$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 2: 100/100 with a 100 ante Flight C Entries: 142 (Total: 797)
Kelly Minkin
Flight C got a little tougher with the recent introduction of Kelly Minkin and Cindy Muchnick into the field. Minkin announced herself with a laugh and a snarl from tablemate Michael Newman. Muchnick is relaxed and taking chips.
Minkin deals more with tournament while Muchnick gets the reaction when she walks up to a cash table on the other side of the house.
Minkin has nearly $1.3 million in career earnings with her biggest cash coming here in 2015 when she finished third at the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship final table. She followed that up with her second biggest in the WSOP Main Event that summer when she was the “last woman standing” in 29th place.
“I play tournaments to knock people out. I’m sorry, it’s nothing personal, but that’s the way I play.”
“I ain’t pushin’ in unless I got the cold nuts.”@shrpo I’m home baby
For anyone looking to join these two talented players at the top of their games, we have a LearnWPT Ladies Poker Brunch tomorrow morning for those looking to improve their game. It is geared towards beginners and WPT Commentator Tony Dunst will be the instructor. The brunch is $50 and open to the first 50 who sign up plus WPT will raffle off five seats into the Ladies Event which starts at 3pm.
$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 31: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante Players Remaining: 14 of 1,634
Daniel Eichhorn
David Inselberg opened to 300,000 from the hijack, Nick Yunis called on the button, and Pedro Aldave moved all in from the small blind for 2,825,000. Daniel Eichhorn checked his cards and moved all in as well from the big blind. Inselberg considered coming along but folded, quickly followed Yunis.
Aldave: Eichhorn:
Eichhorn was the one at risk with 2,075,000 and he was dominated. The gave him a flush draw but went no further on the turn or river to send him out in 15th place.
Pedro Aldave – 5,625,000 (45 bb) Daniel Eichhorn – Eliminated in 15th place ($14,965)
2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 1 Ultimate Re-Entry $360 No Limit Hold’em $500,000 Guaranteed Entries: 4,508 Total Prize Pool: $1,352,400 Multi-Stack Payouts: 71 @ $2,500 = $177,500 Day 2 Prize Pool: $1,174,900 January 10-15, 2019
TD Tony Burns and Event 1 Champion Michael Newman
Michael Newman won the $360 buy-in Ultimate Re-Entry event on Tuesday, winning $181,025 by being the chipleader when a deal was negotiated by the final three players.
Event 1 was an incredibly successful kick-off to the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, with 4,508 entries more than doubling the $500K guarantee to create a total prizepool worth $1,352,400.
After eight starting flights, there were 374 players who survived to Day 2, which began with a flurry of bustouts in the money. By the time the field reached the dinner break, there were only 52 players remaining.
Event 1’s Field on Day 2
At that point, Newman was one of the short stacks, down to 17 big blinds. But he battled back, and by the time the field was down to the final 20, Newman had built his stack up to about 100 big blinds, and he never looked back.
From that point forward, the lead went back-and-forth between Newman and eventual runner-up finisher Willie Wiggins. Day 2 came to an end around 2:30 am with 11 players remaining, and Newman bagged the chip lead.
Play resumed this afternoon at 2:00 pm, and it didn’t take long for Danny Kasper to be sent to the rail in 11th place, and the final table was set.
Perry Shiao (10th) and Jason Young (9th) busted fairly quickly, but with eight players remaining the table stalled for nearly two hours. In that time, Wiggins went on a rush to become the first player to cross the 20-million mark, but nobody busted.
Eventually, the dam burst, and in the span of about half an hour we lost Devond Marshall (8th), Angel Bracho (7th), and Michael Duek (6th). Duek’s elimination had a bit of painful poetry to it, as he had just doubled up with pocket aces before running into somebody else’s pocket aces to be eliminated.
That somebody else with pocket aces? Michael Newman.
