$360 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 2: 150/300 Limits
Entries: 34

We expected a small but talented field in the H.O.R.S.E. event today and it is living up to expectations. There are 34 entries so far after the first level and a lot of them already have mixed or non-hold’em success.

Joel Harwood won the H.O.R.S.E. event during the Everglades Poker Open here in 2016 and followed that up with a SHRPO Pot Limit Omaha 8 title this past August. Wally Maddah, with more than 100 career SHRP cashes, won a Pot Limit Omaha title at SHR Tampa and final tabled the first ever H.O.R.S.E. event he played during the 2017 Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open. Wayne Brown has a handful of Omaha final tables including a fifth-place finish in yesterday’s Limit Omaha 8 tournament.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200 with a 100 ante
Flight C Entries: 251

Flight C pulled in another 150 entrants over the first hour and we have a steady line of players coming into the Event Center to grab their seat. We had 900 entries for the first two flights and we will flirt with 1,000 between the two today.

Two friends of SHRP are back in action, they together and will go home together. Husband and wife players Michael and Jorie Damiani both have success in our events including Jorie with a SHRPO Escalator win in 2013.

We’re not sure, but this might be one of the first time the two of them played in the same event. Jorie gave birth to their first child earlier in 2018 and he has been their focus.

$360 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/200 Limits

The Ultimate Re-Entry event is chugging along in the middle of the Event Center but some prefer a little mix to their poker games. H.O.R.S.E. tournaments have always been popular and this time around we have two on the series schedule.

The first kicks off at noon and another chance for players to win a trophy along with some nice cash. Event 3 has a $360 buy-in and the games will rotate between Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha 8, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, and Seven-Card Stud 8 every eight hands.

Players start with 12,000 stacks and all levels will last 30-minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm with a dinner break scheduled after Level 12. Since this is a one-day trophy event, they will return from dinner and continue playing until we award our second title of the series.

Cards fly shortly and we should see a very talented field for the first of two H.O.R.S.E. events.

• Players begin with 12,000 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 3 Structure Sheet

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight C Entries: 99

After a few player instructions, tournament supervisor Jordan Cutter announced “shuffle up and deal” to put cards in the air for Flight C of the Ultimate Re-Entry event.

We had 99 entries in the field at the kickoff and that number will climb in a hurry.

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The first day of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a success and we expect even bigger things as we head into the first weekend.

The first two flights of the Ultimate Re-Entry event drew exactly 900 entries to put the field only 767 away from hitting the $500,000 guaranteed prize pool mark and they should get there sometime this evening. Today we have the next two flights of the $360 buy-in tournament with four more to go after.

Event 1 is a best-stack-forward tournament which allows players to enter any and all the flights they wish. If they advance more than one stack, they will play their biggest on Day 2 and receive a $2,500 multi-stack payout for their smaller stacks. We have five players already accomplish that feat including chip leader Frankie Flowers.

Players start their day with a 15,000 stack and 30-minute levels. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 13 at 5:45pm. Each starting flight will play down to the last 10% of the field, rounding down, and all those players will be in the money as they move on to Day 2 on Monday.

It will be a busy day in the Event Center as we cruise towards the first big guarantee of the series.

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
• 10% of each flight’s field, rounded down, will advance to Day 2
• All Day 2 players will be in the money
• Players surviving more than one Day 1 flight will receive a $2,500 cash payout for each lesser multiple chip stack
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 1 Day 1C – $360 Ultimate Re-Entry

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
• 10% of each flight’s field, rounded down, will advance to Day 2
• All Day 2 players will be in the money
• Players surviving more than one Day 1 flight will receive a $2,500 cash payout for each lesser multiple chip stack
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 3 – $360 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 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 3 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 1 Day 1D – $360 Ultimate Re-Entry

• $500,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 13
• 10% of each flight’s field, rounded down, will advance to Day 2
• All Day 2 players will be in the money
• Players surviving more than one Day 1 flight will receive a $2,500 cash payout for each lesser multiple chip stack
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 29 – $90 Event 1 Turbo Satellite (1-in-5)

• 2 seats guaranteed into LHPO Ultimate Re-Entry Event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 29 Sheet

3PM: Event 30 – $140 Main Event Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into WPTDeepStacks Main Event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 30 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 31 – $140 Main Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into WPTDeepStacks Main Event
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 31 Structure Sheet

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 84 of 900

Flight A:  483 Entries; 48 Advanced
Flight B:  417 Entries, 41 Advanced, 5 Multi-Stack Payouts
Flight C:  Friday at 11am
Flight D:  Friday at 5pm
Flight E:  Saturday at 11am
Flight F:  Saturday at 5pm
Flight G:  Sunday at 11am
Flight H:  Sunday at 5pm
Day 2:  Monday at 1pm

Multi-stack payouts:

Frankie Flowers
Stephen Ibrahim
David Nathaniel, Jr.
Sean Shah
Jason Young

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 41 of 417

Flight B came to an end with 41 players advancing to Day 2, and action ended in the final hand of Level 16, so this flight would have played their next hand with the full hour remaining in Level 17 (4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante).

