$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 41

Anthony Zinno got it all in from the cutoff for 138,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Jonathan Jaffe in the small blind.

The board came — Zinno flopped two pair to Jaffe’s club flush, and Zinno improved no further. Jaffe won the pot with his flush to eliminate Zinno in 13th place.

Jonathan Jaffe  –  495,000  (83 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  Eliminated in 13th Place

And the recent eliminations:

Andy Andrejevic  –  Eliminated
Jim Collopy  –  Eliminated
Lazaro Hernandez  –  Eliminated

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 342,000 (57 big blinds), and the field is playing down to the money tonight (seven players).

2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 25
$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  41
Prize Pool:  $1,012,700
January 20-21, 2020

Registration has closed for the $25,500 High Roller, and with 41 entries, the total prizepool is worth $1,012,700.

The final seven players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $40,508, while the winner will earn $364,571.

1st:  $364,571
2nd:  $232,921
3rd:  $146,842
4th:  $101,270
5th:  $70,889
6th:  $55,699
7th:  $40,508

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 41

There were three entries during the dinner break to bump the total field to 41, which clears the $1 million guarantee. The prizepool should be released soon.

So there were 18 players in the field after dinner, but Fred Goldberg (18th place) and Ryan Riess (17th place) were eliminated fairly quickly, so there was a redraw for seats at the final two tables.

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Joe Cada
Seat 2.  Jonathan Jaffe
Seat 3.  Kevin Rabichow
Seat 4.  Lazaro Hernandez
Seat 5.  Ping Liu
Seat 6.  Alex Turyansky
Seat 7.  Anthony Zinno
Seat 8.  Andy Andrejevic

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Dovid Lakein
Seat 2.  Byron Kaverman
Seat 3.  Arkadiy Tsinis
Seat 4.  Ali Imsirovic
Seat 5.  Giuseppe Iadisernia
Seat 6.  Jared Jaffee
Seat 7.  Jim Collopy
Seat 8.  Maria Ho

Alex Turyansky was down to just 10K on the dinner break, but he’s making a bit of a comeback.

He got his stack up to 35K before moving all in UTG+1. Lazaro Hernandez called from the big blind with , and Turyansky turned over .

The board came — Turyansky paired his ten on the flop, Hernandez turned a flush draw and a straight draw, and Turyansky rivered two pair to win the pot and double up in chips.

Alex Turyansky  –  78,000  (16 bb)
Lazaro Hernandez  –  290,000  (58 bb)

With 16 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 256,000 (51 big blinds).

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  38

The stacks were counted down while the players were on break and we found Kevin Rabichow leading the way. The Chicago native is up to 555,000 and has a nice chip advantage over the rest of the field. Ping Liu sits in second followed by Maria Ho in third.

The table lineup has been updated with counts followed a list sorted by stacks.

Table 80
Seat 1: Kevin Rabichow – 555,000 (111 bb)
Seat 2: Arkadiy Tsinis – 123,000 (25 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Alex Turyansky – 10,000 (2 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Jonathan Jaffe – 344,000 (69 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Maria Ho – 402,000 (80 bb)

Table 89
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Andy Andrejevic – 81,000 (16 bb)
Seat 3: Fred Goldberg – 61,000 (12 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Lazaro Hernandez – 282,000 (56 bb)
Seat 6: Giuseppe Iadisernia – 284,000 (57 bb)
Seat 7: Jared Jaffee – 288,000 (58 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 90
Seat 1: Ryan Riess – 104,000 (21 bb)
Seat 2: Ali Imsirovic – 255,000 (51 bb)
Seat 3: Ping Liu – 424,000 (85 bb)
Seat 4: Joe Cada – 351,000 (70 bb)
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Anthony Zinno – 237,000 (47 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: — Empty —

By chip counts:

