$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 77 of 1,239
Event 9 is getting very close to the money bubble and former chip leader Frankie Flowers is in his seat grinding his stack back up after a schedule misread.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 108 of 1,239
The pace is quick at the start of Day 2 and Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah made the most of the action. He moved all-in for his final 26,000 with the board reading 
and his opponent took his time to think it out.
After a few moments, he shrug/called to put Maddah at risk.
Maddah: 
Opponent: 
The river was a blank 
to give Maddah a double up to 103,000.
Meanwhile, there’s still no sign of Day 2 returning chip leader Frankie Flowers. He has a lot of chips but they are getting blinded off.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 119/1,239
Event 9 was the last multi-day event on the schedule and the small buy-in tournament tore past its $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. The $150 buy-in event drew 1,239 entries to push the prize pool up to nearly $150,000 by the time they were done.
Former SHRP champ Frankie Flowers returns as the chip leader among the 119 still around with a shot at the title. He’ll still have to work to add another trophy to the one he earned during the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown last year.
The last 72 players will earn a piece of the prize pool and they should get there in a hurry with the winner earning more than $37,000 for a $150 buy-in. They will kick things back off in the ballroom at 1pm and we’ll track them all the way down to a champ.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 2,000/4,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 83 of 1,239
Event 9 is nearing the end of the second restart level and they are nearing the money bubble with 72 getting paid. The quick pace has been very nice to three-time SHRP champ Eli Levy.
The SHRP regular began Day 2 with 230,000 but has run it up to almost 500,000 in the first hour. As Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador said, “they’re just giving him chips!”. Levy’s most recent stack boost came when he knocked fellow SHRP champ Stuart Greenbaum short of the money.
Main Event Schedule
11AM: Event 15 – $300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Takes place in the poker room
12PM: Event 16 – $360 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Takes place in the poker room
1PM: Event 9 Day 2 – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Upcoming Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 119/1,239
Day 2 begins at 1pm.
| Table | Seat | First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 2 | Rick | Wang | 108,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Enrique | Perez | 67,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Amir | Susak | 78,500 |
| 4 | 5 | Danny | Alvarez | 172,500 |
| 4 | 6 | Robert | Kenney | 22,500 |
| 4 | 7 | Cornelius | Rogers | 94,500 |
| 4 | 8 | Ariel | Rosello | 103,500 |
| 4 | 9 | Kyle | Sorel | 68,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Robert | Smith | 204,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Gustavo | Vasquez | 261,500 |
| 5 | 3 | Robert | Transue | 23,500 |
| 5 | 5 | Austin | Rattet | 107,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Yigal | Hen | 28,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Marcello | Bellizzi | 68,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Luke | Doolittle | 50,500 |
| 5 | 9 | Andrew | Thompson | 135,500 |
| 6 | 1 | Jami | Kopacz | 176,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Rafael | Ramos | 20,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Jonathan | Booker | 125,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Robert | Blankenship | 102,500 |
| 6 | 6 | Giovanni | Sigurta | 125,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Louis | Leo IV | 94,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Al | Gomez | 87,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Michael | Spiegel | 133,500 |
