$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  765

Registration remains open for another hour and 45 minutes, but the total field size is up to 765 entries, which means the prizepool is now worth more than $5 million!

The official prizepool and payouts will be released tonight after registration closes. How high will it get?

Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm, and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  737

Igor Tretyakov  –  195,000
Rogen Chhabra  –  135,000
Glen Cressman  –  127,000
Martha Wolak  –  113,000
Alex Keating  –  96,000
Yaser Al-Keliddar  –  90,000
Fernando Pages  –  88,000
Josh Reichard  –  73,000
Jake Schwartz  –  68,000
Sam Sternfield  –  65,000
Jorge Gomez  –  63,000
Steve Buckner  –  63,000
Adam Adler  –  58,000
Leon Sturm  –  55,000
Brian Altman  –  54,000
Ryan Depaulo  –  53,000
Andrew Ostapchenko  –  52,000
Yuval Bronshtein  –  48,000
Aaron Massey  –  33,000
Jeremy Ausmus  –  28,000

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  737

The players return from dinner to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a 1,000 ante.

A scan of the field during the dinner break turned up five players with at least 250K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Diaz Gilbert  –  297,400  (297 bb)
2.  Chris Csik  –  295,000  (295 bb)
3.  Sandy Tabin  –  291,000  (291 bb)
4.  Michael Elbilia  –  284,600  (285 bb)
5.  Joe McNeely  –  279,300  (279 bb)

The tournament clock shows 737 entries so far today, for a tournament total of 1,539, which means the prizepool will be worth more than $4.92 million, more than doubling the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1B Entries:  714

Level 6 came to an end, and the players left for their 90-minute dinner break. Action is scheduled to resume at 7:00 pm EST.

Diaz Gilbert appears to be the chipleader at the dinner break with 297,400 (297 big blinds).

The tournament clock shows 714 entries so far today, for a tournament total of 1,516, which means the prizepool will be worth more than $4.85 million, more than doubling the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  712

The player on the button got it all in preflop with , but needed to improve to stay alive against the of Stephen Song in the big blind.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Song to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Stephen Song  –  78,000  (98 bb)

The tournament clock shows 712 entries so far today, for a tournament total of 1,514, which means the prizepool will be worth more than $4.84 million, more than doubling the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (5:30 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with a 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  703

Just a reminder that registration remains open until the start of Level 9, which will be around 9:15 pm tonight. This is the final starting flight, and this will be your last chance to take a shot at this massive prizepool that is approaching the $5 million mark.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (5:30 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 6:  400/800 with an 800 ante
Day 1B Entries:  700

With the final board showing on the river and more than 25K already in the pot, the UTG+1 player checked, Andy Frankenberger bet 30,000 from the button, and his opponent tanked for a while before he called with for two pair, jacks and tens.

But Frankenberger turned over to win the pot with a rivered full house, nines full of jacks.

The UTG+1 player said, “Wow, sick. Nice hand.”

Andy Frankenberger  –  150,000  (188 bb)

The tournament clock shows 700 entries so far today, for a tournament total of 1,502, which means the prizepool will be worth more than $4.80 million, more than doubling the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after this level (5:30 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  670

Vladimir Grechnikov raised under the gun to 1,200, a player in middle position called, and the big blind moved all in for 2,700. Grechnikov four-bet it to 7,600, and the player in middle position thought for a bit before he called.

There was 9,000 in the main pot, and another 9,800 in the side pot between Grechnikov and the middle-position player.

The flop came , Grechnikov bet 2,400, and his opponent called.

The turn card paired the board with the , Grechnikov bet 10,000, and his opponent folded. Grechnikov took the side pot.

For the main pot, the big blind turned over , and she needed to catch an ace or a ten on the river to stay alive against Grechnikov’s .

The river card double-paired the board with the , and Grechnikov won the pot with two pair, kings and eights, to eliminate the big blind.

Vladimir Grechnikov  –  67,000  (112 bb)

The tournament clock shows 670 entries so far today, for a tournament total of 1,472, which means the prizepool will be worth more than $4.71 million, more than doubling the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (5:30 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  663

With the board showing on the turn, Juan Fernandes got it all in from the big blind for 9,700 with for an open-ended straight-flush draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of the UTG player, who had him covered by just 3,300 in chips.

The river card was the , and Fernandes completed his heart flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Juan Fernandes  –  32,000  (53 bb)

The tournament clock shows 663 entries so far today, for a tournament total of 1,465, which means the prizepool will be worth more than $4.68 million, more than doubling the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (5:30 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 5:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Day 1B Entries:  649

Here are some updated chip counts from around the room:

Joey Weissman  –  150,000  (250 bb)
James Romero  –  145,000  (242 bb)
Alex Foxen  –  120,000  (200 bb)
Rafael Reis  –  120,000  (200 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  120,000  (200 bb)
Corey Hochman  –  115,000  (192 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  110,000  (183 bb)
Jeff Madsen  –  80,000  (133 bb)
Jorge Gomez  –  60,000  (100 bb)
Aaron Kupin  –  52,000  (87 bb)
Aaron Thivyanathan  –  47,000  (78 bb)
T.K. Miles  –  29,000  (48 bb)
Will Failla  –  25,000  (42 bb)
Kyle Julius – 25,000  (42 bb)
Hal Rotholz  –  22,000  (37 bb)

The tournament clock shows 649 entries so far today, for a tournament total of 1,451, which means the prizepool will be worth more than $4.64 million, more than doubling the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 (5:30 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.