$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  81 of 520

Ramsey Jones moved all in under the gun for 48,000, and the player in the big blind called with .

Jones turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — the big blind paired his queen on the flop, but Jones rivered an ace-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Ramsey Jones  –  102,000  (26 bb)

With about 81 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 128,000 (32 big blinds). The final 65 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,740 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  85 of 520

Sebastiaan De Jonge raised under the gun to 8,000, the player in the hijack reraised to 20,000, and Marcus Whiteagle moved all in from the button for 59,000.

De Jonge folded, and the hijack said, “I might be dead” as he turned over . But Whiteagle turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

But the board came , and Whiteagle flopped a set of jacks and rivered a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

Marcus Whiteagle  –  136,000  (34 bb)

A few hands later, the same player who was in the hijack got it all in under the gun for about 25,000 with , but was dominated by Whiteagle’s .

The board came — the short-stacked player paired his six on the flop, but Whiteagle paired his king on the turn and rivered trips to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Marcus Whiteagle  –  165,000  (41 bb)

With about 85 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 122,000 (31 big blinds). The final 65 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,740 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  126 of 520

The players return from dinner to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,500-2,500 and a big blind ante of 2,500.

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up four players with at least 200K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial top five.

1.  Mark Andrews  –  252,000  (101 bb)
2.  Carmine Tirone  –  232,500  (93 bb)
3.  Conrad Simpson  –  231,500  (93 bb)
4.  Raymond Roberty  –  216,000  (86 bb)
5.  Katie Lindsay  –  199,500  (80 bb)

With 126 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 82,500 (33 big blinds). The final 65 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,740 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  125 of 520

Level 12 has come to an end, and the players have begun their 40-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:10 pm EST.

With 126 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 82,500 (33 big blinds). The final 65 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,740 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  130 of 520

The player in the small blind got it all in preflop for about 60,000 with , but needed to improve to stay alive against the of Long Nguyen, who was UTG+1.

The board came , and the aces held up for Nguyen to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Long Nguyen  –  140,000  (70 bb)

With about 130 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 80,000 (40 big blinds). The final 65 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,740 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 11:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  160 of 520

Katie Stone has worn many different hats in her life (figuratively speaking), from being a young ball girl for Houston Rockets to an entrepreneur starting a company that created chess camps for kids to a professional poker player to becoming a poker instructor for LearnWPT.

Stone has been making the trip down to Hollywood, Florida to play in more of our events recently, and we’re always happy to see her in our fields.

With about 160 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 65,000 (43 big blinds). The final 65 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $1,740 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 10:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Players Remaining:  220 of 520

T.K. Miles moved all in from middle position for 23,500, and Scott Wright moved all in from the button for 22,000 with .

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

The board came — Miles flopped an open-ended straight draw and paired his queen on the river, but it wasn’t enough. The pocket kings held up for Wright to win the pot and double up in chips.

Miles was knocked down to a single big blind.

Scott Wright  –  47,500  (32 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  1,500  (1 bb)

The next hand, Miles called all in UTG+1 for 1,500, Dalis Gomez raised from middle position to 3,500, and Joe McKeehen called from the big blind.

There was 6,000 in the main pot (what Miles qualified for), and another 4,000 in the side pot.

The flop came , McKeehen checked, Gomez bet 2,000, and McKeehen folded. Gomez took the side pot.

For the main pot, Miles turned over for jack high, and he needed to catch something runner-runner to stay alive against Gomez’s (pair of aces).

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Gomez won the pot with two pair, aces and queens, to eliminate Miles from the tournament.

Dalis Gomez  –  140,000  (93 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  Eliminated

With about 220 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 47,500 (32 big blinds).

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 520
Prize Pool:  $504,400
January 19, 2022 

Registration closed for the $1,100 Deep Stack tournament with 520 entries smashing the $100,000 guarantee. They combined to create a prize pool worth $504,400 and the last 65 spots will be paid. A min-cash with earn $1,740 while the Event 17 champ will take home $96,795 and the LHPO trophy.

1st: $96,795 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $67,200
3rd: $44,185
4th: $30,830
5th: $23,670
6th: $19,960
7th: $16,365
8th: $13,065
9th-10th: $9,900
11th-12th: $8,160
13th-15th: $6,495
16th-18th: $5,460
19th-21st: $4,600
22nd-24th: $3,850
25th-27th: $3,310
28th-36th: $2,835
37th-45th: $2,430
46th-54th: $2,060
55th-65th: $1,740

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  520

The players return from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 500-1,000, and a big blind ante of 1,000.

Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 00000. As soon as the official numbers are released, we will post them here in the updates.

A scan of the field during the break turned up three players with at least 130K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Joseph Cheong  –  203,000  (203 bb)
2.  Conrad Simpson  –  170,000  (170 bb)
3.  Jon Borenstein  –  131,000  (131 bb)

With about 270 players remaining from a field of 520, the average chip stack is about 38,500 (39 big blinds).

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Entries:  468

Event 17 is finally slowing down as they near the end of the registration period. They will cruise through Level 8, take a break, and close the book on the tournament when cards go back in the air.

More players are jumping into the action including Joseph Cheong, David Jackson, Joe McKeehen, Ido Ashkenazi, and Sean Shah.