From a field of 1,162 entries, the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship came down to nine players on Tuesday afternoon. It was a long four days leading up to this, including a very late night the night before, but on Tuesday the nine-handed final table played down to a winner in just four hours.

The final hand was simultaneously dramatic and anti-climactic, as Spencer Champlin made a bold bluff on the river with king high, unaware that Martins Adeniya had made a flush. Adeniya quickly called to win the title, the trophy, and $512,600.

It’s the biggest live tournament win of Adeniya’s career, and it comes at a great time — and a not-so-great time.

“It’s just perfect timing,” said Adeniya after his victory. “I’ve got a baby on the way in April, and I’m getting married in two weeks. The only problem is I’m missing my fiancée’s birthday today.”

When Adeniya returns home with a championship trophy and half a million dollars, we expect his fiancée Dana will forgive him.

The Championship had two starting flights with unlimited re-entries, but Adeniya only needed one entry. But that’s not to say it was an easy path.

“I lost nearly half my stack in the first couple levels of the tournament,” said Adeniya. “Then someone ran a big bluff on me, but I hero called.”

Adeniya bagged a nice stack on Day 1, but he was down to about 20 big blinds by the time the Money Bubble came around on Day 2.

“I had two of the chipleaders to my left,” said Adeniya, “so it was quite a tricky bubble to navigate. And I was actually put all in on the bubble with aces, and had to fold aces on the bubble.”

Adeniya went on to finish Day 2 among the larger stacks (15th of 56), but Day 3 would be an incredibly long day. Luckily for Adeniya, he got better as the day went on.

“Yesterday was pretty long,” said Adeniya about Day 3. “We played until 3:30 in the morning, and we were on the featured table the entire time so it was quite tiring and draining.”

With 15 players left, Adeniya doubled thru then-chipleader Yingui Li, getting it all in on the turn with pocket queens on a ten-high board against Li’s flush and straight draw. Li missed his outs, and that kickstarted a run for Adeniya where he would take the lead with 14 players left, and hold onto it for most of the rest of the tournament.

Day 3 played so long because they were trying to reach the final eight players, but they went three hours with no eliminations. The blinds kept increasing, so when they returned on Tuesday afternoon to play to a winner, the average chip stack was only worth 26 big blinds, even though they had been playing a slow structure with 90-minute levels.

Well, the math caught up to the players, and on Tuesday afternoon it only took four hours to play down from nine to a winner.

Incredibly, the top seven finishers in this event all earned the top live tournament cash of their careers. For Ryan Hogan, it was the second career-high cash of this series, as he finished third in Event #1 to earn $116,750, then nearly doubled it by cashing for $205,000 for fourth place here in the Championship.

Even though he is from London, Adeniya has been a regular presence in our big events here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.

“It’s a nice place with good weather,” said Adeniya. “Right now in London it’s like zero degrees, so it’s nice to have some sunshine. The people here are great, there’s lots of stuff to do, and there are good cash games and good tournaments. I love it here.”

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Results:

