The 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open kicked off January 11 and concluded Wednesday night at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The 14-day series boasted 24 trophy events and was punctuated by 20 six-figure winners.
Outshining them all in the series two headline events were WPT Championship winner Darryll Fish and WPTDeepStacks champion Scott Baumstein. Baumstein reached the winner’s circle first, capturing the title and a $220,238 score in the opener. Fish, meanwhile, topped that figure ultimately pocketing $511,604 in the Championship.
Here’s a look at each of the series’ 24 champions:
Click the link for each tournament’s live reporting log
Thank you to everyone who played and congratulations to all our champions.
Next up at the Seminole Hard Rock is the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown April 5-18! But first, the in-room Escalator II running February 21-March 18.
2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries: 683
Prize Pool: $81,960
January 22-24, 2018
Event 22 of the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry) tournament. Over two starting flights, a total of 683 entries generated a prize pool of $81,960, easily surpassing the $50,000 guarantee. Only 65 players made it to Day 2, and when it was all said and done a three-handed deal was agreed upon. Carlos Torres Vasquez was the chip leader at the time, making him the official winner.
“I’m a recreational player and only play once a week, so to have a result like this is very nice. I was just happy to make the final table and would have been happy with any result, so to win the trophy feels like a bonus.”
Final Table Results:
1st: Carlos Torres Vasquez – *$14,598
2nd: David Dohner – *$14,270
3rd: Matan Yehudai – *$13,701
4th: Emanuel Ibarry Quinonez – $5,737
5th: Hector Lopez – $4,139
6th: Karen Cleveland – $3,319
7th: Robert Leff – $2,541
8th: Daniel Saffer – $1,803
9th: Steven Touitou – $1,311
10th: Michael Johnson – $984
*denotes three-way deal
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining 3 of 683
The remaining three players agreed to a deal. Here were their chip counts at the time, followed by their subsequent payouts.
Carlos Torres Vasquez – 2,470,000 (49 bb)
David Dohner – 2,310,000 (46 bb)
Matan Yehudai – 2,050,000 (41 bb)
As chip leader, Carlos Torres Vasquez is officially the winner of Event 22 of the 2018 Lucky Hearts Poker Open.
Carlos Torres Vasquez – $14,598
David Dohner – $14,270
Matan Yehudai – $13,701
A tournament recap will be posted later tonight.
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining 3 of 683
Emanuel Ibarry Quinonez raised all in for about 400,000 from the button, and Matan Yehudai called from the big blind.
Ibarry Quinonez showed 
, trailing Yehudai’s 
.
The board came down 
, no help to Ibarry Quinonez, ending his tournament in fourth place for $5,737.
Matan Yehudai – 2,050,000 (41 bb)
EmanuelIbarry Quinonez – Eliminated
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining 4 of 683
With a dead small blind in the hand, Hector Lopez raised all in for 415,000 from the hijack and Carlos Torres Vasquez isolated with a shove of his own from the cutoff.
Lopez: 
Torres Vasquez: 
The board came down 
, giving Torres Vasquez an ace-high straight to eliminate Lopez in fifth place for $4,139.
Carlos Torres Vasquez – 2,520,000 (63 bb)
Hector Lopez – Eliminated
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining 5 of 683
Matan Yehudai raised all in from the small blind, and Karen Cleveland called all in from the big blind for 360,000.
Yehudai: 
Cleveland:
The board came down 
, no help to Cleveland, ending her tournament in sixth place for $3,319.
Matan Yehudai – 1,650,000 (41 bb)
Karen Cleveland – Eliminated
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining 6 of 683
Carlos Torres Vasquez raised to 150,000 from under the gun, Matan Yehudai called from the hijack, David Dohner reraised all in from the button for 775,000, Torres Vasquez reraised all in, and Yehudai folded.
Torres Vasquez showed 
, leading Dohner’s 
.
The board came down 
, giving Dohner a nine-high straight to double up.
David Dohner – 1,790,000 (45 bb)
Carlos Torres Vasquez – 2,150,000 (53 bb)
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining 6 of 683
Carlos Torres Vasquez raised to 80,000 from the cutoff, David Dohner raised all in from the big blind with a covering stack, and Torres Vasquez called all in for 1,035,000.
Torres Vasquez: 
Dohner:
The board came down 
, no help to Dohner, locking up the double for Torres Vasquez.
Carlos Torres Vasquez – 2,120,000 (71 bb)
David Dohner – 320,000 (111 bb)
$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining 6 of 683
Robert Leff was all in for about 270,000 from middle position with 
against Matan Yehudai in the hijack with .
The board ran out 
, no help to Leff, ending his tournament in seventh place for $2,541.
Matan Yehudai – 1,920,000 (64 bb)
Robert Leff – Eliminated