2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,009
Prize Pool: $332,970
January 12-15, 2026
Event 21 of the 2026 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a mid-series multi-flight $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em. A field of 1,009 entries produced a prize pool of $332,970.
A three-way deal was reached at the final table and Darin Utley was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 21 winner for $38,311.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darin | Utley | $38,311* |
| 2 | Evgeny | Kharchenko | $37,060* |
| 3 | Joseph | Esbenshade | $29,519* |
| 4 | Neil | Zonenashvili | $18,100 |
| 5 | Tyler | Pratt | $13,600 |
| 6 | Gerald | Dunn | $10,400 |
| 7 | Steven | Buckner Jr | $8,000 |
| 8 | Dejan | Petkovic | $6,200 |
| 9 | Jared | Gable | $4,880 |
| 10 | Christopher | Pehler | $4,880 |
| 11 | Marc | Pelfort | $4,260 |
| 12 | Bradley | Smith | $4,260 |
| 13 | Jean-Louis | Santoni | $3,680 |
| 14 | Jay | Romano | $3,680 |
| 15 | Sandra | Morse | $3,680 |
| 16 | Travell Delray | Thomas | $3,180 |
| 17 | John | Dobson | $3,180 |
| 18 | Lawrence | Pileggi | $3,180 |
| 19 | Yilmaz | Yosul | $3,180 |
| 20 | Thomas | Jackson | $2,740 |
| 21 | Robert | Mantin | $2,740 |
| 22 | Nichola | Ralph | $2,740 |
| 23 | Gary | Fitzgerald | $2,740 |
| 24 | Jason | Rocha | $2,340 |
| 25 | Robert | Kessler Iii | $2,340 |
| 26 | William | Beasley | $2,340 |
| 27 | Joseph | Incatasciato | $2,340 |
| 28 | Daniel | Schneider | $2,340 |
| 29 | Howard | Mash | $2,340 |
| 30 | Abraham | Ramos Padilla | $2,340 |
| 31 | Joseph | Jarboe | $2,340 |
| 32 | Brandon | Miller | $1,980 |
| 33 | David | Singh | $1,980 |
| 34 | Dorian | Rios Pavon | $1,980 |
| 35 | Elliot | Kostick | $1,980 |
| 36 | Sharon | Bachar | $1,980 |
| 37 | George | Fernandez | $1,980 |
| 38 | Jorge | Gomez | $1,980 |
| 39 | Mino | Christoulakis | $1,980 |
| 40 | Andrew | Frier | $1,680 |
| 41 | Brian | Gabriel | $1,680 |
| 42 | Devond | Marshall | $1,680 |
| 43 | Jack | Battaglla | $1,680 |
| 44 | Keith | Mccormack | $1,680 |
| 45 | Tanner | Martinelli | $1,680 |
| 46 | Christopher | Zollo | $1,680 |
| 47 | Bret | Winograd | $1,680 |
| 48 | Gary | Gelman | $1,420 |
| 49 | Tomer | Akerman | $1,420 |
| 50 | Paul | Prager | $1,420 |
| 51 | Kenneth | Bruno | $1,420 |
| 52 | Steven | Karp | $1,420 |
| 53 | Pinchas | Chakchakov | $1,420 |
| 54 | Vanna | Tea | $1,420 |
| 55 | Lior | Rusinek | $1,420 |
| 56 | Martha | Dajer | $1,180 |
| 57 | Mauricio | Fonseca | $1,180 |
| 58 | Brent | Hoover | $1,180 |
| 59 | Jesse | Black | $1,180 |
| 60 | Lawrence | Klur | $1,180 |
| 61 | Lautaro | Curi | $1,180 |
| 62 | Joel | Diaz | $1,180 |
| 63 | Shamil | Garaykhanov | $1,180 |
| 64 | Jason | Kwartler | $1,000 |
| 65 | James | Oh | $1,000 |
| 66 | Joseph | Hinton | $1,000 |
| 67 | Raymond | Nalbandian | $1,000 |
| 68 | Murray | Greene | $1,000 |
| 69 | Steven | Vaserman | $1,000 |
| 70 | Stephen | Gerber | $1,000 |
| 71 | Jim | Wyatt Iii | $1,000 |
| 72 | Qing | Lu | $1,000 |
| 73 | Garry | Gurevich | $1,000 |
| 74 | Arun | Balasubramanian | $1,000 |
| 75 | Mauricio | Fischmann | $1,000 |
| 76 | Edward | Medoff | $840 |
| 77 | Kenneth | Aldridge | $840 |
| 78 | Shamica | Lamar | $840 |
| 79 | Florian | Pesce | $840 |
| 80 | Yunlong | Qi | $840 |
| 81 | John | Reading | $840 |
| 82 | Cameron | Cocose | $840 |
| 83 | Maria | Hernandez | $840 |
| 84 | Narimaan | Ahmadi | $840 |
| 85 | Charles Joseph | Johnson Jr | $840 |
| 86 | Satya | Vegi | $840 |
| 87 | Peter | Shapiro | $840 |
| 88 | Unclaimed | $720 | |
| 89 | Alexander | Charron | $720 |
| 90 | Mark | Cahill | $720 |
| 91 | Pierre-Xavier | Laurent | $720 |
| 92 | Roberto | Bendeck | $720 |
| 93 | Claudius | Ferris | $720 |
| 94 | Karanvir | Singh | $720 |
| 95 | Thomas | Peet | $720 |
| 96 | Sergio | Giha | $720 |
| 97 | Julian | Wohlgemuth | $720 |
| 98 | Gregory | Baird | $720 |
| 99 | David | Shmuel | $720 |
| 100 | Samuel | Bernstein | $720 |
| 101 | Eldo | Rodriguez | $720 |
| 102 | Levi | Berger | $660 |
| 103 | Eric | Kitain | $660 |
| 104 | Frank | Pavia | $660 |
| 105 | Michael | Painter | $660 |
| 106 | Timothy | Miles | $660 |
| 107 | Barry | Rosenkranz | $660 |
| 108 | Bryan | Ponce Zerna | $660 |
| 109 | Mitchell | Ellis | $660 |
| 110 | Sheldon | Libfeld | $660 |
| 111 | Roberto | Schmeda | $660 |
| 112 | Igor | Tretyakov | $660 |
| 113 | Amr | Elsheikh | $660 |
| 114 | Paul | Trianosky | $660 |
| 115 | Sandy | Sanchez | $660 |
| 116 | Aamir | Abedeen | $660 |
| 117 | Scott | Epstein | $660 |
| 118 | Aaron | Thivyanathan | $660 |
| 119 | Ariel | Rosello | $660 |
| 120 | Scott | Norman | $660 |
| 121 | Ayed | Shweihat | $660 |
| 122 | Rebecca | Trianosky | $660 |
| 123 | Dennis | Brady | $660 |
| 124 | Stephen | Hagar | $660 |
| 125 | Kelley | Slay | $660 |
| 126 | Darryll | Fish | $660 |
| 127 | Paxton | White | $660 |
| 128 | Luke | Becker | $660 |
*denotes three-handed deal
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