$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1 Entries:  667

The players return from their second break to begin Level 5, with increased blinds of 300-600 and a big blind ante of 600.

The tournament clock shows 667 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 150K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Trung Pham  –  195,800  (326 bb)
2.  Arkan Batu  –  170,700  (285 bb)
3.  Elliott Kampen  –  166,100  (277 bb)
4.  Nir Cohen  –  162,900  (272 bb)

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1 Entries:  649

With the final board showing on the river and about 22,000 already in the pot, reigning WPT Player of the Year Jake Ferro bet 6,400 from the big blind, and Jeremy Becker raised from the button to 19,300.

Ferro went into the tank for a long time before he folded face up — two pair, aces and kings.

Becker showed for a lower two pair, kings and jacks, as he took the pot.

Jeremy Becker  –  112,000  (224 bb)
Jake Ferro  –  29,500  (59 bb)

The tournament clock shows 649 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1 Entries:  625

Vanessa Kade raised under the gun to 1,100, and the player in the cutoff called.

The flop came , Kade bet 1,500, and her opponent called.

The turn card was the , Kade bet 5,000, and her opponent tanked for a while before he called.

The river card was the , Kade bet 12,000, and her opponent moved all in. Kade tanked for a while before she folded, and her opponent took the pot.

Vanessa Kade  –  14,400  (29 bb)

The tournament clock shows 625 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Day 1 Entries:  598

With the board showing on the turn and roughly 30,000 already in the pot, the big blind checks, and Robert Constable moves all in for about 25,000.

The big blind thinks for a while before he calls all in for 18,000 with for two pair, tens and fours, with a heart flush draw.

But Constable turns over for a higher two pair. The big blind needed to improve to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Constable won the pot with two pair, jacks and fours, to eliminate the player in the big blind.

Robert Constable  –  75,000  (150 bb)

The tournament clock shows 598 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1 Entries:  540

A player got it all in from the hijack with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Mark “Bud” Wiser in the small blind.

The board came , and Wiser paired his king on the flop to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Mark “Bud” Wiser  –  41,000  (103 bb)

The tournament clock shows 540 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Day 1 Entries:  525

The players return from their first break to begin Level 3, with increased blinds of 200-400 and a big blind ante of 400.

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm, and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 100K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Jake Ripnick  –  127,300  (318 bb)
2.  Michael Roy  –  107,900  (270 bb)
3.  Trung Pham  –  107,000  (268 bb)
4.  Raffaello Locatelli  –  102,800  (257 bb)
5.  Farhad Jamasi  –  101,900  (255 bb)

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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 413

Normally you expect the pace of bustouts to slow down as the Money Bubble approaches, but for this event, they seem to have sped up.

They reached 53 players to begin hand-for-hand play, and in that first hand, a player got it all in from the hijack for about 50,000 with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Vladimir Vasilyev in the small blind.

The board came — Vasilyev flopped a set of queens, the short stack turned a club flush draw, and the river card was a blank. Vasilyev won the pot with his set of queens to eliminate his opponent and burst the Money Bubble.

After only one hand on the Money Bubble, the remaining 52 players are in the money, guaranteed at least $3,670 each.

Vladimir Vasilyev  –  130,000  (26 bb)

With 52 players remaining from a field of 413, the average chip stack is about 159,000 (32 big blinds).

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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  60 of 413

There was a three-way preflop all-in situation at Table 41, with Joe McKeehen all in for about 43,000, Frank Marasco all in for about 47,000, and the third player covering them both.

These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Big Stack:  
Frank Marasco:  
Joe McKeehen:  

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Marasco to double thru the big stack and eliminate McKeehen.

Frank Marasco  –  150,000  (30 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  Eliminated

With 60 players remaining from a field of 413, the average chip stack is about 138,000 (28 big blinds). The final 52 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $3,670.

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Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  62 of 413

The players return from break to begin Level 16, with increased blinds of 3,000-5,000 with a big blind ante of 5,000.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Jaime Cervantes  –  474,000  (95 bb)
2.  Patrick White  –  395,000  (79 bb)
3.  Alex Rocha  –  320,000  (64 bb)
4.  Spencer Champlin  –  300,000  (60 bb)

With 62 players remaining from a field of 413, the average chip stack is about 133,000 (27 big blinds). The final 52 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $3,670.

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Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 413

A player raised UTG+1 to 10,000, Jake Schwartz moved all in from the hijack for 41,000, and his opponent called with .

Schwartz turned over , and needed them to hold to stay alive.

The board came — his opponent turned a gutshot straight draw, but the aces held up for Schwartz to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jake Schwartz  –  79,000  (20 bb)

With about 64 players remaining from a field of 413, the average chip stack is about 129,000 (32 big blinds). The final 52 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $3,670.