$3,500 LHPO Championship
$2,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 1,692

Anatoly Nikitin got it all in from middle position for 1,105,000 with , and needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Jordan Sparagana on the button.

The board came , and Sparagana flopped a club flush draw, but improved no further. Nikitin won the pot with his pocket jacks to double up in chips.

Anatoly Nikitin  –  2,335,000  (47 bb)
Jordan Sparagana  –  850,000  (17 bb)

With 44 players remaining from a field of 1,692, the average chip stack is around 1,925,000 (39 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,605 each.

There will be a one-hour dinner break around 6:00 pm, and the field is scheduled to play as long as it takes to get down to the final two tables tonight (16 players).