$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 25: 12,000/24,000/4,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 59
Average Stack: 714,000 (30 bb)

The Main Event field continues to shrink while one player is translating his real-life skills to the table. Colby Covington is a professional MMA fighter with the UFC but today’s his eye is on the Main Event final table.

He sports a 9-1 professional record in the MMA octagon but he’ll need help today to stay in the game. Covington is deep but one of the shorter stacks remaining.

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 24: 10,000/20,000/3,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 73
Average Stack: 577,000 (29 bb)

Players are back in their seats and we have seven players sitting over 1 million with Ed Mallon taking his turn atop the leaderboard. Still plenty of time to go and no one is running away with it yet.

Edward Mallon – 1,500,000 (75 bb)
Viktor Lavi – 1,400,000 (70 bb)
Vincent Fiorenza – 1,300,000 (65 bb)
Paul Balzano – 1,300,000 (65 bb)
Matt Affleck – 1,250,000 (63 bb)
William Kopp – 1,200,000 (60 bb)
Mike Linster – 1,200,000 (60 bb)

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 77
Average Stack: 547,000 (34 bb)

Main Event players are taking another break as the payouts jump and the stacks get deeper.

They’ll return to play two more levels before going on a 60-minute dinner break.

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 77
Average Stack: 547,000 (34 bb)

Martin Carnero was another one of our players trying to make back-to-back final tables. He finished fourth in our last major tournament, the 2015 Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open” Championship.

His WPT DeepStacks Main Event was over when he got them in versus Robert Melo and the board reading . Carnero had two outs with his against Melo’s but couldn’t hit the river.

Martin Carnero: Eliminated
Roberto Melo: 755,000

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 85
Average Stack: 495,000 (31 bb)

Kelly Minkin was the one player today with a chance to make back-to-back final tables in the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Main Event. She finished third last year and was having a nice run this time around.

She couldn’t get much going today and put her last 140,000 in the middle with a three-bet holding . Viktor Lavi looked her up with to give Minkin a good shot at the double.

Minkin dodged the flop but Lavi hit the turn. She had seven river outs to stay alive but it was a blank to end her Main Event.

Kelly Minkin: Eliminated
Victor Lavi: 1,785,000 (112 bb)

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 99
Average Stack: 425,000 (27 bb)

Harshit Patel is on a very nice freeroll today. He won his seat in the game via our Click to Win promotion and now he’s deep in the Main Event.

As a WPT DeepStacks tour regular, Patel was already going to play the Main Event. Now his return-on-investment is off the charts. He has six career cashes with four of them in WPTDS tournament (soon to be five out of seven).

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 22: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 119
Average Stack: 354,000 (29 bb)

Gustavo Lopez was our first player over 1 million but a good chunk of that stack is now sitting with David Jackson on his right. He swapped places and joins Viktor Lavi as the only players on break over the magic number.

Viktor Lavi – 1,220,000 (102 bb)
David Jackson – 1,036,000 (86 bb)
Thong Ho – 912,000 (76 bb)
David McCord – 905,000 (75 bb)
Harrison Gimbel – 827,000 (69 bb)
Gilbert Diaz – 705,000 (59 bb)
Dimitry Agrachov – 688,000 (57 bb)
Nashaat Antonius – 685,000 (57 bb)
Ryan D’Angelo – 653,000 (54 bb)
Gustavo Lopez – 651,000 (54 bb)
James Sutherland – 631,000 (53 bb)
Ryan Dykhouse – 621,000 (52 bb)
Edward Mallon – 603,000 (50 bb)
Loni Harwood – 516,000 (43 bb)
Tim Reilly – 392,000 (33 bb)
Brian Reinhart – 299,000 (25 bb)
Kelly Minkin – 270,000 (23 bb)
Martin Carnero – 250,000 (21 bb)
Matt Affleck – 233,000 (19 bb)
Luke Brereton – 205,000 (17 bb)
Stewart Newman – 197,000 (16 bb)

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
End of Level 21: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 124
Average Stack: 340,000 (34 bb)

Players are on their second break of the day and this time they know they’re in the money. Viktor Lavi began the day with the chip lead and he’s taken it back and his 1,300,000 leads the way on break.

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 21: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 132
Average Stack: 319,000 (32 bb)

We’ve had a consistent parade to the payout desk and nearly 40 players have hit the rail since the money bubble burst.

Among those cashing were Evan Teitelbaum, Ryan Dunn, Ralph Massey, Mukul Pahuja, and 2015 November Niner Neil Blumenfield.

$1,100 Seminole Lucky Hearts WPT DeepStacks Main Event
Level 21: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 148
Average Stack: 284,000 (28 bb)

Most of the field was focusing on the money bubble while Gustavo Lopez was busy becoming our first player to sport a 1 million chip stack.

The Miami grinder has over $100,000 in career earnings and already set to add to his total.