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Main Event Day 1A: Chip Counts

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2016 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
$1,100 Lucky Hearts Poker Open WPT DeepStacks Main Event
January 14 thru January 18
Entries:461Buy-In:$1,100
Players Remaining:90
Avg. Chip Stack:128,000Prize Pool:$1,000,000
RANKFIRST NAMELAST NAMECITYSTCHIP COUNT
1EDWARDMALLONBOYNTON BEACHFL350,500
2VINCENTFIORENZAOVIEDOFL341,000
3GUIVANPEMBROKE PINESFL339,500
4KARLLIND286,500
5JERRYWONGBROOKLYNNY284,000
6JOHNDOLANBONITA SPRINGSFL276,000
7JULIOMARINES JRWESLACOTX251,000
8DAVIDPOCESBOCA RATONFL237,000
9FREDBATTLEFORT MILLSC234,500
10PAULBALZANOSUNRISEFL233,000
11DIMITRYAGRACHOVWESTONFL229,000
12JAMESWOODWARDSAINT PETERSBURGFL228,500
13THONGHON CHARLESTONSC224,500
14MATTHEWAFFLECKSEATTLEWA223,500
15ROBERTOALBERROCORAL GABLESFL220,000
16MIGUELHERNANDEZ-ALPIZARMIAMI LAKESFL220,000
17BRIANREINERTLAWRENCEVILLEGA209,500
18MICHAELFOLEYBELLEVILLEMI196,500
19JUANDIAZMIAMIFL194,000
20LAWRENCEPILEGGIPITTSBURGHPA189,500
21JOSEPHCOUDENBLACKLICKOH177,000
22XIAOYANWANGPALM BCH GDNSFL177,000
23JACKROLNITZKYCOMMERCE TOWNSHIPMI176,500
24TIMOTHYKEGELHOLLYWOODFL173,500
25ROSSMYERSSTOWOH171,500
26PETERWALSWORTHLAKEWOOD RANCHFL169,500
27JACOBBAZELEYCINCINNATIOH167,000
28BRANDONSCHWARTZNORTH MIAMIFL157,000
29TONYCHENGPHILADELPHIAPA156,500
30RICHARDALSUPSAVAGEMN155,500
31BRETTBADERBOCA RATONFL154,500
32GREGORYKOLOROCKY RIVEROH146,000
33MICHAELLANDRESSMERRITT ISFL144,000
34harryeisenbergWAYLANDMA140,000
35KOBIRIBAKBOCA RATONFL132,500
36THOMASMACEYMIAMI BEACHFL130,600
37TIMOTHYFRAZINDALLASTX129,500
38SASIDHARBOBBACHICAGOIL129,000
39RYANGALPERNHOLLYWOODFL128,000
40JEWOOKOHFRESH MEADOWSNY126,500
41ORENMAIMONTALLAHASSEEFL125,500
42ROBERTBROWNMIRAMARFL121,500
43MANUELSOLTERO LUNAMIAMIFL118,000
44DAVIDHASSDELRAY BEACHFL117,500
45FELIXSCHLOTTDUSSELDORF114,500
46JOSEPHCALDERONEDENNY106,000
47JOHNMAGNETTABOYNTON BEACHFL106,000
48BRYANPICCIOLIALLEGANYNY106,000
49STEPHENDIAMANTASLAKELANDFL102,000
50RONALDHIRSCHCORAL SPRINGSFL94,500
51BARRETTHANNERCONWAYSC92,500
52ERICAFRIATSAINT-LAURENTQC89,500
53NEILBLUMENFIELDSAN FRANCISCOCA89,000
54PHILIPPOSTMAFORT LAUDERDALEFL88,500
55JORGEGOMEZMIAMIFL87,500
56CHARLEMAGNEBENJAMINMIAMI GARDENSFL81,000
57PETERSTRIANO IIIPARKLANDFL80,000
58TIMOTHYMILESMIAMIFL79,500
59STEVENBENNETTDEERFIELD BEACHFL79,000
60JOSEPHSEROCKALBUQUERQUENM77,000
61LEOWOLPERTHENDERSONNV77,000
62SALOMONPONTETORONTO76,500
63MICHAELBRINSONBOYNTON BEACHFL76,000
64PHILIPCONSOLOMIAMI SHORESFL76,000
65JAMESLILLISROBBINSVILLENJ74,500
66NIKOLAISEARSMUSKEGONMI70,000
67GARYGREENLEEMUNCIEIN69,500
68PERRYSHIAOPEMBROKE PINESFL68,500
69MARSHAWOLAKPOMPANO BEACHFL66,000
70DOMINICKSPADAVECCHIABOCA RATONFL63,500
71DAVEBANERJEEDIAMOND BARCA59,500
72DENISCYRBOISCHATELON59,000
73JACOBBAUMGARTNERSPRING LAKEMI58,000
74BRENDANMURPHYHIGHLAND HTSOH56,000
75KISHORBHAKTAMIRAMARFL55,500
76MUKULPAHUJACOCONUT CREEKFL54,000
77HENRIAZOULAYMIAMIFL50,500
78LUCASMERNINROBBINSDALEMN47,500
79YITZHAKQUINNFT LAUDERDALEFL47,000
80BILLYYOUNGDAVIEFL44,000
81BENJAMINZAMANIBOCA RATONFL40,500
82ROBERTCOHENDELRAY BEACHFL39,500
83RYANSOUTHWORTHEDMONTON39,500
84RICHARDGRIFFISSTARKEFL36,000
85MATTHEWWINSLOWBOCA RATO NFL33,000
86ANTHONYAUGUSTINOWESTONFL31,000
87EDWARD JHAYESHILLSBORO BCHFL30,500
88ROBERTGEORATONAPLESFL28,500
89TOMISLAVKRIZANICDANIAFL27,000
90EDWARDGILFILLANBOCA RATONFL25,000
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Main Event Day 1A: Edward Mallon Bags Day 1A Chip Lead

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$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Upcoming Level 16: 1,500/3,000/500 Ante
Players Remaining: 90/461
Average Stack: 128,000 (43 bb)

Edward Mallon (Boynton Beach, FL)
Edward Mallon (Boynton Beach, FL)

Day 1A of the $1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event drew 461 entries and after 15 40-minute levels, only 90 players bagged up.

