$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  15 of 109

In the last hand before the break, Phil Hui was eliminated in 16th place. With only 14 finishing in the money, hand-for-hand play would begin as soon as they returned from break.

The blinds are increasing to limits of 6,000-12,000, and here are the official chip counts from the break, along with their stack sizes in big bets (BB):

TABLE 1
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Caleb Piderit  –  77,000  (6 BB)
Seat 3.  Wally Maddah  –  75,000  (6 BB)
Seat 4.  Gilles Dalco  –  33,000  (3 BB)
Seat 5.  Mark Hurst  –  214,000  (18 BB)
Seat 6.  Mark Kastory  –  21,000  (2 BB)
Seat 7.  Dominic Granteed  –  125,000  (10 BB)
Seat 8.  David May  –  37,000  (3 BB)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Nicholas Ceci  –  28,000  (2 BB)
Seat 2.  Willie Wiggins  –  240,000  (20 BB)
Seat 3.  Robert Poolos  –  100,000  (8 BB)
Seat 4.  Oxana Cummings  –  43,000  (4 BB)
Seat 5.  John Binns  –  35,000  (3 BB)
Seat 6.  Maksim Pisarenko  –  79,000  (7 BB)
Seat 7.  George Boyadjian  –  166,000  (14 BB)
Seat 8.  Dmitriy Strunin  –  39,000  (3 BB)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $10,785 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $6,755
3rd:  $4,055
4th:  $2,650
5th:  $2,045
6th:  $1,680
7th:  $1,425
8th:  $1,240
9th-10th:  $1,095
11th-12th:  $970
13th-14th:  $875

With 15 players remaining from a field of 109, the average chip stack is around 87,000 (7 Big Bets).

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries:  109
Prize Pool:  $36,515
January 12, 2023

Registration closed for the LHPO $400 H.O.R.S.E. tournament with 109 entries representing the third biggest field for this tournament, behind only the 153 entries for the 2021 Showdown tournament and 115 for the 2021 RRPO series.

2021 Showdown – 153 entries
2021 RRPO – 115 entries
2023 LHPO  – 109 entries
2021 LHPO – 102 entries
2022 LHPO – 101 entries

They combined to create a prize pool worth $36,515 and the last 14 players will make the money. A min-cash is worth $875 while the $400 H.O.R.S.E. will earn $10,785 and the LHPO trophy.

1st: $10,785 + LHPO trophy
2nd: $6,755
3rd: $4,055
4th: $2,650
5th: $2,045
6th: $1,680
7th: $1,425
8th: $1,240
9th-10th: $1,095
11th-12th: $970
13th-14th: $875

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 8: 800/1,600 Limits
Entries:  101

Time ran out to get in the Flight A of Event 1 and the clock is counting down to closing registration for the $400 H.O.R.S.E. tournament across the hall. It is already one of the bigger fields we’ve had for this tournament.

AJ Kelsall, winner of the $600 H.O.R.S.E. during the RRPO series, grabbed a seat and we also found Caleb Piderit and Willie Wiggins in the mixed game, something different from their normal two-card NLH tournaments.

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 2: 200/400 Limits
Entries:  56

The first of two H.O.R.S.E. tournaments on the LHPO schedule got underway at 11 am and we had 56 entries in the tournament when they rolled into the second level of the day.

A few notables include six-time SHRPO champ David Shmuel, 2022 SHRPO OE winner Chris Labrie, and WSOP bracelet winners Yuval Bronshtein and Chris Tryba.

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 150/300 Limits

Event 1 is the first tournament on the 2023 LHPO schedule but Event 2 will award the first trophy. It is a $400 H.O.R.S.E. tournament at 11 am with a one-day structure and players will rotate games between Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, and Stud 8.

They’ll start with 12K stacks out front and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm. They will take a 45-minute dinner break at 5 pm and return to play down to our first LHPO winner.

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 1 Day 1A – $600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $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
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 2 – $400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 12,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 2 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 3 – $150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• 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 3 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 1 Day 1B – $600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $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
• Levels 24+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 4 – $400 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 4 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

1PM: $150 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two $1,250 packages guaranteed; includes seat in any $600 and $400 event plus $250 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (3:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

8PM: $150 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two $1,250 packages guaranteed; includes seat in any $600 and $400 event plus $250 in cash
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• Structure Sheet