$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 297 of 911
The tables continue to break at a regular pace and we are under 300 players remaining, heading down to the money with 114.
SHRP regular did his part but needed a little help. He had Antonious all in with against and the dealer did the rest on the four-flush board.
Qasem Jamhour – 145,000 (91 bb) Nashaat Antonius – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 315 of 911
Joey Weissman opened to 2,600 from the cutoff and Steve Sanzone three-bet to 7,500 from the big blind. Weissman called to see the flop and Sanzone continued for 15,000.
Weissman called again, the turn came and Sanzone checked this time. Weissman bet 35,000 and Sanzone pulled a check-raise to 70,000. Weissman called, then moved all in after the river.
Sanzone quickly called with rivered two pair but he was dead to Weissman’s turned flush with .
Joey Weissman – 337,000 (281 bb) Steven Sanzone – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 324 of 911
Michael Quinn is moving in the right direction this afternoon. Our “Win a Seat” drawing winner made Day 2 with a nice stack and picked up back-to-back hands to build it higher.
The last saw former Seminole Hard Rock Poker Player of the Year Ory Hen open-shove for 12,700 and Quinn called from the hijack before he could even finish stacking his last win. The rest of the table released and Hen was in trouble.
Hen: Quinn:
Hen began gathering his belongings when he saw the hands and was sent out after the board.
Michael Quinn – 94,500 (79 bb) Ory Hen – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 342 of 911
The action is moving right along and several players hit the rail in the first pots. Wally Maddah caught pocket nines in the first two hands, neither held against big aces and he was sent out.
At a nearby table, Stephen Smith was all in for his last 12,000 versus Ness Reilly and her caught against his on the board to send him out.
Those two have some history this series. Both made the WPTDeepStacks live-streamed final table to kick off the festival. Reilly finished in eighth place and Smith cashed out in fourth.
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 343 of 911
After the daily reading of the rules, Tournament Director Tony Burns put cards in the air for Day 2 of the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship.
We have 343 players remaining and we expect to hear the “seat open” calls early and often as the short stacks try to run it up.
Levels continue to run 60-minutes throughout the day and will switch to 90-minutes long starting tomorrow.
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 343 of 911
The WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship made it through the two starting flights and it drew 911 entries to push the prize pool well clear of the $2 Million Guarantee.
Of those starters, we have 343 coming back for Day 2 this afternoon and it will be another great day of poker. Joey Couden returns with the chip lead followed by Cong Pham, Brad Albrinck, Darryll Fish, and Dantonio Brown. Albrinck bagged up the Flight A chip lead, had a day off, and went across the hall to win the Black Chip Bounty event.
The top ten also includes poker legend Bobby Suer, high roller specialist Isaac Haxton, and WPT favorite Sam De Silva. Father/daughter team Loni and Joel Harwood also advanced along with Vanessa Selbst, Rainer Kempe, Darren Elias, and Anthony Spinella. Michael Quinn grabbed his entry via our Win a Seat drawing and returns with a top 50 stack.
The plan is to play ten more levels, one hour apiece, and end the day around 12:30 am. The actual length is yet to be determined, it will all depend on how long it takes to make the money this evening.
The Championship restarts at noon and we’ll see who makes a Day 2 run.
We have two new tournaments on the Lucky Hearts Poker Open schedule and both of them will zip off with turbo formats while the Championship plays down in the ballroom.
Event 17 is a $300 buy-in tournament with a turbo structure and a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool. It is set up to start and finish on the same day so we will crown another LHPO trophy before the night is through.
Entrants start out with 10,000 stacks and play 15-minute levels from start to finish. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 11 at 2 pm. They will return and continue shrinking the field until only the Event 17 remains.
Cards fly at 11 am and we’ll keep one eye on them from across the hallway.
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 11
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Returning to Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 343 of 911
Flight A: 464 Entries, 175 Advanced Flight B: 447 Entries, 168 Advanced Day 2: Sunday at Noon
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Returning to Level 11: 600/1,200 with a 200 ante Players Remaining: 343 of 911
Flight A: 464 Entries, 175 Advanced Flight B: 447 Entries, 168 Advanced Day 2: Sunday at Noon