$570 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 338
The next hand after Raffaello Locatelli was knocked all the way down to 15K, Barry Weprin raised from the cutoff to 45,000. Locatelli called all in from the small blind for 15,000, and Saber Hamrouni called from the big blind. The main pot was worth 65,000, with a side pot of 60,000.
Hamrouni and Weprin checked to the river on a board of , and all three players showed their cards:
Barry Weprin: (two pair, kings and fives) Saber Hamrouni: (nine high) Raffaello Locatelli: (trip kings)
Locatelli won the main pot to quadruple up, while Weprin won the side pot with his two pair to make a very small profit on the hand.
Raffaello Locatelli – 65,000 (3 bb)
The next hand, Weprin raised under the gun to 45,000, and Locatelli moved all in from the button for 65,000. David Prociak called from the big blind, and Weprin also called. There was 225,000 in the main pot, and any further betting would create a side pot.
Prociak and Weprin checked to the river on a board of , and all three players showed their cards:
David Prociak: (queen high) Barry Weprin: (ace high) Raffaello Locatelli: (ace high, jack kicker)
Locatelli won his second pot in a row to more than triple up to 225,000.
Raffaello Locatelli – 225,000 (11 bb) David Prociak – 1,850,000 (93 bb) Barry Weprin – 1,175,000 (59 bb)
Can Locatelli make the full comeback from less than a single big blind?
$570 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 338
Raffaello Locatelli raised under the gun to 45,000, David Prociak called from the button, and Brian Hastings called from the big blind.
Both players checked to the turn on a board of , and Hastings bet 65,000. Locatelli thought for a while before he called, and Prociak thought for a while before he also called.
The river card was the , and it checked to Prociak, who bet 275,000. Hastings folded, and Locatelli tanked for a while, saying, “Good bet. He’s tough to crack.”
Locatelli eventually called, and Prociak turned over to win the pot with a king-high flush, and Locatelli mucked.
One hand later, after a flop of , Locatelli checked the big blind, Barry Weprin bet 65,000 from the button, and Locatelli called.
The turn card was the , Locatelli checked, Weprin moved all in for 520,000, and Locatelli called with for a pair of kings. But Weprin turned over for a pair of kings with a higher kicker.
The river card paired the board with the , but Weprin’s kicker still played for him to win the pot and double up in chips, knocking Locatelli down to less than one big blind.
$570 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 338
The players return from break to begin Level 22, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 and a big-blind ante of 20,000.
With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1.01 million (51 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the final table prizepool:
$570 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 21: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 338
Uri Kadosh
Uri Kadosh raised from the hijack to 40,000, Brian Hastings reraised from the button to 110,000, and Kadosh called.
Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Hastings bet 90,000, and Kadosh thought for a bit before moving all in for about 350,000.
Hastings quickly called with for a set of queens, and Kadosh turned over for a pair of aces. Kadosh was drawing dead.
The meaningless river card paired the board with the to give Hastings an unnecessary full house as he eliminated Kadosh in sixth place.
Brian Hastings – 1,235,000 (77 bb) Uri Kadosh – Eliminated in 6th Place ($6,210)
A few hands later, after a flop of , David Prociak checked the big blind, Barry Weprin moved all in under the gun for 232,000, and Prociak thought for a bit before he called with . Weprin turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.
The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Weprin won the pot with his pocket aces to double up in chips.
Barry Weprin – 540,000 (34 bb) David Prociak – 1,410,000 (88 bb)
$570 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante Players Remaining: 16 of 338
Final 3 Tables – Event 9
Event 9 is down to the final three tables, with the players guaranteed at least $1,835 each.
When there are seven players remaining, they will combine to a final table where they’ll be guaranteed at least $4,685 each, with $33,035 and a Lucky Hearts Poker Open trophy waiting for the eventual winner.
2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 1 Ultimate Re-Entry $360 No Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guaranteed Entries: 4,508 Total Prize Pool: $1,352,400 Multi-Stack Payouts: 71 @ $2,500 = $177,500 Day 2 Prize Pool: $1,174,900 January 10-15, 2019
TD Tony Burns and Event 1 Champion Michael Newman
Michael Newman won the $360 buy-in Ultimate Re-Entry event on Tuesday, winning $181,025 by being the chipleader when a deal was negotiated by the final three players.
Event 1 was an incredibly successful kick-off to the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, with 4,508 entries more than doubling the $500K guarantee to create a total prizepool worth $1,352,400.
After eight starting flights, there were 374 players who survived to Day 2, which began with a flurry of bustouts in the money. By the time the field reached the dinner break, there were only 52 players remaining.
