$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 7 of 102

Seat 1: Devin Weinberg – 165,000 (8 big bets)
Seat 2: Lazaro Rodriguez – 165,000 (8 big bets)
Seat 3: Bryce Fox – 40,000 (2 big bets)
Seat 4: Ian Feller – 195,000 (10 big bets)
Seat 5: John Simcox – 215,000 (11 big bets)
Seat 6: Yuval Bronshtein – 340,000 (17 big bets)
Seat 7: Nick Pupillo – 100,000 (5 big bets)

Remaining Payouts
1st: $9,570 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $6,380
3rd: $4,331
4th: $3,048
5th: $2,228
6th: $1,694
7th: $1,225

Results Thus Far
8th: Walter Chambers – $1,225
9th: Ashton Griffin – $957
10th: Yordan Petrov – $957
11th: Scott Baumstein – $866
12th: Aron Dermer – $866
13th: Jennifer Borsini – $823

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 232 of 529

Flight D of Event 1 drew 529 entries, bringing the total field size to 1,906 entries and pushing the prize pool past the seven-figure mark at $1,000,125.

The Flight D field will reach the money when 66 players remain. As a reminder, players must make Day 2 in order to cash.

Chip counts through Flight C

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 13 of 102

With the elimination of Jason Cruse in 14th place, the remaining 13 players in the H.O.R.S.E. are in the money.

Here is the current seat draw:

Table 21
Seat 1: Ian Feller – 145,000 (12 big bets)
Seat 2: Nick Pupillo – 60,000 (5 big bets)
Seat 3: Yuval Bronshtein – 90,000 (7.5 big bets)
Seat 4: Aron Dermer – 85,000 (7 big bets)
Seat 5: Scott Baumstein – 38,000 (3 big bets)
Seat 6: Lazaro Rodriguez – 138,000 (11 big bets)
Seat 7: Bryce Fox – 55,000 (5 big bets)
Seat 8:

Table 31
Seat 1: Walter Chambers – 95,000 (8 big bets)
Seat 2: Ashton Griffin – 120,000 (10 big bets)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:
Seat 5: Jennifer Borsini – 15,000 (1 big bet)
Seat 6: Devin Weinberg – 48,000 (4 big bets)
Seat 7: John Simcox – 210,000 (17.5 big bets)
Seat 8: Yordan Petrov – 70,000 (6 big bets)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight D Entries: 508 (Total: 1,885)

Kenny Nguyen – 73,000 (146 bb)
Aaron Massey – 37,000 (74 bb)
Matt Bretzfield – 34,000 (68 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos – 33,000 (66 bb)
Raminder Singh – 25,000 (50 bb)
Asher Conniff – 24,000 (48 bb)
Nick Raio – 23,000 (46 bb)
James Carroll – 23,000 (46 bb)
Fred Goldberg – 21,000 (42 bb)
David Albertson – 19,000 (38 bb)
Robert Transue – 18,000 (36 bb)
Howard Mash – 17,000 (34 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 1,377

Flight A: 400 Entries; 50 Advanced
Flight B: 445 Entries; 55 Advanced
Flight C: 532 Entries; 66 Advanced
Flight D: Underway
Flight E: Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight F: Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2: Sunday at 2 p.m.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 66 of 532

Flight C of the opening event of the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open drew 532 entries, 66 of whom survived the day and will return at 2 p.m. on Sunday for Day 2. Along with the survivors from Flights A and B, there are currently 171 players of 1,377 entries returning for Day 2. All Day 2 players are in the money.

Leading the pack from Flight C was Rafael Lima with 472,000, followed by Ronnie Tate with 404,000 and Jesse Lott with 382,000.

Complete chip counts through Flight C will be posted within the hour.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 67 of 532

Down to 2,000 after posting his big blind ante, Peter Walsworth was all in from the big blind.

Action on the side between Philipe Pizzari Pinto under the gun and Jorge Chavez in the cutoff resulted in Chavez all in for about 105,000.

Walsworth:
Pinto:
Chavez:

The board came down , good for Chavez to double through Pinto, while also eliminating Walsworth on the money bubble.

Jorge Chavez – 220,000 (44 bb)
Philipe Pizzari Pinto – 137,000 (27 bb)
Peter Walsworth – Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 68  of 532

A short-stacked Aaron Massey was all in for about 50,000 from the big blind with against his opponent in the small blind who held .

The board ran out , giving Massey’s opponent nines and fours to eliminate Massey a few places short of the money.

Meanwhile, Peter Walsworth’s failed to improve against an opponent’s when the board came . Walsworth sent 140,000 to that player and shortly thereafter, Walsworth lost another 50,000 when his couldn’t improve against an opponent’s .

Play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble and Walsworth is the shortest stack with 7,000.

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 12:  2,000/4,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 40 of 102

Yuval Bronshtein – 60,000
Ashton Griffin – 59,000
Lazaro Rodriguez – 53,500
Scott Baumstein – 43,500
Yordan Petrov – 29,600
Nick Pupillo – 29,500
Kris Lord – 27,100
Manuel Labandeira – 25,000
Jack Shea – 14,600

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

Friday night means more big poker in the Seminole Ballroom as the opening event nears a milestone. The tournament has attracted 1,377 entries so far and another 528 will push the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool to over $1,000,000.

There’s a good chance they get there tonight but if not, tomorrow for sure.

They’ll sit down to 20,000 deep starting stacks and 30-minute levels on Day 1. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm with a single re-entry option should they bust out. The tournament will be capped at 400 unique players so get in the game early.

They will continue playing into the evening until 12.5% of the field remains and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 8 (10:30pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• 400 players max per flight
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Chip counts through Flight B