$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries:  840

Bin Weng  –  180,000  (180 bb)
Brian Altman  –  167,000  (167 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  157,000  (157 bb)
Jonathan Tamayo  –  155,000  (155 bb)
Caleb Piderit  –  130,000  (130 bb)
Landon Tice  –  125,000  (125 bb)
Shannon Shorr  –  117,000  (117 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  115,000  (115 bb)
Jake Ferro  –  114,000  (114 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  112,000  (112 bb)
Jonathan Jaffe  –  81,000  (81 bb)
James Romero  –  76,000  (76 bb)
Aaron Massey  –  76,000  (76 bb)
Brian Hastings  –  75,000  (75 bb)
Nick Yunis  –  65,000  (65 bb)
James Carroll  –  60,000  (60 bb)
Yordan Petrov  –  56,000  (56 bb)
Luke Brereton  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Michael Tait  –  54,000  (54 bb)
Joel Harwood  –  53,000  (53 bb)
Jeff Gross  –  49,000  (49 bb)
Harrison Gimbel  –  48,000  (48 bb)
Steve Karp  –  46,000  (46 bb)
Christian Harder  –  43,000  (43 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  42,000  (42 bb)
Vanessa Kade  –  36,000  (36 bb)
Noah Schwartz  –  33,000  (33 bb)
John Racener  –  31,000  (31 bb)
Anthony Zinno  –  31,000 (31 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1 Entries:  841

A player raised UTG+1 to 2,200, another player reraised from middle position to 5,000, and the player in the hijack moved all in for 18,500.

Cherish Andrews five-bet it from the button to 40,000, and the first two players folded.

The hijack turned over , but he was dominated by the of Andrews.

The board came , and Andrews won the pot with her king to eliminate her opponent.

Cherish Andrews  –  255,000  (255 bb)

The tournament clock shows 841 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The total prizepool is already worth more than $2.69 million, with another starting flight tomorrow.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1 Entries:  820

The player in the hijack moved all in for 12,100, and Tyler Hirschfeld called from the small blind with .

The hijack turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Hirschfeld to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Tyler Hirschfeld  –  100,000  (100 bb)

The tournament clock shows 820 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The total prizepool is already worth more than $2.62 million, with another starting flight tomorrow.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1 Entries:  803

The players returned from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a big blind ante of 1,000.

The tournament clock shows 803 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The total prizepool is already worth more than $2.56 million, with another starting flight tomorrow.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1 Entries:  803

Level 6 comes to an end, and the players take their 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume around 7:04 pm EST.

The tournament clock shows 803 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The total prizepool is already worth more than $2.56 million, with another starting flight tomorrow.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1 Entries:  803

A player moved all in UTG+1 for 12,900, and Sam Taylor called from middle position with . The UTG+1 player turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Taylor to win the pot and eliminate his opponent shortly before the dinner break.

Sam Taylor  –  77,000  (96 bb)

The tournament clock shows 803 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The total prizepool is already worth more than $2.56 million, with another starting flight tomorrow.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level, around 5:30 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1 Entries:  797

Chance Kornuth moved all in from the cutoff for 1,800, the player on the button reraised to 4,000, and David Mock four-bet it from the small blind to 18,500. The player on the button folded, and Mock took the side pot.

Kornuth turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive against Mock’s .

The board came , and Mock paired his ten on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Kornuth, who would have been counterfeited by the two pair on the board anyway.

David Mock  –  139,000  (174 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  Eliminated

The tournament clock shows 797 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The total prizepool is already worth more than $2.55 million, with another starting flight tomorrow.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level, around 5:30 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1 Entries:  792

Chance Kornuth raised from the button to 1,800, David Mock reraised from the big blind to 7,000, and Kornuth called.

The flop came , Mock checked, Kornuth bet 3,500, and Mock called.

The turn card was the , Mock checked, Kornuth bet 9,000, and Mock called.

The river card paired the board with the , Mock checked, Kornuth bet 25,000 (leaving himself just 1,800 behind), and Mock tanked for a while before he called.

Kornuth showed for a king-high bluff, and Mock turned over to win the pot with two pair, nines and sixes.

David Mock  –  132,000  (165 bb)
Chance Kornuth  –  1,800  (2 bb)

The tournament clock shows 792 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm. The total prizepool is already worth more than $2.53 million, with another starting flight tomorrow.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level, around 5:30 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1 Entries:  750

Ryan Van Sanford got it all in from the button for 16,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Fernando Diaz, who was UTG+1.

The board came , and Diaz won the pot with a pair of aces and his king kicker to eliminate Van Sanford.

Fernando Diaz  –  92,000  (153 bb)
Ryan Van Sanford  –  Eliminated

The tournament clock shows 750 entries so far here on Day 1A, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 9, around 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6, around 5:30 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1 Entries:  735

We have over 700 entries in today’s field when more expected with late registration open for another five hours.

More top players are taking a seat including Erik Seidel, Jessica Dawley, Shawn Deeb, Jonathan Jaffe, Nadyna Magnus, Brian Hastings, and others.