Event 1’s Field on Day 2
At that point, Newman was one of the short stacks, down to 17 big blinds. But he battled back, and by the time the field was down to the final 20, Newman had built his stack up to about 100 big blinds, and he never looked back.
From that point forward, the lead went back-and-forth between Newman and eventual runner-up finisher Willie Wiggins. Day 2 came to an end around 2:30 am with 11 players remaining, and Newman bagged the chip lead.
Play resumed this afternoon at 2:00 pm, and it didn’t take long for Danny Kasper to be sent to the rail in 11th place, and the final table was set.
Perry Shiao (10th) and Jason Young (9th) busted fairly quickly, but with eight players remaining the table stalled for nearly two hours. In that time, Wiggins went on a rush to become the first player to cross the 20-million mark, but nobody busted.
Eventually, the dam burst, and in the span of about half an hour we lost Devond Marshall (8th), Angel Bracho (7th), and Michael Duek (6th). Duek’s elimination had a bit of painful poetry to it, as he had just doubled up with pocket aces before running into somebody else’s pocket aces to be eliminated.
That somebody else with pocket aces? Michael Newman.
5th-Place Finisher Richard Carr
Down to five players, the short stacks were Richard Carr and Jeffrey Colpitts. Carr looked like he would outlast Colpitts after doubling thru him with pocket jacks vs. king-ten suited. But the next hand, Carr got involved in a big pot against Wiggins.
They both limped from the blinds, and Wiggins check-called the flop and the turn on a board of .
Wiggins shoved the river, and Carr snap-called all in for 6.1 million with for two pair. But Wiggins turned over for a flopped ace-high straight to eliminate Carr in fifth place.
4th-Place Finisher Jeffrey Colpitts
The next hand, Colpitts was first to act and woke up with . He shoved, only to see Newman wake up with a slightly better in the big blind. The better hand held up to eliminate Colpitts in fourth place.
The final three players played one more hand before deciding to chop up the remaining prizepool in an ICM deal. Newman had the chip lead, and was declared the winner and received the trophy.
This is the 13th tournament that Newman has won at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, and it’s his second six-figure score — Newman won the 2017 Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Championship to earn $374,240. With his victory today, Newman has crossed the coveted $1 million mark in career live tournament earnings.
3rd-place finisher Scott Robbins (left) and runner-up Willie Wiggins (right) pose with Event 1 Champion Michael Newman after a three-way chop.
Final Table Results:
1st: Michael Newman* – $181,025 + LHPO trophy 2nd: Willie Wiggins – $176,120 3rd: Scott Robbins – $130,235 4th: Jeffrey Colpitts – $63,359 5th: Richard Carr – $45,895 6th: Michael Duek – $34,929 7th: Angel Bracho – $26,806 8th: Devond Marshall – $19,495 9th: Jason Young* – $13,809 10th: Perry Shiao – $8,935
* Michael Newman and Jason Young survived two starting flights, so they each received an additional $2,500 on top of their final-table earnings.
$570 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 14: 2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante Players Remaining: 44 of 338
The Money Bubble in Event 9 has burst, and the field is now playing its way down toward the final table, where the final seven players will be guaranteed at least $4,685 each, with the winner taking $33,035 and a Lucky Hearts Poker Open trophy.
These were the official, verified chip counts at that point:
Michael Newman – 26,300,000 (66 bb) Willie Wiggins – 24,300,000 (61 bb) Scott Robbins – 11,100,000 (28 bb)
As the chipleader, Michael Newman would be declared the winner and awarded the trophy. Here are the payouts they agreed to, along with the rest of the final table prizepool:
1st: Michael Newman – $181,025 + LHPO trophy 2nd: Willie Wiggins – $176,120 3rd: Scott Robbins – $130,235 4th: Jeffrey Colpitts – $63,359 5th: Richard Carr – $45,895 6th: Michael Duek – $34,929 7th: Angel Bracho – $26,806 8th: Devond Marshall – $19,495 9th: Jason Young – $13,809 10th: Perry Shiao – $8,935
Willie Wiggins – 2nd PlaceScott Robbins – 3rd Place
, and all three players showed their cards:
(two pair, kings and fives)
(nine high)
(trip kings)
, and all three players showed their cards:
(ace high)
(ace high, jack kicker)
to win the pot with a king-high flush, and Locatelli mucked.
, Locatelli checked, Weprin moved all in for 520,000, and Locatelli called with 
for a pair of kings. But Weprin turned over 
, but Weprin’s kicker still played for him to win the pot and double up in chips, knocking Locatelli down to less than one big blind.
for a set of queens, and Kadosh turned over 
, David Prociak checked the big blind, Barry Weprin moved all in under the gun for 232,000, and Prociak thought for a bit before he called with 
, but he was dominated and facing elimination against the 
.
