Escalator VIII Series Event #1 Chip Counts & Prizepool

Escalator VIII Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 1
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Players Remaining: 112 of 1,107
Prize Pool: $128,412

$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure

February 7-10, 2024

Flight A:  141 Entries; 15 Advanced
Flight B:  168 Entries; 17 Advanced
Flight C: 152 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight D: 138 Entries; 13 Advanced
Flight E: 237 Entries; 24 Advanced
Flight F: 271 Entries; 27 Advanced
Day 2:  Saturday at 1pm

1st: $20,092
2nd: $13,900
3rd: $9,350
4th: $7,425
5th: $5,800
6th: $4,740
7th: $3,760
8th: $2,900
9th-10th: $2,245
11th-12th: $1,825
13th-15th: $1,450
16th-18th: $1,200
19th-21st: $990
22nd-24th: $840
25th-27th: $700
28th-36th: $605
37th-45th: $540
46th-54th: $500
55th-63rd: $460
64th-72nd: $425
73rd-81st: $395
82nd-90th: $365
91st-99th: $340
100th-112th: $315

 

TableSeatFIRST NAMELAST NAMECITYSTCHIP COUNT
57NEALCORCORANSTUARTFL 394,000
204JAMESSALMON IIIPLANTATIONFL 373,500
193CARLOSMEDINADORALFL 362,500
111RAFAELOROPESAMIAMI LAKESFL 362,500
269LUISCAPELLA MILAMIAMIFL 350,000
119MICHAELZONENASHVILIWELLINGTONFL 342,000
252JEROMENELOMSPARKLANDFL340,000
54FRANCISCHAVIANOMIAMIFL 327,500
197YAKIRPEACETEL AVIV312,000
257DEANSULTANPLANTATIONFL296,000
253MARTÍARNAU SIRERABARCELONA 293,000
79SHURLANDGEORGEMIRAMARFL 286,500
114RYANHAMMELCORAL SPRINGSFL 275,000
208EDUARDOSOARESFORT LAUDERDALEFL 274,000
145PETERKAMBOLINSUNNY ISLES BEACHFL 269,000
122MICHAELYEHUDAIBROOKLYNNY 263,000
261CHRISTOPHERBROWNCRYSTAL RIVERFL 249,000
457RAFAELCALMET MOSTOMIAMIFL 244,500
265RICHARDEBAUGHFORT MYERSFL 242,500
144MICHAELHOLLANDPLANTATIONFL 238,000
207SEDARRIENCOLEYMIRAMARFL 237,000
77JAMESGIRALDODORALFL 236,000
59ELANAKERBELLAKE WORTHFL 235,500
273MANUELJULVEHOLLYWOODFL 233,000
139KARINPOWSNER-CRESPIFORT LAUDERDALEFL 231,000
65ANDREWPEREZPEMBROKE PINESFL 228,500
271MARCOSSARAVIA EWESTONFL 225,000
264AXELORELLANA GOMEZMADRID 210,000
149EDWARDGORDONPLANTATIONFL 205,500
68NELSONFERRERASLAUDERHILLFL205,000
125TAKAMITSUSATON MIAMI BEACHFL202,000
117GILABOODIHOLLYWOODFL 200,500
69HAYKUHIBASHIANBOYNTON BEACHFL 195,000
263ANTHONYBROOKSLAS VEGASNV 193,000
191ARBYMYERSCANANDAIGUANY 188,500
141JOSEPHVILLACCICOOPER CITYFL 185,500
456JOHNBETANCOURTMIAMIFL 184,500
278SANTIAGOBETANCURMIAMIFL 182,000
63JOSEHERNANDEZDANIA BEACHFL 173,000
458BENJAMINSRIQUISUNRISEFL 167,500
73MOSHETARICHNORTH MIAMI BEACHFL 166,000
256ELLYPONYHENDERSONNV157,000
205DESMONDSUCKIEMIRAMARFL 151,500
53FARIDDHANANIMIRAMARFL 146,000
58LEONTOLEDOHALLANDALE BEACHFL 140,500
259CHRISTOPHERSOLLENASTATEN ISLANDNY 133,500
