$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

Darryll Fish was in a four-way hand from the button against Ness Reilly in the hijack, Joey Couden in the small blind, and Brett Bader in the big.

Reilly checked the flop and Fish moved all in for 190,000. Couden called before his Action Clock time ran out, Bader and Reilly quickly folded.

Couden:
Fish:

Fish was ahead with top two pair and needed to dodge spades to stay in the Championship. The turn changed nothing and Fish pulled the big pot after the river.

Darryll Fish – 480,000 (40 bb)
Joey Couden – 1,350,000 (113 bb)

Recent eliminations:
40th: Joey Weissman – $13,109
41st: Petko Tsakov – $11,369
42nd: Sam DeSilva – $11,369
43rd: Bryan Piccioli – $11,369
44th: Peter Eichhardt – $11,369

$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: 44 of 911

The bust outs are coming at a steady pace despite the deep stacks and slow structure. Amelio Amato was one of the recent eliminations and he was in a big, three-way pot.

Nick Schwarmann opened to 25,000 from under the gun and Amatom moved all in for 180,000. John Dolan moved all in over the top for approximately 400,000 and Schwarmann thought it out. He called with the bigger stack with a chance for the double knockout.

Schwarmann:
Amato:
Dolan:

Dolan was dominant and needed to fade an ace, nine, or some crazy cards and the board ran to send Amato out and Dolan up.

John Dolan – 980,000 (82 bb)
Amelio Amato – Eliminated in 47th place ($11,369)

Amato was among a big group to hit the rail in the first 30 minutes, here they are.

45th: Scott Wright – $11,369
46th: Johnny Stevenson – $11,369
47th: Amelio Amato – $11,369
48th: Jason Brin – $11,369
49th: Vincent Spadavecchia – $10,006
50th: Joel Harwood – $10,006
51st: Anthony Abdo – $10,006
52nd: Mohsin Charania – $10,006
53rd: Aaron Massey – $10,006

$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: 50 of 911

Aaron Massey began Day 3 with the shortest stack and moved it all in on the first three hands.

First, he open-shoved for 57,000 and Daniel Letts called to put him at risk. Massey was dominated with against but the board split the pot.

Second, he shipped again but found no callers. Though Kenny “Super Tuan” Nguyen thought about coming along.

Third, Massey moved all in for 98,000 to get another call from Letts. It folded to Neil Patel and he asked to see Letts’ stack before calling as well from the big blind.

Patel said “all in” after the flop and Letts released.

“I need a jack!” Massey declared.

Patel:
Massey:

The turn was no help and Massey was sent out in 53rd place on the river.

Neil Patel – 825,000 (69 bb)
Aaron Massey – Eliminated in 53rd ($10,006)

$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: 53 of 911

The WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open is down to 53 players from the starting 911 entries and it’s a pretty stacked field we have lined up.

Two-time WSOP bracelet winner Ben Yu returns with the chip lead to start to Day 3 after a blistering last level on Day 2. With one level to go in Day 2, he was down to only 80,000 and ran that up to 1,382,000 by the time they bagged up.

Joey Couden began Day 2 with the chip lead and he didn’t fall off. He has the second biggest stack with SHRP trophy winner Qasem Jamhour in third, WPT Champions Club member Andjelki Andrejevic in fourth, and SHRP regular Mike Chiappetta rounding out the top five.

The rest of the top ten includes high roller Rainer Kempe, two-time WSOP Circuit ring winner John Richards, HPT champ Nick Schwarmann, and WPTDeepStacks Lucky Hearts Poker Open final table member Ness Reilly.

The other 43 players aren’t too shabby either.

Day 3 will see levels increase to 90 minutes and the Action Clock is still in play. Players bagged their remaining time bank chips last night and they will reset once we have 24 players.

Today’s schedule is simple; work our way through five 90-minute levels and see who’s around at the end of the day. After Level 25, they will stop the clock for a Day 4 return tomorrow to play down to the final table six.

Cards go back in the air at noon and we will have all the action.

Day 3 Counts | Day 3 Seats | Payouts

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Ben Yu – 1,382,000 (115 bb)
2. Joey Couden – 1,339,000 (112 bb)
3. Qasem Jamhour – 1,284,000 (107 bb)
4. Andjelko Andrejevic – 1,023,000 (85 bb)
5. Mike Chiappetta – 1,021,000 (85 bb)
6. Nick Schwarmann – 1,017,000 (85 bb)
7. Ness Reilly – 973,000 (81 bb)
8. John Richards – 910,000 (76 bb)
9. Ardit Kurshumi – 843,000 (70 bb)
10. Rainer Kempe – 793,000 (66 bb)

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 19 – $570 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 19 Structure Sheet

12PM: Day 3 – $3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship

• Championship Day 3 Chip Counts
• Championship Day 3 Table/Seat Assignments
• Championship Payouts

12PM: Day 1 – $25,500 High Roller

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 100,000 in chips
• Levels last 40 minutes; Final Table levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
• Day 1 will end after Level 15 or Tournament Director discretion
• High Roller Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 21 – $360 Six-Max Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 21 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 22 Day 1A – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 22 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 71 – $140 Mega Satellite into Event 19 (1-in-5)

• 5 seats guaranteed into $570/$50,000 GTD Event 19
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 71 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 72 – $550 Mega Satellite into Event 23 (1-in-10)

• 5seats guaranteed into $5,000/$250,000 GTD Event 23
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 72 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 73 – $550 Mega Satellite into Event 23 (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $5,000/$250,000 GTD Event 23
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 73 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 911

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Returning to Level 21: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 911

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 911

Day 2 of the $3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship began with 343 players left from the starting field of 911 entries. After another 10 one-hour levels, only 53 players remain. Ben Yu leads the way with 1,382,000, followed closely by Joey Couden with 1,339,000.

Yu had just 80,000 at the beginning of the final level of Day 2, but went on a crazy rush to the top of the chip counts in one hour’s time.

Full chip counts and the Day 3 table and seat draw wil be published within the hour.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 911

54th: Faton Marke – $10,006
55th: Ray Qartomy – $10,006
56th: Steven Rosen – $10,006
57th: Sean Winter – $8,904
58th: Bobby Suer – $8,904
59th: Filipp Khavin – $8,904
60th: Hans Winzeler – $8,904
61st: Lawrence Klur – $8,904
62nd: Pablo Fernandez – $8,904
63rd: Luke Graham – $8,904
64th: Alberto Rodriguez – $8,904
65th: Michael Pearson – $8,034
66th: Floris Payraudeau – $8,034
67th: Javier Zarco – $8,034
68th: Lawrence Pileggi – $8,034
69th: Maurice Paradis – $8,034
70th: Jerry Humphrey – $8,034
71st: Stephen Deutsch – $8,034
72nd: Avdo Djokovic – $8,034
73rd: Loni Harwood – $7,338

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 911

Sean Winter was all in from the button for about 250,000 with against Ben Yu in the small blind with .

The board came down , giving Yu jacks and nines to eliminate Winter in 57th place for $8,904.

Yu won a few more pots in the waning minutes of the day to take the chip lead.

Ben Yu – 1,380,000 (138 bb)
Sean Winter – Eliminated