$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 132

Mike McDonald raised from the cutoff to 200,000, leaving himself just 50K behind. Jerry Wong moved all in from the big blind, and McDonald stopped to think for a while as the other table finished playing a hand in progress.

Wong said, “I wonder what I could show you right now to make you fold.”

The other table finished their hand, and McDonald called with . Wong turned over , and McDonald needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

Wong said, “I’m channeling Stephen Song.” (Song has already come from behind several times in similar spots this tournament.)

The board came , and McDonald won the pot with a pair of aces and his jack kicker to double up in chips.

Mike McDonald  –  545,000  (18 bb)

Shortly after that at the other table, Kevin Rabichow got it all in from the big blind for 495,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Carlos Chadha in the small blind.

The board came — Chadha turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Rabichow won the pot with his pocket tens to double up in chips.

Kevin Rabichow  –  1,020,000  (34 bb)
Carlos Chadha  –  160,000  (5 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 132, the average chip stack is around 1,015,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed to earn at least $66,835 each.