High Roller: Bringing Out the Big Players

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 200/400 with a 50 ante

High Roller tournaments always attract some of the top players in the game and we expect the same this time around. Event 20 is the second High Roller on the Lucky Hearts Poker Open schedule and it has a huge history of success.

The last two $25,500 High Rollers more than doubled their $1 Million Guarantee and we don’t see any reason why today should be any different.

The High Roller entrants will start with deep 100,000 stacks and levels will run 40-minutes in the beginning. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 13 at 7:30 pm after the dinner break.

This is a two-day tournament and those with chips at the end of Level 15 will bag them up for a return Tuesday at noon.

  • $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • Levels last 40 minutes; Final Table levels last 90 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
  • Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
  • High Roller Structure Sheet

Event 19: Big Stack Poker

$570 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 25/50

The clock is running down on the Lucky Hearts Poker Open but we still have plenty of one-day events for the trophy hunters. It will be a busy day in the ballroom and it starts off with a big money, big stack tournament.

Event 19 has a $570 buy-in with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and big stack structure. Entrants will start with 15,000 stacks and play 30-minute levels. Late registration and re-entries are open until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm and there is a dinner break schedule at 5:30 pm.

After that break, they will continue their day until only the Event 19 champion remains. Cards go in the air at 11 am and we will track their progress throughout.

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 19 Structure Sheet

LHPO Day 12 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 19 – $570 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 19 Structure Sheet

12PM: Day 3 – $3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship

12PM: Day 1 – $25,500 High Roller

  • $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • Levels last 40 minutes; Final Table levels last 90 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
  • Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
  • High Roller Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 21 – $360 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 21 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 22 Day 1A – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

  • $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration available until start of Level 9
  • Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
  • Event 22 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 71 – $140 Mega Satellite into Event 19 (1-in-5)

  • 5 seats guaranteed into $570/$50,000 GTD Event 19
  • Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 71 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 72 – $550 Mega Satellite into Event 23 (1-in-10)

  • 5seats guaranteed into $5,000/$250,000 GTD Event 23
  • Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 72 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 73 – $550 Mega Satellite into Event 23 (1-in-10)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $5,000/$250,000 GTD Event 23
  • Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 73 Structure Sheet

Players are encouraged to park in Seminole Way Garage for easy, covered access to the tournament area and poker room
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Championship: Day 3 Table and Seat Draw

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 911

First NameLast NameChip CountTableSeat
BruceKramer396,000461
MichaelNewman400,000462
AlmogBiton639,000463
MatasCimbolas440,000464
JoeyCouden1,339,000465
QasemJamhour1,284,000466
TristanWade272,000467
RafaelOliveira245,000468
KennyNguyen405,000471
NeilPatel626,000472
MarioPrats Garcia442,000473
SamDeSilva351,000474
AaronMassey59,000475
DanielLetts324,000477
ArditKurshumi843,000478
StevenMcKoy309,000481
DarryllFish410,000482
JoelHarwood300,000483
AlanKrockey320,000485
Eric (Scott)Chastain743,000486
JohnnyStevenson205,000487
NessReilly973,000488
DavidFuss517,000541
NickSchwarmann1,017,000542
RainerKempe793,000543
JohnRichards910,000544
AmelioAmato218,000545
JoeyWeissman661,000546
JohnDolan378,000547
MohsinCharania190,000548
SnjithVarughese178,000551
PatrickQuinn717,000552
AllanBieler223,000553
BenYu1,382,000554
AndjelkoAndrejevic1,023,000555
SpencerChamplin334,000556
BryanPiccioli325,000557
PetkoTsakov363,000558
JasonBrin285,000561
AleksandrShevelev515,000562
ScottWright244,000563
BrandonCaputo778,000564
VincentSpadavecchia100,000566
MichaelLaake250,000567
CongPham782,000568
DavidLiu394,000641
AnthonyAbdo209,000642
AndyFrankenberger604,000643
CurtKohlberg548,000644
BrettBader434,000645
PeterEichhardt271,000646
JerryDeLisle386,000647
MikeChiappetta1,021,000648

