2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$400 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  52
Prize Pool:  $17,680
January 11, 2025

Event 11 of the 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 52 entries for a prize pool of $17,680. The final seven players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $800.

Up top for the winner is $6,535.

1st:  $6,535 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $3,890
3rd:  $2,390
4th:  $1,680
5th:  $1,325
6th:  $1,060
7th:  $800

$400 Triple Stud (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  25,000/50,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 65

The final five players return from break to begin Level 21, with increased limits of 25,000-50,000. Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Victor Nassif  –  335,000  (7 BB)
Seat 2.  Adam Walter  –  355,000  (7 BB)
Seat 3.  Nic Ganley  –  285,000  (6 BB)
Seat 4.  Lavonne Schaafsma  –  415,000  (8 BB)
Seat 5.  Mihails Morozovs  –  235,000  (5 BB)

Here are the payouts:

1st:  $7,385 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $4,225
3rd:  $2,590
4th:  $1,850
5th:  $1,430

6th:  Christopher Carey  –  $1,110
7th:  Marc Sacheli  –  $950
8th:  Hal Klein  –  $845
9th:  Harry Eisenberg  –  $740

With five players remaining from a field of 65, the average chip stack is about 325,000 (7 Big Bets).

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 10
$200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  193
Prize Pool:  $21,230
Bounty Prize Pool:  $9,650
January 11, 2025

Event 10 of the 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $200 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry).  A field of 193 entries generated a prize pool of $21,230, with an additional $9,650 set aside for bounties. The final 25 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $220.

Up top for the winner is $4,930.

1st:  $4,930 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $3,240
3rd:  $2,400
4th:  $1,800
5th:  $1,360
6th:  $1,040
7th:  $800
8th:  $620
9th-10th:  $480
11th-12th:  $380
13th-15th:  $320
16th-19th:  $260
20th-25th:  $220

$400 Triple Stud (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  20,000/40,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  5 of 65

STUD HI-LO

Christopher Carey had been multi-tabling between this final table and the final flight of Event 1, running back-and-forth between tables.

Unfortunately, Carey busted from Event 1, and returned to the final table during a round of Stud Hi-Lo to play a hand that would see him go from two tournaments to none in just a matter of minutes.

Carey played his next hand against Mihails Morozovs.

Heading into the final card, Carey had two pair, eights and deuces, and was drawing to an 8-7 low. Carey needed to improve to stay alive against Morozovs’ trip fives and 8-5 low draw.

Both players received a second ace for their final card, so neither player made a qualifying low. Carey finished with two pair, aces and eights, and Morozovs won the pot with fives full of aces to eliminate Carey in sixth place.

Christopher Carey  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($1,110)

With five players remaining from a field of 65, the average chip stack is about 325,000 (8 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,430 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack Five-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 62

On the turn of a board, a few bets and raises between Ken Brosnahan in the big blind and Steve Yagudaev in the hijack resulted in Brosnahan all in for 128,500.

Brosnahan: 
Yagudaev: 

Brosnahan was ahead with sevens full of nines and held up through the river to double up.

Down to 2,000, Yagudaev doubled up twice before getting it in again. He raised to 10,500 from under the gun and Eric Lea called in the big blind.

The flop was , Lea checked, Yagudaev bet his remaining 8,000, and Lea called.

Yagudaev: 
Lea: 

Yagudaev was ahead with with a pair of jacks, but the turn and river gave Lea trip sevens to eliminate Yagudaev in sixth place.

Eric Lea  –  340,000  (113 bb)
Ken Brosnahan  –  280,000  (93 bb)

With five players remaining, the average stack is about 248,000  (83 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $4,210.

$400 Triple Stud (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  15,000/30,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 65

STUD

Lavonne Schaafsma:  ()  
Marc Sacheli:  ()  

3rd Street:  Lavonne Schaafsma four-bet it to 60,000, and Marc Sacheli called.

