$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 343 of 911

Day 1B of the 2018 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship drew 447 entries. Combined with the 464 Day 1A entries, the total field size was set at 911 entries.  The top 114 places will be paid, with a min-cash at $5,858 and first-place paying out $511,604, which includes a seat to the WPT Tournament of Champions.

Joey Couden is the overall chip leader entering Day 2, leading the way with 342,500, more than 40 big blinds ahead of his nearest competitor, which is Cong Pham with 297,300.

168 players survived on Day 1B, and they’ll return Sunday at noon with the 175 Day 1A survivors.

Full chip counts and the Day 2 table and seat draw will be posted by about 2:30 a.m.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 447 (Total Entries: 911)

Ryan Fair raised to 2,500 from the hijack, the player in the cutoff reraised all in for 11,000, Ray Qartomy called from the small blind, and Fair folded.

Qartomy showed , trailing his opponent’s .

The board came down , giving Qartomy’s opponent queens full of aces to double up.

Ray Qartomy – 165,000 (165 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,000 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 447 (Total Entries: 911)

A player in early position raised to 2,500, the player on the button called, and Joey Couden called from the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Couden bet 6,400. The early-position player was the lone caller, the river completed the board, Couden bet 17,000, and his opponent called.

Couden tabled for a six-high straight, his opponent mucked, and Couden collected the pot.

With 330,000, Couden is by far the biggest stack in the room.

Joey Couden – 330,000 (330 bb)

2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino 
Hollywood, Florida
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guarantee
Entries: 911
Prize Pool: $2,915,200
January 19-24, 2018

This $3,500 event drew a total field of 911 entires, putting $2,915,200 in the prize pool. That money will be shared by the final 114 players with a min-cash earning $5,858 and the LHPO Champion taking home $511,604.

1st: $511,604*
2nd: $331,116
3rd: $244,342
4th: $182,249
5th: $137,440
6th: $104,784
7th: $80,771
8th: $62,992
9th-10th: $49,680
11th-12th: $39,617
13th-14th: $31,989
15th-16th: $26,102
17th-20th: $21,577
21st-24th: $18,039
25th-32nd: $15,284
33rd-40th: $13,109
41st-48th: $11,369
49th-56th: $10,006
57th-64th: $8,904
65th-72nd: $8,034
73rd-80th: $7,338
81st-89th: $6,786
90th-98th: $6,380
99th-107th: $6,090
108th-114th: $5,858

*(includes WPT Tournament of Champions seat)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 447 (Total Entries: 911)

After a series of raises, Tim Reilly was all in for about 37,000 from the big blind against Grayson Ramage in the cutoff.

Reilly:
Ramage:

The board came down , no help to Reilly, ending his tournament and locking up the pot for Ramage.

Grayson Ramage – 132,000 (165 bb)
Tim Reilly – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 447 (Total Entries: 911)

With the board reading and about 9,500 in the pot, Mukul Pahuja checked from early position. Benjamin Zamani bet 5,000 from late position, and Pahuja called.

Zamani showed for tens full of eights, Pahuja mucked, and Zamani collected the pot.

Benjamin Zamani – 75,000 (94 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 147,000 (184 bb)

$360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Prize Pool: $20,000
Level 13: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 100

Event 16 is down to the final table of 10 players, and the chip leader is Championship Event Day 1A chip leader Brad Albrinck.

Seat 1: Tonia Sledd – 40,000 (13 bb)
Seat 2: Brad Albrinck – 266,500 (89 bb)
Seat 3: Chris Halkitis – 26,500 (9 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Lerner – 20,500 (7 bb)
Seat 5: Yousef Nassr – 75,000 (25 bb)
Seat 6: Paul Wade Williams – 166,000 (55 bb)
Seat 7: Luciano Nardi – 140,000 (47 bb)
Seat 8: Matthew Morgan – 50,000 (17 bb)
Seat 9: Roberto Bendeck – 51,000 (17 bb)
Seat 10: Alexandra Sherman – 118,000 (39 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 400/800 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 447 (Total Entries: 911)

Edward Liu opened the button to 2,300, Rex Clinkscales called in the small blind, and Jason Brin defended his big blind to create three-way action.

“Oh, we’re gonna play a big one now that registration is closed?” Clinkscales suggested.

The flop was . It checked to Liu, who continued for 5,100.

“You’re not ready to slow down yet?” Clinkscales asked.

“I’m scared,” Liu said.

“Of?”

“Everything.”

Clinkscales called, but Brin check-raised to 16,000. Liu moved all in for 30,500, and Clinkscales quickly folded. Brin had just 8,600 chips behind, but he did not call immediately.

“Would you do that with just two overs?” he asked. Liu just laughed, and Brin eventually called to put himself at risk.

Liu:
Brin:

The turn made things interesting, as Brin picked up eight outs to a straight. The river was one of those outs, improving him to a six-high straight to double up.

Jason Brin – 62,000
Edward Liu – 5,900

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 441 (Total Entries: 905)

Level 8 concluded, and the field was sent on a 15-minute break.

Registration will close once the new level begins, so this represents the last chance to join or rejoin the field for this WPT event.

The board shows 441 entries for this flight (and 905 across both days).

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 439 (Total Entries: 903)

Raminder Singh raised to 1,600 from early position, Anthony Zinno reraised all in for 11,750 from middle position, and Singh called with , trailing Zinno’s .

The board came down , giving Singh queens and tens to eliminate Zinno shortly before the re-entry period closes.

Raminder Singh – 45,000 (50 bb)
Anthony Zinno – Eliminated