148PETERFELLOWSMIRAMARFL 129,000
452ALFREDCOTTON JRCUTLER BAYFL 122,500
275CHRISTOPHERBALSEIROMIAMIFL121,000
51ARIELROSELLOHIALEAHFL 119,000
454DEBORAHDANAFORT LAUDERDALEFL 119,000
195SIEGMUND RUDOLFWESSELKAISERSTRABE117,000
251WILLIEWIGGINS JRPEMBROKE PINESFL117,000
143GREGORYDORF MANMIAMIFL 116,000
201PATRICIAMCDONALDVENICEFL 113,500
78BRANDONCHORANMIAMI BEACHFL 110,500
255DUNIOREIMONDOPORT ST LUCIEFL 110,000
133ARTIMZHUTABOCA RATONFL110,000
194FELIXSIERRA APONTEANTIOCHTN 108,000
254RENEETOUZALINDAVIEFL 107,500
192STEVENSLONLAKE WORTHFL 105,500
138JOSEPHPETROLINOBOCA RATONFL 105,000
115ROBERTLEFFCORAL SPRINGSFL 105,000
268SHIRASCHAROKFAR YONA 103,500
206AURELIOCHAVEZLIMAFL 102,000
203BRUCEKAHNPLANTATIONFL 102,000
131BILDONIOFERNANDEZHIALEAHFL101,000
74AMEDDE LA TORREMIAMIFL 100,500
134GEORGEHORTELANOPLANTATIONFL 100,000
451DONALDSCHEIBBRADENTON BCHFL 93,500
142JOSERODRIGUEZMARSHALLMI 93,000
258JULIOFERNANDEZMIAMIFL 92,000
147HUGOTORRESORLANDOFL 92,000
67CRISTIANRODRIGUEZBAL HARBOURFL 91,500
135PAULARAGONALBUQUERQUENM 91,500
76JIMMYNUNEZSAINT CLOUDFL 91,500
129MARTINSPOLAKOVSCHICAGOIL 89,500
113DAVIDARONSONHALLANDALE BEACHFL 88,000
274PAULOLAESPLANTATIONFL87,000
196NARENSUKIEMIRAMARFL87,000
276ZACHARYLEBLANGRINGWOODNJ 86,000
75JULIOTAVAREZBRONXNY 85,000
267NOELAVILA MENDEZHOLLYWOODFL 85,000
118SHAWNVRENNADAVIEFL 82,500
62PHILIPCONSOLOMIAMI SHORESFL 81,500
116STANLEYGRANDONBOCA RATONFL 81,000
202CHANTALTREMBLAYBLAINVILLEQC 81,000
61AUSTINRATTETFORT LAUDERDALEFL 80,000
199ELDORODRIGUEZPEMBROKE PINESFL79,000
279EVANBEARDDELRAY BEACHFL 79,000
123RODOLFOFERNANDEZHIALEAHFL 78,000
71JOSEPHCARRAFASOUTHINGTONCT75,000
453RODRIGODELGADO REYNOSOMIAMIFL 70,500
132KHARIHUTCHINGSYPSILANTIMI68,000
124MARCKASSISJACKSONVILLEFL 64,500
146LORENZODI CHIAZZAKLEINBURGON 64,500
55GREGORYTHORSONPARKLANDHI 64,000
72LIONELRICHARDSOUTHERN SHORESNC 63,000
262EFTHIMIOSPIPERAKISPEMBROKE PINESFL 63,000
128MARCELOAAGESENMIAMIFL 62,500
198MICHAELSINISGALLIMIAMIFL60,000
136SAUL FABIANANDRADETAMPAFL 60,000
455AMERICOARIASHIALEAHFL 60,000
126GARYBLAISHOLLYWOODFL 56,000
209JEANDEROMEDI DELPLANQUEMIAMI BEACHFL 50,500
121MELISSAKAISERMIAMIFL 50,000
64ELIRANMAMANHOLLYWOODFL 41,500
56ALEXANDERNACHTWEYBERKELEYCA 37,500
272STEVENFASSBERGBOCA RATONFL 33,500
127SEBASTIANBREWSTERWEST PALM BEACHFL 27,500
66ALIMEHRABANBOLINGBROOKIL 24,500
137MYCHALMECCAORLANDOFL 23,500

2024 LHPO in Review

Raminder Singh hoists the LHPO Championship trophy (that thing is not light)

We kicked off the new year with the 2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open series, which featured 52 trophy events over 13 days with nearly $4.5 million in guaranteed prize money.

