Lucky Hearts

Championship: Athanasios Polychronopoulos Eliminated by Nicholas Verderamo

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  68 of 1,982

Athanasios Polychronopoulos

Athanasios Polychronopoulos open-shipped for 125,000 from early position and Nicholas Verderamo called from the big blind.

Polychronopoulos: Kc7s
Verderamo: 5c4h

Polychronopoulos was ahead but needed to face the two live cards to double. The bad news for Polychronopoulos came on the QsJs5d flop when Verderamo paired his five. The board finished with 9c turn and 2c river to send him out.

Nicholas Verderamo – 700,000 (23 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos – Eliminated in 69th Place ($12,900)

Championship: Nine Tables Remain

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  72 of 1,982

The LHPO Championship is down to nine tables, eight-handed until we get down to the final table.

Blinds are up to 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,100,000 (37 bb) with 72 players guaranteed at least $12,900.

73rd: Alberto Destrade – $11,420
74th: Ren Lin – $11,420
75th: Matthew Holmquist – $11,420
76th: Michael Miravi – $11,420
77th: Matthew Higgins – $11,420
78th: Sumeet Wayachal – $11,420
79th: Donald Stetzer – $11,420
80th: Lunique Petiote – $11,420

High Roller: Quick to the Guarantee

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 2:  500/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  42

Brock Wilson

In a bit of a twist, we have a big crowd in the room early for a High Roller. The notorious late reg gang turned out in force to quickly push the High Roller prize pool over the $1,000,000 guarantee with more expected.

Recent additions include Brock Wilson, Joseph Cheong, Noah Schwartz, Joe McKeehen, Brian Altman, and defending champ from RRPO Ali Imsirovic.

Ali Imsirovic
Joseph Cheong
Noah Schwartz

Championship: Sumeet Wayachal Eliminated in 78th Place by Bin Weng

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  77 of 1,982

Sumeet Wayachal

Sumeet Wayachal four-bet shipped for 390,000 and Big Weng called with the bigger stack and bigger hand.

Weng: KsKh
Wayachal: TsTh

Wayachal needed to catch a ten or magic cards to double up but missed the entire 7s5h4s3s2h board to exit in 78th place.

Bin Weng – 1,430,000 (57 bb)
Sumeet Wayachal – Eliminated in 78th Place ($11,420)

Championship: Badr Imejjane Eliminated in 84th Place by Jaime Cervantes

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  83 of 1,982

Badr Imejjane (left) versus Jaime Cervantes (right)

Action folded to Badr Imejjane on the button and he moved all in for 210,000. Jaime Cervantes put in a raise to quickly isolate when Frederic Normand folded his big.

Cervantes: 8s8h
Imejjane: Jd6d

Imejjane needed to catch a miracle to double up but missed the Qd5s2s2cAh board to exit the Championship in 84th place.

Jaime Cervantes – 580,000 (23 bb)
Badr Imejjane – Eliminated in 84th Place ($10,215)

85th: Spiro Mikrogianakis – $10,215
86th: Frank Funaro – $10,215
87th: Arthur Azen – $10,215

High Roller: They Are Underway

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries:  16

Chance Kornuth (left) and Darren Elias (right)

Cards are in the air for Day 1 of the LHPO High Roller with 16 players at the start a more expected throughout the day with seven hours of late reg.

The early group includes Chance Kornuth, Darren Elias, Jonathan Jaffe, Caleb Piderit, Michael Wang, and Brian Hastings.

Caleb Piderit
Jonathan Jaffe

Championship: Day 3 Set to Go

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  87 of 1,982

Jake Ferro

Day 3 of the 2022 WPT LHPO Championship is ready to go at noon with 87 players still in contention for the title. They are led by reigning WPT Player of the Year Jake Ferro with Cherish Andrews not far behind.

They begin with blinds at 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante and the average stack is about 910,000 (36 bb). Everyone is guaranteed at least $10,215 but the pay jumps are coming.

Blind levels will be 60 minutes long until only 40 players remain, then they increase to 90 minutes. The Day 3 schedule has them play all the way down to 16 players and they will advance to Day 4 tomorrow at noon.

