2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 11
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  433
Prize Pool:  $145,055
January 14, 2024

Event 11 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 433 entries generated a prize pool of $145,055, nearly tripling the guarantee. 

Emerging victorious was Donald Somers, winning outright for $28,860.

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 15
$400 Deep Stack Turbo PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  72
Prize Pool:  $24,480
January 14, 2024

Event 15 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Deep Stack Turbo Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry). A field of 72 entries produced a prize pool of $24,480 and winning the lion’s share of it was Jeffrey Shayani, taking it down outright for $8,568.

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 14
$300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  211
Prize Pool:  $32,705
Bounty Prize Pool:  $21,100
January 14, 2024

Event 14 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 211 entries generated a prize pool of $32,705, with an additional $21,100 set aside for bounties.

Topping the field was Joseph Presho, wining outright for $7,515.

$600 Deep Stack Mixed PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Player Remaining:  8 of 121

The final table begins Monday at 2 p.m.

Table 13
Seat 1:  Jason Korb  –  497,000  (50 bb)
Seat 2:  Steven Langert  –  504,000  (50 bb)
Seat 3:  Jonathan Moschel  –  391,000  (39 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Rosenberg  –  277,000  (28 bb)
Seat 5:  Gregory Kolo  –  308,000  (31 bb)
Seat 6:  Arnaldo Alzualde  –  80,000  (8 bb)
Seat 7:  Rodrigo Mehech  –  273,000  (27 bb)
Seat 8:  Jason Marshman  –  95,000  (10 bb)

1st:  $18,020 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $11,435
3rd:  $6,830
4th:  $4,285
5th:  $3,175
6th:  $2,730
7th:  $2,365
8th:  $2,095

9th:  Stephanie Chung  –  $1,845
10th:  Bradley Beetz  –  $1,845
11th:  Grant Hart  –  $1,620
12th:  Eric Polirer  –  $1,620
13th:  Jonathan Gold  –  $1,415
14th:  Sean Kennedy  –  $1,415
15th:  Benjamin Jacobs  –  $1,415
16th:  Donald Maloney  –  $1,415

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Return to Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 3,212

Day 3 begins Monday at 1 p.m.

Table 7
Seat 1:  Andrew Torrico  –  3,525,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  John Rocaberte  –  5,825,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4:  Jeffrey Moore  –  1,200,000  (10 bb)
Seat 5:  Glenn Becker  –  8,125,000  (65 bb)
Seat 6:  David Nathaniel  –  3,400,000  (27 bb)
Seat 7:  Nicholas Chong  –  5,025,000  (40 bb)
Seat 8:  Jerome Leonardo  –  1,825,000  (15 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 8
Seat 1:  Kevin MacDonald  –  6,625,000  (53 bb)
Seat 2:  Ya Yun Liu  –  12,500,000  (100 bb)
Seat 3:  Alex Ziskin  –  1,175,000  (9 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Scarborough  –  5,850,000  (47 bb)
Seat 5:
Seat 6:
Seat 7:  Donald Jackson  –  2,950,000  (24 bb)
Seat 8:  Cody Brinn  –  3,300,000  (26 bb)
Seat 9:  David Shmuel  –  2,775,000  (22 bb)

1st:  $291,385 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $180,410
3rd:  $129,300
4th:  $100,340
5th:  $76,000
6th:  $56,025
7th:  $40,275
8th:  $32,070
9th-10th:  $24,700
11th-12th:  $18,450
13th-14th:  $13,245

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 3,212

During the previous level, Glenn Becker raised to 200,000 from early position and Eric Siegel three-bet shoved from the small blind for 2,350,000. John Rocaberte called all in for 2,275,000 in the big blind and Becker folded.

Siegel: 
Rocaberte: 

The board came , no help to Siegel, locking up the double for Rocaberte.

John Rocaberte  –  4,750,000  (59 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  75,000  (< 1 bb)

Down to just 75,000, Siegel ran it up to more than 1.7 million before getting it all in against Rocaberte again.

