$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 911

Table 72
Seat 1: Mike Chiappetta – 1,735,000 (87 bb)
Seat 2: John Dolan – 1,445,000 (72 bb)
Seat 3: Rainer Kempe – 1,160,000 (58 bb)
Seat 4: Andy Frankenberger – 1,645,000 (82 bb)
Seat 5: Darryll Fish – 530,000 (27 bb)
Seat 6: Curt Kohlberg – 1,745,000 (87 bb)
Seat 7: Aleksandr Shevelev – 1,080,000 (54 bb)
Seat 8: Bruce Kramer – 300,000 (15 bb)

Table 78
Seat 1: Almog Biton – 1,095,000 (55 bb)
Seat 2: Tristan Wade – 1,435,000 (72 bb)
Seat 3: Ben Yu – 1,545,000 (77 bb)
Seat 4: Alan Krockey – 1,230,000 (62 bb)
Seat 5: Mario Prats Garcia – 1,235,000 (62 bb)
Seat 6: Nick Schwarmann – 2,230,000 (112 bb)
Seat 7: Andjelko Andrejevic – 785,000 (39 bb)
Seat 8: John Richards – 575,000 (29 bb)

Table 79
Seat 1: Brandon Caputo – 960,000 (48 bb)
Seat 2: David Liu – 1,010,000 (51 bb)
Seat 3: Brett Bader – 480,000 (24 bb)
Seat 4: Joey Couden – 1,265,000 (63 bb)
Seat 5: Ness Reilly – 1,455,000 (73 bb)
Seat 6: Jerry DeLisle – 520,000 (26 bb)
Seat 7: Cong Pham – 930,000 (47 bb)
Seat 8: Patrick Quinn – 960,000 (48 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 911

Cong Pham and David Fuss were heads up to the flop and Fuss moved all in for 225,000. Pham called and Fuss was at risk.

Fuss:
Pham:

Pham was ahead with top pair but Fuss had a big draw with straights, flushes, and a straight flush draw. The was a little help but Fuss could not find one of his 17 routs on the river.

With his elimination, tournament staff paused the clock to redraw the last three tables. They will have new seats and the Action Clock time banks will be reset. All players will receive six, fresh time bank chips to use until they reach the live-streamed final table six.

Seat draw and chip counts to come after the short break.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 911

Championship players are on a quick break at the end of the level with 25 players remaining. It’s Nick Schwarmann’s time at the top and the only player of 2 million with Curt Kohlberg the closest.

They will continue playing until one more player is eliminated, then tournament staff will redraw the last two tables.

Top five stacks:

1. Nick Schwarmann – 2,185,000 (109 bb)
2. Curt Kohlberg – 1,960,000 (98 bb)
3. Mike Chiappetta – 1,715,000 (86 bb)
4. Joey Couden – 1,540,000 (77 bb)
5. Andy Frankenberger – 1,520,000 (76 bb)

Recent eliminations:

26th: Scott Chastain – $15,284
27th: Alan Bieler – $15,284
28th: Qasem Jamhour – $15,284

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 911

Curt Kohlberg and Mario Prats Garcia were heads up to a flop and Kohlberg bet 178,000. Prats Garcia called, Kohlberg checked the turn, and Prats Garcia bet 250,000. Kohlberg check/raised all in for 654,000 and Prats Garcia called.

Kohlberg:
Prats Garcia:

Kohlberg’s aces were in danger of getting cracked by Prats Garcia’s turned flush but Kohlberg clapped when he made a bigger flush on the to double near the lead.

Curt Kohlberg – 1,960,000 (123 bb)
Mario Prats Garcia – 1,010,000 (63 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 911

Alan Krockey opened to 40,000 from the cutoff and Scott Chastain moved all in over the top from the button. The blinds released and Krockey called with a similar stack.

Krockey:
Chastain:

Krockey was way behind and needed help. He found none on the flop or turn but he celebrated the river for the two-out save. They counted down the stacks and Krockey’s was slightly bigger to send Chastain out in 26th place.

Alan Krockey – 950,000 (59 bb)
Scott Chastain – Eliminated in 26th place ($15,284)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
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Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 911

Steven McKoy was the shortest of the short stacks and moved all in for 105,000 from under the gun and Darryll Fish called in the next position.

McKoy:
Fish:

McKoy ran into a monster and the board could not save his day.

Darryll Fish – 405,000 (25 bb)
Steven McKoy – Eliminated in 29th place ($15,284)

Recent eliminations:
29th: Steven McKoy – $15,284
30th: Spencer Champlin – $15,284
31st: Daniel Letts – $15,284

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 28 of 911

With all the action, Mario Prats Garcia was a little lost in the mix and his quick run to the top of the counts. He began the day with 442,000 but now sits as the leader with 1,820,000 and 28 players remaining.

Mario Prats Garcia – 1,820,000 (114 bb)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 911

Daniel Letts three-bet shoved for 183,000 after a Tristan Wade open. Wade called and Letts was dominated.

Wade:
Letts:

Letts needed to catch to stay in the game but blanked the board to exit on 31st place.

Tristan Wade – 1,165,000 (73 bb)
Daniel Letts – Eliminated in 31st ($15,284)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 31 of 911

There was a little mix up at Table 47 with Mario Prats Garcia acting out of order. After it was cleared up, Kenny “Super Tuan” Nguyen was set to act and moved all in for 250,000 and Prats Garcia called to put him at risk.

Nguyen:
Prats Garcia:

Nguyen was in dominating position for the double but Prats Garcia hit the flop. The turn and river shipped the pot to Prats Garcia and Nguyen was sent out.

Mario Prats Garcia – 1,820,000 (114 bb)
Kenny Nguyen – Eliminated in 33rd place ($13,109)

Recent eliminations:

32nd: Neil Patel – $15,284
33rd: Kenny Nguyen – $13,109
34th: Michael Laake – $13,109
35th: Raphael Oliveira – $13,109
36th: Matas Cimbolas – $13,109
37th: Sujith Varughese – $13,109
38th: Michael Newman – $13,109
39th: Ardit Kurshumi – $13,109

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 39 of 911

Sujith Varughese moved all in with his short 55,000 stack and Rainer Kempe called to put him at risk from the small blind.

Kempe:
Varughese:

Varughese was dominated and couldn’t catch on the board to exit in 37th place as the first break hit.

Rainer Kempe – 760,000 (63 bb)
Sujith Varughese – Eliminated in 37th place ($13,109)