2026 LHPO Live Updates

Darin Utley Wins Event 21 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Three-Way Deal for $38,311

January 16, 2026 @ 3:09AM by Mickey Doft

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,009
Prize Pool: $332,970
January 12-15, 2026

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 21 Champion Darin Utley

Event 21 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a mid-series multi-flight $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 1,009 entries produced a prize pool of $332,970.

A three-way deal was reached at the final table and Darin Utley was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 21 winner for $38,311.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Darin	Utley	$38,311*
2	Evgeny	Kharchenko	$37,060*
3	Joseph	Esbenshade	$29,519*
4	Neil	Zonenashvili	$18,100
5	Taylor	Pratt	$13,600
6	Gerald	Dunn	$10,400
7	Steve	Buckner	$8,000
8	Dejan	Petkovic	$6,200
9	Jared	Gable	$4,880
10	Christopher	Pehler	$4,880
11	Marc	Pelfort	$4,260
12	Bradley	Smith	$4,260
13	Jean-Louis	Santoni	$3,680
14	Jay	Romano	$3,680
15	Sandra	Morse	$3,680
16	Travell Delray	Thomas	$3,180
17	John	Dobson	$3,180
18	Lawrence	Pileggi	$3,180
19	Yilmaz	Yosul	$3,180
20	Thomas	Jackson	$2,740
21	Robert	Mantin	$2,740
22	Nichola	Ralph	$2,740
23	Gary	Fitzgerald	$2,740
24	Jason	Rocha	$2,340
25	Robert	Kessler Iii	$2,340
26	William	Beasley	$2,340
27	Joseph	Incatasciato	$2,340
28	Daniel	Schneider	$2,340
29	Howard	Mash	$2,340
30	Abraham	Ramos Padilla	$2,340
31	Joseph	Jarboe	$2,340
32	Brandon	Miller	$1,980
33	David	Singh	$1,980
34	Dorian	Rios Pavon	$1,980
35	Elliot	Kostick	$1,980
36	Sharon	Bachar	$1,980
37	George	Fernandez	$1,980
38	Jorge	Gomez	$1,980
39	Mino	Christoulakis	$1,980
40	Andrew	Frier	$1,680
41	Brian	Gabriel	$1,680
42	Devond	Marshall	$1,680
43	Jack	Battaglla	$1,680
44	Keith	Mccormack	$1,680
45	Tanner	Martinelli	$1,680
46	Christopher	Zollo	$1,680
47	Bret	Winograd	$1,680
48	Gary	Gelman	$1,420
49	Tomer	Akerman	$1,420
50	Paul	Prager	$1,420
51	Kenneth	Bruno	$1,420
52	Steven	Karp	$1,420
53	Pinchas	Chakchakov	$1,420
54	Vanna	Tea	$1,420
55	Lior	Rusinek	$1,420
56	Martha	Dajer	$1,180
57	Mauricio	Fonseca	$1,180
58	Brent	Hoover	$1,180
59	Jesse	Black	$1,180
60	Lawrence	Klur	$1,180
61	Lautaro	Curi	$1,180
62	Joel	Diaz	$1,180
63	Shamil	Garaykhanov	$1,180
64	Jason	Kwartler	$1,000
65	James	Oh	$1,000
66	Joseph	Hinton	$1,000
67	Raymond	Nalbandian	$1,000
68	Murray	Greene	$1,000
69	Steven	Vaserman	$1,000
70	Stephen	Gerber	$1,000
71	Jim	Wyatt Iii	$1,000
72	Qing	Lu	$1,000
73	Garry	Gurevich	$1,000
74	Arun	Balasubramanian	$1,000
75	Mauricio	Fischmann	$1,000
76	Edward	Medoff	$840
77	Kenneth	Aldridge	$840
78	Shamica	Lamar	$840
79	Florian	Pesce	$840
80	Yunlong	Qi	$840
81	John	Reading	$840
82	Cameron	Cocose	$840
83	Maria	Hernandez	$840
84	Narimaan	Ahmadi	$840
85	Charles Joseph	Johnson Jr	$840
86	Satya	Vegi	$840
87	Peter	Shapiro	$840
88	Unclaimed		$720
89	Alexander	Charron	$720
90	Mark	Cahill	$720
91	Pierre-Xavier	Laurent	$720
92	Roberto	Bendeck	$720
93	Claudius	Ferris	$720
94	Karanvir	Singh	$720
95	Thomas	Peet	$720
96	Sergio	Giha	$720
97	Julian	Wohlgemuth	$720
98	Gregory	Baird	$720
99	David	Shmuel	$720
100	Samuel	Bernstein	$720
101	Eldo	Rodriguez	$720
102	Levi	Berger	$660
103	Eric	Kitain	$660
104	Frank	Pavia	$660
105	Michael	Painter	$660
106	Timothy	Miles	$660
107	Barry	Rosenkranz	$660
108	Bryan	Ponce Zerna	$660
109	Mitchell	Ellis	$660
110	Sheldon	Libfeld	$660
111	Roberto	Schmeda	$660
112	Igor	Tretyakov	$660
113	Amr	Elsheikh	$660
114	Paul	Trianosky	$660
115	Sandy	Sanchez	$660
116	Aamir	Abedeen	$660
117	Scott	Epstein	$660
118	Aaron	Thivyanathan	$660
119	Ariel	Rosello	$660
120	Scott	Norman	$660
121	Ayed	Shweihat	$660
122	Rebecca	Trianosky	$660
123	Dennis	Brady	$660
124	Stephen	Hagar	$660
125	Kelley	Slay	$660
126	Darryll	Fish	$660
127	Paxton	White	$660
128	Luke	Becker	$660

