$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 556

Andriy Kovalchuk raised to 9,000, his opponent moved all in for 75,000, and Kovalchuk called with .

His opponent turned over , and needed the aces to hold to stay alive.

The flop came , giving Kovalchuk a big lead with a set of jacks.

But the turn card was an , giving his opponent a higher set, and leaving Kovalchuk with a one-outer.

The river card was — the case !

Kovalchuk won the pot with quad jacks to eliminate his opponent and catapult up to 280K.

Andriy Kovalchuk  –  280,000  (70 bb)

With 80 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 139,000 (35 big blinds). The final 70 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,770 each.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  96 of 556

A player moved all in from early position for 40,000, Jermaine “Lion” Gerlin moved all in over the top from the cutoff for 149,500, and the player in the big blind tanked for a while before he folded.

The short stack turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Gerlin’s .

The board came — Gerlin nearly clinched it on the flop with quad tens, and his opponent didn’t catch the miracle runner-runner straight-flush. Gerlin won the pot to eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Jermaine Gerlin  –  197,000  (66 bb)

With 96 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 116,000 (39 big blinds). The final 70 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,770 each.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  96 of 556

A player raised from early position, the player in the hijack calls, and Tyler Hirschfeld moved all in from the button for 57,500. The original raiser folded, and the hijack called with .

Hirschfeld turned over , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Hirschfeld flopped a set of nines to win the pot and double up in chips.

Tyler Hirschfeld  –  127,500  (43 bb)

With 96 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 116,000 (39 big blinds). The final 70 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,770 each.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  112 of 556

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least 190K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Yaroslav Nakonechnyy  –  265,500  (106 bb)
2.  Ryan Jones  –  246,500  (99 bb)
3.  Jeff Proctor  –  208,500  (83 bb)
4.  Blake Whittington  –  205,000  (82 bb)
5.  Armando Gutierrez  –  197,000  (79 bb)
6.  Igor Pinheiro  –  194,500  (78 bb)
7.  Sharon Chen  –  192,500  (77 bb)
8.  Ron Tate  –  190,500  (76 bb)

With 112 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 99,500 (40 big blinds). The final 70 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,770 each.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  184 of 556

The players return from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,500/2,500 and a 2,500 ante.

The average chip stack is about 60,500 (24 big blinds), and the final 70 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,770 each.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2000 ante
Players Remaining: 154 of 556

The clock is about to run out on Level 12 which means a dinner break is on the horizon. They will take a walk away from the tables for 40 minutes and return to play down to a winner.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining: 184 of 556

The accounting is complete and we have some big numbers for Event 15. The tournament attracted 556 entries to run the $100,000 guaranteed prize pool all the way up to $539,320.

The last 70 players will make the money with $1,770 for a min-cash and a huge $101,572 awaiting the LHPO $1,100 No Limit Hold’em champ.

2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 15
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  556
Prize Pool:  $539,320
January 20, 2021

1st: $101,572 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $67,735
3rd: $49,885
4th: $37,165
5th: $28,005
6th: $21,350
7th-8th: $14,664
9th-10th: $10,160
11th-12th: $8,125
13th-14th: $6,580
15th-16th: $5,395
17th-20th: $4,485
21st-24th: $3,770
25th-32nd: $3,215
33rd-40th: $2,775
41st-48th: $2,430
49th-56th: $2,155
57th-64th: $1,940
65th-70th: $1,770

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 556

Players returned to their seats for the start of Level 9 and registration closed on the $1,100 NLH game with an incredible 556 entries. The $100,000 was nearly doubled by the time cards went in the air to start the day and they combined to nearly $540,000 up for grabs.

That is good enough for the biggest $1,100 buy-in one-day tournament in our history and it wasn’t really close. The field nearly doubled the 288 entries from the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $1,100 Six-Max NLH and it’ll be a tough record to beat.

2021 LHPO (January) – 556 entries
2019 SHRPO (August) – 288 entries
2016 Showdown (April) – 261 entries
2017 Showdown (March) – 260 entries
2018 SHRPO (August) – 237 entries

Tournament staff are running the numbers and we will the payout information as soon as it is available.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 400/800 with a 800 ante
Entries: 528

Event 15 is into Level 8 which means time is running out if you want to join this huge field warming up for the Championship. They will play out this level, take a break, and registration will close when they return at 4:30 pm.

The entry count already pushed the prize pool over $500,000 and a huge chunk of money for a one-day tournament.

A few more former SHRP champions jumped in the game including 2015 Poker Showdown Event 1 winner (and WPTDeepStacks Jax champ) Vitor Coelho and 2017 Poker Showdown Turbo winner David Dibernardi are trying to add to their trophy collection.

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries: 447

The first break is complete and cards are back in the air for the massive Event 15 field. The $100,000 guaranteed prize pool is approaching $500,000 for an incredible turnout.

As you would expect, we’re seeing plenty of players coming to sunny South Florida from places where the climate might be a little on the chilly side. We found two from the New York/New Jersey area making their first showing of the series.

Asher Conniff and Michael Dentale made a trip south and both have a lot of success. Conniff won the last ever WPT World Championship in 2015 and Denalte is a former SHRPO trophy winner after capturing the $2,200 Eight-Handed event in 2018 along with a half-dozen Borgata wins.