Event 15: William Watson Has a 2-to-1 Lead Over Everyone Else

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 556

William Watson
William Watson

In the last hand before the break, William Watson raised under the gun to 150,000, Nick Pupillo reraised from the small blind to 480,000, and Watson called.

The flop came Kd10s7c, Pupillo bet 500,000, and Watson thought for a while before he called. The turn card was the 2c, and both players checked.

The river card was the 3h, Pupillo checked, Watson bet 600,000, and Pupillo tanked for a very long time (this hand went nearly four minutes into the break) before he folded. Watson took the pot.

The players went on their break, and these are the official chip counts from the table:

Seat 1.  Chad Eveslage  –  2,450,000  (33 bb)
Seat 2.  William Watson  –  5,125,000  (68 bb)
Seat 3.  David Berman  –  1,375,000  (18 bb)
Seat 4.  Nick Pupillo  –  2,175,000  (29 bb)

And the payouts still up for grabs:

1st:  $101,572 + LHPO Trophy
2nd:  $67,735
3rd:  $49,885
4th:  $37,165

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.78 million (37 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed at least $00000 each.