$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  390

Brian Altman opened to 1,200 from under the gun, defending champion Darryll Fish called from middle position, as did both blinds.

The flop c ame , it checked to Fish who bet 2,000. Only the small blind called.

The turn brought the , it checked to Fish who bet 5,000 winning himself the pot.

Darryll Fish – 80,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  390

The players return from break to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 300-600 and a 600 ante.

A scan of the field during dinner turned up six players with at least 155K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Michael Newman  –  198,700  (331 bb)
2.  Brad Coultas  –  186,700  (311 bb)
3.  Peter Nigh  –  179,700  (300 bb)
T4.  Brian Batt  –  173,600  (289 bb)
T4.  Trung Tran  –  173,600  (289 bb)
6.  Ryan Remington  –  163,600  (273 bb)
7.  Hiro Harada  –  161,300  (269 bb)
8.  T.K. Miles  –  159,700  (266 bb)
9.  Brian Altman  –  159,600  (266 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (about 9:15 pm). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  383

Level 6 comes to an end, and the players take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume at 7:00 pm.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (about 9:15 pm). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Entries:  383

After a flop of , Marvin Rettenmaier was short stacked and all in under the gun with (seven high), and he needed to improve to stay alive against the (eight high) of Jerry Wong in the big blind.

The turn card was the , and the river card was the . Rettenmaier spiked a six on the river to stay alive and double up in chips.

Marvin Rettenmaier  –  5,500  (11 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  115,000  (230 bb)

The next hand, Patrick Serda raised under the gun to 1,200, Athanasios Polychronopoulos moved all in from middle position for about 10,000, and Ami Alibay called from the hijack. Marvin Rettenmaier called all in from the big blind for 5,000, and Serda folded.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Ami Alibay:  
Athanasios Polychronopoulos:  
Marvin Rettenmaier:  

The board came — Polychronopoulos turned a gutshot straight draw, but that was as close as anyone go to Alibay, who flopped a set of kings. Alibay knocked out both players just a few minutes before the dinner break.

Ami Alibay  –  80,000  (160 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos  –  Eliminated
Marvin Rettenmaier  –  Eliminated

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (in just a few minutes), and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (about 9:15 pm). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Entries:  380

After a flop of , Cord Garcia (UTG) and the player in the cutoff put in 2,400 each, and a third player folds from one of the blinds.

The turn card was the , Garcia checked, the cutoff bet 4,700, and Garcia check-raised to 11,200. The player in the cutoff moved all in, and Garcia snap-called all in for 38,600 with for trip trees.

The cutoff turned over , and Garcia needed to avoid a queen on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Garcia won the pot with his trip threes to double up in chips.

Cord Garcia  –  85,000  (170 bb)

At another table, Jonathan Jaffe raised from the hijack to 1,100, the player in the cutoff reraised to 3,100, and Anton Wigg cold-four-bet it from the button to 8,000.

Jaffe folded, and the player in the cutoff thought for a while before he folded as well. Wigg took the pot to reach 68K.

Anton Wigg  –  68,000  (136 bb)

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (about 5:30 pm), and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (about 9:15 pm). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries:  363

Mark Dube called his opponents all in for 7,000 with and was up against .

The board ran out and Dube, who just recently won the $400 Deep Stack Event, scored the knockout.

Mark Dube – 70,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries:  351

A player limped under the gun for 400, the UTG+1 player limped for 400, and Mike Chiappetta raised from middle position to 1,600. The small blind called, the big blind called, and the UTG player moved all in for 7,100.

Everyone folded except for Chiappetta and the player in the big blind, who both called. Any further betting would create a side pot.

The flop came , the big blind checked, Chiappetta bet 5,000, and the big blind folded.

The UTG player showed for a gutshot straight draw, and he needs to improve to stay alive against Chiappetta’s (two pair, queens and eights).

The turn card was the , and Chiappetta clinched the pot with a full house. The meaningless river card was the , and the UTG player was eliminated.

Mike Chiappetta  –  83,000  (208 bb)

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (about 5:30 pm), and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (about 9:15 pm). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries:  342

Matt Waxman opens to 900, Roman Korenev who finished in fourth place for $194,605 in the past November’s WPT Seminole Rock n Roll Poker Open, called from late position, as does Mike Sowers.

All three players checked the flop. The turn brought the , and Waxman bet 1,600 winning himself the pot.

Matt Waxman – 53,000
Roman Korenev – 80,000
Mike Sowers – 52,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries:  335

The players return from break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 200-400 and a 400 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 130K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Michael Newman  –  151,100  (378 bb)
T2.  Zachary Caspe  –  146,200  (366 bb)
T2.  Alan Schein  –  146,200  (366 bb)
4.  Kenneth Frey  –  134,200  (336 bb)
5.  Darren Elias  –  132,800  (332 bb)

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (about 5:30 pm), and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (about 9:15 pm). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Entries:  319

In a battle of the blinds on a flop of , Curt Kohlberg checks to Brock Wilson who bets 2,000 into a pot of 1,900.  Kohlberg calls.

Both players checked the on the turn. The river brought the , Kohlberg checked and Wilson bet 5,200.

Kohlberg thought about it awhile before calling. Wilson tabled but was no good against Kohlberg’s .

Curt Kohlberg – 135,000
Brock Wilson – 30,000