$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  492

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a big blind ante of 1,000.

Here are the top six chip counts from the dinner break:

1.  Zak VanKeuren  –  238,700  (239 bb)
2.  Kurt Krainski  –  210,200  (210 bb)
3.  Todd Nichols  –  209,900  (210 bb)
4.  Keith Stahl  –  209,200  (209 bb)
5.  Maxwell Young  –  204,000  (204 bb)
6.  Frank Lagodich  –  200,900  (201 bb)

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the end of the next break (around 9:15 pm). Today’s field is up to 492 entries, for a tournament total of 1,120. The prizepool is worth more than $3.58 million, and has another two hours to grow.

The field is playing 10 one-hour levels today, and action is scheduled to end around 11:15 pm.

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 11:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 28

After the elimination of Mauricio Ferreira in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table.

With nine players remaining from a field of 28 entries, the average chip stack is around 311,000 (31 big blinds). Here is the lineup with approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Anatoly Nikitin  –  436,000  (44 bb)
Seat 2.  Eric Yanovsky  –  146,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3.  Manuel Fritz  –  186,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  450,000  (45 bb)
Seat 5.  Daniel Swartz  –  45,000  (5 bb)
Seat 6.  Thomas Boivin  –  1,370,000  (137 bb)
Seat 7.  Justin Saliba  –  175,000  (18 bb)
Seat 8.  Brock Wilson  –  73,000  (7 bb)
Seat 9.  Cherish Andrews  –  100,000  (10 bb)

And here are the payouts:

1st:  $310,255
2nd:  $187,700
3rd:  $117,570
4th:  $76,075

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 10:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 28

Giuseppe Iadisernia completed the small blind to 8,000, Brock Wilson moved all in from the big blind for 52,000, and Iadisernia called with .

Wilson turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Iadisernia flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Wilson won the pot with his ace to double up in chips.

Brock Wilson  –  112,000  (14 bb)
Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  455,000  (57 bb)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 28 entries, the average chip stack is around 255,000 (32 big blinds). The final four players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $76,075.

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 10:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 28

Mauricio Ferreira was all in from the small blind for 16,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Anatoly Nikitin in the big blind.

The board came , and Ferreira won the pot with his king to double up in chips.

Mauricio Ferreira  –  40,000  (5 bb)
Anatoly Nikitin  –  145,000  (18 bb)

Two hands later, Ferreira moved all in from the cutoff for 40,000, and chipleader Thomas Boivin called from the small blind with .

Ferreira turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Ferreira paired his seven on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Mauricio Ferreira  –  96,000  (12 bb)
Thomas Boivin  –  1,251,000  (156 bb)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 28 entries, the average chip stack is around 255,000 (32 big blinds). The final four players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $76,075.

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 10:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 28

With the board showing on the turn and less than 50K in the pot, Jesse Lonis bet 20,000 from the big blind.

Chipleader Thomas Boivin raised from the cutoff to 200,000, and Lonis used three Time Chips to tank for nearly two minutes before he called all in for roughly 75,000 with for a pair of threes.

But Boivin turned over for a set of eights, and Lonis was drawing dead.

The meaningless river card was the , and Boivin won the pot with his set of eights to eliminate Lonis from the tournament.

Thomas Boivin  –  1,285,000  (161 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  Eliminated

With 11 players remaining from a field of 28 entries, the average chip stack is around 255,000 (32 big blinds). The final four players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $76,075.

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 10:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 28

Mauricio Ferreira moved all in from the hijack for 100,000, and Anatoly Nikitin called all in from the cutoff for 68,000 with .

Ferreira turned over , and Nikitin needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the aces hold up for Nikitin to win the pot and double up in chips.

Anatoly Nikitin  –  156,000  (20 bb)
Mauricio Ferreira  –  32,000  (4 bb)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 28 entries, the average chip stack is around 233,000 (29 big blinds).

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Level 10:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Entries:  28

The players return from break to begin Level 10, with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 and an 8,000 ante.

Registration has closed with 28 entries. With seven more players joining the field, there was a fresh redraw for random seats at two tables. The prizepool should be worth $691,600, and the payouts will be released soon.

With 12 players remaining from a field of 28 entries, the average chip stack is around 233,000 (29 big blinds). Here is the lineup with official chip counts:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Anatoly Nikitin  –  68,000  (9 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Thomas Boivin  –  1,203,000  (150 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  578,000  (72 bb)
Seat 6.  Brock Wilson  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  Jesse Lonis  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 8.  Mauricio Ferreira  –  100,000  (13 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  
Seat 2.  Manuel Fritz  –  189,000  (24 bb)
Seat 3.  Justin Saliba  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4.  Brandon Wilson  –  62,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5.  Eric Yanovsky  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 6.  Daniel Swartz  –  100,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  
Seat 8.  Cherish Andrews  –  100,000  (13 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Level 10:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Entries:  22

Level 9 comes to an end, and the players take a 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 8:25 pm.

Registration remains open until 7:55 pm. Players must be in the line for registration by 7:55 pm in order to enter.

There are 22 entries, but only 21 players have taken their seats so far. With five players remaining from those 21 chip stacks, the average chip count is about 420,000 (53 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Thomas Boivin  –  1,203,000  (150 bb)
Seat 2.  Anatoly Nikitin  –  68,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3.  Brandon Wilson  –  62,000  (8 bb)
Seat 4.  Manuel Fritz  –  189,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  578,000  (72 bb)

There are 22 entries, but only 21 players have taken their seats so far. With five players remaining from those 21 chip stacks, the average chip count is about 420,000 (53 big blinds).

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Level 9:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Entries:  22

Jesse Lonis raised from the button, Thomas Boivin reraised from the small blind to 78,000, and Lonis moved all in for about 305,000.

Boivin quickly called with , and Lonis turned over . Lonis needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Boivin to win the pot and eliminate Lonis.

Thomas Boivin  –  1,175,000  (196 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  Eliminated

There are 22 entries, but only 21 players have taken their seats so far. With five players remaining from those 21 chip stacks, the average chip count is about 420,000 (70 big blinds).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:55 pm, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until late in the dinner break. Players must be in the registration line by 7:55 pm in order to enter this event. The dinner break will end about half an hour after that.

$25,500 High Roller No-Limit Hold’em
Structure
Level 9:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Entries:  21

Brock Wilson was recently eliminated, leaving five players in the tournament with about an hour and 15 minutes remaining before registration closes.

Brock Wilson  –  Eliminated

Here’s the current lineup with approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Thomas Boivin  –  826,000  (138 bb)
Seat 2.  Anatoly Nikitin  –  64,000  (11 bb)
Seat 3.  Manuel Fritz  –  156,000  (26 bb)
Seat 4.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  621,000  (104 bb)
Seat 5.  Jesse Lonis  –  303,000  (51 bb)

There are 21 entries, but only 20 players have taken their seats so far. With five players remaining from those 20 chip stacks, the average chip count is about 400,000 (67 big blinds).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 9, around 6:55 pm, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until late in the dinner break. Players must be in the registration line by 7:55 pm in order to enter this event. The dinner break will end about half an hour after that.