Jonathan Aghai raised to 4,600 from the cutoff and found a call from a smiling Ole Schemion in the big blind. The flop came down and Schemion led into the raiser for 6,000. Aghai stuck around and the two took a turn.
The dealer produced the on fourth street and Schemion continued his aggression for 15,000. Aghai thought for about a minute before folding face up. Schemion did not show his cards as he dragged in a pot that brought his stack to 240,000.
On a flop of , Diego Gomez had a bet of 23,800 in front of him. Josue Sauvageau shoved all in for 64,400, and Gomez called.
Gomez:
Sauvageau:
Gomez was miled behind, but the turn was the best card in the deck as it gave him two pair and a flush draw. It was Sauvageau improving on the river though as the gave him quads.
Hugh Drummond had a raise to 47,000 in front of him on the button, and Sebastian Von Toperczer was staring him down when we arrived at their table. The latter had put in a raise to 25,400 in middle position, and he decided to shove all in. Drummond snap-called.
Drummond:
Von Toperczer:
A board meant Drummond was up over 300,000 after adding about 150,000 to his stack, while Von Toperczer is done.
The Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open (LHPO) returns to Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Jan. 22 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.