2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 24
$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guarantee
Entries: 770
Prize Pool: $92,400
January 25-27, 2021

Event 24 of the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, a $150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day), drew 770 entries over two starting flights and created a prize pool of $92,400, nearly doubling the $50,000 guarantee.

There were 97 players who cashed, returning to the Poker Room on Day 2 to play to a winner. New Hamshire native Kevin Rines began the day 19th in chips and navigated his way to the final table. Coming in third in chips of the final seven players, Rines was on the winning side of a set over set cooler to take the chip lead into heads-up play, before ultimately sealing the deal with a win.

“I’m down here on vacation with my family,” Rines said afterward. “I satellited into the Main and did horribly, and then I figured I’d just go into this one. Feels good to get a trophy.”

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	Kevin	Rines	$16,460
2	Corel	Theuma	$10,970
3	Alfredo	Fernandez	$8,095
4	Lester	Trimino	$6,040
5	Mark	Nahama	$4,555
6	Sergio	Alvez Sandoval	$3,475
7	Israel	De La Cerda	$2,380
8	John	Jaramillo Prado	$2,380
9	Carlos	Vasquez Torres	$1,645
10	Kevin	Murphy	$1,645
11	James	Quiles	$1,310
12	Deonarine	Itwaru	$1,310
13	Manuel	Jo	$1,060
14	Efthimios	Piperakis	$1,060
15	James	Tomblin	$865
16	Joseph	Patalano	$865
17	Noris	Barcimanto	$715
18	Anthony	Close	$715
19	Walter	Buss	$715
20	Frank	Russo	$715
21	Eric	Kolodny	$595
22	Andrew	Del Rio	$595
23	Rebecca	Dellagloria	$595
24	David	Walker	$595
25	Richard	Arno	$505
26	Halyna	Zamani Buriachenko	$505
27	Alan	Gold	$505
28	Ricardo	Ruiz	$505
29	Matthew	Gallen	$505
30	Ariel	Williams	$505
31	Michael	Kurimsky	$505
32	Enrique	Goll	$505
33	Tonino	D'Amore	$430
34	Alberto	Faur	$430
35	Yigal	Hen	$430
36	Kevin	Rodriguez	$430
37	Tommy	Scott	$430
38	Zachary	Smith	$430
39	James	Hamburger	$430
40	Josias	Cardoso Dos Santos	$430
41	Conner	Sullivan	$375
42	Steve	Moreno	$375
43	Roman	Kornev	$375
44	Shimon	Trakhtenberg	$375
45	Fernando	Vega	$375
46	Christopher	Buggs	$375
47	Devond	Marshall	$375
48	Jairo	Velasquez	$375
49	Pablo	Hernandez	$330
50	Vitaly	Chaika	$330
51	Mitchell	Range	$330
52	Amir	Baron	$330
53	Ryan	Hiller Jr	$330
54	Richard	Collier	$330
55	Alexander	Borukhovich	$330
56	Adriana	Udaeta	$330
57	Jonathan	Marcu	$290
58	Braian	Bezemer	$290
59	Marco	Rodriguez	$290
60	Richard	Paradis	$290
61	Willie	Wiggins	$290
62	Marcelo	Opazo Costa	$290
63	Cherie	Thoman	$290
64	Markus	Petteway	$290
65	Steven	Thoman	$260
66	Jean	Deromedi Delplanoue	$260
67	Richard	Ganesh	$260
68	Keld	Curtis	$260
69	Haim	Toorgeman	$260
70	Carlos	Yepez	$260
71	Danilo	Parada Echevarria	$260
72	Patrick	Pigford	$260
73	Joseph	Gotlieb	$240
74	Konstantin	Pogodin	$240
75	Jestin	Nevarez	$240
76	Christopher	Young	$240
77	Paul	Oken	$240
78	Philip	Whitaker	$240
79	Anthony	Bennett	$240
80	Patricia	Conrad	$240
81	Christopher	Williams	$220
82	Alain	Boucher	$220
83	Charles	Fleury	$220
84	Elias	Nassif	$220
85	Bobby	Pierre	$220
86	Carl	Cajuste	$220
87	Andre	Bryan	$220
88	Corey	Segall	$220
89	Ory	Hen	$205
90	Martins	Polakovs	$205
91	Daniel	Hallowel	$205
92	Billy	Michel	$205
93	Juan	Da Costa	$205
94	Frederick	Allenspach	$205
95	Elisa	Hawes	$205
96	Mark	Howey	$205
97	Minh	Nguyen	$205

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1 of 770

After extending his lead, Kevin Rines opened from the button and Corel Theuma reraised all in for about 2,650,000 from the big blind. Rines called with , leading Theuma’s .

The board came down , safe for Rines to secure the victory for $16,460!

