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Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 149

Aleksandr Gofman got it all in from the small blind for 90,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Ian O’Hara in the big blind.

The board came , and Gofman paired his queen on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Aleksandr Gofman  –  190,000  (19 bb)
Ian O’Hara  –  550,000  (55 bb)

About five minutes later, the blinds increase to 5,000-15,000 with a 15,000 ante.

A short while later, Robert Cahill moved all in under the gun for about 160,000, and Ian O’Hara called from the big blind with .

Cahill turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Cahill turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. O’Hara won the pot with his pocket tens to eliminate Cahill in eighth place.

Ian O’Hara  –  755,000  (50 bb)
Robert Cahill  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($9,313)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 495,000 (28 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $10,430.

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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 149

Steve Ekin moved all in from middle position for about 120,000, and Paul Balzano called all in from the hijack for about 55,000 with .

Ekin turned over , and Balzano needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Balzano was teased with an ace in the window before Ekin flopped a set of tens. Ekin won the pot to eliminate Balzano in ninth place.

Steve Ekin  –  200,000  (20 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($8,228)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 375,000 (38 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $9,313.

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Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 149

After the elimination of Chad Eveslage in 10th place, the final nine players have drawn for random seats at the final table, and they will be playing down to a winner tonight.

Yordan Petrov has been chipleader since the Money Bubble, and he currently has more than 40% of all the chips in play, and three times as many chips as any other player.

Here are their updated chip counts, followed by the remaining payouts:

Seat 1.  Steve Ekin  –  275,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2.  Paul Balzano  –  80,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3.  Brock Wilson  –  172,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4.  Yordan Petrov  –  1,203,000  (150 bb)
Seat 5.  Aleksandr Gofman  –  213,000  (27 bb)
Seat 6.  Ian O’Hara  –  343,000  (43 bb)
Seat 7.  Robert Cahill  –  226,000  (28 bb)
Seat 8.  Hiro Harada  –  397,000  (50 bb)
Seat 9.  Jeffrey Lehouillier  –  78,000  (10 bb)

1st:  $82,265
2nd:  $52,150
3rd:  $30,694
4th:  $18,634
5th:  $14,453
6th:  $11,935
7th:  $10,430
8th:  $9,313
9th:  $8,228

And here are the players who have finished in the money so far:

10th:  Chad Eveslage  –  $7,152
11th:  Jimmy Dang  –  $7,152
12th:  Victor Figueroa  –  $7,152
13th:  Dominique Mosley  –  $6,109
14th:  Trung Tran  –  $6,109
15th:  Michael Tureniec  –  $6,109
16th:  Joe McKeehen  –  $5,215
17th:  Rodrigo Semeghini  –  $5,215
18th:  Vladislav Varlashin  –  $5,215
19th:  Vadim Shlez  –  $4,470

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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 149

During hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, and with the final board showing and about 80K in the pot, Yordan Petrov bet 114,000 from the hijack, and the player on the button moved all in for 170,000.

Petrov thought for a while before calling all in for 168,000 with for a full house, tens full of kings. His opponent turned over for trip kings, and Petrov wins the pot to double up in chips, knocking the short stack down to less than a single small blind.

Yordan Petrov  –  415,000  (83 bb)
Short Stack  –  2,000  (<1 sb)

Since he was the button on that hand, the short-stacked player could play four more hands for free before being forced all in from the big blind on his fifth hand.

Four hands later, he called all in under the gun for 2,000. The player in the cutoff limped for 5,000, and Petrov raised from the small blind to 30,000. The cutoff folded, and Petrov took the side pot.

The short-stacked player turned over , but he was dominated by Petrov’s .

The board came , and the short stack paired his five on the flop to win the pot and sextuple up in chips to 13,000.

Short Stack  –  13,000  (3 bb)
Yordan Petrov  –  450,000  (90 bb)

The next hand, the short stack was in the big blind, and if he folded this hand, he would be forced all in from the small blind on the next hand.

Petrov raised from the button to 10,000, and the short stack called all in for 8,000 (5K of his stack went toward the big blind ante).

The short stack needed his to hold up against Petrov’s to stay alive.

The board came , and Petrov won the pot with a flopped pair of nines to eliminate the short stack in 20th place on the Money Bubble.

Yordan Petrov  –  465,000  (93 bb)
Short Stack  –  Bubbled in 20th Place  ($0)

With 19 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 157,000 (31 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,470 each.

