$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  28 of 1,573

David Montoya Mancera raised from the cutoff to 80,000, Tzs Shing reraised from the button to 225,000, and Mancera moved all in for about 1.15 million.

Shing called with , and Mancera turned over . Mancera needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Shing flopped a set of tens and turned a full house to win the pot and eliminate Mancera in 29th place.

Tzs Shing  –  3,250,000  (81 bb)
David Montoya Mancera  –  Eliminated in 29th Place  ($23,110)

With 28 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.25 million (56 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed to earn at least $23,110 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 26 (around 6:45 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 12:30 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 1,573

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least four million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  James Anderson  –  6,505,000  (163 bb)
2.  Carlos Dorca  –  5,960,000  (149 bb)
3.  Matt Bond  –  5,545,000  (139 bb)
4.  Jonathan Lagace Bastien  –  4,110,000  (103 bb)

With 30 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.1 million (53 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed to earn at least $23,110 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 26 (around 6:45 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 12:30 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 1,573

Ivan Zufic was all in from the button for about 350,000 with , but he was dominated by the of Ronnie Bardah, who was under the gun. Zufic needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Bardah to win the pot and eliminate Zufic in 31st place.

Ronnie Bardah  –  2,500,000  (83 bb)
Ivan Zufic  –  Eliminated in 31st Place  ($23,110)

With 30 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.1 million (70 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed to earn at least $23,110 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 26 (around 6:45 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 12:30 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  32 of 1,573

Catching up with the full results list which includes former RRPO $1,100 winner Mike Beasley. The Championship is down to the last four tables and all remaining players are guaranteed at least $23,110.

33rd: Ricardo Eyzaguirre – $19,515
34th: Ryan Hiller Jr – $19,515
35th: Adam Travis – $19,515
36th: Vuong Do – $19,515
37th: Yordan Petrov – $19,515
38th: Joel Gola – $19,515
39th: Rodney Turvin – $19,515
40th: Mike Beasley – $19,515
41st: David Eldridge – $16,660
42nd: Andrew Munier – $16,660

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 1,573

Adam Travis was all in from the hijack for 75,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Matt Bond on the button.

The board came , and Bond paired his king on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Travis in 35th place.

Matt Bond  –  4,920,000  (164 bb)
Adam Travis  –  Eliminated in 35th Place  ($19,515)

With 34 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1.85 million (62 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed to earn at least $19,515 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 26 (around 6:45 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 12:30 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 1,573

Rodney Turvin moved all in under the gun for 430,000, and Darren Elias called from the cutoff with .

Turvin turned over , and he was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came — Turvin turned an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Elias won the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate Turvin in 39th place.

Darren Elias  –  3,580,000  (119 bb)
Rodney Turvin  –  Eliminated in 39th Place  ($19,515)

With 38 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1.66 million (55 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed to earn at least $19,515 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 26 (around 6:45 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 12:30 am.

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 1,573

Jesse Lonis opened to 75,000 from the hijack, Ronnie Bardah called from the cutoff, and David Eldridge called in the big blind to the flop. Eldridge checked, Lonis bet 135,000 to get a fold from Bardah and call from Elridge.

The turn was , Elridge checked, and Lonis bet enough to put Eldridge all in for his last ~550,000. Eldridge called at risk and the cards were tabled.

Lonis:
Eldridge:

Both players flopped a ten but Eldridge was outkicked. The river finished the board and Lonis won the pot with two pair tens and threes to send Eldridge out in 41st place.

Jesse Lonis – 2,200,000 (73 bb)
David Eldridge – Eliminated in 41st Place ($16,660)

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 1,573

The first level of the day has come to an end and the remaining players were sent on a 15-minute break. They will return with blinds at 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante and the average stack is 1,500,000 (50 bb).

43rd: Ronnie Abro – $16,660
44th: Harvey Vandeven – $16,660
45th: Jason Min – $16,660
46th: Ari Shin – $16,660
47th: John Graham – $16,660
48th: Brian Barros Vazquez – $16,660
49th: Gary Herstein – $14,380

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 49 of 1,573

Players are not wasting time mixing it up. We’ve seen 20 of the Day 3 restarters heading to the cage to pick up their Championship cash including 2017 WPT Poker Showdown Championship winner Tony Sinishtaj whose ace-queen ran into the queens of Darren Elias.

50th: Nick Yunis – $14,380
51st: David Datashvili – $14,380
52nd: David Papais – $14,380
53rd: Walter Chambers – $14,380
54th: Dustin Schoonover – $14,380
55th: Eric Vanauken – $14,380
56th: Kenneth Neri Jr – $14,380
57th: John Barr – $12,550
58th: Gary Gelman – $12,550
59th: Nathaniel Bandy – $12,550
60th: Tony Sinishtaj – $12,550
61st: Ross Santos – $12,550
62nd: Philipe Pizzari Pinto – $12,550

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 62 of 1,573

There was a quick spurt of eliminations at the start of play to get the field down to six tables. On Table 10, Jonathan Lagace Bastien limped from the cutoff and Haim Gabay moved all in for 100,000 from the small blind. David Eldridge called in the big blind and Lagace Bastien called as well.

The flop came , Eldridge checked, Lagace Bastien bet 125,000 and Eldridge called. Both live players checked down the turn and river and the hands were revealed.

Lagace Bastien: – pair of sixes
Elridge: ad]] – ace hight
Gabay: – king hight

Tanka was best with his paired six and Gabay was eliminated in 63rd place for $12,550.

63rd: Haim Gabay – $12,550
64th: Joshua Beckley – $12,550
65th: Satoshi Tanaka – $11,075
67th: Mitchell Garshofsky – $11,075
68th: Henry Fischer – $11,075
69th: Michael Beattie – $11,075