Events: 52
Entries: 12,412
Guarantees: $4,480,000
Prize Pools: $11,158,855

A lot of money was paid out, but our players made all of our tournaments a huge success. They gave us plenty of stories, starting with our headliner, the LHPO Championship.

The $3,500 buy-in tournament featured a $2,000,000 guarantee with two starting flights and a lot of travelers in town for the games and good weather and took a seat next to our local regulars.

Buy-in: $3,500
Entries: 1,188
Guarantee: $2,000,000
Prize Pool: $3,801,600

This tournament created one of the most talented Championship final tables in our history and had everything you could want. WSOP bracelets and High Roller monsters and cash game experts and one local legend.

Raminder Singh began the series in sole position of the top spot on our all-time major wins list. His ten titles paced the field, but early on, Yuval Bronshtein and Michael Newman captured their tenth to tie him.

But Singh made a statement in the Championship; he captured the LHPO title, earned $486,353 and stands alone once again on our leaderboard.

It was a masterful performance, and he is more than worthy of returning to the top.

Other notable wins include a race for history on the last day of the series. Phil Hui, John Fauver, and Frederic all won two LHPO trophies in the last two weeks and were the last three players in the $1,100 Eight-Game Mix tournament.

Moss outlasted his two tough opponents and became only the fourth player in our history to win three titles in the same series.

2012 Showdown – Julio Fernandez
2012 RRPO – Atanael Thomas
2023 RRPO – Matt Bretzfield
2024 LHPO – Frederic Moss

Frederic Moss booked 1, 2, and 3 LHPO wins

Singh’s brief time tied on the win list began when Yuval Bronshtein caught him after he won the $1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha title and Michael Newman won the $200 Big Stack.

Interesting note: Singh finished second in the $400 Turbo while Newman won the Big Stack. So Singh was one bad beat away from having 12 wins by the end of the series.

Raminder Singh – 11 wins
Michael Newman – 10 wins
Yuval Bronshtein – 10 wins
David Shmuel – 9 wins
John Holley – 8 wins
Matt Bretzfield – 8 wins
Four tied – 7 wins

Kevin MacDonald bagged in Flight A of the $400 Deep Stack opening event, won the $400 Turbo NLH that night, then returned for the Deep Stack and won that four days later.

Alex Foxen won the $25,500 High Roller NLH, Matt Glantz won the $10,000 High Roller PLO, and Upeshka De Silva won the $10,000 Deep Stack NLH.

With 52 trophy events, there was no end to the great stories and those are just a few. You can check the full list of results and updates linked below.

We can never thank you enough for your support and for making each series a huge success; our players are the best.

We look forward to seeing you at the Escalator Series in a few days and the 2024 Poker Showdown from April 3 through April 23!

