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Marius Gierse Wins LHPO Championship for $605K; John Holley Claims Two Titles

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From January 12-24, the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood in South Florida played host to the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open (LHPO). Through its 43 events, the 2023 LHPO catered to a combined 16,320 entrants and awarded $14,776,880 in prize money. That made it the biggest LHPO in history based on the number of entries!

Among those to win titles were Matt Bretzfield, who won the $600 Mixed PLO title and became the first player to ever win an SHRP trophy in four consecutive series; Alessio Isaia, who won two tournaments in back-to-back days (he nearly won a third but finished runner-up in another tournament to Valerie Novak); and Yuval Bronshtein winning what was his eighth career SHRP title.

While the series was a remarkable success, it was a little bittersweet as shortly after Director of Poker Marketing for Seminole Hard Rock Tony Burns was leaving after a more than seven-year run offering some of the best poker in the country.

Championship Ends in Four-Way Deal

Marius Gierse
Marius Gierse

From January 20-24, the $3,500 LHPO Championship took place. The tournament blew away its $2 million guarantee as 1,692 entries created a $5,414,400 prize pool. One player in the field was Marius Gierse, who hadn��t played a tournament since the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) before finishing fifth in the $25,500 LHPO High Roller for $110,500.

He then turned around and shipped the LHPO Championship for $605,000 after a four-way deal at the final table.

��It��s been a long four days, but it feels pretty damn good,�� Gierse told LHPO officials. ��It was quite the ride.��

Gierse got off to a hot start at the final table when his pocket queens held against the Big Slick of Jerry Wong.

��I had a big flip against Jerry Wong at the start,�� said Gierse. ��That hand was the most important, otherwise I would have been out in ninth.��

Gierse, primarily an online player, added: ��I really don��t enjoy live poker as much, mostly because people are too serious and take a lot of time, but that isn��t the case here at all. People play super-fast, and people are talking, and not taking themselves too seriously. It��s super nice. So, I��m very, very happy to play here and I will for sure to come back.��

2023 LHPO Championship Final Table Results

PlacePlayerPrize
1Marius Gierse$605,000*
2Brian Scott$555,078*
3Jacob Powers$500,000*
4Peter Mugar$498,177*
5Martin Carnero$238,635
6Taylor Wilson$181,950
7Daniel Clifford$140,055
8Leonard Hermann$108,850
9Jerry Wong$85,410

*Denotes four-handed deal.

Others to cash the tournament were Cero Zuccarello (11th - $67,680), Wasim Assaf (12th - $67,680), Frank Funaro (15th - $43,780), Joe McKeehen (25th - $24,570), Chris Tryba (30th - $24,570), Landon Tice (39th - $20,690), and Nadya Magnus (48th - $17,605).

John Holley Claims Two Titles

John Holley
John Holley

Alessio Isaia wasn��t the only player to win two titles in the series as John Holley also accomplished the feat. First, he topped a 78-entry field to win Event #15: $600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH for $13,760 and what was his seventh Seminole trophy.

A week later, he was back at it besting a 193-entry field to win Event #37: $600 Seniors 50+ NLH for $25,715 and his eighth title. That tied him in second place along with Yuval Bronshtein and Michael Newman, who all trail Raminder Singh��s nine titles.

John Holley's SHRP Titles

SeriesEventPrize
2013 SHRPO$240 PLO8$5,919
2013 SHRPO$240 Seniors No-Limit Hold��em$9,207
2015 RRPO$350 Six-Max No-Limit Hold��em$5,304
2018 SHRPO$300 Seniors No-Limit Hold��em$6,924
2022 RRPO$400 Omaha 8/Stud 8$8,950
2022 RRPO$600 Pot-Limit Omaha$30,191
2023 LHPO$600 Turbo No-Limit Hold��em$13,760
2023 LHPO$600 Seniors No-Limit Hold��em$25,715

Check out our profile on Seminole Hard Rock Crusher Michael Newman here!

