$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,692

The players have returned from break to begin Level 31, with increased blinds of 125,000-250,000 with a 250,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Peter Mugar  –  10,700,000  (43 bb)
Seat 2.  Martin Carnero  –  6,325,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Leonard Hermann  –  8,100,000  (32 bb)
Seat 4.  Daniel Clifford  –  7,175,000  (29 bb)
Seat 5.  Jerry Wong  –  5,350,000  (21 bb)
Seat 6.  Jacob Powers  –  9,775,000  (39 bb)
Seat 7.  Brian Scott  –  12,175,000  (49 bb)
Seat 8.  Taylor Wilson  –  12,225,000  (49 bb)
Seat 9.  Marius Gierse  –  12,750,000  (51 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $850,735 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $569,400
3rd:  $422,185
4th:  $315,935
5th:  $238,635
6th:  $181,950
7th:  $140,055
8th:  $108,850
9th:  $85,410

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 9,400,000 (38 big blinds).

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,692

Leonard Hermann raised from middle position, and Brian Scott called from the button.

The flop came , Hermann bet 400,000, and Scott called.

The turn card was the , Hermann bet 1,200,000, and Scott thought for a while before he moved all in.

Hermann thought for a bit before he called all in for 2,750,000 with for a pair of aces. Scott turned over for a pair of aces with a lower kicker, and Hermann needed to avoid a ten on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Hermann won the pot with his queen kicker to double up in chips.

Leonard Hermann  –  7,600,000  (38 bb)
Brian Scott  –  11,300,000  (57 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 9,400,000 (47 big blinds), and they are guaranteed at least $85,410 each.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,692

Marius Gierse min-raised under the gun to 400,000, and Brian Scott called from the small blind.

The flop came , Scott checked, Gierse bet 300,000, and Scott called.

The turn card was the , Scott checked, Gierse bet 650,000, and Scott called.

The river card was the , Scott checked, and Gierse checked behind. Scott showed to win the pot with a rivered full house, fives full of queens, and Gierse mucked.

Brian Scott  –  15,700,000  (79 bb)
Marius Gierse  –  15,950,000  (80 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 9,400,000 (47 big blinds), and they are guaranteed at least $85,410 each.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,692

Peter Mugar moved all in from the small blind for 3,675,000, and Martin Carnero asked for an exact count before he called from the big blind with .

Mugar turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Mugar spiked a ten on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Peter Mugar  –  7,450,000  (37 bb)
Martin Carnero  –  7,625,000  (38 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 9,400,000 (47 big blinds), and they are guaranteed at least $85,410 each.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,692

Taylor Wilson opened to 425,000 from middle position and it folded to Jerry Wong in the big blind. He moved all in for 3,625,000 and Wilson called.

Wilson:
Wong:

It was a flip and Wong needed his sevens to hold to double up. The board ran out , safe for Wong, and he doubled up.

Jerry Wong – 7,550,000 (38 bb)
Taylor Wilson – 13,900,000 (70 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,692

Jerry Wong min-raised from the hijack to 400,000, Marius Gierse reraised from the big blind to 1,500,000, and Wong tanked for a while before he four-bet all in.

Gierse quickly called all in for 6,675,000 with , and Wong turned over . Gierse needed his queens to hold to stay alive.

The flop came , and Gierse flopped a set of queens to Wong’s gutshot Royal Flush draw.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and the Gierse won the pot with a rivered full house, queens full of sevens, to double up in chips.

Marius Gierse  –  13,650,000  (68 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  3,825,000  (19 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 9,400,000 (47 big blinds), and they are guaranteed at least $85,410 each.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,692

After the elimination of Konstantin Held in 10th place, there was a redraw for random seats at the final table. Here are their approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Peter Mugar  –  4,900,000  (25 bb)
Seat 2.  Martin Carnero  –  11,300,000  (57 bb)
Seat 3.  Leonard Hermann  –  5,800,000  (29 bb)
Seat 4.  Daniel Clifford  –  8,000,000  (40 bb)
Seat 5.  Jerry Wong  –  10,500,000  (53 bb)
Seat 6.  Jacob Powers  –  3,500,000  (18 bb)
Seat 7.  Brian Scott  –  16,450,000  (82 bb)
Seat 8.  Taylor Wilson  –  16,600,000  (83 bb)
Seat 9.  Marius Gierse  –  6,900,000  (35 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $850,735 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $569,400
3rd:  $422,185
4th:  $315,935
5th:  $238,635
6th:  $181,950
7th:  $140,055
8th:  $108,850
9th:  $85,410

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 9,400,000 (47 big blinds), and they are guaranteed at least $85,410 each.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,692

Konstantin Held opened to 400,000 from the button and picked up calls from Brian Scott in the small blind and Jerry Wong in the big.

The flop was , Scott checked, Wong checked, and Held continued for 350,000. Scott checked-raised to 850,000 and Wong folded. Held moved all in and Scott quickly called.

Scott:
Held:

Held flopped trip nines with an ace kicker but was dominated by Scott’s full house nines over kings. A tough cooler and Held could not find a save on the turn or river.

The dealer counted down both stacks, they were very close, and Scott had 100K more than Held. It was 7,850,000 for Scott and 7,750,000 for Held and Held was eliminated in tenth place.

“How does that even happen?” Scott asked after the hand.

Brian Scott – 16,450,000 (82 bb)
Konstantin Held – Eliminated in 10th Place ($85,410)

Tournament staff paused the clock and the last nine players are redrawing seats for the final table.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,692

The players have returned from break to begin Level 30, with increased blinds of 100,000-200,000 with a 200,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 6
Seat 1.  Marius Gierse  –  5,275,000  (26 bb)
Seat 2.  Peter Mugar  –  5,000,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Jacob Powers  –  4,250,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4. 
Seat 5. 
Seat 6.  Taylor Wilson  –  17,475,000  (87 bb)
Seat 7. 
Seat 8.  Martin Carnero  –  11,200,000  (56 bb)

TABLE 7
Seat 1. 
Seat 2.  Leonard Hermann  –  5,400,000  (27 bb)
Seat 3.  Daniel Clifford  –  9,350,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4.   – 
Seat 5.  Konstantin Held  –  8,075,000  (40 bb)
Seat 6.  Brian Scott  –  6,750,000  (34 bb)
Seat 7. 
Seat 8.  Jerry Wong  –  11,100,000  (56 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts, along with the players who have been eliminated so far today:

1st:  $850,735 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $569,400
3rd:  $422,185
4th:  $315,935
5th:  $238,635
6th:  $181,950
7th:  $140,055
8th:  $108,850
9th-10th:  $85,410

11th:  Cero Zuccarello  –  $67,680
12th:  Wasim Assaf  –  $67,680
13th:  Scott Margereson  –  $54,165
14th:  Tyler Stafman  –  $54,165
15th:  Frank Funaro  –  $43,780
16th:  Kharlin Sued  –  $43,780

With 10 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 8,450,000 (42 big blinds).

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 1,692

Jacob Powers raised from the hijack to 300,000, Taylor Wilson reraised from the cutoff to 775,000, and Peter Mugar moved all in from the big blind for 2,225,000.

Powers folded, and Wilson said “Oops” as he asked for an exact count. Wilson called with .

Mugar turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Mugar won the pot with his king kicker to double up in chips.

Peter Mugar  –  5,000,000  (33 bb)
Taylor Wilson  –  17,475,000  (117 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 8,450,000 (56 big blinds), and they are guaranteed at least $85,410 each.