$300 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold’em

Blinds 1.2K/2.4K Ante 400

With the flop showing 8-7-4, Harry Eisenberg made a bet and Ted Transue moved all in over the top. Eisenberg snap called with pocket Kings that was well ahead of the Ace-7 that Ted held. The turn and river were no help for “Papa Bear” and he is our 8th place finisher.

$300 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold’em

Blinds 1.2K/2.4K Ante 400

Julio Fernandez limped in early position and it was folded to Grady Yeager who made it 10K to go. Fernandez moved all in for slightly less than 30K and Grady made the call with . Fernandez had . Fernandez was looking good on the flop but the on the turn changed that. The river was the and Julio is our first player eliminated, finishing in 9th place.

$300 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold’em

Blinds 1K/2K Ante 300

Marty Gorenc was eliminated in 12th place when his could not out draw Harry Eisenberg’s pocket Jacks. Luis Santoni was eliminated in 11th place when his pocket 10’s lost to the of Ted Transue when an Ace flopped. They merged to one final table of ten and a short stacked Robert Zuckerman was quickly knocked out to give us our final nine.

$300 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold’em

Blinds 1K/2K Ante 300

They have returned from dinner break. Here is how our final 12 look.

$300 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold’em

There are 12 players left in the Seniors NLHE event and they have approximately 15 minutes remaining on their dinner break. We’ll have an updated list of who is left and their approximate chip counts shortly after play resumes. They are 3 away from the money.

$300 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold’em

There was a total of 82 registered entrants creating a prize pool of $21,320, easily surpassing the $15,000 Guarantee. 9 players will get paid with 1st place taking home $7,250. Full payouts are below:

$300 Seniors (50+) No Limit Hold’em

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry)

Blinds 2k/4k/500 ante

After taking the chip lead, Seth Berger grinds down Vlad Varlashin to 140k (35 bb) before the final hand.

Berger:
Varlashin:

Flop: (Berger, pair of 8s]

Turn: (Varlashin OE)

River:

Berger dodges 14 outs and wins the tournament with a pair of 8s.

“I’m happy to get a win,” says Berger, “I’ve chopped before, but this is my first outright win.”

Berger, who had a second and third place finish at the 2013 WSOP for $620,000, picks up the Lucky Hearts Poker Open trophy and $26,520 for the win.

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-entry)

 Blinds 2k/4k/500 ante

Vlad Varlashin is all in with against for 140k (35 bb).

Varlashin picks up an OE straight draw on the turn with the board showing and has 14 outs going to the river, but the isn’t one of them.

Berger’s pair of 8s is the winner and Varlashin settles for second place.

“I was hoping to win my first trophy,” says Varlashin who earns $15,522 as runner-up. “For me it’s not about the money, I care much more about the trophy.”

Berger misses getting his first win, but it’s his 7th career final table to push his recorded live tournament earnings to nearly $325,000.

Berger is a Russian businessman who spends his winters in Sunny Isles Beach. He and his wife are days away from expecting their first child.