$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  164 of 1,573

Andrew Blake was all in from the button for 43,000 with , and he needed his aces to hold to stay alive against the of Pablo Valdivieso in the hijack.

The board came — Valdivieso flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Blake won the pot with his pocket aces to double up in chips.

Andrew Blake  –  106,000  (13 bb)
Pablo Valdivieso  –  570,000  (71 bb)

With 164 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 384,000 (48 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed to earn at least $6,300 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 22, around 1:45 am.