$1,100 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 9: 1,000/2,000
Players Remaining: 18 of 84

Matt Bretzfield leads the final eighteen players with 130,000. The final eleven will be guaranteed a pay day of at least $2,281.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 507

Marcelo Bellizzi moved all in from the cutoff for 405,000, and Nathan Grow called from the big blind with . Bellizzi turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Grow paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Bellizzi in eighth place.

Nathan Grow  –  3,050,000  (102 bb)
Marcelo Bellizzi  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,430)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1.1 million (37 big blinds).

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 507

Marcelo Bellizzi moved all in from the hijack for 300,000, and Nathan Grow called from the small blind with . Bellizzi turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Bellizzi paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Marcelo Bellizzi  –  650,000  (22 bb)
Nathan Grow  –  1,760,000  (59 bb)

A few minutes later, with the board showing on the turn, Roman Fomin moved all in from the big blind.

Grow called from the hijack with for a pair of kings with an open-ended straight draw. Fomin turned over for a pair of kings with a lower kicker, and he needed a deuce on the river to stay alive.

The river card was a blank, and Grow won the pot with his higher kicker to eliminate Fomin in ninth place.

Nathan Grow  –  2,395,000  (80 bb)
Roman Fomin  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,034)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 950,000 (32 big blinds).

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 507

Rebecca Dellagloria moved all in late position for 175,000, and Jose Nigaglioni called from the button with . Dellagloria turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Dellagloria paired her queen on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Rebecca Dellagloria  –  400,000  (16 bb)
Jose Nigaglioni  –  325,000  (13 bb)

Paul “King Shady” Prager moved all in from early position for 115,000, and Ignas Jasinevicius called with with . Prager turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Jasinevicius flopped a full house, nines full of threes, to eliminate Prager in 10th place.

Ignas Jasinevicius  –  2,000,000  (80 bb)
Paul Prager  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($791)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 845,000 (34 big blinds).

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 507

There were 22 players remaining at the break, and in the next 35 minutes they lost 12 players to reach the final table — an average of one elimination every three minutes.

Here are the updated chip counts and seating assignments for the final table:

Seat 1.  Nathan Grow  –  2,245,000  (90 bb)
Seat 2.  Ignas Jasinevicius  –  1,440,000  (58 bb)
Seat 3.  Paul Smerdon  –  390,000  (16 bb)
Seat 4.  Roman Fomin  –  450,000  (18 bb)
Seat 5.  Paul Prager  –  375,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  James Scott  –  900,000  (36 bb)
Seat 7.  Rebecca Dellagloria  –  175,000  (7 bb)
Seat 8.  Homero Molina  –  855,000  (34 bb)
Seat 9.  Marcelo Bellizzi  –  165,000  (7 bb)
Seat 10.  Jose Nigaglioni  –  615,000  (25 bb)

The average chip stack is about 760,000 (30 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $16,432 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,734
3rd:  $6,388
4th:  $4,411
5th:  $3,255
6th:  $2,586
7th:  $1,977
8th:  $1,430
9th:  $1,034
10th:  $791

They will play down to a winner tonight.

$1,100 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 7: 600/1,200
Players Remaining: 32 of 84

There were 84 entries in the $1,100 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha event, running on a busy final day of  the schedule here at the Lucky Hearts Poker Open. The total prizepool is worth $81,480.

The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $2,281 each, while the winner will earn $26,278 plus the trophy and a framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Masters.

2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 25
$1,100 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha 
Entries:  84
Prize Pool:  $81,480
January 22, 2019

1st:  $26,278 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $15,889
3rd:  $9,879
4th:  $6,681
5th:  $5,093
6th:  $4,074
7th:  $3,381
8th:  $2,852
9th:  $2,628
10th:  $2,444
11th:  $2,281

$1,100 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
End of Level 6: 500/1,000
Total Entries: 83

Players are currently on a fifteen minute break. Now is the last change to register as registration closes when they return.

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22 of 507

The players return from break to begin Level 22, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 and a big-blind ante of 20,000.

With 22 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 345,000 (17 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts and seating positions:

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  Greg Anda  –  70,000  (4 bb)
Seat 2.  Paul Prager  –  145,000  (7 bb)
Seat 3.  Homero Molina  –  655,000  (33 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  David Harmon  –  135,000  (7 bb)
Seat 6.  Michael Bonsignore  –  180,000  (9 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Jose Nigaglioni  –  690,000  (35 bb)
Seat 9.  Francisco Amaral  –  230,000  (12 bb)

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Scott Sommer  –  160,000  (8 bb)
Seat 2.  Roman Fomin  –  315,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Alexis Puga Alvarino  –  155,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5.  Giovanni Massa  –  170,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6.  Rebecca Dellagloria  –  435,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7.  Adam Barnett  –  180,000  (9 bb)
Seat 8.  Ignas Jasinevicius  –  710,000  (36 bb)
Seat 9.  

TABLE 14
Seat 1.  Dennis Brinn  –  295,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2.  Marcelo Bellizzi  –  230,000  (12 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Meyer  –  255,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Frankie Flowers  –  480,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  James Scott  –  1,050,000  (53 bb)
Seat 7.  Brian Guzman  –  195,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8.  Nathan Grow  –  575,000  (29 bb)
Seat 9.  Paul Smerdon  –  290,000  (15 bb)

$1,100 Big Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 6: 500/1,000
Total Entries: 77

Matt Bretzfield is among the chipleaders the the Event 25 field. Bretzfield finished in tenth place in the $5,250 SHRPO Championship Event last August taking home $62,415. Since then he’s had more scores on property including yesterday’s eleventh place finish in the $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Event 21 worth $8,026.

Matt Bretzfield – 60,000

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining: 24 of 507

With the board showing on the turn and more than 350K already in the pot, Frankie Flowers checked the big blind, and James Scott moved all in under the gun for 368,000.

Flowers went into the tank for a long time, eventually saying, “I was trying to envision if this was cash, if I’d put it all in. And I would.”

Then, as he studied his opponent, Frankie said, “Why would you do this? Why would you go all in?” Then, a few moments later, he added, “One of us is gonna win this tournament.”

Flowers eventually called, and Scott showed for an overpair. Flowers turned over for an open-ended straight-flush draw, and he had the full 15 outs he was hoping for.

The river card was the , and the pocket kings held up for Scott to win the pot and double up to more than a million in chips.

James Scott  –  1,090,000  (68 bb)
Frankie Flowers  –  150,000  (9 bb)

Nathan Grow has been MIA for quite a while, and he had plenty of chips to weather an extended break, but he’s back in his seat now with about 600K.

Nathan Grow  –  600,000  (38 bb)

Update: In the 15 minutes since he lost that big all-in against James Scott, Flowers has more than quadrupled his chip stack to 665,000.

Frankie Flowers  –  665,000  (42 bb)