Event 3: Final Table Begins with Hal Klein in the Lead

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  9 of 72

Event 3 Final Table
Event 3 Final Table

After the Money Bubble burst in Event 3 ($400 H.O.R.S.E.), the final nine players redrew for random seats at the final table. Here are their seating assignments and their approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Hal Klein  –  260,000  (22 BB)
Seat 2.  Georges Boyadjian  –  94,500  (8 BB)
Seat 3.  David Shmuel  –  161,000  (13 BB)
Seat 4.  Carey Pickus  –  30,000  (3 BB)
Seat 5.  Cory Zeidman  –  101,000  (8 BB)
Seat 6.  Adam Zeltser  –  48,000  (4 BB)
Seat 7.  Ben Matthews  –  65,000  (5 BB)
Seat 8.  Stephen Reid  –  86,500  (7 BB)
Seat 9.  Charles Mayes  –  21,000  (2 BB)

And the prize pool at stake:

1st:  $7,735 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $5,160
3rd:  $3,440
4th:  $2,390
5th:  $1,735
6th:  $1,315
7th:  $1,050
8th:  $880
9th:  $775

We will begin covering this final table after Day 1B of the WPTDS Lucky Hearts Poker Open comes to an end later tonight.

Event 3: Prize Pool and Payouts with $7,735 to the HORSE Champ

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 10: 1,200/2,400 Limits
Players Remaining: 39 of 72

The numbers are in and Event 3 officially drew 72 entries to the $400 H.O.R.S.E. tournament. They combined to create a prize pool of $24,480 and the final table nine will get paid.

A min-cash is worth $775 and the H.O.R.S.E. champion will take home $7,735 along with the LHPO trophy.

2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries:  72
Prize Pool:  $24,480
January 10, 2020

1st: $7,735 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $5,160
3rd: $3,440
4th: $2,390
5th: $1,735
6th: $1,315
7th: $1,050
8th: $880
9th: $775

Event 3: Registration Closed with 72 Entries

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9: 1,000/2,000 Limits
Entries: 72

David Shmuel

Registration closed on the $400 H.O.R.S.E. tournament and it had a nice turnout. The tournament clock shows an unofficial 72 entries and tournament staff are crunching the numbers. We will post the prize pool and payouts as soon as they are available.

Two familiar faces are back in the non-Hold’em games. David Shmuel and Yuval Bronshtein went deep in yesterday’s Limit Omaha 8 game and chopped the tournament heads-up with Shmuel taking the title.

Yuval Bronshtein

Event 3: Hop on your HORSE

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/200 Limits

Flight B of the WPTDeepStacks tournament is well underway but there’s another game in the Seminole Ballroom this afternoon for our mix game specialists.

Event 2 is a $400 H.O.R.S.E. tournament that will rotate every eight hands between Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha 8, Razz, Seven-Card Stud, and Seven-Card Stud 8. The tournament will test the skill of our H.O.R.S.E. players and the winner will have to show proficiency in all five games.

Players still sit down to 12,000 starting stacks and all levels will last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm with unlimited re-entries available during that time. They will have a short 40-minute intermission at 6 pm for dinner and will return to play it out for the second trophy of the series.

The tournament gets underway at noon and we will have a very talented field of players.

  • Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 3 Structure Sheet

LHPO Day 2 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood

  • $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels last 40 minutes; Final table levels last 60 minutes
  • Late registration available until start of Level 10 (6:30pm)
  • Single re-entry per day
  • Day 1 will end after Level 15
  • WPTDeepStacks Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 3 – $400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 3 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 4 – $150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood seat added to 1st place
  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 4 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: Event 39 – $140 WPTDeepStacks Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $1 Million GTD WPTDeepStacks
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • Satellite will be held in the Poker Room
  • Winners will be entered into the earliest flight available
  • Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 40 – $140 WPTDeepStacks Mega Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 10 seats guaranteed into $1 Million GTD WPTDeepStacks
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 20-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 10
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Winners will be entered into the earliest flight available
  • Structure Sheet

8PM: Event 38 – $140 WPTDeepStacks Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • 2 seats guaranteed into $1 Million GTD WPTDeepStacks
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips and 15-minute levels
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
  • Winners will be entered into the earliest flight available
  • Structure Sheet

Complete 2020 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Schedule

Michael Stewartson Wins Event 3 of 2019 F.I.T.S. After Heads-Up Deal

2019 Fun in the Sun
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 106
Tournament Prize Pool:  $21,200
Bounty Prize Pool: $10,600
December 28, 2019

Michael Stewartson
2019 Fun in the Sun Event 3 Champion Michael Stewartson

Event 3 of the 2019 Fun in the Sun was a $360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry). A field of 106 entries created a total prize pool of $31,800. A heads-up deal between the final two players took place, and as the chip leader Michael Stewartson was officially the winner for $5,477.

Final Results
*1st: Michael Stewartson – $5,477
*2nd: Reymundo Silva – $4,805
3rd: Lanh Pham – $2,353
4th: Neil Blumenfield – $1,537
5th: Mark Allott – $1,187
6th: Jeffrey Turton – $975
7th: Adam Wiatrowski – $827
8th: Paul Freedman – $721
9th: Solange Lucas – $636
10th: Christopher Safaya – $562
11th: Jeffrey Wilcox – $562
12th: Dale Berman – $562
13th: Conor Hannan -$498
14th: Michael Tait – $498

*denotes heads-up deal

Event 3: We Have a Deal!

$360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 106

After playing heads-up for about 10 minutes, Michael Stewartson and Reymundo Silva agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Michael Stewartson – 1,014,000
Reymundo Silva – 576,000

Here were the payouts:

Michael Stewartson – $5,477
Reymundo Silva – $4,805

As the chip lead, Michael Stewartson is officially the winner of Event 3 of the 2019 Fun in the Sun!

Event 3: Lanh Pham – 3rd Place ($2,353)

$360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 106

With the board reading Jc5sJsQc5h with about 250,000 in the pot, Lanh Pham was all in from the big blind for 329,000 and Michael Stewartson tanked from the small blind for a while before he called.

Pham showed 6s2s for a missed flush draw, while Stewartson tabled 5c3d for fives full of jacks to eliminate Pham in third place.

Michael Stewartson – 1,260,000
Reymundo Silva – 330,000
Lanh Pham – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,353)

Event 3: Neil Blumenfield – 4th Place ($1,537)

$360 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 106

Neil Blumenfield raised all in for 129,000 from under the gun and Michael Stewartson thought for a bit before he called from the small blind.

Blumenfield: Ac9c
Stewartson: Ad5d

The flop came 2cKc9s, giving Blumenfield a commanding lead with a pair of nines and a flush draw.

The 3d turn fell, giving Stewartson a few outs to a wheel.

The river was the 4h, giving Stewartson a wheel to eliminate Blumenfield in fourth place.

Michael Stewartson – 815,000
Neil Blumenfield – Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,537)