$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 3,586

Event 2 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open is down to 24 players at the conclusion of Day 2. Roy Young leads the way with 8,250,000 (83 big blinds), followed by James Carroll with 7,950,000 (80 big blinds).

Day 3 begins Monday at 1 p.m.

Table 7
Seat 1.  Christie Yau  –  3,325,000  (33 bb)
Seat 2.
Seat 3.  Daniel Garcia  – 3,250,000  (33 bb)
Seat 4.  Logan Eisner  –  4,750,000  (48 bb)
Seat 5.  Jason Campbell  –  975,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6.  Cory Rock  –  3,225,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7.  James Carroll  –  7,950,000  (80 bb)
Seat 8.  Stephen Gerber  –  5,050,000  (51 bb)
Seat 9.  Reynel Hernandez  –  2,850,000  (29 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1.  John Dobson  –  1,500,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2.  Arun Balasubramanian  –  2,425,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3.  TJ Shulman  –  4,400,000  (44 bb)
Seat 4.  Luis Tobo  –  1,575,000  (16 bb)
Seat 5.  Shoval Malin  –  1,950,000  (20 bb)
Seat 6.  Mitesh Shere  –  2,100,000  (21 bb)
Seat 7.  Maxwell Young  –   2,745,000  (27 bb)
Seat 8.  Adam Yellin  –  3,725,000  (37 bb)
Seat 9.

Table 16
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Dan Wirgau  –  1,800,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3.  Justin Datloff  –  3,075,000  (31 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Rein  –  800,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5.  Roy Young  –  8,250,000  (83 bb)
Seat 6.  Jesse Oler  –  1,525,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7.  Alexandre Caperonis  –  1,400,000  (14 bb)
Seat 8.  Alex Ziskin  –  2,250,000  (23 bb)
Seat 9.  Jason Kwartler  –  900,000  (9 bb)

With 24 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 3,000,000 (30 big blinds).

1st:  $279,400 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $185,000
3rd:  $137,000
4th:  $103,000
5th:  $78,000
6th:  $59,000
7th:  $45,500
8th:  $35,500
9th-10th:  $27,500
11th-12th:  $21,600
13th-15th:  $17,000
16th-19th:  $13,400
20th-23rd:  $10,700
24th:  $8,600

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 3,586

Christie Yau raised to 175,000 from the button and Daniel Garcia called in the big blind.

They checked to the river of a board where Garcia went all in with a covering stack. Yau called all in for 1,450,000 with for aces and jacks, besting Garcia’s to double up.

Christie Yau  –  3,330,000  (42 bb)
Daniel Garcia  –  3,250,000  (41 bb)

With 24 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,990,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 3,586

Here is the final batch of eliminations from Day 2, along with their payouts:

25th:  Thien Nguyen  –  $8,600
26th:  Manny Minaya  –  $8,600
27th:  Anthony Johnson  –  $8,600
28th:  Lou Ojeda  –  $8,600
29th:  Blake Stein  –  $8,600
30th:  Joey Skinner  –  $8,600
31st:  Ronald Fischer  –  $8,600

With 24 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,990,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 3,586

James Carroll raised to 175,000 in middle position, Thien Nguyen reraised all in for about 1,600,000 in the big blind, and Carroll called.

Nguyen: 
Carroll: 

The board came , giving Carroll aces and queens to eliminate Nguyen in 25th place.

James Carroll  –  7,940,000  (99 bb)
Thien Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 25th Place  ($8,600)

With 24 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,990,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 3,586

Maxwell Young was all in from middle position for 1,280,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of John Dobson in the cutoff.

The board came , and Young turned a jack-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Maxwell Young  –  2,760,000  (35 bb)
John Dobson  –  1,250,000  (16 bb)

With 25 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,870,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 3,586

Justin Datloff raised 160,000 in middle position, Alexandre Caperonis reraised all in for 510,000 in the small blind, and Datloff called.

Datloff: 
Caperonis: 

The board came , safe for Caperonis to double up.

Alexandre Caperonis  –  1,180,000  (15 bb)
Justin Datloff  –  3,140,000  (39 bb)

With 25 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,870,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 3,586

With the board showing on the river, chipleader Roy Young bets 700,000 from the small blind, and Justin Datloff tanks for a while before he called from the cutoff.

Young shows to win the pot with two pair, aces and jacks, and Datloff mucks.

Roy Young  –  7,600,000  (95 bb)
Justin Datloff  –  3,850,000  (48 bb)

With 25 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,870,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 3,586

After a flop of , Manny Minaya checked or bet from the small blind, Roy Young raised from middle position to 420,000, and Minaya called.

The turn card paired the board with the , Minaya checked, Young moved all in, and Minaya called all in for about 2,000,000 with for trip aces.

But Young turned over for trip aces with a higher kicker, and Minaya needed to catch a queen, nine, or a deuce to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Young won the pot with trip aces and his king kicker to eliminate Minaya in 26th place.

Roy Young  –  6,670,000  (83 bb)
Manny Minaya  –  Eliminated in 26th Place  ($8,600)

With 25 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,870,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 3,586

Table 7
Seat 1.  Christie Yau  –  1,915,000  (24 bb)
Seat 2.  Thien Nguyen  –  4,475,000  (56 bb)
Seat 3.  Daniel Garcia  –  2,825,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Logan Eisner  –  5,460,000  (68 bb)
Seat 5.  Jason Campbell  –  1,210,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  Cory Rock  –  2,745,000  (34 bb)
Seat 7.  James Carroll  –  5,845,000  (73 bb)
Seat 8.  Stephen Gerber  –  4,620,000  (58 bb)
Seat 9.  Reynel Hernandez  –  3,285,000  (41 bb)

Table 8
Seat 1.  John Dobson  –  2,320,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2.  Arun Balasubramanian  –  2,420,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3.  TJ Shulman  –  3,445,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4.  Luis Tobo  –  2,665,000  (33 bb)
Seat 5.  Shoval Malin  –  2,230,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Mitesh Shere  –  1,020,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  Maxwell Young  –   1,600,000  (20 bb)
Seat 8.  Adam Yellin  –  4,640,000  (58 bb)
Seat 9.

Table 16
Seat 1.  Manny Minaya  –  2,990,000  (37 bb)
Seat 2.  Dan Wirgau  –  1,030,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  Justin Datloff  –  4,950,000  (62 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Rein  –  1,020,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.  Roy Young  –  3,750,000  (47 bb)
Seat 6.  Jesse Oler  –  1,860,000  (23 bb)
Seat 7.  Alexandre Caperonis  –  1,070,000  (13 bb)
Seat 8.  Alex Ziskin  –  1,700,000  (21 bb)
Seat 9.  Jason Kwartler  –  1,505,000  (19 bb)

With 26 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,760,000 (35 big blinds).

1st:  $279,400 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $185,000
3rd:  $137,000
4th:  $103,000
5th:  $78,000
6th:  $59,000
7th:  $45,500
8th:  $35,500
9th-10th:  $27,500
11th-12th:  $21,600
13th-15th:  $17,000
16th-19th:  $13,400
20th-23rd:  $10,700
24th-27th:  $8,600

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 3,586

Ronald Fischer was all in under the gun for about 515,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Thien Nguyen in the big blind.

The board came , and Nguyen won the pot with his jack to eliminate Fischer in 31st place.

Thien Nguyen  –  3,250,000  (54 bb)
Ronald Fischer  –  Eliminated in 31st Place  ($8,600)

With 30 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,390,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.