$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  420

The players return from their last break of the day to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 with a 1,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 180K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  David Levy  –  299,400  (299 bb)
2.  Donys Agnelli  –  238,200  (238 bb)
3.  David Farber  –  235,300  (235 bb)
4.  Mike Vela  –  208,500  (209 bb)
5.  Jose Parra  –  201,500  (202 bb)
6.  Dantonio Brown  –  201,300  (201 bb)
7.  David Shmuel  –  199,200  (199 bb)
8.  Mukul Pahuja  –  192,000  (192 bb)
9.  John Dollinger  –  189,100  (189 bb)

Registration has closed, and the official prizepool should be released soon.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.