Event 25: Brian Hasting Takes One Out

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Remaining Players: 24 of 163

Brian Hastings

UTG+1 was all in preflop on a short stack with AhJc in the hole, and Brian Hastings had him covered holding pocket kings from the small blind.

The final board read 8s6s2d5hQc, and Hastings stacked up 287,000 after collecting the pot.

Brian Hastings – 287,000 (57 bb)

Event 25: Filipp Khavin Busts One

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Remaining Players: 44 of 163

UTG got all in super short preflop with his hopes pinned on AsKs, and Filipp Khavin called to cover him holding pocket sevens from middle position.

The final board read Ad7d3h6h2s, and Khavin took out his opponent to stack up 130,000 after collecting the pot.

Filipp Khavin – 130,000 (43 bb)

Event 25: Mitesh Shere Takes One Out

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Remaining Players: 51 of 163

The small blind was all in extremely short holding Qd8d, and Mitesh Sher had him covered holding pocket kings from the big blind.

The final board read QhJd10c8c9d, and Shere took out his opponent to stack up 275,000 after collecting the pot.

Mitesh Shere – 275,000 (110 bb)

Event 25: Payout Structure

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 25
$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  163
Prize Pool:  $326,000
January 17, 2024

Registration has closed with 163 entries for Event 25 at the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, and that puts the final 21 players in the money for a payday worth a min-cash of $4,245. The eventual champion will take home a top prize of $86,355 along with the LHPO guitar pick trophy.

Here is a look at the full payout structure for the tournament:

1st: $86,355
2nd: $55,900
3rd: $33,440
4th: $20,350
5th: $15,915
6th: $13,025
7th: $11,280
8th: $9,950
9th-10th: $8,665
11th-12th: $7,500
13th-15th: $6,360
16th-18th: $5,280
19th-21st: $4,245

Event 25: Nitis Udornpim Takes One Out

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 12: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Remaining Players: 63 of 163

Nitis Udornpim

UTG+1 got all in with Ad7h in the hole, and Nitis Udornpim woke up holding pocket kings with him covered on the hijack.

The final board read 8h7c5cQh5s, and Udornpim took out his opponent to stack up 248,000 after collecting the pot.

Nitis Udornpim – 248,000 (124 bb)

Event 25: Dan Sepiol Busts One

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Total Entries: 163

Dan Sepiol

A player in early position was all in short holding Ad2d, and Dan Sepiol had him covered holding pocket fours on the cutoff.

The final board read KsJd8h10h6c, and Sepiol took out his opponent to stack up 113,000 after collecting the pot.

Dan Sepiol – 113,000 (75 bb)

Event 25: Brian Hastings Takes One Out

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Total Entries: 151

Brian Hastings

Brian Hastings held 6h6d with a stack of chips that easily covered his opponent, who was all in holding Ah9h. The final board read 5h3d2cJsQd, and Hasting took out his opponent to stack up close to 150,000 after collecting the pot.

Brian Hastings – 149,000 (99 bb)

Event 25: Friendly Faces

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 2:  100/100 with a 100 ante
Entries:  36

Vanessa Kade

The $2,200 Deep Stack field is starting to fill in as we head toward the afternoon hours, a tough field at the start but they are having fun.

Among the early entrants we found Vanessa Kade, Allesio Isaia, David DiBernardi, Paul Domb, Ido Ashkenazi, and Erick Lindgren.

Alessio Isaia
David DiBernardi
Paul Domb

Event 25: Warming Up

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We have a few bigger buy-in events on the schedule today, warming up for the LHPO Championship, which kicks off in a few days. Event 25 gets underway with a $2,200 buy-in Deep Stack NLH tournament, a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool and a two-day structure.

Players start with 25,000 in their stacks and all levels last 30 minutes until they reach the final table. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 11 at 4:45 pm. The 45-minute dinner break is scheduled at 6:45 pm, and they’ll return to play down to the final table.

When the field reaches nine players, they will bag up for the night and return tomorrow at 1 pm to play for the title.

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes; Final table levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 11 (4:45pm)
  • Day 1 will end when nine players remain
  • Event 25 Structure Sheet