$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining: 208 of 445

Flight B of Event 1 drew 445 entries, bringing the total field size to 845 entries and the current prize pool to $443,625.

The Flight B field will reach the money when 56 players remain. As a reminder, players must make Day 2 in order to cash.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight B Entries: 424

Aldring Gomez – 77,000 (128 bb)
Nick Pupillo – 70,000 (117 bb)
Zhen Cai – 54,000 (90 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos – 45,000 (75 bb)
Mike Chiappetta – 42,000 (70 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza – 40,000 (67 bb)
Kenny Nguyen – 34,000 (57 bb)
David Shmuel – 34,000 (57 bb)
Juan Montoya – 32,000 (53 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum – 31,000 (52 bb)
Michael Tait – 26,000 (43 bb)
Sam Taylor – 23,000 (38 bb)
Donald Maloney – 15,000 (25 bb)
Michael Johnson – 15,000 (25 bb)
James Calderaro – 9,000 (15 bb)
Thomas Gari – 8,000 (13 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 400

Flight A: 400 Entries; 50 Advanced
Flight B: Underway
Flight C: Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight D: Friday at 6 p.m.
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
Players Remaining: 50 of 400

Flight A of the opening event of the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open drew 400 entries. After just more than 15 levels of play, 50 players survived and secured a cash. As a reminder, players must make Day 2 (Sunday at 2 p.m.) in order to reach the money.

Leading the way so far is Ha Nguyen with 491,000, followed by Francisco Garcia with 445,000 and Scott Baumstein with 388,000.

Complete Flight A chip counts will be posted later tonight.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 50 of 400

Also during the first hand of hand-for-hand play, Dimitry Agrachov raised all in from the cutoff for about 45,000. Theo Lawson called from the big blind with , leading Agrachov’s .

The board came down , giving Lawson queens and jacks while giving Agrachov no help whatsoever, ending his Flight A with a money-bubble finish.

Theo Lawson – 171,000 (34 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov – Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 51 of 400

During the first hand of hand-for-hand play, Jake Ristich raised all in for 47,000 from the cutoff and got action from Cangir Elcin in the small blind.

Ristich:
Elcin:

The board ran out , giving Ristich a pair of tens to double through Elcin.

Jake Ristich – 104,000 (21 bb)
Cangir Elcin – 94,000 (19 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 53 of 400

Solange Lucas raised al in from the cutoff for 40,000 and Matt Yorra called from the big blind.

Lucas:
Yorra:

The board ran out , safe for Lucas after a scary turn, giving her the double.

Solange Lucas – 86,000 (22 bb)
Matt Yorra – 82,000 (21 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Flight B Entries: 231 (Total: 631)

Cards are in the air for Flight B of LHPO Event 1 and the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool was already surpassed before they got underway. The combined count stands at 631 to put the prize pool up to $331,000 with five full flights to go.

Players sit down to 20,000 starting stacks and all Day 1 levels will last 30 minutes long, going up to 40 on Day 2. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30pm and players are limited to a single re-entry. The field will be capped this evening at 400 unique players, at that point only re-entries will be allowed.

They will continue into the evening until only 12.5% of the field remaining. Survivors will advance to Day 2 in the money and return on Sunday to play it out.

• $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 (2:30pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• 400 players max per flight
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 58 of 400

With 58 players remaining in Flight A of the opening event, the field is just eight players away from cashing. Play will conclude once the field is down to 50 players.

As a reminder, players must make Day 2 in order to cash.

Here are some chip counts from a few players remaining in the field:

Scott Baumstein – 440,000 (110 bb)
T.K. Miles – 194,000 (49 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 151,000 (38 bb)
Jonah Miller – 138,000 (35 bb)
Theo Lawson – 125,000 (31 bb)
Matt Yorra – 120,000 (30 bb)
Scott Stewart -107,000 (27 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 65,000 (16 bb)
Solange Lucas – 58,000 (15 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov – 57,000 (14 bb)

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 1,000/2,000 Limits
Players Remaining: 86 of 123

The numbers are in and official. Event 2 drew 123 players to create a prize pool worth $41,205 with the last 16 spots getting paid.

A min-cash is worth $800 while the first LHPO champion will walk away with $10,730 and the big trophy.

2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Freeze-Out)
Entries:  123
Prize Pool:  $41,205
January 14, 2021

1st: $10,730 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $7,170
3rd: $4,975
4th: $3,555
5th: $2,620
6th: $1,995
7th-8th: $1,420
9th-10th: $1,075
11th-12th: $935
13th-14th: $850
15th-16th: $800