2016 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood
$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 203
Prize Pool: $101,500
January 19, 2016

Hollywood, Fla. (January 20, 2016) – The penultimate day of the 2016 Lucky Hearts Poker Open saw a familiar face earn a victory as 28-year-old Phillip Hui topped a field of 203 in Event 12,  a $570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), following a heads-up deal.

Hailing from San Antonio, TX, and now residing in Florida, Hui usually prefers to dabble in mixed games. Still, he’s an accomplished hold’em player as this marked his fifth official no-limit-hold’em tournament victory.

Throughout the series, there has been a mix of events that have seen participants willing and eager to agree to deals and those where deals have been shot down. This one, though, was the former.

“We were pretty close in chips, and I was feeling pretty tired, so I didn’t really feel like playing anymore,” Hui told us after. “He was alright with a deal and I happened to be ahead at the time, so I’ll take it.”

Final Table Results
*denotes heads-up deal

1st: Phillip Hui  (Tamarac, FL) – $24,159*
2nd: Zoltan Czinkota (Davie, FL) – $21,000*
3rd: Britt Heath (Wilmington, NC) – $9,643
4th: Richard Meyer (Roscommon, MI) – $7,816
5th: Marc Sacheli (Miami, FL) – $6,090
6th: Miguel Hernandez-Alpizar (Miami Lakes, FL) – $5,075
7th: Eli Levy (Miami, FL)– $4,060
8th: Richard Katz (Pittsburgh, PA) – $3,045
9th: Seth Gilson (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) – $2,030

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2016 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hollywood
$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Entries: 45
Prize Pool: $67,500
January 19, 2016

What was supposed to be a two-day event has wrapped in one as the remaining five players in Event 13 agreed to a deal. As chip leader, William Kopp was declared the official winner.

“This is only my second event of the series. I cashed in the Main Event and I wasn’t even planning on playing today, but I took a look at the field and figured I’d just hop in,” Kopp told us afterward. “I want to play golf tomorrow, so I was fine accepting a deal and wrapping it up tonight.”

Kopp, who resides in Brecksville, OH, is 25 years old. This marks his 30th tournament cash and second victory. He owns more than $200,000 in career earnings.

Here are the payouts reflecting the deal:

1st: William Kopp (Brecksville, OH) – $19,000
2nd: Petko Tsakov (Provincetown, MA) – $15,000
3rd: Nikolai Sears (Davidsburg, MI) – $13,000
4th: Eric Penner (West Palm Beach, FL) – $10,500
5th: Harry Thomas (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) – $10,000

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 203

Following Britt Heath’s elimination in third place for $9,643, Phillip Hui and Zoltan Czinkota quickly agreed to a deal. Hui earned the official victory as chip leader.

Final Table Results:
*denotes heads-up deal

1st: Phillip Hui  (Tamarac, FL) – $24,159*
2nd: Zoltan Czinkota (Davie, FL) – $21,000*
3rd: Britt Heath (Wilmington, NC) – $9,643
4th: Richard Meyer (Roscommon, MI) – $7,816
5th: Marc Sacheli (Miami, FL) – $6,090
6th: Miguel Hernandez-Alpizar (Miami Lakes, FL) – $5,075
7th: Eli Levy (Miami, FL)– $4,060
8th: Richard Katz (Pittsburgh, PA) – $3,045
9th: Seth Gilson (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) – $2,030

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 8,000/16,000/2,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 3/203
Average Stack: 508,000 (32 bb)

Richard Meyer raised to 50,000 from under the gun, Phil Hui three-bet to 150,000 form the small blind, Meyer four-bet shoved for about 460,000 and Hui called.

Meyer:
Hui:

The board came down , giving Hui quad jacks to eliminate Meyer in fourth place.

Phil Hui – 1,190,000 (74 bb)
Richard Meyer – Eliminated in 4th Place ($7,816)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 4/203
Average Stack: 508,000 (51 bb)

Phil Hui raised to 20,000 from the cutoff, Marc Sacheli three-bet shoved for 95,000 from the button and Hui called.

