Event 1: Jesse Lonis Gets There Against Fikret Kovac

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 30 of 3,902

Jesse Lonis
Jesse Lonis in the 2021 WPT LHPO Championship

Jesse Lonis (pictured) raised all in from the button for about 1,400,000 and Fikret Kovac called all in from the small blind for 1,275,000 with KhKs, leading Lonis’ AhJh.

The board ran out 4d9s5hAc8c, giving Lonis a pair of aces on the turn to eliminate Kovac.

Jesse Lonis – 2,800,000 (37 bb)
Fikret Kovac – Eliminated in 31st Place ($6,400)

Event 1: Chip Leaders

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28: 50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 3,902

Shortly after the players returned from break to begin Level 28, Andrew Heckman added another 2.5 million to his stack.

In a hand against Ricardo Eyzaguirre, Heckman flopped the nut straight and check-called bets the entire way, culminating in a river bluff shove from Eyzaguirre that Heckman picked off.

Andrew Heckman – 11,000,000 (110 bb)
Toni Bosch – 4,275,000 (57 bb)
Evan Sandberg – 4,100,000 (55 bb)
Shane Raikes – 3,700,000 (49 bb)
Shai Arbel – 3,575,000 (47 bb)
Jose Montes – 3,400,000 (45 bb)

Event 1: Andrew Heckman Has More Than 10% of the Chips in Play

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27: 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining: 37 of 3,902

Andrew Heckman

Picking up the action on the turn of a 3h10c4h9c board with about 450,000 in the pot, Sean O’Brien checked from the small blind and Andrew Heckman bet 225,000 from the big blind.

Ricardo Eyzaguirre raised to 645,000 from under the gun, Salvatore Sollecito called from the cutoff and O’Brien folded. Heckman reraised to 1,725,000, Eyzaguirre folded and Sollecito called to swell the pot to about 4.5 million (75 big blinds).

The river was the 10s, Heckman shoved for effectively 750,000 and Sollecito tanked for a bit before he open folded Ah9h.

Heckman showed As as he collected the pot.

Andrew Heckman – 8,350,000 (139 bb)
Ricardo Eyzaguirre – 2,700,000 (45 bb)
Sean O’Brien – 1,850,000 (31 bb)
Salvatore Sollecito – 750,000 (12 bb)

Event 1: Carlos Dorca Eliminated by Perla Ojeda

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining: 56 of 3,902

Carlos Dorca
Carlos Dorca from the 2021 WPT LHPO Championship

Carlos Dorca raised all in for 325,000 from early position and Perla Ojeda isolated with a shove of her own from the cutoff.

Dorca: AcJh
Ojeda: KdKc

The flop came As3c2c, giving Dorca a pair of aces to take the lead. The 9h turn changed nothing, but the Ks river fell to give Ojeda a set of kings to eliminate Dorca.

Perla Ojeda – 2,600,000 (65 bb)
Carlos Dorca – Eliminated in 57th Place ($3,665)

Event 1: Perla Ojeda Approaching 2 Million

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 76 of 3,902

Perla Ojeda

Sandy Sanchez raised all in from the small blind for about 465,000 and Perla Ojeda (pictured) called from the big blind with Ac7c, leading Sanchez’s KhQc.

The board ran out 4c2h10d4s8c, safe for Ojeda to score the elimination.

Perla Ojeda – 1,800,000 (60 bb)
Sandy Sanchez – Eliminated in 77th Place ($3,165)

Event 1: Jill Bryant Eliminated by Elijah Garcia

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 85 of 3,902

Jill Bryant

Jill Bryant raised all in for 400,000 from middle position and Elijah Garcia isolated the pot with a shove of his own from the button.

Bryant: 4s4d
Garcia: QsQc

The board came down 6h5dQd7cAd, no help to Bryant, ending her run in 86th place.

Elijah Garcia – 1,070,000 (43 bb)
Jill Bryant – Eliminated in 86th Place ($2,940)

Event 1: A Few More Chip Counts From Around the Room

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 127 of 3,902

Jake Schwartz – 1,530,000 (77 bb)
Michael Graffeo – 925,000 (46 bb)
Chris Funari – 880,000 (44 bb)
Jill Bryant – 850,000 (43 bb)
Albert Eskanazi – 660,000 (33 bb)
Jessica Dawley – 540,000 (27 bb)
Ory Hen – 525,000 (26 bb)
Milen Stefanov – 480,000 (24 bb)
Will Failla – 400,000 (20 bb)
Eric Siegel – 400,000 (20 bb)
Mike Beasley – 380,000 (19 bb)
Al Riccobono – 170,000 (9 bb)