$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

Another level down, another break, and another raising of the blinds. Francis Margaglione continues to lead the field with Andy Hwang dropping below 20 bigs to be our first player in a touch of danger.

Blinds will be 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante and the average stacks is 8,800,000 (44 bb).

Seat 1: Robel Andemichael – 6,475,000 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Philip Shing – 4,400,000 (22 bb)
Seat 3: Ronnie Bardah – 8,950,000 (45 bb)
Seat 4: Ilyas Muradi – 10,075,000 (50 bb)
Seat 5: Jesse Lonis – 11,850,000 (59 bb)
Seat 6: Francis Margaglione – 16,375,000 (82 bb)
Seat 7: Andy Hwang – 3,200,000 (16 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $809,515 (includes a $15,000 entry to the 2021 WPT Baccarat Crystal TOC)
2nd: $529,690
3rd: $392,430
4th: $293,510
5th: $223,895
6th: $168,990
7th: $115,630

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

On the last hand before break, Andy Hwang opened to 300,000 from the cutoff to get calls from Philip Shing and Ronnie Bardah in the blinds. The flop was , Shing and Bardah checked, Hwang bet 375,000 and only Bardah stuck around.

The turn was , Bardah checked, Hwang bet 525,000 and Bardah called after using one time chip. The river was , Bardah checked again, Hwang bet 1,400,000 and Bardah check-raised all in. Hwang was the shorter of the two stacks and folded.

Ronnie Bardah – 8,950,000 (60 bb)
Andy Hwang – 3,200,000 (21 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

Ronnie Bardah opened to 375,000 and Jesse Loni raised to 1,000,000 from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded, Bardah three-bet to 2,100,000 and Lonis moved all in for 5,700,000 to get a snap call from Bardah with the bigger stack.

Lonis:
Bardah:

It was a cooler for Bardah and the gave Lonis the overkill set to double up.

Jesse Lonis – 11,775,000 (79 bb)
Ronnie Bardah – 6,050,000 (40 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

Jesse Lonis opened to 350,000 from early position and Philip Shing called from the small blind. The flop came , Shing checked, Lonis bet 325,000 and Shing called.

The turn was and both players checked. The river card was , Shing bet 1,100,000 and Lonis called.

Shing:
Lonis:

Shing was good with the set of fours to top Lonis’s pair of aces to take the pot.

Philip Shing – 8,300,000 (55 bb)
Jesse Lonis – 2,750,000 (18 bb)

On the next hand, Lonis opened to 350,000 from under the gun and Shing called from the button to see the flop. Lonis bet 325,000, Shing raised to 875,000 and Lonis moved all in for 2,475,000. Shing folded and Lonis built his stack back up with the win.

Jesse Lonis – 4,425,000 (30 bb)
Philip Shing – 7,050,000 (47 bb)

$5,000 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  200/400 with a 400 ante
Entries:  74

While the LHPO Championship final table is playing down in the back of the Seminole Ballroom, the one-day $5K tournament is having a time of its own in the front.

The tournament flew right by its $100,000 guarantee early in the day and the prize pool is over $350,000 after the first break. The record for attendance in this tournament is 117 and they should hit that with late registration available until 6:40 pm.

Randall Emmett looks like one of the big stacks after the first break after the tv/movie producer ran his stack up to 52,000 in four levels. Emmett has two big wins and both came within days of each other; taking the top spot in the Aria $10K High Roller on October 3 of 2019 for $108,000 then again in the Aria $10K High Roller on October 5 for another $102,600.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

Andy Hwang had a pretty good run of hands. It started with a hand against Francis Margaglione when he showed to win a pot worth 3,700,000. The next hand, he was up against Margaglione once again on a hand that didn’t make it past the turn but Hwang showed suited.

On the next one, Margaglione opened to 300,000 from the button and Hwang called from the small blind. They checked it down until the board read and a 875,000 bet from Hwang got a fold from Margaglione. Hwang showed for another big one to push him up to 9,700,000.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

The first 90-minute level is in the books and the seven remaining players are taking a 15-minute break. Francis Margaglione continues to lead the field with Ronnie Bardah now in second.

Blinds will increase to 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante and the average stack is 8,800,000 (58 bb).

Seat 1: Robel Andemichael – 5,200,000 (35 bb)
Seat 2: Tsz Shing – 7,000,000 (47 bb)
Seat 3: Ronnie Bardah – 11,025,000 (74 bb)
Seat 4: Ilyas Muradi – 9,575,000 (64 bb)
Seat 5: Jesse Lonis – 6,075,000 (41 bb)
Seat 6: Francis Margaglione – 16,125,000 (108 bb)
Seat 7: Andy Hwang – 6,325,000 (42 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $809,515 (includes a $15,000 entry to the 2021 WPT Baccarat Crystal TOC)
2nd: $529,690
3rd: $392,430
4th: $293,510
5th: $223,895
6th: $168,990
7th: $115,630

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

Andy Hwang limped for 125,000 from under the gun, Tsz Shing raised to 375,000 from the hijack, Francis Margaglione called from the big blind, and Hwang called as well.

The flop came and all three players checked. The turn was , Margaglione checked, Hwang bet 450,000 and picked up calls from Shing and Margaglione. The river card finished the board, Margaglione checked, Hwang bet 1,300,000 and Shing folded.

Margaglione called and showed for two pair nines and sixes to beat Hwang’s two pair sixes and fives.

Francis Margaglione – 16,100,000 (129 bb)
Andy Hwang – 5,200,000 (42 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

Ilyas Muradi opened to 275,000 from the cutoff and Andy Hwang defended from the big blind. The flop came , Hwang checked, Muradi bet 225,000 and Hwang called.

The turn was and both players checked. The river finished , Hwang checked, Muradi bet 425,000 and Hwang quickly called.

Murandi tabled for a pair of threes and Hwang mucked.

Ilyas Muradi – 9,800,000 (78 bb)
Andy Hwang – 9,100,000 (73 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

Ronnie Bardah opened to 275,000 from under the gun and Tsz Shing called in the big blind to see the flop. Shing checked, Bardah continued for 300,000 and Shing called.

The turn was , Shing checked, Bardah bet another 375,000 and Shing called. The river was and both players checked.

Bardah:
Shing:

Shing showed a busted open-ended straight draw and Bardah took the pot with ace-high.

Ronnie Bardah – 9,475,000 (76 bb)
Tsz Shing – 4,300,000 (34 bb)