$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 1,162

With a pay jump of $3,100 at stake (almost as much as the buy-in to this event), Cherish Andrews used two of her five or six Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before she blindly moved all in under the gun for 5,000, without looking at her cards.

Ricky Landais raised from the cutoff to 125,000, and Yingui Li called from the button. There was 65,000 in the main pot, and another 290,000 in the main pot. Any additional betting would go into the side pot.

The flop came , Landais bet 200,000, and Li used a Time Chip to tank for a while before he folded. Landais took the side pot.

For the main pot, Andrews slowly turned over her cards, revealing to herself and the table since she had shoved blind. Andrews was pleased to see she had a pair of fours with a diamond flush draw and backdoor straight outs.

Landais showed for king high, and Andrews needed her hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Andrews clinched the pot on the turn with a diamond flush to multiply her stack by 13 — the old tredecuple.

Cherish Andrews  –  65,000  (2 bb)
Ricky Landais  –  3,215,000  (80 bb)

With 40 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,455,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,300 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 1,162

The players return from break to begin Level 23, with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 with a 40,000 ante. Here are the updated chip counts from the break:

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  Ricky Landais  –  2,965,000  (74 bb)
Seat 2.  Yingui Li  –  1,535,000  (38 bb)
Seat 3.  Nick Funaro  –  2,325,000  (58 bb)
Seat 4.  Christian Roberts  –  2,800,000  (70 bb)
Seat 5.  Cherish Andrews  –  5,000  (<1 bb)
Seat 6.  Gregory Baird  –  980,000  (25 bb)
Seat 7.  Martins Adeniya  –  2,600,000  (65 bb)
Seat 8.  Anthony Zinno  –  650,000  (16 bb)

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Scott Frier  –  1,490,000  (37 bb)
Seat 2.  Emmanuel McKenzie  –  1,225,000  (31 bb)
Seat 3.  Caio De Lucca  –  2,850,000  (71 bb)
Seat 4.  Ben Miner  –  1,850,000  (46 bb)
Seat 5.  Kaifan Wang  –  1,075,000  (27 bb)
Seat 6.  Adam Nattress  –  830,000  (21 bb)
Seat 7.  Raj Vohra  –  325,000  (8 bb)
Seat 8.  Vitalijs Zavorotnijs  –  620,000  (16 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Joost Schippers  –  3,325,000  (83 bb)
Seat 2.  T.K. Miles  –  560,000  (14 bb)
Seat 3.  David DiBernardi  –  500,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4.  Julian Pineda  –  2,815,000  (70 bb)
Seat 5.  Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  1,820,000  (46 bb)
Seat 6.  Long Nguyen  –  1,925,000  (48 bb)
Seat 7.  Kyle Taddei  –  960,000  (24 bb)
Seat 8.  Artem Suhak  –  2,065,000  (52 bb)

TABLE 15
Seat 1.  Gareth McMahon  –  500,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Spencer Champlin  –  690,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Josh Reichard  –  2,550,000  (64 bb)
Seat 4.  Vencent Welch  –  1,975,000  (49 bb)
Seat 5.  Justin Carey  –  1,120,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Chris Conrad  –  875,000  (22 bb)
Seat 7.  Ken Fishman  –  925,000  (23 bb)
Seat 8.  Nadeem Hirani  –  350,000  (9 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Ryan Hoenig  –  1,960,000  (49 bb)
Seat 2.  Dan Stavila  –  1,125,000  (28 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Dwyer  –  980,000  (25 bb)
Seat 4.  Clement Michaud  –  800,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Carlos Bermudez  –  965,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Brock Wilson  –  1,400,000  (35 bb)
Seat 7.  Ryan Hogan  –  470,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8.  Ben Scrogins  –  3,295,000  (82 bb)

Here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $562,600 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $375,000
3rd:  $275,000
4th:  $205,000
5th:  $156,000
6th:  $119,000
7th:  $92,000
8th:  $71,000
9th-10th:  $56,000
11th-12th:  $46,500
13th-15th:  $39,000
16th-19th:  $32,500
20th-23rd:  $27,500
24th-31st:  $23,100
32nd-39th:  $19,400
40th:  $16,300

And here are the players who have been eliminated so far today, along with their payouts:

41st:  Jason Hickey  –  $16,300
42nd:  Asher Conniff  –  $16,300
43rd:  Daniel Swartz  –  $16,300
44th:  Anatoly Nikitin  –  $16,300
45th:  Owen Savir  –  $16,300
46th:  Brent Hart  –  $16,300
47th:  Tuan Nguyen  –  $16,300

