Huge Field Flocks to WPT Lucky Hearts in Florida for Return of Live Tournament Poker
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In the first major live poker tournament in the US in nearly a year, a relatively unknown Ilyas Muradi took down the main event of the World Poker Tour’s Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. For Muradi, it was a $620,000, life-changing score. For a poker community starved for major tournament action in the face of the coronavirus, the whole series was like a breath of fresh air.
Plexiglass separators and mask requirements provided safety for competitors in the World Poker Tour Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Seminole Hard Rock in South Florida. (Image: WPT)
reflects final table deal
The swell of entries allow the event to rocket past its $1 million guarantee to a laughable degree as more than $5 million went into the prize pool. Some of the players who cashed among the 197 paid places were
Joseph Hebert, Aaron Mermelstein and
Justin Liberto.
One major storyline picking up steam late was
Darren Elias chase for an unprecedented fifth WPT title â he s already the record holder with four. However, he lost a monster flip to fellow WPT champ
Andy Hwang when jacks didn t hold against ace-queen to bust in 10th, according to the venue s live updates.