Martins Adeniya Wins the LHPO Championship on His Fiancée’s Birthday ($512,600)

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 35
$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,162
Prize Pool:  $3,718,400
January 17-21, 2025

Lucky Hearts Poker Open Champion Martins Adeniya

From a field of 1,162 entries, the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship came down to nine players on Tuesday afternoon. It was a long four days leading up to this, including a very late night the night before, but on Tuesday the nine-handed final table played down to a winner in just four hours.

The final hand was simultaneously dramatic and anti-climactic, as Spencer Champlin made a bold bluff on the river with king high, unaware that Martins Adeniya had made a flush. Adeniya quickly called to win the title, the trophy, and $512,600.

It’s the biggest live tournament win of Adeniya’s career, and it comes at a great time — and a not-so-great time.

“It’s just perfect timing,” said Adeniya after his victory. “I’ve got a baby on the way in April, and I’m getting married in two weeks. The only problem is I’m missing my fiancée’s birthday today.”

When Adeniya returns home with a championship trophy and half a million dollars, we expect his fiancée Dana will forgive him.

The Championship had two starting flights with unlimited re-entries, but Adeniya only needed one entry. But that’s not to say it was an easy path.

“I lost nearly half my stack in the first couple levels of the tournament,” said Adeniya. “Then someone ran a big bluff on me, but I hero called.”

Adeniya bagged a nice stack on Day 1, but he was down to about 20 big blinds by the time the Money Bubble came around on Day 2.

“I had two of the chipleaders to my left,” said Adeniya, “so it was quite a tricky bubble to navigate. And I was actually put all in on the bubble with aces, and had to fold aces on the bubble.”

Adeniya went on to finish Day 2 among the larger stacks (15th of 56), but Day 3 would be an incredibly long day. Luckily for Adeniya, he got better as the day went on.

“Yesterday was pretty long,” said Adeniya about Day 3. “We played until 3:30 in the morning, and we were on the featured table the entire time so it was quite tiring and draining.”

With 15 players left, Adeniya doubled thru then-chipleader Yingui Li, getting it all in on the turn with pocket queens on a ten-high board against Li’s flush and straight draw. Li missed his outs, and that kickstarted a run for Adeniya where he would take the lead with 14 players left, and hold onto it for most of the rest of the tournament.

Day 3 played so long because they were trying to reach the final eight players, but they went three hours with no eliminations. The blinds kept increasing, so when they returned on Tuesday afternoon to play to a winner, the average chip stack was only worth 26 big blinds, even though they had been playing a slow structure with 90-minute levels.

Well, the math caught up to the players, and on Tuesday afternoon it only took four hours to play down from nine to a winner.

Incredibly, the top seven finishers in this event all earned the top live tournament cash of their careers. For Ryan Hogan, it was the second career-high cash of this series, as he finished third in Event #1 to earn $116,750, then nearly doubled it by cashing for $205,000 for fourth place here in the Championship.

Even though he is from London, Adeniya has been a regular presence in our big events here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.

“It’s a nice place with good weather,” said Adeniya. “Right now in London it’s like zero degrees, so it’s nice to have some sunshine. The people here are great, there’s lots of stuff to do, and there are good cash games and good tournaments. I love it here.”

Lucky Hearts Poker Open Champion Martins Adeniya
Lucky Hearts Poker Open Champion Martins Adeniya

Results:

