Championship: Jeremy Joseph Doubles Thru Pavlo Veksler

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  64 of 1,566

Jeremy Joseph raised from the hijack to 45,000, Pavlo Veksler reraised from the cutoff to 140,000, and Joseph moved all in for about 840,000.

Veksler called with AhKd, and Joseph turned over Jh7h. Joseph needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 9c7c6c3c5s, and Joseph paired his seven on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jeremy Joseph  –  1,820,000  (91 bb)
Pavlo Veksler  –  630,000  (32 bb)

With 64 players remaining from a field of 1,566, the average chip stack is about 980,000 (49 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $11,675 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of this level, around 12:40 am.