Aaron Kupin Wins His 2nd SHRP Major Series Trophy With 2024 LHPO Event 29 Outright Win for $23,440

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 29
$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  67
Prize Pool:  $67,000
January 17, 2024

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 29 Champion Aaron Kupin

Event 29 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 67 entires produced a prize pool of $67,000 and winning the lion’s share of it was Aaron Kupin, winning outright for $23,440.

This marked Kupin’s second SHRP major series trophy victory, having previously won a $600 Omaha Hi-Lo event during the 2022 SHRPO.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1AaronKupin$23,440
2CharlesRosenblatt$13,400
3HarveyCastro$8,210
4PhilippeSouki$5,865
5ToddIvens$4,525
6ArmanBolouri$3,520
7JonathanMoschel$3,015
8SteveYagudaev$2,680
9StephenBuell$2,345

Event 29: Prize Pool and Payouts; $23,440 to the Winner

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 29
$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  67
Prize Pool:  $67,000
January 17, 2024

Event 29 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 67 entries for a prize pool of $67,000. The final nine players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $2,345.

Up top for the winner is $23,440.

1st:  $23,440
2nd:  $13,400
3rd:  $8,210
4th:  $5,865
5th:  $4,525
6th:  $3,520
7th:  $3,015
8th:  $2,680
9th:  $2,345

Event 29: More Turbos

$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

Closing out the busy trophy schedule today with another nighttime turbo at 8 pm. LHPO Event 29 is a $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH that will zoom its way to another trophy winner.

Players start with 20,000 in chips and all levels last 15 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed during that period.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 29 Structure Sheet

LHPO Day 7 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 24 Day 1 – $1,100 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 25,000 in chips
  • Levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (3:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when nine players remain
  • Event 24 Structure Sheet

11AM: Event 25 Day 1 – $2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $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

1PM: Event 23 – $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max PLO8 (Re-Entry)

2PM: Event 16 Day 12 – $200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

2PM: Event 26 Day 1 – $10,000 High Roller PLO (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 125,000 in chips
  • Levels last 40 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 7 (6:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when nine players remain
  • Event 26 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 27 Day 1A – $600 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)

  • $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
  • Levels last 60 minutes when 27 players remain
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
  • Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
  • Event 27 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 28 – $200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 12 (9:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 28 Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 29 – $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 29 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

11AM: $400 LHPO Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 10 seats guaranteed into $2,000,000 GTD Championship
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (3:00pm)
  • Structure Sheet

3PM: $400 LHPO Championship Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 10 seats guaranteed into $2,000,000 GTD Championship
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 8 (7:00pm)
  • Structure Sheet

4PM: $2,650 High Roller Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

9PM: $2,650 High Roller Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Schedule

Istvan Briski Wins the WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship for $647,300

2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  1,447
Prize Pool:  $4,630,400
November 24 – 29, 2023

2023 WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Champion Istvan Briski

The 2023 WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Championship began several days ago and drew 1,447 entries, generating a prize pool of $4,630,400. Emerging victorious was Istvan Briski, winning outright for $647,300.

Briski hails from Hungary and mainly plays poker online. This was his first time playing at the Seminole Hard Rock and he made it a time he’ll never forget.

“It’s amazing,” said Briski of winning. “I ran really good in the tournament, and yeah, I’m very happy. My biggest score so far. I’m very grateful.”

Briski bagged a below-average stack after Day 1 and was 274th of the returning 513 players, but still was comfortable with 45 big blinds. His Day 2 went fantastic, as he finished 8th in chips of the remaining 83 players. From there he bagged the chip lead after Day 3, leading the remaining 15 players.

Istvan Briski and Seminole Hard Rock Poker Tournament Manager Jason Heidenthal

He began the WPT final table second in chips and started off well, eliminating Darryll Fish in sixth place.  Briski fell back a bit before getting back in on the action, picking up pocket aces and doubling through Rayan Chamas to take the chip lead, before eliminating Fred Goldberg in fourth place.

When heads-up play was reached, Briski was trailing. However, he found a quick double-up to retake the lead, before eventually closing it out.

“There were some very good players, but I was running very good in important spots, and that’s really what tournaments are about a lot of the time.”

