$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 15 of 115

During hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble with 16 players remaining, Anthony Zinno raised from the cutoff to 10,000, Tony Utnage moved all in from the small blind for 59,000, and Zinno called with .

Utnage turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Zinno to win the pot and eliminate Utnage on the Money Bubble.

Anthony Zinno  –  133,000  (33 bb)
Tony Utnage  –  Eliminated

The remaining 15 players are all guaranteed at least $2,588 each.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 115

The field in the Purple Chip Bounty event is on the Money Bubble, and they just returned from break to continue playing hand-for-hand. The final 15 players are guaranteed at least $2,588 each.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 15
Seat 1.  Anthony Zinno  –  56,000  (14 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Jaime Wiegrefe  –  69,000  (17 bb)
Seat 4.  Tony Utnage  –  67,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5.  Jeff Hakim  –  83,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6.  Brandon Eisen  –  127,000  (32 bb)
Seat 7.  Adam Adler  –  84,000  (21 bb)
Seat 8.  Brad Coultas  –  114,000  (29 bb)
Seat 9.  Kenneth Frey  –  157,000  (39 bb)

TABLE 22
Seat 1.  Romain Follet  –  109,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2.  Danny Monosson  –  84,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Tony Ruberto  –  103,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5.  Manny Tarich  –  187,000  (47 bb)
Seat 6.  Nick Yunis  –  235,000  (59 bb)
Seat 7.  Corey Burbick  –  112,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8.  Chad Trentacosta  –  172,000  (43 bb)
Seat 9.  Philip Wojtuniecki  –  549,000  (137 bb)

With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 144,000 (36 big blinds).

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 115

The final 18 players have just redrawn for seats at the final two tables, but only 15 of them will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $2,588 each.

Here are some notable chip counts:

Philip Wojtuniecki  –  513,000  (171 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  210,000  (70 bb)
Chad Trentacosta  –  185,000  (62 bb)
Adam Adler  –  145,000  (48 bb)
Jeff Hakim  –  115,000  (38 bb)
Tony Ruberto  –  105,000  (35 bb)
Corey Burbick  –  67,000  (22 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  60,000  (20 bb)
Tony Utnage  –  52,000  (17 bb)

With 18 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 128,000 (43 big blinds). The field will play tonight until the end of Level 17, around 2:00 am.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11: 800/1,600 with a 1,600 ante
Players Remaining: 26 of 115

There was some confusion at Table 16, with some raises and reraises leading Ronit Chamani to think it was an all-in situation, so she called and flipped over her . Thinking Chamani was all in, Chad Trentacosta turned over his hand as well, showing .

When they realized that nobody was actually all in (the last raise was to 31,600, and Chamani still had 16,000 behind), a floorperson was called over for a ruling.

It was ruled that neither player was all in, so for revealing her cards with action pending, Chamani would receive a one-round penalty after the hand. But she would still keep the 16,000 in her stack to see the flop. Trentacosta declared that he was all in dark before the flop.

The flop came , giving both players a gutshot straight draw, and Chamani a backdoor flush draw. But Chamani quickly folded, forfeiting the pot to Trentacosta, adding to his chipleading stack.

Chamani finished the hand with 16,000 in chips and a one-round penalty.

Chad Trentacosta  –  270,000  (169 bb)
Ronit Chamani  –  16,000  (10 bb)

At another table, with the board showing , a player in middle position gets it all in with (pair of kings) against Phil Hui’s (set of threes) in the big blind.

The short-stacked player is drawing dead, and the meaningless river card pairs the board with the . Hui wins the pot with a full house, threes full of kings, to eliminate his opponent and collect another bounty.

Phil Hui  –  183,000  (114 bb) + $500 Bounty

With 26 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 88,500 (55 big blinds).

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 9: 500/1,000
Players Remaining: 43 of 115

After a flop of , Scott Efron was all in with (pair of eights, gutshot straight draw), but he needed to improve to stay alive against Ronit Chamani’s .

The turn card was the , the river was the , and the pocket kings held up for Chamani to win the pot and eliminate Efron from the tournament, claiming the $500 bounty.

Ronit Chamani  –  145,000  (145 bb) + $500 Bounty
Scott Efron  –  Eliminated

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000
Players Remaining: 45 of 115

Registration has closed in the Purple Chip Bounty with 115 entries, creating a total prizepool worth $172,500, with $57,500 of that going toward the purple chip bounties ($500 for every player knocked out), and $115,000 going toward the payouts for the final 15 players.

The final 15 players are guaranteed at least $2,588 each, with $33,922 waiting for the winner, along with a Lucky Hearts Poker Open trophy and a framed winner’s photo courtesy of Image Masters.

Details:

2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 23
$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 115
Prize Pool: $115,000
Bounty Prize Pool: $57,500
January 21-22, 2019

1st:  $33,922 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $20,988
3rd:  $12,535
4th:  $8,050
5th:  $6,095
6th:  $5,060
7th:  $4,370
8th:  $3,853
9th:  $3,393
10th-12th:  $2,990
13th-15th:  $2,588

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000
Players Remaining: 45 of 115

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 100K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard.

1.  Chad Trentacosta  –  190,000  (190 bb)
2.  Philip Wojtuniecki  –  130,000  (130 bb)
3.  Phil Hui  –  120,000  (120 bb)
4.  Nathan Grow  –  108,000  (108 bb)

With 45 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 51,000 (51 big blinds).

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 115

In the last hand before the break, there was a three-way preflop all-in situation involving Phil Hui (under the gun), Jon Turner (UTG+1), and the player in the big blind.

Phil Hui:  
Jon Turner:  
Big Blind:  

The board came — Turner turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Hui won the entire pot with his pocket fours to eliminate both players and collect two bounties in the same hand.

Phil Hui  –  120,000  (120 bb) + $1,000 in Bounties
Jon Turner  –  Eliminated

That was the last hand before the break, and registration closes at the end of the break.

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

The clock is ticking down on the series but we have some more big money games for those looking for some action. The second bounty tournament of the day starts at 3pm in the Event Center and it will be nice one.

Event 23 has a $1,650 buy-in with $500 purple chips as a bounty on their heads. They’ll sit down to 20,000 starting stack and the first eight levels will run 30 minutes. Registration and re-entries will close when they return for Level 9 and levels will increase to 40 minutes. Day 1 will come to an end after Level 17 and those with chips will return for Day 2 tomorrow.

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 30 minutes; Levels 8+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 17 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 23 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 22 – $360 Big Stack Black Chip Bounty (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 22 Structure Sheet

12PM: Day 3 – $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event

• WPTDeepStacks Day 3 Counts and Seats
• WPTDeepStacks Payouts

2PM: Event 21 Day 2 – $2,500 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• Event 21 Day 2 Counts and Seats
• Event 21 Payouts

3PM: Event 23 Day 1 – $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 30 minutes; Levels 8+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 17 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 23 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 20 Day 1B – $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips with 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Single ante will be paid from the big blind for the entire table
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 20 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 66 – $200 Event 23 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• 2 seats guaranteed into $1,650 Purple Chip Bounty Event 23
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 66 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 67 – $200 Event 25 Satellite (1-in-10))

• 2 seats guaranteed into LHPO Event 25 plus $600 in cash
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 7
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 67 Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 68 – $200 Event 25 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10))

• 2 seats guaranteed into LHPO Event 25 plus $600 in cash
• Players begin with 8,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 68 Structure Sheet