$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17  of 843

Nadeem Hirani shoved for 400,000 from under the gun and Brian Altman called from the button.

Hiran turned over and was in good shape to double against Altman’s .

The board came Hirani’s pocket kings held to avoid elimination.

Nadeem Hirani – 875,000
Brian Altman – 5,450,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17  of 843

James Calderaro moved all in from the small blind for 730,000 with and was up against Joey Couden’s in the big blind.

The board ran out and Calderaro ended up with two-pair to avoid elimination.

James Calderaro – 1,490,000
Joey Couden – 820,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17  of 843

Here’s a look at the most recent eliminations:

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19  of 843

Jake Schwartz moved all in for 285,000 from middle position with  and  Scott Drobes called form the cutoff with .

It was off to the races as the board came out . Drobes ended up with trip aces to eliminated Schwartz in 20th place.

Scott Drobes – 3,570,000
Jake Schwartz – Eliminated in 20th Place ($20,292)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20  of 843

Ian Gillespie opened to 70,000 from the cutoff and Davian Santana called from the button. Mukul Pahuja shoved from the big blind for 1,205,000.

Gillespie reshoved and Santana got out of the way. Gillespie turned over and was ahead of Pahuja’s ,

The board ran out and Gillespie’s kings held to eliminate Pahuja in 21st place.

Ian Gillespie – 2,660,000
Mukul Pahuja – Eliminated in 21st Place ($16,965)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22  of 843

Brian Altman opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Matt Affleck three-bet to 200,000 from the button. Altman called.

The flop came , Altman checked, and Affleck bet 175,000. Altman called. The turn brought the , Altman checked again and Affleck bet 400,000. Altman called again.

The river was the , Altman checked and Affleck shoved. Altman asked for a count, it was 1,060,000. He used one time extension chip before calling.

Affleck tabled . It was the correct call by Altman as he turned over to eliminate Affleck in 23rd place and extend his lead.

Brian Altman – 6,450,000
Matt Affleck – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23  of 843

With Ryan Remmington’s elimination the remaining players are currently redrawing for the final three tables.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25  of 843

Brian Altman opened to 60,000 and Aaron Rosenthal three-bet shoved for 405,000 from the hijack. Timothy Banks reshoved for 1,590,000 from the small blind and Altman called.

Brian Altman:
Timothy Banks:
Aaron Rosenthal:

The board ran out . Rosenthal spiked a ten to take the lead, and Altman hit an ace to eliminate Banks.

Brian Altman – 4,300,000
Aaron Rosenthal – 1,270,000
Timothy Banks – Eliminated 

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28  of 843

On a flop of , Vitor Coehlo checked, and Vadim Shlez bet 100,000. Chanracy Khun called and Coelho shoved having both of his opponents covered.

Shlez called all in for his short stack as did Khun for around 395,000.

Coehlo had the best of it for the moment with against Shlez’s and Khun’s .

The board ran out , and Khun hit a two-outer to double through Coehlo and knock out Shlez.

Chanracy Khun – 1,500,000
Vitor Coehlo – 430,000
Vadim Shlez – Eliminated in 30th Place ($14,357)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 843

Peter Walsworth opened to 65,000 from late position and Davian Santana shoved for 385,000.

Walsworth called with and was up against Santana’s .

The board ran out and Santana ended up with a pair of aces to avoid elimination.

Davian Santana – 800,000
Peter Walsworth – 1,830,000