4th Street:  Schaafsma bet 15,000, Sacheli raised to 30,000, Schaafsma raised, and Sacheli called all in for 33,000. They both turned over their holecards:

Lavonne Schaafsma:  ()  
Marc Sacheli:  ()  

Sacheli had the lead with pocket kings against pocket queens. The dealer dealt out the rest:

Lavonne Schaafsma:  ()    ()
Marc Sacheli:  ()    ()

Sacheli had a big lead on sixth street with two pair, kings and sevens, and he simply needed to dodge one of two queens remaining in the deck. But Schaafsma caught the to win the pot with trip queens and eliminate Sacheli in seventh place.

Lavonne Schaafsma  –  300,000  (10 BB)
Marc Sacheli  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($950)

With six players remaining from a field of 65, the average chip stack is about 271,000 (9 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,110 each.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining:  252 of 590

Registration for Flight F of LHPO Event 1 closed with 590 entries, setting the total field size at 2,784 entries and the prize pool at $1,447,680.

Play in Flight F will continue until 74 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to cash, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Chip Counts Through Flight E

$1,100 Deep Stack Five-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 62

Seat 1:  Ken Brosnahan  –  155,000  (52 bb)
Seat 2:  Eric Lea  –  75,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3:  Steve Yagudaev  –  152,000  (51 bb)
Seat 4:  Matthew Wolfson  –  270,000  (90 bb)
Seat 5:  Filip Cvetinovic  –  212,000  (71 bb)
Seat 6:  Timothy Banks  –  376,000  (125 bb)

1st:  $21,610 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $12,720
3rd:  $8,000
4th:  $5,415
5th:  $4,210
6th:  $3,310

7th:  Eric Kolodny  –  $2,710
8th:  Taylor Wilson  –  $2,165

$400 Triple Stud (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 65

RAZZ

Hal Klein:    /    / 
Lavonne Schaafsma:    /    /

Hal Klein completed to 10,000 on third street and Lavonne Schaafsma called.

Klein bet the rest of the way and Schaafsma called him down.

Klein showed for nine-seven, but Schaafsma tabled for an eight-seven to win the pot.

Lavonne Schaafsma  –  240,000  (12 BB)
Hal Klein  –  21,000  (1 BB)

STUD

Marc Sacheli:    / 
Adam Walter:    /    –  fold
Hal Klein  –    / 

Marc Sacheli limped in for 3,000, Adam Walter completed to 10,000, Hal Klein raised all in for 17,000, and both Sacheli and Walter called.

Fourth street was checked before Sacheli isolated the pot on fifth street.

Sacheli:    / 
Klein  –  ]  / 

Sacheli pulled ahead of fifth street with two pair.

Klein picked up a flush draw on sixth with the , while Sacheli picked up the .

Sacheli showed first on seventh, the , keeping him with tens and sevens. Klein squeezed out a non-helpful and was out in eighth place.

Marc Sacheli  –  103,000  (5 BB)
Adam Walter  –  205,000  (10 BB)
Hal Klein  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($845)

With seven players remaining from a field of 65, the average chip stack is about 232,000 (10 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $950.

$400 Triple Stud (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  8 of 65

The final eight players redraw for random seats at the final table. Here are the updated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Marc Sacheli  –  55,000  (3 BB)
Seat 2.  Victor Nassif  –  530,000  (27 BB)
Seat 3.  Adam Walter  –  290,000  (15 BB)
Seat 4.  Hal Klein  –  94,000  (5 BB)
Seat 5.  Nic Ganley  –  175,000  (9 BB)
Seat 6.  Lavonne Schaafsma  –  172,000  (9 BB)
Seat 7.  Christopher Carey  –  120,000  (6 BB)
Seat 8.  Mihails Morozovs  –  189,000  (9 BB)

And here are the payouts:

1st:  $7,385 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $4,225
3rd:  $2,590
4th:  $1,850
5th:  $1,430
6th:  $1,110
7th:  $950
8th:  $845
9th:  Harry Eisenberg  –  $740

With eight players remaining from a field of 65, the average chip stack is about 203,000 (10 Big Bets).