$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  162 of 1,692

172nd:  Raffaello Locatelli  –  $6,160
173rd:  Ariel Rosello  –  $6,160
174th:  Fabian Gumz  –  $6,160
175th:  Maksim Rozenfeld  –  $6,160
176th:  Florian Gaugusch  –  $6,160
177th:  Javier Gomez Marquez  –  $6,160
178th:  Barry Roth  –  $6,160
179th:  Mihails Morozovs  –  $6,160
180th:  Ryan Depaulo  –  $6,160
181st:  Arsenii Karmatchkii  –  $6,160
182nd:  Cliff Maloney  –  $6,160
183rd:  Jeremy Becker  –  $6,160
184th: Joe Serock  –  $6,160
185th:  Brian Murphy  –  $6,160
186th:  Christopher Lewis  –  $6,160
187th:  Ramin Hajiyev  –  $6,160
188th:  Nicholas Tucker  –  $6,160
189th:  Hagai Stein  –  $6,160

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  162 of 1,692

Imari Love  –  1,480,000  (123 bb)
Marius Gierse  –  1,050,000  (88 bb)
Nichola Verderamo  –  950,000  (79 bb)
Sebastiaan De Jonge  –  870,000  (73 bb)
Landon Tice  –  860,000  (72 bb)
Joey Weissman  –  810,000  (68 bb)
Frank Funaro  –  790,000  (66 bb)
Martin Zamani  –  750,000  (63 bb)
Erik Cajelais  –  710,000  (59 bb)
Chris Tryba  –  650,000  (54 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  530,000  (44 bb)
Blake Whittington  –  520,000  (43 bb)
Darren Rabinowitz  –  510,000  (43 bb)
Jerry Wong  –  510,000  (43 bb)
Nir Cohen  –  510,000  (43 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  410,000  (34 bb)
Spencer Champlin  –  405,000  (34 bb)
Howard Feingold  –  390,000  (33 bb)
Stephen Song  –  370,000  (31 bb)
A.J. Kelsall  –  350,000  (29 bb)
Sean Shah  –  270,000  (23 bb)
Fred Paradis  –  270,000  (23 bb)
Scott Levitt  –  230,000  (19 bb)
Scott Bohlman  –  220,000  (18 bb)
Ziya Rahim  –  210,000  (18 bb)
Todd Ivens  –  190,000  (16 bb)
Billy Pilossoph  –  180,000  (15 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  162 of 1,692

Jake Ferro raised under the gun to 25,000, Sean Shah called from the hijack, Darren Rabinowitz called from the cutoff, and Sheldon Libfeld moved all in from the button for 185,000.

Ferro folded, and Shah moved all in over the top for about 418,000. Rabinowitz quickly folded.

Libfeld turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive against Shah’s .

The board came , and Libfeld paired his king on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Sheldon Libfeld  –  450,000  (38 bb)
Sean Shah  –  233,000  (19 bb)

With about 162 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 522,000 (44 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $6,400 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (about 12:25 am).

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  171 of 1,692

After a flop of , the player in the small blind bet 15,000, Jake Ferro called from the big blind, and Christopher Frank raised UTG+1 to 100,000.

The player in the small blind went into the tank for a very long time, until eventually another player called for a clock. A floorperson arrived, and the countdown went all the way to zero, and the small blind’s hand was killed.

Ferro thought for a moment or two before he called Frank’s raise.

The turn card paired the board with the , and both players checked.

The river card was the , Ferro bet 100,000, and Frank snap-called. Ferro showed for a seven-high straight, and Frank mucked his cards. Ferro won the pot.

Jake Ferro  –  1,055,000  (88 bb)
Christopher Frank  –  1,000,000  (83 bb)

With about 171 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 495,000 (41 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $6,400 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (about 12:25 am).

