Championship: Jesse Lonis and Philip Shing Battle in Two Hands

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

Jesse Lonis opened to 350,000 from early position and Philip Shing called from the small blind. The flop came Qc7d2d, Shing checked, Lonis bet 325,000 and Shing called.

The turn was 4s and both players checked. The river card was Ac, Shing bet 1,100,000 and Lonis called.

Shing: 4h4d
Lonis: AsJc

Shing was good with the set of fours to top Lonis’s pair of aces to take the pot.

Philip Shing – 8,300,000 (55 bb)
Jesse Lonis – 2,750,000 (18 bb)

On the next hand, Lonis opened to 350,000 from under the gun and Shing called from the button to see the 6h5d4c flop. Lonis bet 325,000, Shing raised to 875,000 and Lonis moved all in for 2,475,000. Shing folded and Lonis built his stack back up with the win.

Jesse Lonis – 4,425,000 (30 bb)
Philip Shing – 7,050,000 (47 bb)