Lucky Hearts

Event 47: Nick Guagenti Leads the Final Six Players in the $3K H.O.R.S.E.

$3,000 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 29

Seat 1:  Nick Guagenti  –  410,000  (21 BB)
Seat 2:  Phil Hui  –  80,000  (4 BB)
Seat 3:  Jerry Wong  –  60,000  (3 BB)
Seat 4:  Nick Pupillo  –  205,000  (10 BB)
Seat 5:  Ariel Mantel  –  210,000  (11 BB)
Seat 6:  Matthew Wolfson  –  195,000  (10 BB)

1st:  $35,200 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $21,200
3rd:  $13,300
4th:  $8,600

Championship: Martins Adeniya Leads the Final Nine Players with 14,725,000

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream 
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,162

After the elimination of Brock Wilson in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table. Here is the lineup:

Seat 1.  Ryan Hoenig  –  4,450,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2.  Martins Adeniya  –  14,725,000  (98 bb)
Seat 3.  Ryan Hogan  –  7,900,000  (53 bb)
Seat 4.  Adam Nattress  –  6,600,000  (44 bb)
Seat 5.  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  4,950,000  (33 bb)
Seat 6.  Spencer Champlin  –  3,350,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7.  Caio De Lucca  –  8,750,000  (58 bb)
Seat 8.  Kyle Taddei  –  3,675,000  (25 bb)
Seat 9.  Joost Schippers  –  3,675,000  (25 bb)

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:  $56,000

10th:  Brock Wilson  –  $56,000

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 6,450,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $56,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table, which is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon EST.

Championship: Brock Wilson Eliminated in 10th Place by Martins Adeniya

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream 
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,162

Brock Wilson
Brock Wilson

Martins Adeniya moved all in from the small blind, and Brock Wilson called all in from the big blind for 1,525,000 with 7h7c.

Adeniya turned over Ad10s, and Wilson needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came As9d5dAh5h, and Adeniya paired his nine on the flop, turned trips, and rivered a full house to win the pot and eliminate Wilson in 10th place.

Martins Adeniya  –  14,725,000  (98 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($56,000)

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 6,450,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $56,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table, which is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon EST.

Event 49: Prize Pool and Payouts; $8,395 to the Winner

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 49
$600 Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  53
Prize Pool:  $22,790
Bounty Prize Pool:  $5,300
January 20, 2025

Event 49 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $600 Black Chip Bounty Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 53 entries produced a prize pool of $22,790, with an additional $5,300 set aside for bounties. The final seven players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $1,060.

Up top for the winner is $8,395.

1st:  $8,395 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $5,015
3rd:  $3,075
4th:  $2,165
5th:  $1,710
6th:  $1,370
7th:  $1,060

Championship: Martins Adeniya Leads the Final 10 at the Break with 13.2 Million

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream 
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,162

Martins Adeniya
Chipleader Martins Adeniya

Level 28 comes to an end, and the players take a 10-minute break. Here are the official chip counts:

FEATURED TABLE
Seat 1.  Ryan Hoenig  –  4,450,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2.  Adam Nattress  –  6,600,000  (44 bb)
Seat 3.  Martins Adeniya  –  13,200,000  (88 bb)
Seat 4.  Brock Wilson  –  1,525,000  (10 bb)
Seat 5.  Spencer Champlin  –  3,350,000  (22 bb)

TABLE  2
Seat 1.  Kyle Taddei  –  3,300,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2.  Caio De Lucca  –  9,075,000  (61 bb)
Seat 3.  Ryan Hogan  –  7,300,000  (49 bb)
Seat 4.  Joost Schippers  –  4,050,000  (27 bb)
Seat 5.  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  5,250,000  (35 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts:

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

And here are the most recent eliminations:

11th:  Long Nguyen  –  $46,500
12th:  Vencent Welch  –  $46,500

13th:  Yingui Li  –  $39,000
14th:  Michael Dwyer  –  $39,000

With 10 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 5,800,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $56,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table, which is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon EST.

Championship: Joost Schippers Doubles Thru Ricardo Eyzaguirre

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream 
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,162

Joost Schippers
Joost Schippers

Joost Schippers got it all in from the hijack for 1,450,000 with KsKd, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the AcQh of Ricardo Eyzaguirre in the cutoff.

