Event 19: Richard Menjura – 8th Place ($14,390)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 257

Richard Menjura
Richard Menjura

Adam Hendrix min-raised under the gun to 40,000, Brandon Hamlet reraised UTG+1 to 100,000, and Richard Menjura four-bet all in from the button for 490,000.

Hendrix asked for an exact count and tanked for a while before he folded.

Hamlet quickly called with AdKc, and Menjura turned over [A]Qh. Menjura needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 8h6d4d5c9h, and the board brought a gutshot straight draw on the turn to give Menjura outs to a chop, but the river card missed. Hamlet won the pot with his king kicker to eliminate Menjura in eighth place.

Brandon Hamlet  –  2,385,000  (119 bb)
Richard Menjura  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($14,390)

With seven players remaining from a field of 257, the average chip stack is around 735,000 (37 big blinds), and they are guaranteed at least $17,215 each.

Event 19: Shuffle Up & Deal for the Final Table

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 257

The players have returned for the final table here on Day 2, and it’s time to shuffle up and deal!

Here are the official chip counts, followed by the remaining payouts:

Seat 1.  Tongguang Sun  –  450,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2.  Adam Hendrix  –  575,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3.  Brandon Hamlet  –  1,760,000  (88 bb)
Seat 4.  Jon Borenstein  –  200,000  (10 bb)
Seat 5.  David DiBernardi  –  390,000  (20 bb)
Seat 6.  Christian Roberts  –  255,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  Richard Menjura   –  610,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8.  Aaron Flores  –  900,000  (45 bb)

1st:  $117,925 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $79,400
3rd:  $51,010
4th:  $34,050
5th:  $24,750
6th:  $20,500
7th:  $17,215
8th:  $14,390

With eight players remaining from a field of 257, the average chip stack is around 645,000 (32 big blinds).

Event 19: Final Table Ready to Go

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 257

Brandon Hamlet

The $2,200 Deep Stack drew a great group of players with 257 getting in the action and eight returning this afternoon at 1 pm to play out the final table.

Brandon Hamlet has a big lead on the rest of the dangerous players and they are each trying to reach the top spot for a $117,925 payday.

Seat 1:  Tongguang Sun  –  450,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2:  Adam Hendrix  –  575,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3:  Brandon Hamlet  –  1,760,000  (88 bb)
Seat 4:  Jon Borenstein  –  200,000  (10 bb)
Seat 5:  David DiBernardi  –  390,000  (20 bb)
Seat 6:  Christian Roberts  –  255,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7:  Richard Menjura   –  610,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8:  Aaron Flores  –  900,000  (45 bb)

1st: $117,925 + LHPO trophy
2nd: $79,400
3rd: $51,010
4th: $34,050
5th: $24,750
6th: $20,500
7th: $17,215
8th: $14,390

LHPO Day 8 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 24 Day 1 – $1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when nine players remain
  • Event 24 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 21 Day 1B – $600 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 21 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 25 – $25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 40 minutes
  • Final table levels last 90 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 10 (8:00pm)
  • Day 1 will end when nine players remain
  • High Roller Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 19 – $2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

2PM: Event 20 – $10,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)

5PM: Event 21 Day 1C – $600 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 21 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 26 – $150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 10 (8:25pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 26 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 27 – $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 27 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

11AM: $400 Championship Mega Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 20 seats guaranteed into $3,500 LHPO Championship
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (3:00pm)
  • Structure Sheet

3PM: $400 Championship Mega Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Ten seats guaranteed into $3,500 LHPO Championship
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (7:00pm)
  • Structure Sheet

7PM: $400 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Five seats guaranteed into $3,500 LHPO Championship
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Schedule

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Event 19: Brandon Hamlet Leads the Final Table

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 257

Brandon Hamlet during the 2022 SHRPO

The final table begins Thursday at 1 p.m.

Seat 1:  Tongguang Sun  –  450,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2:  Adam Hendrix  –  575,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3:  Brandon Hamlet  –  1,760,000  (88 bb)
Seat 4:  Jon Borenstein  –  200,000  (10 bb)
Seat 5:  David DiBernardi  –  390,000  (20 bb)
Seat 6:  Christian Roberts  –  255,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7:  Richard Menjura   –  610,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8:  Aaron Flores  –  900,000  (45 bb)

1st: $117,925 + LHPO trophy
2nd: $79,400
3rd: $51,010
4th: $34,050
5th: $24,750
6th: $20,500
7th: $17,215
8th: $14,390

Results Thus Far

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
9AndrewBlake$11,700
10MichaelBen-Shoaff$11,700
11DanielSepiol$9,895
12ZacharyHench$9,895
13DarrenRabinowitz$8,490
14PeterMugar$8,490
15AbhinavIyer$8,490
16YordanPetrov$7,145
17BinWeng$7,145
18DominicBrazier$7,145
19AndrewMoreno$5,860
20NicholasCarballo$5,860
21BenedictCastle$5,860
22JosephCappello$4,625
23MitchellGarshofsky$4,625
24TimothyUlmer$4,625
25ChadHimmselspach$4,010
26JimCollopy$4,010
27RaminderSingh$4,010
28PhilipShing$3,530
29MitchellHalverson$3,530
30MichaelMcCauley$3,530
31ConradSimpson$3,530
32DavidJackson$3,530
33RyanDepaulo$3,530