| 7 | 2 | Mark | Nahama | 202,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Nicholas | Lind | 162,500 |
| 7 | 5 | Alicia | Goldstein | 76,500 |
| 7 | 6 | Vincent | Spadavecchia | 188,500 |
| 7 | 7 | Carlos | Nieto | 50,500 |
| 7 | 8 | Robert | Seaton | 119,000 |
| 7 | 9 | Veronica | Rivera | 82,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Steven | Richardson | 52,500 |
| 8 | 2 | Michael | Foley | 207,500 |
| 8 | 3 | Oren | Maimon | 57,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Onipi | McCalla | 75,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Ben | Sriqui | 58,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Jean | Bissereth | 83,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Clifford | Conners | 70,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Ely | Levy | 230,000 |
| 12 | 1 | Howard | Wolina | 27,000 |
| 12 | 2 | Bradley | Young | 134,500 |
| 12 | 3 | Chris | Cristillo | 69,000 |
| 12 | 4 | Luiz | de Farias | 172,500 |
| 12 | 6 | Thomas | Gari | 55,000 |
| 12 | 7 | Alex | Faynshteyn | 94,500 |
| 12 | 8 | Andrew | Laroue | 184,500 |
| 12 | 9 | Phillip | Brill | 89,500 |
| 13 | 1 | Brian | O'Keefe | 123,000 |
| 13 | 3 | Eli | Herst | 71,500 |
| 13 | 4 | John | Dollinger | 189,000 |
| 13 | 5 | Carlo | Rodriguez | 292,500 |
| 13 | 6 | Brian | Phillis | 60,000 |
| 13 | 7 | Billie | Bowman | 239,000 |
| 13 | 8 | Gaston | Miculitzki | 142,000 |
| 13 | 9 | Paulette | Pipitone | 36,500 |
| 14 | 1 | Whitney | Nordelus | 34,500 |
| 14 | 2 | Abraham | Yehudai | 124,000 |
| 14 | 3 | Richard | Saunders | 101,500 |
| 14 | 4 | Matthew | Yorra | 108,500 |
| 14 | 5 | Elias | Nassif | 133,000 |
| 14 | 6 | Martin | Robbins | 158,000 |
| 14 | 7 | Julian Cesar | Guimaraes | 64,500 |
| 14 | 8 | Bob | Chow | 51,500 |
| 15 | 1 | Edward | Medoff | 221,500 |
| 15 | 2 | Sean | Anderson | 82,000 |
| 15 | 3 | Frank | Flowers | 298,000 |
| 15 | 4 | Jeffrey | Burgner | 46,500 |
| 15 | 5 | Washington | Gavilanes | 260,000 |
| 15 | 6 | Steve | Olivier | 115,000 |
| 15 | 8 | Adam | Perez | 92,500 |
| 15 | 9 | Devond | Marshall | 79,000 |
| 16 | 2 | Robert | Womack | 41,500 |
| 16 | 3 | Matthew | Gallen | 91,500 |
| 16 | 4 | Lee | Connell | 29,000 |
| 16 | 5 | Esteban | Garcia | 161,000 |
| 16 | 6 | Evan | Lash | 81,000 |
| 16 | 7 | Juan | Rodriguez | 78,500 |
| 16 | 8 | Robert | Lein | 57,500 |
| 16 | 9 | Jeff | Rodriguez | 113,000 |
| 20 | 1 | Alan | Santisteban | 77,500 |
| 20 | 2 | Luis | Arguelo | 173,000 |
| 20 | 3 | Stuart | Greenbaum | 196,000 |
| 20 | 4 | Gudmundur | Sigurjonsson | 89,000 |
| 20 | 5 | Chris | Asaro | 74,500 |
| 20 | 6 | Luke | Poljak | 67,000 |
| 20 | 8 | James | Jones | 64,500 |
| 20 | 9 | Michael | Marks | 135,000 |
| 21 | 1 | Wally | Madah | 45,000 |
| 21 | 2 | Song | Yim | 132,000 |
| 21 | 3 | Yaron | Lukshinski | 68,000 |
| 21 | 4 | Daniel | Mijal | 59,500 |
| 21 | 5 | Diana | Dinger | 57,500 |
| 21 | 7 | Ketan | Patel | 73,000 |
| 21 | 8 | Paul | Balzano | 138,500 |
| 21 | 9 | Kevin | Blewitt | 28,500 |
| 22 | 1 | Lazaro | Ruiz | 147,500 |
| 22 | 2 | Alberto | Niebla | 40,000 |
| 22 | 4 | Arif | Amirali | 117,000 |
| 22 | 5 | Ryan | Redey | 39,500 |
| 22 | 6 | Roman | Peshekhonov | 53,000 |
| 22 | 7 | Deborah | Dana | 109,500 |
| 22 | 8 | Scott | McInnis | 119,500 |
| 22 | 9 | Ricardo | Marte | 77,500 |
| 23 | 1 | Elliott | Zaydman | 30,500 |
| 23 | 2 | Robert | Grindell | 76,500 |
| 23 | 3 | Gregg | Silverstein | 88,500 |
| 23 | 4 | William | Farnan | 192,500 |
| 23 | 5 | Ethiel | Garcia | 65,000 |
| 23 | 6 | Elliott | Commings | 24,000 |
| 23 | 8 | Ken | Bruno | 60,000 |
| 23 | 9 | Di | Wang | 64,000 |
| 24 | 1 | Craig | Witz | 108,500 |
| 24 | 2 | Luis | Bastidas | 95,500 |
| 24 | 3 | Melissa | Kaiser | 39,000 |
| 24 | 5 | Jordan | Meltzer | 235,000 |
| 24 | 6 | Samir | Husaynue | 63,500 |
| 24 | 7 | Voitto | Rintala | 149,500 |
| 24 | 8 | Anthony | Vidmer | 135,000 |
| 24 | 9 | Daryl | Cahuasqui-Vega | 103,500 |
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Upcoming Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 119/1,239
Day 2 begins at 1pm.
