WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open: Matt Salsberg Makes Back-to-Back WPT Final Tables

Day 3 at the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a long one at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in South Florida. Cards got into the air for the returning field of 36 players at 1 p.m. ET and the World Poker Tour final table of six wasn’t set until 4 a.m. The…

Matt Clark
Feb 12, 2013

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Day 3 at the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a long one at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in South Florida. Cards got into the air for the returning field of 36 players at 1 p.m. ET and the World Poker Tour final table of six wasn’t set until 4 a.m. The final table is going to be a good one, making the long wait worth it. The wait between final tables wasn’t a long one at all for Matt Salsberg though. After finishing in sixth place at the WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open last week, he is guaranteed to at least match that performance here in Florida.

Salsberg is joined by Matt Giannetti (final table chip leader), Darryll Fish, Danny Shiff, Lily Kiletto, and Hayden Fortini. Each of these six finalists will take home at least $50,968 at Tuesday’s final table. Here is a look at the seating chart and chip counts for the final table.

Seat 1: Matt Giannetti – 3,005,000
Seat 2: Lily Kiletto – 860,000
Seat 3: Darryll Fish – 2,660,000
Seat 4: Matt Salsberg – 980,000
Seat 5: Hayden Fortini – 1,620,000
Seat 6: Danny Shiff – 1,930,000

Notables that cashed today included Vincent Spadavecchia (10th place), WPT Champions Club member Tony Ruberto (11th place), WPT Season X Player of the Year Joe Serock (14th place), Marsha Wolak (23rd place), Mike Beasley (29th place), Justin Zaki (30th place), and Dana Kellstrom (35th place).

Make sure to tune in at 3 p.m. ET today when cards get back into the air at the final table of six. You can follow along with the action from the WPT Live Updates crew, and watch the live stream that begins airing at 3:30 p.m. Who will walk away with $323,804 in prize money and a spot on the WPT Champions Cup? You’ll have to tune in later today to find out.