Event 1: Aaron Flores Doubles Thru Yoseph Yehudai and Farid Jattin in Back to Back Hands

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 4,960

Aaron Flores

Yosef Yehudai raised all in with a covering stack from the small blind and Aaron Flores called all in for about 1,100,000 from the big blind.

Yehudai:  7d7s
Flores:  Js9s

The board ran out 2dJdQd4h9h, giving Flores jacks and nines to double up.

The following hand, Flores raised all in for 2,800,000 from the small blind and Farid Jattin called in the big blind.

Flores:  As8s
Jattin:  Ah10c

The board came 10s9s9dJdQh, giving Flores a queen-high straight to double up.

Aaron Flores  –  6,050,000  (20 bb)
Farid Jattin  – 22,500,000  (75 bb)
Yosef Yehudai  –  2,000,000  (7 bb)

Event 1: Brandon Lalloo Doubles Thru Timothy Mulroy

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 4,960

Brandon Lalloo

Timothy Mulroy raised from the hijack, Brandon Lalloo three-bet all in for about 3,000,000 from the button and Mulroy called.

Mulroy:  6h6d
Lalloo:  AsAc

The board ran out Kd2c5hJc5s, safe for Lalloo to double up.

Brandon Lalloo  –  6,750,000  (23 bb)
Timothy Mulroy  –  3,700,000  (12 bb)

Event 1: Christopher Haydt Eliminated in 13th Place by Steve Bridges

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 4,960

Christopher Haydt

Christopher Haydt limped from the small blind and Steve Bridges checked in the big blind.

They checked to the turn of a 10cKc5h5c board where Haydt bet 600,000. Bridges raised all in for a little more than 8 million, sending Haydt into the tank for a little while before he called all in for about 6,600,000.

Haydt:  Jh5s
Bridges:  Qc8c

Bridges was ahead with a flush against Haydt’s trips and held through the 2h river to eliminate Haydt in 13th place.

Steve Bridges  –  15,800,000  (53 bb)
Christopher Haydt  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($14,360)

Event 1: Geremy Labrador Eliminated in 14th Place by Frank Brannan

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 4,960

Geremy Labrador

Geremy Labrador raised all in for about 2,000,000 from middle position and Frank Brannan gave him action from the small blind with 8c8s, racing against Labrador’s Ax9x.

The board ran out 10dJh10s4hKs, no help to Labrador, ending his tournament in 14th place.

Frank Brannan  –  25,600,000  (85 bb)
Geremy Labrador  –  Eliminated in 14th Place  ($14,360)

Event 1: Chris Perry Doubles Thru Aaron Flores

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 4,960

Chris Perry

Chris Perry raised to 725,000 from the hijack and Aaron Flores called from the big blind.

The flop was Kc6d5d and Flores checked to Perry who continued for 600,000. Flores check-raised to 2,000,000, Perry reraised all in for 3,600,000 and Flores called with Qd10d for a flush draw. Perry was ahead with KsJc for a pair of kings.

The 8c turn and 2h river completed the board, no help to Flores, locking up the double for Perry.

Chris Perry  –  9,100,000  (30 bb)
Aaron Flores  –  950,000  (3 bb)

Event 7: Three-Table Redraw

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 343

Ruth Ruffman finished in 33rd place

Another level down and Event 7 reached the last three tables of the tournament. Staff paused the clock and the last 27 redrew seats with the final table as the next stop.

28th: Anthony Toma – $2,075
29th: Adam Johnson – $2,075
30th: Ankit Ahuja – $2,075
31st: Leroy Grant – $2,075
32nd: James Peters – $2,075
33rd: Ruth Ruffman – $2,075
34th: Casey Crews – $2,075
35th: Kevin O’Neil – $2,075
36th: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $2,075

Event 11: Bounty PLO

$400 Black Chip Bounty Pot Limit Omaha (Single Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 1:  100/100 with a 100 ante

More Omaha on the slate today and we’re switching things up at 3 pm. The new trend in Pot Limit Omaha is the introduction of the big blind ante format and Event 11 will utilize it today. In addition to that change, we are also running $100 bounties on every player to keep things interesting.

Players start with 15,000 chips and all levels last 30 minutes. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Leve 9 at 7:30 pm.

It will be a fun tournament and we expect a lot of our Omaha experts in the field.

  • Players begin with 15,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (7:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 11 Structure Sheet

Event 1: Bonus Poker Day

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 4,960

After six starting flights and one long Day 2, we still have 14 players in contention for the LHPO Event 1 title. Down from 4,960 entries to 14 players.

They return this afternoon at 3 pm to play it all the way down to a winner with Frank Brannan and Farid Jattin holding a massive lead on the other 12 players. But the structure is slow and there’s plenty of time for players to catch them.

Everyone is guaranteed at least $14,360 but that $368,855 top prize is sitting there waiting for someone to claim it.

Returning chip counts:

  1. Frank Brannan – 23,750,000 (79 bb)
  2. Farid Jattin – 21,275,000 (71 bb)
  3. Christopher Haydt – 9,775,000 (33 bb)
  4. Steve Bridges – 7,200,000 (24 bb)
  5. Timothy Mulroy – 5,275,000 (18 bb)
  6. Chris Perry – 5,175,000 (17 bb)
  7. Aaron Flores – 4,925,000 (16 bb)
  8. Yoseph Yehudai – 3,950,000 (13 bb)
  9. Jeremy Pappano – 3,775,000 (13 bb)
  10. Brandon Lalloo – 3,650,000 (12 bb)
  11. Dustin Nelson – 2,775,000 (9 bb)
  12. Eric Siegel – 2,725,000 (9 bb)
  13. Geremy Labrador – 2,500,000 (8 bb)
  14. Rachael Pampinella – 2,125,000 (7 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st:  $368,855 + LHPO trophy
2nd:  $235,680
3rd:  $175,540
4th:  $141,855
5th:  $113,485
6th:  $87,695
7th:  $59,320
8th:  $45,650
9th-10th:  $30,095
11th-12th:  $20,055
13th-14th:  $14,360

Event 7: Down to Four Tables

$1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 343

Ricardo Eyzaguirre

With the money bubble bursting shortly before the end of Day 1, there was no time for the shorter stacks to mix it up before bagging. That changed at the start of Day 2 and the field quickly dropped to four tables after the restart.

35th: Kevin O’Neil – $2,075
36th: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $2,075

37th: Benjamin Dobson – $1,700
38th: Stacey Manning – $1,700
39th: Brandon Navarette – $1,700
40th: Charbel Azz – $1,700
41st: Larry Klur – $1,700
42nd: Thomas Elder – $1,700
43rd: Sean Miller – $1,700