$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining: 47 of 477

Flight F came to an end with 47 players advancing to Day 2, and action ended with 9:00 left in Level 17.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight, but here are the players from Flight F who bagged up at least 300K:

1.  Devond Marshall  –  431,500
2.  Lunique Petiote  –  411,000
3.  Jon Turner  –  393,000
4.  Jeffrey Niedelman  –  386,500
5.  Scott Baumstein  –  336,000
6.  Erik Christensen  –  327,500
7.  Chris Astudillo  –  301,000

The surviving players are all guaranteed at least $700 for a min-cash on Day 2, though the full prizepool won’t be available until registration has closed in all eight starting flights.

The final two starting flights will be held tomorrow (Sunday), with Flight G beginning at 11:00 am (registration open until 5:45 pm), and Flight H beginning at 5:00 pm (registration open until 11:45 pm).

$360 Ultimate Re-Entry
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight F Players Remaining: 47 of 477

Two eliminations away from the money (and the end of Flight F), there was a three-way all-in situation, and the big stack has pocket aces. If the aces held up, the field would reach the money with no Money Bubble.

Jeffrey Niedelman:  
Small Blind:  
Oscar Valdes:  

But the board came , and Valdes paired his queen on the flop and turned trips to win the main pot and triple up thru aces and kings.

Niedelman still won the side pot to eliminate the small blind, which meant hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble would begin on the next hand.

Oscar Valdes  –  230,000  (29 bb)
Jeffrey Niedelman  –  285,000  (36 bb)

After half a dozen or so hands of hand-for-hand play, one of the short stacks was all in for 3,000 with , and in pretty good shape to stay alive against Scott Baumstein’s .

But the river card brought a king, giving Baumstein the final elimination of the night to end Flight E and burst the Money Bubble.

Scott Baumstein  –  336,000  (42 bb)

2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 4
$360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Entries:  86
Prize Pool:  $25,800
January 12, 2019

The final table of the $360 Pot Limit Omaha 8 event was a bit of a roller-coaster late, with Andrew Woodmancey seemingly on the verge of victory with a huge chip lead heads-up, then losing the lead, then coming back to win it all.

There were 86 entries in this one-day event, and Woodmancey, a local player from Coconut Creek, outlasted them all to earn the second-biggest score of his live tournament career.

Final results:

1st:  Andrew Woodmancey  –  $8,320 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  Shannon Kelly  –  $5,031
3rd:  Robert Wachtel  –  $3,128
4th:  Matthew Bianchini  –  $2,116
5th:  Andrea Mastrogiovanni  –  $1,613
6th:  Sean Remz  –  $1,290
7th:  Michael Cuevas  –  $1,071
8th:  Julius Threadgill  –  $903
9th:  Fabian Mayorga Medina  –  $832
10th:  Gabriel Ramos  –  $774
11th:  Matthew Kaplan  –  $722

$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 76

Suscia Bathgate limped for 25,000, Elanit Hasas raised to 75,000, and Bathgate moved all in.

Hasas quickly called with , and Bathgate turned over . Bathgate needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Hasas won the pot — and the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Ladies Event — with a pair of aces.

1st:  Elanit Hasas  –  $5,394 + Main Event seat and Hard Rock AC package
2nd:  Suscia Bathgate  –  $3,112
3rd:  Susanna Haedelt  –  $1,947
4th:  Sachi Botner  –  $1,317
5th:  M.G. Fernandez  –  $998
6th:  Joanne Milburn  –  $798
7th:  Sherriee Williams  –  $718
8th:  Lauren Failla  –  $638
9th:  Patricia Conrad  –  $559
10th:  Lenor Ryan  –  $479

$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 76

These were the approximate chip counts when heads-up play began:

Suscia Bathgate – 950,000 (63 bb)
Elanit Hasas – 200,000 (13 bb)

After a handful of hands, Elanit Hasas moved all in for 185,000, and Suscia Bathgate thought for a moment before she called with . Hasas turned over , and she was a big favorite to double up here.

The board came , and Hasas paired her king on the flop and turned trips to win the pot and double up in chips.

Elanit Hasas  –  385,000  (26 bb)
Suscia Bathgate  –  755,000  (50 bb)

A little while later, they had built up a pot worth about 270K on a board of .

Hasas bet 100,000, Bathgate moved all in, and Hasas called all in for 240,000 with for a turned full house.

Bathgate showed for two pair, aces and fives, and Hasas won the pot to double up into the chip lead.

Elanit Hasas  –  750,000  (50 bb)
Suscia Bathgate  –  400,000  (27 bb)

$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 76

Susanna Haedelt was all in from the small blind for about 60,000 with , and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive against the of Suscia Bathgate on the button.

The board came , and Bathgate paired her eight on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Haedelt in third place.

Susanna Haedelt  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($1,947)

And here are the approximate chip counts before heads-up play:

Suscia Bathgate  –  950,000  (63 bb)
Elanit Hasas  –  200,000  (13 bb)

$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 76

Sachi Botner is all in with , and she needs to improve to stay alive against the of Elanit Hasas.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Hasas to win the pot and eliminate Botner in fourth place.

Elanit Hasas  –  365,000  (30 bb)
Sachi Botner  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($1,317)

$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 76

Susanna Haedelt moved all in from the button for 96,000, and M.G. Fernandez called from the big blind with . Haedelt turned over , and was dominated as she faced elimination.

The board came , and Haedelt paired her three on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips, knocking Fernandez down to barely more than one big blind.

Susanna Haedelt  –  210,000  (18 bb)
M.G. Fernandez  –  15,000  (1 bb)

The next hand, Haedelt limped from the cutoff for 12,000, Elanit Hasas limped from the button, and Fernandez moved all in from the small blind for 15,000. Suscia Bathgate called from the big blind, and Haedelt and Hasas both called as well.

Bathgate, Haedelt, and Hasas checked all the way down on a board of , and all four players turned over their cards.

Suscia Bathgate:    (six-high straight)
Susanna Haedelt:    (two pair, jacks and fives)
Elanit Hasas:    (ace high)
M.G. Fernandez:    (king high)

Bathgate won the pot to increase her chip lead and eliminate Fernandez in fifth place.

Suscia Bathgate  –  590,000  (49 bb)
M.G. Fernandez  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($998)

$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 76

Suscia Bathgate raised from the button to 35,000, Sachi Botner moved all in from the small blind for about 330,000, and Bathgate tanked for a while before calling all in for 258,000 with .

Botner turned over , and Bathgate needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Bathgate to win the pot and double up in chips.

Suscia Bathgate  –  540,000  (45 bb)
Sachi Botner  –  70,000  (6 bb)

$250 Ladies No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$10,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 76

Elanit Hasas moved all in from the small blind for 143,000, and Joanne Milburn called from the big blind with . Hasas turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Hasas paired her nine on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Elanit Hasas  –  298,000  (25 bb)
Joanne Milburn  –  35,000  (3 bb)

A few hands later, Milburn was all in preflop from the cutoff with , and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive against Sachi Botner’s in the big blind.

The board came , and Botner paired her seven on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Milburn in sixth place.

Sachi Botner  –  330,000  (28 bb)
Joanne Milburn  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($798)