Main Event: Alton Mendleson Eliminated in 14th Place by Ory Hen

$600 Deep Stack Main Event No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 288

Alton Mendleson raised all in for 240,000 from middle position and Ory Hen called from the small blind with 7h7s, racing with Mendleson’s AhKh.

The board came down 4c2h9d5d10h, safe for Hen to score the elimination.

Ory Hen  –  1,040,000  (104 bb)
Alton Mendleson  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($2,400)

Recent Eliminations
15th:  Brandon Noe  –  $2,000
16th:  Elias Nassif  –  $2,000

Main Event: Final Two Tables

$600 Deep Stack Main Event No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 288

Table 20
Seat 1:  Chad Vetstein  –  330,000  (33 bb)
Seat 2:  Elias Nassif  –  125,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3:  Steve Karp  –  420,000  (42 bb)
Seat 4:  Brandon Noe  –  170,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5:  Michael Mitrione  –  560,000  (56 bb)
Seat 6:  Victor Nassif  –  430,000  (43 bb)
Seat 7:  Ira Schwartz  –  450,000  (45 bb)
Seat 8:  Michael McCray  –  200,000  (20 bb)

Table 27
Seat 1:  Alton Mendleson  –  270,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2:  Roberto  Vasquez  –  370,000  (37 bb)
Seat 3:  Nancy Birnbaum  –  535,000  (54 bb)
Seat 4:  Geo Ruby  – 340,000  (34 bb)
Seat 5:  Ory Hen  –  730,000  (73 bb)
Seat 6:  Pasquale Caiazza  –  380,000  (38 bb)
Seat 7:  Scott Levitt  –  180,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8:  Michael Dermer  –  270,000  (27 bb)

1st:  $33,695
2nd:  $23,145
3rd:  $15,225
4th:  $9,415
5th:  $7,265
6th:  $6,020
7th:  $5,055
8th:  $4,200
9th-10th:  $3,355
11th-12th:  $2,875
13th-14th:  $2,400
15th-16th:  $2,000

The 2022 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Begins January 13th

The 2022 Lucky Hearts Poker Open kicks off on January 13th with a $600 multi-flight opener and a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Over the course of the two-week series, there are 33 primary events with buy-ins ranging from $150 to $25,500, and more than $5,000,000 in guarantees. The $3,500 WPT Championship event runs January 21st-26th, with a $2,000,000 guaranteed prize pool.

The complete Lucky Hearts Poker Open schedule can be found here.

Main Event: A Few Chip Counts at Dinner Break

$600 Deep Stack Main Event No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  69 of 288

The players are in the midst of a 40-minute dinner break. Play resumes at about 6:10 p.m.

Scott Levitt  –  169,500  (68 bb)
Nancy Birnbaum  –  143,000  (57 bb)
Roni Zelichonok  –  140,500  (56 bb)
Steve Karp  –  125,000  (50 bb)
Ido Ashkenazi  –  113,500  (45 bb)
Sean Shah  –  112,000  (45 bb)
Mike Graffeo  –  108,000  (103 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  105,500  (42 bb)
Steven McKoy  –  105,000  (42 bb)
Jimmy Tomblin  –  92,000  (37 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota  –  86,000  (34 bb)
Ory Hen  –  84,000  (34 bb)
Matt Yorra  –  64,000  (26 bb)
Altabal Mohamed  –  59,500  (24 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  56,500  (23 bb)
Michael Tait  –  48,000  (19 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  43,000  (17 bb)
Marc Sacheli  –  41,500  (17 bb)

Updates will continue later tonight,

Main Event: Prize Pool and Payouts

$600 Deep Stack Main Event No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  104 of 288

The 2021 Fun in the Sun Main Event drew 288 entries, generating a prize pool of $151,200, more than tripling the guarantee. The final 36 places will be paid, with a min-cash paying $1,050.

Up top for the winner is $33,695 and a Fun in the Sun trophy.

1st:  $33,695
2nd:  $23,145
3rd:  $15,225
4th:  $9,415
5th:  $7,265
6th:  $6,020
7th:  $5,055
8th:  $4,200
9th-10th:  $3,355
11th-12th:  $2,875
13th-14th:  $2,400
15th-16th:  $2,000
17th-20th:  $1,700
21st-24th:   $1,400
25th-32nd:  $1,165
33rd-36th:  $1,050

Main Event: More Chip Counts

$600 Deep Stack Main Event No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  266

Ido Ashkenazi  –  78,000  (78 bb)
Roni Zelichonok  –  68,000  (68 bb)
Altabal Mohamed  –  64,000  (64 bb)
Matt Yorra  –  50,000  (50 bb)
Maurice Hawkins  –  47,000  (47 bb)
Jose Chapui  –  39,000  (39 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  37,000  (37 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  33,000  (33 bb)
Paul Freedman  –  31,000  (31 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  28,000  (28 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  24,000  (24 bb)
Min Zhang  –  23,000  (23 bb)
William Hung  –  15,000  (15 bb)
Thomas Gari  –  12,500  (13 bb)

Main Event: Steven McKoy vs. Scott Zakheim

$600 Deep Stack Main Event No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  258

Steve McKoy raised to 3,000 from the cutoff and Scott Zakheim called from the small blind.

They checked to the river of a Qs8cJs3hKs where McKoy bet 3,500.  Zakheim called, but mucked when McKoy tabled Kh5d for a pair of kings.

Steven McKoy  –  86,000  (86 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  19,000  (19 bb)

Main Event: A Few Chip Counts From Around the Room

$600 Deep Stack Main Event No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  254

Nancy Birnbaum  –  115,000  (115 bb)
Zoltan Czinkota  –  80,000  (80 bb)
Steven McKoy  –  78,000  (78 bb)
Steve Karp  –  55,000  (55 bb)
Fred Dabus  –  45,000  (45 bb)
Michael Tait  –  26,000  (26 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin  –  26,000  (26 bb)
Scott Zakheim  –  25,000  (25 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  24,000  (24 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  24,000  (24 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  20,000  (20 bb)
Alik Sitnyakovsky  –  20,000  (20 bb)
Mike Graffeo  –  19,000  (19 bb)
Caleb Piderit  –  19,000  (19 bb)
Jimmy Tomblin  –  19,000  (19 bb)
Patrick Riley  –  15,500  (16 bb)
Joseph Duchman  –  13,500  (14 bb)