$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 8:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Day 1B Entries:  812

After a flop of , the UTG player bet 6,100, Willie Wiggins min-raised UTG+1 to 12,200, and the player in the hijack moved all in for 43,800.

The UTG player folded, and Wiggins called with for a pair of aces. But the hijack turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

Wiggins asked the dealer to “find the ten,” but the turn card was the , and the river card was — the .

With a pair on the board, both players finished with two pair, aces and fives, with the queen on the board as their kicker. It was a chopped pot.

The player next to Wiggins said, “The dealer couldn’t find the ten, but she found the five.”

Wiggins said, “I’ll take it.”

Willie Wiggins  –  103,000  (86 bb)

The tournament clock shows 812 entries so far today, for a tournament total of 1,614, which means the prizepool will be worth more than $5.16 million, absolutely smashing the $2 million guarantee. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until 9:15 pm.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 10, around 11:15 pm.