2022 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 13
$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Entries:  281
Prize Pool:  $94,135
January 18, 2022

Event 13 of the 2022 Lucky Hearts Poker Open was the $400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry). A field of 281 entries generated a prize pool of $94,135, and the final table saw a familiar face emerge victoriously.

Marc Levy was the chip leader with five players remaining and a deal was reached, making Levy the official winner for $12,814.

“I won the Seniors event a few years ago,” said Levy afterward, “So it’s pretty nice to win it again.”

Levy’s first SHRP major series victory was at the 2013 Rock ‘N’ Roll series, winning a $300 NLH event for $8,000. He followed that with the aforementioned Seniors event victory at the 2016 SHRPO series, earning $14,048. His third came later that year at the 2016 Rock ‘N’ Roll series, winning a $570 NLH event for $49,910.

*denotes five-handed deal

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 281

Following the elimination of Santana Noronha in sixth place, the remaining five players looked at the numbers and agreed to a deal.

Here were their chip counts at the time:

Marc Levy  –  1,565,000  (26 bb)
Paul Leckey  –  1,290,000  (22 bb)
Tom Starkey  –  1,285,000  (21 bb)
Blair Miller  –  890,000  (15 bb)
Mitchell Mantin  –  590,000  (10 bb)

Here were the resulting payouts:

Marc Levy  –  $12,814
Paul Leckey  –  $11,840
Tom Starkey  –  $11,820
Blair Miller  –  $10,099
Mitchell Mantin  –  $8,472

As the chip leader, Marc Levy is the official winner of Event 13 of the 2022 Lucky Hearts Poker Open.

A recap of the event will be posted later tonight.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 281

Tom Starkey limped from the small blind and Santana Noronha checked in the big blind.

The flop was , Starkey bet 60,000, Noronha raised all in for 285,000 and Starkey thought for a few moments before he called.

Starkey: 
Noronha: 

Both had a pair of tens, but Starkey had the better kicker.

The turn and river completed the board, giving both tens and nines. However, Starkey’s seven kicker played, ending Noronha’s tournament in sixth place.

Tom Starkey  –  1,300,000  (22 bb)
Santana Noronha  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($3,750)

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 281

Gary Herstein raised from the button to 200,000 (leaving himself just 10K behind), and Tom Starkey called from the small blind.

The flop came , Starkey moved all in, and Herstein called all in for 10,000 with for ace high.

But Starkey turned over for ace high with a lower kicker, and Herstein was actually a big favorite to double up.

The turn card was the , and the river card was — the .

Starkey spiked a nine on the river to win the pot with a pair of nines, eliminating Herstein in seventh place.

Tom Starkey  –  1,130,000  (38 bb)
Gary Herstein  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($3,150)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 935,000 (31 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $3,750 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 281

The next hand after the elimination of John Maness in ninth place, Paul Leckey raised from the cutoff to 80,000, Sumner Camisa moved all in from the big blind for 415,000, and Leckey called with .

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

The board came — Leckey flopped a set of nines to Camisa’s club flush draw, but Camisa improved no further. Leckey won the pot with his set of nines to eliminate Camisa in eighth place.

Paul Leckey  –  1,770,000  (59 bb)
Sumner Camisa  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($2,615)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 805,000 (27 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $3,150 each.

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 281

John Maness moved all in under the gun for 250,000, and Paul Leckey called from the button with .

Maness turned over , and he was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came , and Leckey won the pot with two pair, aces and sevens, to eliminate Maness in ninth place.

Paul Leckey  –  1,280,000  (43 bb)
John Maness  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($2,085)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 705,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,615 each.