$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 250 of 705

Justin Saliba raised to 3,000 from early position and Bryn Kenney called from the big blind.

The flop came down and Kenney led for 4,000. Saliba called.

The turn was the and Kenny bet 16,000. Salbia calld.

The river was the , Kenney shoved for about 75,000 and Salbin called with for a flush, besting Kenney’s to win the pot.

Justin Saliba – 260,000 (173 bb)
Bryn Kenney – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 255 of 705

With about 13,000 in the pot and the board reading , Cory Zeidman checked from the big blind and Chad Eveslage bet 6,000 from middle position.

Zeidman called, but mucked when Eveslage tabled for a pair of aces with a jack kicker.

Chad Eveslage – 57,000 (38 bb)
Cory Zeidman – 24,000 (16 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 11: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 275 of 705

The player under the gun raised all in for 41,000 and Art Peacock called from the hijack with , leading his opponent’s .

The board came down , safe for Peacock to score the elimination.

Art Peacock – 445,000 (297 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 295 of 705

Two shorter-stacked opponents were all in for about 55,000 and 25,000, respectively, both holding against Event 4 winner Matt Stuff, who had both covered from the hijack with .

Another   came on the flop and his opponents couldn’t catch up, securing the double elimination for Stuff.

With one level remaining in the day, Stuff is the chip leader with about 390,000.

Matt Stuff – 390,000 (325 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 310 of 705

Landon Tice raised to 4,000 from the small blind and Bryn Kenney called from the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a board where Tice check-called 5,700 from Kenney.

The river was the and both players checked.

Tice tabled for a pair of jacks, Kenney mucked and Tice collected the pot.

Landon Tice – 62,000 (52 bb)
Bryn Kenney – 103,000 (86 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 705

All alternates have been seated and registration closed for the first flight of the 2021 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship. It was a huge day with 705 entries placing it solidly in the top five among all of our $3,500 Championships.

Flight A will continue this evening until the end of Level 11 and survivors at that point will lock up a seat for Day 2 on Sunday.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 702

The player in the cutoff raised to 2,500 and Bryn Kenney called from the big blind.

They checked to the river of a board where Kenney bet 10,000. His opponent called after a little while.

Kenney tabled for the nut straight, besting his opponent’s holdings to win the pot.

Bryn Kenney – 89,000 (89 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 699

Matt Stuff – 260,000 (260 bb)
Craig Varnell – 180,000 (180 bb)
Scott Stewart – 164,000 (164 bb)
Sam Taylor 143,000 (143 bb)
Darren Elias – 140,000 (140 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin – 137,000 (137  bb)
Chad Eveslage – 120,000 (120 bb)
Vlad Mezheritsky – 120,000 (120 bb)
Dean Baranowski – 115,000 (115 bb)
Shankar Pillai – 105,000 (105 bb)
Joe McKeehen – 80,000 (80 bb)
Chris Grigorian – 78,000 (78 bb)
T.K. Miles – 75,000 (75 bb)
Joe Cada – 74,000 (74 bb)
Al Gomez – 72,000 (72 bb)
Eric Afriat – 64,000 (64 bb)
Jake Schwartz – 55,000 (55 bb)
Solange Lucas – 55,000 (55 bb)
Landon Tice – 50,000 (50 bb)
Nick Pupillo – 49,000 (49 bb)
Scott Blackman – 47,000 (47 bb)
Bryn Kenney – 38,000 (38 bb)
James Calderaro – 29,000 (29 bb)
Michael Mizrachi – 25,000 (25 bb)
Athanasios Polychronopoulos – 25,000 (25 bb)
Theo Lawson – 23,000 (23 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Entries: 699

With about 21,000 in the pot and the board reading , a player in early position was all in for 34,100 with against Loni Hui in the hijack holding .

The river was the , giving Hui’s opponent a flush to double up.

Loni Hui – 33,000 (33 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Entries:  662

Alexey Zakhrov was all in from the small blind for 32,500 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Darren Elias on the button.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Zakhrov to win the pot and double up in chips.

Alexey Zakhrov  –  66,500  (83 bb)
Darren Elias  –  118,000  (148 bb)

The tournament clock shows 662 entries, and registration remains open until the start of Level 9 (around 9:15 pm). Players are allowed one entry and one re-entry per starting day (maximum of four entries).

The Day 1 schedule has been updated so today’s field will be playing 11 levels, with action scheduled to end around 12:30 am.