$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 250/500 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 439

Mukul Pahuja opened the button 1,400, and Nick Petrangelo called in the small blind. From the big, Brad Albrinck three-bet to 5,500, and Pahuja quickly folded.

Petrangelo too a wry look to his left, though. “Did you see my cards?” he asked. Albrinck smiled and shook his head no. “Promise?” Petrangelo confirmed. “All right, I’ll play.” He called.

The flop was . Petrangelo checked, Albrinck bet 4,500, and Petrangelo called. The turn was the , and the action repeated for 9,000, with Petrangelo check-calling another bet. Both players checked through the river.

Petrangelo showed , winning the pot with two pair.

Nick Petrangelo – 145,000
Brad Albrinck – 33,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 250/500 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 442

Matt Stout raised to 1,200 from under the gun was called by four players, including Jamie Sequeira in the cutoff.

The flop came down , and action checked to Stout who continued for 3,000. Sequeira called, as did the player in the big blind.

The turn was the , the big blind checked, Stout bet 8,500, and only Sequeira called.

The river was the , Stout checked, and Sequeira shoved for roughly 21,000. The two exchanged some friendly banter, to the point where Sequeira showed one of his cards, the . After about another 15 seconds, Stout folded.

Sequeira showed for a flush as he collected the pot.

Jamie Sequeira – 51,000 (102 bb)
Matt Stout – 74,000 (148 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure

With the start of their new season, the World Poker Tour is implementing their Action Clock on all major tour stops. It was previously used during the WPT Tournament of Champions and some WPT500 stops, now the rest of the tour can get used to the new switch.

The Action Clock comes into play when the field is one table away from the money bubble. Players will have 30 seconds to act on their hand with the Action Clock counting down in the dealer box. If they have a tough decision, players have four “time bank” chips and each count for a 30-second extension. If no action is taken before the clock hits zero, the hand is dead.

The Championship will continue to employ the action clock all the way down until we have a winner.

Check the Championship structure sheet for more information.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Upcoming Level 7: 250/500 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 426

Staffan Lind – 207,300 (415 bb)
Keith Morrow- 147,000 (294 bb)
David Liu – 145,000 (290 bb)
Joey Weissman – 143,000 (286 bb)
Kobi Ribak – 134,000 (268 bb)
Nick Petrangelo – 128,000 (256 bb)
Darren Elias – 112,000 (224 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 426

Flight A of the Championship reached the end of Level 6 and all remaining players are taking a 90-minute break away from the ballroom.

Staffan Lind appears to be the current chip leader and built his stack up to about 200,000 by knocking out James Calderaro before the break.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 424

Andre Akkari opened with an under-the-gun raise, Keith Morrow called in the cutoff, and the big blind defended to create three-way action.

The flop was . It checked to Akkari, who continued for 2,700, and only Morrow called. The turn was the , and Akkari bet 5,500. Morrow called again, and they both checked through the river.

Akkari showed , winning the pot with two pair.

Andre Akkari – 64,000
Keith Morrow – 110,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 424

Stephen Chidwick raised to 1,000 from under the gun, Ravi Raghavan three-bet to about 2,500 from middle position, Chidwick four-bet shoved for 11,400, and Raghavan called.

Chidwick:
Raghavan:

The board came down , giving Chidwick a set of jacks to double through Raghavan.

Stephen Chidwick – 24,000 (60 bb)
Ravi Raghavan – 25,300 (63 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 150/300 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 412

Picking up the action on a flop of , Nick Petrangelo bet 700 from middle position. Jake Bazeley called from the cutoff.

The turn was the , Petrangelo bet 2,800, and Bazeley called.

The river was the , Petrangelo bet 15,000, and Bazeley tanked for about two minutes before he called.

Petrangelo tabled for an eight-high straight, Bazeley mucked, and Petrangelo won the pot.

Nick Petrangelo – 112,000 (373 bb)
Jake Bazeley – 40,000 (133 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 200/400 with a 50 ante
Flight A Entries: 412

The Super High Roller event was the biggest buy-in tournament on the LHPO schedule and it attracted some of the top players in the game. It took two long days to play down from 25 entries to a winner and Stefan Schillhabel defeated Adrian Mateos for the title along with $493,000.

Schillhabel is back today looking for his second WPT title. He joined the Champions Club in 2016 after winning the Bay 101 Shooting Star event.