$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 9:  2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 ante Entries:  38 1l5x1a

The entry count quickly jumped up to 38 when High Roller specialist Andy Andrejevic made his first appearance and Arkadiy Tsinis and Steven Veneziano are taking another shot.

Below is the current lineup and we will grab counts when they head to dinner in 10 minutes.

Table 80
Seat 1: Kevin Rabichow
Seat 2: Arkadiy Tsinis
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Alex Turyansky
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Jonathan Jaffe
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: Maria Ho

Table 89
Seat 1: Steven Veneziano
Seat 2: Andy Andrejevic
Seat 3: Fred Goldberg
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Lazaro Hernandez
Seat 6: Giuseppe Iadisernia
Seat 7: Jared Jaffee
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 90
Seat 1: Ryan Riess
Seat 2: Ali Imsirovic
Seat 3: Ping Liu
Seat 4: Joe Cada
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Anthony Zinno
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: — Empty —

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17  of 843

Here’s a look at the most recent eliminations:

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19  of 843

Jake Schwartz moved all in for 285,000 from middle position with  and  Scott Drobes called form the cutoff with .

It was off to the races as the board came out . Drobes ended up with trip aces to eliminated Schwartz in 20th place.

Scott Drobes – 3,570,000
Jake Schwartz – Eliminated in 20th Place ($20,292)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20  of 843

Ian Gillespie opened to 70,000 from the cutoff and Davian Santana called from the button. Mukul Pahuja shoved from the big blind for 1,205,000.

Gillespie reshoved and Santana got out of the way. Gillespie turned over and was ahead of Pahuja’s ,

The board ran out and Gillespie’s kings held to eliminate Pahuja in 21st place.

Ian Gillespie – 2,660,000
Mukul Pahuja – Eliminated in 21st Place ($16,965)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Entries:  31

The blinds are up and the entry count jumped a couple spots as well. WSOP bracelet winner Fred Goldberg moved from the Championship to the High Roller and Ryan Riess had to reload to continue his High Roller run.

SHRP regular Arkadiy Tsinis is grinding his way through the High Roller as well. The WSOP bracelet champ (and four-time WSOP Circuit ring winner) is more than holding his own against a table of High Roller specialists.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22  of 843

Brian Altman opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and Matt Affleck three-bet to 200,000 from the button. Altman called.

The flop came , Altman checked, and Affleck bet 175,000. Altman called. The turn brought the , Altman checked again and Affleck bet 400,000. Altman called again.

The river was the , Altman checked and Affleck shoved. Altman asked for a count, it was 1,060,000. He used one time extension chip before calling.

Affleck tabled . It was the correct call by Altman as he turned over to eliminate Affleck in 23rd place and extend his lead.

Brian Altman – 6,450,000
Matt Affleck – Eliminated

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

The multi-flight tournament on the LHPO schedule is set to kick off at the top of the hour with some nice return-on-investment promised. Event 27 is a $150 buy-in tournament with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool and two starting flights.

Entrants will start with 15,000 stacks and all levels will last 30 minutes long. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:30 pm and their day will end after Level 14. Those with chips at that point will bag up for a Day 2 return on Wednesday at 5 pm.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
• Day 1 will end after Level 14 or Tournament Director discretion
• Event 27 Structure Sheet

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23  of 843

With Ryan Remmington’s elimination the remaining players are currently redrawing for the final three tables.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  29

The second break is complete and we have a new leader. Ali Imsirovic took the top spot with 369,000 with Mario Ho (315,000), Joe Cada (300,000), Giuseppe Iadisernia (285,000), and Ping Lui (280,000) rounding out the top five.

We had three new stacks put in play as Steven Veneziano bought in and Darren Elias and Lazaro Hernandez reloaded.

They will play three more levels before enjoying a 90-minute dinner break.

Table 80
Seat 1: Kevin Rabichow – 155,000 (52 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Joe Cada – 300,000 (100 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: — Empty —
Seat 6: Arkadiy Tsinis – 160,000 (53 bb)
Seat 7: Anton Wigg – 224,000 (75 bb)
Seat 8: Maria Ho – 315,000 (105 bb)

Table 89
Seat 1: Darren Elias – 100,000 (33 bb)
Seat 2: Ping Liu – 280,000 (93 bb)
Seat 3: — Empty —
Seat 4: Steven Veneziano – 100,000 (33 bb)
Seat 5: Lazaro Hernandez – 100,000 (33 bb)
Seat 6: Giuseppe Iadisernia – 285,000 (95 bb)
Seat 7: Jared Jaffee – 71,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

Table 90
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: Ali Imsirovic – 369,000 (123 bb)
Seat 3: Jonathan Jaffe – 152,000 (51 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Byron Kaverman – 49,500 (17 bb)
Seat 6: Anthony Zinno – 146,000 (49 bb)
Seat 7: Ayman Qutami – 71,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —

$600 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 10:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 150

Registration closed for the $600 Big Stack tournament and the 150 entries flew past the $50,000 guarantee. They combined to create a prize pool worth $79,500 and the last 19 places will be paid. A min-cash is worth $1,193 and the Event 24 champ will earn $21,945 along with the LHPO trophy.

2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 24
$600 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  150
Prize Pool:  $79,500
January 20, 2020

1st: $21,945 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $13,913
3rd: $8,189
4th: $4,971
5th: $3,856
6th: $3,184
7th: $2,783
8th: $2,484
9th: $2,195
10th-12th: $1,908
13th-15th: $1,630
16th-18th: $1,391
19th: $1,193