Championship: Day 3 Chip Counts

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 911

RankFirst NameLast NameChip Count
1BenYu1,382,000
2JoeyCouden1,339,000
3QasemJamhour1,284,000
4AndjelkoAndrejevic1,023,000
5MikeChiappetta1,021,000
6NickSchwarmann1,017,000
7NessReilly973,000
8JohnRichards910,000
9ArditKurshumi843,000
10RainerKempe793,000
11CongPham782,000
12BrandonCaputo778,000
13Eric (Scott)Chastain743,000
14PatrickQuinn717,000
15JoeyWeissman661,000
16AlmogBiton639,000
17NeilPatel626,000
18AndyFrankenberger604,000
19CurtKohlberg548,000
20DavidFuss517,000
21AleksandrShevelev515,000
22MarioPrats Garcia442,000
23MatasCimbolas440,000
24BrettBader434,000
25DarryllFish410,000
26KennyNguyen405,000
27MichaelNewman400,000
28BruceKramer396,000
29DavidLiu394,000
30JerryDeLisle386,000
31JohnDolan378,000
32PetkoTsakov363,000
33SamDeSilva351,000
34SpencerChamplin334,000
35BryanPiccioli325,000
36DanielLetts324,000
37AlanKrockey320,000
38StevenMcKoy309,000
39JoelHarwood300,000
40JasonBrin285,000
41TristanWade272,000
42PeterEichhardt271,000
43MichaelLaake250,000
44RafaelOliveira245,000
45ScottWright244,000
46AllanBieler223,000
47AmelioAmato218,000
48AnthonyAbdo209,000
49JohnnyStevenson205,000
50MohsinCharania190,000
51SnjithVarughese178,000
52VincentSpadavecchia100,000
53AaronMassey59,000

Championship: Ben Yu Leads the Remaining 53 Players

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 911

Ben Yu

Day 2 of the $3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship began with 343 players left from the starting field of 911 entries. After another 10 one-hour levels, only 53 players remain. Ben Yu leads the way with 1,382,000, followed closely by Joey Couden with 1,339,000.

Yu had just 80,000 at the beginning of the final level of Day 2, but went on a crazy rush to the top of the chip counts in one hour’s time.

Full chip counts and the Day 3 table and seat draw wil be published within the hour.

Championship: 54th-73rd Place Finishers

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 911

54th: Faton Marke – $10,006
55th: Ray Qartomy – $10,006
56th: Steven Rosen – $10,006
57th: Sean Winter – $8,904
58th: Bobby Suer – $8,904
59th: Filipp Khavin – $8,904
60th: Hans Winzeler – $8,904
61st: Lawrence Klur – $8,904
62nd: Pablo Fernandez – $8,904
63rd: Luke Graham – $8,904
64th: Alberto Rodriguez – $8,904
65th: Michael Pearson – $8,034
66th: Floris Payraudeau – $8,034
67th: Javier Zarco – $8,034
68th: Lawrence Pileggi – $8,034
69th: Maurice Paradis – $8,034
70th: Jerry Humphrey – $8,034
71st: Stephen Deutsch – $8,034
72nd: Avdo Djokovic – $8,034
73rd: Loni Harwood – $7,338

Championship: Sean Winter Eliminated by New Chip Leader Ben Yu

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 911

Sean Winter was all in from the button for about 250,000 with 5d5h against Ben Yu in the small blind with AcJd.

The board came down KdQhJc9d9h, giving Yu jacks and nines to eliminate Winter in 57th place for $8,904.

Yu won a few more pots in the waning minutes of the day to take the chip lead.

Ben Yu – 1,380,000 (138 bb)
Sean Winter – Eliminated

Championship: Qasem Jamhour Takes Out Two and Seizes the Chip Lead

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 60 of 911

Larry Klur raised to 27,000 from early position, Pablo Fernandez called from middle position, Qasem Jamhour three-bet to 100,000 from the cutoff, Klur four-bet shoved for 227,000, Fernandez called all in for about 180,000, and Jamhour called to put both at risk.

Klur: KsKd
Fernandez: AhAs
Jamhour: 8c8h

The flop came down AcKc9s, giving Klur and Fernandez sets. Fernandez, though, help top set of aces.

However, the 2c turn and 6c river completed the board, giving Jamhour a flush to eliminate both opponents and taking the chip lead in the process.

Qasen Jamhour – 1,460,000 (146 bb)
Larry Klur – Eliminated in 61st Place ($8,904)
Pablo  Fernandez – Elminated in 62nd Place ($8,904)

Championship: Ness Reilly Doubles Through Tristan Wade

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 66 of 911

Ness Reilly (left) and Tristan Wade (center)

Approaching the table, Tristan Wade had 64,000 chips out in front of him on the button with some previous action in front of him. Ness Reilly was out of position against him, and she re-raised all in for just over 300,000. Wade eventually called to put her at risk.

Wade: AsQc
Reilly: KcJc

The board ran out Ks9c4d9s9d, and Reilly won the pot with nines full. She doubled up, taking just over half of Wade’s stack in the process.

Ness Reilly – 650,000 (81 bb)
Tristan Wade – 285,000 (36 bb)