Dejan Petkovic Wins Event 12 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open In Three-Way Chop

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 12
$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  2,325
Prize Pool:  $372,000
January 16–18, 2023

2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 12 Champion Dejan Petkovic

Event 12 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was the multi-flight $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 2,325, entries over six starting flights produced a prize pool of $372,000, nearly doubling the guarantee.

A three-way deal chop was made at the final table and Dejan Petkovic was the chip leader, making him the official winner for $42,962.

Petkovic began Day 2 slightly above average stack, coming back 90th of the 235 returning players. When play was at the final two tables, Petkovic was very short-stacked, but managed to crack aces with queen-ten to get back in the mix. He was 8 out of 9 when the final table began, but quickly chipped up and held the lead for most of the time, before ultimately proposing the even chop.

This marked Petkovic’s fourth SHRP major series final table made and first SHRP trophy victory.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1DejanPetkovic$42,962*
2JoseRuiz$42,962*
3WilliamHeher$42,961*
4YaymelBodes$20,800
5ManuelAmaro Alvarez$15,585
6FabianGumz$12,535
7DucarmelBeaubien$9,920
8SebastienCrema$7,710
9PhillipStuttman$6,085
10JeremyGoureau$6,085
11AlanLeon$4,680
12GregorySpirito$4,680
13DanielRosenbaum$3,570
14JordanMiller$3,570
15JaymeBrashears$3,570
16DanielMonfiston$2,755
17JesseDelbene$2,755
18AlexanderMorgovsky$2,755
19AnthonyBudzinski$2,180
20OneilMcCalla$2,180
21JosephSchwartz$2,180
22MichaelLarkin$1,840
23EbertAlejo$1,840
24MosheGutnick$1,840
25AndreBryan$1,505
26SteveBuckner$1,505
27EricLorenzi$1,505
28KevinDubrocq$1,260
29RinaCoss$1,260
30NikitaBakarjiev$1,260
31JairoNunez Cardoso$1,260
32JordanPhillips$1,260
33WilliamGian$1,260
34CharlesBeck$1,260
35BrandonMuehlenfeld$1,260
36UlianovUrena Nunez$1,260
37JoshuaDuvdivani$1,045
38MarcelSabag$1,045
39FrederickAttias$1,045
40FrancoZamboli$1,045
41PhuVo$1,045
42JasonKorb$1,045
43EnriquePerez$1,045
44JamielAsghar$1,045
45ThomasGari$1,045
46VincentFreeman$895
47ThomasMorgado$895
48ElanaKerbel$895
49DakotaPatsfield$895
50DanielSaffer$895
51JoshuaAdcock$895
52JoshuaGonzalez$895
53SebastienEspinoza$895
54CarlosFonseca Rojas$895
55FadyKhabbaz$785
56FabioSantos$785
57ChritsopheSpence$785
58TylerMcKinney$785
59StevenFreideld$785
60ZeevIlmer$785
61JamieSmith$785
62ArtemEsipenko$785
63$785
64ThomasStewart$710
65AaronSteury$710
66DerrickFoster$710
67JoshuaWright$710
68ZiyangLi$710
69KeithMcCormack$710
70$710
71VictorNassif$710
72DanielKelly$710
73LucasTorselli$670
74JesesCabrera$670
75RosannaDe La Rosa$670
76MarkRakoff$670
77StevenBennett$670
78DanielQuesada$670
79RamyBoctor$670
80CarlosRodriguez$670
81TuanNguyen$670
82StanleyBilan$635
83OryHen$635
84PhillipJuarez$635
85LawrenceBroome$635
86JasonRocha$635
87JacobDolehanty$635
88LawrenceCheng$635
89PeterShapiro$635
90EricSalazar$635
91TimVance$605
92JaimeMontero Garcia$605
93KevinBlewitt$605
94TyresHightower$605
95AndrewGordon$605
96TrentSmith$605
97NicholasVisconti$605
98RobertBarto$605
99$605
100GregoryChaly$575
101LuckensonPericles$575
102RyanWelsh$575
103AlainBoucher$575
104MichaelScheinberg$575
105EricSiegel$575
106ManuelSoltero Luna$575
107RandalFernandez$575
108FrancoisZayas$575
109DonaldWilliams$550
110JasonRobinson$550
111GregDiGregorio$550
112JimmyCorrales$550
113VincentGuerra$550
114PatrickQuinn$550
115StephenEsposito$550
116TimShane$550
117NoahRosen$550
118$525
119EricSanchez$525
120ScottRobb$525
121MichaelScuicco$525
122JonathanShapiro$525
123WilliamKridle$525
124ShanmukhaMeruga$525
125FredGoldberg$525
126GarrickYoung$525
127JoseSade$500
128BrennoDos Santos Alencastro$500
129EdwardDenton$500
130GayleRusk$500
131PaulGarritson$500
132MichaelJagroo$500
133$500
134DavidWilliams$500
135PatrickMcConnell$500
136PerryShiao$480
137JosephShammas$480
138GeraldParker$480
139ThomasKornechuk$480
140PierreRodriguez$480
141PhilippeGoureau$480
142HunterRitchie$480
143DariusJakubynas$480
144MarcWoolf$480
145ArthurDemmerly$460
146AlexanderCharron$460
147EphraimUzan$460
148SergioPerez$460
149BorisGoldfeder$460
150EricKolodny$460
151ByronAbernathy$460
152RamonGonzalez$460
153RobertoBendeck$460
154EricYanovsky$440
155MatiasAsencio Ponce$440
156RyanLeto$440
157ArthurTkach$440
158FredDabus$440
159DavidSathue$440
160ScottHecker$440
161BradleyRogers$440
162ManishChaddha$440
163GinoldRendel$420
164SharonBachar$420
165ZacharyLiversedge$420
166IanDe Belen$420
167AmySroka$420
168PauliusGatulis$420
169AleksandrTishchenko$420
170GalvinGallardo$420
171LydiaWaltonbaugh$420
172ScottKret$400
173DanielBelisle$400
174StevenRichardson$400
175SimonLefebvre$400
176MarlonRamos$400
177TonyCavan$400
178JeffrieCharlton$400
179LeviBerger$400
180BernhardSchmidt$400
181EmoryOese-Siegel$400
182QueneGabriel$400
183RobertLeboeuf$400
184MikeBeasley$400
185MichaelNewman$400
186DavidEchavarria$400
187EdwinAvellaneda$400
188IonutNegoescu$400
189D.J.MacKinnon$400
190BenjaminPollan$385
191EthanBennett$385
192GaryFitzgerald$385
193FrankLagodich$385
194LavonneSchaafsma$385
195AmzaSulejman$385
196AdamMammon$385
197DavidRylander$385
198JacobKauffman$385
199$385
200BaruchGoro$385
201$385
202SelmaSayin$385
203RobertTaylor II$385
204PaulAniculesei$385
205CourtlandTwyman$385
206NabilMatta$385
207VigornDancharnjitt$385
208PatrickReilly$370
209MayanShih$370
210EdwardBalderamos$370
211JonasSelders$370
212DavidFeigenbaum$370
213MatthewLessor$370
214JohnBungert$370
215RonaldWillard$370
216KevinPham$370
217RobertRogers$370
218RaminderSingh$370
219JeremyBecker$370
220MarkMcGarity$370
221AndrewFrier$370
222AlejandroRomero Bristol$370
223BrayanCruz$370
224$370
225HowardHankin$370
226$370
227DavidRivera$370
228StefanHaqq$370
229JosephHernon$370
230MiaHigginbotham$370
231JoshTsur$370
232ChadLipton$370
233Saber SalumPenayo$370
234JamesAnderson$370
235DonnyRubinstein$370

