Event 1: Alex Adelman Eliminated in 35th Place by Robert Gregory

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with a 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  34 of 3,730

Robert Gregory
Robert Gregory

Alex Adelman was all in from the hijack for about 2.1 million with AsKd, and needed to improve to stay alive against the JhJc of Robert Gregory in the big blind.

The board came Js10c7c6dKh, and Gregory won the pot with a flopped set of jacks to eliminate Adelman in 35th place.

Robert Gregory  –  4,500,000  (56 bb)
Alex Adelman  –  Eliminated in 35th Place  ($3,560)

With 34 players remaining from a field of 3,730, the average chip stack is about 2,200,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $3,560, and the next pay jump is $4,430 for 27th place.