$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  82 of 843

Here is a list of all the players who have been eliminated inside the money so far, along with their payouts:

82nd:  Stanley Lee  –  $6,353
83rd:  Vladislav Mezheritsky  –  $6,353
84th:  Dennis Stevermer  –  $6,353
85th:  Brian Batt  –  $6,353
86th:  Bradley Mercer  –  $6,353
87th:  Frank Naranjo Bedaya  –  $6,353
88th:  David Levy  –  $6,353
89th:  Kristine Zakaite  –  $6,353

90th:  Dantonio Brown  –  $5,959
91st:  Rodrigo De Barros Semeghini  –  $5,959
92nd:  James Collopy  –  $5,959
93rd:  Scott Wright  –  $5,959
94th:  Scott Baumstein  –  $5,959
95th:  Brock Wilson  –  $5,959
96th:  David Shmuel  –  $5,959
97th:  George Pappas  –  $5,959
98th:  Geoffrey Hum  –  $5,959

99th:  Panagiotis Nifakos  –  $5,666
100th:  Aidan Hynes  –  $5,666
101st:  Michael Misikoff  –  $5,666
102nd:  Edward McNamara  –  $5,666
103rd:  Jason Brin  –  $5,666
104th:  Ian O’Hara  –  $5,666
105th:  Anthony Hu  –  $5,666
106th:  Richard Rice  –  $5,666

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  83 of 843

Players are currently on their last fifteen minute break of the night.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  83 of 843

Action folded to Mike Vela in the small blind, and he moved all in for 75,000 without looking at his cards.

Craig Varnell called from the big blind with , and Vela turned over — .

The board came , and Vela turned two pair, kings and sevens, to win the pot and double up in chips.

Other players at the table were encouraging Vela to shove all in dark on the next hand as well, but Vela didn’t bite.

Mike Vela  –  75,000  (9 bb)
Craig Varnell  –  228,000  (29 bb)

With 83 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 406,000 (51 big blinds), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  94 of 843

Aaron Massey raised from middle position to 18,000, Brock Wilson reraised from the hijack to 56,000, and Massey moved all in.

Wilson called all in for about 175,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Massey’s .

The board came , and Massey flopped a set of tens to win the pot and eliminate Wilson in 95th place.

Aaron Massey  –  855,000  (107 bb)
Brock Wilson  –  Eliminated in 95th Place  ($5,959)

With 94 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 358,000 (45 big blinds), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (around 12:15 am).

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  96 of 843

On a final board reading Jonathan Jaffe checked from the big blind. Action was on Michael Amato in the hijack who bet 60,000 into a pot of around 150,000

Jaffe thought about it shorty before folding. Amato showed the .

Michael Amato – 650,000
Jonathan Jaffe – 320,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  101 of 843

Jim Collopy was all in for a162,000 with and in great shape to double against his opponent’s .

The board ran out and Collopy ended up with trip kings to avoid elimination.

Jim Collopy – 340,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  106 of 843

On the fifth hand of hand-for-hand play with a board reading Jason Wandling moved all in for 53,000 effective. His opponent went into the tank and used two time extensions.

“Wow.. I don’t know if I can get away from this.” He put in the calling chips with and was up against Wandling’s two-pair .

The river was the , giving Wandling a full house to eliminate his opponent and burst the money bubble.

Jason Wandling  –  335,000  (56 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  107 of 843

In Hand #5 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Farhad Jamasi completed the small blind to 6,000, and Mukul Pahuja raised from the big blind to 26,000.

Both players had big stacks, but Jamasi had Pahuja covered by a little more than 100K. Jamasi said, “I’m not going to be the Bubble Boy,” and he called.

The flop came , Jamasi checked, Pahuja bet 18,000, and Jamasi called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Jamasi bet 50,000, and Pahuja used one of his Time Chips to tank for nearly a minute before he called.

Jamasi showed to win the pot with two pair, aces and nines, and Pahuja mucked.

Farhad Jamasi  –  980,000  (163 bb)
Mukul Pahuja  –  660,000  (110 bb)

The final 106 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,666 each, while the next player to bust will receive nothing. (Perhaps gratitude from the rest of the field.)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  107 of 843

With 107 players remaining, and only 106 getting paid, the field has begun playing hand-for-hand on the Money Bubble. The average chip stack is about 315,000 (53 big blinds).

The final 106 players will be guaranteed at least $5,666 each, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, shortly after 12:15 am.

$1,100 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 160

Registration has closed for the $1,100 Six-Max event, and with 160 entries, the total prizepool is worth $155,200 — easily surpassing the $100K guarantee.

The final 27 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,460 each, while the winner will earn $37,505.

2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 22
$1,100 Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  160
Prize Pool:  $155,200
January 19, 2020

1st:  $37,505
2nd:  $25,000
3rd:  $17,060
4th:  $11,925
5th:  $8,545
6th:  $6,285
7th-8th:  $4,740
9th-10th:  $3,675
11th-12th:  $2,925
13th-14th:  $2,400
15th-16th:  $2,025
17th-18th:  $1,760
19th-24th:  $1,575
25th-27th:  $1,460