Lucky Hearts

Event 52: Brock Wilson – 5th Place ($49,000)

$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $726,750  | Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 153

Brock Wilson was all in from the small blind for 225,000 against Michael Berk in the big blind.

Wilson:  KsJd
Berk:  Ac5c

The board came AhJs7h7s6c, not enough help to Wilson, ending his tournament in fifth place.

Michael Berk  –  1,150,000  (38 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($49,000)

With four players remaining from the field of 153 entries, the average stack is about 765,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $65,000.

Event 52: Final Five Players

$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $726,750  | Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 153

Seat 2:  Artem Metalidi  –  275,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3:  Kyle Julius  –  625,000  (21 bb)
Seat 5:  Johan Schumacher  –  1,035,000  (35 bb)
Seat 6:  Brock Wilson  –  360,000  (12 bb)
Seat 9:  Michael Berk  –  770,000  (26 bb)

With five players remaining from the field of 153 entries, the average stack is about 610,000  (20 big blinds).

1st:  $175,350 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $117,000
3rd:  $87,000
4th:  $65,000
5th:  $49,000

6th:  Michael Gathy  –  $37,500
7th:  Jonathan Tamayo  –  $29,000
8th:  Cherish Andrews  –  $22,400
9th:  Mathew Frankland  –  $17,600

10th:  Joshua Stewart  –  $17,600
11th:  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  $13,800
12th:  Kevin MacDonald  –  $13,800
13th:  Byron Kaverman  –  $11,400
14th:  Nadya Magnus  –  $11,400
15th:  Anton Wigg  –  $11,400
16th:  Mika Gao  –  $9,500
17th:  Florian Ribouchon  –  $9,500
18th:  Asher Conniff  –  $9,500
19th:  David Jackson  –  $9,500
20th:  Jason Raber  –  $9,500

Mica Lamar Wins Event 45 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Heads-Up Chop for $28,900

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 45
$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee
Entries:  628
Prize Pool:  $207,240
January 19-21, 2025

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 45 Champion Mica Lamar

Event 45 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a multi-flight $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). Across three starting flights, a field of 628 entries generated a prize pool of $207,240.

A heads-up chop was made between Mica Lamar and Maurice Hawkins, with Lamar holding the chip by two big blinds, giving her the official Event 45 win for $28,990.

This marked Lamar’s second SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won the $300 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2022 SHRPO.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1ShamicaLamar$28,990*
2MauriceHawkins$28,990*
3GregoryBlucher$17,400
4JosephDi Rosa Rojas$13,000
5FranklinRojas$9,900
6RaminderSingh$7,500
7KetanPatel$5,800
8HowardMash$4,500
9BradleyGrossman$3,520
10KamvarRazavian$3,520
11KurtLichtman$3,000
12FredericoDabus$3,000
13LucasJumalon$2,540
14MiguelFernandez$2,540
15MarinaTamurka$2,540
16KyleSullivan$2,120
17LadarrenBanks$2,120
18FilipCvetinovic$2,120
19HertselLevy Sakhai$2,120
20MichaelMorton$1,780
21PasqualeCaiazza$1,780
22BrentHoover$1,780
23PaulValenzuela$1,780
24AlayneZeto$1,480
25YoelLajonchere Espinosa$1,480
26RyanBrown$1,480
27PeterShapiro$1,480
28JasonRocha$1,480
29JorgeCuesta$1,480
30CalebPiderit$1,480
31RafaelRodriguez Arang$1,480
32PeterWalsworth$1,260
33PeterFellows$1,260
34TravellThomas$1,260
35MatthewGold$1,260
36PatrickCapozziello$1,260
37RandyBurstein$1,260
38PhillipKrnyaich$1,260
39JackBattaglia$1,260
40JamesCalderaro$1,060
41ChantepyBrenden$1,060
42JorgeGalarza$1,060
43DorianRios Pavon$1,060
44RonaldKatz$1,060
45LuisRamos$1,060
46ScotterClark$1,060
47MichaelBlomstrand$1,060
48AnthonyPiacquadio$900
49MarkCahill$900
50MichaelTarafa$900
51RogerGebhardt$900
52ScottEpstein$900
53JustoGomez$900
54FrancisAnderson$900
55GaryGirotti$900
56OhadMocha$760
57FadyKhabbaz$760
58CaseySandretto$760
59TamasHartman$760
60YoussefBargach$760
61MichaelNewman$760
62AdamBrody$760
63KennethFrey$760
64AlejandroFunes$660
65KelvinValdez Cardona$660
66Seong PyoAn$660
67RolandTordai$660
68AsadAbuueeah$660
69OryHen$660
70RoniZelichonok$660
71BrandonNavarrete$660
72EdwinJean Baptiste Jr$660
73ShaunGlennon$660
74KevinDubrocq$660
75DonaldCowie$660
76LyleDiamond$660
77BrendenGluck$660
78GinoldRendel$660
79DanielAviles$660
80WarrenObrien$660

*denotes heads-up chop

Event 52: Michael Gathy – 6th Place ($37,500)

$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $726,750  | Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 153

Michael Gathy was all in from the button for about 310,000 with QsTs and was trailing Johan Schumacher’s KdKc in the hijack.

