Giuseppe Iadisernia Wins Main Event for $611,700

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood concluded its 2026 Lucky Hearts Poker Open (LHPO) on Wednesday, Jan. 22. In the headliner event, Giuseppe Iadisernia of Tallahassee, Fla. bested 1,229 entries to take home $611,700.

The $3,500 LHPO finale boasted a final prize pool of more than $3.9 million, easily exceeding the $3 million guarantee. The last 154 spots were all paid a minimum of $6,400 for a min-cash.

Championship Final Table Results:
1st: Giuseppe Iadisernia (Tallahassee, Fla.) $611,700*
2nd: Jorge Gomez (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) $395,000
3rd: Thomas Boivin (Charleroi, Belgium) $295,000
4th: Martins Adeniya (London, England) $220,000
5th: Anatoly Nikitin (Moscow, Russia) $167,000
6th: Eddie Blumemthal (Sun Prairie, Wis.) $127,000       
*First-place amount includes the winner’s $10,400 entry into the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas

The 58-event LHPO kicked off on Tuesday, Jan. 6, with the $100,000 Guarantee $300 Quad Stack No Limit Hold’em (NLH) opener and drew 736 entries. Michael Tarafa (Davenport, Fla.) won the opener, earning $23,360.

Other signature event winners include:

• Justin Datloff (Hollywood, Fla.) winning the $600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) for $232,848.
• Asher Neaman (Elmhurst, N.Y.) winning the $2,200 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) for $47,000.
• Randall Emmett (Beverly Hills, Calif.) winning the $5,000 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) for $141,300.
• Thomas Boivin (Charleroi, Belgium) winning the $25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) for $310,255.
• Justin Saliba (Las Vegas, Nev.) winning the $10,000 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) for $236,925.

Poker action will return to Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. with Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, Wednesday, April 8 – Tuesday, April 28, headlined by the $400 Deep Stack series opener with a $1,000,000 guarantee and the $3,500 WPT Poker Showdown Championship boasting a $3 million guarantee.

Poker hotel rates during the Poker Showdown are available. To make hotel reservations and for more information about the series, including the full schedule, please visit SHRPO.com. Follow us on X at @SHRPO.

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About Seminole Hard Rock Poker

Seminole Hard Rock Poker encompasses four major poker series held annually at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida. In August 2013, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open (SHRPO) was introduced to poker players around the world and featured a $10 million guarantee championship, the largest guarantee in history. In addition to the SHRPO, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker series’ includes the Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open (January), Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown (April) and Seminole Hard Rock “Rock ‘N’ Roll” Poker Open (November). All four series fall under the SHRPO umbrella with tournament news, live updates and championship live streaming. Visit www.SHRPO.com. Join the conversation at #SHRPO and tag us @SHRPO.

About Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood is the flagship-integrated resort of Hard Rock International, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The renowned entertainment, gaming and hospitality destination unveiled a $1.5 billion expansion in 2019, highlighting the debut of the world’s first and only Guitar Hotel. Between three hotel towers, the resort boasts 1,271 luxury guestrooms. Amenities include a 42,000 square-foot Rock Spa® & Salon; an 18-acre recreational water experience; private “Bora Bora” style cabanas; more than 20 food and beverage outlets; a 26,000 square-foot retail promenade; 120,000 square feet of premier meeting and convention space; and an expansive gaming floor with more than 2,500 slots, more than 200 table games and a 45-table poker room. In 2023, the casino launched live craps, roulette and retail sports betting, offering 10 craps tables, 20 roulette tables, and sports betting locations including both electronic kiosks and kiosks with live sports betting agents. Introducing the new games is a historic milestone that immediately puts Florida in the same league as the world’s great gaming destinations. Hard Rock Live, ranked No. 4 worldwide in 2024 gross revenue for Pollstar Magazine, highlights A-list entertainers and performers, sporting events and live broadcast productions in an intimate 7,000-person capacity setting. Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood is located on 87 acres of the Hollywood Seminole Reservation along State Road 7 (U.S. Highway 441). For more information, visit us online at www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com call 1 (800) 937-0010 or follow us: Facebook: @HardRockHolly, X: @HardRockHolly, Instagram: @HardRockHolly.