Event 24: Israel De La Cerda – 7th Place ($2,380)

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining: 6 of 770

Israel De La Cerda – 7th place

Lester Trimino raised to 200,000 from middle position, Israel De La Cerda (pictured) three-bet all in for about 415,000 from the hijack and Trimino called.

Trimino: AdQh
De La Cerda: 9d9c

The board ran out 2h6h7cKhQd, giving Trimino a pair of queens to eliminate De La Cerda in seventh place.

Lester Trimino – 3,900,000 (78 bb)
Israel De Le Cerda – Eliminated in 7th Place ($2,380)

Event 24: Final Table Lineup

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 770

2021 LHPO Event 24 Final Table

Seat 1: Sergio Alvez Sandoval – 590,000 (15 bb)
Seat 2: Alfredo Fernandez – 1,480,000 (47 bb)
Seat 3: Corel Theuma – 3,115,000 (78 bb)
Seat 4: Mark Nahama – 780,000 (20 bb)
Seat 5: Lester Trimino – 2,485,000 (62 bb)
Seat 6: Israel De La Cerda – 1,100,000 (28 bb)
Seat 7: Kevin Rines -2,160,000 (54 bb)

1st: $16,460 + LHPO Trophy
2nd: $10,970
3rd: $8,095
4th: $6,040
5th: $4,555
6th: $3,475
7th: $2,380

Event 24: John Jaramillo Prado Eliminated by Alfredo Fernandez

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 7 of 770

John Jaramillo Prado raised all in for 530,000 from the cutoff and Alfredo Fernandez called from the big blind.

Prado: 8h8s
Fernandez: Js10s

The board ran out 5dJdQs4c2c, giving Fernandez a pair of jacks to eliminate Prado.

Alfredo Fernandez – 1,480,000 (37 bb)
John Jaramillo Prado – Eliminated in 8th Place ($2,380)

Event 24: Carlos Vasquez Torres Eliminated by Kevin Rines

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 8 of 770

Kevin Rines raised to 90,000 from the button, Carlos Vasquez Torres three-bet all in for 385,000 and Rines thought for a bit before he called.

Rines: 10h8c
Vasquez Torres: Ac5d

Tehe board ran out Jh9sKc10c3c, giving Rines a pair of tens to score the elimination.

Kevin Rines – 2,050,000 (51 bb)
Carlos Vasquez Torres – Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,645)

Event 24: Deonarine Itwaru Eliminated by Lester Trimino

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 770

Deonarine Itwaru raised all in for 90,000 from the hijack and Lester Trimino called from the but small blind.

Itwaru: QcJd
Trimino: 8h7h

The flop came 10h3h4h, giving Trimino a flush and leaving Itwaru drawing dead.

Lester Trimino – 2,500,000 (83 bb)
Deonarine Itwaru – Eliminated in 12th Place ($1,310)

Recent Eliminations
10th: Kevin Murphy – $1,645
11th: James Quiles – $1,310

Event 24: Efthimios Piperakis Eliminated by Lester Trimino

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 770

Lester Trimino raised to 125,000 from the hijack, Efthimios Piperakis three-bet all in for 175,000 from the button and Trimino called with Ks5s, facing off with Piperakis’ AhJs.

The board came 9c4c8c5h8s, giving Trimino eights and fives to score the elimination.

Lester Trimino – 2,350,000 (94 bb)
Efthimios Piperakis – Eliminated in 14th Place ($1,060)

Recent Eliminations
13th: Manuel Jo – $1,060

Event 24: James Tomblin Eliminated by Lester Trimino

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 14 of 770

Following a flop of 9c7c5s, James Tomblin was all in for about 180,000 from under the gun against Lester Trimino in the big blind.

Tomblin: AhAs
Trimino: Qs9s

The 7d turn left Trimino with just two outs, and the 9h river was one of them to give him nines full of sevens to eliminate Tomblin.

Lester Trimino – 2,100,000 (84 bb)
James Tomblin – Eliminated in 15th Place ($865)

Recent Eliminations
16th: Joseph Patalano – $865

Event 26: John Orfanos Wins! ($66,671) Richard Gayler Finishes as Runner-Up ($41,245)

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  1 of 113

John Orfanos
John Orfanos

Richard Gayler raised to 50,000, John Orfanos reraised to 150,000, and Gayler called.

The flop came 10c3h2h, Orfanos checked, Gayler bet 200,000, and Orfanos called.

The turn card was the Ks, Orfanos moved all in, and Gayler called all in for a little more than 200,000.

John Orfanos:  AdAsQs2c  (pocket aces, gutshot straight draw)
Richard Gayler:  AcJd10s9h  (pair of tens, gutshot straight draw)

The river card was the 7c, and Orfanos won the pot — along with the title, the trophy, and $66,671 — with his pocket aces.

Richard Gayler finished as the runner-up, earning $41,245.

Richard Gayler
Richard Gayler

Final Table Results:

1st:  John Orfanos  –  $66,671 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  Richard Gayler  –  $41,245
3rd:  Sean Shah  –  $24,634
4th:  James Hurley  –  $15,280
5th:  Elliott Kampen  –  $11,978
6th:  Artem Maksimov  –  $9,944
7th:  Haim Or Krief  –  $8,079

Event 26: John Orfanos Raises the River On a Double-Paired Board

$2,200 Deep Stack PLO (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000
Players Remaining:  2 of 113

John Orfanos
John Orfanos

John Orfanos raised to 60,000, and Richard Gayler called.

The flop came As10d2c, Gayler checked, Orfanos bet 90,000, and Gayler called.

The turn card paired the board with the 2s, and both players checked.

The river card double-paired the board with the Ad, Gayler bet 210,000, and Orfanos thought for a while before raising to 450,000. Gayler folded, and Orfanos took the pot.

John Orfanos  –  1,785,000  (89 bb)
Richard Gayler  –  475,000  (24 bb)

Event 24: Walter Buss Eliminated by Lester Trimino

$150 No-Limit Hold’em (Double Re-Entry per Day)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 16 of 770

Following the turn of a 2dKh5s4c board, Walter Buss was all in for about 475,000 from the cutoff with AdKs], but had run into the As3c held by Lester Trimino who was under the gun.

The river was 5h, no help to Buss, ending his tournament in 19th place.

Lester Trimino – 1,750,000 (78 bb)
Walter Buss – Eliminated in 19th Place ($715)

Recent Eliminations
17th: Noris Barcimanto – $715
18th: Anthony Close – $715