$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  200/300 with a 300 ante
Entries:  550 (Total:  1,255)

WPT Champions Shawn Cunix and Matthew Wantman are seated at the same table today, and Cunix is in his usual jovial mood for a Day 1 flight with a re-entry option.

At one point, Cunix told the table that he was providing so much entertainment that they should all be tipping him $10. Wantman pulled out a $10 bill and tossed it over to Cunix’s stack.

A few minutes later, Cunix raised from the button to 1,000, the small blind called, and Wantman called from the big blind.

The flop came , and it checked to Cunix, who bet 2,200. The big blind folded, and then Cunix extended his open hand toward Wantman, as if he expected Wantman to call by paying him. Wantman called by putting 2,200 in chips in Cunix’s hand, and then Cunix dropped them on to the table so the dealer could bring them in.

The turn card was the , Cunix bet 3,700, and once again he extended his open hand over to Wantman. But this time, Wantman folded and dropped his cards into Cunix’s hand, and Cunix then dropped them to the table. Cunix won the pot.

Shawn Cunix  –  115,000  (383 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  39,000  (130 bb)

The next hand three players saw a flop of , and the player in middle position bet 1,300. Cunix raised from the cutoff to 2,800, the player on the button folded, and the original bettor called.

The turn card was the , his opponent checked, Cunix bet 4,400, and his opponent called.

The river card was the , his opponent checked, Cunix bet 7,300, and his opponent thought for a while before he called.

Cunix showed to win the pot with two pair, kings and eights, and his opponent mucked.

Shawn Cunix  –  133,000  (443 bb)

This entire time, Cunix had been chatting and joking and having a good time.

After the hand, Wantman said, “I think $3,500 is too cheap for this much entertainment. That’s why I paid him the $10. $3,510 seems much more fair.”

Registration remains open until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm). Players are allowed one entry and one re-entry per starting day (maximum of four entries).

There will be a 90-minute dinner break at the end of Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 11, around 12:30 am.