Championship: Jesse Lonis Wins With Quad Eights to Take the Lead From Ilyas Muradi

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

Ilyas Muradi vs Jesse Lonis
Ilyas Muradi (left) vs Jesse Lonis (right)

Ilyas Muradi raised under the gun to 250,000, Jesse Lonis called UTG+1, Francis Margaglione called from the hijack, Tsz Shing called from the small blind, and Ronnie Bardah called from the big blind.

The flop came Jd8h5d, and it checked to Muradi, who bet 425,000. Lonis called, and then Margaglione, Shing, and Bardah all folded.

The turn card paired the board with the 8c, Muradi checked, Lonis bet 525,000, and Muradi called.

The river card was the Qd, Muradi checked, Lonis bet 1,600,000, and Muradi called with AsAc.

But Lonis turned over 8s8d to win the pot with quad eights, moving up into the chip lead.

Jesse Lonis  –  13,500,000  (135 bb)
Ilysa Muradi  –  11,000,000  (110 bb)


With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 9.0 million (90 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $115,630.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of this level, around 1:10 am.