2024 LHPO Championship: Raminder Singh – $486,353
Event 1 ($600 Multi-Flight): Kevin MacDonald – $250,420
Event 2 ($400 HORSE): Victor Nassif – $8,370
Event 3 ($1,100 Big O): Benjamin Jacobs – $11,026
Event 4 ($200 Big Stack): Noel Avila Mendez – $4,734
Event 5 ($400 Turbo): Kevin MacDonald – $4,890
Event 6 ($400 O8): Phil Hui – $9,850
Event 7 ($400 Bounty): Michael Tarafa – $6,143
Event 8 ($200 Mix): Frederic Moss – $5,650
Event 9 ($1,100 PLO): Yuval Bronshtein – $21,216
Event 10 ($400 Turbo NLH): Jason Blodgett – $5,825
Event 11 ($400 NLH): Donald Somers – $28,860
Event 12 ($1,100 NLH): Dominick Sarle – $42,705
Event 13 ($600 Mixed PLO): Michael Rosenberg – $13,460
Event 14 ($300 Bounty): Joseph Presho – $7,515
Event 15 ($400 Turbo): Jeffrey Shayani – $8,568
Event 16 ($200 Big Stack): Michael Newman – $28,155
Event 17 ($600 Big O): Filippos Stavrakis – $18,475
Event 18 ($400 Bounty PLO): Jacobo Montoya – $7,000
Event 19 ($600 Turbo): Samuel Journeay – $9,600
Event 20 ($400 Seniors): Cobi Cobian – $9,957
Event 21 ($600 6-Max NLH): Austin Morin – $19,655
Event 22 ($400 Triple Stud): Mihails Morozovs – $7,595
Event 23 ($1,100 PLO8): Max Neugebauer – $20,855
Event 24 ($1,100 HORSE): Jay Kerbel – $11,735
Event 25 ($2,200 NLH): Javier Zarco – $73,910
Event 26 ($10K PLO): Matt Glantz – $80,750
Event 27 ($600 PLO): John Fauver – $41,575
Event 28 ($200 Bounty): Donald Somers – $7,090
Event 29 ($1,100 Turbo): Aaron Kupin – $23,440
Event 30 ($1,100 NLH): Frank Weigel – $42,000
$25K High Roller: Alex Foxen – $426,075
Event 32 ($600 O8): Joe Shammas – $9,000
Event 33 ($1,100 Turbo): Min Zhang – $17,550
Event 35 ($600 HORSE): Phil Hui – $9,395
Event 36 ($400 Bounty): Solange Zambrano – $8,078
Event 37 ($600 2-7 TD): Kenneth Po – $9,420
Event 38 ($400 Big O): Frederic Moss – $9,165
Event 39 ($600 Turbo): Robbie Baumann – $8,690
Event 40 ($400 Bounty): Rudy Mamo – $7,582
Event 41 ($1,700 Bounty): Mike Liang – $31,855
Event 42 ($1,100 Mixed PLO): John Fauver – $17,410
Event 43 ($400 Multi-Flight): Steven Bennett – $32,658
Event 44 ($600 Seniors): Neil Blumenfield – $14,561
Event 45 ($1,100 8-Game): Frederic Moss – $20,095
Event 46 ($10K NLH): Upeshka De Silva – $166,725
Event 47 ($600 Turbo): Ian Anderson – $9,925
Event 48 ($600 OE): Scott Blackman – $11,135
Event 49 ($400 6-Max NLH): Nathaniel Moore – $12,900
Event 50 ($5K NLH): Stoyan Madanzhiev – $104,035
Event 51 ($1,100 6-Max PLO): Todd Ivens – $27,795
Event 52 ($300 Bounty): Steven Cohen – $7,150

Raminder Singh Shows His Lion’s Will to Win on the Path to the Trophy in the 2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 34
$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Entries:  1,188
Prize Pool:  $3,801,600
January 18 – 23, 2024

One of South Florida’s own has taken home the top prize in the Championship at the Lucky Hearts Poker Open. Raminder Singh added to his robust trophy case by capturing the giant guitar pick trophy, along with the largest cash of his poker career worth $486,353. That puts his total career earnings close to $3 million. He topped a field of 1,188 entries to win the title, including a talented group of players on the final day of the tournament that concluded when the final three agreed to a chop when Singh had secured the chip lead against Dan Martin (second place), and Jesse Lonis (third place).

We caught up with Singh after he had the trophy in hand  for an interview about his victory, and here is what he had to say right after the win. “It feels really great, I don’t really ever play any big tournaments that go into the week. I need to have a pretty fine schedule to skip all my work and play, so normally I don’t play these. But this time my friends, they convinced me to play in this. This was the time to play. I’ve been in good form, I’ve been playing well, I couldn’t miss this tournament,” said Singh.

He can often be found playing in tournaments with his Team Singh shirt, and he showed a lion’s will down the homestretch of the tournament in his determination to win the trophy, even when chops had been previously offered. “Team Singh, the lion on my shirt was basically invented by my nephews. Harry, Jason, and Sandy, and like 20 of their friends and others that are in the network that call me uncle, so I’m the universal uncle. They are all my nephews. Even locally here, a lot of the players I play against – It’s in the family. Singh means lion actually in our language,” said Singh.