1. Kevin Rabichow – 555,000 (111 bb)
2. Ping Liu – 424,000 (85 bb)
3. Maria Ho – 402,000 (80 bb)
4. Joe Cada – 351,000 (70 bb)
5. Jonathan Jaffe – 344,000 (69 bb)
6. Jared Jaffee – 288,000 (58 bb)
7. Giuseppe Iadisernia – 284,000 (57 bb)
8. Lazaro Hernandez – 282,000 (56 bb)
9. Ali Imsirovic – 255,000 (51 bb)
10. Anthony Zinno – 237,000 (47 bb)
11. Arkadiy Tsinis – 123,000 (25 bb)
12. Ryan Riess – 104,000 (21 bb)
13. Andy Andrejevic – 81,000 (16 bb)
14. Fred Goldberg – 61,000 (12 bb)
15. Alex Turyansky – 10,000 (2 bb)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  38

Level 9 came to an end and the 15 remaining High Rollers are taking a 90-minute dinner break at fabulous Kuro located in the casino.

When they return at 8pm, registration will close and we will know how the prizes stack up.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  38

The entry count quickly jumped up to 38 when High Roller specialist Andy Andrejevic made his first appearance and Arkadiy Tsinis and Steven Veneziano are taking another shot.

Below is the current lineup and we will grab counts when they head to dinner in 10 minutes.

Table 80
Seat 1: Kevin Rabichow
Seat 2: Arkadiy Tsinis
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Alex Turyansky
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Jonathan Jaffe
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Maria Ho

Table 89
Seat 1: Steven Veneziano
Seat 2: Andy Andrejevic
Seat 3: Fred Goldberg
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Lazaro Hernandez
Seat 6: Giuseppe Iadisernia
Seat 7: Jared Jaffee
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 90
Seat 1: Ryan Riess
Seat 2: Ali Imsirovic
Seat 3: Ping Liu
Seat 4: Joe Cada
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Anthony Zinno
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: — Empty —

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Entries:  31

The blinds are up and the entry count jumped a couple spots as well. WSOP bracelet winner Fred Goldberg moved from the Championship to the High Roller and Ryan Riess had to reload to continue his High Roller run.

SHRP regular Arkadiy Tsinis is grinding his way through the High Roller as well. The WSOP bracelet champ (and four-time WSOP Circuit ring winner) is more than holding his own against a table of High Roller specialists.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  29

The second break is complete and we have a new leader. Ali Imsirovic took the top spot with 369,000 with Mario Ho (315,000), Joe Cada (300,000), Giuseppe Iadisernia (285,000), and Ping Lui (280,000) rounding out the top five.

We had three new stacks put in play as Steven Veneziano bought in and Darren Elias and Lazaro Hernandez reloaded.

They will play three more levels before enjoying a 90-minute dinner break.

Table 80
Seat 1: Kevin Rabichow – 155,000 (52 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Joe Cada – 300,000 (100 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Arkadiy Tsinis – 160,000 (53 bb)
Seat 7: Anton Wigg – 224,000 (75 bb)
Seat 8: Maria Ho – 315,000 (105 bb)

Table 89
Seat 1: Darren Elias – 100,000 (33 bb)
Seat 2: Ping Liu – 280,000 (93 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Steven Veneziano – 100,000 (33 bb)
Seat 5: Lazaro Hernandez – 100,000 (33 bb)
Seat 6: Giuseppe Iadisernia – 285,000 (95 bb)
Seat 7: Jared Jaffee – 71,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 90
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Ali Imsirovic – 369,000 (123 bb)
Seat 3: Jonathan Jaffe – 152,000 (51 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Byron Kaverman – 49,500 (17 bb)
Seat 6: Anthony Zinno – 146,000 (49 bb)
Seat 7: Ayman Qutami – 71,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Entries:  23

As the WPT LHPO Championship loses talent, the High Roller picks it up. The most recent to join was four-time WPT champ Darren Elias after dropping out of the Championship in 32nd place. Now he’s in the High Roller trying to run up a stack.

One who’s already done that is Maria Ho. Our 2019 WPT Poker Showdown final table member is up to 257,500 from her starting 100K stack.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Entries:  21

The blinds are up along with the entry. WPT Season XIII Player of the Year Anthony Zinno would much rather be playing deep into the WPT LHPO Championship but he fell short of the final table with a 38th place finish. He took some time to regroup then entered the High Roller with a chance for a double cash day.

On the other side, Joe McKeehen’s first shot at the High Roller fell short and the 2015 WSOP Main Event champ is trying again.