Championship Day 1B: Randy Haddox vs. Rayan Chamas

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries: 380

On a flop of 10d6s4d it checked to Rayan Chamas in late position who bet 2,500. Randy Haddox called.

The turn brought the 8s, Haddox checked, and Chamas bet 15,000. Haddox thought about it before shoving for 86,600.

Chamas with a similar stack thought about it for a while before electing to fold.

Randy Haddox – 130,000
Rayan Chamas – 85,000

Championship Day 1B: Anton Wigg vs. Abbey Daniels

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries: 371

Anton Wigg
Anton Wigg

On a flop of Kh10c2h, Anton Wigg checked and Abbey Daniels bet 3,000 into a pot of 11,000. Wigg raised and Daniels called.

Both players checked the Qh on the turn. The river brought the Jd and Wigg shoved for around 20,000 effective.

Daniels went into the tank for a while saying “This is so gross..” before eventually letting it go.

Anton Wigg – 60,000
Abbey Daniels – 20,000

Abbey Daniels

Championship Day 1B: Hitesh Patel Leads the Field at the Dinner Break with 142,400

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  352

Hitesh Patel
Hitesh Patel

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 300-600 and a 600 ante.

A scan of the field turned up four players with at least 135K in chips, with nobody really taking a clear chip lead yet.

1.  Hitesh Patel  –  142,400  (237 bb)
2.  Jose Parra  –  141,600  (236 bb)
3.  Cliff Maloney  –  138,100  (230 bb)
4.  Robert Jonsson  –  136,600  (228 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm), and action is scheduled to continue until the end of Level 10 (around 11:15 pm).

Championship Day 1B: Victor Adams vs. Jean Gaspard

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries: 330

Victor Adams
Victor Adams

On a flop of 9c9s7s, Jean Gaspard bets 2,500 from early position and Victor Adams calls from the hijack.

The turn brings the Jh, Gaspard bets 5,600 and Adams calls again.

Both players check the 3h on the river. Adams tables 10d10c and scoops the pot.

Victor Adams – 80,000
Jean Gaspard – 65,000

Ladies Event: Guarantee Met; Terry Bastien Leads

$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  53

Terry Bastien

While the Championship is playing out in the front of the room, the Ladies Event is cruising right along. The tournament cruised right past its $10,000 guarantee before the first break and there’s still time to join up.

Terry Bastien had the biggest stack at the break as her 91,000 leads the field. Other big stacks include Matilde Fernandez (76,000), Elissa Pincus (65,000), and Wendy Mentro (40,000).

We also had two special guests in today’s tournament. WPTDeepStacks Director Cathy Zhao and WPT Royal Flush crew member Tugba Ercan both entered the Ladies Event, though only Tugba was still around at the first break.

WPT Royall Flush crew member Tugba Ercan
wPTDeepStacks Director Cathy Zhao

Championship Day 1B: Stoyan Obreshkov Scores a Triple Up

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 318

Stoyan Obreshkov

Stoyan Obreshkov shoves his short stack all in from the button and gets two callers.

David Prociak and the hijack check down the board of KhKd10s7cAc.

Prociak tables 7s6s, the hijack shows Qc9c, but neither could beat Obreshkov’s 9d9h.

Stoyan Obreshkov – 18,500

Championship Day 1B: Ryan D’Angelo is Chipping Up

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 313

Ryan D'Angelo
Ryan D’Angelo

Ryan D’Angelo opened to 800 from early position and got three callers.

The flop came 8d5s3c, D’Angelo bet 1,200 and got one caller. The turn brought the Jc, and D’Angelo bet 3,600. His opponent in middle position called.

The river was the Qc, and D’Angelo bet 10,300. His opponent called and D’Angelo tabled the winning 5c4c flush.

Ryan D’Angelo – 110,000

Championship Day 1B: Jose Parra Doubles Through Maria Ho

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries: 281

Maria Ho (left) versus Jose Parra (right)

A player opened from early position, middle position called, and Maria Ho three-bet to 2,800 from the hijack. Jose Parra called from the button as did the her other two opponents.

The flop came Kh10d7d, it checked to Ho who bet 4,600. Only Parra called.

The turn brought the Ah, Ho bet 13,000 and Parra shoved for 34,800. Ho thought about it shortly before calling with AcKc, two-pair. She needed to improve as Parra tabled QcJc, for broadway.

The river was the 3d, clean for Parra and he scored the double up.

Jose Parra – 75,000
Maria Ho – 6,900