When you have over 90 tournament wins on your poker resume it’s probably time to get a trophy case, and this is the victory that’s got him thinking that way. “With this prestigious win, to be honest with you I may really have to think about a trophy case with this giant trophy. This is my No. 1 win. This is by far my largest score,” said Singh.

He continued, “I have a lot of respect for the players here, and the staff. Amazing fields, and it’s amazing the way they organize these tournaments and these series. It’s local here, so it’s so good, like a 45-minute drive for me. I really enjoy it here, Hard Rock is my favorite place to play poker.”

We followed with a question about how all those previous journeys to the end of a tournament helped him finish the job today, and he replied with this. “Your experience does help, in every field of your life, not just poker. This is the first time I’ve played until Day 4 in a tournament, but I have played the WSOP main a couple of times. This was really an interesting structure where the blind levels moved from 90 minutes and then to 60 at the final table, and we were very deep. I’m a businessman at my core, so i strongly believe in horses for courses. When you play a turbo it’s a different minefield, when you play a $3,500 it’s a different level of players and a different structure, so you have to adjust your patience and that animal instinct that’s inside that’s trying to really, really be aggressive. You’ve got to control it more, and tame it back a little. You’ve got to sit back and read people more,” said Singh.

If you spend any amount of time watching Singh play at a poker table you can quickly tell he is the conversation captain anywhere he is seated. We asked him about that outgoing personality, and here is how Singh responded, “To be honest I just like to talk as humans. I’m a businessman as I said. I was very introverted growing up, but I got some very good mentors in my life that helped me develop my people skills, and I enjoy life. If you love to talk it’s not so much about the hands or the strategy, it’s more about life.”

Our table-side chat finished with trying to settle the score if Singh still considers himself an amateur after so much success in closing out poker tournaments, but it doesn’t sound like he’s about to give that moniker up anytime soon. “An amateur is an amateur is an amateur for life [laughs]. So I would love to keep that title of a true poker amateur unless I win the WSOP main event one day. If I win that tournament then I will retire that title, and take whatever title comes with that,” said Singh.

The victory is also Singh’s 11th SHRP major series trophy, retaking the lead atop the all-time winners list.

2015 SHRPO – $250 No-Limit Hold’em – ($6,716)
2015 RRPO – $350 NLHE Black Chip Bounty – ($11,400)
2015 RRPO – $350 No-Limit Hold’em Big Stack – ($15,298)
2018 RRPO – $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em – ($37,706)
2019 SHRPO – $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deep Stack – ($200,000)
2020 LHPO – $600 No-Limit Hold’em Six Max – ($22,520)
2021 SHRPO – $200 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH – ($6,256)
2022 Showdown – $150 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em – ($5,008)
2022 RRPO – $600 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em – ($7,897)
2023 Showdown – $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em – ($12,230)
2024 LHPO – $3,500 No-Limit Hold’em Championship – ($486,353)

