Championship: Richard Pyne Eliminated in 12th Place by Ilyas Muradi

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,573

Richard Pyne
Richard Pyne

In one of the first hands after the break, Richard Pyne got it all in for 600,000, but ended up chopping the pot, and he picked up 25,000. When you’re down that low, every little bit helps.

Richard Pyne  –  625,000  (8 bb)

Then Pyne moved all in from the hijack for 625,000, and Ilyas Muradi called from the big blind with Kc9h. Pyne turned over Js7s, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Jc10d2cQc3h — Pyne paired hi jack on the flop, but Muradi turned a king-high staright to win the pot and eliminate Pyne in 12th place.

Ilyas Muradi  –  4,875,000  (65 bb)
Richard Pyne  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($63,030)

Ilyas Muradi
Ilyas Muradi

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 5.72 million (76 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $63,030 each.

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