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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 149

Dominique Mosley raised UTG+1 to 10,000, the big blind moved all in for 82,000, and Mosley called with .

The big blind turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket eights held up for Mosley to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Dominique Mosley  –  210,000  (42 bb)

With 20 players remaining, hand-for-hand play begins on the Money Bubble. The average chip stack is about 149,000 (30 big blinds), and the final 19 players will be guaranteed at least $4,470 each.

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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 149

The players return from break to begin Level 16, with increased blinds of 3,000-5,000 and a 5,000 ante. With 21 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 142,000 (28 big blinds).

The final 19 players will finish in the money, so they are one bustout away from hand-for-hand play.

There are currently five players with short stacks worth less than 15 big blinds.

Robert Cahill  –  71,000  (14 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  61,000  (12 bb)
Michael Tureniec  –  60,000  (12 bb)
Jeffrey Lehouillier  –  57,000  (11 bb)
Vadim Shlez  –  23,000  (5 bb)

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Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 149

A player in middle position was all in preflop against Brock Wilson (UTG+1) and the under-the-gun player.

The flop came , the UTG player checked, Wilson bet, and the UTG player folded.

The short stack turned over , but he needed to improve to stay alive against Wilson’s .

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the pocket aces held up for Wilson to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Brock Wilson  –  210,000  (53 bb)

A few minutes later, Justin Zaki moved all in from the hijack for 27,000, and Michael Tureniec moved all in over the top from the cutoff for 31,000. Everyone else folded.

Zaki turned over , but he was dominated by Tureniec’s .

The board came — Zaki flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Tureniec won the pot with his pocket jacks to eliminate Zaki from the tournament.

With 22 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 135,000 (34 big blinds). They are near the Money Bubble, with the final 19 players guaranteed at least $4,470 each.

Here are some updated chip stacks and eliminations:

Ian O’Hara  –  255,000  (64 bb)
Victor Figueroa  –  215,000  (54 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  205,000  (51 bb)
Dominique Mosley  –  150,000  (38 bb)
Jeffrey Lehouillier  –  145,000  (36 bb)
Jimmy Dang  –  138,000  (35 bb)
Robert Cahill  –  130,000  (33 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  115,000  (29 bb)
Chad Eveslage  –  63,000  (16 bb)
Vadim Shlez  –  50,000  (13 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  47,000  (12 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  42,000  (11 bb)
Vladislav Varlashin  –  26,000  (7 bb)

Brian Altman  –  Eliminated
Darren Elias  –  Eliminated
Faraz Jaka  –  Eliminated
Ping Liu  –  Eliminated
Ali Imsirovic  –  Eliminated
Raminder Singh  –  Eliminated
Jake Schwartz  –  Eliminated

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Level 14:  2,000/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 149

Registration has closed in the $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em event, and with 149 entries, the total prizepool is worth $298,000.

The final 19 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $4,470 each, and first prize is worth $82,265.

2020 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  149
Prize Pool:  $298,000
January 16, 2020

1st:  $82,265
2nd:  $52,150
3rd:  $30,694
4th:  $18,634
5th:  $14,453
6th:  $11,935
7th:  $10,430
8th:  $9,313
9th:  $8,228
10th-12th:  $7,152
13th-15th:  $6,109
16th-18th:  $5,215
19th:  $4,470

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Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 149

Chipleader Jimmy Dang raised from middle position to 4,500, Maria Ho moved all in from the big blind for 35,000, and Dang called with .

Ho turned over , and she needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Dang flopped trip aces and rivered a full house to eliminate Ho from the tournament.

Jimmy Dang  –  272,000  (136 bb)
Maria Ho  –  Eliminated

Marvin Rettenmaier was also eliminated around the same time.

Marvin Rettenmaier  –  Eliminated

With 43 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 69,500 (35 big blinds).

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Level 12:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 149

There was a four-way all-in preflop situation, and here were their cards in roughly the order of descending chip counts:

Ian O’Hara:  
Manuel Amaro:  
Brian Altman:  
Hijack:  

The board came , and Altman won the main pot with a pair of aces and his king kicker to triple up and eliminate the player in the hijack.

O’Hara wins a smaller side pot with his pocket nines to eliminate Amaro.

Brian Altman  –  70,000  (35 bb)
Ian O’Hara  –  155,000  (78 bb)

At another table, after two players entered the pot, the player in the big blind moved all in for 23,000. The middle-position player folded, and Jerry Wong called from the button with .

The big blind turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Wong to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

Jerry Wong  –  65,000  (33 bb)