$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
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Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 911

Andy Frankenberger opened to 150,000 from the button and Ness Reilly three-bet to 480,000 from the small blind. Brett Bader thought it through, used two time bank chips, and moved all in for 954,000 from the big blind.

Frankenberger folded and Reilly called.

Reilly:
Bader:

Bader needed to pair his hand and found what he needed right on the flop. The turn was a blank and Bader had his double after the river.

Brett Bader – 2,120,000 (35 bb)
Ness Reilly – 6,950,000 (116 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
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Level 20: 15,000/30,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 75

Seat 1: Stefan Schillhabel – 220,000 (7 bb)
Seat 2: Justin Bonomo – 2,780,000 (93 bb)
Seat 3: Sean Winter – 95,000 (3 bb)
Seat 4: Joe McKeehen – 1,100,000 (37 bb)
Seat 5: Brynn Kenney – 130,000 (4 bb)
Seat 6: Adrian Mateos – 1,780,000 (59 bb)
Seat 7: Lander Lijo – 55,000 (2 bb)
Seat 8: Ben Tollerene – 560,000 (19 bb)
Seat 9: Dylan Linde – 725,000 (24 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
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Level 20: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 75

Ben Yu was in the cutoff and shoved 90,000. It was on Dylan Linde in the small blind and he called putting Yu at risk.

Linde:
Yu:

Runout:

Linde paired his ace and Yu never improved to bust 10th earning $56,250.

On the very same hand but at the neighboring table, Stefan Schillhabel got 95,000 in the middle preflop with versus Justin Bonomo’s . Schillhabel outdrew Bonomo and doubled to stay alive.

Dylan Linde – 700,000 (23 bb)
Stefan Schillhabel  – 260,000 (8 bb)
Ben Yu – Eliminated

With that, the field narrowed to nine and consolidate to the unofficial final table.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
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Level 28: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 911

Championship players are taking another break from the action with Ness Reilly back in the lead. They will continue to play down until only six players remain.

Seat 1: Brett Bader – 950,000 (16 bb)
Seat 2: Nick Schwarmann – 1,115,000 (19 bb)
Seat 3: Darryll Fish – 1,925,000 (32 bb)
Seat 4: Mario Prats Garcia – 2,930,000 (49 bb)
Seat 5: Alan Krockey – 2,835,000 (47 bb)
Seat 6: Aleksandr Shevelev – 6,195,000 (103 bb)
Seat 7: Andy Frankenberger – 3,295,000 (55 bb)
Seat 8: — Empty —
Seat 9: Ness Reilly – 8,090,000 (135 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $511,604*
2nd: $331,116
3rd: $244,342
4th: $182,249
5th: $137,440
6th: $104,784
7th: $80,771
8th: $62,992

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
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Level 19: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 10 of 75

Alexander Turyansky was all-in from early position for just 39,000 — less than two big blinds. It folded to Dylan Linde in the big blind and he called putting Turyansky at risk.

Turyansky:
Linde:

Runout:

Linde paired his nine to take the lead, the pot and score the bustout. Turyansky was the first in-the-money elimination finishing in 11th place for $54,375.

Dylan Linde – 575,000 (23 bb)
Alexander Turyansky – Eliminated

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
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Level 19: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 75

As the dealers began another hand of bubble play, three players were forced all in.

Nick Petrangelo was all in for half an ante, and Stefan Schillhabel had his last 12,000 chips committed as half the big blind, too.

At the other table, Alexander Turyansky was all in for 4,000 in the small blind. We’ll start there. Action folded to Adrian Mateos on the button, and he raised. Ben Yu was in the big blind with just 52,000 himself, and he tanked for a couple minutes before folding.

Mateos:
Turyansky:

Welp. The other table couldn’t help but marvel at Turyansky’s timing, and he stayed alive after an run-out.

At the other table, Ben Tollerene put both Petrangelo and Schillhabel at risk.

