$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight) $300,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 6: 300/500 with a 500 ante Flight D Entries: 508 (Total: 1,885) 6z2x39

Kenny Nguyen – 73,000 (146 bb)
Aaron Massey – 37,000 (74 bb)
Matt Bretzfield – 34,000 (68 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos – 33,000 (66 bb)
Raminder Singh – 25,000 (50 bb)
Asher Conniff – 24,000 (48 bb)
Nick Raio – 23,000 (46 bb)
James Carroll – 23,000 (46 bb)
Fred Goldberg – 21,000 (42 bb)
David Albertson – 19,000 (38 bb)
Robert Transue – 18,000 (36 bb)
Howard Mash – 17,000 (34 bb)

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Return to Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 171 of 1,377

Flight A: 400 Entries; 50 Advanced
Flight B: 445 Entries; 55 Advanced
Flight C: 532 Entries; 66 Advanced
Flight D: Underway
Flight E: Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight F: Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2: Sunday at 2 p.m.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 66 of 532

Flight C of the opening event of the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open drew 532 entries, 66 of whom survived the day and will return at 2 p.m. on Sunday for Day 2. Along with the survivors from Flights A and B, there are currently 171 players of 1,377 entries returning for Day 2. All Day 2 players are in the money.

Leading the pack from Flight C was Rafael Lima with 472,000, followed by Ronnie Tate with 404,000 and Jesse Lott with 382,000.

Complete chip counts through Flight C will be posted within the hour.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16: 3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 67 of 532

Down to 2,000 after posting his big blind ante, Peter Walsworth was all in from the big blind.

Action on the side between Philipe Pizzari Pinto under the gun and Jorge Chavez in the cutoff resulted in Chavez all in for about 105,000.

Walsworth:
Pinto:
Chavez:

The board came down , good for Chavez to double through Pinto, while also eliminating Walsworth on the money bubble.

Jorge Chavez – 220,000 (44 bb)
Philipe Pizzari Pinto – 137,000 (27 bb)
Peter Walsworth – Eliminated on the Money Bubble

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 68  of 532

A short-stacked Aaron Massey was all in for about 50,000 from the big blind with against his opponent in the small blind who held .

The board ran out , giving Massey’s opponent nines and fours to eliminate Massey a few places short of the money.

Meanwhile, Peter Walsworth’s failed to improve against an opponent’s when the board came . Walsworth sent 140,000 to that player and shortly thereafter, Walsworth lost another 50,000 when his couldn’t improve against an opponent’s .

Play is now hand-for-hand on the money bubble and Walsworth is the shortest stack with 7,000.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1: 100/100

Friday night means more big poker in the Seminole Ballroom as the opening event nears a milestone. The tournament has attracted 1,377 entries so far and another 528 will push the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool to over $1,000,000.

There’s a good chance they get there tonight but if not, tomorrow for sure.

They’ll sit down to 20,000 deep starting stacks and 30-minute levels on Day 1. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:30 pm with a single re-entry option should they bust out. The tournament will be capped at 400 unique players so get in the game early.

They will continue playing into the evening until 12.5% of the field remains and they will advance to Day 2 on Sunday in the money.

• $300,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 8 (10:30pm)
• Single re-entry per flight
• 400 players max per flight
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 1 Structure Sheet

Chip counts through Flight B

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining: 192 of 532

The field is shrinking and stacks are growing. SHRP regular Peter Walsworth looks like he has one of the biggest stacks in the room with 180,000. He is looking for his fourth major Hollywood trophy and coming off a third-place finish in the Tampa Winter Poker Open Main Event.

Three-time WSOP Circuit winner Ryan Van Sanford is nearby and he’s over 100,000 as well. Two tough players with chips.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight C Entries: 532 (Total: 1,377)

The second break came to an end which means registration closed on the third of six flights of Event 1. Flight C drew 532 entries to push the combined total up to 1,377 with the next chance to enter starting at 6 pm.

The Event 1 prize pool sits at $722,925 and only 528 entries away from a $1,000,000 prize pool.

Flight C will continue playing into the early evening until only 67 players remain to advance to Day 2 on Sunday.

Chip counts through Flight B

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 300/600 with a 600 ante
Flight C Entries: 514 (Total: 1,359)

Soon after the first staggered break, Flight C hit the magic mark of 400 unique players which meant the field is now limited to those using their single re-entry option. The field moved over 500 entries during that time to push the prize pool over $700K with an easy path to $1,000,000.

James Calderaro is one of those getting here in time to Flight C. The WSOP PLO High Roller bracelet winner always keeps things light at his table and they are having  a good time on a Friday afternoon.

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$300,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4: 200/300 with a 300 ante
Flight C Entries: 395 (Total: 1,240)

Flight C is close to hitting 400 entries combined and the room is filling as more players . The field might hit the 400 unique player cap before registration closes at 2:30 pm and we will keep an eye on the count.

We have a lot of old friends back in the Seminole Ballroom including Fred White, Sam Panzica, Nick Rawls, the Massey Brothers (Aaron and Ralph), Sheddy Siddiqui, and WSOP Big 50 bracelet winner Femi Fashakin.