Event 8: Stephen Hilowitz – 6th Place ($5,900)

$600 Double Black Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 430

Dan Kuntzman
Dan Kuntzman just finished a hot stretch that earned him the chip lead.

Dan Kuntzman moved all in under the gun for 300,000, and Scott Baumstein called from the button with JsJd. Kuntzman turned over As2s, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 7s3d2c8sAh, and Kuntzman paired his deuce on the flop and his ace on the river to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

Dan Kuntzman  –  675,000  (23 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  965,000  (32 bb)

Stephen Hilowitz
Stephen Hilowitz

After the blinds increased to 20,000/40,000, Stephen Hilowitz moved all in under the gun for about 600,000, and Kuntzman moved all in over the top from the cutoff for about 700,000 with AdKs.

Hilowitz turned over AsQc, and he was dominated as he faced elimination.

The board came 10s8h7d9d2s, and Kuntzman won the pot and the $200 bounty with his king to eliminate Hilowitz in sixth place.

Dan Kuntzman  –  1,385,000  (35 bb)
Stephen Hilowitz  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($5,900)

A few minutes later, Kuntzman won a big pot by raising all in on the river against Fred Goldberg, and it was enough to propel Kuntzman into the chip lead with 2.3 million.

Dan Kuntzman  –  2,300,000  (58 bb)
Fred Goldberg  –  1,700,000  (43 bb)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1.29 million (32 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $7,740.