2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 36
$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 1,229
Prize Pool: $3,932,800
January 16 – 21, 2026
The 2026 WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship began a few days ago and drew 1,229 entries, producing a prize pool of $3,932,800. Taking it down was Giuseppe Iadisernia, winning outright for $611,700.
Iadisernia is no stranger to tournament poker at the Seminole Hard Rock, with cashes dating back to 2018. Among them are several High Roller and Super High Roller cashes. In fact, just prior to Iadisernia buying into the Championship event, he finished runner-up for in the $25K High Roller for $187,700. However, there would be no runner-up finish this time, as from the start his sights were set on nothing but the top prize.
His path to victory started with smooth sailing on Day 1A, as Iadisernia finished as the chip leader of the 216 players that advanced. In fact, his lead atop the Day 1A chip counts could have been bigger, but on the last hand of the night he ran pocket queens into pocket aces. Still, Iadisernia remained composed was in excellent position when play came back for Day 2. He was 5th in chips of the returning 230 and navigated through seamlessly, finishing in 27th place of the remaining 69 players. Another solid day of poker followed, and Iadisernia was 5th in chips with two tables remaining. He separated himself from the pack on Day 4, scoring two eliminations and chipping up consistently to finish as the chip leader of the remaining seven players.
Coincidentally, Iadisernia was not the only player from the aforementioned High Roller event that he finished runner-up in to make the final table. Anatoly Nikitin (who took 3rd in that event) finished in 5th place in the Championship event, while Thomas Boivin (who had defeated Iadisernia to win the High Roller) was also back at the final table with him.
This time, however, it was Iadisernia who get the best of his foe. Boivin was short-stacked and made his final stand with ace-seven, but Iadisernia picked up pocket aces and scored the elimination.
Beginning heads-up play with more than a 2-to-1 lead, Iadisernia extended his lead and fought off two short-stack doubles from Jorge Gomez before ultimately closing out for the win and his first SHRP major series trophy victory.
| Place | First Name | Last Name | Prize Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giuseppe | Iadisernia | $611,700 |
| 2 | Jorge | Gomez | $395,000 |
| 3 | Thomas | Boivin | $295,000 |
| 4 | Martins | Adeniya | $220,000 |
| 5 | Anatoly | Nikitin | $167,000 |
| 6 | Eddie | Blumenthal | $127,000 |
| 7 | Ted | McNamara | $98,000 |
| 8 | Maryon | Harper | $76,000 |
| 9 | Andrew | Ostapchenko | $60,000 |
| 10 | John | McDonald (Philly) | $60,000 |
| 11 | Gary | Gelman | $49,000 |
| 12 | Peter | Cross | $49,000 |
| 13 | Elio | Saade | $40,500 |
| 14 | Matthew | Koh | $40,500 |
| 15 | Juliet | Hegedus | $40,500 |
| 16 | Loni | Hui | $33,500 |
| 17 | Jonathan | Jaffe | $33,500 |
| 18 | Srivinay | Irrinki | $33,500 |
| 19 | Artem | Tuliupa | $33,500 |
| 20 | Darryll | Fish | $28,000 |
| 21 | Mike | Vela | $28,000 |
| 22 | Ryan | Riess | $28,000 |
| 23 | Ken | Fishman | $28,000 |
| 24 | Milan | Patel | $23,200 |
| 25 | Philipe | Pizzari Pinto | $23,200 |
| 26 | Mike | Wetcher | $23,200 |
| 27 | Denys | Bazeliuk | $23,200 |
| 28 | Eric | Firestone | $23,200 |
| 29 | Kevin | Schulz | $23,200 |
| 30 | Nadya | Magnus | $23,200 |
| 31 | Umut | Ozturk | $23,200 |
| 32 | Ilkin | Dostiyev | $19,400 |
| 33 | John | Reading | $19,400 |
| 34 | Nicholas | Palma | $19,400 |
| 35 | Samuel | Rosen | $19,400 |
| 36 | Ekrem | Bozkurt | $19,400 |
| 37 | Dennis | Stevermer | $19,400 |
| 38 | Yuval | Bronshtein | $19,400 |
| 39 | Natasha | Mercier | $19,400 |
| 40 | Kharlin | Sued | $16,300 |
| 41 | Michael | Pawelek | $16,300 |
| 42 | Saber Salum | Penayo | $16,300 |
| 43 | David | Jackson | $16,300 |
