$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 16: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante Players Remaining: 22 of 167
On the seventh hand of hand-for-hand play, Neil Patel raised from the hijack and Ben Yu reraised all in for 37,000 from the button. Patel called with , trailing Yu’s .
The board came down , safe for Yu to double up.
Ben Yu – 82,000 (27 bb) Neil Patel – 97,000 (32 bb)
$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 15: 1,200/2,400 with a 400 ante Players Remaining: 25 of 167
Adrian Mateos raised to 5,500 from early position, Ray Qartomy called from the next seat over, and Jeremy Ausmus three-bet to 16,400 from middle position. Mateos folded, and Qartomy called.
The flop came down , Qartomy jammed for about 42,000, and Ausmus tanked for a bit before he called.
Qartomy: Ausmus:
Qartomy was ahead with a pair of tens, but the turn was the to give Ausmus the lead with a pair of kings.
The river was the , no help to Qartomy, ending his tournament.
Jeremy Ausmus – 125,000 (52 bb) Ray Qartomy – Eliminated
2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 13 $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 232 Prize Pool: $225,040 January 17, 2018
Event 13 of the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was an $1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) tournament. A total of 232 entries generated a prize pool of $225,040, more than doubling the $100,000 guarantee. The final table produced several of poker’s best, and in the end it was down to Loni Harwood and Ari Engel. The two accomplished professionals agreed to a deal and as chip leader, Engel was officially declared the winner.
“Chopping with Loni, who’s a friend, is really cool,” Engel said afterward. “We’ve been playing for so long together, so it’s always fun to both do really well.”
Engel is no stranger to winning poker tournaments. In fact, this marks his 24th official live tournament win according to Hendon Mob, and his second at the Seminole Hard Rock.
“I can’t believe I beat ace-king with ace-king, and also earlier in the tournament king-jack against king-jack. Earlier this week I also won with ace-king against ace-king suited, so that’s three times this week against the same hand that I won.”
For Engel, the victory pushes him above the $5.3 million mark in career live poker tournament winnings.
“I don’t even know what’s happening, I’m just running amazing. It’s ridiculous.”
Results 1st: Ari Engel – $45,688* 2nd: Loni Harwood – $44,582* 3rd: John Richards – $23,067 4th: Haim Toorgeman – $14,031 5th: Michael Pearson – $10,836 6th: Kelly Minkin – $8,979 7th: Paul Balzano – $7,651 8th: Maria Ho – $6,526 9th: Jeremy Ausmus – $5,304 10th: David Finkelstein – $4,631 11th: Ira Schwartz – $4,631 12th: Scott Efron -$4,631 13th: Stephen Song – $3,972 14th: Jake Bazeley – $3,972 15th: Eduardo Christ – $3,972 16th: Tajesh Patel – $3,313 17th: Philipp Kampf – $3,313 18th: Vladislav Varlashin – $3,313 19th: Jeffrey Soffer – $2,653 20th: Arunas Sapitavicius – $2,653 21st: Dylan Linde – $2,653 22nd: Darren Rabinowitz – $2,082 23rd: Ryan McKnight – $2,082 24th: Roland Israelashvili – $2,082 25th: Kenneth Slater – $1,771 26th: Aaron Massey – $1,771 27th: Almedin Imsirovic – $1,771 28th: Shea Smith – $1,555 29th: Bienvenido Santiago – $1,555
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 232
John Richards raised to 65,000 from the button, Loni Harwood reraised all in from the small blind for about 650,000, Ari Engel folded his big blind, and Richards tanked for a bit before he called all in for roughly 600,000.
Richards: Harwood:
The board came down , giving Harwood a pair of jacks on the river to eliminate Richards in third place for $23,067.
Loni Harwood – 1,295,000 (43 bb) John Richards – Eliminated
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 3 of 232
Haim Toorgeman raised all in from the button for 350,000, Loni Harwood reraised all in with a chip-leading stack from the small blind, and Ari Engel called all in from the big blind for 580,000.
Toorgeman: Harwood: Engel:
The flop came , pairing both Harwood and Engel to give them the lead with a pair of kings. Engel, though, picked up a flush draw.
Toorgeman was well behind now with his eights, but the turn was the to vault him back ahead with a set.
However, the river completed the board to give Engel an ace-high flush to eliminate Toorgeman and double through Harwood.
Toorgeman finished in fourth place for $14,031.
Ari Engel – 1,530,000 (51 bb) Loni Harwood – 750,000 (25 bb) Haim Toorgeman – Eliminated
$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Structure | Payouts Level 26: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante Players Remaining: 4 of 232
John Richards raised to 60,000 from the cutoff, Michael Pearson called all in for 30,000 from the button, Loni Harwood reraised all in with a chip leading stack from the big blind, and Richards folded.
Pearson: Harwood:
The board came down , no help to Pearson, ending his tournament in fifth place for $10,836.
Loni Harwood – 1,300,000 (43 bb) Michael Pearson – Eliminated