$600 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight A Entries:  169

Registration closed for Flight A of the $600 Pot-Limit Omaha tournament with 169 entries putting $87,880 toward the $200,000 guarantee and two more flights to go.

Flight A will continue until only 22 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 on Friday at 1 pm in the money.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 20
$10,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries:  22
Prize Pool:  $209,000
January 18-19, 2023

Event 20 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $10,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). There were 22 entries, creating a prize pool of $209,000. The final four players will cash, earning at least $25,080.

Up top for the winner is $91,960.

1st:  $91,960 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $54,340
3rd:  $37,620
4th:  $25,080

$10,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  22

One last player entered before registration closed — Jesse Lonis.

Since this is an eight-handed event, and they now have nine people, they’ve had to open up another table. Here are their new seat assignments:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Norbert Szecsi  –  122,000  (24 bb)
Seat 2.  Dylan Smith  –  259,000  (52 bb)
Seat 1.  Michael McKuin  –  100,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4.  Christopher Frank  –  100,000  (20 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Matthew Wantman  –  717,000  (143 bb)
Seat 2.  Benjamin Juhasz  –  172,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Duek  –  267,000  (53 bb)
Seat 4.  Eddy Nedialkov  –  368,000  (74 bb)
Seat 5.  Jesse Lonis  –  100,000  (20 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 22, the average chip stack is about 244,000 (49 big blinds).

$10,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  21

The players return from dinner to begin Level 10, with increased blinds of 3,000-5,000 with a 5,000 ante.

Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 21 players. The prizepool should be released soon.

Here are the official chip counts for the start of this level:

Seat 1.  Michael McKuin  –  100,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Matthew Wantman  –  717,000  (143 bb)
Seat 3.  Dylan Smith  –  259,000  (52 bb)
Seat 4.  Christopher Frank  –  100,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Norbert Szecsi  –  122,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Benjamin Juhasz  –  172,000  (34 bb)
Seat 7.  Michael Duek  –  267,000  (53 bb)
Seat 8.  Eddy Nedialkov  –  368,000  (74 bb)

With eight players remaining from a field of 21, the average chip stack is about 263,000 (53 big blinds).

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 257

Table 9
Seat 1:  Adam Hendrix  –  380,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2:  Richard Menjura Macias  –  430,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3:  Abhinav Iyer  –  155,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Jon Borenstein  –  250,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6:  Daniel Sepiol  –  655,000  (44 bb)
Seat 7:  Mike Ben-Shoaff  –  180,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8:  Christian Roberts  –  530,000  (36 bb)
Seat 9:  Brandon Hamlet  –  610,000  (41 bb)

Table 17
Seat 1:  Aaron Flores  –  750,000  (50 bb)
Seat 2:  Andrew Blake  –  135,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Tongguang Sun  –  530,000  (36 bb)
Seat 5:  David DiBernardi  –  260,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6:  Zachary Hench  –  65,000  (4 bb)
Seat 7:  Darren Rabinowitz  –  130,000  (9 bb)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:  Peter Mugar  –  75,000  (5 bb)

In-The-Money Finishers
16th:  Yordan Petrov  –  $7,145
17th:  Bin Weng  –  $7,145
18th:  Dominic Brazier  –  $7,145

19th:  Andrew Moreno  –  $5,860
20th:  Nicholas Carballo  –  $5,860
21st:  Benedict Castle  –  $5,860

22nd:  Joseph Cappello  –  $4,625
23rd:  Mitchell Garshofsky  –  $4,625
24th: Timothy Ulmer  –  $4,625

25th:  Chad Himmselspach  –  $4,010
26th:  Jim Collopy  –  $4,010
27th:  Raminder Singh  –  $4,010

28th:  Philip Shing  –  $3,530
29th:  Mitchell Halverson  –  $3,530
30th:  Michael McCauley  –  $3,530
31st:  Conrad Simpson  –  $3,530
32nd:  David Jackson  –  $3,530
33rd:  Ryan Depaulo  –  $3,530

$10,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  19

Level 9 came to an end, and the players took a one-hour dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 10:30 pm, which is also when registration closes.

With six players remaining from a field of 19 (so far), the average chip stack is 317,000 (63 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Matthew Wantman  –  717,000  (143 bb)
Seat 2.  Dylan Smith  –  259,000  (52 bb)
Seat 3.  Norbert Szecsi  –  122,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4.  Benjamin Juhasz  –  172,000  (34 bb)
Seat 5.  Michael Duek  –  267,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6.  Eddy Nedialkov  –  368,000  (74 bb)

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 22
$200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  323
Prize Pool:  $35,530
Bounty Prize Pool:  $16,150
January 17-18, 2023

Event 22 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 323 entries generated a prize pool of $35,530, with an additional $16,150 set aside for bounties. The final 41 players will cash, earning at least $375.

Up top for the winner is $5,295.

1st:  $5,295 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $3,710
3rd:  $2,750
4th:  $2,035
5th:  $1,710
6th:  $1,420
7th:  $1,185
8th:  $970
9th-10th:  $850
11th-12th:  $740
13th-15th:  $655
16th-18th:  $570
19th-21st:  $500
22nd-24th:  $450
25th-27th:  $425
28th-36th:  $400
37th-41st:  $375

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 257

Aaron Massey raised all in for 50,000 from middle position, and Darren Rabinowitz isolated the action with a reshove from the cutoff.

Massey: 
Rabinowitz: 

The board ran out , no help to Massey, ending his tournament on the money bubble.

Darren Rabinowitz  –  180,000  (30 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

With 33 players remaining from the field of 257, the average stack is about 156,000  (26 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,530.

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Closing out the day with a quick one that will have some big money at the end. Event 23 is an $1,100 buy-in tournament with deep stacks and fast levels.

Players start with 20,000 out front and all levels last 15 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed during that time. They will zip right through the field and not stop, other than breaks, until we have our LHPO Event 23 champ.

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 23 Structure Sheet

$10,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 7:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  15

There have been two new players who entered the field, plus a couple of re-entries to bump the field size to 15.

The players have returned from break to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 2,000-3,000 with a 3,000 ante. Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Norbert Szecsi  –  89,500  (30 bb)
Seat 2.  Michael Duek  –  100,000  (33 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Cox  –  151,500  (51 bb)
Seat 4.  Joseph Liberta  –  119,500  (40 bb)
Seat 5.  Eddy Nedialkov  –  265,500  (89 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Matthew Wantman  –  216,500  (72 bb)
Seat 2.  Dylan Smith  –  94,500  (32 bb)
Seat 2.  Christopher Frank  –  240,500  (80 bb)
Seat 4.  Benjamin Juhasz  –  222,500  (74 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 15, the average chip stack is about 166,500 (56 big blinds). Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break (around 10:30 pm).