Event 1 Prize Pool and Payout Information

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

There was a total of 639 entrants creating a prize pool of $319,500. 63 players will make the money with first place taking home $81,823. Full payouts are as follows:

PlaceWinnings
1st$81,823.00
2nd$47,950.00
3rd$31,311.00
4th$21,246.00
5th$15,016.00
6th$11,661.00
7th$8,946.00
8th$6,549.00
9th$4,632.00
10th – 12th$3,514.00
13th – 15th$2,715.00
16th – 18th$2,236.00
19th – 27th$1,917.00
28th – 36th$1,629.00
37th – 45th$1,373.00
46th – 54th$1,214.00
55th – 63rd$1,086.00

Mukul Pahuja highlights tough final flight field

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 250/500 Ante 50

His stay was short lived as he was recently eliminated with a nut flush draw that would not improve against bottom two pair, but Mukul Pahuja was among the many that decided to come down to try their luck in the $300,000 Guaranteed NLHE tournament here at the STAX Poker Lounge. Mukul has over 1.85 million in reported live career earnings including  a recent 2nd place finish at the 2013 WPT Montreal tournament for $362,430. His biggest score, however,  was a 3rd place finish at the $10,000,000 Guarantee at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood for $872,625.

Mukul Pahuja
Mukul Pahuja

 

Other notables that took part in the poker action today include Michael Beasley, Joshua Hillock, Steven Karp, Adam Levy, Seth Berger, Kevin Ho, Michael Minetti, and Stuart Paterson. Barry Hutter was also in the field fresh off his 5th place finish at the 2013 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $219,165 as well as a win at a 2013 Seminole Hard Rock Deep Stack Poker Series in Hollywood.

There are 108 players remaining of the 165 entrants that started the day.

Flights A-D Returning Players Chip Counts

102 players remaining of 474 entries (Flights A-D)
Day 2 – Saturday, 1 pm
Next Blinds: 1,500/3,000/300 ante

Position         NameChip Count
1MICHAELLAAKE292,600 (98 bb)
2JONATHANWOLFF278,700
3ABBEYDANIELS274,100
4JONBRODY268,100
5ENRIQUEROMAN255,600
6RYANSHERMAN254,700
7JAIMERUBINSTERN250,800
8ROBERTMILLER218,600
9NORMANKETCHUM218,000
10JAMARLEWIS215,500
11MATTHEWELSARELLI208,900
12BRUCEREID203,100
13RAYMILLARD199,100
14RYANBUNES196,300
15JOHNUTLEY186,900
16CYNTHIARADNOVICH174,100
17DAVIDNOWLING173,700
18ALANGUTMAN170,700
19DARRENSTABINSKI170,000
20STEVENMCKOY168,200
21VLADIMIRKOVALCHUK167,900
22JOHNKLEIN165,300
23ROBERTWILLIAMS162,800
24JEFFERYBOHANEK161,100
25AHGELOMIELEJL158,300
26JAMESSCOTT156,600
27PIERROTMASSENAT155,000
28ALCIDESGOMEZ153,700
29SHIRAAZALI153,300
30JOHNMILLER151,400
31YUEWANG150,500
32BRIANWILSON148,000
33WALTERSASCHA142,000
34ARTURORODRIGUEZ135,000
35PATRICKHENEGHAN134,600
36COURTLANDTUYMAN134,500
37ROBERTKESSLER133,300
38DIMITRYAGRACHOV131,500
39GREGGJAFFY131,200
40LUKEBRERETON131,000
41JULIACOOLEY130,000
42BRIANREINERT129,400
43BRIANHAWKINS127,200
44ROBERTMIDGETTE126,100
45MICHAELGRABELSKY121,700
46MATTHEWVETSEIN119,100
AVERAGE
 STACK116,000 (39 bb)
47TIMKEGAL113,500
48JORGEGOMEZ113,000
49STEVENBENNETT108,000
50ROBERTZUCKERMANN104,300
51ROBERTBRESNER102,900
52PETERVITANTONIO101,600
53ROGERGOINDOO100,500
54CHAD RICHARD94,100
55DAVIDWOLFF91,500
56JOSEGALLEGOS83,900
57AARONIVEIT83,600
58PAULAALIBRANDI83,200
59ELLIOTTZAYDMAN81,800
60BRIANPHILLIS81,300
61TIMMILES80,400
62SONNYSUNGLI LEE80,000
63ADAMCHIPIUK79,300
64GEORGELUKWASKI78,500
65NANCYTHOMAS78,100
66BRIANAPPELL77,500
67RONNIEBARDAH72,100
68DAVIDRING70,500
69SCOTTZAKHEIM68,200
70RANDALLCOHEN67,900
71ALFONSOPEREZ67,900
72CHRISTOPHERASARO67,400
73MARINAKOLES66,900
74CHRISTOPHERCRAWFORD65,300
75WENDYFREEDMAN63,300
76MARISASTELLER63,100
77MIGUELCHAJTUR63,000
78MATTHEWHERRICK62,400
79LOUOJEDA62,100
80DARRYLLFISH61,100
81JONATHANMARKS61,100
82SALVATORELAROSA60,100
83JUANPERALTA60,000
84CHRISTOPHERSTOFTZFUS59,400
85RAJEEVNASTA59,100
86BENJAMINZAMANI58,600
87PAULEFRON56,700
88JOSEPHGOTLIEB56,500
89MICHAEL MORTON55,200
90TODDARNOLD54,000
91BENJAMINROBINSON50,200
92DANIELMOTHA47,200
93SHELDONGROSS47,000
94JULIUSZEITLER46,200
95EVANTEITELBAUM40,200
96MICHAELHOEBORN40,000
97MARSHAWOLAK38,800
98DANIELGENACHTE33,000
99STEVERAEMAN32,500
100TERRYMOORE21,000
101SANDRAMEYER19,000
102ZACHARYCOLE17,900 (6 bb)

