$570 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) Level 1: 25/50
The week is moving along, getting closer and closer to the WPTDeepStacks Main Event, and we have another big single day, single re-entry tournament to find our next champion. Event 4 is a $570 buy-in tournament with a six-handed format and $50,000 guaranteed prize pool.
Players with grind their way all day at the short-handed tables with a 12,000 starting stack and 30-minute levels. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm and they have a single re-entry option if they lose their stack along the way. This is a one-day tournament and we will crown our newest champion before the night is complete.
Action kicks off at noon and we will follow along until they are complete.
$50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/single re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em Upcoming Level 27: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining: 22 of 4,756 Average Stack: 2,998,000 (29 bb)
Fabio Pereira
Day 2 began with 387 players returning already in the money, looking to navigate through the field and reach the final few tables. After more than 11 levels of play, the field has been whittled down to just 22 players, each vying for the first-place prize of $251,100. On top of the chip counts is Fabio Pereira with 5,630,000, followed closely by Steven McKoy with 5,610,000.
Plenty of familiar faces remain in the field, including Jake Schwartz (4,070,000), 2016 WSOP November Niner Jerry Wong (3,690,000), Victor Figueroa (3,605,000), Seminole Hard Rock Poker team member Michael Laake (3,110,000), Nancy Thomas (2,850,000), and Marcus Stein (2,575,000).
Here is the complete Day 3 table and draw:
Table 7 Seat 1: Jeffrey Silverstein – 3,670,000 (36 bb) Seat 2: Seat 3: Jose De La Cruz – 2,095,000 (20 bb) Seat 4: Seat 5: Hunter Ritchie – 4,190,000 (41 bb) Seat 6: Nancy Thomas – 2,850,000 (28 bb) Seat 7: Victor Figueroa – 3,605,000 (36 bb) Seat 8: Juan Ferrer – 2,330,000 (23 bb) Seat 9: Jason Wandling – 4,660,000 (46 bb)
2017 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Event 3 $360 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry) Total Entries: 244 Prize Pool: $73,200 January 16, 2017
Luis Pauyac
Hollywood, Fla. (January 16, 2017) – Event 3 of the 2017 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a $360 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry), drew 244 entries and generated a prize pool of $73,200. After nearly 12 hours of play, including nearly 90 minutes at the unofficial final table of 10 players, a deal was reached between those remaining 10 players. The chip leader at the time was Luis Pauyac, giving him the official victory.
Originally from Lima, Peru, Pauyac currently resides in Athena, GA. The 24-year-old is attempting to get into graduate school for Physics, and in the meantime is a waiter back near home in Georgia. He doesn’t play poker too often, but relishes the chance to do so when he can.
“I started playing poker back in college, just small buy-ins with friends. Then after I transferred schools, I didn’t play for about two years. I went to a casino one night, played poker for the first time in a while and won, so I decided to get back into it. Eventually, though, I kept losing and wondered why, since I thought I was pretty good,” explained Pauyac. “So I started reading and really decided to study the game.”
This was Pauyac’s first time playing at the Seminole Hard Rock, and it was the allure of the series that convinced him to come.
“I’m always looking for special series and events to play if I get the chance, and I had heard good things about the Seminole Hard Rock. I only play when I save up enough money from my job, and I came down here to play only two tournaments. Yesterday I lost, today I won, and I’m going back home tomorrow. So it was a good decision.”
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em Level 26: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining: 22 of 4,756 Average Stack: 2,998,000 (37 bb)
Martin Debruhl raised all in from middle position for about 1,200,000 and Christopher Arcidiaco isolated the pot with a shove of his own from the small blind.
Debruhl: Arcidiaco:
The board came down , no help to Debruhl, ending his run in 23rd place.
Christopher Arcidiaco – 3,200,000 (40 bb) Martin Debruhl – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($3,645)
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em Level 24: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 32 of 4,756 Average Stack: 2,060,000 (41 bb)
Martin Debruhl limped from middle position, Ben Boone raised all in from the small blind for about 275,000, Jake Schwartz reraised all in from the big blind for roughly 1,315,000, and Debruhl folded.
Boone: Schwartz:
The board ran out , giving Schwartz a set of queens to score the elimination.
Jake Schwartz – 1,680,000 (33 bb) Ben Boone – Eliminated in 33rd place ($2,430)
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry No Limit Hold’em Level 23: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 40 of 4,756 Average Stack: 1,650,000 (41 bb)
Larry Klur opened to 100,000 from the hijack, David Diaz three-bet shoved for 530,000 from the cutoff, Roberto Bendeck four-bet shoved with a covering stack from the button, and Klur folded.
Diaz tabled , but was in dire straits against Bendeck’s .
The board came down , safe for Bendeck to eliminate Diaz in 40th place.
Roberto Bendeck – 2,350,000 (58 bb) David Diaz – Eliminated in 41st Place ($1,500)