$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  53 of 1,692

Blake Whittington moved all in from the cutoff for 285,000, and Aram Oganyan tanked for a while before calling or shoving from the small blind. Nadya Magnus quickly folded from the big blind.

Whittington showed , and Oganyan turned over — .

Unless the board brought three spades or three hearts, it would be a chopped pot.

The board came , and Oganyan rivered a heart flush to win the pot and eliminate Whittington on one of the most painful preflop beats in the game.

Aram Oganyan  –  1,100,000  (22 bb)
Blake Whittington  –  Eliminated in 54th Place  ($15,140)

With 53 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 1,595,000 (32 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $15,140 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break around 6:00 pm, and the field is scheduled to play as long as it takes to get down to the final two tables tonight (16 players).