$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 911

Ness Reilly opened to 75,000 from the button and Jerry DeLisle moved all in from the small blind for 333,000. Cong Pham released his big blind and Reilly called.

DeLisle:
Reilly:

Reilly was ahead for the knockout and DeLisle missed the board to exit in 19th place.

Ness Reilly – 2,600,000 (87 bb)
Jerry DeLisle – Eliminated in 19th place ($21,577)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 911

Table 72
Seat 1: Mike Chiappetta – 1,310,000 (43 bb)
Seat 2: John Dolan – 2,370,000 (79 bb)
Seat 3: Rainer Kempe – 1,020,000 (34 bb)
Seat 4: Andy Frankenberger – 1,630,000 (54 bb)
Seat 5: Darryll Fish – 855,000 (28 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Aleksandr Shevelev – 2,100,000 (70 bb)
Seat 8: Bruce Kramer – 365,000 (12 bb)

Table 78
Seat 1: Almog Biton – 560,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Ben Yu – 1,775,000 (59 bb)
Seat 4: Alan Krockey – 2,220,000 (74 bb)
Seat 5: Mario Prats Garcia – 1,385,000 (46 bb)
Seat 6: Nick Schwarmann – 3,320,000 (111 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: John Richards – 825,000 (28 bb)

Table 79
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: David Liu – 1,715,000 (58 bb)
Seat 3: Brett Bader – 665,000 (22 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Ness Reilly – 2,185,000 (73 bb)
Seat 6: Jerry DeLisle – 390,000 (13 bb)
Seat 7: Cong Pham – 1,725,000 (58 bb)
Seat 8: Patrick Quinn – 805,000 (27 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 911

Rainer Kempe raised to 48,000 from the cutoff, Darryll Fish three-bet all in for 438,000 from the small blind, and Kempe called.

Kempe:
Fish:

The board came down , giving Fish trip queens to double through Kempe.

Darryll Fish – 928,000 (39 bb)
Rainer Kempe – 1,080,000 (45 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 911

Following a flop of in a battle of the blinds, Almog Biton checked from the small blind and Ben Yu bet 100,000 from the big blind. Biton check-raised to 225,000, and Yu called.

The turn was the , Biton bet 250,000, Yu raised all in for 594,000, and Biton called.

Biton:
Yu:

The river was the , and Yu doubled with kings and sevens.

Ben Yu – 1,930,000 (80 bb)
Almog Biton – 270,000 (11 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

Level 9 concluded, and the field was sent on a one-hour dinner break. Play resumes right around 7:30 p.m.

The board shows 65 entries so far, with late registration and re-entry open until about 9:45 p.m.

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

Someone opened the pot with a raise in middle position, though it’s not clear who did it. Stefan Schillhabel three-bet in the hijack, Seth Davies four-bet in the cutoff, the raiser folded, and Schillhabel five-bet shoved for 234,600. Davies called, committing most of his own stack to put his opponent at risk.

Schillhabel:
Davies:

There was an ace on the flop, and the run-out gave Schillhabel a huge double-up with a pair of aces.

Stefan Schillhabel – 490,000
Seth Davies – 75,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 911

David Liu raised to 50,000 from the hijack, Joey Couden reraised all in for 450,000 from the button, Ness Reilly called from the small blind, and Liu folded.

Couden:
Reilly:

The board came down , no help to Couden, ending his tournament in 20th place.

Ness Reilly – 2,140,000 (89 bb)
Joey Couden – Eliminated in 20th Place ($21,577)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 911

Cong Pham opened to 50,000 from the button and David Liu moved all in from the big blind for 673,000. Pham called with the bigger stack to put Liu at risk.

Liu:
Pham:

Liu was ahead in the race and he never had a sweat as the board ran for the double.

David Liu – 1,385,000 (58 bb)
Cong Pham – 1,500,000 (63 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 65

Stefan Schillhabel opened the cutoff to 5,500, and Luke Brereton three-bet shoved for 48,000 in the big blind. Schillhabel called to put him at risk.

Schillhabel:
Brereton:

The jack-high flop was a disaster for Brereton, and the run-out sent him to the rail just before dinner.

Schillhabel won the pot with jacks up to earn the knockout.

Stefan Schillhabel – 245,000
Luke Brereton – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 20 of 911

Following the turn of a board, Brandon Caputo was all in from the big blind for about 330,000 with against Ness Reilly in the hijack with .

The river was the , no help to Caputo, ending his tournament in 21st place.

Ness Reilly – 1,770,000 (74 bb)
Brandon Caputo – Eliminated in 21st Place ($18,039)