Event 2: Robert Poolos – 7th Place ($1,425)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  6 of 109

Robert Poolos
Robert Poolos

Razz

Mark Hurst:  (X-X)  /  QxJx9x  –  fold
Caleb Piderit:  (X-X)  /  5x7x4x
Robert Poolos:  (X-X)  /  Ax7x10x

Mark Hurst was the bring in, Caleb Piderit called, Robert Poolos raied all in for a few thousand, Hurst called, and Piderit called.

Action was checked on fourth street before Piderit isolated the pot on fifth street.

Caleb Piderit:  8x6x  /  5x7x4x
Robert Poolos:  4x2x  /  Ax7x10x

Here were the rest of their runouts:

Caleb Piderit:  8x6x  /  5x7x4xAx  /  5x
Robert Poolos:  4x2x  /  Ax7x10x2x  /  4x

Piderit made a seven-six, while Poolos’ seven-four draw never improved past a ten-seven, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Caleb Piderit  –  255,000  (11 BB)
Robert Poolos  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($1,425)

With six players remaining, the average stack is 218,000 (9 Big Bets). Everyone is guaranteed $1,680.

Event 2: Mark Kastory – 8th Place ($1,240)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  12,000/24,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  7 of 109

Mark Kastory
Mark Kastory

Razz

George Boyadjian:  (X-X) / Jx9xfold
Maksim Pisarenko:  (X-X)  /  7x6x
Mark Kastory:  (X-X)  /  AxJx

George Boyadjian was the bring-in for 3,000, Maksim Pisarenko limped in, Mark Kastory completed all in for 7,000, Boyadjian called, and Pisarenko called.

On fourth street, Pisarenko bet with the best board and Boyadjian folded.

Maksim Pisarenko:  Kx8x  /  7x6x
Mark Kastory: 5x4x  /  AxJx

Here were the rest of their runouts:

Maksim Pisarenko:  Kx8x  /  7x6x8x3x  /  Ax
Mark Kastory:  5x4x  /  AxJx5x3x  /  Qx

Pisarenko made an eight-seven on seventh street, while Kastory’s wheel draw bricked, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Maksim Pisarenko  –  105,000  (4 BB)
Mark Kastory  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($1,240)

With seven players remaining, the average stack is about 187,000 (8 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed $1,425.

Event 2: David May – 9th Place ($1,095)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  8 of 109

David May
David May

Hold’em

Caleb Piderit raised to 20,000 from middle position, David May three-bet all in for 27,000 from the big blind, and Piderit called with AsJh, leading May’s Ad10c.

The board ran out Kh4s2c7d3s, no help to May, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Caleb Piderit  –  185,000  (9 BB)
David May  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,095)

With eight players remaining, the average stack is about 164,000  (8 Big Bets). The remaining eight players are guaranteed $1,240.

Event 3: Prize Pool and Payouts; $7,775 to the Winner

2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$150 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  320
Prize Pool:  $37,760
January 12, 2023

Event 3 of the 2023 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $150 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 320 entries produced a prize pool of $37,760. The final 40 places will be paid, with a min-cash set at $250.

Up top for the winner is $7,775.

1st:  $7,775 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $5,555
3rd:  $3,700
4th:  $2,350
5th:  $1,800
6th:  $1,500
7th:  $1,260
8th:  $1,035
9th-10th:  $825
11th-12th:  $695
13th-15th:  $600
16th-18th:  $505
19th-21st:  $420
22nd-24rd:  $345
25th-27th:  $295
28th-40th:  $250

Event 2: H.O.R.S.E. Final Table Lineup

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  8,000/16,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  9 of 109

Event 2 Final Table

Seat 1:  Willie Wiggins  –  289,000  (18 BB)
Seat 2:  Mark Hurst  –  293,000  (18 BB)
Seat 3:  Caleb Piderit  –  138,000  (9 BB)
Seat 4:  Maksim Pisarenko  –  195,000  (12 BB)
Seat 5:  Robert Poolos  –  37,000  (2 BB)
Seat 6:  Mark Kastory  –  70,000  (4 BB)
Seat 7:  Wally Maddah  –  30,000  (2 BB)
Seat 8:  George Boyadjian  –  205,000  (13 BB)
Seat 9:  David May  –  50,000  (3 BB)

With nine players remaining from a field of 109, the average chip stack is around 145,000 (9 Big Bets).

