2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 7
$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  132
Prize Pool:  $128,040
January 14, 2023

Event 7 of the 2023 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry). A field of 132 entries generated a prize pool of $128,040. Taking it down was Taylor Lipson, earning $32,615 for his outright victory.

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  15,000/25,000
Players Remaining:  1 of 132

Taylor Lipson limped his button, Andrey Markov raised to 75,000 from the big blind, and Lipson called.

The flop was , Markov bet his remaining 145,000, and Lipson called.

Lipson:    (pair of treys, flush draw)
Markov:    (pair of eights, straight draw, inferior flush draw)

The turn gave Markov two pair and more straight draws, but the river fell to Lipson a king-high flush, clinching the Event 7 outright victory for $32,615.

Markov finished runner-up for $21,830.

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

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  15,000/25,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 132

Taylor Lipson raised to 75,000 from the button, and Aleksey Filatov called in the small blind.

The flop was , Filatov checked, Lipson bet the pot of 175,000, Filatov raised all in for about 580,000, and Lipson called.

Lipson:    (two pair – kings and sixes, flush draw)
Filatov:    (two pair – nines and sixes, nut flush draw, straight draw)

The turn gave Lipson kings full of sixes, rendering the river moot, ending Filatov’s tournament in third place.

Taylor Lipson  –  2,280,000  (91 bb)
Andrey Markov  –  360,000  (14 bb)
Aleksey Filatov  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($15,250)

1st:  $32,615 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $21,830

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 132

Taylor Lipson raised to 60,000 from the button, and Aleksey Filatov called in the small blind.

The flop was , Filatov checked, Lipson continued for 80,000, Filatov raised pot, Lipson reraised all in for 650,000, and Filatov sigh called.

Lipson:    (set of aces, flush draw)
Filatov:    (two pair, aces and sevens)

The turn gave Filatov outs to Broadway, but the river locked up the double for Lipson with aces full of queens.

Taylor Lipson  –  1,440,000  (72 bb)
Aleksey Filatov  –  940,000  (57 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 132

Aleksey Filatov  –  1,235,000  (62 bb)
Taylor Lipson  –  710,000  (36 bb)
Andrey Markov  –  695,000  (35 bb)

1st:  $32,615 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $21,830
3rd:  $15,250

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  3 of 132

Ryan Gibson raised all in for 51,000 from the button, and Aleksey Filatov called in the big blind.

Gibson: 
Filatov: 

The board ran out , giving Filatov an eight-high straight to eliminate Gibson in fourth place.

Aleksey Filatov  –  1,312,000  (82 bb)
Ryan Gibson  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($10,955)

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 132

Aleksey Filatov raised to 32,000 from UTG/cutoff, Ryan Gibson called in the small blind, and Taylor Lipson called in the big blind.

The flop was , Gibson checked, Lipson led for 50,000, Filatov raised to 200,000, Gibson folded, and Lipson called.

The turn was the , Lipson checked, Filatov bet 350,000, and Lipson folded.

Aleksey Filatov  –  1,250,000  (78 bb)
Taylor Lipson  –  450,000  (28 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 132

Andrey Markov pot-raised to 48,000 from the small blind, and Ryan Gibson called in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Markov bet 40,000. Gibson called.

The river was the , Markov bet effectively 83,000, and Gibson folded.

Andrey Markov  –  890,000  (56 bb)
Ryan Gibson  –  83,000  (5 bb)

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  4 of 132

After a flop of , Andrey Markov bet 80,000 from the small blind, and Ivaylo Sivinov thought for a while before he moved all in for about 110,000.

Markov quickly called, and they turned over their cards.

Andrey Markov:    (pair of queens, flush draw, wrap draw)
Ivaylo Sivinov:    (pair of queens, gutshot straight draw)

The turn card was the , giving Sivinov two pair, but Markov completed his flush. Sivinov needed an ace or a queen on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Markov won the pot with his flush to eliminate Sivinov in fifth place.

Andrey Markov  –  807,000  (67 bb)
Ivaylo Sivinov  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($8,100)

With four players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 660,000 (55 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $10,955 each.

$1,100 Deep Stack 5-Card PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000
Players Remaining:  5 of 132

Four players put in 25,000 each to see a flop of , and it checked to Ryan Gibson on the button, who pot-bet 106,000.

Taylor Lipson folded the big blind, Andrey Markov folded the hijack, and Mariia Ievseieva check-raised all in for about 170,000. Gibson quickly called, and they turned over their cards.

Ryan Gibson:    (three pair, open-ended straight draw)
Mariia Ievseieva:    (pair of queens, wrap draw)

The turn card paired the board with the , and the river card tripped it with the .

With no pocket pairs, both players finished with two pair, and Gibson’s queens and eights beat Ievseieva’s queens and sevens. Gibson won the pot to eliminate Ievseieva in sixth place.

Ryan Gibson  –  660,000  (55 bb)
Mariia Ievseieva  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($6,165)

With five players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 528,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $8,100 each.