$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  261 of 1,982

A player raised from early position to about 15,000, Blake Whittington reraised from the button to 38,000, and Jeff Madsen moved all in from the big blind for 95,000. The original raiser tanked for a while before folding.

Whittington tanked for a while before he called with , and Madsen turned over . Madsen needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the aces held up for Madsen to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jeff Madsen  –  215,000  (36 bb)
Blake Whittington  –  475,000  (79 bb)

With about 261 players remaining from a field of 1,982, the average chip stack is about 304,000 (51 big blinds). The final 248 players will finish in the money, earning at least $6,275 each.

There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 16 (about 6:35 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 12:20 am.