$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  117 of 1,229

A scan of the stacks during the break revealed 11 players with at least 1.2 million in chips.

1.  Samuel Rosen  –  2,220,000  (148 bb)
2.  Artem Tuliupa  –  1,855,000  (124 bb)
3.  Asher Neaman  –  1,730,000  (115 bb)
4.  Loni Hui  –  1,675,000  (112 bb)
5.  Eric Firestone  –  1,570,000  (105 bb)
6.  Maryon Harper  –  1,500,000  (100 bb)
7.  Ted McNamara  –  1,495,000  (100 bb)
8.  Kharlin Sued  –  1,305,000  (87 bb)
9.  Caio De Lucca  –  1,285,000  (86 bb)
10.  Anatoly Nikitin  –  1,270,000  (85 bb)
11.  Andrew Ostapchenko  –  1,205,000  (80 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  123 of 1,229

124th:  Tal Rothman  –  $6,400
125th:  Elliott Kampen  –  $6,400
126th:  Justin Fawcett  –   $6,400
127th:  Yilmaz Yosul  –  $6,400
128th:  Santiago Garza  –  $6,400
129th:  Niall Costigan  –  $6,400
130th:  Michael Wang  –  $6,400
131st:  Satya Vegi  –  $6,400
132nd:  Russell Dizer  –  $6,400
133rd:  Christopher Arcidiacono  –  $6,400
134th: Yoseph Yehudai  –  $6,400
135th:  Jake Schwartz  –  $6,400
136th: Ricardo Villasmil Esparaza  –  $6,400
137th:  Jordan Miller  –  $6,400
138th:  Aaron Thivyanathan  –  $6,400
139th:  Christopher Cornell  –  $6,400
140th:  Andrzej Rogowski  –  $6,400
141st:  Gili Simon  –  $6,400
142nd:  Maksim Pisarenko  –  $6,400
143rd:                                         $6,400
144th:  Sinead Davenport  –  $6,400
145th:  David Kim  –  $6,400
146th:  Corey Quinn  –  $6,400
147th:  Chad Wassmuth  –  $6,400
148th:  Max Kingstone  –  $6,400
149th:  Sergio Giha  –  $6,400
150th:  Tomislav Krizanic  –  $6,400
151st:  Paul Fisher  –  $6,400
152nd:  Steven Piper  –  $6,400
153rd:  Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  $6,400
154th:  Paulina Loeliger  –  $6,400

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  137 of 1,229

Anatoly Nikitin  –  1,500,000
Mike Vela  –  805,000
Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  800,000
Nicholas Palma  –  790,000
Juliet Hegedus  –  710,000
Jesse Lonis  –  660,000
Nenad Medic  –  650,000
Artem Metalidi  –  620,000
Luke Brereton  –  600,000
Howard Mash  –  415,000
Philipe Pizzari Pinto  –  380,000
Joey Weissman  –  340,000
Jordan Westmorland  –  300,000
Joe McKeehen  –  290,000
Jorge Gomez  –  280,000
Raminder Singh  –  270,000
Thomas Boivin  –  260,000
Brian Altman  –  190,000
Elliott Kampen  –  180,000
Gary Gelman  –  170,000
Martins Adeniya  –  170,000
James Pillon  –  130,000
Maksim Pisarenko  –  55,000

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  154 of 1,229

On Hand #7 of hand-for-hand play, a short-stacked player was all in for 24,000 under the gun with against Rafael Reis in middle position holding .

The board ran out , safe for Reis to score the elimination and send the remaining field into the money.

Rafael Reis  –  356,000  (36 bb)

With 154 players remaining from the field of 1,229 entries, the average stack is about 399,000 (39 bb). The remaining players are guaranteed a min-cash of $6,400.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  155 of 1,229

Jonathan Jaffe raised to 22,000 in the hijack, Alex Yen called on the button, Zhen Cai three-bet to 90,000 in the small blind, Jaffe four-bet all in for 193,000, and Cai called.

Jaffe: 
Cai: 

The board ran out , safe for Jaffe to double up.

Jonathan Jaffe  –  428,000  (43 bb)
Zhen Cai  –  214,000  (21 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  155 of 1,229

A player in early position raised to 30,000, Nick Yunis three-bet to 80,000 in the hijack, the early-position player reraised all in for about 320,000, and Yunis called all in for 281,000 with , leading his opponent’s .

The board ran out , giving Yunis a set of aces to double through his opponent.

Nick Yunis  –  607,000  (61 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  157 of 1,229

Caio De Lucca raised to 20,000 from under the gun, Kharlin Sued three-bet to 65,000 in middle position, De Lucca four-bet to 170,000, and Sued called.

The flop was , De Lucca continued for 90,000, and Sued called.

The turn was the , De Lucca bet about 350,000, and Sued folded.

Caio De Lucca  –  945,000  (95 bb)
Kharlin Sued  –  1,370,000  (137 bb)

With 157 players remaining from the field of 1,229 entries, the average stack is about 391,000 (39 bb). The final 154 players will finish in the money.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  160 of 1,229

It was a race between the money bubble and the dinner break and it was close. In the end, Level 16 wrapped up with 160 players remaining and 154 set to make the money.

They will return at 8 pm with Action Clocks in play and a few eliminations from going hand-for-hand on the bubble.

The chip leaders at the moment are Kharlin Sued with 1,599,000  (160 bb) and Asher Neaman with 1,508,000  (151 bb).

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  204 of 1,229

With the board out and complete and reading , Mark Tarich bet 50,000 from middle position and Cory Rock raised to 110,000 next to act.

Tarich didn’t think long before he moved all in and Rock made a little jump in his seat. He had 51,000 behind after his bet and talked his way through the hand.

“I don’t know if I can fold this, boys,” Rock told the table.

After another minute, Rock called and said, “Show me your eights.”

Tarich turned over for a flopped full house and Rock’s nut flush with was no good.

Mark Tarich – 690,000 (115 bb)
Cory Rock – Eliminated

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
Prize Pool:  $3,932,800  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  205 of 1,229

The second break ended and we still have Kharlin Sued leading the Championship. He is up to 1,113,000 and followed by Ken McAdams, Mike Wetcher, and Ilkin Dostiyev.

They will work through two more levels before enjoying their 90-minute dinner break. There’s also a decent chance the money bubble hits before then.

1.  Kharlin Sued  –  1,113,000  (186 bb)
2.  Ken McAdams  –  1,050,000  (175 bb)
3.  Mike Wetcher  –  1,002,000  (167 bb)
4.  Ilkin Dostiyev  –  863,000  (144 bb)