$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 1,573

Paul Balzano raised from the cutoff to 125,000, Andy Hwang called from the button, and Albert Barney, Jr. called from the big blind.

The flop came , Barney checked, and Balzano bet 200,000. Hwang called, and Barney folded.

The turn card was the , Balzano moved all in for about 1.0 million, and Hwang called with for a set of jacks.

Balzano turned over for a diamond flush draw with a suddenly useless pair of tens, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Hwang won the pot with a full house, jacks full of tens, to eliminate Balzano in 16th place.

Andy Hwang  –  4,000,000  (67 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  Eliminated in 16th Place  ($40,895)

With 15 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 4.19 million (70 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $40,895 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 1:00 am.