Championship Day 1A: Aleks Petrovic Cracks Kings to Double Thru Lazaro Hernandez and Knock Out a Player

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1A Players Remaining:  216 of 645

Aleks Petrovic
Aleks Petrovic

There was a three-way all-in preflop situation at Table 9, and Lazaro Hernandez had the big stack in the cutoff with pocket kings. Aleks Petrovic was all in from the big blind for 41,500 with AdJc, and the short stack was in the hijack for 11,500 with QsJs.

Lazaro Hernandez:  KdKc
Aleks Petrovic:  AdJc
Hijack:  QsJs

The board came Ah8s6sJh7c, and Petrovic paired hi ace on the flop and his jack on the turn to win the pot with two pair, doubling thru Hernandez and eliminating the hijack from Day 1B.

Aleks Petrovic  –  97,000  (65 bb)
Lazaro Hernandez  –  62,500  (42 bb)

With about 216 players remaining from a Day 1A field of 645, the average chip stack is about 119,500 (60 big blinds). Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.