Frank Weigel Wins LHPO Event 30 for $42,000 in Heads-Up Deal

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 30
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  189
Prize Pool:  $183,330
January 18 – 19, 2024

Frank Weigel

The $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament was one of the last warmups before the LHPO Championship and it drew a big crowd of 189 entries. After a tough final table, Frank Weigel took the top spot and $42,000 after a heads-up deal.

Weigel is a regular member of the tournaments at our sister shop in Tampa and the last tournament he played resulted in a win during their Pinktober Poker Open series.

Congrats Frank!

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1FrankWeigel$42,000 *
2SethFischer$35,340 *
3RobertLupo$18,790
4DionJagroo$11,430
5AnibalPabon$8,825
6PhilippeSouki$7,315
7FilippKhavin$6,235
8BenjaminMoschel$5,435
9PetarKalev$4,665
10SpencerChamplin$4,665
11PaulBalzano$4,015
12DenisCyr$4,015
13StephenKehoe$3,390
14JustinCarey$3,390
15MariaHo$3,390
16JaredKingery$2,815
17MichaelTrivett$2,815
18JasonMcQueer$2,815
19MatthewPorter$2,245
20EricSalazar$2,245
21JohnnyBromberg$2,245
22MichaelAmato$1,750
23DavidDiBernardi$1,750
24HarveyCastro$1,750

* – denotes heads-up deal

LHPO Day 9 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1A – $3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)

  • $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 50,000 in chips
  • Day 1 & Day 2 levels last 60 minutes; Levels last 90 minutes when 40 players remain
  • Final table levels last 60 minutes until heads up
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
  • Day 1 will end after Level 10
  • Championship Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 27 Day 2 – $600 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

12PM: Event 31 Day 2 – $25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)

12PM: Event 35 – $600 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 32 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 30 Day 2 – $1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

5PM: Event 36 – $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 36 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

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

  • 20 seats guaranteed into $2,000,000 GTD Championship
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (2:00pm)
  • Structure Sheet

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

  • 10 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 (5:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

7PM: $400 LHPO 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

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Schedule

Event 30: Final Table Lineup

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 189

The Event 30 final table begins Friday at 1 p.m.

Table 1
Seat 1:  Frank Weigel  –  320,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2:  Petar Kalev  –  245,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3:  Dion Jagroo  –  675,000  (27 bb)
Seat 4:  Filipp Khavin  –  385,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5:  Bobby Lupo  –  790,000  (32 bb)
Seat 6:  Philippe Souki  –  320,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7:  Ben Moschel  –  290,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8:  Seth Fischer  –  875,000  (35 bb)
Seat 9:  Anibal Pabon  –  875,000  (35 bb)

1st:  $46,330 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $31,010
3rd:  $18,790
4th:  $11,430
5th:  $8,825
6th:  $7,315
7th:  $6,235
8th:  $5,435
9th:  $4,665

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
10SpencerChamplin$4,665
11PaulBalzano$4,015
12DenisCyr$4,015
13StephenKehoe$3,390
14JustinCarey$3,390
15MariaHo$3,390
16JaredKingery$2,815
17MichaelTrivett$2,815
18JasonMcQueer$2,815
19MatthewPorter$2,245
20EricSalazar$2,245
21JohnnyBromberg$2,245
22MichaelAmato$1,750
23DavidDiBernardi$1,750
24HarveyCastro$1,750

Event 30: Jena Delk Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Seth Fischer

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 189

Jena Delk raised all in for 108,000 from early position and Seth Fischer called in middle position.

Delk:  7d7s
Fischer:  QcQd

The board ran out Th8d6cJh6d, no help to Delk, ending her tournament on the money bubble.

Seth Fischer  –  410,000  (51 bb)
Jena Delk  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

The remaining 24 players are in the money and guaranteed $1,750. The average stack is about 197,000 (24 bb).

Event 30: Ryan Estrada Eliminated by Bobby Lupo; Money Bubble Begins

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 189

Bobby Lupo raised to 12,000 from under the gun, Ryan Estrada reraised to 80,000 (leaving 5,000 behind) from the button, Lupo reraised, and Estrada called all in.

Lupo:  KdKc
Estrada:  9h9s

The board came Jh5d5s3dQh, no help to Estrada, locking up the pot for Lupo.

Bobby Lupo  –  467,000  (78 bb)
Ryan Estrada  –  Eliminated

Play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble.

Event 30: Prize Pool and Payouts with $46,330 Up Top

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 30
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  189
Prize Pool:  $183,330
January 18 – 19, 2024

Registration closed for the $1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 189 entries turning the $100,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $183,330. The last 24 spots will be paid with $1,750 for a min-cash and $46,330 for the Event 30 champ.

1st: $46,330 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $31,010
3rd: $18,790
4th: $11,430
5th: $8,825
6th: $7,315
7th: $6,235
8th: $5,435
9th-10th: $4,665
11th-12th: $4,015
13th-15th: $3,390
16th-18th: $2,815
19th-21st: $2,245
22nd-24th: $1,750

Event 30: Guarantee Gone

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  111

Maria Ho

The $1,100 Deep Stack, one of the last preliminaries before the Championship, has 111 entries with more than an hour remaining in registration and the $100,000 guarantee has been surpassed.

Friends in the crowd include Maria Ho, Filipp Khavin, Dion Jagroo, Vanessa Kade, Eric Afriat, Jon Borenstein, Michael Chiappetta, Loni Hui, Stephen Karp, Solange Lucas, and Aaron Thivyanathan.

Filipp Khavin
Dion Jagroo

Event 30: $1K Warmup

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

We are one day away from kicking off the LHPO Championship, and we have a schedule full of tournaments to warm up for the big game, starting with Event 30 at 11 am. It is a $1,100 Deep Stack with a $100,000 guarantee and a two-day structure.

Players sit down to 20K stacks and all levels last 30 minutes until increasing to 40 at the final table. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 11 at 4:45 pm. They have a 45-minute dinner break scheduled at 6:45 pm and return to play down to the final table.

Those nine players will return tomorrow at 1 pm to play for the title.

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes; Final table levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 11 (4:45pm)
  • Day 1 will end when nine players remain
  • Event 30 Structure Sheet

LHPO Day 8 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 30 Day 1 – $1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes; Final table levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 11 (4:45pm)
  • Day 1 will end when nine players remain
  • Event 30 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 27 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 last 60 minutes when 27 players remain
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 27 Structure Sheet

12PM: Day 1 – $25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • 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

12PM: Event 32 – $600 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 32 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 24 Day 2 – $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

1PM: Event 25 Day 2 – $2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

5PM: Event 27 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 last 60 minutes when 27 players remain
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 27 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 33 – $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 33 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

10AM: $2,650 High Roller Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 10 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (11:20am)
  • Structure Sheet

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

  • 20 seats guaranteed into $2,000,000 GTD 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 LHPO Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 10 seats guaranteed into $2,000,000 GTD 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 LHPO 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

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Schedule