*denotes three-handed deal

2026 LHPO Live Updates

Event 21: Mid-Series Deep Stack Day 2 Ready to Go

January 15, 2026 @ 11:00AM by AlCantHang

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool: $332,970 | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 128 of 1,009

The Mid-Series multi-flight tournament drew 1,009 entries for the $400 Deep Stack, turning the $200,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth $332,970.

Over five flights, 128 players bagged chips for the Day 2 return with Neil Zonenashvili leading the field, followed by Abraham Ramos, Jay Romano, Steve “Cuz” Buckner, and Jorge Gomez rounding out the top five.

They have locked up at least $660 for a min-cash with $48,290 and the LHPO trophy awaiting the winner.

Top ten returning stacks:

Neil Zonenashvili – 565,000 (141 bb)
Abraham Ramos Padilla – 502,000 (126 bb)
Jay Romano – 500,000 (125 bb)
Steven Buckner – 433,000 (108 bb)
Jorge Gomez – 348,000 (87 bb)
Howard Mash – 339,000 (85 bb)
Roberto Bendeck – 333,000 (83 bb)
Aamir Abedeen – 330,000 (83 bb)
Bradley Smith – 312,000 (78 bb)
Edward Medoff – 305,000 (76 bb)

Day 2 Seats | Day 2 Chips | Payouts

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LHPO Day 10 Schedule

January 15, 2026 @ 7:30AM by AlCantHang

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 32 – $600 2-7 Mixed Limits (Re-Entry)

Players begin with 25,000 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 32 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 21 Day 2 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

12PM: Event 27 – $2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

12PM: Event 33 – $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 (5:45pm)
Day 1 will end when nine players remain
Event 33 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 (7:30pm)
Players must be in line by 7:30pm to enter the tournament
Day 1 will end when nine players remain
High Roller Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 28 Day 1B – $800 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 25,000 in chips
Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:30pm)
Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
Event 28 Structure Sheet

4PM: Event 35 – $600 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)

Players begin with 30,000 in chips
Levels 1-6 last 20 minutes; Level 7+ last 30 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 10 (8:00pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
Event 35 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 28 Day 1C (Turbo) – $800 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 25,000 in chips
Day 1 levels last 20 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:10pm)
Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
Event 28 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

11AM: $2,650 LHPO 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 (12:20pm)
Structure Sheet

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

Ten seats guaranteed into $3,000,000 GTD Championship
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 20 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:10pm)
Structure Sheet

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

Ten seats guaranteed into $3,000,000 GTD Championship
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 20 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:10pm)
Structure Sheet

7PM: $400 LHPO Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

Five seats guaranteed into $3,000,000 GTD Championship
Players begin with 10,000 in chips
Levels last 15 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
Structure Sheet

2026 LHPO Schedule and Results

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Event 21: Day 2 Table and Seat Draw

January 15, 2026 @ 12:53AM by Mickey Doft

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool: $332,970 | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 128 of 1,009

Flight A: 121 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B: 200 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight C: 211 Entries; 27 Advanced
Flight D: 270 Entries; 34 Advanced
Flight E: 207 Entries; 26 Advanced
Day 2: Thursday at 12 p.m

