Championship: Thomas Paul Shoves the River to Reach 705K

$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  131 of 1,573

Thomas Paul Takes It on the River
Thomas Paul (top center) shoves the river in a big pot.

With the final board showing 10c4s3d7s4h and about 200K already in the pot, Thomas Paul bet 160,000 from the big blind, which was just a little bit more than he needed to put his under-the-gun opponent all in.

His opponent went into the tank for a long time, and after tossing in his first Time Chip for an extra 30 seconds, he set out his other nine Time Chips next to the dealer and said, “Take as many as you need. This is for all my chips.”

The under-the-gun player ended up using seven Time Chips before he folded, forfeiting the pot to Paul

Thomas Paul  –  705,000  (71 bb)


With 131 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 480,000 (48 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed to earn at least $6,825 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 22, around 1:45 am.