$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 1,573

Sean Shah was all in for 735,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Paul Balzano’s .

The pocket jacks held up for Balzano to win the pot and eliminate Shah in 18th place.

Paul Balzano  –  2,910,000  (58 bb)
Sean Shah  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($33,455)

With 17 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3.7 million (74 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $33,455 each.

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