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1RaminderSingh$486,353*
2DanMartin$460,000*
3JesseLonis$404,247*
4JustinDatloff$229,900
5JonathanJaffe$173,500
6MitchGarshofsky$132,300
7BennyGlaser$102,000
8TobyJoyce$79,400
9BrianHastings$62,500
10ThomasWinschel$62,500
11SamuelWynder$49,700
12OlivierRebello$49,700
13LukeMcIntosh$40,000
14SeanTroha$40,000
15AndrewMoreno$32,500
16JoelDeutsch$32,500
17HarveyCastro$26,800
18EricLea$26,800
19JimCollopy$26,800
20SethFischer$26,800
21NicholasMahabee$22,300
22JeanGaspard$22,300
23NickolasVinson$22,300
24Benjamin Perez$22,300
25FabianGumz$18,700
26AndrzejRogowski$18,700
27T.K.Miles$18,700
28FrankWeigel$18,700
29JustinCarey$18,700
30JamesOrleans$18,700
31JonBorenstein$18,700
32EricYanovsky$18,700
33BenjaminGrise$16,000
34KristenFoxen$16,000
35PetarKalev$16,000
36RonKatz$16,000
37ScottBaumstein$16,000
38JoelGola$16,000
39JordanSparagana$16,000
40RossCorless$16,000
41ElanitHasas$13,700
42AaronGunn$13,700
43StevenSnyder$13,700
44KathyLiebert$13,700
45MattLambrecht$13,700
46AaronSteury$13,700
47IanGillespie$13,700
48DomMosley$13,700
49JosephBrum Pacheco$12,000
50JohnnyBromberg$12,000
51StephenMuschett$12,000
52JasonBlodgett$12,000
53GusRaptis$12,000
54SimonWilson$12,000
55ShaneSantacroce$12,000
56CobiCobian$12,000
57LukeBrereton$10,600
58ZhenCai$10,600
59TimothyMina$10,600
60JorgeManzur Duarte$10,600
61AlexanderZiskin$10,600
62EiderDa Cruz$10,600
63VamsiMagam$10,600
64LouOjeda$10,600
65StevenRosen$9,400
66TimothyMulroy$9,400
67BrianScott$9,400
68JeremyJoseph$9,400
69AlejandroGonzalez Olaechea$9,400
70DavidLevy$9,400
71JorisRuijs$9,400
72AlekseiIstomin$9,400
73FrederickAttias$8,500
74CarloRodriguez$8,500
75OleksandrGnatenko$8,500
76TylerDenson$8,500
77AnthonyBertuccio$8,500
78MaykolTrujillo Garcia$8,500
79MarkAbboud$8,500
80DennisStevermer$8,500
81JonathanMoschel$7,800
82PhilippeSouki$7,800
83DarryllFish$7,800
84StevenRichardson$7,800
85BrandonWittmeyer$7,800
86NicholasChong$7,800
87MichaelLaufer$7,800
88JeffersonZaminhan$7,800
89TylerCampbell$7,100
90JuanMembreno Orellano$7,100
91JoshArieh$7,100
92BassamMourad$7,100
93BrandonNavarrete$7,100
94NikitaKalinin$7,100
95GeraldCunniff$7,100
96RonnieAbro$7,100
97RichardFlach$7,100
98CarlCarodenuto$7,100
99VictorNissim$7,100
100JustinTurner$7,100
101Viktor Ustimov$7,100
102MichelBittan$7,100
103RayanChamas$7,100
104StephenKehoe$7,100
105JoeSerock$6,600
106DanHeimiller$6,600
107HaimGabay$6,600
108AndjelkoAndrejevic$6,600
109SpencerChamplin$6,600
110PaulVarano$6,600
111ConnorRash$6,600
112JoseGonzalez$6,600
113A.J.Kelsall$6,600
114AlejandroArana$6,600
115JasonRocha$6,600
116SergioGiha$6,600
117MichaelVanderWoude$6,600
118JohnSpaddavecchia Jr.$6,600
119StoyanMadanzhiev$6,600
120MichaelScoma$6,600
121ArielRosello$6,200
122AngelaLynn$6,200
123MichaelNewman$6,200
124AlGomez$6,200
125BlakeNapierala$6,200
126RichardAlsup$6,200
127NitisUdornpim$6,200
128FrankLagodich$6,200
129RodneyPinkham$6,200
130JeffTrudeau$6,200
131JudithBielan$6,200
132JessicaBeyrer$6,200
133ShawnLucas$6,200
134BenjaminMiner$6,200
135EricSiegel$5,900
136BrendanMurphy$5,900
137ToddIvens$5,900
138NorbertoCharuf Diab$5,900
139TylerRueger$5,900
140DaniGenov$5,900
141YordanPetrov$5,900
142SaberSalum Penayo$5,900
143DylanLinde$5,900
144BryanSchultz$5,900
145SebastienAube$5,900
146BrianNerney$5,900
147JeffreyHood$5,900
148JavierZarco$5,900
149DanielSmiljkovic$5,900

Championship: Raminder Singh Wins in a Three-Way Deal!

