2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 8
$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  430
Prize Pool:  $139,750
Bounty Prize Pool:  $86,000
January 18, 2021

While there’s no award for “Poker Player of the Pandemic,” Scott Baumstein has a good argument for that title. Since live poker tournaments were slowly reintroduced at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood in late 2020, Baumstein had won three tournaments.

On Monday night, Baumstein won his fourth, the $600 Double Black Chip Bounty.

“I’ve been really, really lucky the last few months,” said Baumstein. “I’ve won three tournaments since September here, and this is the fourth one. It feels good to be on a hot streak, and I hope to win a bigger one during the series.”

Baumstein already has experience winning bigger events here, as he won the WPTDeepStacks Lucky Hearts Poker Open back in 2018 to earn $220,238.

Baumstein and runner-up Fred Goldberg were fairly close in chips when heads-up play began, but there wasn’t much talk about making a deal, because both players wanted the title and the trophy. So they continued playing.

Baumstein quickly built up a 2-to-1 chip lead, and then his held up against Goldberg’s on the first heads-up all-in situation to give Baumstein his fourth victory here in four months.

“I feel really focused,” said Baumstein. “I’ve been concentrating a lot more on tournaments recently, and I feel like I’m seeing things very clearly at the moment. It helps to run well.”

Final Results:

$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 430

Fred Goldberg got it all in from the button for 2,150,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Scott Baumstein’s .

The board came , and Baumstein won the pot — and the trophy — with two pair, queens and eights.

Congratulations to Scott Baumstein!

1st:  Scott Baumstein  –  $28,040 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  Fred Goldberg  –  $18,675
3rd:  Yulia Lisichkina  –  $13,770
4th:  Dan Kuntzman  –  $10,265
5th:  Michael Hudson  –  $7,740
6th:  Stephen Hilowitz  –  $5,900
7th:  Chris Vincent  –  $4,050

$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 430

Yulia Lisichkina moved all in from the small blind for 925,000, and Scott Baumstein called from the big blind with .

Lisichkina turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Lisichkina paired her queen on the flop, but Baumstein paired his king on the river to win the pot, the $200 bounty, and eliminate Lisichkina in third place.

Yulia Lisichkina  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($13,770)

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

Fred Goldberg  –  3,500,000  (35 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  3,025,000  (30 bb)

$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 430

Fred Goldberg got it all in from the big blind for 1,800,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Yulia Lisichkina.

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

Seat 4.  Fred Goldberg  –  3,725,000  (50 bb)
Seat 6.  Yulia Lisichkina  –  1,450,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7.  Scott Baumstein  –  1,350,000  (18 bb)

A few minutes later, Scott Baumstein got it all in from the small blind for 1,625,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against Goldberg’s in the big blind.

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

Seat 4.  Fred Goldberg  –  1,800,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Yulia Lisichkina  –  1,325,000  (18 bb)
Seat 7.  Scott Baumstein  –  3,325,000  (44 bb)

After the blinds increased to 50,000/100,000, Goldberg moved all in from the button for 1.65 million, and Baumstein called from the big blind with . Goldberg turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

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

Seat 4.  Fred Goldberg  –  3,450,000  (35 bb)
Seat 6.  Yulia Lisichkina  –  1,000,000  (10 bb)
Seat 7.  Scott Baumstein  –  2,025,000  (20 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.15 million (22 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $13,770.

$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 430

Yulia Lisichkina raised from the button to 150,000, Scott Baumsteain reraised from the small blind to 375,000, and Lisichkina four-bet all in for about 1.25 million.

Baumstein folded, and Lisichkina took the pot.

Yulia Lisichkina  –  1,750,000  (29 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  2,075,000  (35 bb)

After the blinds increased to 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante, Baumstein and Fred Goldberg saw a flop of . Baumstein bet 75,000 form the small blind, and Goldberg called from the big blind.

The turn card was the , and both players checked. The river card was the , Baumstein bet 375,000, Goldberg raised to about 1.0 million, and Baumstein folded. Goldberg took the pot.