Corel Theuma finished runner-up for $10,970.

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 770

Kevin Rines (left) – 5,900,000 (79 bb)
Corel Theuma (right) – 5,650,000 (75 bb)

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 675,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 770

Corel Theuma raised to 200,000 from the button and Alfredo Fernandez called from the big blind.

The flop was and Fernandez shoved for about 1,450,000. Theuma thought for a while before he called with , way ahead of Fernandez’s .

The turn was the , giving Fernandez a gutshot straight draw.

The river was the , no help to Fernandez, ending his tournament in third place.

Alfredo Fernandez – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($8,095)

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 770

Lester Trimino raised from the button and Kevin Rines called from the small blind.

The flop was and Rines check-called 125,000 from Trimino.

The turn was the , Rines checked and Trimino bet 200,000. Rines check-raised to 450,000, Trimino raised to about 900,000, Rines shoved for 2,730,000 and Trimino called.

Trimino:
Rines:

Trimino was on the wrong side of set over set and found no help from the river.

Down to about 70,000, Trimino busted the following hand.

Kevin Rines – 6,200,000 (103 bb)
Lester Trimino – Eliminated in 4th Place ($6,040)

2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 26
$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Entries:  113
Prize Pool:  $226,000
January 26-27, 2021

Even at the end of the 2021 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, events were crushing all expectations for turnout, and Event 26 ($2,200 Deep Stack PLO) was no different. The field size more than tripled from 35 entries a year ago to 113, creating a first prize of $66,671 that was almost equal to last year’s entire prizepool ($70,000).

And it featured a dramatic finish.

Richard Gayler was the shortest stack in the field when there were two tables left, but he bounced back to start the final table as the chipleader, and then knocked out second-in-chips Haim Or Krief to take a massive chip lead with 63% of all the chips in play.

Gayler continued adding to his stack, knocking out four of the five final tablists on his way to getting heads-up against John Orfanos with more than a 12-to-1 chip lead.

But that’s where the story took another dramatic turn.

“I’m super comfortable playing short-stacked. It’s one of my specialties,” said Orfanos, who loves pot-limit Omaha and considers it to be his strongest game. “As long as I have chips, I have a chance.”

Gayler’s momentum screeched to a halt as Orfanos won pot after pot, scoring a few early double-ups from preflop all-ins, and then steadily working his way back to even — and then the chip lead.

The next time they got it all in, Orfanos had more than a 3-to-1 chip lead, and he also had pocket aces () that held up for the victory.

When asked about his comeback, Orfanos said, “It feels awesome to accomplish something like that, when your odds are less than, I’d say, 5-6%. It was amazing.”

“I just want to thank everyone that s me,” said Orfanos, “and I want to dedicate this to my father who died two years ago.” Orfanos paused for a moment, a bit choked up as he looked toward the heavens. “This is for you, Dad.”

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Final Results:

Place	First Name	Last Name	Prize Amount
1	John	Orfanos	$66,671
2	Richard	Gayler	$41,245
3	Sean	Shah	$24,634
4	James	Hurley	$15,280
5	Elliott	Kampen	$11,978
6	Artem	Maksimov	$9,944
7	Haim	Or Krief	$8,079
8	Phil	Hui	$8,079
9	James	Chen	$6,667
10	Noah	Schwartz	$5,876
11	Dalvin	Davis	$5,876
12	Kevin	Love	$5,876
13	David	Prociak	$5,085
14	Donald	Maloney	$5,085
15	Brad	Sailor	$5,085

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 770

Corel Theuma raised all in from the small blind with a covering stack and Mark Nahama called all in from the big blind for about 875,000.

Theuma:
Nahama:

The board ran out , giving Theuma a set of treys to eliminate Nahama.

Corel Theuma – 4,600,000 (77 bb)
Mark Nahama – Eliminated in 5th Place ($4,555)

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 770

Seat 2: Alfredo Fernandez – 1,725,000 (29 bb)
Seat 3: Corel Theuma – 3,245,000 (54 bb)
Seat 4: Mark Nahama – 420,000 (7 bb)
Seat 5: Lester Trimino – 3,985,000 (66 bb)
Seat 7: Kevin Rines -2,170,000 (36 bb)

1st: $16,460 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $10,970
3rd: $8,095
4th: $6,040
5th: $4,555

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 770

Kevin Rines raised to 115,000 from the cutoff, Sergio Alvez Sandoval three-bet all in from the button for 855,000 and Rines called with , leading Sandoval’s .

The flop came , giving Sandoval a flush draw.

However, neither the turn nor the river were of any help, ending Sandoval’s run in sixth place.

Kevin Rines – 2,400,000 (48 bb)
Sergio Alvez Sandoval – Eliminated in 6th Place ($3,475)