Event 20: Cobi Cobian Wins the Seniors Event in a Five- Way Chop

2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 20
$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Entries:  192
Prize Pool:  $64,320
January 16, 2024

2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open Event 19 Champion Cobi Cobian

Event 20 of the 2024 Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open was a $400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry). A field of 192 entries produced a prize pool of $64,320.

Emerging victorious was Cobi Cobian after the decision between the final five players to a chop that brought the tournament to a close. Cobian took home the top prize worth $9,957 along with the LHPO guitar pick trophy.

Here is a look at the full results for the tournament:

PlaceFirst NameLast NamePrize Amount
1CobiCobian$9,957
2Chris Cornell$8,448
3DeborahDana$7,733
4GregoryBuoncore$7,465
5MichaelKamenjarin$7,072
6RenyongHu$2,565
7AlexanderOrlov$2,190
8JordanFlaschner$1,910
9ScottRobbins$1,635
10JeffHood$1,635
11CharlesWells$1,410
12IraSchwartz$1,410
13KathyLiebert$1,190
14GregorySpinder$1,190
15FrancoisGagne$1,190
16StevenMoore$990
17MatthewYorra$990
18JuanEndara$990
19SandraMorse$795
20GeraldRavotti$795
21PadraigBurns$795
22DavidKramber$655
23ClarenceJones$655
24StuartGreenbaum$655

Event 20: Chip Count Update

$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 192

Here is a look at updated chip counts from the most recent break.

Table 9
Seat 1:  Cobi Cobian  –  1,260,000  (42 bb)
Seat 2:  Deborah Dana –  435,000 (14 bb)
Seat 3:  Gregory Buonocore  –  705,000  (23 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Kamenjarin  –  425,000 (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Christopher Cornell  –  1,005,000 (33 bb)

1st:  $16,055 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $10,915
3rd:  $6,595
4th:  $4,010
5th:  $3,100

Event 20: Renyong Hu – 6th Place ($2,565)

$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 192

Renyong Hu was all in with QdJd in the hole, and Cobi Cobian had him covered holding Ks5s. The final board read Ac4s2s7cJs so Cobian scored the knockout punch with a flush. Hu was out in fifth place for $2,565, and Cobian stacked up 1.16 million after collecting the pot.

Cobi Cobian – 1,160,000 (46 bb)
Renyong Hu – Eliminated in Sixth Place ($2,565)

Event 20: Alexander Orlov – 7th Place ($2,190)

$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 192

Alexander Orlov

Alexander Orlov was all in with pocket deuces, and Chris Cornell had him covered holding AdKs. The final board read Jh7h6s7sAs, and Orlov was out in seventh place for a payday worth $2,190. Cornell stacked up 930,000 after collecting the pot.

Chris Cornell- 930,000 (37 bb)
Alexander Orlov – Eliminated in Seventh Place ($2,190)

Event 20: Jordan Flaschner – 8th Place ($1,910)

$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 192

Jordan Flaschner was all in for 110,000 with pocket sixes, and Cobi Cobian had him covered holding AsQs. The final board read KhQhJd5d8c, and Flaschner was eliminated in eighth place, good for $1,920. Cobian was up to 865,000 after the hand.

Cobi Cobian – 865,000 (34 bb)
Jordan Flaschner – Eliminated in Eighth Place  ($1,910)

Event 20: Deborah Dana Doubles Up; Scott Robbins – 9th Place ($1,635)

$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 192

Deborah Dana

Deborah Dana was all in preflop for 170,000 with Ad9c in the hole, and Chris Cornell had her covered holding AhJd.

The final board read Ks10d9h2c10c], and Dana doubled up to survive for 405,000. Cornell was at 425,000 after the hand.

While that double up hand was going in, Robbins fell in ninth place to take home $1,635 in prize money.

Deborah Dana – 405,000 (16 bb)
Chris Cornell – 425,000 (17 bb)
Scott Robbins – Eliminated in Ninth Place ($1,635)

Scott Robbins

Event 20: Final Table Seating Chart

$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 192

Table 9
Seat 1:  Cobi Cobian  –  750,000  (37 bb)
Seat 2:  Deborah Dana –  280,000  (14 bb)
Seat 3:  Gregory Buonocore  –  780,000  (39 bb)
Seat 4:  Michael Kamenjarin  –  395,000  (19 bb)
Seat 5:  Christopher Cornell  –  835,000  (41 bb)
Seat 6:  Jordan Flaschner  –  145,000  (7 bb)
Seat 7:  Scott Robbins – 175,000 (8 bb)
Seat 8:  Renyong Hu  –  120,000  (6 bb)
Seat 9:  Alexander Orlov  –  275,000  (13 bb)

1st:  $16,055 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $10,915
3rd:  $6,595
4th:  $4,010
5th:  $3,100
6th:  $2,565
7th:  $2,190
8th:  $1,910
9th:  $1,635

Event 20: Jeff Hood Eliminated in 10th Place by Christopher Cornell

$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 192

Jeff Hood

Chris Cornell raised to 60,000 preflop from the button, and Jeff Hood reraised all in for 160,000 from the small blind. Cornell called to cover so they flipped over their cards.

Cornell: Ad4d
Hood: Qd3d

Board: Ks10d7h6c8c

Hood was eliminated in 10th place, good for $1,635, and Cornell stacked up 835,000 after collecting the pot.

Chris Cornell – 835,000 (41 bb)
Jeff Hood – Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,635)

Event 20: Debora Dana Doubles Through Jordan Flaschner

$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 192

Deborah Dana was all in for 140,000 with AdKd from the button, and Jordan Flaschner had her covered holding JcJs on the cutoff.

The final board read AhQh9h6c2h, and Dana doubled up to survive with 320,000 after collecting the pot. Flaschner was down to 110,00 after the hand.

Deborah Dana – 320,000 (21 bb)
Jordan Flaschner – 110,000 (7 bb)

Event 20: Alexander Orlov Doubles Through Jeff Hood

$400 Seniors 50+ No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 192

Alexander Orlov

Fenyong Hu raised to 25,000 from UTG/hijack, Jeff Hood called on the button, and Alexander Orlov three-bet all in for 101,000 from the small blind. Hu folded and Hood called.

Hood:  Ac7c
Orlov:  AdQd

The board ran out QsTd5dJh2c, giving Orlov a pair of queens to double up.

Alexander Orlov  –  251,000  (21 bb)
Jeff Hood  –  290,000  (24 bb)

With 10 players remaining from the field of 192, the average stack is 384,000 (32 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed $1,635.