*denotes three-handed chop

Event 12: We Have a Deal!

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 2,325

Dejan Petkovic

After playing three-handed for a little while, the players agreed to an even chop.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Dejan Petkovic  –  15,400,000  (31 bb)
Jose Ruiz  –  9,800,000  (20 bb)
William Heher  –  9,700,000  (19 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Dejan Petkovic  –  $42,962
Jose Ruiz  – $42,962
William Heher  –  $42,961

As the chip leader, Dejan Petkovic is the official winner of Event 12.

A recap of the event will be published later this morning.

William Heher

 

Event 12: Yaymel Bodes – 4th Place ($20,800)

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 2,325

Yaymel Bodes

Dejan Petkovic raised all in for 6,800,000 from UTG/cutoff, Yaymel Bodes called all in from the small blind for 3,800,000, and William Heher thought for a bit in the big blind before he folded 10c10d face up.

Petkovic:  AsQd
Bodes:  7d7s

The board ran out Qc6s5d8cQs, giving Petkovic trip queens to eliminate Bodes in fourth place.

Dejan Petkovic  –  11,600,000  (23 bb)
Yaymel Bodes  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($20,800)

Event 12: Manuel Amaro Alvarez – 5th Place ($15,585)

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 2,325

Manuel Amaro Alvarez

On the turn of a 4h7cAs5d board with about 2,500,000 in the pot, Jose Ruiz bet 1,000,000 from the small blind, Manuel Amaro Alvarez raised all in for about 4,500,000 from the big blind, and Ruiz called all in for a little less.

