Championship: Jason Young’s Flopped Set vs. Femi Fashakin’s Rivered Two Pair

$3,500 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | StructurePayouts
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Players Remaining:  144 of 843

Femi Fashakin and Jason Young

With the final board showing 10h5c2hAs9d on the river, reigning Lucky Hearts Poker Open Champion Jason Young bet 46,000 from the small blind, Femi Fashakin raised from the button to 115,000, and Young quickly called.

Fashakin showed Ac9c for a rivered two pair, but Young turned over 5h5d to win the pot with a flopped set of fives.

Jason Young  –  430,000  (108 bb)
Femi Fashakin  –  635,000  (159 bb)

The WPT’s 30-second Action Clock will be introduced when the field is down to the final 13 tables (117 players), and the final 106 will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $5,666.

With about 144 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 234,000 (59 big blinds). There will be a 90-minute dinner break at the end of Level 16 (~6:30 pm), and action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20 (~12:15 am).