Top 10 returning stacks:

  1. Jake Ferro – 2,235,000 (89 bb)
  2. Cherish Andrews – 2,200,000 (88 bb)
  3. Arian Stolt – 2,145,000 (86 bb)
  4. Jeremy Ausmus – 2,105,000 (84 bb)
  5. Matt Higgins – 2,045,000 (82 bb)
  6. James Carroll – 2,030,000 (81 bb)
  7. Alex Nguyen – 1,950,000 (78 bb)
  8. Frederic Normand – 1,815,000 (73 bb)
  9. Josh Kay – 1,540,000 (62 bb)
  10. Michael Miravi – 1,425,000 (57 bb)

Day 3 Seats | Day 3 Chips | Payouts

High Roller: Going Big

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guarantee | Structure
Level 1:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante

We are rolling out the big game this afternoon with the LHPO High Roller at noon. The tournament has a $25,500 buy-in with a $1,000,000 guarantee and a two-day structure with plenty of play.

Players start with 100,000 stacks and all levels last 40 minutes until they reach the final table, then increasing to 60 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 10 at 7 pm following the dinner break.

Day 1 will come to an end when they reach the nine-handed final table and those players will return tomorrow to play it out.

  • $1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 100,000 in chips
  • Day 1 levels last 40 minutes; Final Table levels last 90 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 10 (7:00pm)
  • Day 1 will end when nine players remain
  • High Roller Structure Sheet

Championship: Day 3 Table and Seat Draw

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  87 of 1,982

TableSeatFirst NameLast NameChip Count
51NicholasVerderamo950,000
52JakeDaniels975,000
53AthanasiosPolychronopoulos555,000
54MichaelMiravi1,425,000
55LannyVaysman315,000
56GalenHall750,000
57LazaroHernandez910,000
58IvanSaul975,000
59BlakeWhittington360,000
61FredericNormand1,815,000
62RobertNoel1,300,000
63ChadHimmelspach1,270,000
64ShannonShorr1,260,000
66AlexNguyen1,950,000
67RickyFlach1,105,000
68BadrImejjane735,000
69JaimeCervantes380,000
71ScottBaumstein340,000
72RenLin1,365,000
74FrancisAnderson650,000
75AndrewBrinkley780,000
76SpiroMikrogianakis375,000
78SenhaoCao320,000
79SteveBlackmon820,000
81FrankWeigel1,165,000
82BinWeng1,135,000
83WilliamEitze520,000
84JasonHickey675,000
85AntonWigg985,000
86CarlBevilacqua700,000
87JaySharon655,000
88SumeetWayachal480,000
89CangirElcin400,000
131MattHiggins2,045,000
132MattBond875,000
133ArturRudenkov1,375,000
134AlbertoDestrade445,000
135OmarLakhdari1,415,000
136JosephCrowley1,080,000
137ScottZakheim910,000
138GaryBeller215,000
139CoreyHochman670,000
141MatthewHolmquist660,000
142SaberSalum Penayo1,295,000
143YuriyKozinskiy1,295,000
144ManuelAmaro Alvarez1,100,000
145T.K.Miles665,000
146RommelLiscano330,000
147JoseMontes365,000
148JakeFerro2,235,000
149ArthurAzen1,100,000
151DannyPanagatos1,005,000
152KyleBowker740,000
153LoniHui605,000
154DonaldStetzer685,000
155DanelBeers555,000
156MichaelLech300,000
157ArianStolt2,145,000
158ChristopherMeyers455,000
159IanGillespie445,000
161FrankFunaro375,000
162AlexanderYen1,215,000
163LateshiaMullings220,000
164MinZhang740,000
165AndrewEsposito720,000
166JeremyAusmus2,105,000
167ConorHannan510,000
168DanStavila935,000
169MichaelGathy1,140,000
231MattZarcadoolas985,000
232RyanStoker1,115,000
233ThomasCarroll805,000
234NitisUdornpim760,000
235JoshuaKay1,540,000
236JonathanKramer640,000
237DennisStevermer875,000
238DanielLazrus1,000,000
239HowardFeingold1,270,000
241JamesCarroll2,030,000
242CherishAndrews2,200,000
243Jean-LouisSantoni430,000
244JamesPillon755,000
245LuniquePetiote570,000
246JeffreyEpstein695,000
247CarlosRodriguez Rojas675,000
248DanielStarkey725,000
249RonnieAbro1,030,000