$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante Players Remaining:  23 of 74 613a14

When the field reached 24 players, there was a redraw for random seats at the final three tables. About five minutes later, Level 12 came to an end, and the players took a 15-minute break.

Here is the new seat draw with official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Gytis Lazauninkas  –  244,000  (24 bb)
Seat 2.  Ben Lamb  –  469,000  (47 bb)
Seat 3.  Norbert Szecsi  –  395,000  (40 bb)
Seat 4.  Gergely Kulcsar  –  190,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5.  Christopher Frank  –  540,000  (54 bb)
Seat 6.  Joe McKeehen  –  138,000  (14 bb)
Seat 7.  Galen Hall  –  382,000  (38 bb)
Seat 8.  Leon Sturm  –  501,000  (50 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Marius Gierse  –  607,000  (61 bb)
Seat 2.  Chad Eveslage  –  212,000  (21 bb)
Seat 3.  Justin Saliba  –  601,000  (60 bb)
Seat 4.  Corey Wade  –  153,000  (3151 bb)
Seat 5.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  88,000  (9 bb)
Seat 6.  Bin Weng  –  142,000  (14 bb)
Seat 7.  Bryn Kenney  –  314,000  (31 bb)
Seat 8.  Martin Stausholm  –  294,000  (29 bb)

TABLE 3
Seat 1.  Aram Oganyan  –  575,000  (58 bb)
Seat 2.  Brian Hastings  –  152,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3.  Brandon Wilson  –  346,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Jesse Lonis  –  119,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Matthew Wantman  –  248,000  (25 bb)
Seat 6.  Philip Shing  –  395,000  (40 bb)
Seat 7.  Erik Seidel  –  298,000  (30 bb)
Seat 8.  

With 23 players remaining from a field of 74, the average chip stack is about 322,000 (32 big blinds). The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 25
$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  74
Prize Pool:  $1,827,800
January 19-20, 2023

Registration closed for the $25,500 High Roller at the end of the dinner break, and with 74 entries, the prizepool is worth $1,827,800. The final 11 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $53,000 each.

The champion will earn $563,300 and the High Roller Trophy. Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  $563,300
2nd:  $372,900
3rd:  $242,100
4th:  $165,400
5th:  $110,500
6th:  $83,100
7th:  $67,600
8th:  $58,500
9th:  $56,600
10th:  $54,800
11th:  $53,000

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 72

The players returned from dinner to begin Level 10, with increased blinds of 3,000-5,000 and a 5,000 ante.

Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 72 entries, which would mean seven players entered (or re-entered) during the dinner break.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 400K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Leon Sturm  –  601,000  (120 bb)
2.  Philip Shing  –  495,000  (99 bb)
3.  Corey Wade  –  432,000  (86 bb)
4.  Christopher Frank  –  431,000  (86 bb)
5.  Erik Seidel  –  428,000  (86 bb)
6.  Marius Gierse  –  399,000  (80 bb)

With 35 players remaining from a field of 72, the average chip stack is about 206,000 (41 big blinds). We expect the payouts to be released soon.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Entries:  65

Level 9 came to an end, and the players left for their 90-minute dinner break. Registration remains open until the end of the dinner break, around 8:00 pm.

With 28 players remaining from a field of 65 (so far), the average stack is around 232,000 (46 big blinds).

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  62

High Rollers are back in action after the second break and we had our first look around for the big stacks.

Corey Wade sits leads the talented field and the 2022 WPT Tampa champ is up to 358,500. Galen Hall is the only other players over 300K and he is second with 306,000.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Entries:  61

The High Roller is nearing the second break of their day and comfortably cruising along in the Meeting Room. The entry count is up to 61 and good enough to put the prize pool over $1.5 million with four more hours of late registration.

Brian Hastings, Jason Mercier, Stephen Song, and Joey Weismann. Mercier owns four major Hollywood titles with two coming in $25K High Rollers and a third in a $50K Super High Roller.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  54

The High Rollers were sent on the first break with 54 entries and a prize pool worth $1.33 million already. Registration will remain open until the start of Level 10 at 8 pm following the 90-minute dinner break.

More recent additions include Nadya Magnus, Brock Wilson, Matt Wantman, Galen Hall, Andrew Moreno, and Jeff Trudeau Jr.

223k first break of the @shrpo 25k HR

— Galen Hall (@galenhall) January 19, 2023

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  47

Only 90 minutes into the High Roller, the field easily reached the $1,000,000 guarantee. There are 47 in the field as they prepare for the first break for a prize pool worth $1,160,900 and registration open until 8 pm.

Recent additions include Shannon Shorr, Erik Seidel, Joseph Cheong, and Alex Rocha.

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  18

The LHPO High Roller kicked off at noon with 18 entries and an excellent start for the big tournament. With registration open until 8 pm, it looks like the seven-digit guarantee is a virtual lock already.

Those in early action include Joe McKeehen, Brian Altman, Darren Rabinowitz, Darren Elias, Justin Zaki, Jonathan Jaffe, Joe Cheong, Asher Conniff, Jesse Lonis, and Justin Zaki.

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

The biggest buy-in tournament on the LHPO schedule gets underway at noon with the $25K High Roller. The tournament features a $1,000,000 guaranteed prize pool and we feature some of the best players in the game.

The High Rollers will start with 100K stacks and all Day 1 levels last 40 minutes, increasing to 90 minutes at the final table. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 8 pm, following a 90-minute dinner break. High Roller action will continue into the evening until we have nine players remaining.

Those players will bag their chips and return tomorrow at 1 pm to determine our 2023 LHPO High Roller champ.

• $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 100,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 40 minutes
• Final table levels last 90 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 10 (8:00pm)
• Day 1 will end when nine players remain
• High Roller Structure Sheet