$5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $549,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 117

Leandro Bianchini raised all in for 210,000 in the cutoff and Randall Emmett isolated the action from the button with , leading Bianchini’s .

The board ran out , no help to Bianchini, ending his tournament in fourth place.

Randall Emmett  –  780,000  (26 bb)
Leandro Bianchini  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($53,000)

With three players remaining from the field of 117 entries, the average stack is about 780,000 (26 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $70,000.

$5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $549,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 117

Randall Emmett limped in for 30,000 in the cutoff, Elior Sion raised to 110,000 from the button, Peter Cross called all in for 65,000 in the big blind, and Emmett folded.

Sion: 
Cross: 

The board came , giving Sion kings full of eights to eliminate Cross in fifth place.

Elior Sion  –  810,000  (27 bb)
Randall Emmett  –  540,000  (18 bb)
Peter Cross  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($39,500)

With four players remaining from the field of 117 entries, the average stack is about 585,000 (20 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $53,000.

$5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $549,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 117

Seat 1.  Elior Sion  –  915,000  (37 bb)
Seat 2.  Justin Liberto  –  335,000  (13 bb)
Seat 3.  Peter Cross  –  340,000  (14 bb)
Seat 4.  Leandro Binachini  – 380,000  (15 bb)
Seat 5.  Randall Emmett  –  370,000  (15 bb)

With five players remaining from the field of 117 entries, the average stack is about 470,000 (19 bb).

1st:  $141,300 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $95,000
3rd:  $70,000
4th:  $53,000
5th:  $39,500

6th:  Maksim Pisarenko  –  $30,500
7th:  Aram Zobian  –  $23,300
8th:  Paul Fisher  –  $18,100
9th:  David McGowan  –  $14,200
10th:  Natasha Mercier  –  $14,200
11th:  Brandon Wilson  –  $11,300
12th:  Jeremy Becker  –  $11,300
13th:  Larry Pileggi  –  $9,400
14th: James Carroll  –  $9,400
15th: Jonathan Tamayo  –  $9,400

$5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $549,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 117

Peter Cross raised to 40,000 from the button, Maksim Pisarenko reraised all in for about 95,000 in the small blind, and Cross called with , leading Pisarenko’s .

The board came , no help to Pisarenko, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Peter Cross  –  375,000  (19 bb)
Maksim Pisarenko  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($30,500)

With five players remaining from the field of 117 entries, the average stack is about 470,000 (24 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $39,500.

$5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $549,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 117

Elior Sion raised to 30,000 in middle position, Justin Liberto three-bet to 75,000 in the hijack, Aram Zobian called all in for about 35,000 in the big blind, and Sion called.

The board was checked down and Sion’s was best, ending Zobian’s tournament in seventh place.

Elior Sion  –  1,120,000  (75 bb)
Justin Liberto  –  345,000  (23 bb)
Aram Zobian  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($23,300)

With six players remaining from the field of 117 entries, the average stack is about 390,000 (26 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $30,500.

$5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $549,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 117

Paul Fisher was all in for 10,000 in the small blind with against Maksim Pisarenko in the big blind holding .

The board came , no help to Fisher, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Maksim Pisarenko  –  170,000  (11 bb)
Paul Fisher  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($18,100)

With seven players remaining from the field of 117 entries, the average stack is about 335,000 (22 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $23,300.

$5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $549,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 117

Seat 1.  Elior Sion  –  1,000,000  (67 bb)
Seat 2.  Justin Liberto  –  380,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Peter Cross  –  160,000  (11 bb)
Seat 4.  Paul Fisher  –  40,000  (3 bb)
Seat 5.  Maksim Pisarenko  –  160,000  (11 bb)
Seat 6.  Leandro Binachini  –  225,000  (15 bb)
Seat 7.  Aram Zobian  –  50,000  (3 bb)
Seat 8.  Randall Emmett  –  400,000  (27 bb)

With eight players remaining from the field of 117 entries, the average stack is about 295,000 (20 big blinds).

1st:  $141,300 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $95,000
3rd:  $70,000
4th:  $53,000
5th:  $39,500
6th:  $30,500
7th:  $23,300
8th:  $18,100

9th:  David McGowan  –  $14,200
10th:  Natasha Mercier  –  $14,200
11th:  Brandon Wilson  –  $11,300
12th:  Jeremy Becker  –  $11,300
13th:  Larry Pileggi  –  $9,400
14th: James Carroll  –  $9,400
15th: Jonathan Tamayo  –  $9,400

$5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $549,900  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 117

Elior Sion raised to 20,000 from the cutoff and Peter Mugar was already forced all in for 10,000 in the big blind.

Sion: 
Mugar: 

The board came , no help to Mugar, ending his tournament on the money bubble.

Elior Sion  –  530,000  (53 bb)
Peter Mugar  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

When the tournament reaches a final table, we’ll have a lineup with chip counts.

$800 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $310,905  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 441

Seat 1.  Travell Thomas  –  330,000  (6 bb)
Seat 2.  James Anderson  –  970,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3.  Megan Collins  –  555,000  (9 bb)
Seat 4.  Chad Wassmuth  –  1,185,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Joseph Palma  –  3,335,000  (56 bb)
Seat 6.  Matthew Davenport  –  2,300,000  (38 bb)
Seat 7.  Alexander Charron  –  920,000  (15 bb)
Seat 8.  Eugene Katchalov  –  970,000  (16 bb)
Seat 9.  Florian Pesce  –  465,000  (8 bb)

1st:  $54,305 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $37,000
3rd:  $27,500
4th:  $20,600
5th:  $15,600
6th:  $11,900
7th:  $9,100
8th:  $7,100
9th:  $5,600

2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 58
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  309
Prize Pool:  $46,350
Bounty Prize Pool:  $30,900
January 20, 2026

Event 58 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was The Closer– a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 309 entries generated a prize pool of $46,350, with an additional $30,900 set aside for bounties. The final 39 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $355.

Up top for the winner is $9,425, along with a $3,500 seat into the WPT Poker Showdown Championship in April.

1st:  $9,425 + $3,500 WPT Showdown Seat + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,890
3rd:  $4,670
4th:  $2,880
5th:  $2,225
6th:  $1,840
7th:  $1,545
8th:  $1,270
9th:  $1,025
10th-12th:  $855
13th-15th:  $725
16th-18th:  $605
19th-21st:  $495
22nd-24th:  $405
25th-39th:  $355