Championship: Jake Ferro Leads the Field at the Break with 7,425,000

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  33 of 1,982

Jake Ferro
Chipleader Jake Ferro

The players return from break to begin Level 26, with increased blinds of 50,000-75,000 and a big blind ante of 75,000.

With 33 players remaining from a field of 1,982, the average chip stack is about 2.4 million (32 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $23,360 each.

A scan of the field during the break turned up four players with at least 4.0 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Jake Ferro  –  7,425,000  (99 bb)
2.  Matt Bond  –  5,525,000  (74 bb)
3.  Joseph Crowley  –  4,625,000  (62 bb)
4.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  4,450,000  (59 bb)

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).