Championship: Vencent Welch Eliminated in 12th Place by Martins Adeniya

$3,500 LHPO Championship (Re-Entry)
Prizepool: $3,718,400  |  Payouts  |  Results  |  Live Stream 
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,162

Vencent Welch
Vencent Welch

Martins Adeniya raised under the gun to 250,000, Vencent Welch called all in from the hijack for 150,000, and Adam Nattress called from the big blind.

The flop came 9h6c4c, Nattress checked, Adeniya bet 200,000, and Nattress called.

The turn card was the 3d, Nattress checked, Adeniya bet 500,000, and Nattress thought for a while before he folded. Adeniya took the side pot.

For the main pot, Welch turned over As5s for an open-ended straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Adeniya’s Jd9c (pair of nines).

The river card was the 10d, and Adeniya won the pot with his pair of nines to eliminate Welch in 12th place.

Martins Adeniya  –  12,000,000  (96 bb)
Vencent Welch  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($46,500)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 1,162, the average chip stack is around 5,275,000 (42 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $46,500 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until there are seven players remaining for tomorrow’s live-streamed final table, which is scheduled to begin at 12:00 noon EST.