$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream 
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 1,162

Ryan Hoenig completed the small blind to 125,000, and Yingui Li checked his option in the big blind.

The flop came , Hoenig checked, Li bet 150,000, and Hoenig check-raised to 850,000. Li thought for a while before he three-bet all in.

Hoenig used a handful of Time Chips to tank for a long time before he called all in for 1,375,000 with for a pair of eights. Li turned over for a pair of deuces, and Hoenig needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Hoenig won the pot with two pair, eights and threes, to double up in chips.

Ryan Hoenig  –  3,100,000  (25 bb)
Yingui Li  –  1,900,000  (15 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 4,475,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $39,000 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table, which is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon EST.