LHPO Day 15 Schedule

Primary Event Schedule

12PM: Day 4 – $3,500 WPT LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)

12PM: Event 50 – $1,700 Deep Stack Seniors 50+ NLH (Re-Entry)

12PM: Event 55 – $400 Triple Stack Six-Max NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 30,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 11 (5:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 55 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 56 – $5,000 Deep Stack Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 56 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 49 Day 2 – $800 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

2PM: Event 57 – $1,100 Deep Stack Six-Max PLO (Re-Entry)

  • Players begin with 20,000 in chips
  • Levels last 30 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 56 Structure Sheet

5PM: Event 58 – $300 Quad Stack Black Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)

  • $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • $3,500 WPT Showdown Championship seat added to 1st place
  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels last 20 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 10 (8:30pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays until completion
  • Event 58 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

10AM: $550 Event 56 Turbo Satellite (1-in-10)

  • Two seats guaranteed into $5,000 buy-in Event 56
  • Players begin with 10,000 in chips
  • Levels last 15 minutes
  • Late registration until start of Level 9 (12:15pm)
  • Structure Sheet

2026 LHPO Schedule and Results

Championship: Ted McNamara and Andrew Ostapchenko Lead the Final 16 Players

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  16 of 1,229

Ted McNamara  (Photo Credit:  Omar Sader/WPT)

Day 4 begins Tuesday at 12:00 noon.

Table 73
Seat 1.  Peter Cross  –  2,950,000  (39 bb)
Seat 2.  Elio Saade  –  4,750,000  (63 bb)
Seat 3.  Juliet Hegedus  –  1,600,000  (21 bb)
Seat 4.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  3,675,000  (49 bb)
Seat 5.  Anatoly Nikitin  –  3,400,000  (45 bb)
Seat 6.  Loni Hui  –  1,775,000  (24 bb)
Seat 7.  Eddie Blumenthal  –  6,850,000  (91 bb)
Seat 8.  Martins Adeniya  –  6,250,000  (83 bb)

Table 74
Seat 1.  Thomas Boivin  –  2,100,000  (28 bb)
Seat 2.  Matthew Koh  –  2,550,000  (34 bb)
Seat 3.  Ted McNamara  –  8,450,000  (116 bb)
Seat 4.  John McDonald  –  3,150,000  (42 bb)
Seat 5.  Jorge Gomez  –  1,900,000  (25 bb)
Seat 6.  Maryon Harper  –  3,450,000  (46 bb)
Seat 7.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  7,350,000  (98 bb)
Seat 8.  Gary Gelman  –  1,175,000  (16 bb)

1st:  $611,700
2nd:  $395,000
3rd:  $295,000
4th:  $220,000
5th:  $167,000
6th:  $127,000
7th:  $98,000
8th:  $76,000
9th-10th:  $60,000
11th-12th:  $49,000
13th-15th:  $40,500
16th:  $33,500

Andrew Ostapchenko  (Photo Credit:  Omar Sader/WPT)

Championship: Ryan Riess Eliminated in 22nd Place by Ted McNamara

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 1,229

Ryan Riess

Action folded to Ryan Riess in the small blind and he completes to 60,000. Ted McNamara raised to 150,000 from the big blind, Riess moved all in for 1,230,000 and McNamara instantly called.

McNamara: AhAc
Riess: 8h8c

Riess ran into a big blind monster and found no save on the AsQs6sTs5h board to go out in 22nd place.

Ted McNamara  –  7,400,000  (123 bb)
Ryan Riess  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($28,000)

Championship: Ken Fishman Eliminated in 23rd Place by Ted McNamara

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,229

Ken Fishman

Ted McNamara opened from his button, Ken Fishman moved all in for about 890,000 and McNamara called with the bigger stack.

McNamara: AdKd
Fishman: Qd5h

Fishman was behind but drawing live, missed the JhTs9d flop but picked up an open-ended straight draw. The 9h turn changed nothing and Fishman was eliminated after the 3d river.

