$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

A brutal river card breaks the bubble here in our Championship Event and the victim was Josh Arieh.

Arieh min-raised pre-flop and was called by Amir Babakahni.  After a flop of , Arieh checked and Babakhani bet 25,000 and was called.  After a turn of , Arieh fired the rest of his 66,000 in chips and was called.  After the other hands in the room were completed, Arieh turned over for top pair and Babakhani flipped up for a pair and straight draw.

The river was not kind to Arieh as the came off giving Babakhani the straight and sending Arieh out of the room on the bubble.  The room erupted as everyone is guaranteed a min-cash of $6,753.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

The field has played on the money bubble straight through the end of the level. Multiple short stacks have doubled up during that time but we are still at 101 players remaining.

$350 No Limit Hold ‘Em (Re-entry)
Level 18: 2,500/5000/500 Ante

Here is the final table draw for Event 17:
Seat 1 – Elliot Zaydman
Seat 2 – David Maddox
Seat 3 – Phong Nguyen
Seat 4 – Mark Weisser
Seat 5 – Carlos Loving
Seat 6 – David Smith
Seat 7 – Rosso Christophe
Seat 8 – Rotem Halbani
Seat 9 – Marco Rodriguez
Seat 10 – Alejandro Duque

350k coming back to 8k bb 5 away from itm

— Zo Karim (@PakmanMMA) February 9, 2015

190k on bubble going into 4-8k blinds. #WPTLuckyHearts

— Blair Hinkle (@blur5f6) February 9, 2015

800k. One of the chip leaders approaching the money. #WPTLuckyHearts

— Jason Koon (@JasonKoon) February 9, 2015

194k going to 4k/8k. 105 left. Last break of the night, bubble survival, world domination.

— Tyler Patterson (@TylerPoker) February 9, 2015

Not best 2 hours but grinded back to 175k – we are 5 from money – 2 more levels tonight @shrpo 3mm GTY

— Stewart Newman (@stnewman) February 9, 2015

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante

The final 105 players have returned from break and we are now just five spots away from the money in the WPT Championship event.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

The players are on their final 15-minute break of the night in the WPT Championship event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

A couple coolers just shy of the $$ and I’m crawling with 16 BB. 110 left, 100 get paid.

— Andy Frankenberger (@AMFrankenberger) February 9, 2015

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

The board read when Amir Babakhani bet 32,000 under the gun and Josh Arieh called on the small blind. The river delivered the and Babakhani bet 42,500. Arieh called and Babakhani flipped over . Arieh mucked his cards and he was down to 166,000 after the hand. Babakhani stacked up 620,000 after the dust settled.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante

It’s getting down to one of biggest moments in the tournament as the money bubble is looming.  We are seven eliminations away from the rest of the field cashing in this WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open with 107 left.

We’re inching closer to hand-for-hand play and the tension is building here in the ballroom as the last few players to say goodbye without a trip to the payout window will soon be out.