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $10,785 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $6,755
3rd:  $4,055
4th:  $2,650
5th:  $2,045
6th:  $1,680
7th:  $1,425
8th:  $1,240
9th:  $1,095

10th:  Oxana Cummings  –  $1,095
11th:  Dominic Granteed  –  $970
12th:  Gilles Dalco  –  $970
13th:  Nicholas Ceci  –  $875
14th:  Dmitriy Strunin  –  $875

Event 2: John Binns Eliminated by Willie Wiggins on the Money Bubble

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  14 of 109

Hold’em

John Binns raised from middle position, and chip leader Willie Wiggins called in the big blind.

The flop was KsJh7d, Wiggins bet 6,000, Binns raised to 12,000, and Wiggins called.

The turn was the Kd, Wiggins checked, Binns bet his remaining 7,000, and Wiggins called with Kh10d for trip kings, having Binns’ AsJs drawing dead.

The river was an inconsequential 6d, officially sending the remaining field into the money.

Willie Wiggins  –  280,000  (23 BB)
John Binns  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble

Event 2: Money Bubble Begins with Willie Wiggins in the Lead

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 6,000/12,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  15 of 109

Willie Wiggins
Willie Wiggins

In the last hand before the break, Phil Hui was eliminated in 16th place. With only 14 finishing in the money, hand-for-hand play would begin as soon as they returned from break.

The blinds are increasing to limits of 6,000-12,000, and here are the official chip counts from the break, along with their stack sizes in big bets (BB):

TABLE 1
Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Caleb Piderit  –  77,000  (6 BB)
Seat 3.  Wally Maddah  –  75,000  (6 BB)
Seat 4.  Gilles Dalco  –  33,000  (3 BB)
Seat 5.  Mark Hurst  –  214,000  (18 BB)
Seat 6.  Mark Kastory  –  21,000  (2 BB)
Seat 7.  Dominic Granteed  –  125,000  (10 BB)
Seat 8.  David May  –  37,000  (3 BB)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Nicholas Ceci  –  28,000  (2 BB)
Seat 2.  Willie Wiggins  –  240,000  (20 BB)
Seat 3.  Robert Poolos  –  100,000  (8 BB)
Seat 4.  Oxana Cummings  –  43,000  (4 BB)
Seat 5.  John Binns  –  35,000  (3 BB)
Seat 6.  Maksim Pisarenko  –  79,000  (7 BB)
Seat 7.  George Boyadjian  –  166,000  (14 BB)
Seat 8.  Dmitriy Strunin  –  39,000  (3 BB)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $10,785 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $6,755
3rd:  $4,055
4th:  $2,650
5th:  $2,045
6th:  $1,680
7th:  $1,425
8th:  $1,240
9th-10th:  $1,095
11th-12th:  $970
13th-14th:  $875

With 15 players remaining from a field of 109, the average chip stack is around 87,000 (7 Big Bets).

Event 1: Flight A Chip Counts

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  76 of 606

Flight A:  606 Entries; 76 Advanced
Flight B:  Underway
Flight C:  Friday at 10 a.m.
Flight D:  Friday at 6 p.m.
Flight E:  Saturday at 10 a.m.
Flight F:  Saturday at 6 p.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.
Day 3:  Monday at 3 p.m.