Ted McNamara – 4,500,000 (75 bb)
Ken Fishman – Eliminated in 23rd Place ($28,000)

Championship: Three-Table Redraw

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,229

(Photo Credit: Omar Sader/WPT)

The WPT LHPO Championship reached 23 players and tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats at the last three tables. They will continue until 16 players remain and they will bag up for Day 4 tomorrow.

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Andrew Ostapchenko
Seat 2.  Elio Saade
Seat 3.  Jonathan Jaffe
Seat 4.  Maryon Harper
Seat 5.  Anatoly Nikitin
Seat 6.  Matthew Koh
Seat 7.  Artem Tuliupa
Seat 8.  Giuseppe Iadisernia

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Gary Gelman
Seat 2.  Nicholas Blumenthal
Seat 3.  Mike Vela
Seat 4.  John McDonald
Seat 5.  Darryll Fish
Seat 6.
Seat 7.  Martins Adeniya
Seat 8.  Jorge Gomez

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Juliet Hegedus
Seat 2.  Srivinay Irrinki
Seat 3.  Loni Hui
Seat 4.  Thomas Boivin
Seat 5.  Ryan Riess
Seat 6.  Ted McNamara
Seat 7.  Ken Fishman
Seat 8.  Peter Cross

Remaining payouts and recent results:

1st:  $611,700*
2nd:  $395,000
3rd:  $295,000
4th:  $220,000
5th:  $167,000
6th:  $127,000
7th:  $98,000
8th:  $76,000
9th-10th:  $60,000
11th-12th:  $49,000
13th-15th:  $40,500
16th-19th:  $33,500
20th-23rd:  $28,000

24th:  Milan Patel  –  $23,200
25th:  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  $23,200
26th:  Mike Wetcher  –  $23,200
27th:  Denys Bazeliuk  –  $23,200
28th:  Eric Firestone  –  $23,200
29th:  Kevin Schulz  –  $23,200
30th:  Nadya Magnus  –  $23,200
31st:  Umut Ozturk  –  $23,200

Championship: Martins Adeniya Leads

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 229

Martins Adeniya

The field is down to 28 players and they returned from break with a new leader. Defending champ Martins Adeniya is making a bid to go back-to-back and leads late versus a talented field.

7–1  Martins Adeniya  –  4,535,000  (91 bb)
7–2  Elio Saade  –  2,960,000  (59 bb)
7–3
7–4  Mike Wetcher  –  1,090,000  (22 bb)
7–5  Thomas Boivin  –  1,150,000  (23 bb)
7–6  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  2,625,000  (53 bb)
7–7  Juliet Hegedus  –  2,015,000  (40 bb)
7–8  Milan Patel  –  890,000  (18 bb)

14–1  Jorge Gomez  –  1,400,000  (28 bb)
14–2  Matthew Koh  –  2,935,000  (59 bb)
14–3  Srivinay Irrinki  –  1,375,000  (28 bb)
14–4  Artem Tuliupa  –  1,140,000  (23 bb)
14–5  Ryan Riess  –  850,000  (17 bb)
14–6  Ken Fishman  –  1,755,000  (35 bb)
14–7  Peter Cross  –  2,745,000  (55 bb)
14–8

15–1  Nicholas Blumenthal  –  640,000  (13 bb)
15–2  Eric Firestone  –  1,000,000  (20 bb)
15–3
15–4  Anatoly Nikitin  –  3,705,000  (74 bb)
15–5  Darryll Fish  –  1,990,000  (40 bb)
15–6  Jonathan Jaffe  –  3,095,000  (62 bb)
15–7  Maryon Harper  –  4,455,000  (89 bb)
15–8  Mike Vela  –  2,010,000  (40 bb)

16–1
16–2  Loni Hui  –  640,000  (13 bb)
16–3  Denys Bazeliuk  –  1,140,000  (23 bb)
16–4  Gary Gelman  –  3,060,000  (61 bb)
16–5  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  3,680,000  (74 bb)
16–6  John McDonald  –  3,465,000  (69 bb)
16–7  Ted McNamara  –  3,880,000  (78 bb)
16–8  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  1,055,000  (21 bb)

Championship: Nadya Magnus Eliminated in 30th Place by Maryon Harper

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 229

Nadya Magnus (Photo Credit: Omar Sader/WPT)

Nadya Magnus was all in from the small blind against Maryon Harper and Nicholas Blumenthal. The flop was 8d7d5h and both live players checked. The turn was Js, Harper bet 400,000 and Blumenthal folded.

