$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  190

Cards are in the air for Day 1B of the LHPO Championship with 190 entries at the start, immediately putting the prize pool over $3,000,000 with registration open until 9:15 pm.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

Flight B of the LHPO Championship gets underway at 11 am after a very successful first flight yesterday. The $3,500 buy-in tournament drew 802 entries on Friday to turn the $2,000,000 guarantee into a prize pool worth more than $2.5 million with a busy Saturday expected.

Championship players start with 50,000 out front and levela last 60 minutes for Days 1 and 2, then up to 90 minutes when 40 players remain. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 9:15 pm and they have a 90-minute dinner break starting at 5:30 pm.

Flight B will play ten levels before survivors bag their chips for a Day 2 return on Sunday at noon.

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 50,000 in chips
• Day 1 & 2 levels last 60 minutes
• Levels increasing to 90 minutes when 40 players remain
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 10
• Championship Structure Sheet

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Day 1B – $3,500 LHPO Championship

• $2,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 50,000 in chips
• Day 1 & 2 levels last 60 minutes
• Levels increasing to 90 minutes when 40 players remain
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (9:15pm)
• Day 1 will end after Level 10
• Championship Structure Sheet

3PM: Event 31 – $400 Deep Stack Big O (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 31 Structure Sheet

9PM: Event 32 – $600 Deep Stack Turbo NLH (Re-Entry)

• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:15pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
• Event 32 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

9AM: $400 Championship Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $3,500 LHPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (11:15am)
• Structure Sheet

11AM: $375 Championship Super Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• One seat guaranteed into $3,500 LHPO Championship
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 10 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 8 (12:20pm)
• Structure Sheet

8PM: $200 Event 34 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

• Two seats guaranteed into $100K GTD Purple Chip Bounty
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 9 (10:15pm)
• Structure Sheet

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$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  283 of 802

Day 1A:  802 Entries;  283 Advanced
Day 1B:  Saturday at 11 a.m.
Day 2:  Sunday at 12 p.m.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  300 of 802

There were 802 entries on Day 1A of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship, building the prizepool up to $2,566,400 with another starting flight tomorrow, which means this event will likely more than double the $2 million guarantee.

Fewer than 300 players survived Day 1A, and the chipleader appears to be John Ypma, who bagged up 483,500 (242 big blinds). The full list of official chip counts will be posted later tonight.

Day 1B begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:00 am, with registration open until 9:15 pm. Stay tuned to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  300 of 802

In the last hand of the night, Josh Garber got it all in from UTG+1 for 73,500 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Andrew Esposito in the big blind.

The flop came , and Garber flopped kings full of aces, but he was still way behind Esposito’s aces full of kings.

The turn card was the , the river card was — the !

The entire table erupted in excitement as Garber rivered quad kings to bear Esposito’s aces full of kings and double up in chips.

As they were bagging up their chips for Day 2, Esposito said, “I’m not upset. I’m just in shock.”

Josh Garber  –  153,000  (77 bb)
Andrew Esposito  –  15,500  (8 bb)

Day 1B begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:00 am, with registration open until 9:15 pm. Stay tuned to SHRPO.com for our continuing coverage of the Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  300 of 802

Andrew Esposito raised all in blind for 28,000 from under the gun, Josh Garber calls in middle position, the player in the cutoff four-bets to 53,000, and Garber folds.

The cutoff shows , while Esposito reveals .

The board runs out , giving Esposito trip fours on the river to double up.

Andrew Esposito  –  89,000  (45 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  300 of 802

Joseph Cheong was all in from middle position for roughly 65,000 against Colby Covington in the small blind.

Cheong: 
Covington: 

The board ran out , giving Covington a pair of aces to eliminate Cheong.

Colby Covington  –  203,500  (102 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  Eliminated

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  300 of 802

With the final board showing , the small blind checked, Ryan Van Sanford bet 65,000 from the button, and his opponent thought for a while before he called.

Van Sanford showed to win the pot with trip kings, and his opponent mucked.

Ryan Van Sanford  –  370,000  (185 bb)

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm. Day 1B begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:00 am.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  300 of 802

With the board showing on the river and more than 40,000 already in the pot, Kharlin Sued bet 21,500 from the hijack, and Aram Oganyan moved all in from the button.

Sued went into the tank for a very long time with 64,000 left in his stack, and he eventually folded to forfeit the pot.

Oganyan showed for a pair of jacks as he took the pot.

“I easily could have had ace-ten there,” said Oganyan.

Aram Oganyan  –  335,000  (168 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  64,000  (32 bb)

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm. Day 1B begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:00 am.