Event 17: Anthony Jiang – 7th Place ($3,745)

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 235

Anthony Jiang
Anthony Jiang

Austin Morin raised to 40,000 from the cutoff, Anthony Jiang three-bet all in for roughly 220,000 from the big blind, and Morin called.

Morin:  AhJs
Jiang:  5c2c

The board ran out 10h9s2dJh7d, giving Morin a pair of jacks to eliminate Jiang in seventh place.

Austin Morin  –  1,350,000  (68 bb)
Anthony Jiang  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($3,745)

Event 16: Jeff Sauer – 4th Place ($4,970)

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 238

Jeff Sauer
Jeff Sauer

Mark McGarity raised from the button to 150,000, Jeff Sauer moved all in from the small blind for 1,070,000, and Amir Baron moved all in over the top from the big blind for 1,775,000. McGarity folded.

Sauer turned over KsKd, and needed it to hold to stay alive against Baron’s AcKh.

The board came Ad8h3s8s4h, and Baron paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Sauer in fourth place.

Amir Baron  –  3,035,000  (76 bb)
Jeff Sauer  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($4,970)

With three players remaining from a field of 238, the average chip stack is around 1,585,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,175 each.

Event 16: Amir Baron Leads the Final Four at the Break

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 238

Amir Baron
Amir Baron

The final four players return from break to begin Level 25, with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 with a 40,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Mark McGarity  –  1,150,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2.  Jeff Sauer  –  1,070,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3.  Amir Baron  –  1,815,000  (45 bb)
Seat 4.  Buck Bucceri  –  730,000  (18 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $18,435 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $13,000
3rd:  $8,175
4th:  $4,970

5th:  Padraig Burns  –  $3,840
6th:  Peter Shapiro  –  $3,180
7th:  Andrzej Rogowski  –  $2,710
8th:  George Hortelano  –  $2,315
9th:  Deonarine Itwaru  –  $1,865

With four players remaining from a field of 238, the average chip stack is around 1,190,000 (40 big blinds).

Event 16: Padraig Burns – 5th Place ($3,840)

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 238

Padraig Burns
Padraig Burns

Padraig Burns moved all in from the cutoff for 185,000, and Mark McGarity moved all in over the top from the small blind for about 750,000 with KsKc.

Burns turned over As9h, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The flop came 9s9c4c, and Burns flopped trip nines to take a huge lead.

But the turn card was — the Kh!

McGarity turned a full house, kings full of nines, and Burns needed the fourth nine on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the 2h, and McGarity won the pot with his full house to eliminate Burns in fifth place.

Mark McGarity  –  990,000  (33 bb)
Padraig Burns  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($3,840)

With four players remaining from a field of 238, the average chip stack is around 1,190,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $4,970 each.

Event 16: Peter Shapiro – 6th Place ($3,180)

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 238

Peter Shapiro
Peter Shapiro

In a battle of the blinds on the turn of a Qd8h6h4c board, Peter Shapiro was all in for about 330,000 from the big blind against Amir Baron in the small blind.

Shapiro:  Qh9c  (pair of queens)
Baron:  8d7h  (pair of eights, inside straight draw)

The river was the 5h, filling Baron’s draw and giving him an eight-high straight to eliminate Shapiro in sixth place.

Amir Baron  –  1,830,000  (73 bb)
Peter Shapiro  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($3,180)

With five players remaining from a field of 238, the average chip stack is around 950,000 (48 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,840 each.

Event 17: Final Table Lineup

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 235

Event 17 Final Table
2023 LHPO Event 17 Final Table

Seat 1:  Steven McKoy  –  1,090,000  (73 bb)
Seat 2:  Richard Katz  –  400,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3:  Austin Morin  –  1,030,000  60 bb)
Seat 4:  Alessio Isaia  –  1,340,000  (89 bb)
Seat 5:  Jerry Robinson  –  250,000  (17 bb)
Seat 6:  Anthony Jiang  –  190,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7:  Jack Ranallo  –  400,000  (27 bb)

With seven players remaining, the average stack is about 670,000  (45 bb).

1st:  $28,985 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $19,400
3rd:  $13,390
4th:  $9,410
5th:  $6,765
6th:  $4,975
7th:  $3,745

Event 17: Maxim Urvantsev Eliminated in 9th Place by Alessio Isaia

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 235

Alessio Isaia raised to effectively 140,000-ish from the small blind, and Maxim Urvantsev called all in for that amount from the big blind.

Isaia:  Jd6h
Urvantsev:  Qh10h

The board ran out 8s4s3h5h6d, giving Isaia a pair of sixes on the river to eliminate Urvantsev in ninth place.

Alessi Isaia  –  1,340,000  (89 bb)
Maxim Urvantsev  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($2,890)

Recent Eliminations
8th:  Brendan White  –  $3,745
10th:  Paul Phillip  –  $2,890
11th:  Bin Weng  –  $2,285
12th:  Zoltan Czinkota  –  $2,285

Event 17: Final Two Tables in the Six-Max

$600 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  5,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 235

Table 15
Seat 1:  Richard Katz  –  155,000  (10 bb)
Seat 2:  Alessio Isaia  –  800,000  (53 bb)
Seat 3:  Paul Philipp  –  380,000  (25 bb)
Seat 4:  Maxim Urvantsev  –  210,000  (14 bb)
Seat 5:  Brendan White  –  445,000  (30 bb)
Seat 6:  Jack Ranallo  –  435,000  (29 bb)

Table 16
Seat 1:  Zoltan Czinkota  –  250,000  (16 bb)
Seat 2:  Bin Weng  –  290,000  (19 bb)
Seat 3:  Steven McKoy  –  475,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4:  Anthony Jiang  –  115,000  (8 bb)
Seat 5:  Austin Morin  –  1,010,000  (67 bb)
Seat 6:  Jerry Robinson  –  125,000  (8 bb)

Results Thus Far
13th:  Robert Souaid  –  $1,850
14th:  Gregory Barba  – $1,850

15th:  Blake Whittington  –  $1,540
16th:  Mohammed Al Balushi  –  $1,540

17th:  Xiaoqiong Liu  –  $1,315
18th:  Frederick Atlas  –  $1,315

19th:  Stanley Lee  –  $1,155
20th:  Nicholas Verderamo  – $1,155
21st:  Alan Hamza  –  $1,155
22nd:  Brandon Noe  –  $1,155
23rd:  A.J. Kelsall  –  $1,155
24th:  Sylvester Starks  –  $1,155

25th:  Howard Mash  –  $1,045
26th:  Juan Orellana  –  $1,045
27th:  Raul Hernandez  –  $1,045
28th:  Frank Lagodich  –  $1,045
29th:  Tarun Gulati  –  $1,045
30th:  Jesse Cohen  –  $1,045

Event 16: Andrzej Rogowski – 7th Place ($2,710); George Hortelano – 8th Place ($2,315)

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 238

George Hortelano
George Hortelano

There was a three-way preflop all-in situation, and these were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Amir Baron (hijack):  10h10d
Andrzej Rogowski (small blind):  AsKh
George Hortelano (cutoff):  KcJc

The board came Kd10c9d8c9s — Baron flopped a set of tens, while Hortelano flopped a gutshot straight draw and turned an open-ender, but the river card gave Baron a full house.

Baron won the entire pot with tens full of nines to eliminate both of his opponents from the tournament.

Amir Baron  –  1,300,000  (65 bb)
Andrzej Rogowski  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($2,710)
George Hortelano  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($2,315)

With six players remaining from a field of 238, the average chip stack is around 795,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,180 each.

Andrzej Rogowski
Andrzej Rogowski