We kicked off the new year with the 2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, running from January 6 through January 21 with 57 trophy events, more than $7.25 million in guarantees, and tons of friends playing in the Grand Ballroom.
Events: 57
Entries: 13,555
Guarantees: $7,360,000
Prize Pools: $12,328,975
We attracted more than 10,000 entries and awarded more than $10,000,000 for the 21st consecutive series, dating all the way back to the 2011 Poker Showdown. We couldn’t do it without you.
There were plenty of great stories from our players, including a fun WPT LHPO Championship field and final table.
Giuseppe Iadisernia finished second in the $25K High Roller and immediately entered Flight A of the Championship, bagging the chip lead at the end of the day. That was the start of Iadisernia’s great run, which ended with him taking the title for $611,700 and putting his name on the WPT Mike Sexton Champions Cup.
Thomas Boivin won that $25K High Roller title, Anatoly Nikitin finished third, and both went on to make the Championship final table, with Boivin going out in third and Nikitin in fifth.
Finally, Martins Adeniya was the defending LHPO Champion after he finished in the top spot over 1,225 entries in 2025. This year, he made the final table once again and finished fourth out of 1,229 entries.
Remarkable feats from each.
Michael Tarafara bookended his series by winning The Opener to start his LHPO and ending his series with a win in The Closer. Ryan Hoenig and Joseph Olivieri also took home two LHPO trophies this year, with Hoenig picking up his seventh career major SHRP title and and Oliveiri his sixth.
Benjamin Moschel won the $1,100 Platinum Stack a few days after his twin brother, Jonathan, won the $400 Limit Omaha 8. Justin Datloff booked a $232,848 payout for winning the $600 Deep Stack and 2022 WPT LHPO champ Alex Yen captured our first-ever $2,200 Progressive Bounty title.
We also had some adjustments to our all-time wins lists. First up, Yuval Bronshtein won the $400 Double Board Bomb Pot PLO for his 16th career SHRP title and went to the top of the ranks. Then Raminder Singh said, “Not so fast,” and won the $400 Black Chip Bounty NLH/PLO Mix for his 16th.
We are tied at the top once again.
Raminder Singh – 16 wins
Yuval Bronshtein – 16 wins
David Shmuel – 12 wins
Michael Newman – 12 wins
Phil Hui – 12 wins
Matt Bretzfield – 10 wins
Gabriel Ramos – 9 wins
Hal Klein – 8 wins
John Holley – 8 wins
Scott Baumstein – 8 wins
Finally, a historical stat that many people helped make, including a few in the last two weeks. Since the 2011 Poker Showdown, more than 100 players have now won three or more major SHRP events.
Our players are do amazing things.
Thanks again to everyone for coming out and making the series a success. We look forward to seeing everyone back for the 2026 Poker Showdown from April 9 to April 28!
Below you can find links for each event:
WPT LHPO Championship: Giuseppe Iadisernia – $611,700
Event 1 (Slater Scoops): Michael Tarafa – $23,360
Event 2 ($600 NLH): Justin Datloff – $232,848
Event 3 ($400 Seniors): Jeffrey Homer – $18,100
Event 4 ($600 Big O): Jean Laurent – $13,730
Event 5 ($400 NLH/PLO): Mikhail Chykiliov – $10,360
Event 6 ($400 O8): Jonathan Moschel – $7,367
Event 7 ($800 PLO): Ron Jacobowitz – $19,000
Event 8 ($400 Bounty): Yevgeniy Kluyenko – $7,945
Event 9 ($600 Turbo PLO): Vito Lu – $6,545
Event 10 ($1K Bounty PLO): Marc Geissel – $19,015
Event 11 ($600 TORSE): Daniel Barlin – $11,980
Event 12 ($400 Bounty NLH): Tanner Martinelli – $7,660
Event 13 ($600 Mixed PLO): Grant Hart – $16,835
Event 14 ($1K Platinum Stack): Benjamin Moschel – $63,853
Event 15 ($400 NLH): Benjamin Schneider – $17,530
Event 16 ($600 Mixed TD): Elias Nassif – $9,520
Event 17 ($400 PLO): Yuval Bronshtein – $9,710
Event 18 ($300 Bounty): Bret Grabow – $4,424
Event 19 ($600 Seniors): Gregory Spinder – $14,725
Event 20 ($600 10-Game Mix): Pawel Andrzejewski – $10,660
Event 21 ($400 NLH): Darin Utley – $38,311
Event 22 ($600 Bounty PLO): Guy Hayun – $12,810
Event 23 ($600 SORBET): Joseph Olivieri – $9,450
Event 24 ($600 PLO): Miguelangel Salvador – $11,379
Event 25 ($1,700 PKO): Alex Yen – $26,790
Event 26 ($600 PLO8): Ryan Hoenig – $15,200
Event 27 ($2K NLH): Asher Neaman – $47,000
Event 28 ($800 PLO): Phuoc Vu – $33,730
Event 29 ($600 Triple Stud): Broc Kuerzi – $8,305
Event 30 ($300 Bounty): Ashok Panchumarthi – $8,770
Event 31 ($1K Turbo): Scott Bohlman – $17,940
Event 32 ($600 2-7): Sam Spira – $7,670
Event 33 ($1K NLH): Karanvir Singh – $40,520
Event 34 ($25K High Roller): Thomas Boivin – $310,255
Event 35 ($600 6-Max): Eric Bunch – $19,670
Event 37 ($400 HORSE): Joseph Olivieri – $7,490
Event 38 ($1K PKO): Bulat Khusainov – $10,200
Event 39 ($400 Bounty NLH) Carlos Bermudez – $8,990
Event 40 ($600 O8): Bobby Leff – $9,861
Event 41 ($400 NLH): Roberto Mora Rojas – $9,664
Event 42 ($400 Bounty NLH/PLO): Raminder Singh – $7,015
Event 43 (WPT Lightning Stack): Wendy Horan – $5,671
Event 44 ($400 NLH): Andreas Ioakimides – $24,200
Event 45 ($1K Mixed PLO): Aleksey Filatov – $21,376
Event 46 ($10K NLH): Justin Saliba – $236,925
Event 47 ($1,700 Bounty): Elisha Maarek – $28,870
Event 48 ($600 Badugi): Benjamin Goldstein – $7,340
Event 49 ($800 NLH): James Anderson – $54,305
Event 50 ($1,700 Seniors): Brian Brunner – $37,480
Event 51 ($600 10-Game): Kris Lord – $9,800
Event 53 ($1K PLO): Ryan Hoenig – $22,055
Event 54 ($300 NLH): Rebecca Trianosky – $7,200
Event 55 ($400 6-Max): Daniel Vranich – $13,680
Event 56 ($5K NLH): Randall Emmett – $141,300
Event 57 ($1K 6-Max PLO): Antoine Sankari – $19,896
Event 58 ($300 Bounty): Michael Tarafa – $9,425
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