Photos by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com / Courtesy of World Poker Tour

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1IstvanBriski$647,300*
2RayanChamas$600,000*
3SandySanchez$366,500
4FredGoldberg$274,000
5MattBond$206,900
6DarryllFish$157,800
7LukeGraham$121,500
8JasonSagle$94,500
9RishiMakkar$74,300
10AlejandroGonzalez Olaechea$74,300
11ViktorKovachev$59,000
12LucianSilveira$59,000
13NikoKoop$47,300
14JackMcDonald$47,300
15GergelyKulcsár$38,300
16RobertKennedy$38,300
17AlessioIsaia$31,400
18DmitriiPerfilev$31,400
19ChadEveslage$31,400
20JoeReddick$31,400
21JustinZaki$26,000
22MartinStausholm$26,000
23SachaRymland$26,000
24JerryMaher$26,000
25MaksimPisarenko$21,800
26AleksDimitrov$21,800
27BryceMcVay$21,800
28KyleJulius$21,800
29ShawnNguyen$21,800
30ZiadAlameddine$21,800
31BrandonWittmeyer$21,800
32BlakeNapierala$21,800
33StefanJedlicka$18,400
34NazarBuhaiov$18,400
35GuyNaimi$18,400
36AristotlesNeto$18,400
37DavidNowling$18,400
38EricZheng$18,400
39FredParadis$18,400
40BorisKolev$18,400
41KharlinSued$15,800
42JohnDepersio$15,800
43BryanRosen$15,800
44DulanDuran$15,800
45MaheshwarManthani$15,800
46JerryWong$15,800
47AnthonyZinno$15,800
48ChengXu$15,800
49AlexLivingston$13,700
50NicholasVerderamo$13,700
51AlexNguyen$13,700
52PetkoTsakov$13,700
53VladasTamasauskas$13,700
54ElliotKampen$13,700
55AndrewMoreno$13,700
56HengZhang$13,700
57YuvalBronshtein$12,000
58JuanMembreno Orellana$12,000
59AlexFoxen$12,000
60KyleArora$12,000
61DiegoPaulo Uez$12,000
62NirCohen$12,000
63GalYifrach$12,000
64AdamHendrix$12,000
65LucianoNardi$10,600
66SangHo$10,600
67LyleDiamond$10,600
68BrianLuo$10,600
69ChanceKornuth$10,600
70JoshuaWang$10,600
71SamLaskowitz$10,600
72BrianAltman$10,600
73JaredHemingway$9,500
74JarodEinsohn$9,500
75BrianMurphy$9,500
76NorbertSzecsi$9,500
77MichaelLiang$9,500
78KrasimirYankov$9,500
79DavidUvaydov$9,500
80ZacharyBruch$9,500
81FemiFashakin$8,600
82ArmandMatti$8,600
83IgorHot$8,600
84AndrewOstapchenko$8,600
85DominiqueMosley$8,600
86DionJagroo$8,600
87OscarBlanco$8,600
88AaronThivyanathan$8,600
89ArunasSapitavicius$7,800
90NadeemHirani$7,800
91SenhaoCao$7,800
92RobBrown$7,800
93PeterFellows$7,800
94JoshRothberg$7,800
95BarryMcGovern$7,800
96SeanAstwood$7,800
97JasonRocha$7,800
98NancyBirnbaum$7,800
99AlexanderStewart$7,800
100Matthew M.Martin$7,800
101NicholasRichards$7,800
102ScottEskenazi$7,800
103FredericNormand$7,800
104JasonBullock$7,800
105NitisUdornpim$7,100
106JohnGrout$7,100
107ScottWeidema$7,100
108JakeOzyman$7,100
109JulioBelluscio$7,100
110AlejandroBurazco$7,100
111SandeepMathai$7,100
112BrandonWilson$7,100
113MikeVanier$7,100
114PeterMugar$7,100
115MichaelTait$7,100
116RafalMichalowski$7,100
117OmerRotman$7,100
118MaksimLebedev$7,100
119MichaelVinkour$7,100
120AndersonPremdas$7,100
121ThomasReynolds$6,600
122KamelMokhammad$6,600
123RyanBlank$6,600
124KennyHallaert$6,600
125BrianNerney$6,600
126JackCorrigan$6,600
127BrentHoover$6,600
128EricBonin$6,600
129MatthewZarcadoolas$6,600
130AliTurkan$6,600
131CarlCarodenuto$6,600
132GeoffreyHum$6,600
133JeremiahWheeler$6,600
134OlgaIermolcheva$6,600
135CraigVarnell$6,600
136KevinRines$6,600
137SteveBuckner$6,200
138AsherConniff$6,200
139JohnStevenson$6,200
140MichaelStashin$6,200
141ChristianHarder$6,200
142JonathanMattia$6,200
143StoykoKolev$6,200
144RonaldKatz$6,200
145KurtLichtman$6,200
146MichaelO'Malley$6,200
147DavidKozma$6,200
148FrankLagodich$6,200
149MichaelMcNicholas$6,200
150ScottBall$6,200
151HamedZia$6,200
152KevinDavis$6,200
153FranklinRojas$5,900
154RudyMamo$5,900
155DanielSmiljkovic$5,900
156ErkutYilmaz$5,900
157StephenGerber$5,900
158Ya YunLiu$5,900
159StephenKehoe$5,900
160JoseGonzalez$5,900
161AaronKupin$5,900
162BrandonNavarrete$5,900
163StephenSong$5,900
164YangLu$5,900
165T.K.Miles$5,900
166StevenPiper$5,900
167JesseLonis$5,700
168GlennFishbein$5,700
169LeonardMaue$5,700
170ToddMiller$5,700
171GediminasUselis$5,700
172JordanPolk$5,700
173MatthewLambrecht$5,700
174BenjaminGrise$5,700
175AleksejsPonakovs$5,700
176ArtemMetalidi$5,700
177JuanMora Lasso$5,700
178JosephPetrolino$5,700
179AnthonyHu$5,700
180JeremyMintz$5,700
181FrancisAnderson$5,700