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 34:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,188

Jesse Lonis (left), Raminder Singh (center), and Dan Martin (right)

After playing three-handed for a little while, the remaining players opted to took at the numbers and eventually reached a deal:

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Raminder Singh  –  27,100,000  (54 bb)
Dan Martin  –  21,700,000  (43 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  10,600,000  (21 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Raminder Singh  –  $486,353
Dan Martin  –  $460,000
Jesse Lonis  –  $404,247

As the chip leader, Raminder Singh is the official winner of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship, and he retakes the lead in SHRP major series trophy victories with 11.

A recap of the LHPO Championship will be posted later tonight.

Steven Cohen Wins Event 52 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Heads-Up Chop for $7,150

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 52
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  245
Prize Pool:  $37,975
Bounty Prize Pool: $24,500
January 23, 2024

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 52 Champion Steven Cohen

Event 52 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 245 entries generated a prize pool of $37,795, with an additional $24,500 set aside for bounties.

A heads-up chop was made at the final table and Steven Cohen was ahead in chips, making him the official Event 52 winner for $7,150.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1StevenCohen$7,150*
2Rama-DeviShanigarapu$7,150*
3HanyAyoub$3,890
4ConstantinosPsallidas$2,370
5RaymondMillard$1,830
6CarlosTorres Vazquez$1,515
7KyleCarino$1,290
8RamonRodriguez Cuni$1,085
9FrankAfonso$880
10ShiraScharo$880
11MartynasBrazdzionis$750
12ChristopherBrown$750
13YotamBar-Yosef$640
14CarloRodriguez$640
15ToddRomboli$640
16MitchellSmith$540
17PasqauleCaiazza$540
18DianeLinke$540
19JohnCastano$440
20KevinMacDonald$440
21MichaelNewman$440
22RichardMcDanel$375
23JuanGelez$375
24DonaldSomers$375
25JuanMontoya Bernal$350
26GilfredBertin Jr.$350
27ShieGabbai$350
28EldoRodriguez$350
29LuisRamos$350
30RobertGoldberg$350
31JavierBlanco$350

*denotes heads-up chop

Steven Bennett Wins His 4th SHRP Major Series Trophy in 2024 LHPO Event 43 Deal for $32,658

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 43
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee
Entries:  726
Prize Pool:  $239,580
January 21-23, 2024

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 43 Champion Steven Bennett

Event 34 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a multi-flight $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em. Across three- starting flights, a field of 726 entries generated a prize pool of $239,580.

A three-way deal was reached at the final table and Steven Bennett was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 43 winner for $32,658. This marked Bennett’s fourth SHRP major series trophy, among several other victories in the poker room.

Here are Bennett’s four SHRP major series trophy victories:

2016 SHRPO:  $360 No-Limit Hold’em  ($11,000)
2018 Showdown:  $570 No-Limit Hold’em  ($186,308)
2023 SHRPO:  $1,100 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em  ($33,010)
2024 LHPO:  $400 No-Limit Hold’em  ($32,658)

