2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 17
$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  1,234
Prize Pool:  $200,000
January 9-13, 2025

Event 17 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry), drawing 1,234 entries across six starting flights for a prize pool of $200,000.

A four-handed deal took place at the final table and Dan Ouellet was the chip leader at the time, making him the official Event 17 winner for $24,490.

*denotes four-handed deal

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,234

After the elimination of Jonathan Goldman in fifth place, the remaining four players agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Dan Ouellet  –  7,375,000  (37 bb)
Peter Fellows  –  5,375,000  (27 bb)
Juan Rua Fleches  –  3,150,000  (16 bb)
Roni Zelichonok  –  2,600,000  (13 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Dan Ouellet  –  $24,490
Peter Fellows  –  $22,370
Juan Rua Fleches  –  $19,034
Roni Zelichonok  –  $17,946

As the chip leader, Dan Ouellet was the official Event 17 winner for $24,490.

A recap of Event 17 will be posted later tonight.

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,234

Dan Ouellet raised from the cutoff, Jonathan Goldman reraised in for about 1,850,000 in the small blind, and Ouellet called.

Ouellet: 
Goldman: 

The board ran out , giving Ouellet a pair of queens on the river to eliminate Goldman.

Dan Ouellet  –  7,375,000  (37 bb)
Jonathan Goldman  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($8,900)

With four players remaining from the field of 1,234 entries, the average stack is around 4,625,000 (23 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,800.

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,234

Peter Fellows raised from the cutoff, Dragan Mihajlovski reraised all in for about 2,250,000 on the button, and Fellows called with . Mihajlovski showed and needed to improve to survive.

The board ran out , no help to Mihajlovski, ending his tourament in sixth place.

Peter Fellows  –  6,050,000  (40 bb)
Dragan Mihajlovski   –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($6,800)

With five players remaining from the field of 1,234 entries, the average stack is around 3,700,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,900.

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,234

Seat 1:  Jonathan Goldman  –  3,000,000  (24 bb)
Seat 2:  Peter Fellows  –  3,650,000  (29 bb)
Seat 4:  Dragan Mihajlovski  – 1,450,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6:  Roni Zelichonok  –  3,250,000  (26 bb)
Seat 7:  Dan Ouellet  –  2,375,000  (19 bb)
Seat 9:  Juan Rua Flechas  –  4,800,000  (38 bb)

With six players remaining from the field of 1,234 entries, the average stack is around 3,085,000 (25 big blinds).

1st:  $32,740 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $22,600
3rd:  $16,700
4th:  $11,800
5th:  $8,900
6th:  $6,800

7th:  Minh Nguyen  –  $5,500
8th:  Willie Wiggins  –  $4,460
9th:  Elliott Sibonney  –  $3,480

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,234

There was no small blind this hand. Dragan Mihajlovski moved all in from the hijack for 725,000, and Juan Rua Flechas called from the big blind with .

Mihajlovski turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Mihajlovski won the pot with a flopped set of deuces to double up in chips.

Dragan Mihajlovski  –  1,550,000  (16 bb)
Juan Rua Flechas  –  4,235,000  (42 bb)

With six players remaining from a field of 1,234, the average chip stack is around 3,085,000 (31 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,800 each.

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,234

Peter Fellows raised to 210,000 from the hijack, Dan Ouellet called in the small blind, and Minh Nguyen called in the big blind.

The flop was , Ouellet led out for 325,000, Nguyen called and Fellows raised all in for roughly 1,500,000. Ouellet folded and Nguyen called all in for about 1,350,000 with for draws. Fellows showed for a pair of queens.

The turn and river completed the board, no help to Nguyen, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Peter Fellows  –  3,900,000  (39 bb)
Ming Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($5,500)

With six players remaining from a field of 1,234, the average chip stack is around 3,085,000  (31 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,800 each.

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,234

Willie Wiggins moved all in under the gun for 2,325,000, and Juan Rua Flechas called from the cutoff with . Wiggins turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Flechas wins the pot with two pair, kings and fives, to eliminate Wiggins in eighth place.

Juan Rua Flechas  –  5,310,000  (53 bb)
Willie Wiggins  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($4,460)

With seven players remaining from a field of 1,234, the average chip stack is around 2,650,000 (27 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,500 each.

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 1,234

Juan Rua Flechas raised to 300,000 in the cutoff, Jonathan Goldman called on the button, and Elliott Sibonney called all in for 150,000 in the big blind.

The flop was , Flechas checked, Goldman bet 300,000, and Flechas called.

The turn was the , Flechas checked, Goldman bet 500,000, and Flechas folded.

Goldman showed for aces and jacks, while Sibonney tabled for a pair of queens.

The river was the , no help to Sibonney, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Jonathan Goldman  –  3,100,000  (31 bb)
Elliott Sibonney  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($3,480)

With eight players remaining from the field of 1,234 entries, the average stack is around 2,315,000 (23 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,460.

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,234

Seat 1:  Jonathan Goldman  –  1,820,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2:  Peter Fellows  –  2,300,000  (29 bb)
Seat 3:  Elliott Sibonney  –  600,000  (8 bb)
Seat 4:  Dragan Mihajlovski  – 1,010,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5:  Willie Wiggins  –  2,250,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6:  Roni Zelichonok  –  3,450,000  (43 bb)
Seat 7:  Dan Ouellet  –  3,950,000  (49 bb)
Seat 8:  Minh Nguyen  –  810,000  (10 bb)
Seat 9:  Juan Rua Flechas  –  1,975,000  (25 bb)

With nine players remaining from the field of 1,234 entries, the average stack is around 2,055,000  (26 big blinds).

1st:  $32,740 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $22,600
3rd:  $16,700
4th:  $11,800
5th:  $8,900
6th:  $6,800
7th:  $5,500
8th:  $4,460
9th:  $3,480