$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  345 of 1,692

Miles Reinhard got it all in from the small blind for 70,000 with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the of William Criego in the big blind.

The board came , and the deuces held up for Reinhard to win the pot and double up in chips.

Miles Reinhard  –  145,000  (29 bb)
William Criego  –  60,000  (12 bb)

With about 345 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 245,000 (49 big blinds). The final 212 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,915 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:35 pm), and 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 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  360 of 1,692

Here are some of the chip counts from around the room:

Blake Whittington  –  735,000  (184 bb)
Imari Love  –  475,000  (119 bb)
Chris Csik  –  450,000  (113 bb)
Stephen Brite  –  415,000  (104 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  395,000  (99 bb)
Joe McKeehen  –  395,000  (99 bb)
Gil Aboodi  –  365,000  (91 bb)
Spencer Champlin  –  360,000  (90 bb)
Jesse Lonis  –  330,000  (83 bb)
Jake Ferro  –  320,000  (80 bb)
Jon Borenstein  –  300,000  (75 bb)
Sam Panzica  –  290,000  (73 bb)
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  235,000  (59 bb)
Kathy Liebert  –  230,000  (58 bb)
Stanley Lee  –  200,000  (50 bb)
Frank Stepuchin  –  200,000  (50 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan  –  195,000  (49 bb)
Francis Anderson  –  150,000  (38 bb)
Matthew Wantman  –  150,000  (38 bb)
Billy Pilossoph  –  115,000  (29 bb)
Nadya Magnus  –  100,000  (25 bb)
Adam Adler  –  80,000  (20 bb)
Paulina Loeliger  –  70,000  (18 bb)
Bala Patur  –  45,000  (11 bb)
Faraz Jaka  –  40,000  (10 bb)

With about 360 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 235,000 (59 big blinds). The final 212 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,915 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:35 pm), and 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 13:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  423 of 1,692

The players have returned from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 with a 4,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 600K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Justin Brain  –  685,000  (171 bb)
2.  Konstantin Held  –  673,000  (168 bb)
3.  Christopher Frank  –  646,000  (162 bb)
4.  Tyler Stafman  –  609,000  (152 bb)

With about 420 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 201,000 (50 big blinds). The final 212 players will finish in the money, earning at least $5,915 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:35 pm), and 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 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  441 of 1,692

Championship players are taking their first break of the day with approximately 441 players remaining. They are creeping toward the money bubble with 212 of them getting paid but they still have some work to get done.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 12:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  468 of 1,692

The cutoff was down to 13,000 and open-shipped. Jorge Gomez raised to 30,000 from the button and the blinds folded.

Gomez:
Cutoff:

It was a race and Gomez’s tens held on the board when the local made an overkill set on the river.

Jorge Gomez – 123,500 (41 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  522 of 1,692

With 25K in the pot and the board reading , Kristen Foxen checked from the big blind and Tongguang Sun checked behind on the button.

The river was , Foxen bet 18,500 and Sun thought for a minute before he called. Foxen flashed to Sun and the table for two pair sixes and five to take the pot.

Kristen Foxen – 117,500 (47 bb)
Tongguang Sun – 112,500 (45 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  522 of 1,692

Michael Chiappetta and Daniel Mulhall were heads up to the flop and Chiappetta committed his entire stack of 145,000 from the small blind. Mulhall had the bigger stack and had Chiappetta at risk early in the day.

Chiappetta:
Mulhall:

Chiappetta flopped a set of eights but Mulhall was bigger with his flopped ten-high straight. Chiapetta needed the board to pair and it did in a big way with the turn giving him quad eights. The river finished the board and Chiappetta doubled up.

Michael Chiappetta – 308,500 (123 bb)
Daniel Mulhall – 205,500 (82 bb)

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  579 of 1,692

Sometimes you find a rougher table than the normal in a room with 579 players starting at once.

Table 48 is that one today.

In addition to Day 2 chip leader Gil Aboodi in the 1-seat, the next three seats have James Gilbert, Brian Hastings, and James Calderaro. Across the way is Darren Elias and Nick Palma sits in the middle of them.

Adding things up, that is eight WSOP bracelets and five WPT titles and five WSOP Circuit rings at one table.

GG

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  579 of 1,692

At noon on the dot, tournament staff put cards back in the air for the LHPO Championship with 579 players remaining and one of them will walk away with more than $850K at some point on Tuesday.

They will play the first two levels of the day before taking a break from the action.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 11:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Players Remaining:  579 of 1,692

The 2023 LHPO Championship drew 1,692 entries and 579 players made it through to Day 2. They return today at noon and the first order of business will be to get them into the money. Only 212 of them will cash, so it will take a while.

But once there, they are guaranteed at least $5,915 and in contention for more than $850K for the win.

They will play ten levels at one hour each, with a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16. Blinds start at 1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante and the average stack is about 146,000 (58 bb).

Top ten returning stacks:

1. Gil Aboodi – 574,500 (230 bb)
2. Joseph McArthur – 495,000 (198 bb)
3. Vik Singh – 488,500 (195 bb)
4. John Ypma – 483,500 (193 bb)
5. Javier Gomez Marquez – 451,000 (180 bb)
6. Anthony Spinella – 442,000 (177 bb)
7. Nicholas Tucker – 438,500 (175 bb)
8. Romeo Mendoza – 431,000 (172 bb)
9. Imari Love – 405,000 (162 bb)
10. Nathan Russler – 403,500 (161 bb)

Day 2 Seats | Day 2 Chips | Payouts