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1MartinsAdeniya$512,600*
2SpencerChamplin$425,000*
3CaioDe Lucca$275,000
4RyanHogan$205,000
5JoostSchippers$156,000
6AdamNattress$119,000
7KyleTaddei$92,000
8RyanHoenig$71,000
9RicardoEyzaguirre$56,000
10BrockWilson$56,000
11LongNguyen$46,500
12VencentWelch$46,500
13YinguiLi$39,000
14MichaelDwyer$39,000
15BenMiner$39,000
16ChristianRoberts$32,500
17BenScrogins$32,500
18ScottFrier$32,500
19NadeemHirani$32,500
20GregBaird$27,500
21RickyLandais$27,500
22JulianPineda$27,500
23JoshReichard$27,500
24RajVohra$23,100
25ArtemSuhak$23,100
26KaifanWang$23,100
27CherishAndrews$23,100
28DanStavila$23,100
29NickFunaro$23,100
30KenFishman$23,100
31GarethMcMahon$23,100
32JustinCarey$19,400
33ClementMichaud$19,400
34ChrisConrad$19,400
35EmmanuelMcKenzie$19,400
36CarlosBermudez$19,400
37VitalijsZavorotnijs$19,400
38T.K.Miles$19,400
39AnthonyZinno$19,400
40DavidDiBernardi$16,300
41JasonHickey$16,300
42AsherConniff$16,300
43DanielSwartz$16,300
44AnatolyNikitin$16,300
45OwenSavir$16,300
46BrentHart$16,300
47TuanNguyen$16,300
48KevinCalenzo$13,800
49RustyWadsworth$13,800
50GuillermoHamilton$13,800
51ToddIvens$13,800
52DerekNold$13,800
53ScottWright$13,800
54JasonRocha$13,800
55OlivierRebello$13,800
56DavidNathaniel Jr.$11,500
57JohnRacener$11,500
58NiallCostigan$11,500
59SteveBuckner$11,500
60AnibalPabon$11,500
61MaxYoung$11,500
62PadraigO'Neill$11,500
63KharlinSued$11,500
64MichaelGathy$9,600
65FrankFunaro$9,600
66TomDobrilovic$9,600
67DanHeimiller$9,600
68RamelDiaz-Warner$9,600
69MartinCarnero$9,600
70HarrisonGimbel$9,600
71FrankStepuchin$9,600
72CarlCarodenuto$9,600
73MichaelNewman$9,600
74RobertKennedy$9,600
75KyNguyen$9,600
76FredericNormand$9,600
77MicaLamar$9,600
78MatthewSabia$9,600
79RobertGrossman$9,600
80BrandonKessous$8,200
81JamieFlynn$8,200
82SteveKarp$8,200
83JonathanTamayo$8,200
84ElvynBello Santos$8,200
85ViniciusLima$8,200
86TylerPhillips$8,200
87MatthewLeecy$8,200
88AndrewMoreno$8,200
89DaniloAlvarenga$8,200
90JonathanBorenstein$8,200
91BrandonSunshine$8,200
92MarcosExterkotter$8,200
93TimothyPai$8,200
94BrettBader$8,200
95GabeRamos$8,200
96JordanWestmorland$8,200
97JonathanAkiba$8,200
98RenLin$8,200
99KevenStammen$7,000
100FabioSantos$7,000
101EricAfriat$7,000
102FrankBrannan$7,000
103RobertLeBeau$7,000
104FrankLagodich$7,000
105JamesRaymond$7,000
106GlennBecker$7,000
107AlessioIsaia$7,000
108TahaMaruf$7,000
109EricBonin$7,000
110NikolaiTulin$7,000
111DomenicArmano$7,000
112JonathanJaffe$7,000
113TonyDunst$7,000
114MichaelGraffeo$7,000
115DavidJackson$7,000
116Shon ShlomoPerez$7,000
117EricYanovsky$7,000
118GaryGreenlee$6,400
119AlainMedesan$6,400
120FilippKhavin$6,400
121NadyaMagnus$6,400
122SterlingSavill$6,400
123AriOxman$6,400
124BenWarrington$6,400
125StevenSanzone$6,400
126JerryWong$6,400
127BuckBucceri$6,400
128IsaacKempton$6,400
129JohnWilder$6,400
130StephenKehoe$6,400
131ViktorKovachev$6,400
132AnthonyCousineau$6,400
133SteveYagudaev$6,400
134MaksimPisarenko$6,400
135DavidAdam-Castrillo$6,400
136HaimToorgeman$6,400
137ChadEveslage$6,400
138JoelGola$6,400
139KurtJewell$6,400
140HarveyVandeven$6,400
141AlexanderLampropoulos$6,400
142AdamLucosky$6,400
143BenLudlow$6,400
144IgorMerda$6,400
145BrianBarros-Vazquez$6,400
146KamilZeman$6,400

* Indicates the adjusted payouts from a heads-up deal.

