Championship: Josh Kay and Daniel Lazrus Lead the Field at the Break; Official Chip Counts

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 1,982

Josh Kay
Chipleader Josh Kay

The players returned from break to begin Level 27, with increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 and a big blind ante of 100,000.

With 22 players remaining from a field of 1,982, the average chip stack is about 3.6 million (36 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $33,440 each.

Here are the official chip counts and seating positions from the break:

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Manuel Amaro  –  2,425,000  (24 bb)
Seat 2.  Alexander Yen  –  4,325,000  (43 bb)
Seat 3.  
Seat 4.  Jake Ferro  –  6,350,000  (64 bb)
Seat 5.  Josh Kay  –  7,200,000  (72 bb)
Seat 6.  Ronnie Abro  –  3,625,000  (36 bb)
Seat 7.  Omar Lakhdari  –  2,400,000  (24 bb)
Seat 8.  Yuriy Kozinskiy  –  4,000,000  (40 bb)

TABLE 15
Seat 1.  Joseph Crowley  –  2,000,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Anton Wigg  –  3,525,000  (35 bb)
Seat 3.  Jake Daniels  –  3,475,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Thomas Carroll  –  2,925,000  (29 bb)
Seat 5.  
Seat 6.  Matt Bond  –  3,400,000  (34 bb)
Seat 7.  Nicholas Verderamo  –  5,900,000  (59 bb)
Seat 8.  Carlos Rodriguez  –  2,800,000  (28 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Francis Anderson  –  700,000  (7 bb)
Seat 2.  Daniel Lazrus  –  7,175,000  (72 bb)
Seat 3.  Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  1,925,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Howard Feingold  –  900,000  (9 bb)
Seat 5.  Jose Montes  –  2,400,000  (24 bb)
Seat 6.  Saber Salum  –  3,025,000  (30 bb)
Seat 7.  Andrew Esposito  –  1,275,000  (13 bb)
Seat 8.  Jeremy Ausmus  –  6,775,000  (68 bb)

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