| 44 | Ross | Fischer | $16,300 |
| 45 | Asher | Neaman | $16,300 |
| 46 | Tony | Hoang | $16,300 |
| 47 | Matthew | Waxman | $16,300 |
| 48 | Lily | Kiletto | $13,800 |
| 49 | Ludovic | Sultan | $13,800 |
| 50 | Rafael | Reis | $13,800 |
| 51 | Conor | Bergin | $13,800 |
| 52 | Caio | De Lucca | $13,800 |
| 53 | Hayden | Toole | $13,800 |
| 54 | Jamey | Kramer | $13,800 |
| 55 | Nicholas | Ralph | $13,800 |
| 56 | Daniel | Swartz | $11,500 |
| 57 | Luke | Brereton | $11,500 |
| 58 | Nancy | Birnbaum | $11,500 |
| 59 | Brian | Altman | $11,500 |
| 60 | Robert | Lofaso | $11,500 |
| 61 | Ken | McAdams | $11,500 |
| 62 | Michael | Lavenburg | $11,500 |
| 63 | Santiago | Dkhuka | $11,500 |
| 64 | Luke | Becker | $9,600 |
| 65 | Glenn | Fishbein | $9,600 |
| 66 | Nick | Yunis | $9,600 |
| 67 | Artem | Metalidi | $9,600 |
| 68 | Michael | Morton | $9,600 |
| 69 | Alan | Raymundo | $9,600 |
| 70 | Joseph | Shammas | $9,600 |
| 71 | Kurt | Jewell | $9,600 |
| 72 | Jared | Hemingway | $9,600 |
| 73 | Franklin | Rojas | $9,600 |
| 74 | William | Slepcevich | $9,600 |
| 75 | Zak | VanKeuren | $9,600 |
| 76 | Ryan | Torgersen | $9,600 |
| 77 | Howard | Mash | $9,600 |
| 78 | Zhen | Cai | $9,600 |
| 79 | Nenad | Medic | $9,600 |
| 80 | Seth | Fischer | $8,200 |
| 81 | Aaron | Kupin | $8,200 |
| 82 | Fares | Santana | $8,200 |
| 83 | Jason | Hickey | $8,200 |
| 84 | Nick | Maimone | $8,200 |
| 85 | James | Pillon | $8,200 |
| 86 | Joey | Weissman | $8,200 |
| 87 | Jesse | Lonis | $8,200 |
| 88 | Colin | Robinson | $8,200 |
| 89 | Carl | Norris | $8,200 |
| 90 | Ashton | Griffin | $8,200 |
| 91 | Shamica | Lamar | $8,200 |
| 92 | George | Pappas | $8,200 |
| 93 | Iman | Dan | $8,200 |
| 94 | George | James | $8,200 |
| 95 | Rafael | Rodriguez Arango | $8,200 |
| 96 | Max | Harris | $8,200 |
| 97 | Daniyal | Gheba | $8,200 |
| 98 | David | Finklestein | $8,200 |
| 99 | Alexander | Yen | $8,200 |
| 100 | Raminder | Singh | $7,000 |
| 101 | Jake | Cody | $7,000 |
| 102 | Ian | Matakis | $7,000 |
| 103 | Mike | Meskin | $7,000 |
| 104 | Moshe | Tarich | $7,000 |
| 105 | Dmitrii | Tamurka | $7,000 |
| 106 | Alexandros | Kolonias | $7,000 |
| 107 | Christopher | Corneroli | $7,000 |
| 108 | Samuel | Bernstein | $7,000 |
| 109 | Tyler | Jamison | $7,000 |
| 110 | Bradley | Moore | $7,000 |
| 111 | Joe | McKeehen | $7,000 |
| 112 | Michael | Webb | $7,000 |
| 113 | Yotam | Ashkenazi | $7,000 |
| 114 | Billy | Pilossoph | $7,000 |
| 115 | Raffaele | Sorrentino | $7,000 |
| 116 | Jordan | Westmorland | $7,000 |
| 117 | Esther | Taylor | $7,000 |
| 118 | Thien | Nguyen | $7,000 |
| 119 | Tyler | Bentz | $7,000 |
| 120 | Vitalijs | Zavorotnijs | $7,000 |
| 121 | Luke | Graham | $7,000 |
| 122 | Michael | Babani | $7,000 |
| 123 | Thomas | Geschrey | $7,000 |
| 124 | Tal | Rothman | $6,400 |
| 125 | Elliott | Kampen | $6,400 |
| 126 | Justin | Fawcett | $6,400 |
| 127 | Yilmaz | Yosul | $6,400 |
| 128 | Santiago | Garza | $6,400 |
| 129 | Niall | Costigan | $6,400 |
| 130 | Michael | Wang | $6,400 |
| 131 | Satya | Vegi | $6,400 |
| 132 | Russell | Dizer | $6,400 |
| 133 | Christopher | Arcidiacono | $6,400 |
| 134 | Yoseph | Yehudai | $6,400 |
| 135 | Jake | Schwartz | $6,400 |
| 136 | Ricardo | Villasmil Esparaza | $6,400 |
| 137 | Jordan | Miller | $6,400 |
| 138 | Aaron | Thivyanathan | $6,400 |
| 139 | Christopher | Cornell | $6,400 |
| 140 | Andrzej | Rogowski | $6,400 |
| 141 | Gili | Simon | $6,400 |
| 142 | Maksim | Pisarenko | $6,400 |
| 143 | Aram | Zobian | $6,400 |
| 144 | Sinead | Davenport | $6,400 |
| 145 | David | Kim | $6,400 |
| 146 | Corey | Quinn | $6,400 |
| 147 | Chad | Wassmuth | $6,400 |
| 148 | Max | Kingstone | $6,400 |
| 149 | Sergio | Giha | $6,400 |
| 150 | Tomislav | Krizanic | $6,400 |
| 151 | Paul | Fisher | $6,400 |
| 152 | Steven | Piper | $6,400 |
| 153 | Tanupat | Punjarojanakul | $6,400 |
| 154 | Paulina | Loeliger | $6,400 |
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