High Roller: Chip Counts at Break

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 50

With eight players remaining, the average stack is 625,000 (39 bb).

Seat 1:  Thomas Boivin  –  398,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2:  Anton Wigg  –  108,000  (7 bb)
Seat 3:  Justin Saliba  –  868,000  (54 bb)
Seat 4:  Alex Foxen  –  223,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  682,000  (43 bb)
Seat 6:  Kristen Foxen  –  886,000  (55 bb)
Seat 7:  Viktor Ustimov  –  354,000  (22 bb)
Seat 8:  Kevin Rabichow  –  1,482,000  (93 bb)

1st:  $426,075 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $284,050
3rd:  $172,900
4th:  $117,325
5th:  $80,275
6th:  $61,750
7th:  $49,400
8th:  $43,225

High Roller: Kristen Foxen Doubles Through Anton Wigg

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 50

Anton Wigg raised to 25,000 from the hijack and Kristen Foxen called in the big blind.

The flop was AdQs7s, Foxen checked, Wigg bet 35,000, and Foxen called.

The turn was the 5d, Foxen checked, and Wigg bet 85,000. Foxen used a time extension and raised all in for 358,000. Wigg used a time extension of his own and called with AsTh for a pair of aces.

Foxen showed AcQd for aces and queens and had the hand locked up, rendering the Qh river moot.

Kristen Foxen  –  866,000  (72 bb)
Anton Wigg  –  250,000  (21 bb)

High Roller: Brandon Wittmeyer Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Justin Saliba

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 50

Justin Saliba raised from the hijack and Brandon Wittmeyer called in the big blind.

The flop was 8c6c4h, Wittmeyer went all in for 34,000, and Saliba thought for about 15 seconds before he called.

Saliba:  KdJc
Wittmeyer:  Js8s

Wittmeyer was ahead with a pair of eights.

The 9d turn and Kc river completed the board, giving Saliba a pair of kings on the river to eliminate Wittmeyer on the money bubble.

Justin Saliba  –  640,000  (64 bb)
Brandon Wittmeyer  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

The remaining players are in the money and guaranteed $43,225. The average stack with eight players remaining is 625,000 (63 big blinds).

High Roller: Final Table Lineup

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 50

Seat 1:  Thomas Boivin  –  405,000  (41 bb)
Seat 2:  Anton Wigg  –  640,000  (64 bb)
Seat 3:  Justin Saliba  –  570,000  (57 bb)
Seat 4:  Alex Foxen  –  110,000  (11 bb)
Seat 5:  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  510,000  (51 bb)
Seat 6:  Kristen Foxen  –  390,000  (39 bb)
Seat 7:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  65,000  (7 bb)
Seat 8:  Viktor Ustimov  –  570,000  (57 bb)
Seat 9:  Kevin Rabichow  –  1,740,000  (174 bb)

1st:  $426,075 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $284,050
3rd:  $172,900
4th:  $117,325
5th:  $80,275
6th:  $61,750
7th:  $49,400
8th:  $43,225

High Roller: David Coleman Eliminated by Viktor Ustimov

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 50

David Coleman raised to 22,000 from UTG/hijack, Anton Wigg called in the cutoff, and Viktor Ustimov called in the big blind.

The flop was Jh8d7s, Ustimov checked, and Coleman checked. Wigg bet 17,000, Ustimov called, Coleman raised all in for about 160,000, Wigg folded, and Ustimov called with 8c8h for a set of eights. Coleman trailed with AhJd for a pair of jacks.

The 4c turn and Qs river completed the board, no help to Coleman, locking up the pot for Ustimov.

Viktor Ustimov  –  570,000  (57 bb)
David Coleman  –  Eliminated 

The players have combined to one table and are now on the money bubble.

High Roller: Two off the Money; Hand-for-Hand Play Begins

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 50

Table 77
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  Anton Wigg  –  650,000  (65 bb)
Seat 3:
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Brandon Wittmeyer  –  90,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6:  Thomas Boivin  –  450,000  (45 bb)
Seat 7:  Viktor Ustimov  –  345,000  (35 bb)
Seat 8:  David Coleman  –  200,000  (20 bb)

Table 78
Seat 1:  Kevin Rabichow  –  1,650,000  (165 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Alex Foxen  –  110,000  (11 bb)
Seat 4:
Seat 5:  Justin Saliba  –  530,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6:  Stoyan Madanzhiev  –  545,000  (55 bb)
Seat 7:
Seat 8:  Kristen Foxen  –  400,000  (40 bb)

1st:  $426,075 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $284,050
3rd:  $172,900
4th:  $117,325
5th:  $80,275
6th:  $61,750
7th:  $49,400
8th:  $43,225

High Roller: Prize Pool and Payouts; $426,075 to the Winner

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 31
$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  50
Prize Pool:  $1,235,000
January 18-19, 2024

Event 31 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was the $25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 50 entries and a prize pool of $1,235,000. The final eight players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $43,225.

Up top for the winner is $426,075.

1st:  $426,075 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $284,050
3rd:  $172,900
4th:  $117,325
5th:  $80,275
6th:  $61,750
7th:  $49,400
8th:  $43,225

High Roller: Registration Closes with 50 Entries

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 10:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 50

Registration closed for the $25,500 High Roller with 50 entries. Among the last batch of entries was 2023 SHRPO $25K High Roller champion Aaron Mermelstein for his first and only entry, while a few others re-entered.

Payout information will be available soon.

High Roller: Players Head to Dinner with Kevin Rabichow Leading

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 9:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Entries:  44

Kevin Rabichow

The field has gone to the dinner break for 90 minutes in the high roller event, and Kevin Rabichow paces the field with a stack of 1.14 million. Other contenders near the top are Anton Wigg with 615,000, and Justin Saliba holding 390,000. Play will resume at 8:20 pm local time, and that is when registration will close for the event.