2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 24
$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$75,000 Guaranteed
Entries: 182
Prize Pool:  $91,000
January 22, 2019

Joseph Cheong defeated Rafael Bababekov in a heads-up battle to win the $570 No Limit Hold’em event, earning $23,568.

There were 182 entries in this one-day event, which played out on the final day of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

This victory puts Cheong over the $13 million mark in career live tournament earnings, and he moves up to 43rd on poker’s all-time money list. This is the second trophy that Cheong has earned here at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, with his previous victory coming at last year’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown when he won $29,503 in $1,100 No Limit Hold’em.

Final Results:

1st:  Joseph Cheong  –  $23,568 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  Rafael Bababekov  –  $15,811
3rd:  Elias Nassif  –  $9,328
4th:  Steven Pollack  –  $5,674
5th:  Luis Mantilla  –  $4,382
6th:  Mark Wiser  –  $3,631
7th:  Gautam Lillaney  –  $3,094
8th:  Paul Freedman  –  $2,721
9th:  Walter Buss  –  $2,358
10th:  Ruth Ruffman  –  $2,002
11th:  Mathieu Selides  –  $2,002
12th:  Jose Parra  –  $2,002
13th:  Mehdi Belhassan  –  $1,684
14th:  Benjamin Wallace  –  $1,684
15th:  Nick Yunis  –  $1,684
16th:  Robert Flacco  –  $1,411
17th:  Scott Zakheim  –  $1,411
18th:  Brian Hastings  –  $1,411
19th:  Matthew Rizai  –  $1,138
20th:  Carlo Rodriguez  –  $1,138
21st:  Adrian Troya Santos  –  $1,138
22nd:  Thomas Gari  –  $864
23rd:  Jonathan Ounjian  –  $864