Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Regular Hany Ayoub Wins the Seniors Event

2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 6
$360 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  113
Prize Pool:  $33,900
January 13, 2019

Seniors Event Winner Hany Ayoub and TD Tony Burns
Seniors Event Winner Hany Ayoub and TD Tony Burns

The final table of the Seniors Event saw some ups and downs early, but the second half belonged entirely to Hany Ayoub, who seemingly coasted to victory.

Yet when asked to name a key hand from his final table, Ayoub’s first thought went to a hand he misplayed and lost.

“I made a big mistake when we were down to 10 people. I went all in with pocket deuces, and it was a big mistake. I was down to 20,000, but I came back.”

Ayoub had moved all in with 2s2d after a flop of Ad7h3d, but Scott Robbins called with AcKs. Ayoub’s hand never caught up, and Ayoub was knocked down to just five big blinds. But, like he said, he came back.

When asked to describe his comeback, Ayoub said, “I was getting a lot of good hands. Just lucky.”

Ayoub was born in Egypt, but at 66 years of age, he has spent his entire adult life living in Miami. And he spends much of his time playing tournaments here at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood, with 11 cashes here in 2018, and 19 over the past two years. In that time, he only has one cash at a different casino, and that one came at Seminole Hard Rock Tampa, a sister property.

Why does Ayoub love playing at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood? One of the big reasons is Tournament Director Tony Burns. “Since Tony has been here, it’s been really good.”

Final results:

1st:  Hany Ayoub  –  $10,000 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  Roy “Nick” Potts  –  $6,187
3rd:  John Bonar  –  $3,695
4th:  Paul Freedman  –  $2,373
5th:  James Kirvin  –  $1,797
6th:  Steve Ekin  –  $1,492
7th:  Eric LaNeve  –  $1,288
8th:  Scott Robbins  –  $1,136
9th:  Nir Peleg  –  $1,000
10th:  Roland Feichtner  –  $881
11th:  Vincent Spadavecchia  –  $881
12th:  David Guiffreda  –  $881
13th:  Patricia Conrad  –  $763
14th:  Stephen Roselius  –  $763
15th:  Jean-Luc Docquier  –  $763

Event 1: Chip Counts Through Flight G

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  322 of 3,786

Flight A:  483 Entries; 48 Advanced
Flight B:  417 Entries; 41 Advanced; 5 Multi-Stack Payouts
Flight C:  528 Entries; 52 Advanced, 5 Multi-Stack Payouts
Flight D:  457 Entries, 45 Advanced, 4 Multi-Stack Payouts
Flight E:  675 Entries, 67 Advanced, 9 Multi-Stack Payouts
Flight F:  477 Entries, 47 Advanced, 10 Multi-Stack Payouts
Flight G:  749 Entries, 74 Advanced, 19 Multi-Stack Payouts
Flight H:  Sunday at 5pm
Day 2:  Monday at 1pm

Multi-Stack Payouts (52):