Table	Seat	First Name	Last Name	City	ST	Chip Count
5	1	Jared	Gable	Boca Raton	FL	286,000
5	2	Barry	Rosenkranz	East Longmeadow	MA	106,000
5	3	Charles	Johnson	Lockport	NY	204,000
5	4	Lautaro	Curi	La Plata		75,000
5	5	Maria	Hernandez	Miami	FL	207,000
5	6	Narimaan	Ahmadi	Alpharetta	GA	224,000
5	7	Mike	Beasley	Weston	FL	94,000
5	8	Dejan	Petkovic	Belgrade		156,000
5	9	Jim	Wyatt	Cary	NC	242,000
6	1	Gerald	Dunn	Paoli	IN	72,000
6	3	Vanna	Tea	San Jose	CA	164,000
6	4	Dennis	Brady	Kalkaska	MI	41,000
6	5	Roberto	Bendeck	Hollywood	FL	333,000
6	6	Rob	Kessler	Coral Springs	FL	105,000
6	7	Brian	Gabriel	Evergreen Park	IL	243,000
6	8	Stephen	Hagar	White Lake	MI	79,000
6	9	Joseph	Hinton	Grand Rapids	MI	82,000
7	1	Nicholas	Ralph	Portsmouth		213,000
7	2	Roberto	Schmeda	Deerfield Beach	FL	48,000
7	3	Shamica	Lamar	Wellington	FL	191,000
7	4	Peter	Shapiro	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	160,000
7	5	Cameron	Cocose	Delray Beach	FL	175,000
7	6	Raymond	Nalbandian	Boynton Beach	FL	142,000
7	7	Steven	Buckner	Weston	FL	433,000
7	8	Aamir	Abedeen	Rochester	NY	330,000
7	9	Kenneth	Bruno	Atlantis	FL	71,000
8	1	Steve	Karp	North Miami Beach	FL	57,000
8	2	Taylor	Pratt	Port St Lucie	FL	210,000
8	3	Eric	Kitain	Sleepy Hollow	NY	95,000
8	4	Lawrence	Klur	Boynton Beach	FL	269,000
8	5	Lior	Rusinek	Boca Raton	FL	271,000
8	6	Amr	Elsheikh	Long Is City	NY	81,000
8	7	Satya	Vegi	Hutto	TX	138,000
8	8	Michael	Painter	Goldsboro	NC	226,000
8	9	Lawrence	Pileggi	Pittsburgh	PA	270,000
13	1	Paxton	White	Traverse City	MI	20,000
13	2	Joel	Diaz	Lehigh Acres	FL	106,000
13	3	Luke	Becker	Boca Raton	FL	50,000
13	4	Frank	Pavia	Toms River	NJ	83,000
13	5	Murray	Greene	Hollywood	FL	44,000
13	6	Devond	Marshall	Miami	FL	237,000
13	7	John	Dobson	Hudson	FL	143,000
13	8	Levi	Berger	Brooklyn	NY	272,000
13	9	Brent	Hoover	Oakland Park	FL	107,000
14	1	Jean-Louis	Santoni	Issy Les Moulineaux		143,000
14	3	Shamil	Garaykhanov	Brooklyn	NY	175,000
14	4	Bradley	Smith	Cutler Bay	FL	312,000
14	5	Ayed	Shweihat	Lapeer	MI	48,000
14	6	Florian	Pesce	Seattle	WA	60,000
14	7	Julian	Wohlgemuth	Boynton Beach	FL	105,000
14	8	Yunlong	Qi	Beijing		183,000
14	9	Aaron	Thivyanathan	St Petersburg	FL	39,000
15	1	Keith	McCormack	Manchester	NH	104,000
15	3	Brandon	Miller	Palm Bay	FL	72,000
15	4	Joseph	Jarboe	Stuart	FL	134,000
15	5	Karanvir	Singh	Sicklerville	NJ	63,000
15	6	Ken	Aldridge	Pleasant Garden	NC	33,000
15	7	Sandy	Sanchez	Parkland	FL	82,000
15	8	David	Singh	West Palm Beach	FL	96,000
15	9	Thomas	Jackson	Thonotosassa	FL	266,000
16	1	George	Fernandez	Doral	FL	168,000
16	2	Gary	Gelman	Brooklyn	NY	84,000
16	3	Sandra	Morse	Hudsonville	MI	179,000
