Championship: Michael Weinberg Doubles Through Maxx Coleman

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 843

Michael Weinberg moved all in for 400,000 from the hijack and Maxx Coleman reshoved for 1,075,000 from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded and it was off to the races.

Weinberg: AsKd
Coleman: 10h10s

The board ran out Jc9c2d6cAc and Weinberg spiked and ace on the river to avoid elimination.

Michael Weinberg – 850,000
Maxx Coleman – 675,000

Championship: Kenneth O’Donnell Eliminated by Scott Drobes

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 843

Kenneth O’Donnell was all in for 280,000 on a flop of 9h7s6s with Qc10d. He needed to improve against Scott Drobes’s 8c6h.

The turn was the 3h and the river Kh made it official as O’Donnell became the 33rd place finisher.

Scott Drobes – 2,500,000
Kenneth O’Donnell – Eliminated 

High Roller: Joe Cada Leads at First Break; Table Lineups

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Entries:  19

Joe Cada

The High Roller took its first break of the day and returned with Joe Cada leading the way. He nearly 3x’d his stack over the first three levels and Anton Wigg is the closest with 200,000.

Table 80
Seat 1: Kevin Rabichow – 58,500 (29 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Daniel Monosson – 119,000 (60 bb)
Seat 5: Joe McKeehen – 92,000 (46 bb)
Seat 6: Blake Bohn – 100,000 (50 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Maria Ho – 144,500 (72 bb)

Table 89
Seat 1: Brock Wilson – 95,500 (48 bb)
Seat 2: Ping Liu – 123,000 (62 bb)
Seat 3: Ryan Riess – 121,500 (61 bb)
Seat 4: Anton Wigg – 208,000 (104 bb)
Seat 5: Giuseppe Iadisernia – 106,000 (53 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Jonathan Jaffe – 67,000 (34 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 90
Seat 1: Ray Qartomy – 24,000 (12 bb)
Seat 2: Ali Imsirovic – 90,000 (45 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Joe Cada – 288,000 (144 bb)
Seat 5: Byron Kaverman – 173,000 (87 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Arkadiy Tsinis – 165,500 (83 bb)
Seat 8: Alan Schein – 86,000 (43 bb)

Championship: Sam Soverel vs. Ian Gillespie

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 843

Sam Soverel
Sam Soverel

Ian Gillespie opened to 45,000 from late position and Sam Soverel defended his big blind.

The flop came KsQh6s, Soverel checked, and Gillespie bet 30,000. Soverel called.

Both players checked the 7s on the turn. The river was the 9h, and Soverel led out 40,000 winning himself the pot.

Sam Soverel – 830,000

Championship: Scott Drobes vs. Tzu Huang

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 843

Tzu Huang (left) versus Scott Drobes (right)

Tzu Huang opened to 50,000 from early position and Scott Drobes called from middle position.

The flop came 5h3h2d, Huang bet 45,000 and Drobes raised to 100,000. Huang called.

Both players checked the 8d on the turn. The river was the 10c, Huang checked and Drobes bet 75,000.

Huang called and Drobes tabled the winning 9d9c.

Scott Drobes – 2,000,000
Tzu Huang – 1,100,000

Trophy Frames Courtesy of IMPDI // Photos for Sale at Event Center Booth

Event 6 Champion Mark Dube and His Wife Melissa
Event 6 Champion Mark Dube and His Wife Melissa

All primary event winners of the 2020 Seminole Hard Lucky Hearts Poker Open receive a free custom trophy frame courtesy of IMPDI. Champions are encouraged to stop by the booth just outside the Seminole Ballroom and ask for Eric Harkins to pick up their prize.

Additionally, Harkins captures images of all primary event players and photos are available for purchase and print. You can also view the gallery at THIS LINK.

If you won a tournament this series, your framed winner’s photo is waiting for you at his booth. You can pick it up today or contact him at impdiworldwide@gmail.com to arrange shipping.

Cards and Chips

James Calderaro
James Calderaro

Championship: Mukul Pahuja is Chipping Up

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 843

Thiago Camillo opened to 35,000 from late position, Ian Gillespie called from the hijack, and Mukul Pahuja three-bet to 130,000 from the button. Only Gillespie called.

The flop came 6s5d3d, Gillespie checked and Pahuja bet 300,000 winning himself the pot.

Mukul Pahuja – 1,525,000
Ian Gillespie – 600,000

High Roller: WSOP Main Event Champs

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Entries:  15

Joe Cada

A few more players joined up including Maria Ho and Joe McKeehen. The addition of McKeehen after he finished the Championship in 50th place, short of his first WPT title.

His inclusion in the High Roller also means that fully 20% of the field has a WSOP Main Event bracelet. McKeehen (2015 WSOP Main Event Champion) joined Joe Cada (2009) and Ryan Riess (2013) and we might have another one waiting in the wings.

Joe McKeehen
Ryan Riess

Championship: Jake Schwartz Doubles Through Sam Soverel

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 843

Jake Schwartz (left) versus Sam Soverel (right)

Jake Schwartz was all in for 410,000 with 9c9s and out in front against Sam Soverel’s 7h7s.

The board ran out 3d2d2cQsQh, and Schwartz’s nines held to avoid elimination.

Jake Schwartz – 835,000
Sam Soverel – 715,000