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank | Flowers | 298,000 |
| 2 | Carlo | Rodriguez | 292,500 |
| 3 | Gustavo | Vasquez | 261,500 |
| 4 | Washington | Gavilanes | 260,000 |
| 5 | Billie | Bowman | 239,000 |
| 6 | Jordan | Meltzer | 235,000 |
| 7 | Ely | Levy | 230,000 |
| 8 | Edward | Medoff | 221,500 |
| 9 | Michael | Foley | 207,500 |
| 10 | Robert | Smith | 204,000 |
| 11 | Mark | Nahama | 202,000 |
| 12 | Stuart | Greenbaum | 196,000 |
| 13 | William | Farnan | 192,500 |
| 14 | John | Dollinger | 189,000 |
| 15 | Vincent | Spadavecchia | 188,500 |
| 16 | Andrew | Laroue | 184,500 |
| 17 | Jami | Kopacz | 176,000 |
| 18 | Luis | Arguelo | 173,000 |
| 19 | Luiz | de Farias | 172,500 |
| 20 | Danny | Alvarez | 172,500 |
| 21 | Nicholas | Lind | 162,500 |
| 22 | Esteban | Garcia | 161,000 |
| 23 | Martin | Robbins | 158,000 |
| 24 | Voitto | Rintala | 149,500 |
| 25 | Lazaro | Ruiz | 147,500 |
| 26 | Gaston | Miculitzki | 142,000 |
| 27 | Paul | Balzano | 138,500 |
| 28 | Andrew | Thompson | 135,500 |
| 29 | Anthony | Vidmer | 135,000 |
| 30 | Michael | Marks | 135,000 |
| 31 | Bradley | Young | 134,500 |
| 32 | Michael | Spiegel | 133,500 |
| 33 | Elias | Nassif | 133,000 |
| 34 | Song | Yim | 132,000 |
| 35 | Giovanni | Sigurta | 125,000 |
| 36 | Jonathan | Booker | 125,000 |
| 37 | Abraham | Yehudai | 124,000 |
| 38 | Brian | O'Keefe | 123,000 |
| 39 | Scott | McInnis | 119,500 |
| 40 | Robert | Seaton | 119,000 |
| 41 | Arif | Amirali | 117,000 |
| 42 | Steve | Olivier | 115,000 |
| 43 | Jeff | Rodriguez | 113,000 |
| 44 | Deborah | Dana | 109,500 |
| 45 | Matthew | Yorra | 108,500 |
| 46 | Craig | Witz | 108,500 |
| 47 | Rick | Wang | 108,000 |
| 48 | Austin | Rattet | 107,000 |
| 49 | Ariel | Rosello | 103,500 |
| 50 | Daryl | Cahuasqui-Vega | 103,500 |
| 51 | Robert | Blankenship | 102,500 |
| 52 | Richard | Saunders | 101,500 |
| 53 | Luis | Bastidas | 95,500 |
| 54 | Alex | Faynshteyn | 94,500 |
| 55 | Cornelius | Rogers | 94,500 |
| 56 | Louis | Leo IV | 94,000 |
| 57 | Adam | Perez | 92,500 |
| 58 | Matthew | Gallen | 91,500 |
| 59 | Phillip | Brill | 89,500 |
| 60 | Gudmundur | Sigurjonsson | 89,000 |
| 61 | Gregg | Silverstein | 88,500 |
| 62 | Al | Gomez | 87,000 |
| 63 | Jean | Bissereth | 83,000 |
| 64 | Veronica | Rivera | 82,000 |
| 65 | Sean | Anderson | 82,000 |
| 66 | Evan | Lash | 81,000 |
| 67 | Devond | Marshall | 79,000 |
| 68 | Amir | Susak | 78,500 |
| 69 | Juan | Rodriguez | 78,500 |
| 70 | Alan | Santisteban | 77,500 |
| 71 | Ricardo | Marte | 77,500 |
| 72 | Robert | Grindell | 76,500 |
| 73 | Alicia | Goldstein | 76,500 |
| 74 | Onipi | McCalla | 75,000 |
| 75 | Chris | Asaro | 74,500 |
| 76 | Ketan | Patel | 73,000 |
| 77 | Eli | Herst | 71,500 |
| 78 | Clifford | Conners | 70,000 |
| 79 | Chris | Cristillo | 69,000 |
| 80 | Kyle | Sorel | 68,000 |
| 81 | Yaron | Lukshinski | 68,000 |
| 82 | Marcello | Bellizzi | 68,000 |
| 83 | Enrique | Perez | 67,000 |
| 84 | Luke | Poljak | 67,000 |
| 85 | Ethiel | Garcia | 65,000 |
