The Foxen family is disconnected to a beardown commencement to 2024 pinch some Kristen Foxen and now Alex Foxen each having won a tourney to commencement nan caller year.
On Friday, Alex took down a $25,500 buy-in no-limit hold'em precocious roller successful nan Lucky Hearts Poker Open (LHPO) astatine Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino successful Hollywood, Florida. Doing truthful paid nan two-time GPI Player of nan Year $426,025, and it came conscionable 3 days aft Kristen won a PokerGO Tour event successful Las Vegas.
Kristen Foxen besides ran heavy successful South Florida, taking 4th spot for $117,325, while Alex Foxen vanished successful 5th spot for $40,000 successful nan aforementioned PGT event.
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Another Day, Another Win
The $25k precocious roller, portion of nan 2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open series, attracted 50 entrants, including a number of apical pros. One of those skilled professionals is Kevin Rabichow, who bagged a monolithic spot lead astatine nan extremity of Day 1 pinch 5 players remaining. He didn't clasp connected to that spot lead astatine nan last array and inevitably took 2nd spot for $284,050.
LHPO $25k High Roller Final Table Results
PlacePlayerPrize
1 | Alex Foxen | $426,075 |
2 | Kevin Rabichow | $284,050 |
3 | Thomas Boivin | $172,900 |
4 | Kristen Foxen | $117,325 |
5 | Justin Saliba | $80,275 |
6 | Viktor Ustimov | $61,750 |
Alex Foxen began nan last array pinch nether 30 large blinds, but he won an early title against Justin Saliba to double-up, leaving Saliba pinch crumbs. Foxen past vanished him disconnected officially successful 5th spot ($80,275) moments later.
Although Alex Foxen had doubled into a sizable stack, Rabichow still had patient power complete nan last table. He'd widen his spot lead to complete 170 large blinds erstwhile he sent Kristen Foxen location successful 4th spot erstwhile her travel kings ran into kings-full.
Rabichow, 1 of nan champion online poker players successful nan world, past busted Thomas Boivin successful 3rd spot ($172,900), mounting up a heads-up lucifer against Alex Foxen.
Foxen would tie early humor successful nan lucifer pinch an each successful stake that wasn't called connected a committee of J♥9♣6♥10♦J♠. The crippled was anyone's to return astatine that point. Shortly after, Foxen moved each successful pinch JxJx connected a committee reference A♣A♥7♥4♣9♥. After tanking, Rabichow decided to telephone it disconnected pinch Q♥J♣ and was eliminated successful 2nd spot for $284,050.
For nan Foxens, it was their 2nd family title of nan twelvemonth already to spell on pinch a mixed 8 last array appearances. The mates posed for a winners photograph on pinch their canine Riley connected his 17th birthday.
Lucky Hearts Poker Open Update
The LHPO began Jan. 11 pinch nan first of 86 events, and it kicked disconnected pinch a bang. Kevin MacDonald won Event #1: $600 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em, a $1 cardinal guaranteed tourney that had complete $1.6 cardinal successful nan pot. MacDonald hit retired 3,212 players to triumph $250,420 successful a heads-up chop woody pinch Nicholas Chong ($221,375).
MacDonald besides took down Event #5: $400 Deepstack Turbo No-Limit Hold'em for $4,890, a tourney pinch 32 entries, a flimsy alteration of gait from nan first arena he won.
Among nan different winners frankincense acold during nan South Florida poker bid see Yuval Bronshtein (Event #9: $1,100 Deepstack 5-Card PLO for $21,216), Matt Glantz (Event #26: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for $80,750), and Phillip Hui (Event #6: $400 Limit Omaha-8 for $9,850).
Day 1a of nan LHPO $3,500 buy-in Championship arena began Friday. The tourney features a $2 cardinal guaranteed minimum prize pool.
2024 Lucky Hearts Poker Open Current Results
EVENTBUY-INTOURNAMENTENTRIESWINNERPRIZE
1 | $600 | Deep Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $1,000,000 GTD | 3,212 | Kevin MacDonald | $250,420 |
2 | $400 | H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry) | 74 | Victor Nassif | $8,370 |
3 | $1,100 | Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry) | 47 | Benjamin Jacobs | $11,026 |
4 | $200 | Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry) - $30,000 GTD W/ $3,500 Seat Added To 1st | 212 | Noel Avila Mendez | $4,734 |
5 | $400 | Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry) | 32 | Kevin MacDonald | $4,890 |
6 | $400 | Limit Omaha Hi Low 8 Or Better (Re-Entry) | 95 | Phillip Hui | $9,850 |
7 | $400 | Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) | 107 | Michael Tarafa | $6,143 |
8 | $200 | Quad Stack PLO / NLH Mix (Re-Entry) | 126 | Frederic Moss | $5,650 |
9 | $1,100 | Deep Stack 5 Card PLO (Re-Entry) | 84 | Yuval Bronshtein | $21,216 |
10 | $400 | Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry) | 44 | Jason Blodgett | $5,825 |
11 | $400 | Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) - $50,000 GTD | 433 | Donald Somers | $28,860 |
12 | $1,100 | Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) - $100,000 GTD | 168 | Dominick Sarle | $42,705 |
13 | $600 | Deep Stack Mixed Pot Limit Omaha (PLO,PLO8,BIGO) (Re-Entry) | 121 | Michael Rosenberg | $13,460 |
14 | $300 | Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) | 211 | Joseph Presho | $7,515 |
15 | $400 | Deep Stack Turbo PLO (Re-Entry) | 72 | Jeffrey Shayani | $8,568 |
16 | $200 | Big Stack No Limit Hold'em (Re-Entry) - $200,000 GTD | 1,634 | Michael Newman | $28,155 |
17 | $600 | Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry) | 124 | Fillipos Stavrakis | $18,475 |
18 | $400 | Deep Stack Black Chip Bounty PLO (Re-Entry) | 126 | Jacobo Montoya | $7,000 |
19 | $600 | Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry) | 49 | Samuel Journeay | $9,600 |
20 | $400 | Deep Stack Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry) | 192 | Cobi Cobian | $9,957 |
21 | $600 | Deep Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry) - $50,000 GTD | 138 | Austin Morin | $19,655 |
22 | $400 | Triple Stud (Re-Entry) | 63 | Mihails Morozovs | $21,105 |
23 | $1,100 | Deep Stack Six-Max PLO Hi Low 8 Or Better (Re-Entry) | 60 | Max Neugebauer | $20,855 |
24 | $1,100 | H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry) | 49 | Jay Kerbel | $11,735 |
25 | $2,200 | Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) - $200,000 GTD | 163 | Javier Zarco | $73,910 |
26 | $10,000 | High Roller Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) | 17 | Matt Glantz | $80,750 |
27 | $600 | Deep Stack Pot Limit Omaha (Re-Entry) - $200,000 GTD | (In Progress) | ||
28 | $200 | Quad Stack Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry) | 314 | Donald Somers | $7,090 |
29 | $1,100 | Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry) | 67 | Aaron Kupin | $23,440 |
30 | $1,100 | Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry) - $100,000 GTD | (In Progress) | ||
31 | $25,500 | High Roller NLH (Re-Entry) | (In Progress) | ||
32 | $600 | Limit Omaha Hi Low 8 Or Better (Re-Entry) | 79 | Joe Shammas | $9,000 |
33 | $1,100 | Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry) | 45 | Min Zhang | $17,550 |
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