$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante
The board read 
when Amir Babakhani bet 32,000 under the gun and Josh Arieh called on the small blind. The river delivered the 
and Babakhani bet 42,500. Arieh called and Babakhani flipped over 
. Arieh mucked his cards and he was down to 166,000 after the hand. Babakhani stacked up 620,000 after the dust settled.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante
It’s getting down to one of biggest moments in the tournament as the money bubble is looming. We are seven eliminations away from the rest of the field cashing in this WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open with 107 left.
We’re inching closer to hand-for-hand play and the tension is building here in the ballroom as the last few players to say goodbye without a trip to the payout window will soon be out.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante
Billy Pilossoph just busted out of the tournament when his A-K failed to connect on a board dealt 7-6-2-4-7 against the pocket queens of his opponent. He was eliminated about a dozen stops from the money.
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 18: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante
Even though Mukul Pahuja has been stealing the spotlight in his family after winning last season’s WPT Player of the Year, no one should be sleeping on his brother Vinny.
Vinny has always been an incredible force on the poker table and is well-known as not only one of the best poker players to grace the tables at Borgata in New Jersey, his poker prowess is now gaining respect around the world. He’s made the final table three times in main events at Borgata and actually has one more major tournament victory than his brother.
It could be Vinny’s time to shine here at Seminole Hard Rock-Hollywood as he currently stands at 460,000 and is looking have his name etched on the WPT Champions Cup.
Busted @WPT @shrpo Lucky Hearts main 50 short of $ w T8c<77 ai on 874cc for a 280k pot. T turn, brick river. Gl good guys still in. #SHRPO
— Matt Stout (@MattStoutPoker) February 9, 2015
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
A seismic shift in chips just took place as a 600,000 chip pot went the way of Jason Koon and sent Scott Efron out the door – voluntarily.
As the hand was recounted, a flop of 
brought a 25,000 bet from Efron and a call from Koon. The 
came on the turn. Efron bet another 25,000, Koon raised to 85,000 and then Efron pushed his 300,000 chip stack into the middle. Koon made the call and after the cards were turned up, Efron showed 
for a set of aces but Koon had 
in the hole for the flush. The 
on the river brought no help and Koon’s victory now propels him and his 640,000 chips stack among the top totals in the tournament.
Efron did still have 6,500 in chips left going into his big blind but decided to let them go and was officially eliminated two hands later.
With that, we’re off to Level 18 of this championship event.
Well,that was sick: 7-2-2-A-3 board . Flatted with 33 from button. Had only 25k invested till River, 4 bet shove &300k later he had 77. Out
— Evan Teitelbaum (@evan_teitelbaum) February 9, 2015
Bustorama from @shrpo MAIN 144th. JJ<AKcc AIPF on 9c7c8d6c5s board. #nextone #reboot
— Raymond Ruszkowski (@DrRayFitness) February 9, 2015
Busto #SHRPO main, ran straight into real straight on KQ49T with a short stack. GL friends still in
— Brian Hastings (@brianchastings) February 9, 2015
$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 2,500/5,000/500 Ante
While the focus is usually at the top of the leaderboard, sometimes keeping an eye on the guys a little lower on the totem pole can be beneficial as well.
Joe Serock, The WPT Season X Player of the Year, is lurking in the weeds right now. Serock started Day 2 as the shortest stack returning with only 13,800 chips. But he now has over twelve times that stack with a very respectable 175,000. The serenity and casual attitude of Serock is paying dividends here in this WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open as he makes a run at this title.
