2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 54
$300 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Entries:  98
Prize Pool:  $24,500
January 19, 2026

Event 54 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em, drawing 98 entries for a prize pool of $24,500. The final 13 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $600.

Up top for the winner is $7,200.

1st:  $7,200
2nd:  $4,500
3rd:  $3,000
4th:  $2,100
5th:  $1,600
6th:  $1,200
7th:  $900
8th:  $800
9th-10th:  $700
11th-13th:  $600

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 46
$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  72
Prize Pool:  $684,000
January 18 – 19, 2026

Event 46 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em, drawing 72 entries for a prize pool of $684,000.

Emerging victorious was Justin Saliba, winning outright for $236,925.

$1,700 Deep Stack Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 5:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 74

Event 50 will resume Tuesday at 12:00 noon.

Table 7
Seat 1.  Erik Seidel  –  183,500  (46 bb)
Seat 2.  William Parker  –  108,500  (27 bb)
Seat 3.  Rob Kessler  –  153,000  (38 bb)
Seat 4.  Harold Evans  –  86,500  (22 bb)
Seat 5.  Brian Brunner  –  500,500  (125 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1.  Jason Sagle  –   64,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  Stephen Gerber  –  237,000  (59 bb)
Seat 3.  Robert Mantin  –  143,500  (36 bb)
Seat 4.  Howard Mash  –  35,500  (9 bb)
Seat 5.  Srikanth Gundela  –  339,500  (85 bb)

1st:  $37,480 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $21,645
3rd:  $13,540
4th:  $9,160
5th:  $6,935
6th:  $5,585
7th:  $5,000
8th:  $4,440
9th:  $3,885
10th:  $3,330

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 53
$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO
Entries:  65
Prize Pool:  $63,050
January 19, 2026

Event 53 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha, drawing 65 entries for a prize pool of $63,050. The final nine players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $2,210.

Up top for the winner is $22,055.

1st:  $22,055
2nd:  $12,610
3rd:  $7,725
4th:  $5,520
5th:  $4,255
6th:  $3,310
7th:  $2,840
8th:  $2,525
9th:  $2,210

$800 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 255

Flight A:  91 Entries;  12 Advanced
Flight B:  164 Entries;  21 Advanced
Flight C:  In Progress  (Reg. Open ~ 9:30 pm)
Day 2:  Tuesday at 1 p.m.

$10,000 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $684,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 72

Seat 1.  Zach Bruch  –  565,000  (38 bb)
Seat 2.  Qing Lu –  255,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Justin Saliba  –  895,000  (60 bb)
Seat 4.  Manuel Fritz  –  290,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5.  David McGowan  –  195,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Filipp Khavin  –  225,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7.  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  170,000  (11 bb)
Seat 8.  Matt Lambrecht  –  285,000  (19 bb)

1st:  $236,925 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $136,800
3rd:  $83,790
4th:  $61,125
5th:  $46,170
6th:  $37,110
7th:  $30,780
8th:  $27,360

9th:  Eli Berg  –  $23,940

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,229

Day 4 begins Tuesday at 12:00 noon.

Table 73
Seat 1.  Peter Cross  –  2,950,000  (39 bb)
Seat 2.  Elio Saade  –  4,750,000  (63 bb)
Seat 3.  Juliet Hegedus  –  1,600,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  3,675,000  (49 bb)
Seat 5.  Anatoly Nikitin  –  3,400,000  (45 bb)
Seat 6.  Loni Hui  –  1,775,000  (24 bb)
Seat 7.  Eddie Blumenthal  –  6,850,000  (91 bb)
Seat 8.  Martins Adeniya  –  6,250,000  (83 bb)

Table 74
Seat 1.  Thomas Boivin  –  2,100,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Matthew Koh  –  2,550,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3.  Ted McNamara  –  8,450,000  (116 bb)
Seat 4.  John McDonald  –  3,150,000  (42 bb)
Seat 5.  Jorge Gomez  –  1,900,000  (25 bb)
Seat 6.  Maryon Harper  –  3,450,000  (46 bb)
Seat 7.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  7,350,000  (98 bb)
Seat 8.  Gary Gelman  –  1,175,000  (16 bb)

1st:  $611,700
2nd:  $395,000
3rd:  $295,000
4th:  $220,000
5th:  $167,000
6th:  $127,000
7th:  $98,000
8th:  $76,000
9th-10th:  $60,000
11th-12th:  $49,000
13th-15th:  $40,500
16th:  $33,500

$300 Quad Stack NLH
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The last trophy event on the busy Monday schedule gets underway at 7 pm with a $300 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament.

They’ll start out with huge 40K stacks and all levels last 20 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 10:30 pm.

• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (10:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 54 Structure Sheet

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 47
$1,700 Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  91
Prize Pool:  $136,500  ($91,000 + $45,500 in Bounties)
January 18-19, 2026

LHPO Event 47 was a $1,700 Deep Stack Purple Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $100,000 guarantee and two-day structure. The tournament drew 91 entries to put $91,000 in the regular prize pool plus another $45,500 in bounties and Elisha Maarek took the top spot outright for $28,870.

Congrats Elisha!

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 1,229

Action folded to Ryan Riess in the small blind and he completes to 60,000. Ted McNamara raised to 150,000 from the big blind, Riess moved all in for 1,230,000 and McNamara instantly called.

McNamara:
Riess:

Riess ran into a big blind monster and found no save on the board to go out in 22nd place.

Ted McNamara  –  7,400,000  (123 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($28,000)