2023 LHPO Winners

DateTournamentEntriesPrize PoolWinnerPrize
January 12-16Event #1: $600 Deep Stack NLH4,535$2,358,200Scott Woodring$190,939
12-JanEvent #2: $400 HORSE109$36,515Mark Hurst$7,640
12-JanEvent #3: $150 Big Stack NLH320$37,760Joseph Burns$4,845
13-JanEvent #4: $400 DeepStack Turbo NLH34$11,560Javier Gomez Marquez$4,740
13-JanEvent #5: $400 Limit Omaha 8129$43,215David Shmuel$12,025
13-JanEvent #6: $400 Black Chip NLH183$18,300Gilles Dalco$9,170
14-JanEvent #7: $1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO132$128,040Taylor Lipson$32,615
15-JanEvent #8: $400 Deep Stack NLH515$172,525Jeremy Becker$33,615
January 15-16Event #9: $1,100 Deep Stack NLH254$246,380Alessio Isaia$55,835
January 15-16Event #10: $600 Mixed PLO134$70,350Matt Bretzfield$14,963
15-JanEvent #11: $200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty248$27,330Darin Kaplan$4,336
January 16-18Event #12: $200 Big Stack NLH2,325$372,000Dejan Petkovic$42,962
16-JanEvent #13: $600 Big O101$53,025Yuval Bronshtein$13,405
16-JanEvent #14: $400 Black Chip Bounty PLO206$48,410Michael McKuin$11,175
January 16-18Event #15: $600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH78$41,340John Holley$13,760
17-JanEvent #16: $400 Seniors 50+ NLH238$79,730Amir Baron$18,435
17-JanEvent #17: $600 NLH 6-Max235$123,375Alessio Isaia$20,592
January 17-18Event #18: $1,100 6-Max PLO 894$91,180Zhen Cai$27,880
January 17-18Event #19: $2,200 Deep Stack NLH257$514,000Aaron Flores$97,935
January 18-19Event #20: $10,000 High Roller PLO22$209,000Dylan Smith$91,960
January 18-20Event #21: $600 Deep Stack PLO465$241,800William Kopp$47,595
January 17-18Event #22: $200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH323$35,530Pierre Xavier-Laurent$4,608
18-JanEvent #23: $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH126$126,000Sam Panzica$28,082
January 18-19Event #24: $1,100 Deep Stack NLH332$322,040Ryan Hogan$66,790
January 19-20Evet #25: $25,500 High Roller NLH74$1,827,800Aram Oganyan$480,175
19-JanEvent #26: $150 Big Stack NLH175$20,650David Oshry$5,205
19-JanEvent #27: $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH92$92,000Jorge Cuesta$28,360
January 20-24Event #28: $3,500 LHPO Championship1,692$5,414,400Marius Gierse$605,000
20-JanEvent #29: $600 HORSE70$36,750Steven Idels$11,131
20-JanEvent #30: $400 Black Chip Bounty Turbo NLH164$16,400James Weidenborner$10,025
21-JanEvent #31: $400 Deep Stack Big O116$38,860Sue Sanders$11,130
21-JanEvent #32: $600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH81$42,930Robert French$14,045
22-JanEvent #33: $400 Black Chip Bounty NLH384$90,240Stephen Thomas$12,382
January 22-23Event #34: $1,700 Purple Chip Bounty NLH201$201,000Andrew Esposito$49,380
January 22-23Event #35: $1,100 Mixed PLO87$84,390Renny Barrett$23,670
January 22-24Event #36: $400 Deep Stack NLH917$302,610Valerie Novak$52,030
23-JanEvent #37: $600 Seniors 50+ NLH193$101,325John Holley$25,715
23-JanEvent #38: $5,000 PLO30$142,500Benjamin Juhasz$64,125
23-JanEvent #39: $600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH72$38,160Brandon Duvdivani$13,360
24-JanEvent #40: $400 Omaha 8/Stud 875$25,125David Bach$8,460
24-JanEvent #41: $5,000 Deep Stack NLH89$422,750Brock Wilson$129,350
24-JanEvent #42: $1,100 Six-Max PLO135$130,950Eddy Nedialkov$35,955
24-JanEvent #43: $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH278$43,290Jonathan Qunjian$7,562

The next series at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood will be the 2023 Poker Showdown from April 13-May 2.

*Images courtesy of Seminole Hard Rock.

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