$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure Level 10:  1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 ante Players Remaining:  270 of 893 e3f24

A player raised under the gun to 5,000, Orson Young reraised from middle position to 16,500, and the UTG player thought for a while before moving all in for a little more than 80,000.

Young called with , and the UTG player turned over . The UTG player needed his tens to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Young paired his king on the flop to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from Day 1A.

Orson Young  –  185,000  (93 bb)

With about 320 players remaining from an unofficial Day 1A field of 893, the average chip stack is about 111,500 (56 big blinds). The total prizepool is already worth more than $2.85 million (smashing the $2 million guarantee), plus whatever tomorrow’s field brings on Day 1B.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of this level, around 11:15 pm.