  • Stephen Ibrahim (3)
  • Donald Maloney, Jr. (3)
  • Sergio Giha (2)
  • Peter Jacobson (2)
  • David Nathaniel, Jr. (2)
  • Gheorghe Pop (2)
  • Sean Shah (2)
  • Jon Turner (2)
  • Nancy Birnbaum
  • David Bradshaw, Jr.
  • Sergio Braga
  • Landon Brown
  • Ismael Cabrera
  • Zoltan Czinkota
  • Antonio Delacruz
  • Massimo Dirienzo
  • Michael Dudik
  • Cangir Elcin
  • Gregory Fishberg
  • Frankie Flowers
  • Carlos Guerrero
  • Sean Harper
  • Brian Hastings
  • Carlos Loving
  • Solange Lucas
  • Oniel McCalla
  • Victor Merkel
  • Raymond Millard
  • Michael Newman
  • Fernando Pages
  • Prashray Rai
  • Jose Reyes
  • Sterling Savill
  • Jack Shea
  • Raminder Singh
  • Eric Tuan
  • Courtland Twyman
  • Jaime Wiegrefe
  • Christopher Wiggins
  • Mark Wiser
  • Jason Young
  • Matthew Zarcadoolas
RANKFIRST NAMELAST NAMECHIP COUNTFLIGHT
1FrankFlowers578,500B
2BretGrebow557,500A
3AlejandroFunes544,000E
4RaydenAbreu535,500B
5BrianHastings517,000D
6EmoryOese-siegel497,500D
7PauliusBikus497,000C
8JacobNaumann493,000C
9JeffreyColpitts488,000G
10ConstantinosLiapis447,500B
11GinoldCham446,000B
12DevondMarshall431,500F
13JamesSalmon III429,500A
14JonathanTurner425,000G
15FrancoisZayas413,000G
16LuniquePetiote411,000F
17DejanPetkovic388,500A
18JeffreyNiedelman386,500F
19SheldonGross382,000C
20GregRosen381,000E
21JasonIbrahim372,000E
22CesarMendoza Gomez371,500B
23JasonYoung361,000A
24SagiZommer351,000G
25ScottBaumstein336,000F
26JoseReyes336,000C
27LarryBaxter335,000G
28CarlosGuerrero331,000G
29StephenIbrahim331,000E
30DanielEichhorn328,500E
31ErikChristensen327,500F
32RaminderSingh322,000C
33DavidBradshaw, Jr.317,000A
34MichaelDudik308,000C
35LandonBrown305,500D
36GregoryFishberg303,500G
37MichaelNewman303,500E
38ChristopherAstudillo301,000F
39TruyenNguyen300,000E
40ThomasBielecky298,000C
41AntonioDelacruz297,500G
42DavidHass294,500E
43JoseGonzalez Portela292,500E
44PaulPantoja292,500A
45StephenLeahy290,500G
46NoelAtherley284,000E
47EmilioSantaella Ocasio281,500F
48JosephAcquavella280,500F
49SyedShah279,500G
50OscarValdes279,000F
51NaguiYassa278,500E
52VictorMerkel268,000G
53PatrickNovak267,000G
54EliyahuLevy265,500F
55AlfredoGuevara261,000G
56TimothyMarcus254,500E
57AnthonyAldrich247,000D
58AndrewZhu246,000D
59KyleCarino243,000A
60JosefSchmalzbauer242,000E
61FrancisMargaglione241,500D
62RobertTransue240,000D
63MatthewHumphrey239,500A
64ScottRobbins239,000E
65DavidNathaniel, Jr.238,500C
66DavidPain238,500C
67JonathanSanchez235,500B
68EricTuan235,000D
69MichaelSanchez233,500F
70GheorghePop232,500G
71CelsoVieira231,500G
72JohnMiller231,000E
73FernandoPages231,000E
74JamesGavin230,500G
75MatthewSilva230,000D
76ChristopherWiggins227,000G
77JackRolnitzky226,500E
78AnthonyStampalia224,500C
79CourtlandTwyman222,500C
80TomislavKrizanic222,000C
81LawrenceMazauskas222,000C
82MatthewWhite222,000B
83CharlesGomez218,500D
84MarvinTulloch216,000E
85AnthonyUtnage215,000D
86PaulDomb213,500A
87ChristopherConrad213,000G
88AntonioDelacruz212,000B
89MehdiBelhassan211,000D
90ZoltanCzinkota207,000F
91EduardoChrist205,500F
92SterlingSavill205,500G
93JeffreyBoden203,500A
94RafaelMarcondes Dos Reis203,000G
95SebastianKos202,500E
96StaffanLind202,500D
97IgorEvseev200,500B
98AnthonyCuffari196,000D
99JosephLevitt196,000D
100BorjaIglesias Jato195,000D
101PeterJacobson191,500C
102MathieuGaudette191,000B
103RaymondMillard188,500C
104AlexandreHenry188,000D
105MichaelHallen184,000G
106FloydMcmurray181,000D
107JustinLevy180,500C
108ArieBen-mayor179,500E
109MichaelMccloud179,000G
110MichaelMerisier178,000A
111EricKolodny177,500C
112IanHolt177,000C
113ArielRosello Quintana177,000F
114NormanZapczynski174,500A
115LouisPearce173,500E
116NicholasNieto171,000G
117LawrenceKlur169,000B
118MatthewLeconche168,500F
119AaronSpeer168,000G
120LukeOwens166,500A
121MichelDubreuil165,500A
122ErrolRosen165,500G
123AngelBracho165,000B
124PerryShiao164,000D
125YannickTessier164,000B
126DanielCouzens162,500B
127CarlosLoving162,500E
128IsmaelCabrera161,500C
129LukeVrabel161,000G
130KatherineHoyle160,000G
131LuisMantilla160,000A
132JosephTumminelli, Jr.159,000G
133RichardKatz158,500A
134ToddBreyfogle155,500F
135DavidShmuel154,000B
136ChristopherSmallwood153,500B
137MichaelJohnson152,500G
138RafaelDe Lima151,000C
139RichardLeger151,000E
140CarmineFloreno150,000D
141OnielMccalla150,000B
142DavidInselberg148,500E
143AlexanderStep147,500E
