Monte Adler raised from under the gun, Vasu Amarapu called from the next seat over, Donny Rubinstein called from the button and Harry Eisenberg called from the big blind.
The flop came down and Eisenberg checked to Adler who bet his remaining 6,000. Amarapu raised, Rubinstein called and Eisenberg ducked out of the way.
The turn was the , Amarapu bet, Rubinstein raised and Amarapu called.
The river was the , Amarapu bet his remaining 10,000-ish and Rubinstein called.
Here were their hands:
Amarapu: Rubinstein: Adler:
Amarapu won the high with top two pair, Rubinstein won the low with a six-five and Adler was eliminated in ninth place.
Donny Rubinstein – 160,000 Vasu Amarapu – 80,000 Monte Adler – Eliminated in 9th Place ($704)
Cory Zeidman limped from early position, Donny Rubinstein did the same from middle position and Michael Rosenberg checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came down and action checked to Rubinstein who bet. Rosenberg mulled it over for a bit before he check-raised all in for about 11,000. Zeidman folded and Rubinstein called.
Rubinstein showed for top two pair, while Rosenberg trailed with .
The turn locked up pot for Rubinstein with nines full of queens, rendering the river moot.
Donny Rubinstein – 146,000 Michael Rosenberg – Eliminated on the Money Bubble
The math is complete and the numbers are posted on the board. The Omaha 8 tournament drew 67 entries to create a prize pool worth $20,100.
The last nine spots will be paid with a min-cash earning $704 while the Omaha 8 winner will earn $7,034 along with the first trophy of the series and a custom-framed winner’s photo courtesy of IMPDI.
Registration closed on the Omaha 8 trophy event and the tournament board shows 67 entries. They are down to the last five tables on the tournament and will take a 40-minute dinner break after Level 11.
We will post the official prize pool and payouts as soon as they are available.
The Omaha 8 tournament recently came back from their first break and the field moved over 50 entries while they were gone. A fine turnout for the specialty game so far with more expected.
While the opening event of the series is cruising along in the middle of the Event Center, we are ready to begin our first non-hold’em tournament on the schedule on the side. Event 2 is a $360 Limit Omaha 8 game, split pots all day long with the first trophy awaiting the winner.
Players start with 12,000 stacks and all levels will last 30 minutes today. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 4:30pm with re-entries available during that time should a player lose their stack. There is a dinner break scheduled at 6pm and the remaining players will return to play it down to the winner later this evening.
Cards go in the air at noon and we will hit the highpoints along the way.
Players begin with 12,000 in chips and 30-minute levels
Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 2 $360 Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry) Entries: 78 Prize Pool: $23,400 January 10, 2019
Adam Walter had never been to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino before. When asked why he made the trip down from Ohio for the first time, he said, “It’s 20 degrees in Cincinnati right now, and I had a few days, so I said, ‘Let’s get some fun in the sun — some good weather and some poker.'”
It’s only the first day of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, but Walter has already made the most of it, outlasting a field of 78 players to win the $360 Limit Omaha 8 event and earn $7,908.
Walter entered the final table with a better-than-average chip stack, but he was surrounded by three players with even larger stacks. Still, the seat draw seemed to work in Walter’s favor.
“The table draw was significant for me. I was really happy I was on the left side of Gabe [Ramos]. That was probably the biggest bonus for me because Gabe was on my right, and the two players with big stacks on my left were a little bit tighter.”
Walter scored two of the first six eliminations at the final table, knocking out Harry Eisenberg in ninth and Wayne Brown in fifth, allowing him to keep pace with the other players and ahead of the increasing blinds.
Heads-up play began with Walter and Michael Rosenberg nearly even in chips — they were separated by just two big blinds.
Over the next half hour, Walter was able to increase his lead, eventually building a big pot over a board of . Walter bet the river, and Rosenberg tanked for a while before calling with most of his stack and turning over for an eight-high straight with an 8-7 low.
But Walter flipped over to scoop the pot with a queen-high heart flush and a 7-6 low, catapulting to a 20-to-1 chip lead and leaving Rosenberg with just 1 1/2 big blinds. Walter would win the tournament — the first of his career — on the next hand.
Walter prefers limit games, and plans to enter Event 3 ($360 H.O.R.S.E.) tomorrow. He’s only here through this first weekend of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open, but it’s already been a memorable trip for Adam Walter.
The final ten players finished in the money, and here are the results:
1st: Adam Walter – $7,908 + LHPO trophy 2nd: Michael Rosenberg – $4,563 3rd: Michael Dreese – $2,855 4th: Gabriel Ramos – $1,931 5th: Wayne Brown – $1,463 6th: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $1,170 7th: Harvey Freedman – $1,053 8th: Perry Klein – $936 9th: Harry Eisenberg – $819 10th: Eric Von Guttenberg – $702
With the final board showing , Adam Walter bet, and Michael Rosenberg tanked for a while before he called off most of his stack from the button.
Here were their cards:
Adam Walter: (queen-high flush, 7-6 low) Michael Rosenberg: (eight-high straight, 8-7 low)
Walter scooped the entire pot with his flush and his 7-6 low to take a 20-to-1 chip lead.
Adam Walter – 890,000 (30 bb) Michael Rosenberg – 45,000 (2 bb)
The next hand, they got it all in preflop, and both had surprisingly good hands:
Adam Walter: Michael Rosenberg:
Neither player had any shot at a low hand, and the board came . Walter paired his queen on the flop to win the pot — and the Lucky Hearts Poker Open trophy — with two pair, queens and sixes.
1st: Adam Walter – $7,908 + LHPO trophy 2nd: Michael Rosenberg – $4,563 3rd: Michael Dreese – $2,855 4th: Gabriel Ramos – $1,931 5th: Wayne Brown – $1,463 6th: Hyndi Khomutetsky – $1,170 7th: Harvey Freedman – $1,053 8th: Perry Klein – $936 9th: Harry Eisenberg – $819 10th: Eric Von Guttenberg – $702