2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 29
$1,100 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  63
Prize Pool:  $63,000
January 15, 2025

Event 29 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack Turbo No-Limit H (Re-Entry), drawing a field of 63 entries for a prize pool of $63,000. The final eight players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $22,675.

Up top for the winner is $22,675.

1st:  $22,675 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $13,325
3rd:  $8,350
4th:  $5,670
5th:  $4,410
6th:  $3,465
7th:  $2,835
8th:  $2,270

$600 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 118

The players return from break to begin Level 21, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000. Here are the official chip counts:

Seat 1.  Ari Engel  –  315,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2.  Tom Koral  –  535,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3.  Ariel Mantel  –  380,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Jennifer Zewe  –  535,000  (27 bb)
Seat 5.  Ryan Hoenig  –  595,000  (30 bb)

And here are the final six payouts:

1st:  $17,245 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $11,180
3rd:  $7,430
4th:  $5,100
5th:  $3,630

6th:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  $2,675

With five players remaining from a field of 118, the average chip stack is around 472,000 (24 big blinds).

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 28
$300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  205
Prize Pool:  $41,000
Bounty Prize Pool:  $10,250
January 15, 2025

Event 28 of the 2025 Seminole Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 205 entries generated a prize pool of $41,000, with an additional $10,250 set aside for bounties. The final 26 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash paying $400.

Up top for the winner is $9,240.

1st:  $9,420 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $6,300
3rd:  $4,660
4th:  $3,480
5th:  $2,640
6th:  $2,020
7th:  $1,540
8th:  $1,200
9th-10th:  $940
11th-12th:  $700
13th-15th:  $580
16th-19th:  $480
20th-26th:  $400

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,234

Seat 1:  Jonathan Goldman  –  3,000,000  (24 bb)
Seat 2:  Peter Fellows  –  3,650,000  (29 bb)
Seat 4:  Dragan Mihajlovski  – 1,450,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6:  Roni Zelichonok  –  3,250,000  (26 bb)
Seat 7:  Dan Ouellet  –  2,375,000  (19 bb)
Seat 9:  Juan Rua Flechas  –  4,800,000  (38 bb)

With six players remaining from the field of 1,234 entries, the average stack is around 3,085,000 (25 big blinds).

1st:  $32,740 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $22,600
3rd:  $16,700
4th:  $11,800
5th:  $8,900
6th:  $6,800

7th:  Minh Nguyen  –  $5,500
8th:  Willie Wiggins  –  $4,460
9th:  Elliott Sibonney  –  $3,480

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $376,000   |   Structure   |   Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 188

In Hand #6 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, the player in the hijack raised to 16,000, and the cutoff moved all in for 23,000. Artem Metalidi called from the big blind, and the hijack also called. Any further betting would create a side pot.

Both players checked to the river on a board of , and all three players turned over their cards.

Artem Metalidi:    (pair of tens)
Hijack:    (pair of fours)
Cutoff:    (pair of sevens)

Metalidi won the pot with a flopped pair of tens to eliminate the cutoff and burst the Money Bubble. The remaining 24 players are in the money, guaranteed at least $4,000 each.

Artem Metalidi  –  350,000  (44 bb)

With 24 players remaining from a field of 188, the average chip stack is around 196,000 (25 big blinds).

The field will be playing as many 30-minute levels as it takes today to reach the final seven players for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table, which begins at 12:00 noon and will be live-streamed on YouTube.

$600 Six-Max Pot-Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 118

Seat 1:  Ari Engel  –  440,000  (37 bb)
Seat 2:  Tom Koral  –  430,000  (36 bb)
Seat 3:  Ariel Mantel  –  315,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4:  Jennifer Zewe  –  535,000  (46 bb)
Seat 5:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  210,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6:  Ryan Hoenig  –  430,000  (36 bb)

1st: $17,245 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $11,180
3rd: $7,430
4th: $5,100
5th: $3,630
6th: $2,675

7th:  Alexander Orlov  –  $2,045
8th:  Brian Ng  –  $2,045
9th:  Matthew Wolfson  –  $1,625
10th:  Cary Rosenthal  –  $1,625
11th:  David Tarbet  –  $1,345
12th:  Chao Huang  –  $1,345
13th:  Christopher Hynan  –  $1,160
14th:  Marc Schiller  –  $1,160
15th:  Allen Kessler  –  $1,160

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,234

There was no small blind this hand. Dragan Mihajlovski moved all in from the hijack for 725,000, and Juan Rua Flechas called from the big blind with .

Mihajlovski turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Mihajlovski won the pot with a flopped set of deuces to double up in chips.

Dragan Mihajlovski  –  1,550,000  (16 bb)
Juan Rua Flechas  –  4,235,000  (42 bb)

With six players remaining from a field of 1,234, the average chip stack is around 3,085,000 (31 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,800 each.

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,234

Peter Fellows raised to 210,000 from the hijack, Dan Ouellet called in the small blind, and Minh Nguyen called in the big blind.

The flop was , Ouellet led out for 325,000, Nguyen called and Fellows raised all in for roughly 1,500,000. Ouellet folded and Nguyen called all in for about 1,350,000 with for draws. Fellows showed for a pair of queens.

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Nguyen, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Peter Fellows  –  3,900,000  (39 bb)
Ming Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($5,500)

With six players remaining from a field of 1,234, the average chip stack is around 3,085,000  (31 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,800 each.

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,234

Willie Wiggins moved all in under the gun for 2,325,000, and Juan Rua Flechas called from the cutoff with . Wiggins turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Flechas wins the pot with two pair, kings and fives, to eliminate Wiggins in eighth place.

Juan Rua Flechas  –  5,310,000  (53 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($4,460)

With seven players remaining from a field of 1,234, the average chip stack is around 2,650,000 (27 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,500 each.

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,234

Juan Rua Flechas raised to 300,000 in the cutoff, Jonathan Goldman called on the button, and Elliott Sibonney called all in for 150,000 in the big blind.

The flop was , Flechas checked, Goldman bet 300,000, and Flechas called.

The turn was the , Flechas checked, Goldman bet 500,000, and Flechas folded.

Goldman showed for aces and jacks, while Sibonney tabled for a pair of queens.

The river was the , no help to Sibonney, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Jonathan Goldman  –  3,100,000  (31 bb)
Elliott Sibonney  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($3,480)

With eight players remaining from the field of 1,234 entries, the average stack is around 2,315,000 (23 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,460.