$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 3,586

After a flop of with about 475,000 in the pot, three players got it all in. Manny Minaya was all in from UTG+1 for 760,000, George Alberto was all in from middle position for 1,140,000, and Christie Yau had them both covered from under the gun with 1,165,000.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Christie Yau:    (pair of aces)
George Alberto:    (pair of jacks)
Manny Minaya:    (set of fives)

The turn card was the , the river card was the — Alberto turned a club flush draw, but improved no further. Minaya won the main pot with his pocket fives to triple up, and Yau won the side pot with her aces to eliminate Alberto in 42nd place.

Manny Minaya  –  2,755,000  (55 bb)
Christie Yau  –  785,000  (16 bb)
George Alberto  –  Eliminated in 42nd Place  ($5,600)

With 41 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,750,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 3,586

Stephen Gerber raised from middle position, Hung Quach reraised from the button to 350,000, and Gerber moved all in for 1,985,000. Quach thought for a bit before he called with .

Gerber turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Gerber paired his ace on the flop, turned a flush draw and a gutshot straight draw, and rivered trip aces to win the pot and double up in chips.

Stephen Gerber  –  4,095,000  (82 bb)
Hung Quach  –  250,000  (5 bb)

With 42 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,710,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 3,586

The players return from break to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 25,000-50,000 and a 50,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least three million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Cory Rock  –  4,685,000  (94 bb)
2.  Logan Eisner  –  4,360,000  (87 bb)
3.  James Carroll  –  3,580,000  (72 bb)
4.  Hung Quach  –  3,495,000  (70 bb)
5.  Justin Datloff  –  3,330,000  (67 bb)

With 43 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,670,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 18
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH
Entries:  241
Prize Pool:  $36,150
Bounty Prize Pool:  $24,100
January 11, 2026

Event 18 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 241 entries generated a prize pool of $36,150, with an additional $24,100 set aside for bounties. The final 31 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $360.

Up top for the winner is $7,210.

1st:  $7,210 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $5,300
3rd:  $3,900
4th:  $2,920
5th:  $2,200
6th:  $1,680
7th:  $1,300
8th:  $1,000
9th-10th:  $780
11th-12th:  $620
13th-15th:  $520
16th-19th:  $440
20th-24th:  $400
25th-31st:  $360

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 3,586

Manny Minaya was all in from the button for 290,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the small blind’s .

The board came , and Minaya won the pot with a flopped set of fives to double up in chips.

Manny Minaya  –  660,000  (17 bb)

With 43 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,670,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 3,586

Here is the most recent batch of eliminations, along with their payouts:

48th:  Brian Haveson  –  $4,620
49th:  Samuel O’Bryant  –  $4,620
50th:  Johnny Bromberg  –  $4,620
51st:  Benjamin Zamani  –  $4,620
52nd:  Benjamin Moschel  –  $4,620
53rd:  Michael Mazzei  –  $4,620
54th:  Rob Kessler  –  $4,620
55th:  Amed Amor  –  $4,620

56th:  Jordan Kasimow  –  $3,820
57th:  Sun Choi  –  $3,820
58th:  Jason McQueer  –  $3,820
59th:  Raminder Singh  –  $3,820
60th:  Aaron Gao  –  $3,820
61st:  Steven Lang  –  $3,820
62nd:  George Hortelano  –  $3,820
63rd:  David Gries  –  $3,820

With 47 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,525,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,600 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 3,586

With the final board showing on the river with about a million in the pot, Anthony Johnson moved all in under the gun for 420,000, and the UTG+1 player tanked for a while before he called with for two pair, jacks and eights.

But Johnson turned over to win the pot with trip jacks and double up in chips.

Anthony Johnson  –  1,850,000  (46 bb)

With 48 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,495,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,620 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  49 of 3,586

Johnny Bromberg raised from UTG+1 and Manny Minaya called in the cutoff.

The flop was , Bromberg bet 60,000, Minaya raised to 140,000, and Bromberg called.

The turn was the , Bromberg checked, Minaya went all in for 440,000, and Bromberg called with for a pair of queens with a king kicker.

Minaya showed for a pair of queens with a nine kicker, along with a straight draw and flush draw.

The river was the , giving Minaya a flush to double through Bromberg.

Down to about 30,000, Bromberg busted the next hand in 50th place.

Manny Minaya  –  1,430,000  (36 bb)
Johnny Bromberg  –  Eliminated in 50th Place  ($4,620)

With 49 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,465,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,620 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  50 of 3,586

Hung Quach raised from middle position to 80,000, Julian Milliard reraised from the small blind to 280,000, and Joey Skinner called from the big blind, leaving himself a single 5K chip behind. Quach folded.

The flop came , and Skinner quickly got it all in for his last 5,000 with for a set of sevens. Milliard turned over for a spade flush draw, and Skinner needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Skinner turned a full house to clinch the pot and double up in chips.

Joey Skinner  –  690,000  (17 bb)
Julian Milliard  –  2,810,000  (70 bb)

With 50 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,435,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,620 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  58 of 3,586

Raminder Singh raised to 90,000 from the hijack, Hung Quach reraised to about 225,000 on the button, Singh four-bet all in for about 530,000, and Quach called with .

Singh showed and needed his hand to hold up to survive.

The board ran out , giving Quach queens full of sevens on the turn to eliminate Singh in 59th place.

Hung Quach  –  3,570,000  (119 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  Eliminated in 59th Place  ($3,820)

With 58 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 1,235,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,820 each.