$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,573

Jesse Lonis raised under the gun to 200,000, Francis Margaglione called from the button, and Carlos Dorca called from the small blind.

The flop came , Dorca checked, and Lonis bet 350,000. Margaglione raised to 900,000, Dorca folded, and Lonis thought for the full 30 seconds before he called.

The turn card was the , Lonis checked, Margaglione bet 1,000,000, and Lonis used his last Time Chip to tank for a full minute before he folded. Margaglione took the pot.

Francis Margaglione  –  6,050,000  (81 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  4,500,000  (60 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 6.23 million (83 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $79,455 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 1:00 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,573

Tsz Shing completed the small blind to 75,000, Andy Hwang raised from the big blind to 250,000, and Shing called.

The flop came , Shing checked, Hwang bet 175,000, and Shing called.

The turn card was the , Shing checked, Hwang bet 250,000, and Shing called.

The river card was the , and both players checked. Shing turned over to win the pot with a full house, eights full of kings, and Hwang mucked.

Tsz Shing  –  8,900,000  (119 bb)
Andy Hwang  –  9,100,000  (121 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 6.23 million (83 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $79,455 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 1:00 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,573

Andy Hwang raised from the cutoff to 175,000, Albert Barney, Jr. reraised from the small blind to 675,000, and Darren Elias moved all in from the big blind for 1,300,000.

Hwang folded, and Barney called with . Elias turned over , and needed his pocket pair to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Elias turned a set of sevens to win the pot and double up in chips.

Darren Elias  –  3,525,000  (47 bb)
Albert Barney, Jr.  –  4,000,000  (53 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 6.23 million (83 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $79,455 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 1:00 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,573

Ilyas Muradi raised from the cutoff to 175,000, Esther Taylor moved all in from the big blind for 1,050,000, and Muradi called with .

Taylor turned over , and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Taylor flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Muradi won the pot with a flopped pair of aces to eliminate Taylor in 11th place.

Ilyas Muradi  –  6,500,000  (87 bb)
Esther Taylor  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($63,030)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 6.23 million (83 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $79,455 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 1:00 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,573

Darren Elias moved all in from the button for 625,000, and Andy Hwang called from the big blind with .

Elias turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Elias paired his jack on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Darren Elias  –  1,375,000  (18 bb)
Andy Hwang  –  10,600,000  (141 bb)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 5.72 million (76 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $63,030 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 1:00 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,573

Andy Hwang raised from the cutoff to 175,000, Darren Elias reraised from the big blind to 700,000, and Hwang called.

The flop came , Elias bet 300,000, and Hwang called.

The turn card was the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , and Elias used two Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he bet about 1.2 million.

Hwang called, and Elias showed for two pair, aces and nines. But Hwang turned over to win the pot with a higher two pair, aces and queens, and take the chip lead.

Andy Hwang  –  10,700,000  (143 bb)
Darren Elias  –  1,025,000  (14 bb)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 5.72 million (76 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $63,030 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 1:00 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,573

Esther Taylor raised under the gun, and Andy Hwang called. The flop came , Taylor bet 150,000, and Hwang called.

The turn card was the , Taylor checked, Hwang bet 350,000, and Taylor called.

The river card was the , Taylor checked, Hwang bet 625,000, and Taylor called with for two pair, aces and fives.

But Hwang turned over to win the pot with a rivered full house, sevens full of fives, moving up to more than eight million in chips.

Andy Hwang  –  8,100,000  (108 bb)
Esther Taylor  –  1,700,000  (23 bb)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 5.72 million (76 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $63,030 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 1:00 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,573

Tsz Shing raised under the gun to 300,000, and Carlos Dorca called from the big blind.

The flop came , Dorca checked, Shing bet 250,000, and Dorca called.

The turn card was the , Dorca bet 500,000, and Shing called.

The river card was the , and both players checked. Dorca showed , but Shing turned over to win the pot.

Tsz Shing  –  5,700,000  (76 bb)
Carlos Dorca  –  8,400,000  (112 bb)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 5.72 million (76 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $63,030 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 1:00 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,573

In one of the first hands after the break, Richard Pyne got it all in for 600,000, but ended up chopping the pot, and he picked up 25,000. When you’re down that low, every little bit helps.

Richard Pyne  –  625,000  (8 bb)

Then Pyne moved all in from the hijack for 625,000, and Ilyas Muradi called from the big blind with . Pyne turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came — Pyne paired hi jack on the flop, but Muradi turned a king-high staright to win the pot and eliminate Pyne in 12th place.

Ilyas Muradi  –  4,875,000  (65 bb)
Richard Pyne  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($63,030)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 5.72 million (76 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $63,030 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 1:00 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 1,573

The players return from break to begin Level 28, with increased blinds of 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 1:00 am.

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 5.24 million (70 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $63,030 each. Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Tsz Shing  –  4,500,000  (60 bb)
Seat 2.  Ronnie Bardah  –  5,625,000  (75 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Jesse Lonis  –  6,425,000  (86 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Robel Andemichael  –  6,725,000  (90 bb)
Seat 7.  Francis Margaglione  –  4,300,000  (57 bb)
Seat 8.  Carlos Dorca  –  9,700,000  (129 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Richard Pyne  –  600,000  (8 bb)
Seat 2.  Darren Elias  –  3,375,000  (45 bb)
Seat 3.  Esther Taylor  –  3,250,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Andy Hwang  –  6,875,000  (92 bb)
Seat 6.  Ilyas Muradi  –  4,225,000  (56 bb)
Seat 7.  Albert Barney, Jr.  –  5,725,000  (76 bb)
Seat 8.