The webcast team informed us about another massive upswing to the stack of Omar Lakhdari and apparently the Frenchman had limped from under the gun with pocket aces. Two short stacks pushed with and , the aces of Lakhdari held up.
Three notables joined the rail lately though: Bryan Leskowitz, Craig McCorkell and Kitty Kuo.
Brian Altman raised to 5,500 and got one caller to see the flop of . The American made a continuation bet of 6,500 and got a call by the sole opponent to head to the turn. Another bet of 12,000 was called and then Altman put his opponent all in after the river for the last 44,000. The opponent gave it some thought and then called, but somehow couldn't beat the of Altman.
Emil Mattson opened to 5,700 from middle position and Vanessa Selbst on the button was the sole caller. Mattson would fire all three straat with 7,000 on , 14,500 on the turn, and all in for 53,600 on the river. Selbst called all streets, tanking long before her decision on the river, but had to muck after seeing Mattson's .
In one of the last hands of the day EPT Prague 2008 Main Event winner Salvatore Bonavena got eliminated. He got his last 74,000 chips in with on the turn and was up against Rhys Jones' , Brian Altman folded. The on the river did him no good, and just like that the tournament was free of former EPT Prague Main Event winners.
Serhat Demiroglu defended his small blind against a raise of Brian Altman for 6,000 and then bet the flop for 7,000. Altmann called and bet 18,000 on the turn after the action was checked to him. Demiroglu made the call and then led for 30,000 after the river.
Altman gave it some thought and then raised to 96,000, which was called rather quickly by Demiroglu with . Altman turned over for the queen-high flush and added even more chips to his already impressive stack.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (Dec. 10, 2014) — The Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open (LHPO) returns to Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida Jan. 22-Feb. 11, 2015 held in the resort’s ballrooms. The series will feature 21 main events along with several secondary events and qualifiers. The exciting live poker action culminates with the Seminole Hard Rock WPT Lucky Hearts $3 Million Guaranteed Championship February 5-11, with a $3,500 buy-in and six starting flights. The live-streamed Championship final table will be held at the resort’s Paradise Live theater in Seminole Paradise.
The annual series kicks-off on Jan. 22 at 11a.m. with a four-day $570 buy-in Deep Stack No-Limit Hold'em event featuring a $1 million guaranteed prize pool with six starting flights.
Super Bowl weekend will bring even more action with the WPTDeepStacks (WPTDS) which will kick-off its 2015 tour at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. WPTDS is a one-of-a-kind partnership between the world’s most established poker tour, WPT® and the world’s fastest growing poker tour, the DSPT. The $1,100 buy-in, $300,000 Guarantee WPTDeepStacks-Hollywood will start Jan. 29 at 12 p.m. in the resort’s ballrooms.
Other highlight tournaments a four-day $350 buy-in Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em, $250,000 Guarantee from Jan. 25-28 and a four-day $150 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em $150,000 Guarantee from Jan. 28-31.
Satellite events for the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship will be held at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Jan. 22-Feb 10, 2015.
Registration for all LHPO events will be open Dec. 15, 2015. To participate, players must obtain a free “Wild Card” at the Player’s Club or in The Poker Room at Seminole Paradise. Located on State Road 7 (U.S. 441) in Hollywood, Florida. Take I-95, exit Stirling Rd. and travel west to 1 Seminole Way.
For more information and schedule visit www.SHRPO.com.