$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The last flight of LHPO Event 1 gets underway at 5 pm and the $400 Deep Stack is building on the $1,000,000 guarantee that was surpassed earlier today. The combined total so far is 2,617 entries for a prize pool worth $1,360,840 and tonight will pile on.

Players start with 20K deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 on Day 2 and 60 minutes when 24 players remain. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm.

Flight F will finish their night when 12.5% of the field remains and they will return tomorrow at 1 pm in the money.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/ 2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining: 195 of 795

Uri Kadosh was all in preflop for 50,000 from the small blind with in the hole, and the big blind had him covered holding pocket nines.

The final board read , and Kadosh doubled up to survive with a stack worth 105,000 after collecting the pot.

Uri Kadosh – 105,000 (52 bb)

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/ 2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining: 198 of 795

The chip leader at the most recent break in play is Ali Darroudi with a stack worth 273,000 to pace the field. That gives him 136 big blinds to work with at this point in play.

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 9
$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  84
Prize Pool:  $81,480
January 13, 2024

Registration closed for the $1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card Pot-Limit Omaha tournament with 84 entries creating a prize pool worth $81,480. The last 11 spots will be paid with $2,280 for a min-cash and $26,270 plus the LHPO trophy to the champ.

1st: $26,270 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $15,890
3rd: $9,880
4th: $6,680
5th: $5,095
6th: $4,075
7th: $3,380
8th: $2,850
9th: $2,630
10th: $2,450
11th: $2,280

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight E Entries: 795

Registration closed for Flight E of LHPO Event 1 with another 795 entries, putting the combined total at 2,617. The prize pool is up to $1,360,840 with one more flight starting at 5 pm.

Flight E will continue until an even 100 players remain and survivors will return tomorrow at 1 pm in the money. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

Chip counts through Flight D

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight E Entries: 795

Players returned to action after the second break and we finally have a big stack emerging from the mass of grinders. Ryan Brown, previously mentioned as a Tampa champ and trying to add a Hollywood title, leads the field with 194,800 and in good shape for a fun day.

Registration closed at the start of Level 9 and we are awaiting the official numbers to see where we stand going into the last flight tonight at 5 pm.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight E Entries: 736

Level 8 is coming to a close and players will soon take their second break. That also means the clock is ticking down on Flight E and registration will close when they return to start Level 9. The prize pool is currently over $1.3 million and it will climb with a big Flight F left to go.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight E Entries: 639

As usual, we are seeing a big group of players in town from all around the state, including some champions from our friends to the west in Tampa.

James Kerr won the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Poker Classic Championship in 2021 and Ryan Brown captured the same title in 2023. Throw in formerly mentioned Fred Paradis and we have some Tampa crushers in the field.

Brown is competing at a table near his partner Debbie Lee, who also has some big scores of her own, including a Tampa Pinktober Poker Open Championship third-place result and finished 276 of 10,043 players in this summer’s WSOP Main Event.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight E Entries: 639

Nobody went super huge over the first four levels and there was no single clearcut runaway leader. So here’s a look at some more friends in today’s flight, trying to run deep and score big.

A few more include Wagner Wysotchansi, Christie Yau (who finished second in this tournament last year for $176,885), Jeff Morzella, Eric Ward, Matt Glantz, Evan Teitelbaum, Michael Tait, Damien Simon, Jay Romano, and Fred Paradis.