Austin Morin Wins Event 21 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Outright for $19,655

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 21
$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  138
Prize Pool:  $72,450
January 16, 2024

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 21 Champion Austin Morin

Event 21 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 138 entries generated a prize pool of $72,450, and emerging victorious was Austin Morin, winning outright for $19,655.

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1AustinMorin$19,655
2BryceMcVay$12,775
3JosephRossi$8,550
4ErickLindgren$5,900
5FrankLagodich$4,200
6JonathanMoschel$3,090
7MikeChiappetta$2,350
8AltonMendleson$2,350
9DanielQuesada$1,850
10KeithMcCormack$1,850
11DavidMoreno$1,510
12RaffaelloLocatelli$1,510
13DanielSwartz$1,275
14RichardMcDanel$1,275
15NancyBirnbaum$1,125
16JulienGorre$1,125
17RyanEstrada$1,030
18MohammadAffaneh$515
19OmerRotman$515

Event 21: Austin Morin Wins! ($19,655); Bryce McVay Finishes Runner-Up ($12,775)

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 138

Austin Morin

Bryce McVay raised from the button and Austin Morin defended his big blind.

The flop was 7h6s5d, Morin checked, McVay continued, Morin check-raised all in with his chip-leading stack, and McVay called all in for about 320,000.

McVay:   JsJc
Morin:  9d7c

McVay was ahead with a pair of jacks against Morin’s pair of sevens with a straight draw.

The 9s turn gave Morin the lead with nines and sevens, and the 9h river further improved Morin to nines full of sevens to eliminate McVay and win Event 21 outright for $19,655. McVay finished runner-up for $12,775.

A recap of Event 21 will be posted later tonight.

Bryce McVay

Event 21: Joseph Rossi – 3rd Place ($8,550)

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 138

Joseph Rossi

Austin Morin raised to 40,000 from the button, Joseph Rossi three-bet to 110,000 from the small blind, Morin four-bet shoved with his chip-leading stack, and Rossi thought for a bit before he called all in for 465,000.

Morin:  Ad7d
Rossi:  QdJd

The board came 8s5c4s4d9c, no help to Rossi, ending his tournament in third place.

Austin Morin  –  2,235,000  (112 bb)
Bryce McVay  –  525,000  (26 bb)
Joseph Rossi  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($8,550)

1st: $19,655 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $12,775

Recent Eliminations
4th:  Erick Lindgren  –  $5,900

Event 21: Frank Lagodich – 5th Place ($4,200)

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 138

Frank Lagodich raised all in for about 240,000 from the cutoff and got action from Bryce McVay in the small blind holding AcAd, leading Lagodich’s JsTs.

The board came Kd7c5s7sQd, no help to Lagodich, ending his tournament in fifth place.

Bryce McVay  –  600,000  (40 bb)
Frank Lagodich  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($4,200)

With four players remaining from a field of 138, the average stack is 690,000 (46 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $5,900.

Event 21: Jonathan Moschel – 6th Place ($3,090)

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 138

Jonathan Moschel raised all in for about 200,000 from the hijack and Joseph Rossi (immediately after picking up aces and doubling up) called in the big blind with KcKh, leading Moschel’s KcJs.

The board came Ac7sAhQc4c, no help to Moschel, ending his tournament in sixth place.

Joseph Rossi  –  840,000  (56 bb)
Jonathan Moschel  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($3,090)

Event 21: Joseph Rossi Doubles Through Erick Lindgren

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 138

Joseph Rossi raised to 35,000 from under the gun, Austin Morin called on the button, and Erick Lindgren reraised all in about 575,000 from the small blind. Rossi called all in for 275,000 and Morin folded.

Rossi:  AhAc
Lindgren:  9h9d

The board came JcTh7hAs6h, giving Rossi a set of aces to double through Lindgren.

Joseph Rossi  –  615,000  (41 bb)
Erick Lindgren  –  300,000  (20 bb)

Event 21: Mike Chiappetta – 7th Place ($2,350)

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 138

Mike Chiappetta raised all in for 200,000 from under the gun and Bryce McVay called all in for 175,000 in the big blind.

Chiappetta:  9c9s
McVay:  AdKd

The board ran out QdJhTh6h2d, giving McVay Broadway to double through Chiappetta.

The following hand, Frank Lagodich raised to 30,000 from the cutoff and Chiappetta was already all in for 10,000 in the big blind.

Lagodich:  Ah2d
Chiappetta:  Ts2h

The board cameAd7s3c2sKd, ending Chiappetta’s tournament in seventh place.

Frank Lagodich  –  400,000  (27 bb)
Bryce McVay  –  370,000  (25 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  Eliminated in 7th Place ($2,350)

With six players remaining from a field of 138, the average stack is 460,000 (31 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $3,090.

Event 21: Six-Max Final Table Lineup

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 20: 5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 138

Seat 1:  Erick Lindgren  –  670,000  (45 bb)
Seat 2:  Frank Lagodich  –  335,000  (22 bb)
Seat 3:  Joseph Rossi  –  430,000  (29 bb)
Seat 4:  Bryce McVay  –  150,000  (10 bb)
Seat 5:  Mike Chiappetta  –  155,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6:  Jonathan Moschel  –  300,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7:  Austin Morin  –  720,000  (48 bb)

1st:  $19,655 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $12,775
3rd:  $8,550
4th:  $5,900
5th:  $4,200
6th:  $3,090
7th-:  $2,350

Event 21: Final 16 Players

$600 Deep Stack Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 138

Table 57
Seat 1:  Joseph Rossi  –  266,000  (53 bb)
Seat 2:
Seat 3:  Raffaello Locatelli  –  100,000  (20 bb)
Seat 4:  Alton Mendleson  –  108,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5:  Frank Lagodich  –  300,000  (60 bb)
Seat 6:  Bryce McVay  –  176,000  (35 bb)

Table 58
Seat 1:  Nancy Birnbaum  –  48,000  (10 bb)
Seat 2:  Julien Gorre  –  48,000  (10 bb)
Seat 3:  Erick Lindgren  –  85,000  (17 bb)
Seat 4:  Mike Chiappetta  –  172,000  (34 bb)
Seat 5:  Daniel Swartz  –  301,000  (60 bb)
Seat 6:  Richard McDanel  –  113,000  (23 bb)

Table 65
Seat 1:
Seat 2:  Daniel Quesada  –  182,000  (36 bb)
Seat 3:  Jonathan Moschel  –  201,000  (40 bb)
Seat 4:  Austin Morin  –  245,000  (49 bb)
Seat 5:  David Moreno  –  96,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6:  Keith McCormack  –  316,000  (63 bb)

1st: $19,655 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $12,775
3rd: $8,550
4th: $5,900
5th: $4,200
6th: $3,090
7th-8th: $2,350
9th-10th: $1,850
11th-12th: $1,510
13th-14th: $1,275
15th-16th: $1,125

17th:  Ryan Estrada  –  $1,030
18th:  Mohammad Affaneh  –  $515
19th:  Omer Rotman  –  $515