Event 33 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 384 entries generated a prize pool of $90,240, nearly doubling the guarantee. In addition, $38,400 was set aside for bounties.

A deal took place between the final six players, and Stephen Thomas  was the chip leader at the time, making him the official winner for $12,382.

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Stephen	Thomas	$12,382*
2	Hank	Sitton	$10,873*
3	Jonathan	Dobson	$9,333*
4	Paul	Koster	$7,326*
5	Noah	Rosen	$6,534*
6	Bryan	Schultz	$6,062*
7	Benoit	Coulombe	$3,000
8	Mahir	Ozer	$2,425
9	David	Childs	$1,880
10	Shalom	Elharrar	$1,880
11	Ira	Reichstein	$1,575
12	Satish	Surapaneni	$1,575
13	Robert	Goldberg	$1,330
14	Judith	Bielan	$1,330
15	Tony	Fitzpatrick	$1,330
16	Corey	Hochman	$1,090
17	Claudel	Joseph	$1,090
18	Greg	Abes	$1,090
19	Gustavo	Perla	$910
20	Jon	Dupee	$910
21	Michael	Scoma	$910
22	Brandon	Noe	$755
23	Masoud	Sanaie	$755
24	Ricardo	Velasco	$755
25	Yonatan	Degafie	$650
26	James	Scott	$650
27	David	Rivera	$650
28	Barry	Abes	$570
29	Camille	Pontillo	$570
30	Frederick	Attias	$570
31	Thomas	Gari	$570
32	John	Yanni	$570
33	Shad	Morris	$570
34	Bradley	Rogoff	$570
35	Marco	Rodriguez	$570
36	Ephraim	Uzan	$570
37	Gary	Lieberman	$505
38	Loren	Azimov	$505
39	Taylor	Hart	$505
40	Farid	Dridi	$505
41			$505
42	Gregory	Wilson	$505
43	Jeremy	Drobushevich	$505
44	Tyler	McKinney	$505
45	Michael	Decesare	$505
46	Ryan	Estrada	$505
47	Gideon	Kornbluth Seinfeld	$505
48	Solange	Lucas	$505

*denotes heads-up deal

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 33
$400 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  384
Prize Pool:  $90,240
Bounty Prize Pool:  $38,400
January 22, 2023

Registration closed for the $400 Black Chip Bounty NLH tournament with 384 entries crushing the $50,000 guarantee. They created a regular prize pool worth $90,240 with another $38,400 in the bounty prize pool.

The last 48 players will make the money with a min-cash worth $505 and the Event 33 winner will earn $18,035 plus the LHPO trophy.

1st: $18,035 + LHPO trophy
2nd: $12,400
3rd: $8,455
4th: $5,575
5th: $4,390
6th: $3,655
7th: $3,000
8th: $2,425
9th-10th: $1,880
11th-12th: $1,575
13th-15th: $1,330
16th-18th: $1,090
19th-21st: $910
22nd-24th: $755
25th-27th: $650
28th-36th: $570
37th-48th: $505

$400 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Entries:  313

The Black Chip Bounty tournament returned from their break at the same time as the Championship and it already blasted its $50,000 guarantee. The 313 entries so far have more than doubled the prize pool and there’s plenty of time to build it up.

Some familiar faces in action include Eric Piderit, Kevin Blewitt, Willie Wiggins, Solange Lucas, Marsha Wolak, John Yanni, Thomas Gari, Judy Bielan, Richard Leger, and Scott Zakheim.

$400 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/100

There are only a few days remaining for the series and time is running out if you want one of those pretty red guitar pick LHPO trophies. We have four new tournaments running today starting with Event 33 at noon, a $400 buy-in Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH tournament with a $50,000 guaranteed prize pool.

Players start with 20,000 out front and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30 pm and players may re-enter as often as needed during that time. They have a 45-minute dinner break at 6:30 pm and return to play down to our Event 33 champ.

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 33 Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

12PM: Day 2 – $3,500 LHPO Championship

• Championship Day 2 Chip Counts
• Championship Day 2 Table and Seat Assignments
• Championship Payouts

12PM: Event 33 – $400 Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 33 Structure Sheet

4PM: Event 34 Day 1 – $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-12 last 30 minutes; Levels 13+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:00pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 15
• Event 34 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 35 Day 1 – $1,100 Mixed PLO (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:30pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 16
• Event 35 Structure Sheet

6PM: Event 36 Flight A – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $200,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Day 1 levels last 30 minutes; Day 2 levels last 40 minutes
• Levels 27+ last 60 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when field reaches 12.5%
• Event 36 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

12PM: $200 Event 34 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $100K GTD Purple Chip Bounty
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (2:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

9PM: $550 Big Stack Survivor NLH

• Every 1-in-10 will win $5,000 in cash
• Players begin with 15,000 in chips
• Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Levels 9+ last 20 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (5:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

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2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Schedule

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