16	4	Joseph	Incatasciato	Lowell	MA	150,000
16	5	Jason	Kwartler	S Fallsburg	NY	98,000
16	6	Pinchas	Chakchakov	Plantation	FL	32,000
16	7	Rebecca	Trianosky	Greeneville	TN	113,000
16	8	Sheldon	Libfeld	Richmond Hill	ON	212,000
16	9	Sharon	Bachar	North Miami Beach	FL	173,000
21	1	Paul	Trianosky	Greeneville	TN	81,000
21	2	Yilmaz	Yosul	Boynton Beach	FL	182,000
21	3	Howard	Mash	Coconut Creek	FL	339,000
21	4	Travell	Thomas	Orchard Park	NY	64,000
21	5	Jason	Rocha	Ft Lauderdale	FL	211,000
21	6	Martha	Dajer	Miami	FL	89,000
21	7	Tanner	Martinelli	Whitsett	NC	95,000
21	8	Kelley	Slay	Jacksonville	FL	17,000
21	9	Sergio	Giha	Miami	FL	72,000
22	1	Christopher	Pehler	Ramsey	MN	242,000
22	2	Edward	Medoff	Margate	FL	305,000
22	3	Alcides	Gomez Ii	Miami	FL	111,000
22	4	Bret	Winograd	New York	NY	168,000
22	5	Abraham	Ramos Padilla	Hialeah	FL	502,000
22	6	Stephen	Gerber	Boca Raton	FL	215,000
22	7	Daniel	Schneider	Lewes	DE	157,000
22	8	Scott	Norman	Weston	FL	67,000
22	9	Mino	Christoulakis	Fort Lauderdale	FL	223,000
23	1	Ariel	Rosello	Pembroke Pnes	FL	104,000
23	3	Paul	Prager	Davie	FL	113,000
23	4	James	Oh	Warwick	RI	106,000
23	5	Dorian	Rios	Las Vegas	NV	121,000
23	6	Chris	Zollo	Boynton Beach	FL	178,000
23	7	Scott	Epstein	Fort Lauderdale	FL	52,000
23	8	Arun	Balasubramanian	Irving	TX	222,000
23	9	Darryll	Fish	Miami	FL	146,000
24	1	Alexander	Charron	Malden	MA	124,000
24	2	Darin	Utley	Cedar Rapids	IA	206,000
24	3	Mitchell	Ellis	Inverness	FL	116,000
24	4	Eldo	Rodriguez	Davie	FL	223,000
24	5	Jesse	Black	Fort Myers	FL	211,000
24	6	Elliot	Kostick	Delray Beach	FL	173,000
24	7	Garry	Gurevich	Vernon Hills	IL	248,000
24	8	Thomas	Peet	Broken Hill		46,000
24	9	Jack	Battaglla	Hollywood	FL	232,000
30	2	Marc	Pelfort	Miami	FL	231,000
30	3	Tomer	Akerman	Aventura	FL	116,000
30	4	Gregory	Baird	Naples	FL	60,000
30	5	Neil	Zonenashvili	Hollywood	FL	565,000
30	6	Pierre-Xavier	Laurent	Tampa	FL	239,000
30	7	Igor	Tretyakov	Lutz	FL	55,000
30	8	Jorge	Gomez	Miami	FL	348,000
30	9	Andrew	Frier	Hollywood	FL	131,000
31	1	Qing	Lu	Walnut	CA	129,000
31	2	Bryan	Ponce Zerna	Guayaquil		126,000
31	3	John	Reading	Coon Rapids	MN	152,000
31	5	Jay	Romano	Boca Raton	FL	500,000
31	6	Mark	Cahill	Chicago	IL	131,000
31	7	Timothy	Miles	Davie	FL	87,500
31	8	Evgeny	Kharchenko	Hallandale Beach	FL	43,000
31	9	Joseph	Esbenshade	Brighton	MA	176,000
32	1	Gary	Fitzgerald	Miami	FL	194,000
32	2	Samuel	Bernstein	Boca Raton	FL	64,000
32	3	David	Shmuel	Miami	FL	86,000
32	4	Mauricio	Fonseca	Sebring	FL	106,000
32	5	Mauricio	Fischmann	Miami	FL	77,000
32	6	Robert	Mantin	Boca Raton	FL	168,000
32	8	Claudius	Ferris	Hollis	NY	195,000
32	9	Steven	Vaserman	East Walpole	FL	214,000