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Martins	Adeniya	$512,600*
2	Spencer	Champlin	$425,000*
3	Caio	De Lucca	$275,000
4	Ryan	Hogan	$205,000
5	Joost	Schippers	$156,000
6	Adam	Nattress	$119,000
7	Kyle	Taddei	$92,000
8	Ryan	Hoenig	$71,000
9	Ricardo	Eyzaguirre	$56,000
10	Brock	Wilson	$56,000
11	Long	Nguyen	$46,500
12	Vencent	Welch	$46,500
13	Yingui	Li	$39,000
14	Michael	Dwyer	$39,000
15	Ben	Miner	$39,000
16	Christian	Roberts	$32,500
17	Ben	Scrogins	$32,500
18	Scott	Frier	$32,500
19	Nadeem	Hirani	$32,500
20	Greg	Baird	$27,500
21	Ricky	Landais	$27,500
22	Julian	Pineda	$27,500
23	Josh	Reichard	$27,500
24	Raj	Vohra	$23,100
25	Artem	Suhak	$23,100
26	Kaifan	Wang	$23,100
27	Cherish	Andrews	$23,100
28	Dan	Stavila	$23,100
29	Nick	Funaro	$23,100
30	Ken	Fishman	$23,100
31	Gareth	McMahon	$23,100
32	Justin	Carey	$19,400
33	Clement	Michaud	$19,400
34	Chris	Conrad	$19,400
35	Emmanuel	McKenzie	$19,400
36	Carlos	Bermudez	$19,400
37	Vitalijs	Zavorotnijs	$19,400
38	T.K.	Miles	$19,400
39	Anthony	Zinno	$19,400
40	David	DiBernardi	$16,300
41	Jason	Hickey	$16,300
42	Asher	Conniff	$16,300
43	Daniel	Swartz	$16,300
44	Anatoly	Nikitin	$16,300
45	Owen	Savir	$16,300
46	Brent	Hart	$16,300
47	Tuan	Nguyen	$16,300
48	Kevin	Calenzo	$13,800
49	Rusty	Wadsworth	$13,800
50	Guillermo	Hamilton	$13,800
51	Todd	Ivens	$13,800
52	Derek	Nold	$13,800
53	Scott	Wright	$13,800
54	Jason	Rocha	$13,800
55	Olivier	Rebello	$13,800
56	David	Nathaniel Jr.	$11,500
57	John	Racener	$11,500
58	Niall	Costigan	$11,500
59	Steve	Buckner	$11,500
60	Anibal	Pabon	$11,500
61	Max	Young	$11,500
62	Padraig	O'Neill	$11,500
63	Kharlin	Sued	$11,500
64	Michael	Gathy	$9,600
65	Frank	Funaro	$9,600
66	Tom	Dobrilovic	$9,600
67	Dan	Heimiller	$9,600
68	Ramel	Diaz-Warner	$9,600
69	Martin	Carnero	$9,600
70	Harrison	Gimbel	$9,600
71	Frank	Stepuchin	$9,600
72	Carl	Carodenuto	$9,600
73	Michael	Newman	$9,600
74	Robert	Kennedy	$9,600
75	Ky	Nguyen	$9,600
76	Frederic	Normand	$9,600
77	Mica	Lamar	$9,600
78	Matthew	Sabia	$9,600
79	Robert	Grossman	$9,600
80	Brandon	Kessous	$8,200
81	Jamie	Flynn	$8,200
82	Steve	Karp	$8,200
83	Jonathan	Tamayo	$8,200
84	Elvyn	Bello Santos	$8,200
85	Vinicius	Lima	$8,200
86	Tyler	Phillips	$8,200
87	Matthew	Leecy	$8,200
88	Andrew	Moreno	$8,200
89	Danilo	Alvarenga	$8,200
90	Jonathan	Borenstein	$8,200
91	Brandon	Sunshine	$8,200
92	Marcos	Exterkotter	$8,200
93	Timothy	Pai	$8,200
94	Brett	Bader	$8,200
95	Gabe	Ramos	$8,200
96	Jordan	Westmorland	$8,200
97	Jonathan	Akiba	$8,200
98	Ren	Lin	$8,200
99	Keven	Stammen	$7,000
100	Fabio	Santos	$7,000
101	Eric	Afriat	$7,000
102	Frank	Brannan	$7,000
103	Robert	LeBeau	$7,000
104	Frank	Lagodich	$7,000
105	James	Raymond	$7,000
106	Glenn	Becker	$7,000
107	Alessio	Isaia	$7,000
108	Taha	Maruf	$7,000
109	Eric	Bonin	$7,000
110	Nikolai	Tulin	$7,000
111	Domenic	Armano	$7,000
112	Jonathan	Jaffe	$7,000
113	Tony	Dunst	$7,000
114	Michael	Graffeo	$7,000
115	David	Jackson	$7,000
116	Shon Shlomo	Perez	$7,000
117	Eric	Yanovsky	$7,000
118	Gary	Greenlee	$6,400
119	Alain	Medesan	$6,400
120	Filipp	Khavin	$6,400
121	Nadya	Magnus	$6,400
122	Sterling	Savill	$6,400
123	Ari	Oxman	$6,400
124	Ben	Warrington	$6,400
125	Steven	Sanzone	$6,400
126	Jerry	Wong	$6,400
127	Buck	Bucceri	$6,400
128	Isaac	Kempton	$6,400
129	John	Wilder	$6,400
130	Stephen	Kehoe	$6,400
131	Viktor	Kovachev	$6,400
132	Anthony	Cousineau	$6,400
133	Steve	Yagudaev	$6,400
134	Maksim	Pisarenko	$6,400
135	David	Adam-Castrillo	$6,400
136	Haim	Toorgeman	$6,400
137	Chad	Eveslage	$6,400
138	Joel	Gola	$6,400
139	Kurt	Jewell	$6,400
140	Harvey	Vandeven	$6,400
141	Alexander	Lampropoulos	$6,400
142	Adam	Lucosky	$6,400
143	Ben	Ludlow	$6,400
144	Igor	Merda	$6,400
145	Brian	Barros-Vazquez	$6,400
146	Kamil	Zeman	$6,400

* Indicates the adjusted payouts from a heads-up deal.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 1,162

Martins Adeniya limped from the button for 400,000, Spencer Champlin raised from the big blind to 1,400,000, and Adeniya called.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Champlin bet 2,800,000, and Adeniya called.

The river card was the , and Champlin moved all in for 19,000,000. Adeniya rechecked his cards before he called with for a flush. Champlin turned over for a king-high bluff, and Adeniya won the pot — and $512,600 — with an eight-high heart flush.

Spencer Champlin finished as the runner-up, earning $425,000.

Congratulations to Martins Adeniya!

