$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 315 of 802
The player in the cutoff opened to 4,500, Scott Bohlman three-bet to 13,000 from the button, the cutoff four-bet to 35,000, Bohlman five-bet all in for 87,000, and the cutoff called with 
. Bohlman was ahead with 
.
The board ran out 
, giving Bohlman a set of kings to double up.
Scott Bohlman – 179,000 (80 bb)
$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining: 360 of 802
Nick Verderamo raised to 4,500 from the hijack, Adam Hendrix three-bet to 20,000 from the big blind, Verderamo four-bet all in for 90,000, and Hendrix called.
Verderamo: 
Hendrix:
The flop came 
, keeping Verderamo in the lead with pair of tens.
The turn was the , giving Hendrix a pair of aces to pull ahead.
The river was the 
, giving Verderamo a set of tens to win the pot and double up.
Nick Verderamo – 183,000 (92 bb)
Adam Hendrix – 130,000 (65 bb)
$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9: 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Day 1A Entries: 802
The players return from break to begin Level 9, with increased blinds of 1,000-1,500 with a 1,500 ante.
Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial field size of 802. That would put the prizepool at $2,566,400 with another starting flight tomorrow. So yeah, the $2 million guarantee has been smashed.
A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
1. Arthur Peacock – 326,500 (218 bb)
2. Sam Laskowitz – 320,000 (213 bb)
3. Min Zhang – 303,500 (202 bb)
4. Dave Eldridge – 301,000 (201 bb)
$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 791
The player in the cutoff moved all in for 15,400, and Mihail Karasoulis calls from the big blind with 
.
The cutoff turned over 
, and needed it to hold to stay alive.
The board came 
— Karasoulis paired his nine on the flop, the cutoff paired his ace on the turn, and Karasoulis rivered a jack-high straight. Karasoulis won the pot to eliminate his opponent.
Mihail Karasoulis – 80,000 (67 bb)
The tournament clock shows 791 entries so far here on Day 1A, which means the prizepool is already worth more than $2.53 million, easily surpassing the $2 million guarantee.
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 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 777
With the board showing 
on the turn, Aram Oganyan checked from UTG+1, Mihail Karasoulis moved all in from middle position, and Oganyan called all in for 48,100 with 
for a set of jacks.
Karasoulis turned over 
for two pair, kings and deuces, and Oganyan needed to avoid a king on the river to stay alive.
The river card was the , and Oganyan won the pot with his set of jacks to double up in chips.
Aram Oganyan – 155,000 (129 bb)
Mihail Karasoulis – 65,000 (54 bb)
The tournament clock shows 777 entries so far here on Day 1A, which means the prizepool is already worth more than $2.48 million, easily surpassing the $2 million guarantee.
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 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 776
Sheddy Siddiqui – 213,000
Chris Lewis – 203,000
Arian Stolt – 174,000
Giuseppe Iadisernia – 170,000
Jeff Trudeau – 150,000
Brandon Navarrete – 145,000
Joseph Cheong – 137,000
Matt Zarcadoolas – 135,000
Ren Lin – 125,000
Thomas Boivin – 123,000
Asher Conniff – 112,000
Nick Verderamo – 108,000
Christopher Logue – 108,000
Jon Borenstein – 90,000
Joe Serock – 88,000
Philip Shing – 84,000
Jim Gilbert – 83,000
Aram Oganyan – 76,000
Josh Kay – 70,000
Bin Weng – 65,000
Eoghan O’Dea – 65,000
Chad Eveslage – 63,000
Corel Theuma – 54,000
Brian Hastings – 54,000
Justin Saliba – 54,000
Alex Rocha – 50,000
Matt Waxman – 48,000
Ryan Eriquezzo – 47,000
Esther Taylor – 45,000
Taylor von Kriegenbergh – 43,000
Jim Collopy – 43,000
Scott Bohlman – 43,000
Brian Altman – 37,000
Shannon Shorr – 27,000
Joey Weissman – 26,000
$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8: 600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1A Entries: 773
The player on the button raised to 3,000, Matthew Zarcadoolas reraised from the small blind to 13,000, and the player on the button four-bet it to 28,000. Zarcadoolas thinks for a while before he called.
Both players checked to the river on a board of 
, and Zarcadoolas bet 46,000. The player on the button tanked for a very long time before he folded, and Zarcadoolas took the pot.
Matthew Zarcadoolas – 135,000 (113 bb)
The tournament clock shows 773 entries so far here on Day 1A, which means the prizepool is already worth more than $2.47 million, easily surpassing the $2 million guarantee.
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 1A Entries: 743
After a flop of 
with about 25K already in the pot, the player in the big blind bet 15,000, and 2021 SHRPO Champion Dimitri Vorbe moved all in under the gun for 50,000.
The big blind tanked for a long time before he called all in for 45,000 with for an overpair.
But Vorbe turned over , and the big blind needed to improve to stay alive.
The turn card was the , giving the big blind a gutshot straight draw, but the river card was the 
. Vorbe won the pot with his pocket queens to eliminate his opponent.
Dimitri Vorbe – 120,000 (120 bb)
The tournament clock shows 743 entries so far here on Day 1A, which means the prizepool is already worth more than $2.37 million, easily surpassing the $2 million guarantee.
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 1A Entries: 740
Min Zhang – 253,000
Jake Ferro – 178,000
Frank Funaro – 155,000
Fabian Gumz – 145,000
Rodney Turvin – 140,000
James Calderaro – 138,000
James Romero – 135,000
Eric Baldwin – 135,000
Andrew Moreno – 130,000
Mke Chiappetta – 123,000
A.J. Kelsall – 116,000
Kathy Liebert – 114,000
Christopher Frank – 108,000
Gal Yifrach – 104,000
Darren Rabinowitz – 97,000
Michael Newman – 97,000
Sam Panzica – 93,000
Upeshka De Silva – 77,000
Ken Aldridge – 76,000
Brock Wilson – 73,000
Valerie Novak – 73,000
Leon Sturm – 70,000
Yuval Bronshtein – 63,000
Phil Souki – 49,000
Francis Anderson – 49,000
Adam Hendrix – 45,000
Michael Wang – 44,000
Landon Tice – 41,000
Daniel Lazrus – 27,000
Jesse Cohen – 26,000
Stephen Song – 23,000
Ryan Riess – 17,000
David Jackson – 14,000
$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7: 500/1,000 with a 1,000 ante
Day 1A Entries: 733
After a flop of 
with about 7,500 already in the pot, Kitty Kuo bet 3,000 from UTG+1, and Jake Ferro called from middle position.
The turn card was the , Kuo bet 8,000, and Ferro called.
The river card was the 
, putting four hearts on the board, and Kuo bet 24,500. Ferro thought for a bit before he called, and Kuo turned over for a flopped pair of aces that rivered an ace-high flush.
Ferro mucked, and Kuo won the pot.
Kitty Kuo – 130,000 (130 bb)
Jake Ferro – 129,000 (129 bb)
The tournament clock shows 733 entries so far here on Day 1A, which means the prizepool is already worth more than $2.34 million, easily surpassing the $2 million guarantee.
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.