2026 LHPO Live Updates

Event 21: Day 2 Chip Counts

January 15, 2026 @ 12:53AM by Mickey Doft

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool: $332,970 | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 128 of 1,009

Rank	First Name	Last Name	City	ST	Chip Count
1	Neil	Zonenashvili	Hollywood	FL	565,000
2	Abraham	Ramos Padilla	Hialeah	FL	502,000
3	Jay	Romano	Boca Raton	FL	500,000
4	Steven	Buckner	Weston	FL	433,000
5	Jorge	Gomez	Miami	FL	348,000
6	Howard	Mash	Coconut Creek	FL	339,000
7	Roberto	Bendeck	Hollywood	FL	333,000
8	Aamir	Abedeen	Rochester	NY	330,000
9	Bradley	Smith	Cutler Bay	FL	312,000
10	Edward	Medoff	Margate	FL	305,000
11	Jared	Gable	Boca Raton	FL	286,000
12	Levi	Berger	Brooklyn	NY	272,000
13	Lior	Rusinek	Boca Raton	FL	271,000
14	Lawrence	Pileggi	Pittsburgh	PA	270,000
15	Lawrence	Klur	Boynton Beach	FL	269,000
16	Thomas	Jackson	Thonotosassa	FL	266,000
17	Garry	Gurevich	Vernon Hills	IL	248,000
18	Brian	Gabriel	Evergreen Park	IL	243,000
19	Christopher	Pehler	Ramsey	MN	242,000
20	Jim	Wyatt	Cary	NC	242,000
21	Pierre-Xavier	Laurent	Tampa	FL	239,000
22	Devond	Marshall	Miami	FL	237,000
23	Jack	Battaglla	Hollywood	FL	232,000
24	Marc	Pelfort	Miami	FL	231,000
25	Michael	Painter	Goldsboro	NC	226,000
26	Narimaan	Ahmadi	Alpharetta	GA	224,000
27	Mino	Christoulakis	Fort Lauderdale	FL	223,000
28	Eldo	Rodriguez	Davie	FL	223,000
29	Arun	Balasubramanian	Irving	TX	222,000
30	Stephen	Gerber	Boca Raton	FL	215,000
31	Steven	Vaserman	East Walpole	FL	214,000
32	Nicholas	Ralph	Portsmouth		213,000
33	Sheldon	Libfeld	Richmond Hill	ON	212,000
34	Jesse	Black	Fort Myers	FL	211,000
35	Jason	Rocha	Ft Lauderdale	FL	211,000
36	Taylor	Pratt	Port St Lucie	FL	210,000
37	Maria	Hernandez	Miami	FL	207,000
38	Darin	Utley	Cedar Rapids	IA	206,000
39	Charles	Johnson	Lockport	NY	204,000
40	Claudius	Ferris	Hollis	NY	195,000
41	Gary	Fitzgerald	Miami	FL	194,000
42	Shamica	Lamar	Wellington	FL	191,000
43	Yunlong	Qi	Beijing		183,000
44	Yilmaz	Yosul	Boynton Beach	FL	182,000
45	Sandra	Morse	Hudsonville	MI	179,000
46	Chris	Zollo	Boynton Beach	FL	178,000
47	Joseph	Esbenshade	Brighton	MA	176,000
48	Cameron	Cocose	Delray Beach	FL	175,000
49	Shamil	Garaykhanov	Brooklyn	NY	175,000
50	Sharon	Bachar	North Miami Beach	FL	173,000
51	Elliot	Kostick	Delray Beach	FL	173,000
52	George	Fernandez	Doral	FL	168,000
53	Robert	Mantin	Boca Raton	FL	168,000
54	Bret	Winograd	New York	NY	168,000
55	Vanna	Tea	San Jose	CA	164,000
56	Peter	Shapiro	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	160,000
57	Daniel	Schneider	Lewes	DE	157,000
58	Dejan	Petkovic	Belgrade		156,000
59	John	Reading	Coon Rapids	MN	152,000
60	Joseph	Incatasciato	Lowell	MA	150,000
61	Darryll	Fish	Miami	FL	146,000
62	Jean-Louis	Santoni	Issy Les Moulineaux		143,000
63	John	Dobson	Hudson	FL	143,000
64	Raymond	Nalbandian	Boynton Beach	FL	142,000
65	Satya	Vegi	Hutto	TX	138,000
66	Joseph	Jarboe	Stuart	FL	134,000
67	Mark	Cahill	Chicago	IL	131,000
68	Andrew	Frier	Hollywood	FL	131,000
69	Qing	Lu	Walnut	CA	129,000
70	Bryan	Ponce Zerna	Guayaquil		126,000
71	Alexander	Charron	Malden	MA	124,000
72	Dorian	Rios	Las Vegas	NV	121,000
73	Mitchell	Ellis	Inverness	FL	116,000
74	Tomer	Akerman	Aventura	FL	116,000
75	Rebecca	Trianosky	Greeneville	TN	113,000
76	Paul	Prager	Davie	FL	113,000
77	Alcides	Gomez Ii	Miami	FL	111,000
78	Brent	Hoover	Oakland Park	FL	107,000
79	Joel	Diaz	Lehigh Acres	FL	106,000
80	Barry	Rosenkranz	East Longmeadow	MA	106,000
81	Mauricio	Fonseca	Sebring	FL	106,000
82	James	Oh	Warwick	RI	106,000
83	Rob	Kessler	Coral Springs	FL	105,000
84	Julian	Wohlgemuth	Boynton Beach	FL	105,000
85	Keith	McCormack	Manchester	NH	104,000
86	Ariel	Rosello	Pembroke Pnes	FL	104,000
87	Jason	Kwartler	S Fallsburg	NY	98,000
88	David	Singh	West Palm Beach	FL	96,000
89	Tanner	Martinelli	Whitsett	NC	95,000
90	Eric	Kitain	Sleepy Hollow	NY	95,000
91	Mike	Beasley	Weston	FL	94,000
92	Martha	Dajer	Miami	FL	89,000
93	Timothy	Miles	Davie	FL	87,500
94	David	Shmuel	Miami	FL	86,000
95	Gary	Gelman	Brooklyn	NY	84,000
96	Frank	Pavia	Toms River	NJ	83,000
97	Joseph	Hinton	Grand Rapids	MI	82,000
98	Sandy	Sanchez	Parkland	FL	82,000
99	Paul	Trianosky	Greeneville	TN	81,000
100	Amr	Elsheikh	Long Is City	NY	81,000
101	Stephen	Hagar	White Lake	MI	79,000
102	Mauricio	Fischmann	Miami	FL	77,000
103	Lautaro	Curi	La Plata		75,000
104	Gerald	Dunn	Paoli	IN	72,000
105	Sergio	Giha	Miami	FL	72,000
106	Brandon	Miller	Palm Bay	FL	72,000
107	Kenneth	Bruno	Atlantis	FL	71,000
108	Scott	Norman	Weston	FL	67,000
109	Samuel	Bernstein	Boca Raton	FL	64,000
110	Travell	Thomas	Orchard Park	NY	64,000
111	Karanvir	Singh	Sicklerville	NJ	63,000
112	Florian	Pesce	Seattle	WA	60,000
113	Gregory	Baird	Naples	FL	60,000
114	Steve	Karp	North Miami Beach	FL	57,000
115	Igor	Tretyakov	Lutz	FL	55,000
116	Scott	Epstein	Fort Lauderdale	FL	52,000
117	Luke	Becker	Boca Raton	FL	50,000
118	Ayed	Shweihat	Lapeer	MI	48,000
119	Roberto	Schmeda	Deerfield Beach	FL	48,000
120	Thomas	Peet	Broken Hill		46,000
121	Murray	Greene	Hollywood	FL	44,000
122	Evgeny	Kharchenko	Hallandale Beach	FL	43,000
123	Dennis	Brady	Kalkaska	MI	41,000
124	Aaron	Thivyanathan	St Petersburg	FL	39,000
125	Ken	Aldridge	Pleasant Garden	NC	33,000
126	Pinchas	Chakchakov	Plantation	FL	32,000
127	Paxton	White	Traverse City	MI	20,000
128	Kelley	Slay	Jacksonville	FL	17,000

