$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results 
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 1,162

Spencer Champlin raised from the hijack to 150,000, Christian Roberts moved all in from the button for 895,000, and Champlin thought for a while before he called with .

Roberts turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Champlin turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Roberts won the pot with his pocket eights to double up in chips.

Christian Roberts  –  1,990,000  (27 bb)
Spencer Champlin  –  1,100,000  (15 bb)

With 17 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 3,420,000 (46 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $32,500 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break around 7:08 pm. Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table, which is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon EST.