$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  23 of 1,573

Manuel Labandeira raised from middle position to 90,000, and Scott Baumstein nearly moved all in from the hijack for 1,055,000 — but since he left himself a single 5K chip behind, it was technically just a raise.

Labandeira tanked for a while before he called, and then was surprised to learn that Baumstein wasn’t all in yet.

The flop came , and Labandeira bet 5,000 to put Baumstein all in. Baumstein took a look at the tournament clock, as if assessing where the next pay jump would be, but the field was four spots away from the next pay jump.

After the full 30 seconds on the Action Clock, Baumstein called all in for his last 5,000 with — ace high.

Labandeira turned over , and Baumstein needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Labandeira won the pot with his pocket nines to eliminate Baumstein in 24th place.

Manuel Labandeira  –  5,200,000  (130 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  Eliminated in 24th Place  ($27,660)

With 23 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.74 million (69 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.