Harper: JhTh
Magnus: As5d

Harper was ahead with his paired jack and Magnus was eliminated after the 7c river.

Maryon Harper  –  4,565,000  (91 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  Eliminated in 30th Place  ($23,200)

Championship: Four Tables Remain

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 229

Natasha Mercier finished in 39th place

The Championship is quickly down to 32 players at four tables, and blind levels now last 90 minutes until sometime tomorrow when they reach the six-handed final table.

Among the recent eliminations were all-time SHRP wins leader (tied) Yuval Bronshtein, Nick Palma, Natasha Mercier, former chip leader and recently-crowned WPT champ Kharlin Sued, and $2,200 Deep Stack winner Asher Neaman.

33rd:  John Reading  –  $19,400
34th:  Nicholas Palma  –  $19,400
35th:  Samuel Rosen  –  $19,400
36th:  Ekrem Bozkurt  –  $19,400
37th:  Dennis Stevermer  –  $19,400
38th:  Yuval Bronshtein  –  $19,400
39th:  Natasha Mercier  –  $19,400

40th:  Kharlin Sued  –  $16,300
41st:  Michael Pawelek  –  $16,300
42nd:  Saber Salum Penayo  –  $16,300
43rd:  David Jackson  –  $16,300
44th:  Ross Fischer  –  $16,300
45th:  Asher Neaman  –  $16,300
46th:  Tony Hoang  –  $16,300
47th:  Matthew Waxman  –  $16,300

48th:  Lily Kiletto  –  $13,800
49th:  Ludovic Sultan  –  $13,800
50th:  Rafael Reis  –  $13,800
51st:  Conor Bergin  –  $13,800
52nd:  Caio De Lucca  –  $13,800
53rd:  Hayden Toole  –  $13,800
54th:  Jamey Kramer  –  $13,800
55th:  Nicholas Ralph  –  $13,800

Championship: Maryon Harper Continues to Lead After Break

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 229

Maryon Harper

The first break has come and gone and Maryon Harper is still sitting at the top of the chip counts. He’s the only player over four million with Philipe Pizzari Pinto they only other one over three.

1.  Maryon Harper  –  4,395,000  (110 bb)
2.  Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  3,295,000  (82 bb)
3.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  2,505,000  (63 bb)
4.  John McDonald  –  2,450,000  (61 bb)
5.  Ekrem Bozkurt  –  2,310,000  (58 bb)
6.  Elio Saade  –  2,190,000  (55 bb)
7.  Artem Tuliupa  –  2,130,000  (53 bb)
8.  Loni Hui  –  2,120,000  (53 bb)
9.  Martins Adeniya  –  2,105,000  (53 bb)
10.  Ilkin Dostiyev  –  2,050,000  (51 bb)

Championship: More Results

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts  |  Results
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  52 of 229

Brian Altman was unable to add a third WPT LHPO Championship title (this time)

Another pay jump hit when Daniel Swartz was eliminated in 56th place; everyone is now guaranteed at least $13,800, and two-time WPT LHPO champ Brian Altman was among those to fall short today.

56th:  Daniel Swartz  –  $11,500
57th:  Luke Brereton  –  $11,500
58th:  Nancy Birnbaum  –  $11,500
59th:  Brian Altman  –  $11,500
60th:  Robert Lofaso  –  $11,500
61st:  Ken McAdams  –  $11,500
62nd:  Michael Lavenburg  –  $11,500
63rd:  San Dkhuka  –  $11,500