Championship: Martins Adeniya Wins! ($512,600); Spencer Champlin Finishes as Runner-Up ($425,000)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 1,162

Lucky Hearts Poker Open Champlinion Martins Adeniya
Lucky Hearts Poker Open Champion Martins Adeniya

Martins Adeniya limped from the button for 400,000, Spencer Champlin raised from the big blind to 1,400,000, and Adeniya called.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of Qs10h6sJh, Champlin bet 2,800,000, and Adeniya called.

The river card was the 4h, and Champlin moved all in for 19,000,000. Adeniya rechecked his cards before he called with 8h3h for a flush. Champlin turned over Kc2c for a king-high bluff, and Adeniya won the pot — and $512,600 — with an eight-high heart flush.

Spencer Champlin
Runner-Up Spencer Champlin

Spencer Champlin finished as the runner-up, earning $425,000.

Congratulations to Martins Adeniya!

1st:  Martins Adeniya  –  $512,600 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  Spencer Champlin  –  $425,000
3rd:  Caio De Lucca  –  $275,000
4th:  Ryan Hogan  –  $205,000
5th:  Joost Schippers  –  $156,000
6th:  Adam Nattress  –  $119,000
7th:  Kyle Taddei  –  $92,000
8th:  Ryan Hoenig  –  $71,000
9th:  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  $56,000

Stay tuned for a recap of this event, which will be posted later tonight.

Championship: Martins Adeniya Takes a 1.5-to-1 Lead Over Spencer Champlin

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,162

Martins Adeniya
Martins Adeniya

Level 32 comes to an end, and the players take a 10-minute break. Here are the official chip counts from the table:

Martins Adeniya  –  35,200,000  (88 bb)
Spencer Champlin  –  22,900,000  (57 bb)

And the final table payouts:

1st:  $512,600* + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $425,000*

3rd:  Caio De Lucca  –  $275,000
4th:  Ryan Hogan  –  $205,000
5th:  Joost Schippers  –  $156,000
6th:  Adam Nattress  –  $119,000
7th:  Kyle Taddei  –  $92,000
8th:  Ryan Hoenig  –  $71,000
9th:  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  $56,000

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

* Indicates the adjusted payouts from a heads-up deal.

Championship: Heads-Up Play Is Now Underway

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,162

Spencer Champlin
Spencer Champlin

The final two players return from break to begin heads-up play, with blind levels dropping from 90 minutes to one hour.

They are nearly even in chips, and they have agreed during the break to adjust the final two payouts so they are a little more even.

Here are their official chip counts for the start of heads-up play, followed by the new payouts for first and second, followed by the rest of the final table payouts.

Spencer Champlin  –  29,600,000  (99 bb)
Martins Adeniya  –  28,500,000  (95 bb)

1st:  $512,600* + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $425,000*

3rd:  Caio De Lucca  –  $275,000
4th:  Ryan Hogan  –  $205,000
5th:  Joost Schippers  –  $156,000
6th:  Adam Nattress  –  $119,000
7th:  Kyle Taddei  –  $92,000
8th:  Ryan Hoenig  –  $71,000
9th:  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  $56,000

Reminder:  In heads-up play, the button has the small blind and acts first before the flop.

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

* Indicates the adjusted payouts from a heads-up deal.

Martins Adeniya
Martins Adeniya

Championship: Caio De Lucca – 3rd Place ($275,000)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,162

Caio De Lucca
Caio De Lucca

Caio De Lucca raised from the button to 600,000, and Spencer Champlin called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of 10c8d4d9h, Champlin bet 1,200,000, and De Lucca called.