Ruiz:  5h3s  (pair of fives, double gutter)
Alvarez:  3c2d  (five-high straight)

The river was the 6s, giving both players a seven-high straight to chop the pot.

Shortly thereafter, on the turn of an Ah9d6dKc board, Ruiz was all in from the button for about 3,200,000 with AdKd against Alvarez’s Ks6s in the big blind. The river was the 7c and Ruiz doubled up.

Finally, Ruiz limped from under the gun, Alvarez raised all in for 2,400,000 from the button, and Ruiz called.

Ruiz:  Ad5s
Alavarez:  AcKh

The board ran out 8s7d5h7sJd, giving Ruiz sevens and fives to eliminate Alavarez in fifth place.

Jose Ruiz  –  11,000,000  (22 bb)
Manuel Amaro Alvarez  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($15,585)

Event 12: Final Five Players

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 2,325

Seat 1:  Jose Ruiz  –  4,000,000 (10 bb)
Seat 2:  Yaymel Bodes  –  5,800,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3:  Manuel Amaro Alvarez  –  8,700,000  (22 bb)
Seat 4:  William Heher  –  10,600,000  (27 bb)
Seat 5:  Dejan Petkovic  –  6,200,000  (16 bb)

1st:  $59,220 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $41,600
3rd:  $28,065
4th:  $20,800
5th:  $15,585

Event 12: Fabian Gumz – 6th Place ($12,535)

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 2,325

Fabian Gumz raised to 1,300,000 from the hijack, William Heher raised to 2,700,000 from the small blind, and Gumz called all in for 2,600,000.

Gumz:  Kh7h
Heher:  AsJh

The board came down Qc5c5d6hAd, no help to Gumz, ending his tournament in sixth place.

William Heher  –  7,800,000  (20 bb)
Fabian Gumz  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($12,535)

With five players remaining from a field of 2,535, the average stack is about 6,975,000  (17 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed 15,585.

Event 12: Ducarmel Beaubien – 7th Place ($9,920)

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 2,325

Ducarmel Beaubien

Jose Ruiz limped in from under the gun, Ducarmel Beaubien raised all in for for 1,200,000 from the small blind, and Ruiz called with Ah8s, slightly ahead of Beaubien’s Jd10d.

The board ran out QsQh4s6h9d, no help to Beaunien, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Jose Ruiz  –  7,500,000  (25 bb)
Ducarmel Beaubien  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($9,920)

Event 12: Sebastien Crema – 8th Place ($7,710)

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 2,325

Sebastien Crema

Jose Ruiz limped in from the hijack, Manuel Amaro Alvarez raised all in for 1,950,000 from the button, Sebastien Crema called all in for 725,000 in the big blind, and Ruiz folded.

Alvarez:  AdQs
Crema:  Kc8c

The board came 7c6h5hAcKd, giving Alvarez a pair of aces to eliminate Crema in eighth place.

Manuel Amaro Alvarez  –  3,425,000   (11 bb)
Sebastien Crema  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($7,710)

Event 12: Phillip Stuttman – 9th Place ($6,085)

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 2,325

Dejan Petkovic opened to 725,000 from middle position, Fabian Gumz called in the hijack, and Phillip Stuttman called all in for 600,000 in the big blind.

The flop was Qs9c8c, Petkovic continued for 550,000, and Gumz called.

The turn was the Kh, Petkovic bet effectively 3,200,000, and Gumz open-folded AcQc.

Petkovic:  QdQh
Stuttman:  8d4s

Petkovic had it locked up with a set of queens, ending Stuttman’s tournament in ninth place.

Dejan Petkovic  –  11,600,000  (39 bb)
Phillip Suttman  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($6,085)

Event 12: Dejan Petkovic Doubles Thru Manuel Amaro Alvarez

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 2,325

Dejan Petkovic raised to 725,000 from middle position, Jose Ruiz called on the button, and Manuel Amaro Alvarez three-bet all in for 5,150,000 from the big blind. Petkovic called all in for 4,150,000, and Ruiz open-folded JdJs.

Petkovic:  AhAc
Alvarez:  7h7d

The board ran out  Qh6s4s9sQc, safe for Petkovic to doubleup.

Dejan Petkovic  –  9,475,000  (32 bb)
Manuel Amaro Alvarez  –  1,000,000  (3 bb)