Championship: Jeremy Ausmus Leads the Field at the Break with 4,410,000

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 1,982

Jeremy Ausmus
Chipleader Jeremy Ausmus

The players return from break to begin Level 25, with increased blinds of 30,000-60,000 and a big blind ante of 60,000.

Now that the field is at the final five tables, the blind levels increase to 90 minutes. When the field reaches the final three tables (24 players), each player will be reset to exactly six non-transferable Time Chips.

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 3.0 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

1.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  4,410,000  (74 bb)
2.  Jake Ferro  –  4,360,000  (73 bb)
3.  Joseph Crowley  –  3,760,000  (63 bb)
4.  Cherish Andrews  –  3,570,000  (60 bb)
5.  Daniel Lazrus  –  3,550,000  (59 bb)
6.  Carlos Rodriguez  –  3,535,000  (59 bb)
7.  Nicholas Verderamo  –  3,455,000  (58 bb)
8.  Josh Kay  –  3,310,000  (55 bb)
9.  Lazaro Hernandez  –  3,240,000  (54 bb)

With 39 players remaining from a field of 1,982, the average chip stack is about 2.03 million (34 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $23,360 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 26 (around 7:45 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the field is down to the final two tables (16 players).