2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Entries:  98
Prize Pool:  $50,960
January 9, 2025

Event 3 of the 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry). A field of 98 entries generated a prize pool of $50,960 and winning the lion’s share of it was John Binns, taking it down outright for $15,665 and his sixth SHRP major series trophy.

Here are Binns’ six SHRP major series trophy victories:

2017 RRPO:  $300 Omaha 8  ($6,605)
2021 RRPO:  $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8  ($9,000)
2022 Showdown:  $400 Pot-Limit Omaha 8  ($10,720)
2022 Showdown:  $600 Omaha 8  ($14,540)
2023 SHRPO:  $400 NLH Black Chip Bounty  ($9,810)
2025 LHPO:  $600 Big O  ($15,665)

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 98

With the board reading , John Binns bet the pot of 235,000 from the big blind. Ryan Hoenig raised all in for about 640,000 and Binns called instantly with for sixes full of nines.

Hoenig showed for a nine-high straight with a low draw.

The river was the , safe for Binns to dodge a low and win Event 3 outright for $15,665. Hoenig finished runner-up for $9,555.

A recap of Event 3 will be posted later tonight.

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 98

On a flop of , Jordan Miller was all in for about 110,000 in the small blind against Ryan Hoenig in the big blind.

Binns: 
Miller: 

The turn and river completed the board, giving Hoenig a seven-high straight and a six-five low to scoop the pot and eliminate Miller in third place.

Ryan Hoenig  –  1,260,000  (63 bb)
John Binns  –  700,000  (35 bb)
Jordan Miller  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  ($5,860)

1st:  $15,665 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,555

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 98

Ryan Hoenig raised to 40,000 from the button, Christopher Carey potted to 140,000 in the small blind, Hoenig reraised, and Carey called all in for about 160,000 total.

Hoenig: 
Carey: 

The flop came , giving Carey the lead with an ace-high flush. Hoenig had a pair of fours while also having one out to a straight flush.

The turn was the , giving Hoenig two pair and a few extra outs to a full house.

The river was the , giving Hoenig a king-high straight flush to win the pot and eliminate Carey in fourth place.

Ryan Hoenig  –  1,200,000  (60 bb)
Christopher Carey  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($3,825)

With three players remaining from a field of 98, the average chip stack is around 650,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $5,860.

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 98

On  a flop of  , Phil Hui was all in for about 100,000 in the small blind against John Binns in the big blind.

Hui: 
Binns: 

The turn locked it up for Binns with a six-high straight and a low, ending Hui’s tournament in fifth place.

John Binns  –  730,000  (37 bb)
Phil Hui  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,980)

With four players remaining from a field of 98, the average chip stack is around 490,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,825.

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 98

Seat 1:  Phil Hui  –  165,000  (8 bb)
Seat 2:  John Binns  –  565,000  (28 bb)
Seat 4:  Jordan Miller  –  330,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6:  Ryan Hoenig  –  840,000  (42 bb)
Seat 7:  Christopher Carey  –  60,000  (3 bb)

1st:  $15,665 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,555
3rd:  $5,860
4th:  $3,825
5th:  $2,980

6th:  Matthew Wolfson  –  $2,380
7th:  A.J. Kelsall  –  $2,025
8th:  Harry Eisenberg  –  $1,765
9th:  Tyler Phillips  –  $1,555
10th:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  $1,400
11th:  Joshua Thatcher  –  $1,400
12th:  David Shmuel  –  $1,275
13th:  Charles Simon  –  $1,275

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  8,000/16,000 with a 16,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 98

In a limped pot that brought a flop of , a series of raises resulted in Phil Hui all in from the small blind for 351,000 against Matthew Wolfson under the gun.

Hui: 
Wolfson: 

Wolfson had top set of nines, while Hui had a low draw to go along with his inferior set of deuces.

The turn gave both full houses, while river completed the board and gave Hui quad deuces to win the pot and double through Wolfson.

Down to about 30,000, Wolfson busted the following hand in sixth place.

Phil Hui  –  740,000  (46 bb)
Matthew Wolfson  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($2,380)

With five players remaining from a field of 98, the average chip stack is around 392,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,980.

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 98

Following a flop of , A.J. Kelsall was all in for about 130,000 in the hijack against Jordan Miller UTG+1.

Kelsall: 
Miller: 

The turn and river completed the board, giving Miller a seven-high straight a wheel to scoop the pot and eliminate Kelsall in seventh place.

Jordan Miller  –  360,000  (36 bb)
A.J. Kelsall  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($2,025)

With six players remaining from a field of 98, the average chip stack is around 327,000 (33 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,380.

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 98

Seat 1:  Phil Hui  –  255,000  (26 bb)
Seat 2:  John Binns  –  260,000  (26 bb)
Seat 3:  Matthew Wolfson  –  275,000  (28 bb)
Seat 4:  Jordan Miller  –  215,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5:  A.J. Kelsall  –  140,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6:  Ryan Hoenig  –  535,000  (54 bb)
Seat 7:  Christopher Carey  –  280,000  (28 bb)

1st:  $15,665 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $9,555
3rd:  $5,860
4th:  $3,825
5th:  $2,980
6th:  $2,380
7th:  $2,025

8th:  Harry Eisenberg  –  $1,765
9th:  Tyler Phillips  –  $1,555
10th:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  $1,400
11th:  Joshua Thatcher  –  $1,400
12th:  David Shmuel  –  $1,275
13th:  Charles Simon  –  $1,275

$600 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 98

Ryan Hoenig raised from early position and Wayne Palitz called all in for 18,500 in the big blind.

Hoenig: 
Palitz: 

The board ran out , giving Hoenig a wheel to scoop the pot and eliminate Palitz on the money bubble.

Ryan Hoenig  –  135,000  (23 bb)
Wayne Palitz  –  Eliminated on the Money Bubble