$3,500 WPT LHPO Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante Players Remaining:  89 of 1,982 54a32

A player limped from middle position for 20,000, Albert Destrade moved all in from the cutoff for 305,000, and Scott Baumstein called from the big blind. The initial raiser folded.

Destrade turned over , and he needed to improve to stay alive against Baumstein’s .

The board came — Baumstein turned a set of eights, but the same card gave Destrade a ten-high straight. The river card didn’t pair the board, and Destrade won the pot with his straight to double up in chips.

Albert Destrade  –  660,000  (33 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  280,000  (14 bb)

With about 89 players remaining from a field of 1,982, the average chip stack is about 890,000 (45 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $10,215 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of this level, around 12:45 am.