The board ran out Jd8d3s4c5h, no help to Gathy, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Johan Schumacher  –  1,210,000  (48 bb)
Michael Gathy  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($37,500)

Recent Eliminations
7th:  Jonathan Tamayo  –  $29,000
8th:  Cherish Andrews  –  $22,400

Hal Klein Wins his 6th SHRP Major Series Trophy with 2025 LHPO Event 50 Outright Win for $6,780

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 50
$600 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  29
Prize Pool:  $15,080
January 21, 2025

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 50 Champion Hal Klein

Event 50 of the 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $600 Omaha 8/Stud 8 (Re-Entry). A field of 29 entries generated a prize pool of $15,080 and winning the lion’s share of it was Hal Klein, taking it down outright for $6,780 and his sixth SHRP major series trophy.

Here are Klein’s six SHRP major series trophy victories:

2013 Showdown:  $240 H.O.R.S.E.  ($4,440)
2020 LHPO:  $400 H.O.R.S.E.  ($7,268)
2023 RRPO:  $600 Limit Omaha 8  ($9,583)
2024 Showdown:  $600 8-Game Mix  ($14,425)
2024 Showdown:  $1,100 8-Game Mix  ($23,810)
2025 LHPO:  $600 Omaha 8/Stud 8  ($6,780)

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1HaroldKlein$6,780
2RonaldWinklevoss$4,075
3YuvalBronshtein$2,565
4CharlesJacoby$1,660

Event 52: Mathew Frankland – 9th Place ($17,600)

$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $726,750  | Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 153

Michael Gathy raised from the cutoff, Mathew Frankland committed his remaining 100,000-ish from the big blind, and Gathy called with AsKs.

Frankland showed 6d6s and needed his hand to hold up to survive.

The board came 8c4h3h4sAc, giving Gathy aces and fours on the river to eliminate Frankland in ninth place.

Michael Gathy  –  335,000  (17 bb)
Mathew Frankland  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($17,600)

With eight players remaining from the field of 153 entries, the average stack is about 385,000  (19 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $22,400.

Event 52: Final Table Lineup; Johan Schumacher Leads

$5,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $726,750  | Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 153

Seat 1:  Mathew Frankland  –  70,000  (5 bb)
Seat 2:  Artem Metalidi  –  270,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3:  Kyle Julius  –  550,000  (37 bb)
Seat 4:  Cherish Andrews  –  135,000  (9 bb)
Seat 5:  Johan Schumacher  –  720,000  (48 bb)
Seat 6:  Brock Wilson  –  215,000  (14 bb)
Seat 7:  Michael Gathy  –  240,000  (16 bb)
Seat 8:  Jonathan Tamayo  –  190,000  (13 bb)
Seat 9:  Michael Berk  –  640,000  (43 bb)

1st:  $175,350 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $117,000
3rd:  $87,000
4th:  $65,000
5th:  $49,000
6th:  $37,500
7th:  $29,000
8th:  $22,400
9th:  $17,600

10th:  Joshua Stewart  –  $17,600
11th:  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  $13,800
12th:  Kevin MacDonald  –  $13,800
13th:  Byron Kaverman  –  $11,400
14th:  Nadya Magnus  –  $11,400
15th:  Anton Wigg  –  $11,400
16th:  Mika Gao  –  $9,500
17th:  Florian Ribouchon  –  $9,500
18th:  Asher Conniff  –  $9,500
19th:  David Jackson  –  $9,500
20th:  Jason Raber  –  $9,500

Event 45: Mica Lamar and Maurice Hawkins Even Chop for $28,990

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $207,240  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 628

Mica Lamar (left) and Maurice Hawkins (right)

Following the elimination of Greg Blucher in third place, Mica Lamar and Maurice Hawkins were nearly even in chips and agreed to a heads-up chop.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Mica Lamar  –  6,380,000  (80 bb)
Maurice Hawkins  –  6,180,000  (77 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Mica Lamar  –  $28,990
Maurice Hawkins  –  $28,990

As the slight chip leader, Mica Lamar is the official Event 45 winner.

A recap of Event 45 will be posted later on tonight.

Event 45: Final Five Players; Maurice Hawkins Leads

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $207,240  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 628

Seat 1:  Franklin Rojas  –  1,340,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2:  Mica Lamar  –  3,720,000  (62 bb)
Seat 6:  Joseph Di Rosa Rojas  –  1,840,000  (31 bb)
Seat 7:  Maurice Hawkins  –  3,900,000  (65 bb)
Seat 8:  Greg Blucher  –  1,760,000  (29 bb)

1st:  $34,480 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $23,500
3rd:  $17,400
4th:  $13,000
5th:  $9,900

Recent Eliminations
6th:  Raminder Singh  –  $7,500
7th:  Ketan Patel  –  $5,800