Event 2: Dinner Break Until 6:15 pm

$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
StructurePayouts
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  55 of 232

Level 12 comes to an end, and the remaining 55 players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 6:15 pm.

With 55 players remaining from a field of 232, the average chip stack is about 84,500 (34 big blinds). The final 29 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $660.

Event 1 Flight B: Shuffle Up & Deal

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100
Flight B Entries:  57

The evening flight for Event 1 has just gotten underway with 57 entries at the start. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:30 pm.

Each flight will play as many 30-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5%, which will also be the Money Bubble. Everybody who bags chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

Event 1 Flight B: Building Bigger

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Flight B of LHPO Event 1 gets underway at 5 pm and builds on the great start this morning. They drew 366 in Flight A, a nice pace for the $600 Deep Stack to reach its $1,000,000 guarantee.

Players start with 20K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 30 minutes, increasing to 40 on Day 2 and 60 minutes once they reach Level 24. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm.

Flight B will continue until 12.5% of the field remains and survivors will return on Sunday at 1 pm for Day 2.

  • $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 (9:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 1 Structure Sheet

Event 2: Prize Pool and Payouts with $16,740 to Seniors Champ

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  232
Prize Pool:  $76,560
January 9, 2025

Registration closed for the $400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 232 entries, creating a prize pool worth $76,560. The last 29 players will earn some money with $600 for a min-cash and $16,740 awaiting the champ.

1st: $16,740 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $11,300
3rd: $8,400
4th: $6,300
5th: $4,720
6th: $3,600
7th: $2,780
8th: $2,160
9th-10th: $1,680
11th-12th: $1,360
13th-15th: $1,160
16th-19th: $960
20th-23rd: $800
24th-29th: $660

Event 1 Flight A: Registration Closed with 366 Entries

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight A Entries:  366

Registration closed with 366 entries for the $600 Deep Stack to set a nice pace for the rest of the tournament. We have another flight at 5 pm with two more on Friday and Saturday and they should slide right by the $1,000,000 guarantee.

Flight A will continue until 46 players remain and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money. Players must back chips to cash in the tournament.

Day/TimeFlightEntriesAdvanced
Thursday at 10 a.m.A366TBD
Thursday at 5 p.m.B
Friday at 10 a.m.C
Friday at 5 p.m.D
Saturday at 10 a.m.E
Saturday at 5 p.m.F
Total366TBD

Event 3: Big O Kicks Off Leaderboard Challenge

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

We kick off the Omaha portion of the LHPO schedule with Event 3 at 2 pm, along with the start of the $10,000 Mixed Game Leaderboard challenge. Eight qualifying events over the first week of the series with $10K in prizes, including the top prize that awards a seat in the $3,000 HORSE plus $3K in cash.

Check the info above and take a shot. We will post the updated leaderboard each morning so you can follow along.

Players in the Big O start with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes for the one-day trophy event. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 6:30 pm.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 3 Structure Sheet

Event 1 Flight A: Familiar Friends

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries:  298

Ryan Hogan

Flight A of LHPO Event 1 is creeping up on 300 entries this afternoon, a great start to the big $1,000,000 guarantee opener. We have another flight at 5 pm with four big weekend flights after that.

Some friends in the field today include Ryan Hogan, Evan Teitelbaum, former WPT Showdown champ James Carroll, Alessio, Isaia, Paul Domb, Michael Chiappetta, Matthew Lambrecht, Perla Ojeda, and Caleb Piderit.

Evan Teitelbaum
James Carroll

Event 1 Flight A: Scott Epstein Leads Early

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  274

Scott Epstein

Cards are back in the air after the first break and we have 273 entries in the mix with plenty of time to run it up. Registration closes at 2:30 pm for Flight A but we have another at 5 pm plus two more on Friday and Saturday.

Scott Epstein is the early leader in the field, his 95,600 the closest to hitting six digits this afternoon.

2025 LHPO Mixed Game Leaderboard

The 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Mixed Game Tournament Leaderboard promotion concluded on Thursday and with his sixth-place finish in Event 30, Phil Hui locked up the win with 181.3 points.

Along the way, Hui made four final tables in the eight qualifying events. He wins a seat into Event 47 $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. as well as $3,000 cash. Hui was also presented with a customized Viper guitar on Friday.

Also collecting prizes for their finishes were Tyler Phillips, Tom Koral, and Ryan Hoenig.