| 86 | Julian Cesar | Guimaraes | 64,500 |
| 87 | James | Jones | 64,500 |
| 88 | Di | Wang | 64,000 |
| 89 | Samir | Husaynue | 63,500 |
| 90 | Brian | Phillis | 60,000 |
| 91 | Ken | Bruno | 60,000 |
| 92 | Daniel | Mijal | 59,500 |
| 93 | Ben | Sriqui | 58,000 |
| 94 | Diana | Dinger | 57,500 |
| 95 | Robert | Lein | 57,500 |
| 96 | Oren | Maimon | 57,000 |
| 97 | Thomas | Gari | 55,000 |
| 98 | Roman | Peshekhonov | 53,000 |
| 99 | Steven | Richardson | 52,500 |
| 100 | Bob | Chow | 51,500 |
| 101 | Carlos | Nieto | 50,500 |
| 102 | Luke | Doolittle | 50,500 |
| 103 | Jeffrey | Burgner | 46,500 |
| 104 | Wally | Madah | 45,000 |
| 105 | Robert | Womack | 41,500 |
| 106 | Alberto | Niebla | 40,000 |
| 107 | Ryan | Redey | 39,500 |
| 108 | Melissa | Kaiser | 39,000 |
| 109 | Paulette | Pipitone | 36,500 |
| 110 | Whitney | Nordelus | 34,500 |
| 111 | Elliott | Zaydman | 30,500 |
| 112 | Lee | Connell | 29,000 |
| 113 | Kevin | Blewitt | 28,500 |
| 114 | Yigal | Hen | 28,000 |
| 115 | Howard | Wolina | 27,000 |
| 116 | Elliott | Commings | 24,000 |
| 117 | Robert | Transue | 23,500 |
| 118 | Robert | Kenney | 22,500 |
| 119 | Rafael | Ramos | 20,000 |
$150 No Limit Hold’em
Returning to Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Registration closed on the last opening flight of Event 9 and the tournament drew 1,239 entries to create a prize pool worth $148,680, well clear the $100,000 Guarantee. The last 72 players will pocket part of that money with a min-cash taking home $431 and the next LHPO champion earning $37,565 plus the trophy and custom-framed winner’s photo from IMPDI.
2017 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, FL
Event 9
$150 No Limit Hold’em
Entries: 1,239
Prize Pool: $148,680
January 22 – 25, 2016
1st: $37,565
2nd: $21,782
3rd: $14,273
4th: $9,590
5th: $6,691
6th: $5,204
7th: $4,014
8th: $2,974
9th: $2,082
10th-12th: $1,487
13th-15th: $1,189
16th-18th: $1,011
19th-27th: $877
28th-36th: $743
37th-45th: $624
46th-54th: $550
55th-63rd: $491
64th-72nd: $431
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Upcoming Level 15: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 83/889
| Rank | First Name | Last Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frank | Flowers | 298,000 |
| 2 | Carlo | Rodriguez | 292,500 |
| 3 | Gustavo | Vasquez | 261,500 |
| 4 | Washington | Gavilanes | 260,000 |
| 5 | Ely | Levy | 230,000 |
| 6 | Edward | Medoff | 221,500 |
| 7 | Michael | Foley | 207,500 |
| 8 | Robert | Smith | 204,000 |
| 9 | Mark | Nahama | 202,000 |
| 10 | Stuart | Greenbaum | 196,000 |
| 11 | William | Farnan | 192,500 |
| 12 | John | Dollinger | 189,000 |
| 13 | Vincent | Spadavecchia | 188,500 |
| 14 | Andrew | Laroue | 184,500 |
| 15 | Jami | Kopacz | 176,000 |
| 16 | Luiz | de Farias | 172,500 |
| 17 | Nicholas | Lind | 162,500 |
| 18 | Martin | Robbins | 158,000 |
| 19 | Voitto | Rintala | 149,500 |
| 20 | Lazaro | Ruiz | 147,500 |
| 21 | Gaston | Miculitzki | 142,000 |
| 22 | Anthony | Vidmer | 135,000 |