1st:  Martins Adeniya  –  $512,600 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  Spencer Champlin  –  $425,000
3rd:  Caio De Lucca  –  $275,000
4th:  Ryan Hogan  –  $205,000
5th:  Joost Schippers  –  $156,000
6th:  Adam Nattress  –  $119,000
7th:  Kyle Taddei  –  $92,000
8th:  Ryan Hoenig  –  $71,000
9th:  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  $56,000

Stay tuned for a recap of this event, which will be posted later tonight.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 33:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,162

Level 32 comes to an end, and the players take a 10-minute break. Here are the official chip counts from the table:

Martins Adeniya  –  35,200,000  (88 bb)
Spencer Champlin  –  22,900,000  (57 bb)

And the final table payouts:

1st:  $512,600* + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $425,000*

3rd:  Caio De Lucca  –  $275,000
4th:  Ryan Hogan  –  $205,000
5th:  Joost Schippers  –  $156,000
6th:  Adam Nattress  –  $119,000
7th:  Kyle Taddei  –  $92,000
8th:  Ryan Hoenig  –  $71,000
9th:  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  $56,000

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

* Indicates the adjusted payouts from a heads-up deal.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,162

The final two players return from break to begin heads-up play, with blind levels dropping from 90 minutes to one hour.

They are nearly even in chips, and they have agreed during the break to adjust the final two payouts so they are a little more even.

Here are their official chip counts for the start of heads-up play, followed by the new payouts for first and second, followed by the rest of the final table payouts.

Spencer Champlin  –  29,600,000  (99 bb)
Martins Adeniya  –  28,500,000  (95 bb)

1st:  $512,600* + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $425,000*

3rd:  Caio De Lucca  –  $275,000
4th:  Ryan Hogan  –  $205,000
5th:  Joost Schippers  –  $156,000
6th:  Adam Nattress  –  $119,000
7th:  Kyle Taddei  –  $92,000
8th:  Ryan Hoenig  –  $71,000
9th:  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  $56,000

Reminder:  In heads-up play, the button has the small blind and acts first before the flop.

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

* Indicates the adjusted payouts from a heads-up deal.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 1,162

Caio De Lucca raised from the button to 600,000, and Spencer Champlin called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Champlin bet 1,200,000, and De Lucca called.

The river card was the , and Champlin moved all in. De Lucca had about 6,400,000 left in his stack, and he tossed out all nine of his Time Chips as he went into the tank for a long time.

De Lucca eventually called all in for about 4,600,000 with for two pair, nines and eights. But Champlin turned over to win the pot with a diamond flush, eliminating De Lucca in third place.

Caio De Lucca  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($275,000)

There will be a 15-minute break before heads-up play begins. Here are the official chip counts:

Spencer Champlin  –  29,600,000  (99 bb)
Martins Adeniya  –  28,500,000  (95 bb)

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 1,162

Ryan Hogan moved all in under the gun for 2,500,000, and Martins Adeniya called from the big blind with . Hogan turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Hogan paired his four on the turn, but improved no further. Adeniya won the pot with his pocket nines to eliminate Hogan in fourth place.

Martins Adeniya  –  24,000,000  (80 bb)
Ryan Hogan  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($205,000)

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

With three players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 19,375,000 (65 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $275,000 each.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,162

Spencer Champlin raised under the gun to 600,000, Joost Schippers reraised from the button to 1,100,000, and Champlin moved all in.

Schippers called all in for 1,500,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Champlin’s .

The board came , and Champlin paired his ace on the flop and his five on the river to win the pot with two pair and eliminate Schippers in fifth place.

Spencer Champlin  –  16,000,000  (53 bb)
Joost Schippers  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($156,000)

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

With four players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 14,525,000 (48 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $205,000 each.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,162

Adam Nattress moved all in under the gun for 1,900,000, Spencer Champlin called from the hijack, and Ryan Hogan called from the big blind. Any further betting will create a side pot.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , Hogan checked, Champlin bet 1,200,000, and Hogan folded.

Nattress turned over for queen high, and he was drawing dead against Champlin’s (pair of aces).

The meaningless river card was the , and Champlin won the pot with his pair of aces to eliminate Nattress in sixth place.

Spencer Champlin  –  13,000,000  (43 bb)
Adam Nattress  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($119,000)

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

With five players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 11,625,000 (39 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $156,000 each.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 32:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,162

Level 31 comes to an end, and the players take a 10-minute break. Here are the official chip counts from the table:

Seat 1.  Martins Adeniya  –  21,050,000  (70 bb)
Seat 2.  Ryan Hogan  –  8,750,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3.  Adam Nattress  –  1,900,000  (6 bb)
Seat 4.  Spencer Champlin  –  7,525,000  (25 bb)
Seat 5.  Caio De Lucca  –  15,900,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6.  Joost Schippers  –  2,975,000  (10 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $562,600 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $375,000
3rd:  $275,000
4th:  $205,000
5th:  $156,000
6th:  $119,000

7th:  Kyle Taddei  –  $92,000
8th:  Ryan Hoenig  –  $71,000
9th:  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  $56,000

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

With six players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 9,675,000 (32 big blinds).

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Results  |  Live Stream
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,162

Kyle Taddei moved all in from the button for 350,000, and Martins Adeniya called from the big blind with . Taddei turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Adeniya wins the pot with two pair, aces and jacks, to eliminate Taddeia in seventh place.

Martins Adeniya  –  20,000,000  (80 bb)
Kyle Taddei  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($92,000)

Our updates are following the same half-hour delay as the SHRPO Live Stream, so you can follow along without seeing any spoilers.

With six players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 9,675,000 (39 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $119,000 each.