48th:  Kevin Calenzo  –  $13,800
49th:  Rusty Wadsworth  –  $13,800
50th:  Guillermo Hamilton  –  $13,800
51st:  Todd Ivens  –  $13,800
52nd:  Derek Nold  –  $13,800
53rd:  Scott Wright  –  $13,800
54th:  Jason Rocha  –  $13,800
55th:  Olivier Rebello  –  $13,800

56th:  David Nathaniel  –  $11,500

With 40 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,455,000 (36 big blinds).

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  43 of 1,162

Before the action got underway, Anatoly Nikitin was forced all in from the small blind for 10,000.

Ricky Landais raised from the button to 75,000, Nick Funaro reraised from the big blind to 350,000, and Landais quickly folded. Funaro took the side pot.

Nikitin turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive against Funaro’s .

The board came , and Nikitin flopped a club flush draw, but improved no further. Funaro won the pot with a king-high straight to eliminate Nikitin in 44th place.

Nick Funaro  –  2,360,000  (79 bb)
Anatoly Nikitin  –  Eliminated in 44th Place  ($16,300)

With 43 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,350,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,300 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 1,162

Joost Schippers raised from the cutoff to 60,000, T.K. Miles moved all in from the button for 320,000, and Schippers called with .

Miles turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Schippers flopped a diamond flush draw, but improved no further. Miles won the pot with his pocket fives to double up in chips.

T.K. Miles  –  715,000  (24 bb)
Joost Schippers  –  3,075,000  (103 bb)

With 44 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,320,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,300 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 1,162

With the board showing and roughly a million already in the pot, Anatoly Nikitin (BB) and Nick Funaro (UTG) get it all in with nearly identical stacks.

Nikitin showed for a pair of nines, but Funaro turned over to win the pot with a flopped diamond flush. Their chip stacks were counted down, and Funaro had 610,000, while Nikitin had 620,000. Funaro got a full double-up, while Nikitin dropped down to just two chips and a chair.

Nick Funaro  –  2,275,000  (76 bb)
Anatoly Nikitin  –  10,000  (<1 bb)

With 44 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,320,000 (44 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,300 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 1,162

Ricky Landais raised from middle position to 30,000, Christian Roberts called from the button, and Cherish Andrews reraised from the small blind to 120,000. Landais reraised to 405,000, and Roberts quickly folded.

Andrews used a Time Chip to tank for a while before she moved all in for 1,875,000, and Landais snap-called all in for 1,270,000 with . Andrews turned over , and Landais needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and both players flopped gutshot straight draws but improved no further. The pocket kings held up for Landais to win the pot and double up in chips.

Ricky Landais  –  2,630,000  (88 bb)
Cherish Andrews  –  605,000  (20 bb)

With 45 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,290,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,300 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
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Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  46 of 1,162

Tuan Nguyen was all in from the big blind for about 275,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Ricardo Eyzaguirre on the button.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Eyzaguirre to win the pot and eliminate Nguyen in 47th place.

Ricardo Eyzaguirre  –  2,000,000  (80 bb)
Tuan Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 47th Place  ($16,300)

With 46 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,265,000 (51 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,300 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  48 of 1,162

Justin Carey raised from the hijack to 50,000, Chris Conrad reraised from the cutoff to 150,000, and Rusty Wadsworth moved all in from the small blind for 290,000. Carey folded.

Wadworth turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive against Conrad’s .

The board came , and Wadsworth rivered a set of queens, but the same card gave Conrad an ace-high straight. Conrad won the pot to eliminate Wadsworth in 49th place.

Chris Conrad  –  1,025,000  (41 bb)
Rusty Wadsworth  –  Eliminated in 49th Place  ($13,800)

With 48 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,210,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $13,800 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 1,162

Scott Wright was all in from the button for about 350,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Yingui Li in the small blind.

The board came , and Li flopped a full house and turned a higher full house to clinch the pot and eliminate Wright in 53rd place.

Yingui Li  –  1,500,000  (60 bb)
Scott Wright  –  Eliminated in 53rd Place  ($13,800)

With 52 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,115,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $13,800 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  56 of 1,162

Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the LHPO Championship with 56 players vying for the title. They will continue with 60-minute levels until 24 players remain and they increase to 90.