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Event 21: Prize Pool and Payouts; $48,290 to the Mid-Series Multi-Flight Winner

January 15, 2026 @ 12:51AM by Mickey Doft

Event 21 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a mid-series multi-flight $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 1,009 entries produced a prize pool of $332,970. The 128 players that advanced to Day 2 are in the money and guaranteed a min-cash of $660.

Up for the winner is $48,290.

1st: $48,290 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $32,500
3rd: $24,100
4th: $18,100
5th: $13,600
6th: $10,400
7th: $8,000
8th: $6,200
9th-10th: $4,880
11th-12th: $4,260
13th-15th: $3,680
16th-19th: $3,180
20th-23rd: $2,740
24th-31st: $2,340
32nd-39th: $1,980
40th-47th: $1,680
48th-55th: $1,420
56th-63rd: $1,180
64th-75th: $1,000
76th-87th: $840
88th-101st: $720
102nd-128th: $660

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Event 21: Chip Counts Thru Flight D

January 14, 2026 @ 8:41PM by Mickey Doft

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 102 of 1,009

Flight A: 121 Entries; 16 Advanced
Flight B: 200 Entries; 25 Advanced
Flight C: 211 Entries; 27 Advanced
Flight D: 270 Entries; 34 Advanced
Flight E: 207 Entries; TBD Advanced
Day 2: Thursday at 12 p.m.

