Championship: Dimitri Vorbe Spikes a Three-Outer to Double Thru Ian O’Hara

$5,250 SHRPO Championship
$3,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 1,180

Dimitri Vorbe

After a flop of AcKc3h, Dimitri Vorbe was all in under the gun for 1,020,000 with Ad9d for a pair of aces, but he needed to improve to stay alive against the AsQs (pair of aces, higher kicker) of Ian O’Hara on the button.

The turn card was the 4h, the river card was the 9h, and Vorbe spiked a nine on the river to pair his kicker and double up in chips.

Dimitri Vorbe  –  2,600,000  (65 bb)
Ian O’Hara  –  3,260,000  (82 bb)

With 26 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,815,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $27,470, and the next pay jump is $31,360 for 24th place.