5th-Place Finisher Richard Carr
Down to five players, the short stacks were Richard Carr and Jeffrey Colpitts. Carr looked like he would outlast Colpitts after doubling thru him with pocket jacks vs. king-ten suited. But the next hand, Carr got involved in a big pot against Wiggins.
They both limped from the blinds, and Wiggins check-called the flop and the turn on a board of .
Wiggins shoved the river, and Carr snap-called all in for 6.1 million with for two pair. But Wiggins turned over for a flopped ace-high straight to eliminate Carr in fifth place.
4th-Place Finisher Jeffrey Colpitts
The next hand, Colpitts was first to act and woke up with . He shoved, only to see Newman wake up with a slightly better in the big blind. The better hand held up to eliminate Colpitts in fourth place.
The final three players played one more hand before deciding to chop up the remaining prizepool in an ICM deal. Newman had the chip lead, and was declared the winner and received the trophy.
This is the 13th tournament that Newman has won at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, and it’s his second six-figure score — Newman won the 2017 Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open Championship to earn $374,240. With his victory today, Newman has crossed the coveted $1 million mark in career live tournament earnings.
3rd-place finisher Scott Robbins (left) and runner-up Willie Wiggins (right) pose with Event 1 Champion Michael Newman after a three-way chop.
Final Table Results:
1st: Michael Newman* – $181,025 + LHPO trophy 2nd: Willie Wiggins – $176,120 3rd: Scott Robbins – $130,235 4th: Jeffrey Colpitts – $63,359 5th: Richard Carr – $45,895 6th: Michael Duek – $34,929 7th: Angel Bracho – $26,806 8th: Devond Marshall – $19,495 9th: Jason Young* – $13,809 10th: Perry Shiao – $8,935
* Michael Newman and Jason Young survived two starting flights, so they each received an additional $2,500 on top of their final-table earnings.
These were the official, verified chip counts at that point:
Michael Newman – 26,300,000 (66 bb) Willie Wiggins – 24,300,000 (61 bb) Scott Robbins – 11,100,000 (28 bb)
As the chipleader, Michael Newman would be declared the winner and awarded the trophy. Here are the payouts they agreed to, along with the rest of the final table prizepool:
1st: Michael Newman – $181,025 + LHPO trophy 2nd: Willie Wiggins – $176,120 3rd: Scott Robbins – $130,235 4th: Jeffrey Colpitts – $63,359 5th: Richard Carr – $45,895 6th: Michael Duek – $34,929 7th: Angel Bracho – $26,806 8th: Devond Marshall – $19,495 9th: Jason Young – $13,809 10th: Perry Shiao – $8,935
Willie Wiggins – 2nd PlaceScott Robbins – 3rd Place
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry $500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 33: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 4,508
Jeffrey Colpitts
In the hand after Richard Carr was eliminated in fifth place, there was no small blind. Jeffrey Colpitts moved all in from the hijack for 4,300,000, and Michael Newman called from the big blind with .
Colpitts turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came — Colpitts flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Newman won the pot with two pair, kings and jacks, to eliminate Colpitts in fourth place.
Michael Newman – 24,000,000 (60 bb) Jeffrey Colpitts – Eliminated in 4th Place ($63,359)
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry $500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 33: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante Players Remaining: 5 of 4,508
Michael Newman and Scott Robbins folded and Jeffrey Colpitts moved all in from the button. Willie Wiggins folded his small blind but Richard Carr quickly called at risk from the big.
Carr: Colpitts:
Carr was ahead for the double, needed to dodge the over and hearts, and picked up the pot as the board ran .
$360 Ultimate Re-Entry $500,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 32: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante Players Remaining: 6 of 4,508
Action folded around to Michael Duek on the button and he open-shoved for 2,900,000. After confirming the count, Richard Carr quickly called from the small blind.
Duek: Carr:
Duek was in great shape and virtually locked up the hand on the flop. The board finished turn and river and Duek had his double.
Michael Duek – 6,400,000 (21 bb) Richard Carr – 6,750,000 (23 bb)
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