$360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,500/3,000
Players Remaining 10 of 86

After the elimination of Matthew Kaplan in 11th place, the final 10 players had a redraw for random seats at the final table. Here are their approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Michael Cuevas  –  78,300  (26 bb)
Seat 2.  Gabriel Ramos  –  55,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3.  Shannon Kelly  –  67,800  (23 bb)
Seat 4.  Sean Remz  –  116,700  (39 bb)
Seat 5.  Matt Bianchini  –  45,600  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  Andrew Woodmancey  –  220,000  (73 bb)
Seat 7.  Robert Wachtel  –  97,000  (32 bb)
Seat 8.  Mark Threadgill  –  59,500  (20 bb)
Seat 9.  Fabian Alberto Mayorga  –  208,200  (69 bb)
Seat 10.  Andrea Mastrogiovanni  –  120,000  (40 bb)

And here is the prizepool, which is paying 11 spots:

1st:  $8,320 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $5,031
3rd:  $3,128
4th:  $2,116
5th:  $1,613
6th:  $1,290
7th:  $1,071
8th:  $903
9th:  $832
10th:  $774
11th:  Matthew Kaplan  –  $722

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining: 67 of 675

Flight E came to an end with 67 players advancing to Day 2, and action ended with less than five minutes remaining in Level 17.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but here’s the top seven chip stacks (everyone with at least 300K) from Flight E:

1.  Alejandro Funes  –  544,000  (68 bb)
2.  Greg Rosen  –  381,000  (48 bb)
3.  Jason Ibrahim  –  372,000  (47 bb)
4.  Stephen Ibrahim  –  331,000  (41 bb)
5.  Daniel Eichhorn  –  328,500  (41 bb)
6.  Michael Newman  –  303,500  (38 bb)
7.  Truyen Nguyen  –  300,000  (38 bb)

Incredibly, Stephen Ibrahim has survived four of the first five starting flights, and he’s received $2,500 for each chip stack after the first — $7,500, plus whatever he makes with his largest stack (331,000) that survived to Day 2.

The surviving players are all guaranteed at least $700 for a min-cash on Day 2, though the full prizepool won’t be available until registration has closed in all eight starting flights.

The final two starting flights will be held tomorrow (Sunday), with Flight G beginning at 11:00 am (registration open until 5:45 pm), and Flight H beginning at 5:00 pm (registration open until 11:45 pm).

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining: 67 of 675

After an elimination dropped the field down to 68 players, Tournament Director Tony Burns announced that all tables should finish the hands in progress before hand-for-hand play could begin for the end-of-day Money Bubble.

But one of the tables had already begun a hand taht would lead to an all-in situation.

Chipleader Alejandro Funes raised from the cutoff to 18,000, the player on the button moved all in for 115,000, and Funes tanked for a while before he called with .

The player on the button turned over , and was dominated as he faced elimination on the Money Bubble.

The board came — the player on the button flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Funes won the pot with a pair of aces to eliminate his opponent, catapult above 500K, and burst the Money Bubble, bringing Flight E to a conclusion.

Alejandro Funes  –  544,000

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining: 72 of 675

With 72 players remaining, Flight E is just five eliminations away from the money as they go on their break. As soon as they reach the final 68, they will begin hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, which is also the end-of-day bubble.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight F Entries: 332

A scan of the field during the first break turned up 11 players with at least 45K in chips, and three with at least 50K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Chuck Polania  –  68,500  (228 bb)
2.  Sheldon Gross  –  61,300  (204 bb)
3.  Mirco Scharen  –  55,000  (183 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the beginning of Level 13, around 11:45 pm.

$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 76

Registration closed on the Ladies Event and it was a great turnout. The tournament had a $10,000 guaranteed prize pool and the 76 entries easily surpassed it. They combined to create a prize pool worth $15,960 and the last ten spots will earn some money.

A min-cash is worth $479 while the winner takes home $5,394 plus the LHPO trophy, custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Masters, a vacation package at Hard Rock Atlantic City, and a $1,100 seat into the $1,000,000 Guarantee WPTDeepStacks Main Event.

2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 5
$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  76
Prize Pool:  $15,960
January 12, 2019

1st: $5,394 + Main Event seat and Hard Rock AC package
2nd: $3,112
3rd: $1,947
4th: $1,317
5th: $998
6th: $798
7th: $718
8th: $638
9th: $559
10th: $479

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight E Entries: 675

Registration closed on the fifth of eight flights in the Ultimate Re-Entry event and it drew a whopping 675 entries on a Saturday afternoon, the biggest of the tournament so far. The combined total is up to 2,560 with three huge flights to go.

Ultimate Re-Entry counts through Flight D

$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Entries: 72

The Ladies Event is into the ninth level of the day and time is running out to get into the action. We have 72 entries so far, a great turnout for the special event.

Sachi Botner looks like the current leader with 65,000 and she has some competition on her right in Nancy Thomas. She picked up the biggest score of her career in the same event as the previously mentioned Jerry Wong. Thomas made the first Ultimate Re-Entry final table in 2017 and finished second for nearly $110,000.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Flight E Entries: 674

They are running out the clock in Level 12 and players will take another break once it hits zero. Registration will close on Flight E when they return and the 674 we have already is a big number.

It includes former November Niner Jerry Wong, the first ever Ultimate Re-Entry champ. We first ran this format during the 2017 Lucky Hearts Poker Open and it drew 4,756 entries for the second biggest field in Florida poker history. Wong dominated late and took home a quarter of a million dollars in a four-way deal.

Of course for Wong, that wasn’t close to his biggest score. That would be his eighth-place finish at the 2016 WSOP Main Event final table for $1.1 million.

$360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200
Players Remaining 36 of 86

The numbers are in and the $360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 game officially drew 86 entries to create a prize pool worth $25,800. The last 11 spots will be paid with a min-cash worth $722 and the winner walks away with $8,320 and the LHPO trophy.

2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 4
$360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  86
Prize Pool:  $25,800
January 12, 2019

1st: $8,320 + LHPO trophy
2nd: $5,031
3rd: $3,128
4th: $2,116
5th: $1,613
6th: $1,290
7th: $1,071
8th: $903
9th: $832
10th: $774
11th: $722