Eligible events and results:

Event #3 – $600 Big O
Event #5 – $400 Limit Omaha 8
Event #8 – $400 Triple Stud
Event #13 – $600 Mixed PLO
Event #18 – $600 T.O.R.S.E.
Event #22 – $600 9-Game Mix
Event #25 – $600 Six Max PLO 8
Event #30 – $600 Limit Omaha 8

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePoints
1PhilHui181.3
2TylerPhillips172.4
3TomKoral166.7
4RyanHoenig136.2
5ChrisLabrie130.2
6DavidTarbet124.2
7JenniferZewe122.4
8EmilSoffer122.2
9PayamPourghassem120
10JohnBinns119
11AriEngel115.2
12DavidMay114.4
12VictorNassif114.4
14HarryEisenberg105.6
15ArielMantel102.3
16GabrielRamos99.8
17ChristopherCarey93.9
18MatthewKaplan88.6
19MatthewWolfson85.8
20YuvalBronshtein84
20MichaelDreese84
22NicolasGanley81.6
23A.J.Kelsall78.5
24GermanQuintero Pineros77
25AdamWalter76.2
26LeonardKriss69.2
27LavonneSchaafsma68.4
28AlexanderOrlov65
29DonnyRubinstein64.2
30MihailsMorozovs62
31LeonardSt Germain60
32MatthewBretzfield57.4
32JordanMiller57.4
34LazaroRodriguez57.2
35KyleFleischmann55.8
36TalAvivi55
37DouglasTaylor54.8
38JoshuaThatcher52.1
39AllenKessler51
40AlanKatsnelson48.4
41ShawnWilmot Jr41.8
42JosephOlivieri40
43ScottHecker39.6
44JohnCapitano38.5
45DavidBrooker38.2
46DalePhillips38
47MarcSacheli35.4
47EthanBennett35.4
49HaroldKlein33.2
50BrianNg31.2
51IlyaLevitin30.8
52DavidShmuel30.3
53ClarkMerritt26.4
54JonathanMoschel25
54AdamNattress25
56ZhenCai24.8
57RicardoQuintero24
58CaryRosenthal22.4
58ScottStinson22.4
60StephenReid21.1
61RandyMatienzo20.4
62BrandonAgeloff20.2
62ChaoHuang20.2
62ChristopherLeslie Hynan20.2
65TylerBentz18
65AlejandroBurzaco18
65EdwardLawson18
65MarcSchiller18
69CharlesSimon16.5
70JdJiang13.8
71LauraBorn11.6
72JoshuaNicholson11.4
73JayKerbel11.2
74KevinLove11
75BrandonBerkenfeld9.4
76StevenNovak9.2
76EricPolirer9.2
78KennethAldridge9
78WaynePalitz9
78SamuelSternfield9
81AndrewBecker7
81NealCorcoran7
81ThomasCurrey7
81JamesHultink7
81JasonKorb7
81EricLea7
87ReadingRummans6.8
87AnthonyAngerami6.8
87AlessioIsaia6.8
87DavidPrager6.8
87MartinRaschkovan6.8
87LarrySt Jean6.8
93GregoryJosephson6.6
94KennethBrosnahan4.8
94GrantHart4.8
94JeffreyKenny4.8
94MichelleKonig4.8
94ChristopherLicht4.8
94DavidOshry4.8
94VadimShlez4.8
94AyedShweihat4.8
94DavidSimpson4.8
94JosephStiers4.8
94PhillipWhittington4.8
105PawelAndrzejewski4.6
105EgertonBullock4.6
105BenjaminGoldstein4.6
105DominicGranteed4.6
105JamesGunter4.6
105ThomasHedlund4.6
105JohnHolley Iii4.6
105CharlesJacoby4.6
105LarryJames4.6
105EugeneKotlyarevskiy4.6
105CharlesMayes4.6
105MichaelNasen4.6
105Kieu-AnhNguyen4.6
105DanielPearlman4.6
105EfthimiosPiperakis4.6
105RobertPoolos4.6
105StevenRoth4.6
105JosephShammas4.6
105BrianSmith4.6
105HoytVerner4.6
105DmitriyVernitskiy4.6
126GregoryBaird4.4
126ScottBlackman4.4
126DavidDroeger4.4
126UmemeHoye4.4
126ChristianIvens4.4
126AlessandroPonzio4.4
126SandySanchez4.4
126SamSpira4.4
126ChristopherWalker4.4
126ThomasWalter4.4
126CharlesWells4.4
137LaneAbraham2.4
137BenjaminAllen2.4
137ArnaldoAlzualde2.4
137AnthonyAskey2.4
137JeromeAvery2.4
137ScottBaumstein2.4
137WilliamBeasley2.4
137GeorgesBoyadjian2.4
137MichaelBoykin2.4
137AmarnathChayanam2.4
137JamieDobay2.4
137HenryEisenstein2.4
137RobertEly2.4
137AdamFarber2.4
137HarveyFreedman2.4
137JesseFreeman2.4
137GaryFriedman2.4
137AndrewGordon2.4
137JeremyGoureau2.4
137PhilippeGoureau2.4
137JoanneGranteed2.4
137LoniHarwood2.4
137MariiaIevseieva2.4
137DavidJacobs2.4
137JerroldJacobs2.4
137OleksandrKafarov2.4
137NicholasLay2.4
137ScottLazar2.4
137ToddLepow2.4
137JuanMarquez2.4
137JasonMarshman2.4
137MichaelMasella2.4
137AndreaMastrogiovanni2.4
137EnricoMirabelli2.4
137ViniciusMonteiro2.4
137BrendaNelson2.4
137MaxNeugebauer2.4
137FredericNormand2.4
137SheilaO'Connor2.4
137AlfredPerez2.4
137WillisPerry Iii2.4
137StevenPollack2.4
137ZhengQiao2.4
137MarcRabuse2.4
137JohnReese2.4
137AaronRicks2.4
137BernhardSchmidt2.4
137JoshuaStewart2.4
137KeithWagner2.4
137ZhunWang2.4
137RonaldWinkelvoss2.4
137JerryWong2.4
137Luis AlfredoZedan2.4
137ArtimZhuta2.4
191PaulAngel2.2
191StevenBessette2.2
191RalphBroderick2.2
191DavidCarvara2.2
191VictorCianelli2.2
191NisimCohen2.2
191BryanCuzino2.2
191JamesDavis2.2
191KevinDipasquale2.2
191StephenEkin2.2
191AnnEmbry2.2
191Epstein2.2
191DarryllFish2.2
191StevenFlacco2.2
191JeanGaspard2.2
191JamesHagan2.2
191RobertHarmelin2.2
191HyndiKhomutetsky2.2
191AaronKlausman2.2
191JeffreyLehouillier2.2
191YinguiLi2.2
191JasonLopesilvero2.2
191BenjaminLudlow2.2
191GeorgeMaroulianakis2.2
191AlexMartel-Boiteux2.2
191KarimMerali2.2
191ScottMersky2.2
191ShanmukhaMeruga2.2
191DanielMowrer2.2
191EliasNassif2.2
191FrankNerat2.2
191RobertOxenberg2.2
191GregoryParyani2.2
191ErikPerry2.2
191YordanPetrov2.2
191MichaelRosenberg2.2
191AaronSchaff2.2
191AaronSteury2.2
191MannyTarich2.2
191GaryVick2.2
191WilliamWallace2.2
191BillieWalter2.2
191DylanWeiss2.2
191NathanielWiesner2.2
191BruceYamron2.2
191BenjaminYogel2.2
191BenjaminZamani2.2

