Event 1: Brandon Navarrete Doubles Through Jesse Lott

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 3,004

Action folded to Brandon Navarette and he moved all in for 1,800,000. Fabian Foster folded his small blind and Jesse Lott thought for a few minutes before he called.

Navarrete: Ad6h
Lott: Js6d

Navarrete was dominating and his hand held on the 9s8s8hQs2c board for his double up.

Brandon Navarrete – 4,100,000 (21 bb)
Jesse Lott – 4,750,000 (24 bb)

Event 1: Jason Johnson Doubles Through Fabian Foster

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 3,004

Fabian Foster opened to 450,000 from the cutoff and Jason Johnson ripped it in for 2,000,000 from the big blind. Rodriguez called and Johnson was at risk.

Johnson: Ah5d
Foster: AdKc

Johnson needed help, found none on the Qc6h2d flop, but caught the 5c turn to take the lead. The river finished 4d to give Johnson the double.

Jason Johnson – 4,300,000 (22 bb)
Fabian Foster – 7,100,000 (36 bb)

Event 1: Final Table Lineup

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 3,004

Seat 1: Jesse Lott – 6,000,000 (30 bb)
Seat 2: Peter Walsworth – 9,200,000 (46 bb)
Seat 3: Jason Johnson – 2,300,000 (12 bb)
Seat 4: Scott Blackman – 16,600,000 (83 bb)
Seat 5: Fernando Rodriguez – 14,700,000 (74 bb)
Seat 6: Brandon Navarrete – 2,300,000 (12 bb)
Seat 7: Fabian Foster – 9,100,000 (46 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $253,417 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $178,181
3rd: $116,768
4th: $86,047
5th: $63,762
6th: $46,877
7th: $34,557

Event 1: Robert Patterson Jr Eliminated by Scott Blackman

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 3,004

Robert Patterson Jr was unlucky at the start of the day when he was all in and ahead before the board chopped his pot with Scott Blackman. A few hands later, Patterson was all in again for 1,325,000 against Blackman in a blind v blind battle.

Blackman: QdJh
Patterson: JcTs

Patterson had kicker issues and nothing on the 9d7d6c4h5h board could save his tournament. He was sent out in eighth place and the final table was set.

Scott Blackman – 16,600,000 (83 bb)
Robert Patterson Jr – Eliminated in 8th Place ($34,557)

Event 1: Robert Gianquitti Eliminated by Scott Blackman

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 3,004

Robert Gianquitti

After taking a few hands to warmup, we had a big hand on Table 54. Robert Gianquitti was all in and at risk for 3,525,000 against the bigger stacked Scott Blackman.

Blackman: AhQd
Gianquitti: 9d9s

Gianquitti was ahead with his nine and needed to hold to double. His lead did not last long and Blackman moved out front on the QhJd8d flop. The 6d turn and 3s river finished the board to send Gianquitti out in ninth place.

Scott Blackman – 13,500,000 (68 bb)
Robert Gianquitti – Eliminated in 9th Place ($25,378)

Event 1: Day 3 Ready to Go

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 3,004

Fernando Rodriguez leads the Day 3 return

It will take one extra day to determine the LHPO Event 1 champion with nine players returning this afternoon to play it out. Fernando Rodriguez picked up the chip lead late in Day 2 and will lead the pack for the restart with Peter Walsworth in second.

Everyone is guaranteed at least $25,378 but everyone wants the $253,417 awaiting the winner.

They will return with blinds at 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante and the average stack is 6,000,000 (30 bb).

Table 44
Seat 3: Brandon Navarrete – 1,350,000 (7 bb)
Seat 4: Fabian Foster – 9,375,000 (47 bb)
Seat 5: Jason Johnson – 3,050,000 (15 bb)
Seat 6: Jesse Lott – 2,100,000 (11 bb)
Seat 7: Peter Walsworth – 11,400,000 (57 bb)

Table 54
Seat 1: Fernando Rodriguez – 15,400,000 (77 bb)
Seat 3: Scott Blackman – 10,400,000 (52 bb)
Seat 4: Robert Gianquitti – 4,575,000 (23 bb)
Seat 8: Robert Patterson Jr – 2,375,000 (12 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $253,417 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $178,181
3rd: $116,768
4th: $86,047
5th: $63,762
6th: $46,877
7th-8th: $34,557
9th: $25,378

Event 1: Fernando Rodriguez Leads the Final Nine Players

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 32: 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 3,004

Fernando Rodriguez

Day 2 of the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open kickoff event began with 375 players, all starting the day in the money. After 16 levels of play just nine players remain, each looking to capture the $253,417 first-place prize.

Fernando Rodriguez is leading the way after Day 2 with 15,400,000, followed by Peter Walsworth with 11,400,000 and Scott Blackman with 10,400,000.

The remaining nine players will return on Monday at 3 p.m.

Table 7
Seat 1:
Seat 2:
Seat 3: Brandon Navarrete – 1,350,000 (7 bb)
Seat 4: Fabian Foster – 9,375,000 (47 bb)
Seat 5: Jason Johnson – 3,050,000 (15 bb)
Seat 6: Jesse Lott – 2,100,000 (11 bb)
Seat 7: Peter Walsworth – 11,400,000 (67 bb)
Seat 8:

Table 8
Seat 1: Fernando Rodriguez – 15,400,000 (77 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3: Scott Blackman – 10,400,000 (52 bb)
Seat 4: Robert Gianquitti – 4,575,000 (23 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:
Seat 7:
Seat 8: Robert Patterson Jr. – 2,375,000 (12 bb)

Remaining Payouts
1st: $253,417 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $178,181
3rd: $116,768
4th: $86,047
5th: $63,762
6th: $46,877
7th-8th: $34,557
9th: $25,378

Event 1: Leif Force Eliminated by Scott Blackman

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 3,004

Leif Force was all in for about 1,600,000 from the button with KxJx against Scott Blackman in the small blind holding 3s3c.

The board ran out Ad9s2c3dQs, giving Blackman a set of threes to eliminate Force just as Day 2 came to an end.

Scott Blackman – 10,400,000 (69 bb)
Leif Force – Eliminated in 10th Place ($25,378)

Event 1: Joann Coliny Eliminated by Peter Walsworth

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 3,004

After not playing any hands for a few orbits, Joann Coliny was down to 125,000 and all in from the big blind. Action folded to Peter Walsworth who completed from the small blind.

Walsworth: 10d9h
Coliny: Jh2s

The board ran out 9s8d5d9cKd, giving Walsworth trip nines to eliminate Coliny in 12th place.

Peter Walsworth – 11,400,000 (76 bb)
Joann Coliny – Eliminated in 11th Place ($18,200)

Recent Eliminations
12th: Jared Palmer – $18,200