2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 56
$5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
$250,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 117
Prize Pool: $549,900
January 20, 2026
Event 56 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 117 entries generated a prize pool of $549,900, more than doubling the guarantee. Emerging victorious was Randall Emmett, taking it down for $141,300.
This marked Emmett’s second series in a row with a final table made, having finished fourth in an $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em during the 2025 RRPO. Emmett also final tabled this same $5k event in the 2021 LHPO, finishing ninth.
“This time, the biggest fish came back and won it,” said an elated Emmett afterward.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randall | Emmett | $141,300 |
| 2 | Elior | Sion | $95,000 |
| 3 | Justin | Liberto | $70,000 |
| 4 | Leandro | Bianchini | $53,000 |
| 5 | Peter | Cross | $39,500 |
| 6 | Maksim | Pisarenko | $30,500 |
| 7 | Aram | Zobian | $23,300 |
| 8 | Paul | Fisher | $18,100 |
| 9 | David | McGowan | $14,200 |
| 10 | Natasha | Mercier | $14,200 |
| 11 | Brandon | Wilson | $11,300 |
| 12 | Jeremy | Becker | $11,300 |
| 13 | Larry | Pileggi | $9,400 |
| 14 | James | Carroll | $9,400 |
| 15 | Jonathan | Tamayo | $9,400 |