Dan Ouellet Wins Event 17 of the 2025 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Four-Way Deal for $24,490 6f47a

2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 17 Champion Dan Ouellet

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.

Place First Name Last Name Prize Amount
1 Daniel Ouellet $24,490*
2 Peter Fellows $22,370*
3 Juan Rua Fleches $19,034*
4 Roni Zelichonok $17,946*
5 Jonathan Goldman $8,900
6 Dragan Mihajlovski $6,800
7 Minh Nguyen $5,500
8 Willie Wiggins $4,460
9 Elliott Sibonney $3,480
10 Rafael Maciel Menezes $3,480
11 Bryan Cuzino $2,580
12 Hector Pacheco $2,580
13 Victor Taieb $2,100
14 Youssef Bargach $2,100
15 Ernesto Romero $2,100
16 Johnny Bromberg $1,720
17 Philip Toister $1,720
18 Satish Surapaneni $1,720
19 Peter Bodnar $1,720
20 Juan Rojas $1,420
21 David Lane $1,420
22 Jose Silva $1,420
23 Arthur Holmes $1,420
24 Matthew Johnson $1,160
25 Manfred Rosenow $1,160
26 James Cassidy $1,160
27 Marc Wolfe $1,160
28 Shravan Kulshrestha $1,160
29 Quentin Limido $1,160
30 Carlos Torres Vazquez $1,160
31 David Rauch $1,160
32 Donald Cowie $980
33 Serge Osko $980
34 Kyle Lazzaro $980
35 Thomas Jackson $980
36 Brandon Colburn $980
37 John Wilder $980
38 Jean-Louis Santoni $980
39 Jordan Miller $980
40 Daniel Cruz $820
41 Hertsel Levy Sakhai $820
42 Melvin Berfond $820
43 Benjamin Sriqui $820
44 Arthur Peacock $820
45 Alejandro Funes $820
46 Warren Carney $820
47 Sylvain Lessard $820
48 Anthony Moreda $680
49 Abraham Ramos Padilla $680
50 Terry Hartman $680
51 Dave Alfa $680
52 Anthony Silenzi Villanueva $680
53 Clark Merritt $680
54 David Lipsky Jr $680
55 Joseph Villacci $680
56 Justin Obront $580
57 Charles Vacanti $580
58 Matthew Dahl $580
59 Dmitri Zaitsev $580
60 David Rivera $580
61 Michael May $580
62 Austin Fink $580
63 Dmitriy Vernitskiy $580
64 Jean Deromedi Delplanque $480
65 Eldo Rodriguez $480
66 George Hortelano $480
67 Long Dinh $480
68 Rodrigo Aldorino $480
69 Nicholas Visconti $480
70 Jonathan Moschel $480
71 Peter Shapiro $480
72 Jeffrey Keiser $480
73 Anthony Talavera $480
74 Maor Ben Hamu $480
75 Jose Ardila $480
76 Aaron Flores $480
77 Eitan Aloush $480
78 Anthony Itarelli $480
79 Justin Guzman $480
80 Jack Battaglia $400
81 Joshua Welch $400
82 Yasmany Hernandez $400
83 Guillermo Reyes Cardoso $400
84 Noah Bitton $400
85 Timothy Pettus $400
86 Alberto Niebla $400
87 Oleg Minavichev $400
88 Brian Goodman $400
89 Roman Borozan $400
90 Tammy Ehrhart $400
91 Ionut Negoescu $400
92 Luis Fumero $400
93 Michael Tarafa $400
94 Sergio Perez $400
95 Rey Rodriguez $400
96 Manny Tarich $400
97 Deandre Irizarry $400
98 Ephraim Uzan $400
99 Ariel Rosello $400
100 Eric Penner $360
101 Christopher Norton $360
102 Anthony Casas $360
103 Jairo Velaquez $360
104 Michael O'Malley $360
105 Henry Billete $360
106 Lisa Teebagy $360
107 Harrison Ruggiero $360
108 Salvatore Orlando $360
109 Michael Weinberg $360
110 Erez Lapsker $360
111 Joe Simmons $360
112 Steven Bennett $360
113 Mark Gaudino $360
114 Matthew Hardesty $360
115 Denis Mendoza $360
116 Emmanuel Mckenzie $360
117 Warren Obrien $360
118 Kelly Bradshaw $360
119 Jeffrie Charlton $360
120 Christopher Lewis $360
121 Carlos Vazquez $360
122 Dylan Weiss $360
123 Juan Soberon $360
124 Anthony Askey $360
125 Marcos Saravia Escalante $360
126 Aviv Moseri $360
127 Jared Gable $360

*denotes four-handed deal

Event 17: Dan Ouellet Wins in Four-Way Deal 5b12t

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

Dan Ouellet

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.

Peter Fellows
Juan Rua Flechas
Roni Zelichonok

Event 17: Jonathan Goldman – 5th Place ($8,900) 5c1s4z

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

Jonathan Goldman

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

Ouellet:  QdTh
Goldman:  Ad8d

The board ran out Js7d4s8hQc, 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.

Event 17: Dragan Mihajlovski – 6th Place ($6,800) 644k52

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

Dragan Mihajlovski

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

The board ran out Ts7s7c7d5c, 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.

