2018 LHPO Live Updates

High Roller: Isaac Haxton Eliminated by Dylan Linde

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Entries: 67

Koray Aldemir opened the button to 7,000, and Dylan Linde three-bet to 21,000 in the small blind. From the big, Isaac Haxton four-bet shoved for 237,000 total. Aldemir quickly folded, but Linde tanked and called to put Haxton at risk.

Linde: TsTd
Haxton: QcQh

The AdTc5c flop was a disaster for Haxton, giving Linde a big lead with two to come. The 7c turn made things interesting, but the Ac on the river was the wrong club for Haxton.

Linde made tens full of aces, eliminating Haxton and moving into the chip lead.

Dylan Linde – 695,000
Isaac Haxton – Eliminated

Championship: Bruce Kramer – 17th Place ($21,577)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 911

Bruce Kramer

Action folded to Bruce Kramer in the small blind. He moved all in for 240,000 and Mike Chiappetta called in the big.

Kramer: QcJs
Chiappetta: 3s3d

It was a race and Kramer needed to pair up to stay in the game but whiffed the AcAh7hAs3c board to go out in 17th place.

Tournament staff paused the clock and they are redrawing seats for the last two tables.

Mike Chiappetta – 1,655,000 (55 bb)
Bruce Kramer – Eliminated in 17th place ($21,577)

Championship: Cong Pham Shoves Against David Liu

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 911

Cong Pham raised to 65,000 from under the gun, David Liu three-bet to 175,000 from the button, and Pham called.

The flop was 10c7c6h, and Pham check-called 175,000 from Liu.

The turn was the 2h, and Pham check-called 275,000 from Liu.

The river was the 8h, Pham shoved for 1,295,000, and Liu used a time-extension chip before he folded.

Cong Pham – 2,615,000 (87 bb)
David Liu – 1,100,000 (38 bb)

Championship: Almog Biton Doubles Through Mario Prats Garcia

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 911

Almog Biton raised to 75,000 from the cutoff, and Mario Prats Garcia called from the big blind.

The flop came down AsKs8h, Garcia checked, Biton bet 100,000, Garcia check-raised all in with a covering stack, and Biton called all in for 300,000.

Biton: Ac7h
Garcia: 9s7s

Biton led with a pair of aces and held up through the 2h turn and 2d river to double up.

Almog Biton – 790,000 (16 bb)
Mario Prats Garcia – 1,100,000 (37 bb)

Championship: Patrick Quinn – 18th Place ($21,577)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 17 of 911

Patrick Quinn

On the next hand, after Jerry DeLisle was sent out, Ness Reilly was at it again. She opened to 75,000 from the cutoff (dead button) and Cong Pham called in the small blind. Patrick Quinn moved all in from the big blind for 715,000 to get a call from Reilly and fold from Pham.

Quinn: QhJd
Reilly: AsAd

A monster for Reilly and the best Quinn could do was pair his jack on the Js5h4d8c7d board to exit in 18th place.

One more elimination and the last 16 players will redraw seats at the last two tables.

Ness Reilly – 3,500,000 (117 bb)
Patrick Quinn – Eliminated in 18th place ($21,577)

Championship: Jerry DeLisle – 19th Place ($21,577)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 18 of 911

Jerry DeLisle

Ness Reilly opened to 75,000 from the button and Jerry DeLisle moved all in from the small blind for 333,000. Cong Pham released his big blind and Reilly called.

DeLisle: Ac9d
Reilly: 9s9c

Reilly was ahead for the knockout and DeLisle missed the 6c3s2dTc7c board to exit in 19th place.

Ness Reilly – 2,600,000 (87 bb)
Jerry DeLisle – Eliminated in 19th place ($21,577)

Championship: Chip Counts

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 911

Table 72
Seat 1: Mike Chiappetta – 1,310,000 (43 bb)
Seat 2: John Dolan – 2,370,000 (79 bb)
Seat 3: Rainer Kempe – 1,020,000 (34 bb)
Seat 4: Andy Frankenberger – 1,630,000 (54 bb)
Seat 5: Darryll Fish – 855,000 (28 bb)
Seat 6: — Empty —
Seat 7: Aleksandr Shevelev – 2,100,000 (70 bb)
Seat 8: Bruce Kramer – 365,000 (12 bb)

Table 78
Seat 1: Almog Biton – 560,000 (19 bb)
Seat 2: — Empty —
Seat 3: Ben Yu – 1,775,000 (59 bb)
Seat 4: Alan Krockey – 2,220,000 (74 bb)
Seat 5: Mario Prats Garcia – 1,385,000 (46 bb)
Seat 6: Nick Schwarmann – 3,320,000 (111 bb)
Seat 7: — Empty —
Seat 8: John Richards – 825,000 (28 bb)

Table 79
Seat 1: — Empty —
Seat 2: David Liu – 1,715,000 (58 bb)
Seat 3: Brett Bader – 665,000 (22 bb)
Seat 4: — Empty —
Seat 5: Ness Reilly – 2,185,000 (73 bb)
Seat 6: Jerry DeLisle – 390,000 (13 bb)
Seat 7: Cong Pham – 1,725,000 (58 bb)
Seat 8: Patrick Quinn – 805,000 (27 bb)

Championship: Darryll Fish Doubles Through Rainer Kempe

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 911

Darryll Fish

Rainer Kempe raised to 48,000 from the cutoff, Darryll Fish three-bet all in for 438,000 from the small blind, and Kempe called.

Kempe: AsJc
Fish: KhQc

The board came down Qh7d3dQs4s, giving Fish trip queens to double through Kempe.

Darryll Fish – 928,000 (39 bb)
Rainer Kempe – 1,080,000 (45 bb)

Championship: Ben Yu Doubles Through Almog Biton

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 19 of 911

Ben Yu

Following a flop of Kc9h7h in a battle of the blinds, Almog Biton checked from the small blind and Ben Yu bet 100,000 from the big blind. Biton check-raised to 225,000, and Yu called.

The turn was the 7s, Biton bet 250,000, Yu raised all in for 594,000, and Biton called.

Biton: 9s6s
Yu: KdJs

The river was the 6h, and Yu doubled with kings and sevens.

Ben Yu – 1,930,000 (80 bb)
Almog Biton – 270,000 (11 bb)