Hui:
Sacheli:

The board came down , giving Hui a pair of eights to eliminate Sacheli in fifth place.

Marc Sacheli – Eliminated in 5th Place ($6,090)

Here are the approximate chip counts after the hand:

Zoltan Czinkota – 315,000 (32 bb)
Richard Meyer – 310,000 (31 bb)
Britt Heath – 805,000 (81 bb)
Phil Hui – 600,000 (60 bb)

1st – $28,411
2nd – $16,748
3rd – $9,643
4th – $7,816

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Total Entries: 1,324
Prize Pool: $158,880

1st: $39,485
2nd: $22,879
3rd: $15,173
4th: $10,168
5th: $7,070
6th: $5,481
7th: $4,210
8th: $3,098
9th: $2,161
10-12th: $1,557
13-15th: $1,239
16-18th: $1,049
19-27th: $890
28-36th: $763
37-45th: $636
46-54th: $556
55-63rd: $493
64-72nd: $445
73-81st: $397

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 21: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 5/203
Average Stack: 406,000 (41 bb)

Richard Meyer raised to 40,000 from under the gun, Miguel Hernandez-Alpizar reraised all in from the next seat for 56,000 and Meyer called.

Meyer:
Hernandez-Alpizar:

The board came down , no help to Hernandez-Alpizar, ending his tournament in sixth place for $5,075.

Richard Meyer – 280,000 (28 bb)
Miguel Hernandez-Alpizar – Eliminated in 6th Place ($5,075)

Recent Eliminations: Eli Levy (7th – $4,060), Richard Katz (8th – $3,045), Seth Gilson (9th – $2,030)

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 4,000/8,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 9/203
Average Stack: 226,000 (28 bb)

Seat 1. Zoltan Czinkota – 390,000 (49 bb)
Seat 2. Seth Gilson – 58,000 (7 bb)
Seat 3. Richard Meyer – 190,000 (24 bb)
Seat 4. Miguel Hernandez-Alpizar – 95,000 (12 bb)
Seat 5. Britt Heath – 320,000 (40 bb)
Seat 6. Phillip Hui – 505,000 (63 bb)
Seat 7. Marc Sacheli – 135,000 (17 bb)
Seat 8. Richard Katz – 28,000 (4 bb)
Seat 9. Eli Levy – 225,000 (28 bb)

Recent Eliminations: Jorge Gomez (10th – $1,320), Joseph Levitt (11th – $1,320), Manuel Soltero Luna (12th – $1,320), Sasidhar Bobba (13th – $1,117), Philip Consolo (14th – $1,117)

1st – $28,411
2nd – $16,748
3rd – $9,643
4th – $7,816
5th – $6,090
6th – $5,075
7th – $4,060
8th – $3,045
9th – $2,030

$570 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 19: 3,000/6,000/1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 14/203
Average Stack: 145,000 (24 bb)

Table 1
Seat 1. Miguel Hernandez-Alpizar – 67,000 (11 bb)
Seat 2. Sasidhar Bobba – 65,000 (11 bb)
Seat 3.
Seat 4. Seth Gilson – 43,000 (7 bb)
Seat 5. Phillip Hui – 405,000 (68 bb)
Seat 6. Marc Sacheli – 170,000 (28 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8. Britt Heath – 275,000 (46 bb)
Seat 9. Joseph Levitt – 95,000 (16 bb)

Table 2
Seat 1.
Seat 2. Jorge Gomez – 230,000 (38 bb)
Seat 3. Zoltan Czinkota – 80,000 (13 bb)
Seat 4. Phlip Consolo – 60,000 (10 bb)
Seat 5. Richard Katz – 75,000 (13 bb)
Seat 6. Manuel Soltero Luna – 80,000 (13 bb)
Seat 7.
Seat 8. Eli Levy – 190,000 (32 bb)
Seat 9. Richard Meyer – 150,000 (25 bb)

1st – $28,411
2nd – $16,748
3rd – $9,643
4th – $7,816
5th – $6,090
6th – $5,075
7th – $4,060
8th – $3,045
9th – $2,030
10th-12th- $1,320
13th-14th – $1,117