The Day 2 table and seat draw will be posted following the conclusion of Flight E.

Rank	First Name	Last Name	City	ST	Chip Count
1	Abraham	Ramos Padilla	Hialeah	FL	502,000
2	Jay	Romano	Boca Raton	FL	500,000
3	Steven	Buckner	Weston	FL	433,000
4	Roberto	Bendeck	Hollywood	FL	333,000
5	Aamir	Abedeen	Rochester	NY	330,000
6	Bradley	Smith	Cutler Bay	FL	312,000
7	Edward	Medoff	Margate	FL	305,000
8	Jared	Gable	Boca Raton	FL	286,000
9	Levi	Berger	Brooklyn	NY	272,000
10	Lior	Rusinek	Boca Raton	FL	271,000
11	Lawrence	Pileggi	Pittsburgh	PA	270,000
12	Lawrence	Klur	Boynton Beach	FL	269,000
13	Thomas	Jackson	Thonotosassa	FL	266,000
14	Garry	Gurevich	Vernon Hills	IL	248,000
15	Brian	Gabriel	Evergreen Park	IL	243,000
16	Christopher	Pehler	Ramsey	MN	242,000
17	Jim	Wyatt	Cary	NC	242,000
18	Devond	Marshall	Miami	FL	237,000
19	Jack	Battaglla	Hollywood	FL	232,000
20	Michael	Painter	Goldsboro	NC	226,000
21	Narimaan	Ahmadi	Alpharetta	GA	224,000
22	Mino	Christoulakis	Fort Lauderdale	FL	223,000
23	Eldo	Rodriguez	Davie	FL	223,000
24	Arun	Balasubramanian	Irving	TX	222,000
25	Stephen	Gerber	Boca Raton	FL	215,000
26	Nicholas	Ralph	Portsmouth		213,000
27	Sheldon	Libfeld	Richmond Hill	ON	212,000
28	Jesse	Black	Fort Myers	FL	211,000
29	Jason	Rocha	Ft Lauderdale	FL	211,000
30	Maria	Hernandez	Miami	FL	207,000
31	Darin	Utley	Cedar Rapids	IA	206,000
32	Claudius	Ferris	Hollis	NY	195,000
33	Gary	Fitzgerald	Miami	FL	194,000
34	Shamica	Lamar	Wellington	FL	191,000
35	Yunlong	Qi	Beijing		183,000
36	Yilmaz	Yosul	Boynton Beach	FL	182,000
37	Sandra	Morse	Hudsonville	MI	179,000
38	Chris	Zollo	Boynton Beach	FL	178,000
39	Cameron	Cocose	Delray Beach	FL	175,000
40	Sharon	Bachar	North Miami Beach	FL	173,000
41	Elliot	Kostick	Delray Beach	FL	173,000
42	George	Fernandez	Doral	FL	168,000
43	Robert	Mantin	Boca Raton	FL	168,000
44	Bret	Winograd	New York	NY	168,000
45	Peter	Shapiro	Sunny Isles Beach	FL	160,000
46	Daniel	Schneider	Lewes	DE	157,000
47	Dejan	Petkovic	Belgrade		156,000
48	John	Reading	Coon Rapids	MN	152,000
49	Joseph	Incatasciato	Lowell	MA	150,000
50	Darryll	Fish	Miami	FL	146,000
51	Jean-Louis	Santoni	Issy Les Moulineaux		143,000
52	John	Dobson	Hudson	FL	143,000
53	Raymond	Nalbandian	Boynton Beach	FL	142,000
54	Satya	Vegi	Hutto	TX	138,000
55	Joseph	Jarboe	Stuart	FL	134,000
56	Qing	Lu	Walnut	CA	129,000
57	Alexander	Charron	Malden	MA	124,000
58	Dorian	Rios	Las Vegas	NV	121,000
59	Mitchell	Ellis	Inverness	FL	116,000
60	Rebecca	Trianosky	Greeneville	TN	113,000
61	Brent	Hoover	Oakland Park	FL	107,000
62	Joel	Diaz	Lehigh Acres	FL	106,000
63	Barry	Rosenkranz	East Longmeadow	MA	106,000
64	Mauricio	Fonseca	Sebring	FL	106,000
65	James	Oh	Warwick	RI	106,000
66	Rob	Kessler	Coral Springs	FL	105,000
67	Julian	Wohlgemuth	Boynton Beach	FL	105,000
68	Keith	McCormack	Manchester	NH	104,000
69	Ariel	Rosello	Pembroke Pnes	FL	104,000
70	Jason	Kwartler	S Fallsburg	NY	98,000
71	David	Singh	West Palm Beach	FL	96,000
72	Tanner	Martinelli	Whitsett	NC	95,000
73	Eric	Kitain	Sleepy Hollow	NY	95,000
74	Mike	Beasley	Weston	FL	94,000
75	Martha	Dajer	Miami	FL	89,000
76	Timothy	Miles	Davie	FL	87,500
77	Frank	Pavia	Toms River	NJ	83,000
78	Joseph	Hinton	Grand Rapids	MI	82,000
79	Sandy	Sanchez	Parkland	FL	82,000
80	Paul	Trianosky	Greeneville	TN	81,000
81	Amr	Elsheikh	Long Is City	NY	81,000
82	Stephen	Hagar	White Lake	MI	79,000
83	Lautaro	Curi	La Plata		75,000
84	Gerald	Dunn	Paoli	IN	72,000
85	Sergio	Giha	Miami	FL	72,000
86	Kenneth	Bruno	Atlantis	FL	71,000
87	Scott	Norman	Weston	FL	67,000
88	Samuel	Bernstein	Boca Raton	FL	64,000
89	Travell	Thomas	Orchard Park	NY	64,000
90	Karanvir	Singh	Sicklerville	NJ	63,000
91	Florian	Pesce	Seattle	WA	60,000
92	Steve	Karp	North Miami Beach	FL	57,000
93	Scott	Epstein	Fort Lauderdale	FL	52,000
94	Ayed	Shweihat	Lapeer	MI	48,000
95	Murray	Greene	Hollywood	FL	44,000
96	Evgeny	Kharchenko	Hallandale Beach	FL	43,000
97	Dennis	Brady	Kalkaska	MI	41,000
98	Aaron	Thivyanathan	St Petersburg	FL	39,000
99	Ken	Aldridge	Pleasant Garden	NC	33,000
100	Pinchas	Chakchakov	Plantation	FL	32,000
101	Paxton	White	Traverse City	MI	20,000
102	Kelley	Slay	Jacksonville	FL	17,000

