2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$1,100 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries: 47
Prize Pool: $45,590
January 11, 2024
Registration closed for the LHPO $1,100 Deep-Stack Big O tournament with 47 entries, creating a prize pool worth $45,590. The last six spots will be paid with $2,713 for a min-cash and $17,775 plus the LHPO trophy awaiting our winner.
1st: $17,775 + LHPO trophy
2nd: $10,485
3rd: $6,385
4th: $4,560
5th: $3,650
6th: $2,735
$400 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1: 100/100
If you take a look at the full LHPO schedule, we wrap things up almost every evening with some fast-form zippy-structured tournament. Today we have a $400 Deep Stack Turbo NLH tournament at 8 pm that will keep things moving and crown a champion before too long.
Players start with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 15 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm and players may fire as often as needed while registration is open.
It will be a fun, fast tournament with a trophy waiting for the winner.
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5: 200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight B Entries: 276
There is no runaway chip leader just yet during the early going in Flight B of the big opening event, but Shlomo Perez is currently pacing the field with a stack of 77,000.
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 58 of 460
Play has come to a close in Flight A with 29:30 remaining in Level 16. Here is a look at the players that bagged up more than 200,000 at the end of play.
Gabriel Fuller – 589,000
Mike Tokatlyan – 525,000
DNR – 470,000
Rafael Lima – 409,000
Carlos Bermudez – 345,000
Billy Papadopoulos – 280,000
Hiram McIntosh – 273,000
Willy Stadele – 273,000
Daniel Mowrer – 266,000
Renato Akio Kaweoyo – 257,000
Randall Yasny – 225,000
Min Zhang – 219,000
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 58 of 460
The hijack was all in with 
in the hole with the board reading 
, and Rafael Lima had him covered holding pocket eights.
The river delivered the 
, and Lima took out his opponent to stack up 409,000 after collecting the pot.
Flight A has now ended. Stay tuned for top chip stacks from the bag and tag, and then we will shift attention over to Flight B that is already underway.
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 59 of 460
Nicholas McAlister was all in holding 
from the cutoff, and his opponent held 
on the hijack.
The final board read 
, and McAlister doubled up to survive with 74,000 after collecting the pot.
Nicholas McAlister – 74,000 (14 bb)
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 70 of 460
The cutoff was all in for 
, and Paul Fisher had him covered holding pocket jacks from middle position.
The final board read 
, and Fisher took out his opponent to stack up 147,000 after collecting the pot.
Paul Fisher – 147,000 (36 bb)
$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100
Our first one-day no-limit hold’em trophy event gets underway at 6 pm and it has a nice little bonus awaiting the winner. Event 4 is a $200 Big Stack tournament with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool and we’re adding a $3,500 LHPO Championship seat to first place.
It’s not a bad way to start the series, a trophy and a big seat.
Players start with 15,000 in their stacks and all levels last 20 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 10 at 9:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed during that time.
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 90 of 460
Carlos Bermudez got all in on a flop reading 
with more than 60,000 already in the pot holding 
, and his opponent had him covered with 
.
The set held on to win after the turn and river ran out 
, and Bermudez stacked up 285,000 after collecting the pot to join the chip leaders in the field.
Carlos Bermudez – 285,000 (95 bb)
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13: 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 99 of 460
A player in middle position was all in for 41,500 holding 
, and John Binns had him covered holding 
.
The board was dealt 
, and Binns took out his opponent to stack up 122,000 after collecting the pot.
John Binns – 122,000 (48 bb)