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood

POKER TOURNAMENT LEADERBOARD PROMOTION

OFFICIAL RULES

January 9 – 16, 2025

Poker Player Eligibility & Earning Points

1. Players must enter designated events during the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open between January 9 and January 16, 2025. The following events are eligible for the leaderboard 3, 5, 8, 13, 18, 22, 25, and 30.

2. There is no limit to the number of tournament events a player may play, nor the number of entries per tournament. All players receive points for only one entry on their highest finish.

3. Players will receive 2 points for entering an event if they do not cash in the event.

4. Players who cash in an event will receive “Cash Points”.

5. Field Size Multiplier Key & Cash Points Key is as follows:

Multiplier Points Key

Field Size / Multiplier Points

4-50 Players / 1.0
51-100 Players / 1.1
101-150 Players / 1.2
151-200 Players / 1.3
201-300 Players / 1.4

Cash Points Key

1st – 100
2nd – 70
3rd – 50
4th – 44
5th – 38
6th – 33
7th – 28
8th – 24
9th – 20
10th thru 18th – 15
19th thru 27th – 12
28th thru Cash – 10

6. The Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tournament Leaderboard points are calculated by multiplying the multiplier points by either the Cash Points or the Points for entering.

7. If a deal (chop) is made, players who agree to bring a tournament to its end with any alteration of the posted payouts all tie for the next payout spot. For example, if 5 players chop (even, via ICM or any other way) all players tie for 5th place points.

8. No dealing points.

9. No making deals and then playing for points only.

10. Results will be posted throughout the series and results will be posted on or before January 17, 2025.

Prize Allocation

1. Upon completion of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Series Event 30 on January 16, 2025, the final leaderboard standings will be posted, and the prizes awarded as follows:

  • 1st $6,000 Total ( Ticket into Event #47 $3,000 HORSE + $3,000 CASH )
  • 2nd $2,300 Total ( Ticket into Event #44 $1,100 Mixed PLO + $1,200 CASH )
  • 3rd $1,100 Total ( Ticket into Event #44 $1,100 Mixed PLO )
  • 4th $600 Total ( Ticket into Event #50 $600 OE )

2. Prizes are non-transferable and have no cash value.

3. Prizes will be funded through the Marketing Poker Promotional Fund.

4. All prizes must be redeemed by January 19, 2025.

Players must be at least 18 years of age and a Unity cardholder in order to participate. Unity cards are free to all visitors 18 and over.

Event 2: First Seniors

$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The 2025 LHPO is underway in the Grand Ballroom and we are rolling out our first of two Seniors events for the series. The $400 buy-in tournament gets underway at 11 am and it will be great time at the tables.

Players start with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 30 minutes from start to finish. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed while reg is open.

  • Players begin with 20,000 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