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1StevenBennett$32,658*
2MattYorra$31,160*
3RobBrown$28,777*
4MarkNahama$14,555
5PaulJulian$11,095
6EricBeringer$8,810
7ThomasWallis$7,295
8ArielRosello$5,805
9AllanBieler$4,355
10SteveKarp$4,355
11JulioDelgado Reyes$3,600
12RobertPrinz$3,600
13JeremyGoureau$2,870
14TreyBrauch$2,870
15EricSiegel$2,870
16JeffreyYarchever$2,380
17FrankPavia$2,380
18MarcoRodriguez$2,380
19DiWang$1,950
20YuriyKozinskiy$1,950
21DavidDiBernardi$1,950
22CourtneyRowe$1,660
23AlessioIsaia$1,660
24RobbieBaumann$1,660
25RobertGoldberg$1,385
26FredericoDabus$1,385
27StevenMcKoy$1,385
28RichardSaunders$1,130
29RaymondMillard$1,130
30Charles JosephJohnson$1,130
31MikeBeasley$1,130
32HiteshPatel$1,130
33RafaelLima$1,130
34NoelAvila Mendez$1,130
35ShaunGlennon$1,130
36LuisDominguez$1,130
37MatthewGallen$990
38NorbertoCharuf Diab$990
39StevenCohen$990
40DyannaLopez$990
41JamesSalmon$990
42JuanMubarak$990
43AyedShweihat$990
44ZacharyKhang Vuong$990
45DejanPetkovic$990
46BryceMcVay$875
47MichaelAmato$875
48JamesTomblin$875
49CarlosTorres Vazquez$875
50AxelSantoni$875
51StephenAllen$875
52FrederickAttias$875
53FrankRusso$875
54PhilipConsolo$875
55GusRaptis$790
56LeonidGoldshteyn$790
57DonaldHimpele$790
58AdamUmstattd$790
59RichardFernandez$790
60MihalacheCean$790
61KeaganLecomte$790
62GaryLieberman$790
63RafikiBrown$790
64PavelIvan$725
65ClaudioKalili$725
66RobertoBendeck$725
67CharlesKassatly$725
68JeffreyHood$725
69JorgeGomez$725
70AlexGambordella$725
71JeffreyPalermo$725
72AlanLeon$725
73AxelOrellana Gomez$660
74MichaelSchwartz$660
75AlejandroFunes$660
76ChantepyTham$660
77ErikDe Souza$660
78AndresFalla$660
79ScottNorman$660
80JamesGuidi$660
81ChristopherZollo$660
82LawrenceBroome$625
83JayKlitzner$625
84JamesPerri$625
85TroyActon$625
86JosephEsbenshade$625
87PhilippeGoureau$625
88EricHart$625
89BrandonNavarrete$625
90JuanMontoya Bernal$625
91MitchellSmith$625

*denotes three-way deal

Todd Ivens Wins Event 51 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Outright for $27,795

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 51
$1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  94
Prize Pool:  $91,180
January 23, 2024

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 51 Champion Todd Ivens

Event 51 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha, drawing 94 entries for a prize pool of $91,180. Outlasting the field was Todd Ivens, emerging victorious for $27,795.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1ToddIvens$27,795
2BobbyLupo$18,000
3YaroslanBartutis$11,985
4AustinMorin$8,210
5AnthonyMarks$5,795
6OleksandrTrokhymenko$4,215
7RishiMakkar$3,165
8KristenNyman$3,165
9ErnestoAdam$2,455
10DashDudley$2,455
11GrantHart$1,970
12MatthewLambrecht$1,970

Nathaniel Moore Wins Event 49 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Outright for $12,900

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 49
$400 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  142
Prize Pool:  $47,570
January 23, 2024

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 49 Champion Nathaniel Moore

Event 49 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 142 entries created a prize pool of $47,570 and earning the biggest piece was Nathaniel Moore, winning outright for $12,900.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1NathanielMoore$12,900
2RyanEstrada$8,390
3JasonBlodgett$5,615
4DavidSathue$3,875
5DorianRios$2,760
6JudahRosenstein$2,030
7ChristopherUnderwood$1,540
8WilliamWhite$1,540
9MoisesJattin$1,215
10AlanHamza$1,215
11JordanFlaschner$990
12StuartGreenbaum$990
13DouglasMontone$840
14TrevorArgue$840
15JosephEsbenshade$740
16ToddLapointe$740
17CharlesKassalty$675
18JayKlitzner$675

Frederic Moss Wins His 3rd Trophy of the Series With LHPO Event 45 Outright Win for $20,095

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 45
$1,100 Eight-Game Mix (Re-Entry)
Entries:  56
Prize Pool:  $54,320
January 22-23, 2024

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 45 Champion Frederic Moss

Event 45 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Eight-Game Mix. A field of 56 entries produced a prize pool of $54,320 and a unique situation emerged when the field was down to three players.

Frederic Moss, Phil Hui, and John Fauver had each won two trophies apiece during the 2024 Lucky Hearts, setting the stage for the winner to capture a third.

In the end, it was Moss who emerged victorious for a first-place prize of $20,095. His other two victories during the series came in the $200 PLO/NLH Mix and the $400 Big O.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1FredericMoss$20,095
2PhilHui$11,950
3JohnFauver$7,335
4ToddIvens$5,160
5DylanLinde$4,075
6TomKoral$3,260
7FilipposStavrakis$2,445