This time, Siegel shoved from the button for 1,730,000 and Rocaberte reshoved from the small blind with . Siegel showed .

The board ran out , giving Rocaberte an ace-high straight to eliminate Siegel in 18th place.

John Rocaberte  –  6,400,000  (64 bb)
Eric Seigel  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($10,345)

Recent Eliminations
15th:  Erik Perez  –  $13,245
16th:  Aristoteles Neto  –  $10,345
17th:  Alain Medesan  –  $10,345

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 268

Day 2 begins at Monday 2 p.m.

Table 22
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  James Carroll  –  241,000  (48 bb)
Seat 3:  Brad Coultas  –  98,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Lu  –  158,000  (32 bb)
Seat 5:  Tomas Brokl  –  332,000  (66 bb)
Seat 6:  Brian Gabriel  –  212,000  (42 bb)
Seat 7:  Richard Rice  –  94,000  (19 bb)
Seat 8:  Brandon Sunshine  –  87,000  (17 bb)
Seat 9:  Rishi Makkar  –  192,000  (38 bb)

Table 23
Seat 1:  Lily Kornik  –  110,000  (22 bb)
Seat 2:  Carls Bermudez  –  90,000  (18 bb)
Seat 3:  Timothy Mina  –  269,000  (54 bb)
Seat 4:  Valery Litvak  –  536,000  (107 bb)
Seat 5:  Stephen Smith  –  58,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6:  Damion Richardson  –  105,000  (21 bb(
Seat 7:  Tarun Gulati  –  70,000  (14 bb)
Seat 8:  Logan Moller  –  93,000  (19 bb)
Seat 9:

Table 24
Seat 1:  Nicola Davimos  –  239,000  (48 bb)
Seat 2:  Yordan Petrov  –  86,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3:  Ira Schwartz  –  239,000  (48 bb)
Seat 4:  Greg Baird  –  121,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5:  Dominick Sarle  –  72,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6:  Kharlin Sued  –  130,000  (26 bb)
Seat 7:  Calais Campbell  –  225,000  (45 bb)
Seat 8:  Cassio Parra  –  160,000  (32 bb)
Seat 9:  Harrison Plott  –  85,000  (17 bb)

1st:  $42,705 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $28,380
3rd:  $16,720
4th:  $10,175
5th:  $7,855
6th:  $6,510
7th:  $5,640
8th:  $4,970
9th-10th:  $4,335
11th-12th:  $3,750
13th-15th:  $3,180
16th-18th:  $2,640
19th-21st:  $2,125

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 3,212

Kevin MacDonald raised to 200,000 from the hijack, Min Zhang reraised all in for 590,000 from the button, and MacDonald called with . Zhang showed and needed to hold.

The board came down , giving MacDonald sixes and fives to eliminate Zhang in 19th place.

Kevin MacDonald  –  6,340,000  (63 bb)
Min Zhang  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($8,650)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 3,212, the average stack is about 3,570,000 (68 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $10,345.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 3,212

Kevin MacDonald raised to 180,000 from the hijack and Cody Brinn called in the big blind.

The flop was , Brinn checked, MacDonald continued for 150,000, and Brinn called.

The turn was the , Brinn bet 270,000, and MacDonald called.

The river was the , Brinn checked, MacDonald bet 1,400,000, and Brinn (with 1,375,000 behind) thought for about three minutes before he called the clock on himself and ultimately folded.

MacDonald showed as he collected pot.

Kevin MacDonald  –  5,600,000  (70 bb)
Cody Brinn  –  1,375 000  (17 bb)

Recent Eliminations
20th:  Jack Koontz  –  $8,650
21st:  Joseph Hood  –  $8,650

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 3,212

Sterling Savill raised all in from under the gun for 860,000 and Andrew Torrico isolated the action with a shove of his own from the small blind.

Savill: 
Torrico: 

The board ran out , no help to Savill, ending his tournament in 22nd place.

Andrew Torrico  –  3,500,000  (44 bb)
Sterling Savill  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($7,215)

With 21 players remaining from a field of 3,212, the average stack is about 3,060,000  (38 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $8,650.