$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 426 (Total Entries: 890)

In a limped pot, five players saw a flop. It checked to a player in middle position, who bet 2,500. There was a call in position, and Aaron Mermelstein called from the small blind, too.

The three remaining players saw the turn bring the . The bettor moved all in for 10,600, and the player behind him raised all in for 15,325. Mermelstein instantly called, putting them both at risk with his covering stack.

Player 1:
Player 2:
Mermelstein:

The river was the , and Mermelstein earned the double knockout with a jack-high straight.

Aaron Mermelstein – 119,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 425 (Total Entries: 889)

Picking up the action on the turn of a board that read with about 6,000 in the pot, Ryan Franklin checked from the big blind. Vanessa Selbst bet 4,300 from the button, and Franklin called.

The river was the , Franklin checked, Selbst bet 7,300, and Franklin called.

Selbst showed , Franklin mucked, and Selbst collected the pot.

Vanessa Selbst – 176,000 (293 bb)
Ryan Franklin – 35,000 (58 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with a 100 ante
Flight B Entries: 416 (Total Entries: 880)

Kelly Minkin (big blind) and Gediminas Uselis (middle position) had built a pot of around 10,000 heading to a flop. Minkin moved all in for 12,650, and Uselis put her at risk.

Minkin:
Uselis:

The turn and river completed the board with blanks, and Uselis won the pot with his pair of kings.

Minkin was eliminated.

Gediminas Uselis – 52,000
Kelly Minkin – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 300/600 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 409 (Total Entries: 873)

Following a flop of with about 6,000 in the pot, a player was all in from the small blind for 13,500. Eric Afriat folded from the big blind, Grayson Ramage called from middle position, and Tim Reilly folded from the cutoff.

Ramage showed , drawing against his opponent’s .

The turn and river completed the board, giving Ramage a flush to score the elimination.

Grayson Ramge – 57,000 (95 bb)

$360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Prize Pool: $20,000
Level 10: 500/1.000 with a 100 ante
Players Remaining: 29 of 100

1st: $6,100
2nd: $3,750
3rd: $2,300
4th: $1,500
5th: $1,170
6th: $935
7th: $795
8th: $690
9th: $610
10th-12th: $550
13th: $500

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 396 (Total Entries: 860)

John Dolan opened to 1,200 in middle position, and Erik Seidel called on the button. Steve Hunt squeezed all in for 5,175 in the big blind, and Dolan re-raised to 9,200. Seidel got the message and folded, leaving Hunt heads-up and racing for his tournament life.

Dolan:
Hunt:

The board ran out , and Dolan won the pot with a set of jacks. Hunt was eliminated.

John Dolan – 41,000
Steve Hunt – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 395 (Total Entries: 859)

Galen Hall opened to 1,300 under the gun, the player two seats over called, and Scott Davies called in the hijack to create three-way action.

The flop was . Hall checked, and the player behind him bet 1,500. Davies raised to 4,500, Hall called, and the bettor folded out of the middle.

The turn was the , and Hall checked. Davies asked for a better look at his opponent’s stack, then bet 6,000. Hall called, leaving just about 11,000 chips behind.

The river was the , and Davies made a covering bet. Hall called all in, but his was second best.

Davies showed , winning the pot with a set of deuces. Hall was eliminated, but he has time time to re-enter if he’d like do to so.

Scott Davies – 60,000
Galen Hall – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 395 (Total Entries: 859)

Following a flop of , Michael Newman checked from middle position and Harrison Gimbel bet 2,500 from the button. Newman check-raised to 6,500, Gimbel reraised all in with a covering stack, and Newman called all in for roughly 23,000.

Newman:
Gimbel:

The turn and river completed the board, giving Newman a five-high straight to double through Gimbel.

Michael Newman – 51,000 (102 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 23,000 (47 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
Flight B Entries: 395 (Total Entries: 859)

Jessica Dawley raised to 1,100 from middle position, Steven McKoy called from the cutoff, Eric Afriat called from the small blind, and the player in the big blind reraised all in for 7,650. Only Dawley called, and she tabled . Her opponent showed .

The board came down , giving Dawley jacks up to eliminate her opponent.

Jessica Dawley – 35,000 (70 bb)

There are some big events on the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open schedule and the series will close out with a $5,000 buy-in tournament with a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool.

In the past, this one-day tournament has generated large prize pools for and we expect this year to match the numbers.

If you would like to play in that tournament for a discount, we have $550 satellite currently running with two seats guaranteed into Event 23. There is currently a bit of an overlay and registration is open until 9:30 pm.

$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 67 Structure Sheet