144ChristopherCollins147,000G
145DanielQuesada146,000C
146JuanRodriguez146,000E
147StevenAnderson145,500E
148FemiFashakin145,500E
149DennisBrinn143,000F
150CangirElcin142,500A
151JeromeNeloms140,000D
152Kyle-matthewJanisse-139,500G
153MichaelGilfedder139,000E
154NicholasMahabee139,000G
155AlexFaynshteyn138,000C
156PrashrayRai136,500G
157VadimRozin136,000E
158JohannTiemann135,500G
159JuanMartinez134,500G
160CharlesSimon134,500D
161DafneyAdisson134,000D
162VicenteOrtiz131,500G
163ScottSommer131,500D
164ReneEsquivel130,000C
165JamesHamburger129,500A
166JavierSarache129,500G
167RyanVan Sanford128,500G
168SergioBraga127,500D
169SamirDesai127,000C
170JamesRovezzi127,000C
171KevinGlenn126,000C
172KareemAli125,500G
173RobertGorodetsky125,500F
174NabilMatta125,000G
175EricSnyder125,000C
176CodyFerguson124,000G
177EnriqueRoman III124,000F
178DerrickCutler123,000G
179SergioGiha121,500G
180BrianGelrod121,000B
181AlvaroPerez Garcia121,000B
182WilliamValladares Hurtado121,000D
183KennethBruno120,500A
184WilliamFlock120,000G
185MatanYehudai120,000B
186DonaldWilliams117,500A
187SongO116,000G
188MassimoDirienzo115,000E
189AlfredoFernandez114,000D
190CurtisKing112,000E
191EdwardMallon112,000E
192WillieWiggins111,500A
193SeanHarper111,000E
194DanielNavarrete109,000A
195GaryKreymer108,500E
196AgustinPerez Cortes108,500D
197MarcinPlewinski108,000B
198MarkWiser108,000C
199ScottZakheim105,000A
200StuartPaterson104,500A
201FredericoDabus104,000B
202RobertGrossman102,500F
203JohnHolley III101,500D
204SebastianGallego101,000A
205MarkManesh101,000F
206DanielKasper100,000G
207GeorgeMazauskas100,000C
208JohnSpadavecchia100,000C
209NicholasRascona99,000E
210MichaelLoynd98,500A
211BenjaminKeathley96,500E
212GaryHaimon95,500E
213JasonHopkins94,000A
214JustinObront93,000A
215AlexandreArsenault92,500E
216MauriceLightner92,500B
217RichardWhitebrook92,000A
218MichaelMella91,500G
219GregoryKolo91,000B
220ShawnSorgi90,500F
221Jean-lucDocquier90,000E
222Aaron J.Klausman90,000F
223MichaelOrtiz89,500B
224FariborzZojaji88,000D
225MarcSacheli87,000E
226TimothyFisher86,000G
227RichardCarr84,500F
228MatthewParke84,500F
229EliasNassif83,500G
230HenryBillete83,000D
231LazaroDubrocq83,000C
232FabioBaduy Perales82,000F
233AnthonyCarbone81,000B
234JovielGonzalez81,000C
235ReinaldoTroconis Trutschel81,000F
236EvgeniyCatane80,500B
237JaimeWiegrefe80,500F
238MatthewBurnitz80,000G
239PhilipConsolo79,000C
240Romain LouisFollet77,000F
241JorgeRamirez76,500B
242EricLa Neve75,500E
243FredLi73,000A
244DonaldMaloney, Jr.73,000F
245CarlosTorres Vazquez73,000D
246JasonPew72,500F
247MatthewZarcadoolas72,000A
248MarkSmyrski71,500D
249WalidMaddah70,000E
250PeterWynne II69,000E
251HungMai67,000F
252David JohnMilbrand67,000C
253SpencerChamplin66,500G
254NaderBahhur66,000D
255CarlosCastro65,000F
256JoshuaPoe65,000G
257NicholasSena-hopkins65,000G
258NancyBirnbaum64,500D
259KimberleyKusser64,500A
260YvesBohemier64,000C
261IsaacKratchman61,500A
262MarcAlan61,000A
263SamuelBorger60,500D
264FabioSantos60,000F
265JamesGibson59,000C
266JasonSquillace58,500B
267BrianGuzman58,000A
268ScottJordan58,000B
269KimScoratow57,500G
270JonathanShapiro57,000A
271AdamZeltser56,500F
272DanielChess55,000A
273JoshuaGibson55,000G
274SolangeLucas54,000E
275CharlesLilly53,000B
276JeremyDemers52,000F
277Charles JosephJohnson, Jr.52,000G
278JoshuaDuvdivani51,000D
279TracyScala50,500A
280DagobertoRios50,000C
281JayConvente49,000A
282KimmoSoronen49,000E
283RossWillner49,000C
284AnthonyVelasquez48,000G
285RonaldSypher47,000F
286DanglisTompkins47,000G
287ScottVetter46,500G
288RaffaelloLocatelli46,000E
289JonathanDobson45,000B
290TuanNguyen45,000G
291LeeThibodaux45,000F
292JohnDermody44,000E
293JackShea42,500G
294PhilippeKnapic42,000C
295LucianoNardi42,000B
296WashingtonGavilanes41,500E
297MarkProman41,000E
298WayneKaufman40,500D
299RichardDavis40,000C
300FrankMuir40,000D
301AndrewWeisner40,000G
302StevenCarswell39,500E
303StanleyGrandon39,500E
304KevinScarola34,500C
305HagaiStein34,000A
306GlenGruner33,000E
307GilAboodi32,000A
308YuanShen31,500C
309AndrewFrier31,000B
310MarcSaia31,000D
311DavidMichelson29,500F
312NilsRabe26,000G
313JamesGiordano22,000G
314StevenGame21,500G
315MichaelMonaco21,000C
316NashaatAntonious19,000E
317LeonardoClavel17,000D
318NealCorcoran16,000A
319JorgeSoto16,000A
320AntonioArencibia Monduy10,500B
321BillOderat8,500C
322MiltonMiranda, Jr.5,000G