Leading the way so far is Edward Mallon (pictured) with 350,500. He is followed by Vincent Fiorenza (341,000), Gui Van (339,500), Karl Lind (286,500) and Jerry Wong (284,000) to round out the top five. Other who bagged up today include John Dolan (276,000), Matt Affleck (223,500), 2015 Rock N’ Roll champion Jake Bazeley (167,000) and Neil Blumenfield (87,000).

Among those who failed to bag today include Loni Harwood, Phillip Hui, Tristan Wade, Matt Stout, David Diaz, Justin Zaki and 2016 LHPO Ultimate Re-Entry Champion Thai Ha.

Full chip counts will be available later tonight.

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Main Event Day 1A: Jonathan Duhamel Eliminated

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$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 15: 1,200/2,400/400 Ante
Players Remaining: 108/461
Average Stack: 106,700 (44 bb)

Jonathan Duhamel
Jonathan Duhamel

A player in early position raised to 5,200, Jonathan Duhamel three-bet to 12,500 from the cutoff, the initial raiser four-bet to 35,000, Duhamel five-bet shoved for about 73,000 and the initial raiser called with 10h10c.

Duhamel tabled QdQc, but couldn’t hold up as the board ran out JcJc9s10d5c, ending his Day 1A in the final stages of the night.

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Main Event Day 1A: David Diaz Doubles

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$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 14: 1,000/2,000/200 Ante
Players Remaining: 135/461
Average Stack: 85,400 (43 bb)

With about 31,000 in the pot and the board reading Kh7h6d, David Diaz was all in for 14,600 with KcQd against an opponent’s AhAs.

The Qh turn fell, though, to give Diaz two pair. He held up through the 3d river to double to about 60,000.

David Diaz – 60,000 (30 bb)

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Main Event Day 1A: Eric Afriat vs. Charlemagne Benjamin

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$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 12: 600/1,200/200 Ante
Players Remaining: 162/461
Average Stack: 71,000 (51 bb)

2014 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event Champ Eric Afriat raised to 2,600 from under the gun and was called by four players.

The flop came down Kc6s5c and Afriat continued for 8,500. Only Charlemagne Benjamin called to see the 4c turn, which both players checked. The 5h river completed the board and Afriat checked again. Benjamin bet 12,000 and after a little while mulling it over, Afriat called.

Benjamin tabled KdQc for kings and fives with a queen kicker, Afriat mucked and Benjamin collected the pot.

Charlemagne Benjamin – 106,000 (88 bb)
Eric Afriat – 124,000 (103 bb)

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Main Event Day 1A: Chip Counts From Around the Room

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$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 10: 400/800/100 Ante
Players Remaining: 243/461
Average Stack: 47,400 (59 bb)

Mukul Pahuja (Coconut Creek, FL)
Mukul Pahuja (Coconut Creek, FL)

Dimitry Agrachov – 90,000 (113 bb)
Jonathan Duhamel – 73,000 (81 bb)
Michael Laake – 65,000 (81 bb(
David Diaz – 58,000 (72 bb)
Jake Bazeley – 46,000 (58 bb)
Jerry Wong – 45,000 (55 bb)
Michael Ortiz – 45,000 (55 bb)
Larry Klur – 43,000 (54 bb)
Loni Harwood – 40,000 (50 bb)
Joe Serock – 40,000 (50 bb)
Mukul Pahuja – 37,000 (46 bb)
Ralph Massey – 36,000 (45 bb)
Neil Blumenfield – 36,000 (45 bb)
Steve Karp – 35,000 (44 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin – 35,000 (44 bb)
Matt Affleck – 28,000 (36 bb)
Thai Ha – 28,000 (36 bb)
TK Miles – 28,000 (36 bb)
Jordan Meltzer – 26,000 (32 bb)
Anthony Spinella – 26,000 (32 bb)
Ben Zamani – 25,000 (31 bb)
Hans Winzeler – 24,000 (30 bb)
Tristan Wade – 22,000 (28 bb)
Joe Kuether – 22,000 (28 bb)
Mike Beasley – 21,000 (27 bb)
Justin Zaki – 17,000 (21 bb)
Luke Brereton – 12,000 (15 bb)

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Main Event Day 1A: Foley Found

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$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 10: 400/800/100 Ante

Michael Foley was our unknown leader at the dinner break
Michael Foley was our unknown leader at the dinner break

Play is back underway in the WPT DeepStacks Main Event and registration has closed. We have an unofficial 641 entrants for the first flight to put us on pace for a huge count after three flights.

We tracked down the mystery stack from the dinner break and the lead at the time belonged to Michael Foley. He had a very 204,000 to barely out-chip Julio Marines.

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Main Event Day 1A: Mystery 200K Stack

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$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
End of Level 9: 300/600/75 Ante

Julio Marines' stack waiting for him to come back
Julio Marines’ stack waiting for him to come back

Julio Marines continues to ride hot and went on break with 202,000 while Bruce Snell has 145,500 waiting for him to come back. While Marines has a top stack, it’s not the biggest in the room.

We’ll have to wait until players return from dinner to find out who at Table 25 blew his/her stack up to 204,000.