2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 33 $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 45 Prize Pool: $45,000 January 18, 2024
Event 33 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), the final preliminary event before the start of the 2024 LHPO Championship. A field of 45 entries produced a prize pool of $45,000.
The last preliminary trophy event before the LHPO Championship gets underway at 8 pm in the Grand Ballroom. Event 33 is a $1,100 buy-in Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em tournament that will keep the action moving.
Players start with 20K stacks and all levels last 15 minutes. Late registration and re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm. From there, it’s the express train to the final table and eventual champ later tonight.
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
2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 33 $300 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 268 Prize Pool: $68,340 November 25, 2023
Event 33 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 268 entries generated a prize pool of $68,340.
A rare nine-way deal was reached at the final table, and as the chip leader it was Josh Zur who was the official Event 33 winner for $6,536.
2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 33 $300 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 268 Prize Pool: $68,340 November 25, 2023
Event 33 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 268 entries generated a prize pool of $68,340. The final 34 places will be paid, with a min-cash set at $470.
More single-day trophy action with RRPO Event 33 at 4 pm in the Grand Ballroom. It is a $300 Quad Stack tournament with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and a lot of fun on a Saturday afternoon.
Players sit down to 40,000 in their stacks and all levels last 20 minutes for the one-day tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 7:30 pm.
$30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Players begin with 40,000 in chips
Levels last 20 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 10 (7:30pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2023 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 33 $2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed Entries: 227 Prizepool: $454,000 August 3-4, 2023
On Friday afternoon, Mike Vanier outlasted a field of 227 entries to win the $2,200 Deep Stack event, earning $105,570 and his first major poker trophy.
“This is my first win other than a small local tournament,” said Vanier, “so it really feels good to get the monkey off my back.”
Vanier has been on a pretty great run for the past year or so, and it seemed like only a matter of time before he won a big event.
“I finally got over the hump last summer,” said Vanier, “and it seems like I’ve been making it to the final couple of tables in almost every tournament I’ve played, so it’s going good right now.”
Since last summer, Vanier has earned more than $1.4 million in live tournaments, with three top-three finishes in major events — WPT Venetian Las Vegas (2nd for $595,000), WPT Choctaw (3rd for $192,000), and the Aria Poker Classic (2nd for $392,704).
“Sometimes I just didn’t have a chance short-handed, and sometimes I just played awful,” said Vanier. “So I’ve been working on my short-handed game, and I got there this time.”
As for this event, with a lot of top pros showing up for the $5,300 SHRPO Championship that started today, a lot of them entered this event, which started yesterday.
“I was pretty shocked how tough the field was from beginning to end,” said Vanier.
“He flopped a flush draw, but I rivered a nine to win the pot and that pretty much gave me the chip lead again,” said Vanier. “Then I just applied pressure after that.”
$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 1 of 227
Heads-up play had only been underway for a minute or two when Stanley Lee raised from the button to 530,000, and Mike Vanier called and, thinking Lee was all in, briefly turned over his . But Lee still had 30K left in his stack.
The flop came , and Vanier moved all in. Lee said he didn’t like his situation, but he called all in for 30,000 with for jack high. Vanier officially flipped over his , and Lee needed to catch a jack or a runner-runner straight to stay alive.
The turn card was the , giving Lee an open-ended straight draw, but the river card was the . Vanier won the pot — and the title, the trophy, and $105,570) with king high.
Stanley Lee finished as the runner-up, earning $72,225.
Stay tuned for a recap from this event to be posted later this afternoon.
1st: Mike Vanier – $105,570 + SHRPO Trophy 2nd: Stanley Lee – $72,225 3rd: Giuseppe Calio – $46,500 4th: Raj Vohra – $29,300 5th: Ky Nguyen – $21,900 6th: Luke Brereton – $18,400 7th: Justin Zaki – $15,700 8th: Nick Palma – $13,200 9th: Mitch Garshofsky – $10,700
$2,200 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 227
Giuseppe Calio got it all in from the big blind for about 940,000 with , and needed to improve to stay alive against the of Mike Vanier in the small blind.
The board came , and the aces held up for Vanier to win the pot and eliminate Calio in third place.
Giuseppe Calio – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($46,500)
Here are the approximate chip counts for the start of heads-up play:
Mike Vanier – 3,850,000 (64 bb) Stanley Lee – 685,000 (11 bb)