Seniors Event: Hany Ayoub Wins! ($10,000); Roy Potts Finishes 2nd ($6,187)

$360 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 113

Hany Ayoub
Hany Ayoub

After a flop of 10c9d7c, Roy “Nick” Potts was all in for about 290,000 with 3d3c, but he needed to improve to stay alive against the 8s7h (pair of sevens, open-ended straight draw) of Hany Ayoub on the button.

The turn card was the 2c, the river card was the 5h, and Ayoub won the pot — and the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Seniors Event — with his pair of sevens.

Hany Ayoub Defeated Roy Potts
Hany Ayoub (left) Defeated Roy Potts

1st:  Hany Ayoub  –  $10,000 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  Roy “Nick” Potts  –  $6,187
3rd:  John Bonar  –  $3,695
4th:  Paul Freedman  –  $2,373
5th:  James Kirvin  –  $1,797
6th:  Steve Ekin  –  $1,492
7th:  Eric LaNeve  –  $1,288
8th:  Scott Robbins  –  $1,136
9th:  Nir Peleg  –  $1,000
10th:  Roland Feichtner  –  $881
11th:  Vincent Spadavecchia  –  $881
12th:  David Guiffreda  –  $881
13th:  Patricia Conrad  –  $763
14th:  Stephen Roselius  –  $763
15th:  Jean-Luc Docquier  –  $763

Roy Potts
Roy Potts

Seniors Event: John Bonar – 3rd Place ($3,695)

$360 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 113

John Bonar
John Bonar

John Bonar was all in from the big blind for about 230,000 with 8h8d, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the Ac9d of Hany Ayoub on the button.

The board came 9s6h4s2cQd, and Ayoub paired his nine on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Bonar in third place.

John Bonar  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($3,695)

These were the approximate chip counts before heads-up play:

Hany Ayoub  –  1,050,000  (88 bb)
Roy “Nick” Potts  –  300,000  (25 bb)

Seniors Event: Paul Freedman – 4th Place ($2,373)

$360 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 113

Paul Freedman
Paul Freedman

After a flop of 7d4c3c, Paul Freedman was all in with 10c9c for a club flush draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the Ac9d (ace high) of Hany Ayoub.

The turn card was the 2h, the river card was the 9h, and Ayoub won the pot with a pair of nines and an ace kicker to eliminate Freedman in fourth place.

