2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 19 $600 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 49 Prize Pool: $25,970 January 15, 2024
Event 19 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $600 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 49 entries for a prize pool of $25,970. The final seven players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $1,170.
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 1 of 268
Dominick Sarle
Dominick Sarle raised to 80,000 from the button and Rishi Makkar called in the big blind.
The flop was , Makkar checked, Sarle bet 55,000, Makkar check-raised all in for about 500,000, and Sarle called.
Sarle: Makkar:
Sarle was ahead with a pair of queens against Makkar’s pair of jacks.
The turn and river completed the board, safe for Sarle to win Event 12 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open outright for $42,705. Makkar finished runner-up for $28,380.
$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 268
Nicola Davimos
Dominick Sarle raised to 60,000 from the button, Nicola Davimos reraised all in for about 415,000 from the small blind, and Sarle called with , leading Davimos’ .
The board ran out , giving Sarle a pair of aces to eliminate Davimos in third place.
Dominick Sarle – 3,025,000 (101 bb) Rishi Makkar – 1,175,000 (39 bb) Nicola Davimos – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($16,720)
1st: $42,705 + LHPO Trophy 2nd: $28,380
3rd: Nicola Davimos – $16,720 4th: Greg Baird – $10,175 5th: Lily Kornik – $7,855 6th: Logan Moller – $6,510 7th: Valery Litvak – $5,640 8th: James Carroll – $4,970 9th: Tomas Brokl – $4,335 10th: Calais Campbell – $4,335 11th: Kharlin Sued – $3,750 12th: Brian Gabriel – $3,750 13th: Cassio Parra – $3,180 14th: Timothy Mina – $3,180 15th: Bradley Coultas – $3,180 16th: Stephen Smith – $2,640 17th: Richard Rice – $2,640 18th: Damion Richardson – $2,640 19th: Ira Schwartz – $2,125 20th: Yordan Petrov – $2,125 21st: Carlos Bermudez – $2,125
2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 18 $400 Black Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) Entries: 126 Prize Pool: $29,610 Bounty Prize Pool: $12,600 January 15, 2024
Event 18 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Black Chip Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 126 entries generated a prize pool of $29,610, with an additional $12,600 set aside for bounties. The final 16 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $660.
2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Florida Event 1 $600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) Entries: 3,212 Prize Pool: $1,670,240 January 11-15, 2024
Kevin MacDonald
Kevin MacDonald took down the title in the big NLH opener event at the LHPO for the biggest payday in his poker career worth $250,420. That gives him a seventh tournament victory, and bumped his total earnings up close to $900,000.
“I made it through on two bullets, and an interesting fact is that after I bagged chips on Day 1A I played in the $400 turbo with 35 players, and I ended up winning the trophy. That was my second trophy here,” said MacDonald when he was asked about the early stages of his tournament journey to the victory.
He also wanted to make a special dedication of his win to a guardian angel he felt was looking over him in some key spot along the way. “It was just a grind, and I picked up a few gifts along the way. I think my friend Sandy Taylor who just died recently might have given me some timely rivers, so I dedicate this win to him,” said MacDonald.
In addition to his recent success here this week at the Seminole Hard Rock he has been coming down here for years during the winter from Canada. “I love coming down here for the winter, I’m a Canadian snowbird. Yeah, whatever other tournaments I can schedule in I will play in them,” said MacDonald.
MacDonald has a six-figure score to his credit before, but he was excited to add the biggest win to the poker resume here in South Florida. “This was my biggest cash ever in the biggest field I’ve played in, so it’s kind of surreal really to have that success. I was probably the only one over 30 at the final table, and I’m well over 30 [laughs]. It was a younger crowd, so when you see a guy my age get to this point it’s very hard to do so, you have to get very lucky along the way,” said MacDonald.
When he was asked about action at the final table, MacDonald had this to say. “We were all taking turns, it was back-and-forth, nobody was sitting on it, everybody was going for it. When it was four-handed there wasn’t too much strategy on my part; I think they just like to get in hands with me. I just happened to win enough of them, or a key one here or there.”
MacDonald also enjoyed the deep structure for this tournament, especially for just a $600 buy-in. “This was an awesome structure , you have time and long levels, so lots of time. The play dictates that,” said MacDonald.
It also sounded like it was going to be no rest for the weary for MacDonald when we inquired about his celebration plans for the victory. “I don’t know, is there a tournament at 8 o’clock tonight [laughs]? I need some time to absorb it, and maybe I just get into another turbo,” said MacDonald.
Here is a look at the full results for this huge event that saw hundreds of players make the money from 3,212 total entries.
Tonight’s closer gets underway with a $600 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em tournament at 8 pm.
They’ll start with 20,000 out front and all levels last 15 minutes for this speedy event. Late registration is available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm and they can fire as often as needed while reg is open.
Players begin with 20,000 in chips
Levels last 15 minutes
Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results Level 35: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante Players Remaining: 1 of 3,212
Kevin MacDonald
Kevin MacDonald and Nicholas Chong have agreed to a chop during heads-up play to bring the big NLH opener event to a close. MacDonald takes first place for the largest score in his poker career worth $250,420 along with LHPO trophy. Chong took home $221,375 as the runner-up thanks to his deep run in this huge field. Stay tuned for an interview with the winner along with photos that will be posted a bit later.
Kevin MacDonald – 40,550,000 (101 bb) Nicholas Chong – 23,700,000 (59 bb)
1st: Kevin MacDonald – $250,375 2nd: Nicholas Chong – $221,375
$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) $1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results Level 35: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante Players Remaining: 2 of 3,212
Ya Yun Liu
Nathan Chong moved all in from the button for 14,700,000 and Ya Yun Liu moved all in at risk for just under 9,000,000 from the small blind. Kevin MacDonald thought about it for a minute, deciding whether to go for the double knockout but picked a fold.
Chong: Liu:
Liu was ahead for the double up but needed to fade Chong’s two live cards. That bad news for our former chipleader came on the flop when Chong paired his jack. The turn and river finished the board and Liu was eliminated in second place.
Nicholas Chong – 23,700,000 (59 bb) Ya Yun Liu – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($129,300)
, Makkar checked, Sarle bet 55,000, Makkar check-raised all in for about 500,000, and Sarle called.
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river completed the board, safe for Sarle to win Event 12 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open outright for $42,705. Makkar finished runner-up for $28,380.
, Sarle checked, Makkar continued for 75,000, and Sarle called.
, Sarle checked, Makkar bet 185,000, and Sarle called.
, Sarle checked, Makkar bet 410,000, and Sarle called.
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