Tollerene:
Schillhabel:
Petrangelo:

The board ran out , and Schillhabel won the pot with trip sevens.

After about 60 hands of bubble play, Nick Petrangelo was ushered out with the proverbial wooden spoon. The 11 who remain are now in the money, each guaranteed to earn at least $54,375.

Nick Petrangelo – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
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Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 911

Aleksandr Shevelev opened to 100,000 from early position and John Dolan moved all in for 1,545,000. The rest of the table released and Shevelev called with the bigger stack.

Shevelev:
Dolan:

A “classic race” as some would say and Dolan was unable to pair up his overcards on the board. The former November Niner was the first sent off the final table and he collected $49,680 for ninth place.

Aleksandr Shevelev – 6,100,000 (122 bb)
John Dolan – Eliminated in 9th place ($49,680)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 75

The bubble in this High Roller is truly something special.

There have already been more than 55 hands of hand-for-hand play, with the big stacks pressing the action for the duration. The short stacks have continued to get shorter and shorter, and it’s become a simple last-longer contest between a handful of players.

Here are some of the hands from the last orbit:

Alex Turyansky moved all in for 62,000 under the gun, and Adrian Mateos put him at risk from the big blind.

Turyansky:
Mateos:

The board ran out clean for Turyansky, coming to give him a double-up.

At the other table, Nick Petrangelo was down to 58,000, and he moved all in from the hijack. When Ben Tollerene folded his small blind, Stefan Schillhabel cursed in the big.

“Fuck!” he said. The table shared a laugh at his predicament. It was barely more than two big blinds, but Schillhabel only had 131,000 chips in front of him. He folded, and Petrangelo survived.

Back to the other table, Ben Yu was down to just 26,000, and he had 24,000 of it posted in the big blind.  Bryn Kenney shoved on him from middle position, and Yu dropped his last two chips into the pot.

Yu:
Kenney:

The board ran out , and the deuce on the turn was good news for Yu. He doubled up.

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
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Level 27: 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 911

There’s been very little major activity over the last few orbits as Ness Reilly and Aleksandr Shevelev continue to lead the pack. With the average stack sitting at 61 big blinds, this could take a while.

Seat 1: Brett Bader – 2,135,000 (43 bb)
Seat 2: Nick Schwarmann – 3,840,000 (77 bb)
Seat 3: Darryll Fish – 2,540,000 (51 bb)
Seat 4: Mario Prats Garcia – 1,525,000 (31 bb)
Seat 5: Alan Krockey – 3,490,000 (70 bb)
Seat 6: Aleksandr Shevelev – 4,340,000 (87 bb)
Seat 7: Andy Frankenberger – 3,170,000 (63 bb)
Seat 8: John Dolan – 2,260,000 (45 bb)
Seat 9: Ness Reilly – 4,400,000 (88 bb)

$25,500 High Roller No Limit Hold’em
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 75

Here’s the way the remaining 12 players are laid out as Level 19 begins:

Seat 1: Joe McKeehen – 1,120,000 (47 bb)
Seat 2: Justin Bonomo – 2,274,000 (95 bb)
Seat 3: –empty–
Seat 4: Ben Tollerene – 652,000 (27 bb)
Seat 5: Stefan Schillhabel – 56,000 (2 bb)
Seat 6: Lander Lijo – 353,000 (15 bb)
Seat 7: –empty–
Seat 8: Nick Petrangelo – 118,000 (5 bb)

Seat 1: Ben Yu – 122,000 (5 bb)
Seat 2: Sean Winter – 329,000 (14 bb)
Seat 3: –empty–
Seat 4: Dylan Linde – 644,000 (27 bb)
Seat 5: Bryn Kenney – 226,000 (9 bb)
Seat 6: Adrian Mateos – 1,529,000 (64 bb)
Seat 7: Alexander Turyansky – 78,000 (3 bb)
Seat 8: –empty–