$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 and a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  84 of 658

In the first hand of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Marsha Wolak got it all in from the button for 23,000 with , and she needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Son Vo in middle position.

The board came , and Wolak won the pot with a pair of aces and a king kicker to double up in chips.

Marsha Wolak  –  59,000  (12 bb)
Son Vo  –  106,000  (21 bb)

With 84 players remaining from a flight of 658, the average chip stack is around 157,000 (31 big blinds).

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 and a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  84 of 658

During Level 15, Paraskevas Patsatsis flopped a Royal Flush in spades against chipleader Imaru Wiggan. Patsatsis obviously won the pot, but Wiggan still has more chips than he had at the break and still appears to be the chipleader.

Paraskevas Patsatsis  –  200,000  (40 bb)
Imaru Wiggan  –  585,000  (117 bb)

As for the rest of the field, they have just reached 84 players, which means it’s time for hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble. Everyone who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

With 84 players remaining from a flight of 658, the average chip stack is around 157,000 (31 big blinds).

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 and a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  98 of 658

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a 4,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 375K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Imaru Wiggan  –  540,000  (135 bb)
2.  Joe Capozziello  –  416,000  (104 bb)
3.  Donavon Wright  –  396,000  (99 bb)
4.  Ioannis Patsourakis  –  377,000  (94 bb)

With 98 players remaining from a flight of 658, the average chip stack is around 134,000 (34 big blinds). Action will continue until there are 83 players remaining, and everyone who bags up chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 and a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  105 of 658

There was a three-way preflop all-in situation at Table 8, with Son Vo as the big stack with 123,500, and Rafael Lima as the second largest stack with about 94,000:

Son Vo (SB):  
Rafael Lima (UTG):  
UTG+1:  

The flop came , and it was a set of aces for Vo, a set of queens for Lima, and a gutshot straight draw for the short stack.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the set of aces held up for Vo to win the entire pot, eliminating both players from Flight 1C.

Son Vo  –  260,000  (87 bb)
Rafael Lima  –  Eliminated

With about 105 players remaining from a flight of 658, the average chip stack is around 125,500 (42 big blinds). Action will continue until there are 83 players remaining, and everyone who bags up chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Closing out the Friday schedule with the fourth flight of the LHPO opener. The $600 buy-in Deep Stacks has a $1,000,000 guarantee that will be topped early in Flight D and will continue to build until tomorrow evening.

Players start with 20K deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 minutes at the start of Day 2 and going up to 60 in Level 24. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm.

Flight D will play down to the last 12.5% of the field and those with chips will return on Sunday at 1 pm for Day 2 already in the money.

A big milestone will be hit shortly after the start with several more in play.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 and a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  115 of 658

Here are some updated chip counts from around the field:

Satish Surapaneni  –  310,000  (103 bb)
Manish Chaddha  –  245,000  (82 bb)
Jacquelyn Scott –  245,000  (82 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  170,000  (57 bb)
Steve Karp  –  150,000  (50 bb)
Chris Tryba  –  140,000  (47 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  135,000  (45 bb)
Marsha Wolak  –  130,000  (43 bb)
Angelo Miele  –  105,000  (35 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  95,000  (32 bb)
Juan Endara  –  85,000  (28 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  75,000  (25 bb)
David Jackson  –  40,000  (13 bb)

With about 115 players remaining from a flight of 658, the average chip stack is around 114,500 (38 big blinds). Action will continue until there are 83 players remaining, and everyone who bags up chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 and a 2,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  125 of 658

A player limped from UTG+1 for 2,500, the cutoff limped, the button limped, and Vincenzo Abate completed the small blind.

The player in the big blind moved all in for 26,000, and the next three players folded.

Abate called with , and the big blind turned over . The big blind needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Abate won the pot with two pair, aces and nines, to eliminate his opponent from Flight 1C.

Vincenzo Abate  –  75,000  (30 bb)

With about 125 players remaining from a flight of 658, the average chip stack is around 105,000 (42 big blinds). Action will continue until there are 83 players remaining, and everyone who bags up chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 5
$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  129
Prize Pool:  $43,215
January 13, 2023

Registration closed for the $400 Limit Omaha 8 through with 129 entries representing the third biggest field for this tournament in our history, behind the 2021 Showdown version and the tournament from this series in 2022.

2021 Showdown – 159 entries
2022 LHPO – 150 entries
2023 LHPO – 129 entries
2021 LHPO – 123 entries
2021 RRPO – 116 entries

They created a prize pool worth $43,215 and the last 17 spots will be paid. A min-cash is worth $855, while the Event 5 champ will earn $12,025 and the LHPO trophy.

1st: $12,025 + LHPO trophy
2nd: $7,725
3rd: $4,580
4th: $2,800
5th: $2,140
6th: $1,815
7th: $1,575
8th: $1,385
9th-10th: $1,225
11th-12th: $1,080
13th-15th: $950
16th-17th: $855

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  180 of 658

The players return from break to begin Level 12, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 with a 2,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Satish Surapaneni  –  309,500  (155 bb)
2.  Manish Chaddha  –  249,000  (125 bb)
3.  Vincenzo Abate  –  232,000  (116 bb)

With about 180 players remaining from a flight of 658, the average chip stack is around 73,000 (37 big blinds). Action will continue until there are 83 players remaining, and everyone who bags up chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  210 of 658

Flight C is heading quickly toward the next break at the end of Level 11; take a quick walk out of the room while tournament staff pull the black chips out of play.

There’s still a lot of work to get done when they return with 210 remaining and only 83 making Day 2.