$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Kelly Minkin took an aggressive approach against Brian Altman and it paid off. She three-bet from the button after Altman opened to 65,000 and they both saw the flop. Altman check-called a 125,000 bet and followed with a check-call of 210,000 after the turn.

The river slowed them both down and Altman confidently rolled over before Minkin tabled for the win to move her over 2,500,000.

Sanjay Gehi continues to put his short stack at risk without callers. He’s three-bet shoved twice more since his first hand move but no-one has looked him up to this point.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

The expected slow grind is upon us with 18 players realizing how close they are to a huge payday. Sanjay Gehi did get frisky on the first hand of play when he moved all-in over a Sergii Baranov open in a blind versus blind battle. Nothing became of it and they moved along.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

It was a quick pace on Day 3 of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship, setting up a potentially long day for the remaining players.

It took less than seven hours of play to drop the field from 78 to 18 players. There were still 45 minutes left in the fifth level of the day when they paused the clock and bagged up their chips.

Mark Dube leads the way once again with Brian Altman not that far behind. Jared Jaffee and Justin Zaki are the two biggest named players remaining and it is anyone’s game at this point with the average stack near 60 big blinds.

They are scheduled to continue play until six players remain and they’ll return tomorrow to play on the WPT livestream.

Table 1
Seat 1: Jon Graham – 1,470,000
Seat 2: David Nowling – 1,100,000
Seat 3: Walter Fisher – 2,300,000
Seat 4: Bruce Kramer – 1,585,000
Seat 5: Jared Jaffee – 2,265,000
Seat 6: Sebastian Ruiz – 555,000
Seat 7: Justin Zaki – 1,335,000
Seat 8: Mark Dube – 4,320,000
Seat 9: Dean Baranowski – 1,345,000

Table 2
Seat 1: Alexander Denisov – 570,000
Seat 2: Sergii Baranov – 2,980,000
Seat 3: Sanjay Gehi – 535,000
Seat 4: Brian Altman – 4,020,000
Seat 5: Panagiotis Nifakos – 1,090,000
Seat 6: Nathan Tuthill – 1,700,000
Seat 7: Kareem Marshall – 305,000
Seat 8: Kelly Minkin – 2,010,000
Seat 9: Greg Rosen – 1,300,000

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Day 3 of the WPT Championship event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open has come to a close and 18 players remain at two final tables in the tournament. Leading the way at the end of play tonight is Mark Dube with 4,320,000. Here is a look at the seating chart and chip counts when they return on Tuesday at noon ET for the penultimate day of the event.

Table 9
Seat 1: Jon Graham – 1,470,000
Seat 2: David Nowling – 1,100,000
Seat 3: Walter Fisher – 2,300,000
Seat 4: Bruce Kramer – 1,585,000
Seat 5: Jared Jaffee – 2,265,000
Seat 6: Sebastian Ruiz – 555,000
Seat 7: Justin Zaki – 1,335,000
Seat 8: Mark Dube – 4,320,000
Seat 9: Dean Baranowski – 1,345,000

Table 10
Seat 1: Alexander Denisov – 570,000
Seat 2: Sergii Baranov – 2,980,000
Seat 3: Sanjay Gehi – 535,000
Seat 4: Brian Altman – 4,020,000
Seat 5: Panagiotis Nifakos – 1,090,000
Seat 6: Nathan Tuthill – 1,700,000
Seat 7: Kareem Marshall – 305,000
Seat 8: Kelly Minkin – 2,010,000
Seat 9: Greg Rosen – 1,300,000

Play was unusually fast today and the day came to a close just after 9 p.m. as a result, despite the fact that the returning field was 78 players. Notable cashes were scored by Noah Schwartz (76th), Erik Cajelais (75th), Andy Frankenberger (71st), Carter Gill (67th), Allen Kessler (60th), Vlad Mezheritsky (59th), Vinny Pahuja (58th), Raj Vohra (47th), Joe Serock (43rd), Zo Karim (39th), Jason Koon (38th), Shannon Shorr (35th), Steve Gross (34th), Amir Babakhani (31st), Tony Cousineau (28th), Nenad Medic (26th), Anthony Zinno (23rd), David Levi (22nd), and Andy Philachack (19th).

Tune back at noon tomorrow to see who makes the final table of this championship event.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

The elimination of Andy Philachack dropped the field to the last two tables and staff are completing a table draw with 18 remaining. Everyone is now guaranteed at least $18,075 for their efforts. Play also came to a close tonight with the elimination of Philachack.

19th: Andy Philachack (Garland, TX) – $14,789
20th: Emerson Ward (Miami, FL) – $14,789
21st: Alberto Rodriguez (Miami, FL) – $14,789
22nd: David Levi (Las Vegas, NV) – $14,789
23rd: Anthony Zinno (Boston, MA) – $14,789
24th: Dominique Mosley (Miami, FL) – $14,789
25th: Rajee Wazwaz (Brooklyn Park, MN) – $14,789
26th: Nenad Medic (Niagara Falls, ON) – $14,789
27th: Fernando Diaz (Miami, FL) – $14,789

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Andy Philachack took a shot thinking he could get Brian Altman off his hand but it turned out it got Philachack off his chair.

On a flop of , Altman fired out 80,000 and Philachack decided to take a stand shoving the rest of his stack in the middle.  Altman didn’t hesitate and made a fast call leaving the table in shock.

Philachack showed for the nut flush draw but Altman already had his with the .  Two red kings ran out on the board and Andy Philachack’s night was over.  He is out of the Championship event in 19th place for $14,789.

With that play has ended for the night with 18 players remaining alive at the Seminole Hard Rock WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Jared Jaffee raised to 60,000 preflop UTG+1 and Sanjay Gehi called on the button. Alberto Rodriguez then reraised all in for 190,000 on the big blind. Both Jaffee and Gehi called and the board was dealt before Jaffee bet 225,000.

Gehi called so they continued to the on the river. Jaffee announced all in and Gehi folded. Rodriguez then revealed but Jaffee held . Jaffee won the pot to grow his stack to 2.39 million and Rodriguez was out in 21st place, good for $14,789.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

The popular David Levi has made his exit in 23rd place.  Levi fired his last 280,000 chips and was called by Mark Dube.

Levi:
Dube:

Unfortunately for Levi, his lead was short-lived after the flop and after the board ran out, so did Levi’s time in our Championship event. Levi collects $14,789 for his performance here in the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

Anthony Zinno was all in preflop under the gun and Dean Baranowski called from middle position. The two players then tabled their hands.

Baranowski:
Zinno:

Board:

Zinno was eliminated on the hand in 23rd place, good for $14,789. Baranowski stacked up 1.35 million after the hand.

$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 25: 15,000/30,000/5,000 Ante

They are back from the dinner break in the WPT Championship event at the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open. Play will continue until we reach the final 18 players, so five more eliminations to go before the end of play.