$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries: 249

On a flop of , Matt Affleck was racing with against his opponent’s .

The board came giving Affleck the lead and river made the elimination official.

Matt Affleck – 73,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries: 249

On a flop reading , Marvin Rettenmaier bet 7,300 into a pot of around 13,000 from middle position. Carlos Guerrero shoved for 23,000 from the hijack and Rettenmaier called.

Guerrero tabled and needed to improve against Rettenmaier’s .

The turn brought the , and the river , came clean for Rettenamier and Guerrero was eliminated.

Marvin Rettenmaier – 108,000
Carlos Guerrero – Eliminated 

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 227

WPT Seminole Rock n Roll Poker Open Champion Milen Stefanov has recently entered the field. The recent champion earned his name on the trophy this past November after defeating Fabian Gumz heads up. Stefanov took home $545,070 for his victory.

Milen Stefanov – 40,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 215

While they were gone on break, the entry count hit 202 to put a combined 625 into the Championship. That was good enough to match the $2,000,000 guarantee and they’ve pushed it higher since they returned.

With late registration available until 9:15 pm, we’re going to see a big number before the end of the day.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 212

On a board reading , Francis Anderson checked from the small blind. Chip leader Randy Haddox bet 11,000 into a pot of 16,000. Anderson called.

The river brought the , Anderson checked and Haddox put him in for around 25,000 effective.

Anderson, who finished in 6th place in this past November’s WPT Rock n Roll Poker Open, thought about it for a while before letting it go.

Haddox turned over for quad tens to add to his chip lead.

Randy Haddox – 130,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 211

The first break is complete and cards are back in the air. Rayan Chamas was a big early hand and sits with 101,000 come back which is good enough for the second spot. Randy Maddox pipped him by a single 1K chips and 102,000 is the top count.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/200
Day 1B Entries: 170

A player was all in for 11,300 holding and up against Arkadiy Pervyy-Bakhtin’s .

The board ran out and Pervyy-Bakhtin’s wound up with a set of deuces to eliminate his opponent.

Arkadiy Pervyy-Bakhtin – 50,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/200
Day 1B Entries: 159

The first break is on the horizon as new players wake and make their way to the Seminole Ballroom. The guarantee mark will not get there before then but it will before another break rolls around.

Abbey Daniels is back amongst the field and one of those here with WPT success. She made the WPT Poker Showdown final table in 2011 and finished fourth for $286,619.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/200
Day 1B Entries: 139

A player in the small blind limped and Ryan D’Angelo exercised his option by raising to 800 from the big blind.

The flop came , the small blind checked and D’Angelo bet 1,000. His opponent called.

The turn brought the , the small blind checked and D’Angelo bet 4,000 this time. His opponent thought about it before folding.

D’Angelo showed and said “So many outs…”

Ryan D’Angelo – 25,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/200
Day 1B Entries: 131

The blinds are up and the entry count continues to slide north towards the $2,000,000 guarantee. The prize pool is up to $1,77 million and only a quick run at the registration desk to hit the mark.

Colorado’s Craig Varnell is back in South Florida trying to cross the Sunshine State off the list of places he won big. He owns one WSOP bracelet, two WSOP Circuit rings, an EPT side event title, and a WPT500 win against a 5,000-plus entry field but he’s missing a SHRP trophy.