Championship: John Dollinger Leads the Field at the Break with 842,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  153 of 843

John Dollinger
Chipleader John Dollinger

The players return from their second break of the day to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a 4,000 ante.

With 153 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 220,000 (55 big blinds). A scan of the field turned up six players with at least 600K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  John Dollinger  –  842,000  (211 bb)
2.  Farhad Jamasi  –  773,000  (193 bb)
3.  Matt Affleck  –  713,000  (178 bb)
4.  Femi Fashakin  –  689,000  (172 bb)
5.  David Levy  –  633,000  (158 bb)
6.  Mukul Pahuja  –  625,000  (156 bb)

The final 106 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,666. There will be a 90-minute dinner break at the end of Level 16 (~6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (~12:15 am).