How to Watch the 2026 WPT® Lucky Hearts Poker Open: Streams, Updates, and Chip Counts

The 2026 WPT® Lucky Hearts Poker Open opens the new WPT® season at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Florida. For two weeks in January the room runs big fields, big guarantees, and one Main Tour Championship that most fans care about.

If you only remember one thing, remember this.

The $3,500 WPT® Lucky Hearts Championship plays 16–21 January, with cards-up streams on Tuesday 20 January and the final table on Wednesday 21 January on WPT® YouTube and WPT.com.

This guide has all the info about when to tune in, where you can watch, and how to track chip counts in real time.

The 2026 WPT® Lucky Hearts Poker Open runs from 6–20 January 2026, with the $3,500 Championship itself scheduled from 16–21 January. The host venue is Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Florida.

Seminole Hard Rock has a long record of huge WPT® fields and smashed guarantees. Lucky Hearts sits next to Seminole Showdown and RRPO as one of the regular early-year pillars on the WPT® calendar.

Because this stop opens the new WPT® season, the Championship draws a serious mix of top American pros, travelling regulars, and a deep local field. Recent Lucky Hearts Championships pulled in more than 1,100 entries and produced Champions like Alexander Yen and Raminder Singh, so you can expect another busy field in 2026.

For the full festival schedule and side events, check the dedicated WPT® Lucky Hearts Poker Open 2026 festival guide on WPT.com.

You do not need every event in the grid to follow the action from the comfort of your own couch. A few dates matter most if you are watching.

Festival dates: 6–20 January 2026

Venue: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, 1 Seminole Way, Hollywood, Florida, USA

Headline notes:

The opening event is a $600 Deep Stack NLH with a $2,000,000 guarantee.

The schedule includes Seniors events, mixed games, PLO, bounties, and satellites into bigger buy-ins.

The main focus for most viewers is the $3,500 WPT® Lucky Hearts Championship.

Here are the core details for the Championship.

Tour WPT® Main Tour

Buy-in $3,500

Guarantee $3,000,000

Dates 16–21 January 2026

Starting stack 50,000 chips

Opening blinds 100–200 with a 200 big blind ante

Schedule by day (US Eastern Time):

• Day 1A Friday 16 January, 11:00

• Day 1B Saturday 17 January, 11:00

• Day 2 Sunday 18 January, 12:00

• Day 3 Monday 19 January, 12:00

• Day 4 Tuesday 20 January, 12:00

• Final table (Day 5) Wednesday 21 January, 14:00

Registration stays open through both starting flights. Players have unlimited re-entry until the start of Level 9 in each Day 1.

In the past, Lucky Hearts Championships have gone past 1,100 entries. A similar turnout in 2026 would push the prize pool well above the $3,000,000 guarantee.

You can find the official Championship structure sheet and payouts on the WPT® Lucky Hearts Championship event page on WPT.com.

WPT® streams the late stages of the Championship with cards-up coverage on delay. You only need to remember two broadcast days.

Live stream days

Day 4: Tuesday 20 January, likely starting around 12:00 ET once the feature table is set.

Final table (Day 5): Wednesday 21 January, planned start at 14:00 ET.

Exact feed times sometimes move a little with production and table pace. As the event gets closer, WPT® will post confirmed start times and stream links on the Lucky Hearts Championship event hub and WPT® social channels.

Platforms

You can watch the streams for free on the usual WPT® outlets.

• YouTube - WPT® official channel

• Twitch - WPT® channel including the 24/7 WPT® stream

• WPT.com - embedded player on the Lucky Hearts Championship page and in the WatchWPT hub

WPT® often mirrors major finals on Facebook and Rumble as well. If you subscribe or follow on YouTube and Twitch, you get notifications as soon as the broadcast goes live.

For many fans Day 4 offers the best mix of deep stacks, multi-way pots, and name-heavy lineups. The final table then gives the clear story from six players down to the new Champion.

If you want detail from the first hand of Day 1A, text updates and chip counts matter more than video. Keep these tabs open during the series.

Keep in mind, that with these sources you can track who bags big stacks each night, how close the field is to the guarantee, and which names to watch once the cameras come on.

WPT.com Lucky Hearts Championship hub

• Live hand reports

• Official chip counts and seat draws

• Payouts and prize pool updates

• Direct links to the live stream once it starts

WPT Live Updates on X

• Bust-out posts and notable pots

• Pay jump notes and redraws

• Fast way to see headlines from a phone

Seminole Hard Rock LHPO live updates page

• Side-event winners

• Daily photo galleries

• Extra colour on local regulars and festival stories

CardPlayer festival page

• Result lists

• Occasional chip-count snapshots and notable hands

If you miss the live stream, you still have ways to catch the key hands later.

Television

WPT® Championship episodes air on CBS Sports Network in the United States as part of the regular WPT® season. Lucky Hearts sits inside that season schedule.

Exact premiere dates for each stop are set closer to broadcast and can move across the year. Episodes then repeat on CBS Sports Network during the season.

On-demand and archives

For free replays and past seasons, use:

• WatchWPT app on phones, tablets, and many smart-TV platforms

• The WPT® 24/7 stream on Twitch and YouTube

• Partner FAST channels on platforms such as Pluto, Fubo, Tubi, and The Roku Channel

Over time, the Lucky Hearts Championship final joins other WPT® episodes in those libraries. That lets you go back and watch specific hands, interviews, and winner moments well after January.

Tips for international viewers

A large part of the WPT® audience follows from outside the United States. A little planning makes streams easier to follow from Europe or Latin America.

Convert times early. Eastern Time in January is UTC-5. For central Europe, add six hours. For the UK and Ireland, add five hours.

Use YouTube and Twitch first. They usually give the most stable global access and simple notifications.

Download WatchWPT. The app holds a large archive of WPT® episodes and often carries the live streams.

If any platform in your region feels limited, WPT® often mirrors big final tables on more than one free channel. Between WPT.com, YouTube, Twitch, and FAST channels, most viewers can find at least one reliable feed.

If you want to see every key hand without digging for links on the day, set things up now.

Bookmark the WPT® Lucky Hearts Championship page and the Seminole LHPO live updates page. Follow WPT® on YouTube, Twitch, and X so you get live links as streams go up. Block out Tuesday 20 January and Wednesday 21 January on your calendar for Day 4 and the final table.

With that done you can watch the deep stages of the $3,500 Championship from home, from the first big all-in on Day 4 to the final river card that crowns the 2026 WPT® Lucky Hearts Poker Open Champion.