Championship: Martin Carnero Leads the Final 24 Players at the Break with 8,950,000

$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 1,692

Martin Carnero
Martin Carnero

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

When the field reached the final 24 players, there was a random redraw for the final three tables. Here are the official chip counts from the break along with the new seat map:

TABLE 7
Seat 1.  Jordan Sparagana  –  3,250,000  (33 bb)
Seat 2.  Daniel Clifford  –  2,950,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3.  Taylor Wilson  –  5,650,000  (57 bb)
Seat 4.  Saber Salum Penayo  –  3,100,000  (31 bb)
Seat 5.  Claudio Piedrabuena  –  2,775,000  (28 bb)
Seat 6.  Jacob Powers  –  2,025,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7.  Tyler Stafman  –  3,950,000  (40 bb)
Seat 8.  Matthew Wantman  –  2,525,000  (25 bb)

TABLE 8
Seat 1.  Michael Tweedlie  –  1,300,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Wasim Assaf  –  2,975,000  (30 bb)
Seat 3.  Konstantin Held  –  5,725,000  (57 bb)
Seat 4.  Jerry Wong  –  2,200,000  (22 bb)
Seat 5.  Cero Zuccarello  –  1,400,000  (14 bb)
Seat 6.  Anatoly Nikitin  –  3,900,000  (39 bb)
Seat 7.  Scott Margereson  –  3,575,000  (36 bb)
Seat 8.  Frank Funaro  –  3,225,000  (32 bb)

TABLE 16
Seat 1.  Lewe Thiesen  –  1,000,000  (10 bb)
Seat 2.  Marius Gierse  –  7,875,000  (79 bb)
Seat 3.  Kharlin Sued  –  1,000,000  (10 bb)
Seat 4.  Brian Scott  –  6,200,000  (62 bb)
Seat 5.  Ben Grise  –  525,000  (5 bb)
Seat 6.  Peter Mugar  –  5,475,000  (55 bb)
Seat 7.  Martin Carnero  –  8,950,000  (90 bb)
Seat 8.  Leonard Herrmann  –  3,125,000  (31 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $850,735 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $569,400
3rd:  $422,185
4th:  $315,935
5th:  $238,635
6th:  $181,950
7th:  $140,055
8th:  $108,850
9th-10th:  $85,410
11th-12th:  $67,680
13th-14th:  $54,165
15th-16th:  $43,780
17th-20th:  $35,745
21st-24th:  $29,480

With 24 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 3,525,000 (35 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,480 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight for as long as it takes to get down to the final two tables (16 players).