$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 318
Stoyan Obreshkov shoves his short stack all in from the button and gets two callers.
David Prociak and the hijack check down the board of 
.
Prociak tables 
, the hijack shows 
, but neither could beat Obreshkov’s 
.
Stoyan Obreshkov – 18,500
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1B Entries: 313
Ryan D’Angelo opened to 800 from early position and got three callers.
The flop came 
, D’Angelo bet 1,200 and got one caller. The turn brought the 
, and D’Angelo bet 3,600. His opponent in middle position called.
The river was the , and D’Angelo bet 10,300. His opponent called and D’Angelo tabled the winning 
flush.
Ryan D’Angelo – 110,000
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries: 281
A player opened from early position, middle position called, and Maria Ho three-bet to 2,800 from the hijack. Jose Parra called from the button as did the her other two opponents.
The flop came 
, it checked to Ho who bet 4,600. Only Parra called.
The turn brought the 
, Ho bet 13,000 and Parra shoved for 34,800. Ho thought about it shortly before calling with 
, two-pair. She needed to improve as Parra tabled , for broadway.
The river was the 
, clean for Parra and he scored the double up.
Jose Parra – 75,000
Maria Ho – 6,900
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries: 249
On a flop of 
, Matt Affleck was racing with 
against his opponent’s 
.
The board came giving Affleck the lead and river made the elimination official.
Matt Affleck – 73,000
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Day 1B Entries: 249
On a flop reading 
, Marvin Rettenmaier bet 7,300 into a pot of around 13,000 from middle position. Carlos Guerrero shoved for 23,000 from the hijack and Rettenmaier called.
Guerrero tabled and needed to improve against Rettenmaier’s .
The turn brought the 
, and the river 
, came clean for Rettenamier and Guerrero was eliminated.
Marvin Rettenmaier – 108,000
Carlos Guerrero – Eliminated
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 227
WPT Seminole Rock n Roll Poker Open Champion Milen Stefanov has recently entered the field. The recent champion earned his name on the trophy this past November after defeating Fabian Gumz heads up. Stefanov took home $545,070 for his victory.
Milen Stefanov – 40,000
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 215
While they were gone on break, the entry count hit 202 to put a combined 625 into the Championship. That was good enough to match the $2,000,000 guarantee and they’ve pushed it higher since they returned.
With late registration available until 9:15 pm, we’re going to see a big number before the end of the day.
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 212
On a board reading 
, Francis Anderson checked from the small blind. Chip leader Randy Haddox bet 11,000 into a pot of 16,000. Anderson called.
The river brought the 
, Anderson checked and Haddox put him in for around 25,000 effective.
Anderson, who finished in 6th place in this past November’s WPT Rock n Roll Poker Open, thought about it for a while before letting it go.
Haddox turned over 
for quad tens to add to his chip lead.
Randy Haddox – 130,000
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries: 211
The first break is complete and cards are back in the air. Rayan Chamas was a big early hand and sits with 101,000 come back which is good enough for the second spot. Randy Maddox pipped him by a single 1K chips and 102,000 is the top count.
$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2: 100/200
Day 1B Entries: 170
A player was all in for 11,300 holding and up against Arkadiy Pervyy-Bakhtin’s .
The board ran out 
and Pervyy-Bakhtin’s wound up with a set of deuces to eliminate his opponent.
Arkadiy Pervyy-Bakhtin – 50,000