2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  188
Prize Pool:  $376,000
January 15-16, 2025

There were 188 entries in Event 26 on Wednesday, and they played down to the final seven players, who returned on Thursday afternoon to play down to a winner in front of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Live Stream.

The final table lasted about four hours before Andrew Pichee defeated Bryan Schultz heads-up to win the title, the trophy, and the top prize of $86,800.

When the final table began, these were the chip counts:

Seat 1.  Jake Schwartz  –  195,000  (10 bb)
Seat 2.  Bryan Schultz  –  1,475,000  (72 bb)
Seat 3.  Robert LeBeau  –  405,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4.  Dylan Smith  –  740,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5.  Brenden Gluck  –  375,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6.  Andrew Pichee  –  1,065,000  (53 bb)
Seat 7.  Daniel Vranich  –  445,000  (22 bb)

About half an hour into the final table, Jake Schwartz was the first casualty when his couldn’t hold against Brenden Gluck’s — a king on the river sent Schwartz home in seventh place with $14,300.

A short while later, Daniel Vranich three-bet all in with , but never caught up to Andrew Pichee’s . Vranich was out sixth, earning $18,500.

Dylan Smith was fresh off a major victory here last month, winning the Seminole Hard Rock Rock ‘n’ Roll Poker Open for $662,200. But today wouldn’t be his day to add another title, and he got it in as the short stack with against two other players who both held ace-king. His opponents flopped two pair to chop the pot, and Smith was eliminated in fifth place for $24,300.

Brenden Gluck started the day with the second lowest chip stack (fewer than 20 big blinds), but he managed to hold on until he got his short stack all in with against Robert LeBeau’s . But a nine on the flop ended Gluck’s tournament in fourth place, earning him an even $32,000.

Even though LeBeau won that hand, he was still the short stack with three players left, and he eventually got it all in with against Pichee’s . LeBeau never improved, and he was out in third place for $43,000.

The heads-up battle between Bryan Schultz and Pichee, who started the final table first and second in chips respectively, only lasted about half an hour. Pichee had nearly a 3-to-1 chip lead when Schultz limp-shoved with , only to see Pichee snap-call with . Pichee flopped a set and turned a full house to clinch the pot — and the title.

Schultz earned $58,000 for his runner-up finish, while Pichee takes home $86,800 and the trophy.

Congratulations to Andrew Pichee!

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