$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,573

Ronnie Bardah raised from the button, Matt Bond reraised from the big blind to 380,000, and Bardah used one of his Time Chips to tank for a while before reraising to 890,000.

Bond used one of his Time Chips before five-betting all in, and Bardah quickly called with .

Bond turned over , and Bardah needed his aces to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Bardah to win the pot and double up in chips.

Ronnie Bardah  –  5,710,000  (114 bb)
Matt Bond  –  3,545,000  (71 bb)

With 23 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.74 million (55 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $27,660 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break after Level 26 (around 6:45 pm), and action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 12:30 am.