$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 3,586

Anthony Johnson raised all in for 380,000 in middle position and Stephen Gerber isolated the action with , leading Johnson’s .

The board ran out , giving Johnson a jack-high straight to double through Gerber again.

Anthony Johnson  –  910,000  (15 bb)
Stephen Gerber  –  3,820,000  (64 bb)

With 31 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,315,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 3,586

Anthony Johnson was short stacked and all in from the hijack with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Stephen Gerber in the small blind.

The board came , and Johnson paired his king on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Anthony Johnson  –  380,000  (6 bb)
Stephen Gerber  –  4,200,000  (70 bb)

With 31 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,315,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 3,586

Here is the most recent batch of eliminations, along with their payouts:

32nd:  Ted Zaborowski  –  $6,900
33rd:  Hai Pham  –  $6,900
34th:  Hunter Ritchie  –  $6,900
35th:  Terrence Jacobs  –  $6,900
36th:  Jeff Kessler  –  $6,900
37th:  Hung Quach  –  $6,900
38th:  Michael Newman  –  $6,900
39th:  Paul Mendes  –  $6,900

With 31 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,315,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 3,586

After a flop of , Hai Pham bet 250,000 from UTG+1, Roy Young raised from middle position to 650,000, and Pham tanked for a while before he three-bet all in for about 1,000,000.

Young quickly called with for a set of jacks, and Pham turned over for a pair of kings. Pham needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , giving Pham additional outs with a gutshot straight draw, but the river card was the . Young won the pot with his set of jacks to eliminate Pham in 33rd place.

Roy Young  –  3,150,000  (63 bb)
Hai Pham  –  Eliminated in 33rd Place  ($6,900)

With 32 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,240,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,900 each.

$600 Mixed Triple Draw
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 7 of 47

Seat 1:  Alexander Orlov  –  69,000  (3 BB)
Seat 2:  Elias Nassif  –  365,000  (18 BB)
Seat 3:  Gregory Hickman  –  188,000  (9 BB)
Seat 4:  Mark Kastory  –  29,000  (1 BB)
Seat 5:  Mike Beasley  –  108,000  (5 BB)
Seat 6:  Kristan Lord  –  68,000  (3 BB)
Seat 7:  Ronnie Morone  –  348,000  (17 BB)

With seven players remaining from the field of 47 entries, the average stack is about 168,000 (8 Big Bets).

1st:  $9,520 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $5,630
3rd:  $3,425
4th:  $2,445
5th:  $1,955
6th:  $1,465

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 3,586

Here is the most recent batch of eliminations, along with their payouts:

40th:  Salvatore Devito  –  $5,600
41st:  Julian Milliard  –  $5,600
42nd:  George Alberto  –  $5,600
43rd:  Kyle Sullivan  –  $5,600
44th:  Caleb Piderit  –  $5,600
45th:  Tyler Kuhlman  –  $5,600
46th:  Darin Utley  –  $5,600
47th:  Colby Covington  –  $5,600

With 39 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,840,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,900 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 3,586

After a flop of with about 475,000 in the pot, three players got it all in. Manny Minaya was all in from UTG+1 for 760,000, George Alberto was all in from middle position for 1,140,000, and Christie Yau had them both covered from under the gun with 1,165,000.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Christie Yau:    (pair of aces)
George Alberto:    (pair of jacks)
Manny Minaya:    (set of fives)

The turn card was the , the river card was the — Alberto turned a club flush draw, but improved no further. Minaya won the main pot with his pocket fives to triple up, and Yau won the side pot with her aces to eliminate Alberto in 42nd place.

Manny Minaya  –  2,755,000  (55 bb)
Christie Yau  –  785,000  (16 bb)
George Alberto  –  Eliminated in 42nd Place  ($5,600)

With 41 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,750,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 3,586

Stephen Gerber raised from middle position, Hung Quach reraised from the button to 350,000, and Gerber moved all in for 1,985,000. Quach thought for a bit before he called with .

Gerber turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Gerber paired his ace on the flop, turned a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw, and rivered trip aces to win the pot and double up in chips.

Stephen Gerber  –  4,095,000  (82 bb)
Hung Quach  –  250,000  (5 bb)

With 42 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,710,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 3,586

The players return from break to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 25,000-50,000 and a 50,000 ante.

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

1.  Cory Rock  –  4,685,000  (94 bb)
2.  Logan Eisner  –  4,360,000  (87 bb)
3.  James Carroll  –  3,580,000  (72 bb)
4.  Hung Quach  –  3,495,000  (70 bb)
5.  Justin Datloff  –  3,330,000  (67 bb)

With 43 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,670,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 18
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH
Entries:  241
Prize Pool:  $36,150
Bounty Prize Pool:  $24,100
January 11, 2026

Event 18 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 241 entries generated a prize pool of $36,150, with an additional $24,100 set aside for bounties. The final 31 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $360.

Up top for the winner is $7,210.

1st:  $7,210 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $5,300
3rd:  $3,900
4th:  $2,920
5th:  $2,200
6th:  $1,680
7th:  $1,300
8th:  $1,000
9th-10th:  $780
11th-12th:  $620
13th-15th:  $520
16th-19th:  $440
20th-24th:  $400
25th-31st:  $360