Hany Ayoub  –  830,000  (83 bb)
Paul Freedman  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($2,373)

Seniors Event: James Kirvin – 5th Place ($1,797)

$360 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 113

James Kirvin
James Kirvin

James Kirvin was all in under the gun for 84,000 with Jc2h, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the AhKh of Paul Freedman in the small blind.

The board came 7h7s6sQsAc, and Freedman won the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate Kirvin in fifth place.

Paul Freedman  –  320,000  (32 bb)
James Kirvin  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($1,797)

Seniors Event: Steve Ekin – 6th Place ($1,492)

$360 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 113

Steve Ekin
Steve Ekin

Paul Freedman raised from the hijack to 23,000, John Bonar moved all in from the cutoff for 129,000, and Steve Ekin moved all in over the top from the big blind for about 190,000. Freedman folded.

Bonar turned over JhJd, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Ekin’s AcQs.

The board came Kh3d3cKc5h, and the pocket jacks held up for Bonar to win the pot with two pair, kings and jacks, and double up in chips.

John Bonar  –  296,000  (30 bb)
Steve Ekin  –  60,000  (6 bb)

Two hands later, Ekin was all in from the button for about 60,000 with 6c5c, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the AcKd of Freedman in the big blind.

The board came Kh7d2d7hQh, and Freedman paired his king on the flop to win the pot with two pair, eliminating Ekin in sixth place.

Paul Freedman  –  215,000  (22 bb)
Steve Ekin  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($1,492)

Seniors Event: Eric LaNeve – 7th Place ($1,288)

$360 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 113

Hany Ayoub raised under the gun, and John Bonar called all in from the small blind for 26,000 with Jd9h. Ayoub turned over AdQc, and Bonar needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Kc9s7h6s5d, and Bonar paired his nine on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

John Bonar  –  68,000  (9 bb)
Hany Ayoub  –  220,000  (28 bb)

Eric LaNeve
Eric LaNeve

Eric LaNeve was all in from the big blind for about 110,000 with KhKd, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the AsQd of Hany Ayoub in the small blind.

The board came AcQs9c5h9s, and Ayoub flopped two pair to win the pot with aces and queens, eliminating LaNeve in seventh place.

Hany Ayoub  –  345,000  (35 bb)
Eric LaNeve  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,288)

Seniors Event: Scott Robbins – 8th Place ($1,136)

$360 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 113

Steve Ekin raised UTG+1 to 24,000, Paul Freedman moved all in from the hijack for 82,000, and Ekin thought for a while before he called with KsJc. Freedman turned over AhQc, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came As9d8dKd2c, and Freedman paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Paul Freedman  –  182,000  (23 bb)
Steve Ekin  –  230,000  (29 bb)

Scott Robbins
Scott Robbins

Hany Ayoub raised from middle position to about 35,000, and Scott Robbins called all in from the big blind for 30,000 with Jd6h. Ayoub turned over AhKc, and Robbins needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Ks9s2cQdAd, and Ayoub paired his king on the flop and his ace on the river to win the pot with two pair, eliminating Robbins in eighth place.

Hany Ayoub  –  240,000  (30 bb)
Scott Robbins  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,136)

Seniors Event: Kirvin Doubles Thru Robbins on the River; Ekin Doubles Thru Kirvin

$360 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 113

James Kirvin
James Kirvin

With the board showing Ks8s6s2h on the turn and about 100K already in the pot, Scott Robbins checked the big blind, James Kirvin moved all in for 134,500, and Robbins went into the tank.

“I don’t think I can fold here,” said Robbins. After some more time in the tank, he added, “Oh my God, this is the toughest call I’ve had to make this tournament.”

Shortly after that, Robbins called and showed his KhQs for a pair of kings with a queen-high flush draw. Kirvin said, “I’m on a draw,” and turned over AsQd for an ace-high flush draw.

As the dealer began to put out the river card, Robbins said, “No spade! No spade!”

The river card was — the Ac. Kirvin paired his ace on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Robbins stood up to vent a bit, saying, “I knew I made the right call!”

James Kirvin  –  368,000  (61 bb)
Scott Robbins  –  40,000  (7 bb)

Steve Ekin
Steve Ekin

The next hand, with the board showing AdKh2c10d on the turn, Steve Ekin got it all in for about 125,000 with QdJh for an ace-high flush.

Ekin needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the Ac10h (two pair) of Kirvin, who had outs to a full house.

The river card was the 7h, and Ekin won the pot with his straight to double up in chips.

Steve Ekin  –  310,000  (52 bb)
James Kirvin  –  220,000  (37 bb)