2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 30 $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry) Entries: 164 Prize Pool: $38,540 Bounty Prize Pool: $16,400 January 20, 2023
2023 LHPO Event 30 Champion James Weidenborner
Event 30 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 164 entries created a prize pool of $38,540, with an additional $16,400 set aside for bounties.
Taking it down was James Wiedenborner, winning outright for $10,025.
2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 30 $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH (Re-Entry) Entries: 164 Prize Pool: $38,540 Bounty Prize Pool: $16,400 January 20, 2023
Event 30 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 164 entries created a prize pool of $38,540, with an additional $16,400 set aside for bounties. The final 21 players will cash, earning at least $565.
2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 30 $150 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 119 Prize Pool: $14,042 November 26, 2022
2022 RRPO Event 30 Champion Sebastian Espinoza
Event 30 of the 2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $150 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). The tournament drew 119 entries, creating a prize pool of $14,042.
Emerging victorious was Sebastian Espinoza, earning $4,052 for his outright victory.
2022 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 30 $150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 119 Prize Pool: $14,042 November 26, 2022
Registration closed for the $150 Big Stack and it drew 119 entries to create a prize pool worth $14,042. The last 15 players will make the money with $320 for a min-cash and $4,052 up top for the $4,052 winner.
$150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure Level 1: 100/100
Closing out today’s new trophy event schedule with a $150 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em at 5 pm. It will draw a big crowd on a Friday, get here early.
Players start with 15K big stacks and the first eight levels last 15 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 7:15 pm and blind levels increase to 20 minutes. They will remain that way until we have a winner and we hand out the Event 30 trophy.
Players begin with 15,000 in chips
Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 7 (7:15pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2022 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 30 $50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Entries: 25 Prize Pool: $1,212,500 August 4-5, 2022
David Peters
David Peters started the day as the clear short stack in the $50,000 Super High Roller, with only 12 big blinds. But he pulled in a few small pots early and some key pots later to take the chip lead and win the title and the trophy in a heads-up deal with runner-up Byron Kaverman.
“It feels great, especially coming in short,” said Peters. “I was able to chip up early, and a lot of things went well today.”
The first elimination came about 90 minutes into the day, when Krishna Lawrence got it all in preflop with against the of Peters. Lawrence paired his ten on the flop, but Peters turned a club flush to knock out Lawrence. Lawrence earned $97,000 for his fifth-place finish.
Four-handed play would last for the next three hours.
“We were super deep four-handed,” said Peters, “so we were playing a lot of small pots. I was just able to pick my spots well and chip up.”
Byron Kaverman was chipleader for most of that stretch, and there was one key pot during that Peters considered a turning point.
“I got a nice big river check-raise in with the queen-high flush versus Byron,” said Peters. “We checked all the way down, and then he bet big on the river. He bet 70K, I raised to 330K, and he called. That was the big turning point, especially taking chips away from him and adding them to my stack.” (Click here for the full write-up of that hand.)
At that point, Peters had a small 1.3-to-1 lead over Kaverman, and the average stack was worth a whopping 98 big blinds. They agreed to an ICM deal to end the tournament right there, splitting the prizepool. Kaverman earned $380,580 for his runner-up finish, and Peters added $407,545 to his more than $40 million in career tournament earnings.
“It was a battle,” said Peters. “With this very deep structure, it could have gone all night if things went a little differently. But it was fun.”
As chipleader, Peters was awarded the title and the trophy, which is his third trophy from Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, which Peters praised in his interview.
“It’s a great environment,” said Peters, “and a lot of friends always come to this stop. There’s great weather, great food and restaurants. This is one of my favorite stops.”
$50,000 Super High Roller (Single Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 15: 8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 25
Super High Roller champion David Peters was joined by some friends for his victory photo.
After the elimination of Elio Fox in third place, the final two players agreed to an ICM deal to split up the remaining prizepool. These were their official chip counts:
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of Peters. Lawrence paired his ten on the flop, but Peters turned a club flush to knock out Lawrence. Lawrence earned $97,000 for his fifth-place finish.
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