| 23 | Bradley | Young | 134,500 |
| 24 | Michael | Spiegel | 133,500 |
| 25 | Giovanni | Sigurta | 125,000 |
| 26 | Abraham | Yehudai | 124,000 |
| 27 | Brian | O'Keefe | 123,000 |
| 28 | Robert | Seaton | 119,000 |
| 29 | Arif | Amirali | 117,000 |
| 30 | Jeff | Rodriguez | 113,000 |
| 31 | Deborah | Dana | 109,500 |
| 32 | Matthew | Yorra | 108,500 |
| 33 | Craig | Witz | 108,500 |
| 34 | Rick | Wang | 108,000 |
| 35 | Austin | Rattet | 107,000 |
| 36 | Ariel | Rosello | 103,500 |
| 37 | Robert | Blankenship | 102,500 |
| 38 | Richard | Saunders | 101,500 |
| 39 | Luis | Bastidas | 95,500 |
| 40 | Alex | Faynshteyn | 94,500 |
| 41 | Adam | Perez | 92,500 |
| 42 | Phillip | Brill | 89,500 |
| 43 | Al | Gomez | 87,000 |
| 44 | Jean | Bissereth | 83,000 |
| 45 | Amir | Susak | 78,500 |
| 46 | Alan | Santisteban | 77,500 |
| 47 | Ricardo | Marte | 77,500 |
| 48 | Robert | Grindell | 76,500 |
| 49 | Alicia | Goldstein | 76,500 |
| 50 | Onipi | McCalla | 75,000 |
| 51 | Ketan | Patel | 73,000 |
| 52 | Clifford | Conners | 70,000 |
| 53 | Chris | Cristillo | 69,000 |
| 54 | Kyle | Sorel | 68,000 |
| 55 | Yaron | Lukshinski | 68,000 |
| 56 | Marcello | Bellizzi | 68,000 |
| 57 | Enrique | Perez | 67,000 |
| 58 | Ethiel | Garcia | 65,000 |
| 59 | Julian Cesar | Guimaraes | 64,500 |
| 60 | James | Jones | 64,500 |
| 61 | Di | Wang | 64,000 |
| 62 | Samir | Husaynue | 63,500 |
| 63 | Brian | Phillis | 60,000 |
| 64 | Ken | Bruno | 60,000 |
| 65 | Daniel | Mijal | 59,500 |
| 66 | Diana | Dinger | 57,500 |
| 67 | Robert | Lein | 57,500 |
| 68 | Oren | Maimon | 57,000 |
| 69 | Thomas | Gari | 55,000 |
| 70 | Roman | Peshekhonov | 53,000 |
| 71 | Steven | Richardson | 52,500 |
| 72 | Bob | Chow | 51,500 |
| 73 | Jeffrey | Burgner | 46,500 |
| 74 | Wally | Madah | 45,000 |
| 75 | Robert | Womack | 41,500 |
| 76 | Alberto | Niebla | 40,000 |
| 77 | Ryan | Redey | 39,500 |
| 78 | Melissa | Kaiser | 39,000 |
| 79 | Paulette | Pipitone | 36,500 |
| 80 | Elliott | Zaydman | 30,500 |
| 81 | Lee | Connell | 29,000 |
| 82 | Elliott | Commings | 24,000 |
| 83 | Robert | Kenney | 22,500 |
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 1: 25/50
It’s the last day to hop into a multi-day tournament during the 2017 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open with the last two flights of Event 9.
The first four flights of the $150 buy-in tournament combined to put 679 entries into the game to get them very near hitting the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool. It should be hit this morning then continue to pile up throughout the day.
Every entrant will sit down to a 10,000 starting stack and play 30-minute levels throughout the day. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30pm and they will continue to play down until the end of Level 14. All survivors will then put their chips in a bag and return tomorrow for Day 2.
Cards fly at 11am and we’ll keep an eye on them while the WPTDeepStacks Main Event final table plays down.