2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee
Entries:  235
Prize Pool:  $123,375
January 17, 2023

Event 17 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 235 entries generated a prize pool of $123,275, more than doubling the guarantee.

A three-way chop was agreed upon at the final table, and as the chip leader, Alessio Isaia was the official winner for $20,592. The win marked Isaia’s second SHRP major series victory in as many days, as yesterday he won Event 9 outright for $55,835.

*denotes three-way chop

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 235

The remaining three players in Event 17 agreed to an even chop.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Alessio Isaia  –  1,635,000  (65 bb)
Austin Morin  – 1,580,000  (63 bb)
Steven McKoy  –  1,490,000  (60 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Alessio Isaia  –  $20,592
Austin Morin  – $20,592
Steven McKoy  –  $20,591

As the chip leader, Alessio Isaia is the official Event 17 champion, his second SHRP trophy in as many days.

A recap of the tournament will be posted later this morning.

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 235

Jack Ranallo raised all in for about 305,000 from the cutoff, and Austin Morin called in the big blind.

Ranallo: 
Morin: 

The board ran out , giving Morin a flush to eliminate Ranallo in fourth place.

Austin Morin  –  1,580,000  (79 bb)
Jack Ranallo  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($9,410)

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 235

With about 350,000 in the pot and the board reading , Richard Katz was all in for about 200,000 in the big blind with for aces and queens, leading Austin Morin who was under the gun holding .

The river was the , giving Morin an ace-high straight to eliminate Katz in fifth place.

Austin Morin  –  1,265,000  (63 bb)
Richard Katz  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($6,765)

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 235

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 235

Austin Morin raised to 40,000 from the cutoff, Anthony Jiang three-bet all in for roughly 220,000 from the big blind, and Morin called.

Morin: 
Jiang: 

The board ran out , giving Morin a pair of jacks to eliminate Jiang in seventh place.

Austin Morin  –  1,350,000  (68 bb)
Anthony Jiang  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($3,745)

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 235

Seat 1:  Steven McKoy  –  1,090,000  (73 bb)
Seat 2:  Richard Katz  –  400,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3:  Austin Morin  –  1,030,000  60 bb)
Seat 4:  Alessio Isaia  –  1,340,000  (89 bb)
Seat 5:  Jerry Robinson  –  250,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6:  Anthony Jiang  –  190,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7:  Jack Ranallo  –  400,000  (27 bb)

With seven players remaining, the average stack is about 670,000  (45 bb).

1st:  $28,985 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $19,400
3rd:  $13,390
4th:  $9,410
5th:  $6,765
6th:  $4,975
7th:  $3,745

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 235

Alessio Isaia raised to effectively 140,000-ish from the small blind, and Maxim Urvantsev called all in for that amount from the big blind.

Isaia: 
Urvantsev: 

The board ran out , giving Isaia a pair of sixes on the river to eliminate Urvantsev in ninth place.

Alessi Isaia  –  1,340,000  (89 bb)
Maxim Urvantsev  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($2,890)

Recent Eliminations
8th:  Brendan White  –  $3,745
10th:  Paul Phillip  –  $2,890
11th:  Bin Weng  –  $2,285
12th:  Zoltan Czinkota  –  $2,285

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 235

Table 15
Seat 1:  Richard Katz  –  155,000  (10 bb)
Seat 2:  Alessio Isaia  –  800,000  (53 bb)
Seat 3:  Paul Philipp  –  380,000  (25 bb)
Seat 4:  Maxim Urvantsev  –  210,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Brendan White  –  445,000  (30 bb)
Seat 6:  Jack Ranallo  –  435,000  (29 bb)

Table 16
Seat 1:  Zoltan Czinkota  –  250,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2:  Bin Weng  –  290,000  (19 bb)
Seat 3:  Steven McKoy  –  475,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4:  Anthony Jiang  –  115,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5:  Austin Morin  –  1,010,000  (67 bb)
Seat 6:  Jerry Robinson  –  125,000  (8 bb)

Results Thus Far
13th:  Robert Souaid  –  $1,850
14th:  Gregory Barba  – $1,850

15th:  Blake Whittington  –  $1,540
16th:  Mohammed Al Balushi  –  $1,540

17th:  Xiaoqiong Liu  –  $1,315
18th:  Frederick Atlas  –  $1,315

19th:  Stanley Lee  –  $1,155
20th:  Nicholas Verderamo  – $1,155
21st:  Alan Hamza  –  $1,155
22nd:  Brandon Noe  –  $1,155
23rd:  A.J. Kelsall  –  $1,155
24th:  Sylvester Starks  –  $1,155

25th:  Howard Mash  –  $1,045
26th:  Juan Orellana  –  $1,045
27th:  Raul Hernandez  –  $1,045
28th:  Frank Lagodich  –  $1,045
29th:  Tarun Gulati  –  $1,045
30th:  Jesse Cohen  –  $1,045

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guarantee
Entries:  235
Prize Pool:  $123,375
January 17, 2023

Registration closed for the $600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 235 entries blasting the $50,000 guarantee. They created a prize pool worth $123,375 and the last 30 players will earn some money. A min-cash is worth $1,045 while the LHPO Event 17 will earn $28,985 and the trophy.

1st: $28,985 + LHPO trophy
2nd: $19,400
3rd: $13,390
4th: $9,410
5th: $6,765
6th: $4,975
7th-8th: $3,745
9th-10th: $2,890
11th-12th: $2,285
13th-14th: $1,850
15th-16th: $1,540
17th-18th: $1,315
19th-24th: $1,155
25th-30th: $1,045