Here are the top five chip stacks from Flight B:

1.  Frankie Flowers  –  579,000
2.  Rayden Abreu  –  535,500
3.  Constantinos Liapis  –  447,500
4.  Ginold Cham  –  446,000
5.  Cesar Mendoza Gomez  –  371,500

The surviving players are all guaranteed at least $700 for a min-cash on Day 2, though the full prizepool won’t be available until registration has closed in all eight flights.

There were five players who bagged chips in both flights. Their largest stack will advance to Day 2, and they received $2,500 each as their smaller stacks were pulled from the tournament. Here are the five players with multi-stack payouts from Flight B:

Frankie Flowers  –  $2,500
Stephen Ibrahim  –  $2,500
David Nathaniel, Jr.  –  $2,500
Sean Shah  –  $2,500
Jason Young  –  $2,500

There will be two more flights tomorrow (Friday), with Flight C beginning at 11:00 am (registration open until 5:45 pm), and Flight D beginning at 5:00 pm (registration open until 11:45 pm).

2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  78
Prize Pool:  $23,400
January 10, 2019

Adam Walter had never been to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino before. When asked why he made the trip down from Ohio for the first time, he said, “It’s 20 degrees in Cincinnati right now, and I had a few days, so I said, ‘Let’s get some fun in the sun — some good weather and some poker.'”

It’s only the first day of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, but Walter has already made the most of it, outlasting a field of 78 players to win the $360 Limit Omaha 8 event and earn $7,908.

Walter entered the final table with a better-than-average chip stack, but he was surrounded by three players with even larger stacks. Still, the seat draw seemed to work in Walter’s favor.

“The table draw was significant for me. I was really happy I was on the left side of Gabe [Ramos]. That was probably the biggest bonus for me because Gabe was on my right, and the two players with big stacks on my left were a little bit tighter.”

Walter scored two of the first six eliminations at the final table, knocking out Harry Eisenberg in ninth and Wayne Brown in fifth, allowing him to keep pace with the other players and ahead of the increasing blinds.

Heads-up play began with Walter and Michael Rosenberg nearly even in chips — they were separated by just two big blinds.

Over the next half hour, Walter was able to increase his lead, eventually building a big pot over a board of . Walter bet the river, and Rosenberg tanked for a while before calling with most of his stack and turning over for an eight-high straight with an 8-7 low.

But Walter flipped over to scoop the pot with a queen-high heart flush and a 7-6 low, catapulting to a 20-to-1 chip lead and leaving Rosenberg with just 1 1/2 big blinds. Walter would win the tournament — the first of his career — on the next hand.

Walter prefers limit games, and plans to enter Event 3 ($360 H.O.R.S.E.) tomorrow. He’s only here through this first weekend of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, but it’s already been a memorable trip for Adam Walter.

The final ten players finished in the money, and here are the results:

1st:  Adam Walter  –  $7,908 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  Michael Rosenberg  –  $4,563
3rd:  Michael Dreese  –  $2,855
4th:  Gabriel Ramos  –  $1,931
5th:  Wayne Brown  –  $1,463
6th:  Hyndi Khomutetsky  –  $1,170
7th:  Harvey Freedman  –  $1,053
8th:  Perry Klein  –  $936
9th:  Harry Eisenberg  –  $819
10th:  Eric Von Guttenberg  –  $702

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 41 of 417

With 43 players remaining, and only 41 advancing to Day 2 to reach the money, the field needed to lose one more player to begin hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, and two players to end the day.

Level 16 had come to an end, with a 15-minute break scheduled, but there was already a three-way hand in progress that developed into a three-way all-in situation.

After a flop of with two diamonds, the three players got it all in and turned over their hands:

Frankie Flowers:   (flush draw, two overcards)
Eli Levy:   (top pair)
Third Player:   (overpair)

The turn card was a , but the river card was the to complete the flush for Flowers, giving him the chip lead and eliminating both of his opponents.

The remaining 41 players collectively cheered as they had burst the Money Bubble and ended the day without any hand-for-hand play, just moments away from a 15-minute break.