$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 22: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 90 of 1,634
Leif Force
Leif Force opened to 40,000 from the button and both blinds called.
The flop came , it checked to Force who bet 60,000. Only the big blind called.
The turn brought the , his opponent checked and Force bet 115,000. His opponent thought for a while then called.
The river was the , the big blind checked again and Force put him all in for 280,000. The big blind went into the tank until someone at the table called the clock on him.
The floor came over and the big blind laid it down.
$2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $300,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 3: 100/200 with a 100 ante Entries: 99
Ralph Massey
Event 21 is on its first break of the day and only one entry away from double-digit entries. With registration open until 10:30pm, it should be no problem getting to the $300,000 Guarantee.
Some more recent additions include Ralph Massey, Ronit Chamani, and Erik Christensen. The latter just coming away from the payout desk after making the money in the Main Event.
Event 20 has become a tradition every series. Not the number but the tournament. We wrap up the series with one last multi-flight trophy event with a buy-in for everyone and a nice prize pool.
It has two starting flights over the next two days and Day 2 will play out on Tuesday, the final day of the series. The $150 buy-in tournament has a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and will draw a big field.
Each entrant will sit down to 15,000 starting stacks and levels will run 30 minutes long the entire time. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30pm. Their day will come to an end after Level 14 when those with chips will bag them up for Day 2 on Tuesday.
A great way to close out the series and give our regular players a final big tournament.
$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 15,000 in chips with 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 22: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 107 of 1,634
Nathan Grow
As the players enjoy some time away from the tables, we caught up with the recent results. Nathan Grow began Day 2 with the chip lead, moved up near 1,000,000 but that was the highlight. He was among the group eliminated before the break after a big run.
The list of the recently departed also includes Victor Figueroa, Sam Panzica, and Steven Karp.
108th: Lucinda Martinez – $2,660 109th: Carleen Heath – $2,530 110th: Marc Sacheli – $2,530 111th: Victor Figueroa – $2,530 112th: Donald Williamson – $2,530 113th: David Yun – $2,530 114th: Sam Panzica – $2,530 115th: Nathaniel Bandy – $2,530 116th: Hillel Stein – $2,530 117th: Jonathan Beckwitt – $2,530 118th: Paul Smerdon – $2,530 119th: Steven Karp – $2,420 120th: Samuel Bernabeu – $2,420 121st: Huayi Zheng – $2,420 122nd: Efthimios Piperakis – $2,420 123rd: Roberto Schmeda – $2,420 124th: Elias Nassif – $2,420 125th: Joseph Starratt – $2,420 126th: Nathan Grow – $2,420 127th: James Kerr – $2,310
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts End of Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante Players Remaining: 107 of 1,634
The remaining 107 players are currently on a fifteen minute break.
$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante Players Remaining: 117 of 248
While the WPTDeepStacks Main Event was playing down Day 2, Event 18 went big on a Sunday afternoon and easily surpassed its $50,000 Guarantee. The $360 Deep Stack drew 248 entries to create a prize pool worth $74,400 and the last 31 players will take home some money.
A min-cash is worth $513 and the Event 18 will earn $17,240 along with the LHPO trophy and custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Masters.
2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 18 $360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $50,000 Guaranteed Entries: 248 Prize Pool: $74,400 January 20, 2019
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante Players Remaining: 127 of 1,634
Players line up for their Main Event payout
The first two levels after the bubble burst were a haze of activity and the Main Event is down to 127 in a hurry. We are only 100 knockouts away from calling it a day.
We lost a lot of wizards including Tristan Wade, Mark Dube, David Levi, Carlos Loving, and Ory Hen.
128th: Emory Oese-Siegel – $2,310 129th: Vincent Teutonico – $2,310 130th: Mark Wiser – $2,310 131st: Brandon Eisen – $2,310 132nd: Stuart Brown – $2,310 133rd: Jaya Malapati – $2,310 134th: David Levi – $2,310 135th: Matthew Lambrecht – $2,310 136th: Tristan Wade – $2,215 137th: Brandon Albrinck – $2,215 138th: Alexander Gambino – $2,215 139th: Erik Christensen – $2,215 140th: Sean Shah – $2,215 141st: Carlos Loving – $2,215 142nd: Andrey Kotelnikov – $2,215 143rd: Steve Katlin – $2,215 144th: Wade Walker – $2,215 145th: Ruth Ruffman – $2,120 146th: Bruno Fernandes – $2,120 147th: John Blevins – $2,120 148th: Daniel Nathaniel Jr – $2,120 149th: Ivan Starostin – $2,120 150th: Richard Plotsky – $2,120 151st: Raymond D’Argenia – $2,120 152nd: David To – $2,120 153rd: Jordan Joeckel – $2,120 154th: James Peterson – $2,025 155th: Justin Donato – $2,025 156th: Oktay Altinbas – $2,025 157th: David Swatscheno – $2,025 158th: Unclaimed – $2,025 159th: Danielle Dilenge – $2,025 160th: Almog Biton – $2,025 161st: Gil Aboddi – $2,025 162nd: Anthony Zinno – $2,025 163rd: Ory Hen – $1,930 164th: Artur Tishchenko – $1,930 165th: Mark Dube – $1,930 166th: Unclaimed – $1,930 167th: Ignas Jasinevicius – $1,930 168th: Joseph Villacci – $1,930 169th: Terry Moore – $1,930 170th: Jonathan Ounjian – $1,930 171st: Edgar Varas – $1,930 172nd: Michael Scoma – $1,835 173rd: Yung Lin – $1,835 174th: Chad Eveslage – $1,835 175th: Agop Rustemoglu – $1,835 176th: Nagui Yassa – $1,835 177th: Philip Consolo – $1,835 178th: Amir Shomron – $1,835 179th: Aaron Vaughan – $1,835 180th: Pejivian Niyati – $1,835 181st: Ebrahim Figueroa Noboa – $1,790 182nd: Dmitry Savelyev – $1,790 183rd: Joshua Tuner – $1,790 184th: Pasqual Caiazza – $1,790 185th: Peter Shonk – $1,790 186th: Joseph Montervino – $1,790 187th: Jose Nigaglioni – $1,790 188th: Joanna Skrukkerud – $1,790 189th: Richard Brzostowski – $1,790
, it checked to Force who bet 60,000. Only the big blind called.
, his opponent checked and Force bet 115,000. His opponent thought for a while then called.
, the big blind checked again and Force put him all in for 280,000. The big blind went into the tank until someone at the table called the clock on him.
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against Smith’s 
and Zakheim wound up with a set of kings to double through Smith.
gave him a lot of outs to sweat. The turn was a blank but Young made his heart flush on the river to send Shah out.