2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Entries:  74
Prize Pool:  $24,790
January 11, 2024

Event 2 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry). A field of 74 entries produced a prize pool of $24,790 and winning the lion’s share of it was Victor Nassif, taking it down outright for $8,370 and his first SHRP major series trophy.

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  80,000/160,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  1 of 74

Stud Hi-Lo

Victor Nassif:  /
Itai Bronshtein:  /

Victor Nassif was the bring-in, Itai Bronshtein completed to 80,000, Nassif raised to 160,000, Bronshtein reraised to 240,000, Nassif capped it at 320,000, and Bronshtein called.

Nassif check-called 80,000 from Bronshtein on fourth street.

Bronshtein bet his remaining 150,000 on fifth street and Nassif called.

Nassif:  /
Bronshtein:  /

Nassif has a low draw with backdoor diamonds, while Bronshtein picked up a pair of tens on fifth street.

Bronshtein’s remaining runout was a non-helpful and , leaving him with just a pair of tens. Nassif caught the and , making trip eights to win the hand and win Event 2 outright for $8,370. Bronshtein finished runner-up for $4,835.

A recap of Event 2 will be posted later tonight.

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  80,000/160,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 74

Stud Hi-Lo

Itai Bronshtein:  / /
Victor Nassif:  / /

Victor Nassif was the bring-in, Itai Bronshtein completed to 80,000, and Nassif called.

Bronshtein bet with the on-board lead the rest of the way and Nassif called him down, culminating with an all-in call on seventh street.

Nassif tabled for a queen-high flush, Bronshtein couldn’t beat it, and Nassif doubled into the chip lead.

Victor Nassif  –  1,150,000  (7 BB)
Itai Bronshtein  –  650,000  (4 BB)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  60,000/120,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 74

Itai Bronshtein  –  1,000,000  (8 BB)
Victor Nassif  –  850,000  (7 BB)

1st:  $8,370 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $4,835

3rd:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  $3,025
4th:  A.J. Kelsall  –  $2,045
5th:  Gabe Ramos  –  $1,550
6th:  Hoyt Verner  –  $1,240
7th:  Donny Rubinstein  –  $1,120
8th:  Long Nguyen  –  $990
9th:  Matthew Wolfson  –  $870
10th:  Robert Dukes  –  $745

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  60,000/120,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  2 of 74

Hold’em

Yuval Bronshtein raised to 120,000 from the button, Victor Nassif three-bet to 180,000 from the big blind, Bronshtein four-bet all in for 220,000, and Nassif called.

Bronshtein: 
Nassif: 

The board came , giving Nassif a flush to eliminate Bronshtein in third place.

Victor Nassif  –  850,000  (7 BB)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($3,025)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  60,000/120,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 74

Seat 2:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  515,000  (4 BB)
Seat 3:  Itai Bronshtein  –  725,000  (6 BB)
Seat 8:  Victor Nassif  –  610,000  (5 BB)

1st:  $8,370 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $4,835
3rd:  $3,025

4th:  A.J. Kelsall  –  $2,045
5th:  Gabe Ramos  –  $1,550
6th:  Hoyt Verner  –  $1,240
7th:  Donny Rubinstein  –  $1,120
8th:  Long Nguyen  –  $990
9th:  Matthew Wolfson  –  $870
10th:  Robert Dukes  –  $745

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  50,000/100,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 74

Stud

Victor Nassif was all in on fifth street against Yuval Bronsthein.

Nassif:  /
Bronshtein:  /

Bronshtein’s deuces remained ahead on sixth street as he caught the while Nassif’s draws and overcads weren’t helped much with the .

On seventh street, Bronshtein made trips with the . Nassif, however, picked up the to make a winning flush to double up.

Victor Nassif  –  530,000  (5 BB)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  560,000  (6 BB)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  50,000/100,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  3 of 74

Razz

A.J. Kelsall was all in on fifth street against Yuval Bronshtein.

Kelsall:  /
Bronshtein:  /

Kelsall caught a non-helpful on sixth street, while Bronshtein picked up a to make a six-five, leaving Kelsall drawing dead and out in fourth place.

Yuval Bronshtein  –  620,000  (6 BB)
A.J. Kelsall  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($2,045)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  40,000/80,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 74

Omaha Hi-Lo

Itai Bronshtein limped for 40,000 from the cutoff, Victor Nassif raised to 80,000 from the small blind, Yuval Bronshtein called in the big blind, and Itai called.

The flop was , Nassif checked, and Yuval bet 40,000. Both Itai and Nassif called.

The turn was the , and action checked to Itai who bet 80,000. Both Nassif and Yuval called.

The river was the , and action checked to Itai again who bet 80,000. Nassif called and Yuval folded.

Itai tabled for a ten-high straight with the second best low, Nassif mucked, and Itai scooped the pot to take the chip lead.

Itai Bronshtein  –  950,000  (12 BB)
Yuval Bronshtein  –  430,000  (5 BB)
Victor Nassif  –  250,000  (3 BB)

$400 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  30,000/60,000 Limits
Players Remaining:  4 of 74

Stud

A.J. Kelsall:  /
Victor Nassif:  /

A.J. Kelsall was the bring-in for 10,000, Victor Nassif completed for 30,000, and Kelsall called.

Both checked on fourth street, Kelsall bet 60,000 on fifth street, Nassif raised, and Kelsall called all in for 95,000.

A.J. Kelsall:  /
Victor Nassif:    /

Nassif’s runout came the and , giving him a pair of sixes.

Kelsall, meanwhile, caught the and to make a flush to double up again.

A.J. Kelsall  –  290,000  (5 BB)
Victor Nassif  –  800,000  (13 BB)