$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  19 of 1,692

Taylor Wilson opened from under the gun, Saber Salum Penayo three-bet to 1,300,000 (leaving 100,000 behind) from the next seat over, Jacob Powers four-bet all in for about 3,000,000 from the cutoff, Wilson folded, and Penayo called all in.

Penayo: 
Powers: 

The board ran out , no help to Penayo, ending his tournament in 20th place.

Jacob Powers  –  4,850,000  (49 bb)
Saber Salum Penayo  –  Eliminated in 20th Place  ($35,735)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  20 of 1,692

Martin Carnero raised to 250,000 from the cutoff, Lewe Thiesen three-bet all in for 450,000 in the small blind, and Carnero called.

Carnero: 
Thiesen: 

The board ran out , giving Carnero aces and tens to eliminate Thiesen in 21st place.

Martin Carnero  –  8,600,000  (86 bb)
Lewe Thiesen  –  Eliminated in 21st Place  ($29,480)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 1,692

Matthew Wantman moved all in from the hijack for 550,000, Taylor Wilson moved all in over the top from the button for nearly eight million, and everyone else folded.

Wilson said, “If you have an ace, you’re ahead,” and he showed . Wantman turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Wilson paired his queen on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Wantman in 22nd place.

Taylor Wilson  –  8,600,000  (86 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  Eliminated in 22nd Place  ($29,480)

With 21 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 4,030,000 (40 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,480 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight for as long as it takes to get down to the final two tables (16 players).

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,692

With the board showing on the turn and more than 1.5 million already in the pot, Matthew Wantman checked from the cutoff, Daniel Clifford bet 675,000 from the button, and Wantman thought for a while before he check-raised all in.

Clifford snap-called all in for 2,250,000 with for quad sevens. Wantman turned over , and he was drawing dead.

The meaningless river card was the , and Clifford won the pot with his quad sevens to double up in chips.

Daniel Clifford  –  6,200,000  (62 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  550,000  (6 bb)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 3,845,000 (38 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,480 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight for as long as it takes to get down to the final two tables (16 players).

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,692

Anatoly Nikitin raised from the hijack to 300,000, leaving himself just 25K behind. Wasim Assaf moved all in from the small blind, and Nikitin called all in for 325,000 with .

Assaf turned over , and Nikitin needed his king high to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Nikitin paired his three on the flop and turned trips to win the pot and double up in chips.

Anatoly Nikitin  –  850,000  (9 bb)
Wasim Assaf  –  2,450,000  (25 bb)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 3,845,000 (38 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,480 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight for as long as it takes to get down to the final two tables (16 players).

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,692

Ben Grise raised all in for 550,000 from the hijack, and Martin Careno called on the button.

Grise: 
Carneo: 

The board ran out , giving Grise a pair of kings to double up.

Ben Grise  –  1,350,000  (14 bb)
Martin Carnero  –  5,750,000  (58 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,692

Konstantin Held raised to 200,000 from the hijack, Anatoly Nikitin three-bet to 1,950,000  (leaving 325,000) behind, and Held called.

However, Held mistakenly thought Nikitin was all in, and therefore showed .

The flop came , Nikitin checked, Held bet effectively 325,000, and Nikitin thought for a bit before he open-folded .

Konstantin Held  –  5,200,000  (52 bb)
Anatoly Nikitin  –  325,000  (3 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,692

Konstantin Held raised to 200,000 from the button, Jerry Wong called in the small blind, Cero Zuccarello three-bet all in for 1,500,000 from the big blind, Held reshoved, and Wong folded.

Held: 
Zuccarello: 

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

Cero Zuccarello  –  3,300,000  (33 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  4,450,000  (45 bb)
Konstantin Held  –  3,550,000  (36 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,692

With the final board showing , Jerry Wong moved all in from middle position, and Michael Tweedlie called from the big blind with for a flopped queen-high straight.

But Wong turned over to win the pot with a turned full house, jacks full of eights, eliminating Tweedlie in 23rd place.

Jerry Wong  –  4,700,000  (47 bb)
Michael Tweedlie  –  Eliminated in 23rd Place  ($29,480)

With 22 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 3,845,000 (38 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,480 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight for as long as it takes to get down to the final two tables (16 players).

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,692

Tyler Stafman opened to 200,000 from the hijack, Jordan Sparagana three-bet all in for about 1,500,000 from the button, and Stafman called.

Stafman: 
Sparagana: 

The board ran out , giving Stafman kings full of deuces to eliminate Sparagaa in 24th place.

Tyler Stafman  –  6,025,000  (60 bb)
Jordan Sparagana  –  Eliminated in 24th Place  ($29,480)

With 23 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 3,675,000 (37 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,480 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight for as long as it takes to get down to the final two tables (16 players).