The Limit Omaha 8 fields always draw the talent in the area, summoning some of the top players with the skills for this type of game.
And the patience.
Two in the field are off to a fast Showdown start. Ryan Hoenig won the first trophy series in the $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 8 tournament, defeating former WPT Lucky Hearts champ Darryll Fish for the title.
More Omaha on the Showdown schedule with Event 8 this morning at 11 am. This time it is a $600 Limit Omaha 8 tournament for some old school chopped pots all day long.
They’ll start with big 25K stacks out front and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 3:30 pm.
2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 8
$400 Triple Stud (Re-Entry)
Entries: 65
Prize Pool: $21,125
January 11, 2025
The third event in the Mixed Games Leaderboard competition was $400 Triple Stud, and with a field of 65 players, they generated a prizepool worth $21,125.
After a little more than 13 hours, Victor Nassif defeated Nic Ganley heads-up to win the event outright, earning $7,385 and his second SHRP major series trophy, having previously won the $400 H.O.R.S.E event during the 2024 LHPO.
Also notable was the ninth-place finish for Harry Eisenberg, who is the only player who has cashed in all three events played so far for the Mixed Games Leaderboard.
A few minutes after play resumed, they were on 5th street during a Stud round, and Nic Ganley bet 80,000 with his pair of threes showing. Nassif raised to 160,000, Ganley reraised to 240,000, and Nassif reraised to put Ganley all in.
Ganley called all in for a total of 260,000, and they turned over their cards:
Victor Nassif: ()
Nic Ganley: ()
Ganley had two pair, queens and threes, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Nassif’s diamond flush draw and open-ended straight draw.
The dealer put out the rest of their boards:
Victor Nassif: () ()
Nic Ganley: () ()
Nassif made a straight on sixth street, and Ganley needed a queen or a three on seventh street to stay alive, but he missed. Nassif won the pot — and the title and the trophy — with a queen-high straight.
Nic Ganley finished as the runner-up, earning $4,225.
Victor Nassif wins the $400 Triple Stud, earning $7,385 and another Lucky Hearts Poker Open trophy. (He won the $400 H.O.R.S.E. event at this series last year.)
Congratulations to Victor Nassif!
1st: Victor Nassif – $7,385 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: Nic Ganley – $4,225
3rd: Adam Walter – $2,590
4th: Mihails Morozovs – $1,850
5th: Lavonne Schaafsma – $1,430
6th: Christopher Carey – $1,110
7th: Marc Sacheli – $950
8th: Hal Klein – $845
9th: Harry Eisenberg – $740
5th Street: Adam Walker bets 60,000, and Victor Nassif calls.
6th Street: Adam Walker bets 60,000, Victor Nassif raises, and Walker calls all in for 70,000. Both players turn over their cards:
Victor Nassif: ()
Adam Walter: ()
Nassif had a pair of aces with no low draw, and Walter had a pair of threes with an 8-5 low draw. Walter needed to improve to stay alive.
Victor Nassif: () ()
Adam Walter: () ()
Walter missed all of his outs on seventh street, and with neither player making a qualifying low, Nassif wins the pot with his pair of aces to eliminate Walter in third place.
Adam Walter – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($2,590)
Here are the official chip counts for the start of heads-up play:
Victor Nassif – 835,000 (14 BB)
Nic Ganley – 790,000 (13 BB)
And here are the payouts:
1st: $7,385 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $4,225
3rd: Adam Walter – $2,590
4th: Mihails Morozovs – $1,850
5th: Lavonne Schaafsma – $1,430
6th: Christopher Carey – $1,110
7th: Marc Sacheli – $950
8th: Hal Klein – $845
9th: Harry Eisenberg – $740
3rd Street: Mihails Morozovs completes to 30,000, and Nic Ganley calls.
4th Street: 15,000 each to put Morozovs all in, and they turn over their holecards.
Nic Ganley: ()
Mihails Morozovs: ()
Morozovs had a pair of eights with a backdoor straight-flush draw, while Ganley had a flush draw with a different backdoor straight-flush draw.
Then the dealer gave them the rest of their cards:
Nic Ganley: () ()
Mihails Morozovs: () ()
Ganley paired his queen on sixth street and his king on seventh street to make a higher two pair, and Morozovs needed to improve with a lower two pair and a diamond flush draw. But the last card for Morozovs was an offsuit 10, and Ganley won the pot to eliminate Morozovs in fourth place.
Nic Ganley – 800,000 (13 bb)
Mihails Morozovs – Eliminated in 4th Place ($1,850)
With three players remaining from a field of 65, the average chip stack is about 540,000 (9 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,590 each.
Nic Ganley completed to 30,000, Lavonne Schaafsma raised to 60,000, and Ganley called. Schaafsma bet her remaining 30,000 on fourth street and Ganley called.
Ganley: /
Schaafsma: /
Schaafsma was ahead with a pair of kings against Ganley’s queens.
Here were the rest of their runouts:
Ganley: / /
Schaafsma: / /
Ganley made trip queens on 7th street to eliminate Schaafsma in fifth place.
Nic Ganley – 750,000 (13 BB)
Lavonne Schaafsma – Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,430)
With four players remaining from a field of 65, the average chip stack is about 406,000 (7 Big Bets). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,850.
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