$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

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Entries:  13

The High Roller field is moving north and growing as we move deeper into the afternoon hours. There are two tables running and a few players in the Championship peeking over to see what’s going on.

Brock Wilson took a seat after the start and ready to ride his heater. He earned more than $1,000,000 in the last two months of 2019 including a $300,000 score in our RRPO High Roller, finishing second to Bryn Kenney.

$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:  44 of 843

On a flop reading , Brian Altman checked and Femi Fashakin bet 30,000 into a pot of around 150,000. Altman called.

The turn brought the , Altman checked and Fashakin bet 60,000. Altman check-raised to 200,000 and Fashakin quickly let it go.

Fashakin was eliminated shortly after.

Brian Altman – 2,450,000
Femi Fashakin – Eliminated in 44th Place

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  10

As expected with these things, the High Rollers take their time getting into the action. We have ten playing at the moment including High Roller specialist Ali Imsirovic.

Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 8pm.

$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:  50 of 843

Matt Affleck opened, Lee Markholt shoved for 120,000 and Alan Schein called. Affleck put him in for 340,000 total and Schein called.

Matt Affleck:
Lee Markholt:
Alan Schein:

The board ran out and Affleck ended up with two-pair to eliminate both of his opponents.

Matt Affleck – 1,200,000
Lee Markholt – Eliminated
Alan Schein – Eliminated

$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:  50 of 843

WSOP Main Event Winner Joe McKeehen was all in with versus Jake Dollinger’s .

The board ran out and Dollinger ended with a set of sixes to eliminate McKeehen.

Among those who have been eliminated early in Day 3 include, Justin Harvell and WPTDeepStacks Champion Jason Young.

$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:  52 of 843

Jason Wandling was all in for 355,000 with and flipping against Billy Pillosoph’s .

The board comes , clean for Pillosoph until the spikes the river.

Jason Wandling – 720,000
Billy Pillosoph – 480,000

$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:  54 of 843

On the first hand of the day, Joseph Salvaggi open-shoved from under the gun for 80,000. Vadim Shlez was next to act and called the all-in. It folded around to Farad Jamasi in the big blind, he thought for a while, used a time chip, but folded his hand.

Salvaggi:
Shlez:

Salvaggi was behind but had two live cards for a double. Shlez paired his ace on the but Salvaggi made trip deuces. The turn and river were safe for Salvaggi’s double up.

Joseph Salvaggi – 200,000 (13 bb)
Vadim Shlez – 445,000 (30 bb)

$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:  54 of 843

Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship.

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

The WPT LHPO Championship is moving on to Day 3 with only 54 players. That means we have a lot of players looking for more action and none is bigger than our $25K High Roller kicking off at noon.

The two-day tournament has a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and a lot of interest from the big names in South Florida.

High Rollers will start with 100,000 stacks and play 40-minute levels. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 8 pm following the 90-minute dinner break. They’ll return and continue playing until the eight-handed final table is set for tomorrow.

We expect a very talented field this afternoon and look forward to seeing who makes a big splash.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 100,000 in chips and 40-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• Day 1 will end when 8 players remain or Tournament Director discretion
• High Roller Structure Sheet