The river card was the 9d, and Champlin moved all in. De Lucca had about 6,400,000 left in his stack, and he tossed out all nine of his Time Chips as he went into the tank for a long time.

De Lucca eventually called all in for about 4,600,000 with Kh8h for two pair, nines and eights. But Champlin turned over 10d5d to win the pot with a diamond flush, eliminating De Lucca in third place.

Caio De Lucca  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($275,000)

There will be a 15-minute break before heads-up play begins. Here are the official chip counts:

Spencer Champlin  –  29,600,000  (99 bb)
Martins Adeniya  –  28,500,000  (95 bb)

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

Championship: Ryan Hogan – 4th Place ($205,000)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,162

Ryan Hogan

Ryan Hogan moved all in under the gun for 2,500,000, and Martins Adeniya called from the big blind with 9s9d. Hogan turned over Ad4c, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 8c3c2s4hKh, and Hogan paired his four on the turn, but improved no further. Adeniya won the pot with his pocket nines to eliminate Hogan in fourth place.

Martins Adeniya  –  24,000,000  (80 bb)
Ryan Hogan  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($205,000)

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

With three players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 19,375,000 (65 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $275,000 each.

Championship: Joost Schippers – 5th Place ($156,000)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,162

Joost Schippers

Spencer Champlin raised under the gun to 600,000, Joost Schippers reraised from the button to 1,100,000, and Champlin moved all in.

Schippers called all in for 1,500,000 with JsJc, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Champlin’s As5h.

The board came Ad4h3s8s5c, and Champlin paired his ace on the flop and his five on the river to win the pot with two pair and eliminate Schippers in fifth place.

Spencer Champlin  –  16,000,000  (53 bb)
Joost Schippers  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($156,000)

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

With four players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 14,525,000 (48 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $205,000 each.

Championship: Adam Nattress – 6th Place ($119,000)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,162

Adam Nattress

Adam Nattress moved all in under the gun for 1,900,000, Spencer Champlin called from the hijack, and Ryan Hogan called from the big blind. Any further betting will create a side pot.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of As7c6h3d, Hogan checked, Champlin bet 1,200,000, and Hogan folded.

Nattress turned over QdJd for queen high, and he was drawing dead against Champlin’s AdQs (pair of aces).

The meaningless river card was the Js, and Champlin won the pot with his pair of aces to eliminate Nattress in sixth place.

Spencer Champlin  –  13,000,000  (43 bb)
Adam Nattress  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($119,000)

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

With five players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 11,625,000 (39 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $156,000 each.

Championship: Martins Adeniya Leads the Final Six at the Break with 21.05 Million

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,162

Final Table
In the first 90-minute level of the day, the Final Table has dropped from nine players to six.

Level 31 comes to an end, and the players take a 10-minute break. Here are the official chip counts from the table:

Seat 1.  Martins Adeniya  –  21,050,000  (70 bb)
Seat 2.  Ryan Hogan  –  8,750,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3.  Adam Nattress  –  1,900,000  (6 bb)
Seat 4.  Spencer Champlin  –  7,525,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  Caio De Lucca  –  15,900,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6.  Joost Schippers  –  2,975,000  (10 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $562,600 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $375,000
3rd:  $275,000
4th:  $205,000
5th:  $156,000
6th:  $119,000

7th:  Kyle Taddei  –  $92,000
8th:  Ryan Hoenig  –  $71,000
9th:  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  $56,000

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

With six players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 9,675,000 (32 big blinds).

Championship: Kyle Taddei – 7th Place ($92,000)

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,162

Kyle Taddei
Kyle Taddei

Kyle Taddei moved all in from the button for 350,000, and Martins Adeniya called from the big blind with AsQd. Taddei turned over 10c9s, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came AcJc2sJsKs, and Adeniya wins the pot with two pair, aces and jacks, to eliminate Taddeia in seventh place.

Martins Adeniya  –  20,000,000  (80 bb)
Kyle Taddei  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($92,000)

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

With six players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 9,675,000 (39 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $119,000 each.