$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 182

Joel Gola  –  320,000  (80 bb)
Richard Zipes  –  195,000  (49 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  180,000  (45 bb)
David Coleman  –  170,000  (43 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  170,000  (43 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford  –  160,000  (40 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  150,000  (38 bb)
Brian Hastings  –  145,000  (36 bb)
Stephen Song  –  140,000  (35 bb)
Nick Schulman  –  130,000  (33 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  115,000  (29 bb)
Brian Hastings  –  110,000  (28 bb)
Landon Tice  –  105,000  (26 bb)
Martin Zamani  –  100,000  (25 bb)
Michael Rossitto  –  75,000  (19 bb)
Taylor Von Kriegenbergh  –  60,000  (15 bb)
Justin Saliba  –  58,000  (15 bb)
Simon Hyman –  50,000  (13 bb)
Duff Charette  –  45,000  (11 bb)
David Mock  –  45,000  (11 bb)

$200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight B Players Remaining;  26 of 280

Flight B of Event 30, the $200 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), will play until just 17 players remain.

Registration is still open for Flight C until 9:30 p.m.

Payout information will be posted later tonight.

$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 182

The players are in the midst of a 40-minute dinner break. Here are a few of the big stacks with 45 players remaining.

Joel Gola  –  213,000  (85 bb)
Richard Zipes  –  207,500  (83 bb)
Andrew Lichtenberger  –   177,500  (71 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  159,000  (64 bb)

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 32
$600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries: 65
Prize Pool:  $34,125
January 25, 2022

Event 32 of the 2022 Lucky Hearts Poker Open is a $600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry). A field of 65 entries generated a prize pool of $34,125. The final nine players will make the money, with a min-cash paying $1,365.

Up top for the winner is $11,760.

1st:  $11,760 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,825
3rd:  $4,180
4th:  $3,000
5th:  $2,300
6th:  $1,795
7th:  $1,535
8th-9th:  $1,365

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 93

After the elimination of Tim Capretta in third place, Jonathan Jaffe and Joseph Cheong agreed to a deal. These were their official chip counts:

Jonathan Jaffe  –  5,140,000  (103 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  4,160,000  (83 bb)

As chipleader, Jaffe was declared the champion and received the trophy, along with the most money. Jaffe is a repeat champion, having won this exact same event at last year’s Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

Here are their final payouts, along with the other final tablists:

1st:  Jonathan Jaffe  –  $574,085 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  Joseph Cheong  –  $540,000
3rd:  Tim Capretta  –  $291,730
4th:  Dan Colpoys  –  $202,145
5th:  Eli Berg  –  $130,935
6th:  Caleb Piderit  –  $98,775
7th:  Sameer Batra  –  $80,400
8th:  Vikenty Shegal  –  $68,915
9th:  Jerry Wong  –  $66,615

Stay tuned for a recap from this event later tonight.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 93

Tim Capretta raised from the button to 110,000, Jonathan Jaffe moved all in from the big blind, and Capretta called all in for about 1,105,000 with .

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

The board came , and Jaffe paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Capretta in third place.

Tim Capretta  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($291,730)

Here are the official chip counts for the start of heads-up play, followed by the final table payouts:

Jonathan Jaffe  –  5,140,000  (103 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  4,160,000  (83 bb)

1st:  $643,180 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $470,905

3rd:  Tim Capretta  –  $291,730
4th:  Dan Colpoys  –  $202,145
5th:  Eli Berg  –  $130,935
6th:  Caleb Piderit  –  $98,775
7th:  Sameer Batra  –  $80,400
8th:  Vikenty Shegal  –  $68,915
9th:  Jerry Wong  –  $66,615

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 93

Joseph Cheong completed the small blind to 50,000, Jonathan Jaffe raised from the big blind to 150,000, and Cheong called.

The flop came , Cheong checked, Jaffe bet 225,000, and Cheong called.

The turn card was the , Cheong checked, and Jaffe thought for a bit before moving all in for 1,260,000. Cheong asked for an exact count before he called with for a pair of aces.

Jaffe turned over for a club flush draw with a gutshot straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

Jaffe needed a king or a club, and he got the best of both worlds when the river brought the . Jaffe won the pot with a club flush to double up in chips.

Jonathan Jaffe  –  3,320,000  (66 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  4,400,000  (88 bb)

With three players remaining from a field of 93, the average chip stack is about 3.1 million (62 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $291,730 each.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 93

Tim Capretta raised from UTG/cutoff to 110,000, Joseph Cheong called from the button, and Dan Colpoys moved all in from the small blind for 1,410,000.

Capretta asked for an exact count and tanked for a very long time before he folded.

Cheong quickly called with , and Colpoys turned over . Colpoys needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Cheong won the pot with a flopped pair of aces to eliminate Colpoys in fourth place.

Joseph Cheong  –  4,850,000  (97 bb)
Dan Colpoys  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($202,145)

With three players remaining from a field of 93, the average chip stack is about 3.1 million (62 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $291,730 each.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 93

Tim Capretta raised from the small blind to 125,000, and Joseph Cheong called from the big blind.

The flop came , Capretta bet 125,000, and Cheong called.

The turn card was the , Capretta bet 300,000, and Cheong called.

The river card was the , Capretta checked, Cheong bet 400,000, and Capretta thought for a while before he called.

Cheong showed to win the pot with two pair, nines and fives, and Capretta mucked. With this pot, Cheong took over the chip lead once again.

Joseph Cheong  –  3,400,000  (68 bb)
Tim Capretta  –  2,665,000  (53 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 93, the average chip stack is about 2.33 million (47 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $202,145 each.

2022 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 31
$5,000 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee
Entries:  182
Prize Pool:  $864,500
January 25, 2022

Registration closed for the popular one-day $5K tournament and they came out for the big game. The tournament drew 182 entries to blast the $200,000 guarantee and put up a huge $864,500 prize pool.

That makes for the second biggest field for this tournament, only behind the huge turnout during the 2021 Poker Showdown.

2021 Showdown – 287 entries
2022 LHPO – 182 entries
2021 RRPO – 167 entries
2021 LHPO – 134 entries
2018 LHPO – 117 entries

The last 23 spots will be paid with $8,225 for a min-cash and $220,495 plus the LHPO trophy to the champ.

1st: $220,495 + LHPO trophy
2nd: $150,230
3rd: $88,615
4th: $53,900
5th: $41,625
6th: $34,500
7th: $29,395
8th: $25,850
9th-10th: $22,400
11th-12th: $19,020
13th-15th: $15,995
16th-18th: $13,400
19th-21st: $10,805
22nd-23rd: $8,225