*denotes modified heads-up payouts

Championship: Istvan Briski Wins! ($647,300); Rayan Chamas Finishes Runner-Up ($600,000)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 1,447

2023 WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Champion Istvan Briski

Rayan Chamas raised all in for 9,800,000 from the button and Istvan Briski called in the big blind.

Chamas:  Ts8c
Briski:  Qd4c

The board came As7s2hKh5s, keeping Chamas’ queen best to win the 2023 WPT Seminole Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open for $647,300. Chamas finished runner-up for $600,000.

A recap of the Championship will be posted later tonight.

Rayan Chamas

Photos by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com / Courtesy of World Poker Tour

Championship: Rayan Chamas Doubles Up

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,447

Rayan Chamas

Istvan Briski limped in for 600,000 from the button, Rayan Chamas raised all in for 6,800,000 from the big blind, and Briski called with KcTc, leading Chamas’ Qs4c.

The board ran out Kd9d4h2sQh, giving Chamas queens and fours on the river to double through Briski and survive.

Rayan Chamas  –  14,200,000  (24 bb)
Istvan Briski  –  58,200,000  (97 bb)

Photo by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com / Courtesy of World Poker Tour

Championship: Istvan Briski Doubles Up and Takes a Big Chip Lead

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,447

Istvan Briski

Rayan Chamas raised to 1,500,000 from the button, Istvan Briski three-bet to 5,700,000 from the big blind, and Chamas called.

They checked to the turn of an AcJhThJc board where Briski bet 5,500,000. Chamas called.

The river was the 5s, Briski went all in for 18,200,000, and Chamas used a time extension before he called.

Briski showed Jd4c for trip jacks, besting Chamas’ Ad5d to double into a sizable chip lead.

Istvan Briski  –  59,400,000  (99 bb)
Rayan Chamas  –  12,500,000  (21 bb)

Photo by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com / Courtesy of World Poker Tour

 

Championship: Modified Payouts

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 34:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,447

Rayan Chamas (left) vs. Istvan Briski (right)

Before heads-up play began, the players agreed to modify the remaining two payouts.

1st:  $647,300  – includes WPT World Championship seat
2nd:  $600,000

Photo by Joe Giron / PokerPhotoArchive.com / Courtesy of World Poker Tour

Championship: Sandy Sanchez – 3rd Place ($366,500)

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 34:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,447

Sandy Sanchez

Rayan Chamas raised to 1,200,000 from the button, Sandy Sanchez three-bet all in for 13,700,000 from the big blind, and Chamas called.

Chamas:  9s9c
Sanchez:  5h5d

The board came Ah7s3dKsKd, no help to Sanchez, ending his Championship run in third place.

Rayan Chamas  –  41,500,000  (83 bb)
Istvan Briski  –  30,900,000  (62 bb)
Sandy Sanchez  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($366,500)

1st:  $752,500 – includes WPT World Championship seat
2nd:  $494,800

Play will resume in a little while as the players take an unscheduled break.