RankFirst NameLast NameCitySTChip Count
1MatveyTevlinTorontoON917,000
2AvrahamKalmisParklandFL430,000
3JamesMcCloskeyPlantationFL316,000
4BrandonDuvdivaniSunriseFL315,000
5JackRanalloCape CoralFL307,000
6YaroslavNakonechnyySunny Isl BchFL289,000
7JuanMaceirasLa Corria-283,000
8AdamArakelianPompano BeachFL274,000
9RaffaelloLocatelliNew YorkNY274,000
10EricBeringerBoca RatonFL250,000
11AnhNguyenIrvineCA232,000
12JayRomanoBoca RatonFL221,000
13MichaelKilkerMiamiFL220,000
14RafaelMarcondes Dos ReisWindermereFL220,000
15EricPolirerCoconut CreekFL218,000
16RobBrownDavieFL217,000
17AnthonyBudzinskiMiamiFL215,000
18RobertoSchmedaDeerfield BeachFL214,000
19DanielSafferDavieFL213,000
20JamesAndersonPittsburghPA200,000
21ChristopherVincentNashuaNH199,000
22NikitaBakarjievNorth Miami BeachFL196,000
23LoniHuiTamaracFL193,000
24OceanMayoSitkaAK192,000
25ZacharyRyanDelray BeachFL191,000
26ThomasStewartWilliamsburgVA182,000
27FeiwenWuFlushingNY182,000
28GlenNelsonPleasant PrairieWI179,000
29EmmitTkachQuincyMA171,000
30PhilipConsoloMiami ShoresFL170,000
31ArnaldoAlzualdeHialeahFL169,000
32KeithMccormackManchesterNH163,000
33MichelSimoneauLevisQC163,000
34ToanVuOrlandoFL162,000
35GregorySpinderParklandFL161,000
36JordanSparaganaFt LauderdaleVA155,000
37MichaelSchulerMiamiFL154,000
38MaikelCruzOrlandoFL152,000
39MichaelVanderwoudeCrown PointIN143,000
40JacobKauffmanFt LauderdaleFL138,000
41MatthewLambrechtHobe SoundFL137,000
42JacoboMilhem MugrasMiamiFL134,000
43SergioGihaMiamiFL117,000
44DennisRodriguezDavieFL117,000
45DavidGoolgasianJupiterFL115,000
46MatthewZarcadoolasFort LauderdaleFL110,000
47SheldonGrossHillsboro BeachFL107,000
48RobertMantinBoca RatonFL105,000
49EdwardFranklinEsteroFL101,000
50JeffreySilversteinDelray BeachFL99,000
51MarcLevyBoca RatonFL98,000
52LawrencePileggiPittsburghPA96,000
53JordanMillerCoxs CreekKY92,000
54AllanBielerSunriseFL91,000
55JorgeAmestoyMiamiFL88,000
56GaryGelmanBrooklynNY84,000
57MarcSacheliMiamiFL80,000
58JamesCalderaroEnglewoodFL79,000
59PiotrKordosNaplesFL74,000
60EricBeckLouisvilleKY72,000
61JeffreyPalermoParklandFL71,000
62ToddShreveWixomMI71,000
63StevenRaemanBoca RatonFL68,000
64MichaelBen-ShoaffCoral SpringsFL65,000
65MichaelCasellasPalm CityFL65,000
66MatthewFirestoneWellingtonFL65,000
67DavidGantzFort LauderdaleFL63,000
68FrederickAllenspachPlantationFL61,000
69JuanMunneBuenos Aires-58,000
70HectorChans LopezNaplesFL56,000
71TuanNguyenSeffnerFL55,000
72RaymondNalbandianBoynton BeachFL54,000
73Jian-XinMa-50,000
74HenryBilleteMiamiFL49,000
75MilesReinhardBloomdaleOH46,000
76RodolfoFernandezHialeahFL19,000

Event 4: Night-Time Turbo

$400 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100

We are closing out the first day of the series with a big turbo tournament at 8 pm in the Grand Ballroom. The $400 buy-in tournament has deep starting stacks and quick levels to get them through the day.

Players start with 20K deep stacks and all levels last 15 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 10:15 pm. They will continue to play down into the evening and finish up when we are awarding another LHPO trophy.

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 4 Structure Sheet

Event 1 Flight A: Matvey Tevlin Leads 76 Survivors with 917,000

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 and a 4,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  76 of 606

Matvey Tevlin
Flight 1A Chipleader Matvey Tevlin has set a very high mark with 917,000 (229 big blinds).

Flight A ended with 6:11 remaining in Level 15, with blinds at 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante.

There were 76 survivors who bagged chips from this flight, and the clear chipleader is Matvey Tevlin with a massive stack of 917,000. Tevlin has more than twice as many chips as anyone else in the field, as Avraham Kacmis is the only other player who bagged more than 400K:

1.  Matvey Tevlin  –  917,000  (229 bb)
2.  Avraham Kacmis  –  430,000  (108 bb)

The 76 survivors will return to action on Sunday at 1:00 pm for Day 2, and everyone who bagged chips for Day 2 will finish in the money.

There will be six starting flights for this event (two per day), and Flight B is already underway with registration open until 10:30 pm.