Championship: Adam Nattress Doubles Thru Emmanuel McKenzie; McKenzie Out in 35th Place

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 1,162

Adam Nattress
Adam Nattress

Adam Nattress was all in from the big blind for 715,000 with AsAh, and needed it to hold to stay alive against the JsJd of Emmanuel McKenzie in the hijack.

The board came 9d7s6d9s8d, and the aces held up for Nattress to win the pot and double up in chips.

Adam Nattress  –  1,490,000  (37 bb)
Emmanuel McKenzie  –  335,000  (8 bb)

Emmanuel McKenzie
Emmanuel McKenzie

A hand or two later, McKenzie was eliminated from the tournament.

Emmanuel McKenzie  –  Eliminated in 35th Place  ($19,400)

With 34 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 1,710,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $19,400 each.

There will be a redraw when the field gets down to the final three tables (24 players), and at that point, blind levels will increase to 90 minutes. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table.