2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 9
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  254
Prize Pool:  $246,380
January 15–16, 2023

Event 9 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was the two-day $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 254 entries produced a prize pool of $246,380, more than doubling the guarantee.

Emerging victorious was Italian professional Alessio Isaia, defeating Seminole Hard Rock regular Mike Chiappetta to win the first-place prize of $55,835.

Isaia is well accomplished, with more than $2.7 million in live career tournament winnings per the Hendon Mob poker database. This marked his fourth cash at the Seminole Hard Rock, after visits to the property for the 2022 Lucky Hearts and 2022 Showdown series.

“I hate winter, so I always travel to a warm place and leave Europe in December,” said Isaia afterward. “I go to play over Christmas in St. Maarten, and from there I come here to play, and then I go to South America. But besides that, I like playing here – good tournaments, good staff, and good service.”

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 254

Mike Chiappetta raised to 100,000 from the button, and Alessio Isaia called in the big blind.

The flop was , Isaia checked, Chiappetta continued for 75,000, and Isaia called.

The turn was the , Isaia checked, Chiappetta bet 250,000, and Isaia called.

The river was the , Isaia checked, Chippetta shoved for 1,260,000, and Isaia thought briefly before he called.

Chiappetta tapped the table and mucked, while Isaia tabled for trip aces to win Event 9 outright for $55,835.

Mike Chiappetta finished runner-up for $38,705.

A tournament recap will be published later tonight.

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 254

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 254

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 254

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 254

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 254

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 254

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 254

Players returned from another break with eight players remaining, Germandio Andoni leading, and everyone with $6,900 locked up.

Blinds are up to 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 565,000 (28 bb).

Seat 1: Gaston Miculitzki – 280,000 (14 bb)
Seat 3: Jigesh Patel – 320,000 (16 bb)
Seat 4: Derek Sudell – 205,000 (10 bb)
Seat 5: Germandio Andoni – 1,495,000 (75 bb)
Seat 6: Philippe Souki – 495,000 (25 bb)
Seat 7: Connor Curtis – 545,000 (27 bb)
Seat 8: Mike Chiappetta – 410,000 (21 bb)
Seat 9: Alessio Isaia – 1,330,000 (67 bb)

1st: $55,835 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $38,705
3rd: $25,200
4th: $15,365
5th: $11,865
6th: $9,830
7th: $8,255
8th: $6,900
9th: James Weidenborner – $5,665

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 254

With the elimination of Benjamin Goldstein in tenth place, Event 10 dropped down to nine players and they redrew seats at the final table. Here’s a look at the lineup and we will grab chip counts when they go on break in a few minutes.

Seat 1: Gaston Miculitzki
Seat 2: James Weidenborner
Seat 3: Jigesh Patel
Seat 4: Derek Sudell
Seat 5: Germandio Andoni
Seat 6: Philippe Souki
Seat 7: Connor Curtis
Seat 8: Mike Chiappetta
Seat 9: Alessio Isaia

1st: $55,835 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $38,705
3rd: $25,200
4th: $15,365
5th: $11,865
6th: $9,830
7th: $8,255
8th: $6,900
9th: $5,665

10th: Benjamin Goldstein – $5,665
11th: James Anderson – $4,820
12th: Chad Himmelspach – $4,820
13th: Paul Domb – $4,140
14th: Jacob Ritsch – $4,140
15th: Paul Balzano – $4,140
16th: Christian Roberts – $3,475
17th: William Mical – $3,475
18th: Steven McKuin – $3,475
19th: Joel Gola – $2,850
20th: Lazar Hausman – $2,850
21st: Eric Siegel – $2,850
22nd: Kharlin Sued – $2,345
23rd: Fabian Gumz – $2,345
24th: Roni Zelichonok – $2,345
25th: Zachary Eichenbaum – $2,000
26th: Shon Perez – $2,000