Event 1: Alik Sitnyakovsky Eliminated in 42nd Place by Richard Ganesh

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  41 of 3,687

Richard Ganesh
Richard Ganesh

The player on the button raised to 140,000, Alik Sitnyakovsky moved all in from the small blind for 680,000, and Richard Ganesh tanked for a while before he moved all in over the top from the big blind. The button folded.

Sitnyakovsky turned over Ks9s, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the AhJs of Richard Ganesh, who was under the gun.

The board came 8c3c2h9dAc — Sitnyakovsky paired his nine on the turn, but Ganesh paired his ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate Sitnyakovsky in 42nd place.

Richard Ganesh  –  2,625,000  (44 bb)
Alik Sitnyakovsky  –  Eliminated in 42nd Place  ($3,045)

With 41 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,800,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,045 each.