Event 17: Chip Counts at Break 4e6564

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

Chipleader Juan Rua Flechas

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

Event 17: Dragan Mihajlovski Doubles Thru Juan Rua Flechas 2h6l1v

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

Dragan Mihajlovski

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 Ad8d.

Mihajlovski turned over 2s2h, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came Kc3c2c10cAs, 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.

Event 17: Minh Nguyen – 7th Place ($5,500) 583h2d

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

Minh Nguyen

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 Js7s4c, 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 9s8s for draws. Fellows showed QdQs for a pair of queens.

The Jh turn and 5h 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.

Event 17: Willie Wiggins – 8th Place ($4,460) 4a2d2p

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

Willie Wiggins

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

The board came Ks9c5d5sJs, 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.

Event 17: Elliott Sibonney – 9th Place ($3,480) 6a6m5f

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

Elliott Sibonney

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 AcQs3c, Flechas checked, Goldman bet 300,000, and Flechas called.

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

Goldman showed AdJd for aces and jacks, while Sibonney tabled Qd8d for a pair of queens.

The river was the Tc, 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.

Event 17: Final Table Lineup 3x6h1v

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   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

Place First Name Last Name Prize Amount
10 Rafael Maciel Menezes $3,480
11 Bryan Cuzino $2,580
12 Hector Pacheco $2,580
13 Victor Taieb $2,100
14 Youssef Bargach $2,100
15 Ernesto Romero $2,100
16 Johnny Bromberg $1,720
17 Philip Toister $1,720
18 Satish Surapaneni $1,720
19 Peter Bodnar $1,720
20 Juan Rojas $1,420
21 David Lane $1,420
22 Jose Silva $1,420
23 Arthur Holmes $1,420
24 Matthew Johnson $1,160
25 Manfred Rosenow $1,160
26 James Cassidy $1,160
27 Marc Wolfe $1,160
28 Shravan Kulshrestha $1,160
29 Quentin Limido $1,160
30 Carlos Torres Vazquez $1,160
31 David Rauch $1,160
32 Donald Cowie $980
33 Serge Osko $980
34 Kyle Lazzaro $980
35 Thomas Jackson $980
36 Brandon Colburn $980
37 John Wilder $980
38 Jean-Louis Santoni $980
39 Jordan Miller $980
40 Daniel Cruz $820
41 Hertsel Levy Sakhai $820
42 Melvin Berfond $820
43 Benjamin Sriqui $820
44 Arthur Peacock $820
45 Alejandro Funes $820
46 Warren Carney $820
47 Sylvain Lessard $820
48 Anthony Moreda $680
49 Abraham Ramos Padilla $680
50 Terry Hartman $680
51 Dave Alfa $680
52 Anthony Silenzi Villanueva $680
53 Clark Merritt $680
54 David Lipsky Jr $680
55 Joseph Villacci $680
56 Justin Obront $580
57 Charles Vacanti $580
58 Matthew Dahl $580
59 Dmitri Zaitsev $580
60 David Rivera $580
61 Michael May $580
62 Austin Fink $580
63 Dmitriy Vernitskiy $580
64 Jean Deromedi Delplanque $480
65 Eldo Rodriguez $480
66 George Hortelano $480
67 Long Dinh $480
68 Rodrigo Aldorino $480
69 Nicholas Visconti $480
70 Jonathan Moschel $480
71 Peter Shapiro $480
72 Jeffrey Keiser $480
73 Anthony Talavera $480
74 Maor Ben Hamu $480
75 Jose Ardila $480
76 Aaron Flores $480
77 Eitan Aloush $480
78 Anthony Itarelli $480
79 Justin Guzman $480
80 Jack Battaglia $400
81 Joshua Welch $400
82 Yasmany Hernandez $400
83 Guillermo Reyes Cardoso $400
84 Noah Bitton $400
85 Timothy Pettus $400
86 Alberto Niebla $400
87 Oleg Minavichev $400
88 Brian Goodman $400
89 Roman Borozan $400
90 Tammy Ehrhart $400
91 Ionut Negoescu $400
92 Luis Fumero $400
93 Michael Tarafa $400
94 Sergio Perez $400
95 Rey Rodriguez $400
96 Manny Tarich $400
97 Deandre Irizarry $400
98 Ephraim Uzan $400
99 Ariel Rosello $400
100 Eric Penner $360
101 Christopher Norton $360
102 Anthony Casas $360
103 Jairo Velaquez $360
104 Michael O'Malley $360
105 Henry Billete $360
106 Lisa Teebagy $360
107 Harrison Ruggiero $360
108 Salvatore Orlando $360
109 Michael Weinberg $360
110 Erez Lapsker $360
111 Joe Simmons $360
112 Steven Bennett $360
113 Mark Gaudino $360
114 Matthew Hardesty $360
115 Denis Mendoza $360
116 Emmanuel Mckenzie $360
117 Warren Obrien $360
118 Kelly Bradshaw $360
119 Jeffrie Charlton $360
120 Christopher Lewis $360
121 Carlos Vazquez $360
122 Dylan Weiss $360
123 Juan Soberon $360
124 Anthony Askey $360
125 Marcos Saravia Escalante $360
126 Aviv Moseri $360
127 Jared Gable $360