$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13  of 843

From a starting field of 843 entries, just 13 players remain as Day 3 comes to a close.

Thanks to a few big pots during the last level of the night, John Dollinger (pictured) will bring the big stack into Day 4. Dollinger bagged 4,900,000, giving him more than 98 big blinds at the Day 4 starting level.

WPT Main Event Champions Brian Altman, Chanracy Khun, and James Caderaro are still in the hunt, as well as WSOP bracelet winner Sam Soverel.

Here’s the lineup:

Table 30

Seat 1: Peter Walsworth – 4,050,000 (81 bb)
Seat 2: Nadya Magnus – 4,015,000 (80 bb)
Seat 3: Brian Altman – 4,390,000 (88 bb)
Seat 4: Billy Pilossoph – 1,295,000 (26 bb)
Seat 5: Chanracy Khun – 3,570,000 (71 bb)
Seat 6: — empty —
Seat 7: Nadeem Hirani – 1,460,000 (29 bb)
Seat 8: Aaron Rosenthal – 585,000 (12 bb)

Table 40

Seat 1: John Dollinger – 4,900,000 (98 bb)
Seat 2: Sam Soverel – 1,765,000 (35 bb)
Seat 3: — empty —
Seat 4: Ian Gillespie – 1,890,000 (38 bb)
Seat 5: — empty —
Seat 6: Scott Drobes – 1,950,000 (39 bb)
Seat 7: Hiroaki Harada – 2,425,000 (49 bb)
Seat 8: James Calderaro – 1,805,000 (36 bb)

The day began with WPT Champion Brian Altman sitting atop the counts. He parlayed his big stack into the second biggest stack going into Day 4.

The list of those who fell during Day 2 is a long one littered with tournament poker standouts including WPT Champions club members, Lee Markholt, Mike Vela, Anthony Zinno, and Darren Elias.

The thirteen players who did survive the day will return to action on Tuesday to play down to final table of six. Blinds will be 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante when play resumes.

Everyone left is guaranteed to earn at least $30,091, but there’s much more to play for than that. The winner will collect the series’ most desirable trophy and the top payout of $482,636.

Day 4 begins at noon local time.

Chip Counts:

John Dollinger – 4,900,000
Brian Altman – 4,390,000
Peter Walsworth – 4,050,000
Nadya Magnus – 4,015,000
Chanracy Khun – 3,570,000
Hiroaki Harada – 2,425,000
Scott Drobes – 1,950,000
Ian Gillespie – 1,890,000
James Calderaro – 1,805,000
Sam Soverel – 1,765,000
Nadeem Hirani – 1,460,000
Billy Pilossoph – 1,295,000
Aaron Rosenthal – 585,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13  of 843

Peter Walsworth raised to 100,000 from the button and Brian Altman defended his big blind.

The flop came , Altman checked and Walsworth bet 125,000. Altman check-raised to 360,00 and Walsworth called. .

The turn brought the , Altman bet 320,000 and Walsworth used a time extension before calling.

The river was the , and Altman shoved for 1,215,000 effective.

Walsworth used three time extension chips before putting in the calling chips with . It turned out to be the correct call as Altman tables .

Peter Walsworth – 4,000,000
Brian Altman – 4,310,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13  of 843

John Dollinger opened to 90,000 from early position, Ian Gillespie called and Thiago Camilo shoved for 180,000 from late position. Dollinger reshoved and Gillespie got out of the way.

Dollinger turned over and was out in front against ‘s Camilo’s .

The board ran out and Dollinger’s ace high held to eliminate Camilo in 14th place.

John Dollinger – 5,000,000
Thiago Camilo – Eliminated in 14th Place ($30,090)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14  of 843

Peter Walsworth opened to 100,000 in middle position and Brian Altman called from the cutoff. Billy Pilossoph shoved for 930,000 and only Walsworth called.

Pilossoph turned over and needed to hold against Walsworth’s .

The board came and Pilossoph wound up with two-pair to avoid elimination.

Billy Pilossoph – 2,060,000
Peter Walsworth – 1,845,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14  of 843

Chanracy Khun opened to 100,000 from middle position, Nadya Magnus called from the small blind, as did Brian Altman in the big blind.

All three players checked the on the flop. The turn brought the and Magnus led out 130,000. Only Khun called.

The river was the , Magnus checked and Khun bet 145,000. Magnus called. Khun tabled but was no good against Magnus’s flush.

Nadya Magnus – 4,200,000
Chanracy Khun – 3,400,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15  of 843

Tzu Huang moved all in for 425,000 from under the gun and Hiroaki Harada reshoved from the button. The rest of the table folded and it was heads up with Harada’s out in front of Huang’s .

The board came out , and Harada ended up with two-pair to eliminate Huang.

Hiroaki Harada – 1,300,000
Tzu Huang – Eliminated in 16th Place ($24,564)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16  of 843

Victor Figueroa moved all in for 205,000 from the button with and Chanracy Khun called from the big blind with .

The board came and Victor Figueroa became the 17th place finisher.

Chanracy Khun – 3,645,000
Victor Figueroa – Eliminated in 17th Place ($20,292)

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17  of 843

Nadeem Hirani shoved for 400,000 from under the gun and Brian Altman called from the button.

Hiran turned over and was in good shape to double against Altman’s .

The board came Hirani’s pocket kings held to avoid elimination.

Nadeem Hirani – 875,000
Brian Altman – 5,450,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17  of 843

James Calderaro moved all in from the small blind for 730,000 with and was up against Joey Couden’s in the big blind.

The board ran out and Calderaro ended up with two-pair to avoid elimination.

James Calderaro – 1,490,000
Joey Couden – 820,000

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17  of 843

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