$600 Forty-Forty-Forty 40+ NLH
$40,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries: 174
Level 9 comes to an end, and the players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 6:15 pm.
There are 174 entries in the field so far, and with 63 players remaining at the dinner break, the average chip stack is around 110,500 (37 big blinds). Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the dinner break (6:15 pm).
$600 Forty-Forty-Forty 40+ NLH
$40,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 137
The $600 Forty-Forty-Forty field is having a great time and players are turning up for the big one-day trophy event with all the 40s and made up of those 40 or older.
It’s a good time and they are building a nice prize. They crushed the $40,000 guarantee a long time ago and are working on doubling it before registration closes at 6:15 pm.
Some familiar faces on that side of the room include Solange Lucas, Raminder Singh, Ryan Gianquitti, Paul Balzano, Sean Phillippi (check his ID), Judy Bielan, David Moses (someone check his ID too), Pasquale Caiazza, Eric Kolodny, and Nancy Birnbaum.
$600 Forty-Forty-Forty 40+ NLH
$40,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Entries: 40
Add another 40 to the fun theme of this new event, when the 40th entry hit the field midway through Level 1.
That gets them more than halfway to the $40,000 guarantee with registration open until 6:15 pm. There’s plenty of time to get down here and join the fun.
$600 Forty-Forty-Forty 40+ NLH
$40,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/200 with a 200 ante
Brand spanking new tournament hits the schedule this morning at 11 am with Showdown Event 27. A fun structure called the Forty-Forty-Forty 40+ with a $600 buy-in.
It has a $40,000 guaranteed prize pool, 40K starting stacks, and 40-minute levels from start to finish. You also need to be 40 or older to participate and late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 6:15 pm.
Come check it out!
Primary Event Schedule
10AM: Event 23 Day 1C – $800 Platinum Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
11AM: Event 27 – $600 Forty-Forty-Forty 40+ NLH (Re-Entry)
2PM: Event 28 – $1,100 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)
3PM: Event 29 – $400 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw (Re-Entry)
5PM: Event 23 Day 1D – $800 Platinum Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
6PM: Event 30 – $400 Deep Stack Eight-Handed PLO (Re-Entry)
Secondary and Satellite Schedule
1PM: $200 Multi-Event Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)
8PM: $550 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-7)
2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 27
$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 108
Prize Pool: $216,000
January 14-15, 2026
There were 108 entries in the two-day $2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em event, generating a prizepool worth $216,000 to beat the $200K guarantee. They played down to the final eight on Day 1, and then returned on Day 2 to play to a winner.
With the heads-up chip lead, Asher Neaman agreed to an even chop with Fred Goldberg, and as chipleader, Neaman was awarded the title and the trophy. They both earned $47,000.
Neaman actually started today’s final table as the short stack with just 12 big blinds. But he doubled thru Martins Adeniya in the first 15 minutes, and then about half an hour later Neaman knocked out Adeniya in eighth place. Neaman’s 
held up against Adeniya’s 
.
And that set up the key hand of the final table for Neaman, when he and Alex Yen got it all in from the blinds with nearly identical stacks. Neaman had 
, and he’d have been knocked down to just two chips (less than a big blind) if he couldn’t improve against Yen’s 
.
But the board came 
, and Neaman rivered a five-high straight to win the pot, eliminating Yen in seventh place and catapulting up near the top of the leaderboard.
Neaman went on to eliminate Matt Lambrecht in fifth place and Andrew Ostapchenko in third place to get heads-up with Fred Goldberg. Neaman started heads-up play with a 1.5-to-1 lead, and after Goldberg won a few small pots to narrow the gap, they agreed to an even chop to end the tournament.
As chipleader, Neaman was awarded the title and the trophy, his first trophy here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.
RESULTS:
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asher | Neaman | $47,000* |
| 2 | Fred | Goldberg | $47,000* |
| 3 | Andrew | Ostapchenko | $28,000 |
| 4 | Sun | Choi | $20,900 |
| 5 | Matt | Lambrecht | $15,800 |
| 6 | Shane | Santacroce | $12,000 |
| 7 | Alex | Yen | $9,300 |
| 8 | Martins | Adeniya | $7,200 |
| 9 | John | Hunschofsky | $5,600 |
| 10 | Luke | Graham | $5,600 |
| 11 | Stoyan | Madanzhiev | $4,800 |
| 12 | Jason | McQueer | $4,800 |
| 13 | Scott | Bohlman | $4,000 |
| 14 | Brian | Brunner | $4,000 |
* Indicates the results of a heads-up chop.
$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool: $216,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 108
After a few small pots of heads-up play, Asher Neaman and Fred Goldberg agreed to an even chop of the remaining prizepool. (Neaman seemed eager to jump into the field of Event 28, Deep Stack PLO.)
As chipleader, Neaman was declared the winner, receiving the title and the trophy. Here are the final table payouts:
1st: Asher Neaman – $47,000* + LHPO Trophy
2nd: Fred Goldberg – $47,000*
3rd: Andrew Ostapchenko – $28,000
4th: Sun Choi – $20,900
5th: Matt Lambrecht – $15,800
6th: Shane Santacroce – $12,000
7th: Alex Yen – $9,300
8th: Martins Adeniya – $7,200
Congratulations to Asher Neaman!
* Indicates the results of a heads-up chop.
$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool: $216,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 108
Asher Neaman raised from the button to 50,000, Andrew Ostapchenko moved all in from the big blind for about 380,000, and Neaman quickly called with 
.
Ostapchenko turned over 
, and needed to improve to stay alive.
The board came 
, and the pocket tens hold up for Neaman to win the pot and eliminate Ostapchenko in third place.
Andrew Ostapchenko – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($28,000)
And here are the official chip counts for the start of heads-up play:
Asher Neaman – 1,640,000 (66 bb)
Fred Goldberg – 1,060,000 (42 bb)
1st: $56,500 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $37,500
$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool: $216,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 108
Fred Goldberg raised from the small blind to 50,000, and Andrew Ostapchenko called from the big blind.
The flop came 
, Goldberg checked, Ostapchenko bet 30,000, and Goldberg called.
The turn card was the 
, and both players checked.
The river card was the , Goldberg checked, Ostapchenko bet 70,000, and Goldberg called. Ostapchenko showed 
for a five-high bluff, and Goldberg turned over to win the pot.
Seat 1. Asher Neaman – 1,285,000 (51 bb)
Seat 2. Fred Goldberg – 840,000 (34 bb)
Seat 3. Andrew Ostapchenko – 575,000 (23 bb)
1st: $56,500 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $37,500
3rd: $28,000
With three players remaining from a field of 108 entries, the average chip stack is around 900,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $28,000 each.
$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool: $216,000 | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 108
Andrew Ostapchenko raised from the button to 60,000, Fred Goldberg reraised from the big blind to 160,000, and Ostapchenko moved all in for about 850,000.
Goldberg thought for a bit before he folded, and Ostapchenko took the pot.
Seat 1. Asher Neaman – 1,100,000 (44 bb)
Seat 2. Fred Goldberg – 555,000 (22 bb)
Seat 3. Andrew Ostapchenko – 1,045,000 (42 bb)
With three players remaining from a field of 108 entries, the average chip stack is around 900,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $28,000 each.