The Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open (LHPO) returns to Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, now through 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 beginning Feb. 5-11, with a $3,500 buy-in and three 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. ET 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, DSPT. The $1,100 buy-in, $300,000 Guarantee WPTDeepStacks-Hollywood will start Jan. 29 at 12 p.m. ET in the resort’s ballrooms.
Other highlight tournaments include a $350 buy-in deep-stack no-limit hold'em, $250,000 guarantee with five starting flights, from Jan. 25-28 and a two-day $150 buy-in no-limit hold’em $150,000 guarantee with eight starting flights 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. 7, 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.
Doug Polk limped in on the button, Mike McDonald completed the bet from the small blind, and then Phil Ivey checked his option from the big blind. The flop came down , and McDonald checked. Ivey bet 100,000, and both Polk and McDonald folded.
A short-stacked Mike McDonald raised all in from the small blind, and Phil Ivey called from the big blind. McDonald had the , and Ivey had the . Thanks to a board, McDonald was able to earn the double up to get back to around half a million in chips.
Phil Ivey raised to 70,000 on the button and Doug "WCGRider" Polk called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop, and then Polk led out for 112,000 on the turn. Ivey called and then both players returned to checking on the river.
Polk tabled the for a rivered pair of fives, and it was good as Ivey sent his cards to the muck.
After firing three bullets in this event, each worth AU$250,000, Scott Seiver has been eliminated in fourth place.
Mike McDonald raised on the button to 60,000, and Seiver called from the big blind before the dealer placed out the flop. Seiver checked, and McDonald bet 50,000. Seiver check-raised all in for 206,000, and McDonald quickly called. McDonald had the for a flush draw, and Seiver had the for middle pair.
The turn was the , and that quickly put an end to things before the completed the board on the river.
With that, Seiver earned AU$750,000 for his fourth-place finish, losing just AU$15,000 on the event. McDonald moved up to about a million in chips.
Mike "Timex" McDonald raised to 75,000 from the button, Phil Ivey folded from the small blind, and Doug Polk raised to 221,000 from the big. McDonald responded by four-betting all in and Polk quickly folded.
Not long after, Polk limped from the small blind, McDonald checked his option from the big, and the two saw a flop of , which they both checked. They did the same on the turn, and then Polk check-called a bet of 40,000 on the river. McDonald showed the for two pair, and it was good as Polk sent his cards to the muck.
On the button, Mike McDonald raised to 70,000. After Phil Ivey folded from the small blind, Doug Polk three-bet to 220,000. McDonald called, and the flop fell . Polk checked, and McDonald checked.
The turn was the , and Polk checked. McDonald fired 200,000, and Polk folded.
Mike McDonald limped from the small blind and Phil Ivey checked his option from the big to see a flop of . McDonald bet 45,000, Ivey called, and the dealer burned and turned the . McDonald bet again, this time 110,000, and it did the trick as Ivey released his hand.
Doug Polk raised to 70,000 on the button and Phil Ivey defended from the big blind to see a flop of , which they both checked. Action repeated itself on the turn, and then Polk checked for a third time before Ivey bet 100,000. Polk gave it some thought but ultimately decided to release his hand.