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  174 of 1,692

190th:  Paul Balzano  –  $6,000
191st:  Daniel Mulhall  –  $6,000
192nd:  Gediminas Uselis  –  $6,000
193rd:  Gregory Anda  –  $6,000
194th:  Roman Pipman  –  $6,000
195th:  Sundiata Devore  –  $6,000
196th:  Jon Gottlieb  –  $6,000
197th:  Paul Gellenbeck  –  $6,000
198th:  Luke Graham  –  $6,000
199th:  Richard Whitebrook  –  $6,000
200th:  Gabriel Abusada  –  $6,000
201st:  Nancy Birnbaum  –  $6,000
202nd: Richard Yau  –  $6,000
203rd:  Steven Rivero  –  $6,000
204th:  Ken Aldridge  –  $6,000
205th:  Bohdan Slyvinskyi  –  $6,000
206th:  Victor Nissim  –  $6,000
207th:  Aaron Kupin  –  $6,000

208th:  Nicholas Agnew  –  $5,915
209th:  Aaron Steury  –  $5,915
210th:  Zhen Cai  –  $5,915
211th:  Ryan Eriquezzo  –  $5,915
212th:  Curtis King  –  $5,915

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  186 of 1,692

Ramin Hajiyev was all in from the button for about 80,000 against Kharlin Sued in early position.

Hajiyev: 
Sued: 

The board came , no help to Hajiyev, locking up pot for Sued.

Kharlin Sued  –  610,000  (61 bb)
Ramin Hajiyev  –  Eliminated in 187th Place  ($6,160)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  190 of 1,692

Christopher Frank  –  1,210,000  (121 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  1,140,000  (114 bb)
Jake Ferro  –  840,000  (84 bb)
Glen Cressman  –  710,000  (71 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  703,000  (70 bb)
Kevin Garosshen  –  610,000  (61 bb)
Javier Gomez Marquez  –  600,000  (60 bb)
Kurt Lichtman  –  520,000  (52 bb)
James Carroll  –  510,000  (51 bb)
Joseph Cappello  –  430,000  (43 bb)
Saber Salum Penayo  –  390,000  (39 bb)
Jeff Trudeau  –  380,000  (38 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  380,000  (38 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  370,000  (37 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  350,000  (35 bb)
Bryce McVay  –  290,000  (29 bb)
Timothy Little  –  270,000  (27 bb)
Ryan Remington  –  260,000  (26 bb)
Stanley Lee  –  210,000  (21 bb)
Lyle Diamond  –  200,000  (20 bb)
Chris Lewis  –  160,000  (16 bb)
Jeff Madsen  –  160,000  (16 bb)
Fabian Gumz  –  150,000  (15 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  130,000  (13 bb)
Anthony Spinella  –  70,000  (7 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  212 of 1,692

As the tables play down their hands in progress, another player is eliminated before hand-for-hand play could begin.

The tournament staff verified the number of players remaining, and the field is now in the money!

As a reminder, here are the payouts:

1st:  $850,735 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $569,400
3rd:  $422,185
4th:  $315,935
5th:  $238,635
6th:  $181,950
7th:  $140,055
8th:  $108,850
9th-10th:  $85,410
11th-12th:  $67,680
13th-14th:  $54,165
15th-16th:  $43,780
17th-20th:  $35,745
21st-24th:  $29,480
25th-32nd:  $24,570
33rd-40th:  $20,690
41st-48th:  $17,605
49th-56th:  $15,140
57th-64th:  $13,155
65th-72nd:  $11,560
73rd-80th:  $10,270
81st-90th:  $9,225
91st-99th:  $8,380
100th-117th:  $7,700
118th-135th:  $7,155
136th-153rd:  $6,725
154th-171st:  $6,400
172nd-189th:  $6,160
190th-207th:  $6,000
208th-212th:  $5,915

With 212 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 399,000 (40 big blinds). Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (about 12:30 am).

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  213 of 1,692

A player raised under the gun to 21,000, Pete Chen reraised from middle position to 78,000, and his opponent called.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of , his opponent bet 75,000, and Chen called.

The river card was the , his opponent checked, Chen bet 280,000, and his opponent called. Chen turned over to win the pot with a king-high flush, and his opponent mucked.

Pete Chen  –  1,235,000  (124 bb)

As this hand was ending, the tournament staff announced that dealers should finish the hand in progress and then stop, as the field is now on the Money Bubble.

With 213 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 397,000 (40 big blinds). The final 212 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,915 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (about 12:30 am).

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  215 of 1,692

Joe McKeehen opened to 22,000 from early position, Deividas Daubaris three-bet to 60,000 from middle position, and McKeehen called.

The flop was , and McKeehen check-called 34,000 from Daubaris.

The turn was the , and McKeehen check-called 114,000 from Daubaris.

The river was the , and both checked.

McKeehen tabled for aces and queens, Daubaris mucked, and McKeehen collected the pot.

Joe McKeehen  –  1,040,000  (104 bb)
Deivida Daubaris  –  260,000  (26 bb)