schippers  –  1,300,000  (65 bb)