$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure
Level 9:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Flight H Players Remaining:  279 of 627

Registration for Flight H of LHPO Event 2 closed with 627 entries, setting the total field size at 3,586 entries and the prize pool is the guarantee of $2,000,000.

Play in Flight H will continue until 79 players remain. Players must bag a stack in order to cash, and those who do will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 p.m.

Chip Counts Thru Flight G

$600 Deep Stack Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 and an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 108

In Hand #10 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, during a round of Big O, Casey Hayes (UTG+1) and Mitchell Garonce (button) saw a flop of .

Hayes got it all in for 65,000 (including his preflop bet), and they turned over their cards.

Mitchell Garonce:    (two pair, flush draw)
Casey Hayes:    (lower two pair, gutshot straight draw)

Hayes needed to improve to stay alive, but the turn was the , and the river card tripped the board with the . Garonce won the pot with the higher full house, nines full of aces, to burst the Money Bubble and eliminate Hayes in 15th place.

Mitchell Garonce  –  398,000  (50 bb)
Casey Hayes  –  Eliminated

With 14 players remaining from a field of 108 entries, the average chip stack is around 193,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,320 each.

$600 Deep Stack Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  4,000/8,000 and an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 108

The players return from break to begin Level 17, with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 and an 8,000 ante.

With 15 players remaining, and only 14 spots getting paid, the field is playing hand-for-hand on the Money Bubble. They played one hand before the break, and they’ll continue hand-for-hand until they lose one more player.

With 15 players remaining from a field of 108 entries, the average chip stack is around 180,000 (23 big blinds). Here is the lineup with official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Grant Hart  –  278,000  (35 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Eddie Blumenthal  –  96,000  (12 bb)
Seat 4.  Mitchell Garonce  –  169,000  (21 bb)
Seat 5.  Matthew Kaplan  –  512,000  (64 bb)
Seat 6.  Marc Satin  –  323,000  (40 bb)
Seat 7.  Alon Yehudai  –  219,000  (27 bb)
Seat 8.  Casey Hayes  –  121,000  (15 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Ryan Tran  –  186,000  (23 bb)
Seat 2.  Bhargav Kakani  –  75,000  (9 bb)
Seat 3.  Zinoviy Pelekh  –  111,000  (14 bb)
Seat 4.  Jean Laurent  –  102,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.  Dmitriy Vernitskiuy  –  181,000  (23 bb)
Seat 6.  Jeffrey Shayani  –  152,000  (19 bb)
Seat 7.  Benjamin Goldstein  –  83,000  (10 bb)
Seat 8.  Bradley Peterson  –  93,000  (12 bb)

And here are the payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $16,835 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $10,390
3rd:  $6,235
4th:  $4,075
5th:  $3,145
6th:  $2,585
7th:  $2,190
8th:  $1,910
9th:  $1,685
10th-12th:  $1,490
13th-14th:  $1,320

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  369 of 2,959

Flight A:  373 Entries;  45 Advanced
Flight B:  273 Entries;  35 Advanced
Flight C:  363 Entries;  46 Advanced
Flight D:  315 Entries;  40 Advanced
Flight E:  508 Entries;  64 Advanced
Flight F:  448 Entries;  54 Advanced
Flight G:  679 Entries;  85 Advanced
Flight H:  In Progress  (Reg. Open ~ 9:30 pm)
Day 2:  Sunday at 1 p.m.
Day 3:  Monday at 1 p.m.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  85 of 679

Flight G of Event 2 has come to an end with Bardia Jahann leading the field of 85 survivors with 531,000 (89 big blinds).

Action ended with 18:35 remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 ante. Day 2 will begin with blinds at the same point as the starting flight that finished the earliest.

The full list of official chip counts will be posted soon, but here are the six players who bagged at least 350K:

1.  Bardia Jahann  –  531,000  (89 bb)
2.  Ronald Fischer  –  426,000  (71 bb)
3.  C.J. Biddle  –  420,000  (70 bb)
4.  James Carroll  –  400,000  (67 bb)
5.  Romeo Mendoza  –  368,000  (61 bb)
6.  Blake Robinson  –  352,000  (59 bb)

Flight H is already underway, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9 (9:30 pm).

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  85 of 679

The Money Bubble burst before hand-for-hand play began, and one of the final two bustouts was when Dario Dussan got it all in from the cutoff for about 125,000 with .

But Ronald Fischer turned over in the hijack, and Dussan needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Fischer to win the pot and eliminate Dussan a spot or two away from the money.

Ronald Fischer  –  426,000  (71 bb)
Dario Dussan  –  Eliminated

When all the tables finished their hands in progress, there were 85 players remaining and no need for hand-for-hand play. The remaining players are now bagging up their chips for Day 2, where everyone will be in the money.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  87 of 679

With 87 players left, and only 85 spots advancing to Day 2 (and the money), the field is one bustout away from hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble.

With 87 players remaining from a flight of 679 entries, the average chip stack is around 156,000 (26 big blinds). This flight will play down to the final 85 players, which will also be the Money Bubble. Players must bag chips for Day 2 in order to finish in the money.

$600 Deep Stack Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/3,000 and a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 108

The players return from dinner to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 1,500-3,000 and a 3,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up only one player with at least 170K in chips, and he has a lot more than 170K:

Marc Satin  –  305,500  (102 bb)

With 31 players remaining from a field of 108 entries, the average chip stack is around 87,000 (29 big blinds). The final 14 players will finish in the money, with a min-cash worth $1,320.

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight G Players Remaining:  106 of 679

The players return from break to begin Level 15, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a 4,000 ante.

A scan of the field turned up two players with at least 400K in chips:

1.  Bardia Jahann  –  454,000  (114 bb)
2.  C.J. Biddle  –  448,000  (112 bb)

With 106 players remaining from a flight of 679 entries, the average chip stack is around 128,000 (32 big blinds). This flight will play down to the final 85 players, which will also be the Money Bubble. Players must bag chips for Day 2 in order to finish in the money.

$600 Deep Stack Mixed Pot-Limit Omaha
Structure  |  Payouts
Level 13:  1,500/3,000 and a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  31 of 108

Level 12 comes to an end, and the players take a 45-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 6:15 pm.

With 31 players remaining from a field of 108 entries, the average chip stack is around 87,000 (29 big blinds). The final 14 players will finish in the money, and here are the payouts:

1st:  $16,835 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $10,390
3rd:  $6,235
4th:  $4,075
5th:  $3,145
6th:  $2,585
7th:  $2,190
8th:  $1,910
9th:  $1,685
10th-12th:  $1,490
13th-14th:  $1,320