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Event 21 Flight D: Jay Romano and Steve Buckner Lead 34 Survivors

January 14, 2026 @ 8:29PM by Mickey Doft

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 34 of 270

Flight D of Event 21 has come to an end with Jay Romano leading the 34 survivors that advanced to Day 2 with 500,000 (100 big blinds).

Action ended with about 15 minutes remaining in Level 16, with blinds at 3,000-5,000 and a 5,000 ante. Day 2 will begin with blinds at the same point as the starting flight that finished the earliest, which right now is 21 minutes left in Level 14, with blinds of 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted soon, but here are the three players from Flight D who bagged at least 250K:

1. Jay Romano – 500,000 (100 bb)
2. Steve “Cuz” Buckner – 433,000 (87 bb)
3. Larry Klur – 269,000 (54 bb)

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Event 21 Flight D: Larry Klur Sends Remaining the Field Onward to Day 2

January 14, 2026 @ 8:16PM by Mickey Doft

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight D Players Remaining: 34 of 270

Following a flop of , a short-stacked player was all in from middle position for about 50,000 with against Larry Klur in the big blind holding .

The turn and river complete the board, giving Klur a flush to eliminate his opponent and send the remaining field onward to Day 2.

Larry Klur – 269,000 (54 bb)

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Event 21 Flight D: Registration Closed with 270 Entries

January 14, 2026 @ 3:43PM by AlCantHang

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight D Entries: 270

Registration closed for Flight D of the $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 270 entries, putting the combined count at 802 and the prize pool reached $264,660. The last flight is a turbo and starts at 5 pm with late registration available until 8:10 pm.

Flight D will continue until 34 players remain and they will return tomorrow at noon for Day 2. Players must bag chips to cash in the tournament.

Day/Time	Flight	Entries	Advanced
Monday at 2 p.m.	A	121	16
Tuesday at 11 a.m.	B	200	25
Tuesday at 5 p.m.	C	211	27
Weds at 11 a.m.	D	270	TBD
Weds at 5 p.m. (Turbo)	E	—	—
Total		802	68

Chip Counts Through Flight C