Event 19: Final 15 Players

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 257

Aaron Flores
Chipleader Aaron Flores

Table 9
Seat 1:  Adam Hendrix  –  380,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2:  Richard Menjura Macias  –  430,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3:  Abhinav Iyer  –  155,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Jon Borenstein  –  250,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6:  Daniel Sepiol  –  655,000  (44 bb)
Seat 7:  Mike Ben-Shoaff  –  180,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8:  Christian Roberts  –  530,000  (36 bb)
Seat 9:  Brandon Hamlet  –  610,000  (41 bb)

Table 17
Seat 1:  Aaron Flores  –  750,000  (50 bb)
Seat 2:  Andrew Blake  –  135,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:  Tongguang Sun  –  530,000  (36 bb)
Seat 5:  David DiBernardi  –  260,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6:  Zachary Hench  –  65,000  (4 bb)
Seat 7:  Darren Rabinowitz  –  130,000  (9 bb)
Seat 8:
Seat 9:  Peter Mugar  –  75,000  (5 bb)

In-The-Money Finishers
16th:  Yordan Petrov  –  $7,145
17th:  Bin Weng  –  $7,145
18th:  Dominic Brazier  –  $7,145

19th:  Andrew Moreno  –  $5,860
20th:  Nicholas Carballo  –  $5,860
21st:  Benedict Castle  –  $5,860

22nd:  Joseph Cappello  –  $4,625
23rd:  Mitchell Garshofsky  –  $4,625
24th: Timothy Ulmer  –  $4,625

25th:  Chad Himmselspach  –  $4,010
26th:  Jim Collopy  –  $4,010
27th:  Raminder Singh  –  $4,010

28th:  Philip Shing  –  $3,530
29th:  Mitchell Halverson  –  $3,530
30th:  Michael McCauley  –  $3,530
31st:  Conrad Simpson  –  $3,530
32nd:  David Jackson  –  $3,530
33rd:  Ryan Depaulo  –  $3,530

Event 19: Aaron Massey Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Darren Rabinowitz

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 257

Aaron Massey
Aaron Massey

Aaron Massey raised all in for 50,000 from middle position, and Darren Rabinowitz isolated the action with a reshove from the cutoff.

Massey:  AhJc
Rabinowitz:  AcKs

The board ran out AdQd3sQh4s, no help to Massey, ending his tournament on the money bubble.

Darren Rabinowitz  –  180,000  (30 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

With 33 players remaining from the field of 257, the average stack is about 156,000  (26 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,530.

Darren Rabinowitz
Darren Rabinowitz

Event 19: A Few Chip Counts from the Field

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 257

David DiBernardi
David DiBernardi

David DiBernardi  –  235,000  (59 bb)
Bin Weng  –  178,000  (45 bb)
Mitchell Halverson  –  170,000  (43 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz  –  160,000  (40 bb)
Anthony Spinella  –  142,000  (36 bb)
Joseph Cappello  –  125,000  (31 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  125,000  (31 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  95,000  (24 bb)
Ryan Depaulo  –  80,000  (20 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  68,000  (17 bb)
Philip Shing  –  65,000  (16 bb)
Jon Borenstein  –  63,000  (16 bb)
David Jackson  –  58,000  (15 bb)
Andrew Moreno  –  54,000  (14 bb)
Yordan Petrov  –  45,000  (11 bb)

With 40 players remaining from a field of 257, the average stack is about 128,500  (32 bb). The final 33 players will cash, earning at least $3,530.

Event 19: Prize Pool and Payouts with $117,925 Up Top

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 19
$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  257
Prize Pool:  $514,000
January 17-18, 2023

Registration closed for the $2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 257 entries more than doubling the $200,000 guarantee. They created a prize pool worth $514,000 with the last 33 spots getting paid. A min-cash is worth $3,530 and the Event 19 champ will earn $117,925 plus the LHPO trophy.

1st: $117,925 + LHPO trophy
2nd: $79,400
3rd: $51,010
4th: $34,050
5th: $24,750
6th: $20,500
7th: $17,215
8th: $14,390
9th-10th: $11,700
11th-12th: $9,895
13th-15th: $8,490
16th-18th: $7,145
19th-21st: $5,860
22nd-24th: $4,625
25th-27th: $4,010
28th-33rd: $3,530

Event 19: Aaron Kupin and Neil Ho Lead; Registration Closed

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  257

Aaron Kupin

The second break came to an end and registration closed for LHPO Event 19. The tournament clock shows an unofficial 257 entries and we will post the payout information as soon as it is available.

There are still no runaway stacks in the tournament but we have two going neck-and-neck. Aaron Kupin leads with way with 95,500 but Neil Ho is not far behind with 95,000.

Neil Ho