2017 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Event 15
$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Total Entries: 58
Prize Pool: $14,790
January 25, 2017

Hollywood, Fla. (January 25, 2017) – Event 15 of the 2017 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a $300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry), drew 58 entries and generated a prize pool of $14,790. After about eight-and-a-half hours, a three-handed even chop was agreed upon by the final three players. Omar Recuero was chip leader at the time, earning him the official victory.

Originally from New York, Recuero has lived in South Florida for 10 years. He plays cash games for the most part, but loves to play mixed game tournaments at the Seminole Hard Rock.

“I decided to play this today because this is the only time I get to play H.O.R.S.E.,” said Recuero after the deal was made. “I used to play online, but after Black Friday I stopped. So whenever there is a chance to play, I’ll usually do it if I can. I really like playing H.O.R.S.E. because I know how to play all the games. I learned them before no limit hold’em cash games got super popular, so I like getting the chance to do this.”

When play became three-handed, the remaining players quickly agreed to a deal. Recuero had the lead on both of his opponents, but saw reasons to get a deal done.

“Even though I had the chip lead, I felt like this was going to last another two hours or so. Getting the trophy was definitely part of it, and I figured we’ve all worked hard to get to this point. So I felt like why not.”

*denotes three-handed chop

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 6,000/12,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 3/58
Average Stack: 193,000 (16 BB)

The final three players agreed to an even chop of the remaining payouts. Here were the chip counts at the time, and the subsequent payouts.

1. Omar Recuero (pictured above) – 244,000 (20 BB) – $3,303

2. Sandy Sanchez (pictured above) – 174,000 (14 BB) – $3,303

3. David Shmuel (pictured above) – 162,000 (13 BB) – $3,303

Omar Recuero gets the official victory as the chip leader. A recap of the event will be published later tonight.

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 6,000/12,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 3/58
Average Stack: 193,000 (16 BB)

Stud

Omar Recuero: [X][X]//[X]
Ronald “Wink” Winkelvoss: [X][X]//[X]

All in on seventh street, Omar Recuero tabled for a king-high flush. Ronald “Wink” Winkelvoss showed  for a defeated pair of sevens ending his tournament in fourth place.

Omar Recuero – 240,000 (20 BB)
Ronald “Wink” Winkelvoss – Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,479)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 6,000/12,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 4/58
Average Stack: 145,000 (122 BB)

Stud

Tom Gity was all in on fifth street with /, leading Sandy Sanchez’s /.

Sanchez caught the on sixth street to make trip eights and Gity was unable to recover, busting in fifth place.

Sandy Sanchez – 150,000 (12 bb)
Tom Gity – Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,183)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 17: 6,000/12,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 5/58
Average Stack: 116,000 (9 BB)

Stud

Ben Yogel (pictured) got his short stack into the middle against chip leader David Shmuel. Yogel was only able to to make a pair of fives, falling to Shmuel’s pair of eights to bust in sixth place.

David Shmuel – 160,000 (13 BB)
Ben Yogel – Eliminated in 6th Place ($887)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 6/58
Average Stack: 96,000 (9 BB)

David Shmuel – 151,000 (15 BB)
Omar Recuero – 119,000 (11 BB)
Tom Gity – 113,000 (11 BB)
Sandy Sanchez – 90,000 (9 BB)
Ronald “Wink” Winkelvoss – 67,000 (6 bb)
Ben Yogel – 40,000 (4 BB)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 16: 5,000/10,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 6/58

Stud-8

Aaron Hemphill was all in on sixth street with / for a pair of kings, trailing Sandy Sanchez’s / for jacks and nines.

Sanchez improved further to a full house with a on seventh street, rendering Hemphill’s on seventh street moot.

Sandy Sanchez – 108,000 (10 BB)
Aaron Hemphill – Eliminated in 7th Place ($740)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 4,000/8,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 7/58

Stud-8

Darin Kaplan (pictured) was all in on seventh street against Ben Yogel.

Kaplan tabled a jack-high diamond flush, but Yogel tabled for quad eights to eliminate Kaplan in eighth place.

Ben Yogel – 96,000 (12 BB)
Darin Kaplan – Eliminated in 8th Place ($592)

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 15: 4,000/8,000 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 8/58

Razz

Ben Yogel: [X][X]/
Aaron Hemphill: [X][X]/
Bill Munley: [X][X]/
David Shmuel: [X][X]/

Ben Yogel completes with a showing, Aaron Hemphill calls, Bill Munley calls all in for his remaining 2,500, and David Shmuel calls.

On fourth street, Yogel and Hemphill checked to Shumuel who bet, forcing folds from Yogel and Hemphill.

Bill Munley: /
David Shmuel: /

Munley was behind, and found little help from his runout, giving him a 10-9-7-6-A.

Shmuel’s runout was , giving him a slightly better 10 with a to win the pot and eliminate Munley on the money bubble.

David Shmuel – 140,000 (17 bb)

Payouts
1st: $4,584
2nd: $3,254
3rd: $2,071
4th: $1,479
5th: $1,183
6th: $887
7th: $740
8th: $592

$300 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Level 10: 1,200/2,400 Limits
Prize Pool: $14,790
Players Remaining: 25/58
Average Stack: 23,200 (9 bb)

Hold’em

The player under gun raised, Ben Matthews called from the cutoff, and David Prociak called from the small blind.

The flop fell and Prociak checked to the preflop raiser who continued. Matthews and Prociak both called.

The turn was the and Prociak checked to the UTG player who bet again. Matthews folded and Prociak called.

The river was the and both players checked.

Prociak tabled for a pair of jacks, his opponent flashed the and mucked, and Prociak collected the pot.

David Prociak – 33,000 (13 BB)