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

Flight B of Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 1 gets underway at 6 pm and it will build on a successful start in Flight A. We had 655 entries in the morning flight to put the $600 tournament on a sure path to hitting the $1,000,000 guarantee.

Players will start with 20,000 deep stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, going up to 40 minutes on Day 2. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm. Flight B will continue playing until 12.5% of the field remains and those players will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm already in the money.

• $1,000,000 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 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  126 of 655

Another break is rolling around and players will get 15 minutes away from the tournament area as the 500 denom purple chips are pulled out of play.

Kamoru Yusuf had a big lead the last time but Mark Perry will be the leader this time around with a huge stack worth 363,000. Way out front.

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries: 150
Prize Pool:  $50,250
January 13, 2022

Registration closed for the $400 Limit Omaha 8 tournament and it drew exactly 150 entries to create a prize pool worth $50,520.

The last 19 spots will be paid with a min-cash worth $880 while the Event 2 champ will take home $13,665 and the LHPO trophy.

2021 Showdown – 159 entries
2011 Showdown – 153 entries
2011 Summer Splash – 153 entries
2022 LHPO – 150 entries
2021 LHPO – 123 entries

1st: $13,665 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $8,695
3rd: $5,175
4th: $3,140
5th: $2,440
6th: $2,015
7th: $1,760
8th: $1,570
9th-10th: $1,385
11th-12th: $1,205
13th-14th: $1,030
15th-16th: $955
17th-19th: $880

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  189 of 655

The third break has come and gone and the black chips are out of play. With 189 players remaining, they still have a lot of work to get done before they can start thinking about the end of the day when 82 are left.

Kamoru Yusuf is the big stack so far after 10x-ing his starting stack up to 210,500 for the lead heading into the late stages of the day.

$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The first day of the LHPO series ran out three new tournaments and the third gets underway at 4 pm with a smaller buy-in and healthy prize pool. The $150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em tournament has a $20,000 guarantee with a one-day format that will award a trophy later this evening.

Players start with 12K big stacks and the first eight levels run for 15 minutes, going up to 20 minutes from Level 9 until the end. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 6:15 pm with unlimited re-entries available should they go bust.

We will hit the highlights along the way and hit them up as they approach the final table.

• $20,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Level 9+ last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 3 Structure Sheet

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  261 of 655

We mentioned Jake Ferro earlier and his run during the WPT RRPO Championship and we found another local who also had a deep finish. Hollywood regular Scott Levitt was among the top stacks for the latter parts of the tournament but a run of bad luck saw him settle for a 13th place finish for $48,900.

Not where he wanted but making the last two tables of a WPT event is always a great result.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  655

The math is complete and Flight A of LHPO Event 1 drew 655 entries for a fantastic start to the series. They put more than $340,000 towards the $1,000,000 guarantee with five more flights to go.

Flight A will continue playing down into the evening until 82 players remain. Those players will bag up their chips and return for Day 2 at 1 pm in the money.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Flight A Entries:  639

We found Jake Ferro taking part in the first tournament of the series and he had a big run in the last tournament in the ballroom. The WPT RRPO Championship drew 1,566 entries and Ferro outlasted all but Gediminas Uselis. He finished second for $573K, a pretty decent consolation prize, and that result helped push him to become the new WPT Player of the Year.

$400 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 3:  250/500 Limits
Entries:  105

Event 2 has itself a nice field already with more than 100 entries in the Limit Omaha 8 tournament as they moved into Level 3. They will put this field in our top five all-time with no problem and they are giving chase to make it the biggest. 160 will get them there and that number is in play.

Some notables in the field include SHRP old school O8 player Brian Gelrod, four-time Hollywood champ Phil Hui, and RRPO Black Chip Bounty champ Dean Salisbury.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries:  552

Flight A hit 500 entries after the break and taking a fast cruise towards 600 with minimal effort. We are looking at a huge start to the tournament and series.

T.K. Miles is heading into 2022 hoping to continue his heater from the end of 2021. After seven cashes during this WSOP in November, he went to our sister room in Tampa for their Winter Poker Open and shipped the Main Event for more than $200K.