Registration closed for Event 1

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Blinds 150/300 Ante 25

Registration is officially closed for Event 1 with the final number of registered entrants for the final flight being the highest of the five flights at 165 bringing the unofficial total to 639.  will have prize pool and payout information posted as soon as they it becomes available. Here is the unofficial current updated number of entrants and returnees.

Date FlightEntriesReturns
Wed 29th      7pm1A10918
Thurs 30th  11am1B10324
Thurs 30th    7pm1C10023
Fri 31st        11am1D16237
Fri 31st          7pm1E165 TBD
   Day 2 Saturday Feb 1st 1pm639102

Sherman Sprints to Flight D Chip Lead

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/300 ante
37 players remaining, 109k avg (36 bb)

Ryan Sherman, Flight D Chip Leader
Ryan Sherman, Flight D Chip Leader

Like a scene from the film The Firm, Ryan Sherman (No. Miami Beach) raced through the Seminole Coconut Creek parking garage and casino, and to register for Flight D of Event 1 of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open.  After catching his breath, Sherman sprinted pasted the field to take the flight chip lead with 255k.

“I barely made Level 5,” said Sherman, who like Tom Cruise in the movie, is a lawyer. “I cut it a little too close,” and said he only had five minutes to spare.

Sherman finished ahead of  WSOP bracelet holder Norman Ketchum (Loves Park, IL) who bagged 218k. Both players are here because of the $300,000 Guaranteed prize pool, and this week is the first time they’ve been to the Stax Poker Lounge.

“It’s a nice room,” says Ketchum who won his bracelet in 2004.

Sherman almost didn’t make it through the day and said, “I had one foot out the door,” when he hit an Ace on the river with A-Q to crack pocket Queens for a 30k double-up just a few levels after his late arrival.

162 entries were in the fourth of the five flights and 37 advanced to Saturday’s Day 2. That puts the four flight title at 474 entries and 102 players advancing with the 7 pm flight still in progress.

Wendy Freedman (Las Vegas, NV) bagged 63k and was one of the recognizable names who advanced, but WSOP bracelet holder David Diaz (Bartlett, TN) and Mike Beasley (Davie), both with more than $1.3 million in career tournament earnings failed to bag and tag.

Sherman is currently 6th overall  and trails Michael Laake’s 293k who was the Flight A big stacks and overall chip leader.

Last chance to register for Event 1

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Every table, all 27 of them, in the Stax Poker Lounge is filled and the tournament has met the $300,000 Guarantee easily as there are 148 registered entrants with approximately 25 minutes left to register.

The Stax Poker Lounge packed to capacity
The Stax Poker Lounge packed to capacity

Flight D Full Chip Count List

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

Day 2 Blinds: 1,500/3,000/300 ante
37 players remaining, 109k avg (36 bb)

Position          Name Chips
1RyanSherman254,700
2NormanKetchum218,000
3JamarLewis215,500
4RayMillard199,100
5RyanBunes196,300
6DavidNowling173,700
7StevenMckoy168,200
8VladimirKovalchuk167,900
9JefferyBohanek161,100
10YueWang150,500
11ArturoRodriguez135,000
12JuliaCooley130,000
13BrianHawkins127,200
14RobertMidgette126,100
15MichaelGrabelsky121,700
16TimKegel113,500
17RobertZuckermann104,300
18PeterVitantonio101,600
19Chad Richard94,100
20JoseGallegos83,900
21AaronIveit83,600
22ElliottZaydman81,800
23SonnySungli Lee80,000
24GeorgeLukwaski78,500
25DavidRing70,500
26ScottZakheim68,200
27AlfonsoPerez67,900
28WendyFreedman63,300
29MatthewHerrick62,400
30JonathanMarks61,100
31ChristopherStoltzfus59,400
32BenjaminZamani58,600
33PaulEfron56,700
34JuliusZeitler46,200
35DanielGenachte33,000
36SandraMeyer19,000
37ZacharyCole17,900

Last flight officially underway

$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

The final flight for Event 1, a $300,000 Guaranteed NLHE tournament, has officially begun. We have 474 entrants prior to the start of this event meaning we need just over 125 entrants to hit the Guarantee. Thus far we are at 58 for the evening but it’s Friday night in South Florida so we’re sure to see that number increase dramatically until registration closes at approximately 9:10 pm.