2024 LHPO Live Updates

Championship Day 1A: Wagner Wysotchanski and Francis Margaglione Building

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 4:  300/500 with a 500 ante
Flight A Entries:  394

Wagner Wysotchanski

The entry count is close to topping 400 for Flight A of the Championship and it will get there before the next break. A great turnout and virtually lock up the $2,000,000 guarantee early tomorrow at the latest.

Wagner Wysotchanski and Francis Margaglione are building stacks in the early stages with Wysotchanski up to 113,400 and Margaglione not far back with 112,000.

Francis Margaglione

High Roller: Alex Foxen – 1st Place ($426,075); Kevin Rabichow – 2nd Place ($284,050)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 17:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  1 of 50

Alex Foxen

There was over 150,000 in the pot with the flop reading AcAh7h when Alex Foxen bet 160,000 from the small blind. Kevin Rabichow called before the turn fell 4c. Foxen bet 240,000, and Rabichow called again before the river delivered the 9h.

Foxen fired out a million this time around, which was enough to put Rabichow all in. Rabichow tanked through multiple time chips before calling with QhJc, but he was behind the pocket jacks held by Foxen. Rabichow was eliminated in second with a nice payday worth $284,050, and Foxen took home the top prize of $426,075 along with his third LHPO guitar pick trophy.

That concludes our coverage from the high roller event, but stay tuned for a recap including an interview with the new champion Foxen to be released a little later this afternoon.

Kevin Rabichow

Championship Day 1A: Former Champs

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 3:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Flight A Entries:  227

Darryll Fish

The LHPO continues to draw a talented crowd among the 227 entries, including a few champions from our headliner events.

Darryll Fish won this tournament in 2018, Brek Schutten was the 2021 WPT Poker Showdown Champion, and Dimitri Vorbe took home the big trophy from the 2021 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.

Brek Schutten
Dimitri Vorbe

High Roller: Alex Foxen Takes a Nice Pot; Heads-Up Counts on Break

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 15:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 50

Alex Foxen

On the last hand before the break with the flop reading Jh9c6h, Alex Foxen bet 220,000 and Kevin Rabichow called on the button. The turn was Td, Foxen bet another 380,000 and Rabichow called.

The river was Js and Foxen took some time to think about his next action. He used two 30-second time chips before he announced all in for 1,056,000. Rabichow thought about it but folded before his time was up to send Foxen the big pot.

The players agreed to change heads-up levels to 30 minutes and took a color-up break with an even match ahead of them.

Seat 1: Alex Foxen – 2,355,000 (94 bb)
Seat 2: Kevin Rabichow – 2,645,000 (106 bb)

Kevin Rabichow

High Roller: Thomas Boivin – 3rd ($172,900)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 50

Thomas Boivin

Kevin Rabichow had raised to 60,000 preflop from the small blind when Thomas Boivin moved all in for 178,000 on the big blind. Rabichow called to cover so they flipped over their cards.

Rabichow: KhQd
Boivin: 7h7c

Board: Js10h6dQs3d

Boivin was eliminated from the tournament in third place for a payday of $172,900, and Rabichow stacked up 3.45 million after the hand. That gives him a greater than 2:1 advantage over the 1.55 million held by Alex Foxen before the start of heads-up play.

Kevin Rabichow – 3,450,000 (172 bb)
Thomas Boivin – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($172,900)

High Roller: Kristen Foxen – 4th Place ($117,325)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 50

Kristen Foxen

Kristen Foxen (big blind) and Kevin Rabichow (UTG) had built a nice-sized pot on multiple streets with the board reading KhQh9d8cKc when Rabichow bet 300,000.

That led to Foxen getting all in with her tournament hopes pegged on K-J with trip Kings, but Rabichow held K-Q for the full house. Foxen was eliminated in fourth place, good for $117,325 in prize money, and Rabichow stacked up 3.43 million after collecting the pot.

Kevin Rabichow – 3,430,000 (171 bb)
Kristen Foxen – Eliminated in 4th Place ($117,325)

High Roller: Justin Saliba – 5th Place ($80,275)

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 50

Justin Saliba

Action folded to Justin Saliba in the small blind, he moved all in for 115,000 and Alex Foxen called in the big blind after a quick peek at his cards.

Foxen: KdTc
Saliba: Qh5h

“I still think I win this,” Saliba said when he saw he had two live suited cards.

Then the dealer put out the KsKc4c flop to give Foxen trip kings.

“Oh” was all Saliba could say after that.

The board finished with the 7c turn and 3h river to send him out in fifth place.

Alex Foxen – 1,455,000 (73 bb)
Justin Saliba – Eliminated in 5th Place ($80,275)

High Roller: Justin Saliba Doubles Through Kevin Rabichow

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 50

Justin Saliba got all in preflop on a short stack for 43,000 under the gun with KcQs, and Kevin Rabichow called to cover him holding Kh3s on the small blind.

The board was dealt AdQh2s3d6h, and Saliba scored a small double up to 136,000. Rabichow was still cruising with 2.58 million after the hand.

Justin Saliba – 136,000 (6 bb)
Kevin Rabichow – 2,580,000 (129 bb)

High Roller: Alex Foxen Doubles Through Justin Aliba

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 50

Alex Foxen

Alex Foxen was all in with pocket jacks for 593,000 preflop on the button, and Justin Saliba had him covered holding AcKc on the cutoff.

The final board read 10d5d4s5s3d, and Foxen doubled up to survive with a stack worth 1,236,000. Saliba was down to just 43,000 after the hand.

Alex Foxen – 1,236,000 (61 bb)
Justin Saliba – 43,000 (2 bb)

High Roller: Cards Back in the Air

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts | Results
Level 14:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 50

Cards are in the air for the five-handed final table of the LHPO $25K High Roller.

Seat 1:  Thomas Boivin  –  404,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2:  Justin Saliba  –  912,000  (46 bb)
Seat 3:  Alex Foxen  –  487,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4:  Kristen Foxen  –  748,000  (37 bb)
Seat 5:  Kevin Rabichow  –  2,450,000  (123 bb)

1st:  $426,075 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $284,050
3rd:  $172,900
4th:  $117,325
5th:  $80,275