It was a big first day for the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open with a full, socially-distanced group of players coming out to start the series. The first two flights of Event 1 blasted over its guarantee and we awarded our first trophy of the series.
Event 2 was a $400 Limit Omaha 8 tournament which drew a huge field of 123 players to the Freeze-Out tournament. That number made it the second biggest Limit Omaha 8 game in our major history with the top one running nearly a decade ago.
Yuval Bronshtein recently moved to Florida and already making an impact. The 2019 WSOP Deuce-to-Seven bracelet winner captured his first SHRP title after a four-way deal that saw him take home $7,534.
“I’ll be back for the H.O.R.S.E. tournament,” Bronshtein said. “I’m looking to go back-to-back.”
1st: Yuval Bronshtein – $7,534
2nd: Manuel Labandeira – $7,324
3rd: Andrew Edgington – $5,867
4th: Mark Robinson – $5,704
The opening tournament on the schedule will not crown its winner until Sunday but had a big first day of its own. The $600 Deep Stack tournament drew a combined 845 entries over the first two flights to surpass the $300,000 guaranteed prize pool before cards went in the air for Flight B.
Mohammed Al-Balushi bagged a massive 708,000 in Flight B to set the current Day 2 high mark. Truyen Nguyen is a distant second with 491,000 followed by Samuel Taylor (450,000), Francisco Garcia (445,000), and Scott Baumstein (388,000) rounding out the top five.