Lucky Hearts Poker Open 2019
Sean Winter Wins SeminoleFlagship Event for $698,175
The 2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open (LHPO) wrapped up at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood on Tuesday night. The 13-day festival, which was comprised of 25 events, ended with the keystone $1,100 buy-in. 2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Schedule. December 31, 2018 @ 9:00AM by Seminole Hard Rock Poker. Download: Tournament Schedule (PDF) Primary Event Schedule: Event Day. $ 3,500 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship #16 World Poker Tour - WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open, Hollywood 3rd $ 262,912 24-Jan-2015: United States: $ 570 No Limit Hold'em 2015 L.A Poker Classic, Los Angeles 1st $ 54,630 16-Jan-2015: United States.
For the fifth consecutive year, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) concluded with the crowning of The Big 4 champions at the Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood.
This year’s SHRPO kicked off with arecord-breaking series opener. With 3,229 entries, the $600 Deep Stack NLHevent nearly doubled its $1 million guarantee for a final prize pool of$1,711,370. Raminder Singh (Delray Beach, Fla.) took home a SHRPO trophy andcashed $200,000.
Unique to South Florida, the Big 4 is acollection of four tournament finales that feature staggered structures, timedso the events play down simultaneously. This year’s events boasted combinedprize pool guarantees of $6.5 million. With 1,846 entries in Big 4 events,total cash payout exceeded the guarantees, topping out at more than $8,301,150.
The quartet of winners earned more than $1,785,818million, with Sean Winter winning the SHRPO Championship and claiming $698,175.This year’s SHPRO Championship drew in 809 total entries, boasting a totalprize pool of $3,923,650.
This is the fourth six-figure score for Winterat Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, but his first victory here. With the win,Winter brings his live tournament earnings to more than $13.6 million.
SHRPOChampionship Final Table Results:
1st: Sean Winter (Jacksonville, Fla.) $698,175
2nd: Shalom Elharrar (Israel) $487,695
3rd: Jerry Robinson (Raleigh, N.C.) $314,230
4th: Jordan Fisch (Toronto, Canada) $232,065
5th: Giuliano Lentini (New York City, N.Y.)$176,350
6th: Ben Farrell (Birmingham, U.K.) $139,705
7th: Joseph Cheong (Las Vegas, Nev.) $115,300
8th: Brandon Carl (Yorba Lina, Calif.) $91,365
9th: Nick Schwarmann (Daytona Beach, Fla.) $69,800
The other Big 4 winners include:
- ShaunDeeb (Troy, N.Y.), winning the $25,500 High Roller for $778,300
- JessicaDawley (Hollywood, Fla.), winning the $2,650 NLH Single Re-Entry for $204,610
- KeithBrennan (Ashbourne, Ireland), winning the $1,100 NLH Re-Entry for $104,035
The play down of all four events was streamedonline by Poker Night in America, as well as filmed for later airing on CBSSports Network.
SHRPO preliminary events featured the JeffConine Celebrity Poker Classic. The event drew 370 entries, and saw RandalFernandez of Aventura, Fla. win the event for the second consecutive year. Morethan $194,580 was raised for the charity benefitting the Conine Clubhouse, ahome-away-from-home where families of children under care at Joe DiMaggioChildren’s Hospital can stay for free as long as necessary.
Other signature event winners from the 2019SHRPO include:
- JasonMercier (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), winning the $50,000 Super High Roller for$715,860
Currently undergoing a $1.5 billionproperty-wide expansion, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood willunveil its new iconic Guitar Hotel on Oct. 24, in time for the Rock ‘N’ RollPoker Open (RRPO). Poker action will return to Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood onNov. 20 – Dec. 4 for the World Poker Tour Rock ‘N’ Roll Poker Open. Futuretournament information and poker hotel rates are available at SHRPO.com.
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About Seminole HardRock Poker
Seminole Hard Rock Poker encompasses four majorpoker series held annually at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino inHollywood, Florida. In August 2013, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO)was introduced to poker players around the world and featured a $10 millionguarantee championship, the largest guarantee in history. In addition to theSHRPO, Seminole Hard Rock Poker series’ includes the Seminole Hard Rock LuckyHearts Poker Open (January), Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown (April) andSeminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll” Poker Open (November). All four series fallunder the SHRPO umbrella with tournament news, live updates and championshiplive streaming. Visit www.SHRPO.com.Join the conversation at #SHRPO, and tag us @SHRPO.
AboutSeminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & CasinoHollywood is the flagship casino resort of Hard Rock International, ownedby the Seminole Tribe of Florida. It isa world-renownedentertainment, gaming and hospitality destination that features a AAA FourDiamond-rated, 465 room luxury hotel; expansive gaming offerings includingfirst-in-class slots, high-stakes table games and South Florida’s premier pokerroom; spa and fitness center; award-winning dining and nightlife; and thepopular Hard Rock Event Center which hosts celebrity performances, comedy actsand sporting events. A $1.5 billion expansion slated to open October, 2019,will bring 638 new, luxury guestrooms to the first-ever, guitar-shaped GuitarHotel and 168 upscale guest accommodations, including unique swim-up suites, inthe adjacent Oasis Tower at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & CasinoHollywood. Upon completion, the property will have a combined total of1,271 rooms. The project will also unveil a lush, “Bora Bora” style lagoonwith private cabanas and butler service; a 42,000 square-foot RockSpa®; a 13.5 acre recreational water experience for swimming,kayaking and paddle boarding; 19 dining outlets and 20 bars and lounges; anexpansive gaming floor housing 3,100 slots, 193 table games and a 45-tablepoker room; 120,000 square feet of premier meeting and convention spaceincluding a 38,000 square-foot, carpeted exhibition hall; and a 26,000square-foot retail promenade. The highly anticipated Hard Rock Liveentertainment venue with a 7,000-person capacity, will showcase A-listentertainers, comedy acts, Broadway performances, sporting events and livebroadcast productions. The integrated resort is locatedon 87 acres of the Hollywood SeminoleReservationalong State Road 7, (U.S. Highway 441), and is 10 minutes from FortLauderdale/Hollywood International Airport and 30 minutes from downtown Miamiand Miami International Airport. For more information, visit us online at www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com, call 800-937-0010 or follow us: Facebook:SeminoleHardRockHollywood, Twitter: @HardRockHolly, Instagram: @HardRockHolly.
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