$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 1,573

Jesse Lonis opened to 500,000 from the cutoff and Ronnie Bardah three-bet to 1,700,000 from the big blind. Lonis four-bet shoved for 6,200,000 and Bardah called.

Bardah:
Lonis:

Lonis ran into a monster and nothing on the board could save his Championship. He was sent out in fifth place while Bardah moved into the chip lead.

Ronnie Bardah – 22,275,000 (111 bb)
Jesse Lonis – Eliminated in 5th Place ($223,895)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,573

Action folded to Robel Andemichael on the button and he moved all in for 2,800,000. Ronnie Bardah called in the small blind and Ilyas Muradi folded his big.

Andemichael:
Bardah:

It was a race that Andemichael needed to win to stay in the Championship. The dealer ran out the board and Andemichael improved to a set of eights to double up.

Robel Andemichael – 6,000,000 (30 bb)
Ronnie Bardah – 15,825,000 (79 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,573

Action folded to Ilyas Muradi in the small blind and he raised to 650,000. Jesse Lonis raised to 1,700,000 from the big blind and Muradi called after using one time chip

The flop was and Muradi checked. Lonis bet 1,600,000, Muradi used another time chip and raised to 3,200,000. Lonis used a time chip of his old then folded his hand.

Ilyas Muradi – 14,300,000 (72 bb)
Jesse Lonis – 6,725,000 (34 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,573

Ronnie Bardah opened to 475,000 from under the gun and Robel Andemichael called in the big blind. The flop was , Andemichael checked, Bardah continued for 400,000 and Andemichael called.

The turn card was and both players checked. The river came , Andemichael checked, and Bardah bet 1,000,000. Andemichael check-raised to 3,200,000 and Bardah used three time chips before he called.

Bardah:
Andemichael:

Bardah took the big pot with his paired ace against Andemichael’s pair of fours and turned open-ended straight/flush draw.

Ronnie Bardah – 18,875,000 (94 bb)
Robel Andemichael – 3,350,000 (17 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,573

Jess Lonis opened to 500,000 from under the gun and Philip Shing moved all in from the button for 4,400,000. Ronnie Bardah called from the small blind and Lonis folded.

Bardah:
Shing:

Shing was in tough shape with his hand dominated by the queens and he never found a sweat as the board ran out . Shing was eliminated in sixth place while Bardah built the second biggest stack at the table.

Ronnie Bardah – 14,975,000 (75 bb)
Philip Shing – Eliminated in 6th Place ($168,990)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,573

After the elimination of Andy Hwang, the final table was reset with each player getting a new, fresh stack of eight time chips. Francis Margaglione continues to lead way out front with Robel Andemichael now in second.

Average stack is now 10,225,000 for 51 big blinds.

Seat 1: Robel Andemichael – 11,225,000 (56 bb)
Seat 2: Philip Shing – 4,400,000 (22 bb)
Seat 3: Ronnie Bardah – 8,850,000 (44 bb)
Seat 4: Ilyas Muradi – 9,675,000 (48 bb)
Seat 5: Jesse Lonis – 8,600,000 (43 bb)
Seat 6: Francis Margaglione – 18,575,000 (93 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $809,515 (includes a $15,000 entry to the 2021 WPT Baccarat Crystal TOC)
2nd: $529,690
3rd: $392,430
4th: $293,510
5th: $223,895
6th: $168,990

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,573

Jesse Lonis opened to 500,000 from under the gun, Francis Margaglione called next to act, and Andy Hwang followed with a shove for 2,700,000. Lonis folded and chip leader Margaglione called.

Margaglione:
Hwang:

Margaglione was ahead and Hwang needed to improve to stay in the game. The board ran out , Margaglione’s sevens held, and Hwang fell short of his second WPT title.

Francis Margaglione – 18,575,000 (93 bb)
Andy Hwang – Eliminated in 7th Place ($115,630)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

Another level down, another break, and another raising of the blinds. Francis Margaglione continues to lead the field with Andy Hwang dropping below 20 bigs to be our first player in a touch of danger.

Blinds will be 100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante and the average stacks is 8,800,000 (44 bb).

Seat 1: Robel Andemichael – 6,475,000 (32 bb)
Seat 2: Philip Shing – 4,400,000 (22 bb)
Seat 3: Ronnie Bardah – 8,950,000 (45 bb)
Seat 4: Ilyas Muradi – 10,075,000 (50 bb)
Seat 5: Jesse Lonis – 11,850,000 (59 bb)
Seat 6: Francis Margaglione – 16,375,000 (82 bb)
Seat 7: Andy Hwang – 3,200,000 (16 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $809,515 (includes a $15,000 entry to the 2021 WPT Baccarat Crystal TOC)
2nd: $529,690
3rd: $392,430
4th: $293,510
5th: $223,895
6th: $168,990
7th: $115,630

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

On the last hand before break, Andy Hwang opened to 300,000 from the cutoff to get calls from Philip Shing and Ronnie Bardah in the blinds. The flop was , Shing and Bardah checked, Hwang bet 375,000 and only Bardah stuck around.

The turn was , Bardah checked, Hwang bet 525,000 and Bardah called after using one time chip. The river was , Bardah checked again, Hwang bet 1,400,000 and Bardah check-raised all in. Hwang was the shorter of the two stacks and folded.

Ronnie Bardah – 8,950,000 (60 bb)
Andy Hwang – 3,200,000 (21 bb)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,573

Ronnie Bardah opened to 375,000 and Jesse Loni raised to 1,000,000 from the cutoff. The rest of the table folded, Bardah three-bet to 2,100,000 and Lonis moved all in for 5,700,000 to get a snap call from Bardah with the bigger stack.

Lonis:
Bardah:

It was a cooler for Bardah and the gave Lonis the overkill set to double up.

Jesse Lonis – 11,775,000 (79 bb)
Ronnie Bardah – 6,050,000 (40 bb)