The next hand, Goldberg accidentally raised from the small blind to 150,000, but it was too late as his chips were out far enough to be a legal bet. Lisichkina moved all in from the big blind for 1.75 million, and Goldberg looked frustrated as he asked for an exact count. Goldberg tanked for a while before he folded, and Lisichkina took the pot.

Yulia Lisichkina  –  2,050,000  (27 bb)

A few minutes later, with the final board showing and about 1.6 million in the pot, Goldberg bet 625,000 from the small blind, and Lisichkina moved all in from the big blind for about 1.1 million.

Goldberg thought for a bit before he folded, and Lisichkina took the pot.

Seat 1.  Fred Goldberg  –  1,900,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2.  Yulia Lisichkina  –  3,325,000  (44 bb)
Seat 3.  Scott Baumstein  –  1,250,000  (17 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.15 million (29 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $13,770.

$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 430

In the last hand of Level 26, Scott Baumstein min-raised from the button to 100,000, Fred Goldberg called from the small blind, and Yulia Lisichkina moved all in from the big blind for 725,000.

Baumstein folded, and Goldberg called with . Lisichkina turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Goldberg flopped a spade flush draw to Lisichkina’s pair of jacks, but the board ran out dry for Goldberg. Lisichkina won the pot with her pair of jacks to double up in chips.

Yulia Lisichkina  –  1,600,000  (32 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  2,515,000  (50 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.15 million (43 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $13,770.

$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 430

Dan Kuntzman moved all in from the small blind for about 750,000, and Fred Goldberg called from the big blind with .

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

The board came , and Goldberg clinched the pot when he paired his king on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Kuntzman in fourth place.

Fred Goldberg  –  2,965,000  (59 bb)
Dan Kuntzman  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($10,265)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.15 million (43 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $13,770.

$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 430

After a flop of with about 200K already in the pot, Dan Kuntzman checked, Scott Baumstein bet 90,000, and Kuntzman check-raised all in.

Baumstein thought for just a moment before he called all in for 870,000 with for a pair of eights with a gutshot straight draw.

Kuntzman turned over for a pair of eights with a lower kicker, but he also had an open-ended straight-flush draw. Baumstein needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Baumstein won the pot with his pair of eights with a ten kicker to double up in chips.

Scott Baumstein  –  1,950,000  (24 bb)
Dan Kuntzman  –  1,110,000  (28 bb)

Shortly after the blinds increased to 25,000/50,000, Scott Baumstein moved all in from the small blind, and Michael Hudson called all in from the big blind for about 700,000 with .

Baumstein turned over , and Hudson needed his dominating hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Baumstein paired his six on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Hudson in fifth place.

Scott Baumstein  –  2,540,000  (51 bb)
Michael Hudson  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($7,740)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1.61 million (32 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $10,265.

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$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 430

Dan Kuntzman moved all in under the gun for 300,000, and Scott Baumstein called from the button with . Kuntzman turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Kuntzman paired his deuce on the flop and his ace on the river to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

Dan Kuntzman  –  675,000  (23 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  965,000  (32 bb)

After the blinds increased to 20,000/40,000, Stephen Hilowitz moved all in under the gun for about 600,000, and Kuntzman moved all in over the top from the cutoff for about 700,000 with .

Hilowitz turned over , and he was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came , and Kuntzman won the pot and the $200 bounty with his king to eliminate Hilowitz in sixth place.

Dan Kuntzman  –  1,385,000  (35 bb)
Stephen Hilowitz  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($5,900)

A few minutes later, Kuntzman won a big pot by raising all in on the river against Fred Goldberg, and it was enough to propel Kuntzman into the chip lead with 2.3 million.

Dan Kuntzman  –  2,300,000  (58 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  1,700,000  (43 bb)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1.29 million (32 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $7,740.

$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 430

Yulia Lisichkina moved all in from the hijack for 415,000, and Dan Kuntzman called from the big blind with . Lisichkina turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Lisichkina paired her ten on the flop and won with a full house, nines full of tens, to double up in chips.

Yulia Lisichkina  –  870,000  (35 bb)
Dan Kuntzman  –  240,000  (10 bb)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,075,000 (43 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $5,900.