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.
Stephen Graner opened to 100,000 and Andras Nemeth then made it 275,000 from the button. The blinds folded but Graner wasn’t done yet, four-betting to 680,000 and Nemeth moved all in. Graner made the call.
Nemeth:
Graner:
The cards ran out and Graner won a huge pot to take the chip lead.
In a hand before Francesco Grieco raised to 100,000 and then folded to pressure by Davidi Kitai. Then, the Italian raised to 115,000 and called all in for his last 600,000 in total with after Remi Castaignon had put him all in. Castaignon was well ahead with and the Italian was sent to the rail in 13th place after a board of .
Stephen Graner opened for 100,000 from under the gun and Sam Grafton, who hadn’t played many pots lately, three-bet to 295,000. Action folded back round to Graner who four-bet and then called a shove from Grafton.
Grafton:
Graner
The board ran out and Grafton was out in 12th for his best ever EPT finish.
We’re most likely going to play down to our first-ever six-handed final table on the EPT, but will that mean we’ll have an early night tomorrow? PokerStars Blog looks back on a season of EPT epics and tries to figure it out…
Fabio Sperling limped from the small blind and then folded to the all in of Davidi Kitai from one seat over. Exactly one hand later, the action folded to the Belgian and he moved all in again. Remi Castaignon asked the dealer for a count and then made the call, putting Kitai at risk for his last 650,000 chips.
Kitai:
Castaignon:
The Belgian found no love on the flop, but improved on the turn. Castaignon then hit the on the river to send the ever-so-dangerous Belgian to the rail in 10th place for €59,970.
Sam Grafton is out of the Main Event, but sometimes that’s how it goes. Frankly though Grafton is too good to leave out, even if he’s no longer playing any part in the Main Event. It’s not just his ability on the table, it’s that his performance this week was nothing more than an extension of his personality away from it, one that, you may have noticed, is a little different to most others—the clothes, the hair, the glasses, the gregarious bonhomie towards fellow player, as the PokerStars Blog reports.