2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 42
$400 Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO Mix
Entries:  101
Prize Pool:  $23,230
Bounty Prize Pool:  $10,100
January 17, 2026

Event 42 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha Mix. A field of 101 entries generated a prize pool of $23,230, with an additional $10,100 set aside for bounties. The final 13 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $640.

Up top for the winner is $7,015.

1st:  $7,015 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $4,355
3rd:  $2,670
4th:  $1,745
5th:  $1,360
6th:  $1,085
7th:  $925
8th:  $805
9th:  $710
10th-13th:  $640

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  492

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a big blind ante of 1,000.

Here are the top six chip counts from the dinner break:

1.  Zak VanKeuren  –  238,700  (239 bb)
2.  Kurt Krainski  –  210,200  (210 bb)
3.  Todd Nichols  –  209,900  (210 bb)
4.  Keith Stahl  –  209,200  (209 bb)
5.  Maxwell Young  –  204,000  (204 bb)
6.  Frank Lagodich  –  200,900  (201 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the next break (around 9:15 pm). Today’s field is up to 492 entries, for a tournament total of 1,120. The prizepool is worth more than $3.58 million, and has another two hours to grow.

The field is playing 10 one-hour levels today, and action is scheduled to end around 11:15 pm.

$300 WPT Wildcard Lightning Stack
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Getting creative with LHPO Event 43 at 6 pm and it will have a lot of action from start to finish. This is a $300 WPT Wildcard Lightning Stack tournament and 15-second Action Clocks will be in play from the start.

They’ll start with huge 40K stacks and all levels last 20 minutes for the one-day trophy event. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 9:30 pm.

Come out and have some fun!

• Players begin with 40,000 in chips
• Levels last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (9:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 43 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  474

Level 6 ended and tournament staff sent players on a 90-minute dinner break until 7 pm. They will return to play two more levels, plus a break, before registration closes at 9:15 pm.

The current entry count sits at 1,102 for the Championship and the prize pool is over $3.5 million.

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 40
$600 Limit Omaha 8
Entries:  60
Prize Pool:  $31,200
January 17, 2026

Registration closed for the $600 Limit Omaha 8 tournament with 60 entries, creating a prize pool worth $31,200. The last eight players will earn some money with $1,125 for a min-cash and $11,205 for the Event 40 champ.

1st: $11,205 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $6,625
3rd: $4,135
4th: $2,805
5th: $2,185
6th: $1,715
7th: $1,405
8th: $1,125

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 41
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  134
Prize Pool:  $50,000
January 17, 2026

Registration closed for the $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 134 entries, just shy of the $50,000 guarantee and we will be paying out the full amount. The last 19 players will make the money with $875 for a min-cash and $13,675 up top.

1st: $13,675 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $8,750
3rd: $5,150
4th: $3,125
5th: $2,425
6th: $2,005
7th: $1,750
8th: $1,565
9th: $1,380
10th-12th: $1,200
13th-15th: $1,025
16th-19th: $875

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  397

Action is back underway in Flight B of the LHPO Championship with nearly 400 entries here and hours and hours to go before we close registration.

Russell Dizer is the new leader in the field, sitting with 183,900, followed by Maxwell Young, Asher Neaman, and Howard Mash.

1.  Russell Dizer  –  183,900  (307 bb)
2.  Maxwell Young  –  179,100  (299 bb)
3.  Asher Neaman  –  167,600  (279 bb)
4.  Howard Mash  –  156,300  (261 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1B Entries:  387

Players will soon head on their second break and return to a growing prize pool approaching $3.5 million.

We found local favorite Johnny Bromberg in today’s field, celebrating his birthday with some LHPO Championship action. Bromberg owns four major SHRP titles, two during last year’s Showdown series, plus more than a dozen tournament wins in the Poker Room.

Happy Birthday, Johnny!

$400 Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO Mix
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Bounties and a mix game are next up on the schedule with LHPO Event 42 at 3 pm. We have a $400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha tournament, rotating games between the two.

Players start with 25K deep stacks and the first six levels last 20 minutes before going up to 30. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 19 at 7 pm.

• Players begin with 25,000 in chips
• Levels 1-6 last 20 minutes; Levels 7+ last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (7:00pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 42 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries:  310

Turns out it didn’t take too long at all.

30 minutes into the new level and the Flight B entry count hit 310 to put the combined total at 938. The prize pool officially surpassed the $3,000,000 guarantee but we aren’t done yet.

The number will continue to climb until we close registration at 9:15 pm.