The board came 8s8d4h6s4s, and the kings held up for Schippers to win the pot and double up in chips.

Joost Schippers  –  3,225,000  (26 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  5,950,000  (48 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 5,800,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $56,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table, which is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon EST.

High Roller: Brandon Wilson Leads the Final Table; Looks to Win a Seminole High Roller for a Fourth Consecutive Series

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,383,200  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 56

Brandon Wilson

Day 2 of the High Roller begins Tuesday at noon.

Brandon Wilson leads the remaining seven players and will look to win a Seminole High Roller event for the fourth consecutive series.

Seat 1:  Matthew Sabia  –  414,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2:  Brian Luo  –  343,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3:  Chance Kornuth  –  312,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4:  Taylor Alex Wilson  –  1,118,000  (56 bb)
Seat 5:  Dylan Smith  –  187,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6:  Dan Sepiol  –  1,280,000  (64 bb)
Seat 7:  Brandon Wilson  –  1,900,000  (95 bb)

1st:  $511,900 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $304,300
3rd:  $186,700
4th:  $131,400
5th:  $103,700
6th:  $82,900
7th:  $62,300

Championship: Long Nguyen Eliminated in 11th Place by Kyle Taddei

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream 
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,162

Long Nguyen
Long Nguyen

Long Nguyen got knocked down to just a chip and a chair (a single 25K chip), and he’d have to mount his comeback.

Nguyen got it all in preflop from the cutoff against Kyle Taddei (big blind) and Caio De Lucca (UTG).

Both players checked to the river on a board of 9c2h2d5h8h, and all three players turned over their cards.

Caio De Lucca:  Ad8c  (two pair, eights and deuces)
Kyle Taddei:  10s9h  (two pair, nines and deuces)
Long Nguyen:  AhQh  (heart flush)

Nguyen won the main pot with his flush to nonuple (9x) up in chips. Taddei won the side pot with his higher two pair.

Long Nguyen  –  225,000  (2 bb)
Kyle Taddei  –  3,900,000  (31 bb)
Caio De Lucca  –  8,825,000  (71 bb)

The next hand, Nguyen moved all in from the hijack for 225,000. Taddei called from the small blind, and De Lucca called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the river on a board of Jh4c2c9d9c, and all three players turned over their cards:

Caio De Lucca:  8s4h  (two pair, nines and fours)
Kyle Taddei:  Qc4d  (two pair, nines and fours, queen kicker)
Long Nguyen:  As10d  (ace high)

Kyle Taddei won the pot with his two pair and a queen kicker to eliminate Nguyen in 11th place.

Kyle Taddei  –  4,350,000  (35 bb)
Caio De Lucca  –  8,475,000  (68 bb)
Long Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($46,500)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 5,800,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $56,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table, which is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon EST.

Championship: Vencent Welch Eliminated in 12th Place by Martins Adeniya

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream 
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,162

Vencent Welch
Vencent Welch

Martins Adeniya raised under the gun to 250,000, Vencent Welch called all in from the hijack for 150,000, and Adam Nattress called from the big blind.

The flop came 9h6c4c, Nattress checked, Adeniya bet 200,000, and Nattress called.

The turn card was the 3d, Nattress checked, Adeniya bet 500,000, and Nattress thought for a while before he folded. Adeniya took the side pot.

For the main pot, Welch turned over As5s for an open-ended straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Adeniya’s Jd9c (pair of nines).

The river card was the 10d, and Adeniya won the pot with his pair of nines to eliminate Welch in 12th place.

Martins Adeniya  –  12,000,000  (96 bb)
Vencent Welch  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($46,500)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 5,275,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $46,500 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table, which is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon EST.

High Roller: Clemen Deng Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Brandon Wilson

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,383,200  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 56

Clemen Deng

Clemen Deng raised to about 110,000 in the hijack and Brandon Wilson called in the big blind.

The flop was AsTs2s, Wilson checked, Deng bet his remaining 90,000-ish, and Wilson called AhQc, leading Deng’s Ad9c.

The Qh turn locked it up for Wilson with aces and queens, rendering the 5h river moot and eliminating Deng on the money bubble.

Brandon Wilson  –  1,900,000  (95 bb)
Clemen Deng  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble