$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 35: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante
Shortly after the blinds increased to 125K-250K (25K), Thomas Collazo limped from the button for 250,000, Jake Melen moved all in from the big blind for 1,275,000, and Collazo called with . Melen turned over , and he needed to hold to stay alive.
The board came — Collazo paired his six on the flop, but improved no further. Melen won the pot with his pocket eights to double up in chips.
Jake Melen – 2,850,000 (11 bb)
Thomas Collazo – 13,500,000 (54 bb)
In a battle between the two biggest stacks at the table, Ivan Freitez raised UTG+1 to 500,000 or so, Taylor Fortini reraised from the small blind to 1,425,000, and Freitez called.
The flop came , and Fortini bet 975,000. Freitez raised to 2,500, and Fortini thought for a while before he moved all in for 12,325,000. Freitez — who had Fortini covered by 1.5 big blinds — tanked for a while before he folded. Fortini took the pot.
Taylor Fortini – 18,100,000 (72 bb)
Ivan Freitez – 10,200,000 (41 bb)
A short while later, the blinds increased to 150,000-300,000 with a 50,000 ante. With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 8.6 million (29 big blinds).