Event 1: Bryce McVay Doubles Thru Chuck Giroux

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 4,265

Bryce McVay
Bryce McVay

Bryce McVay raised from the hijack to 1,300,000 (about two-thirds of his stack), and Chuck Giroux called from the cutoff.

The flop came 8d5h3d, McVay moved all in for 625,000, and Giroux thought for a while before he called with Ks10s for king high.

McVay turned over AdKc, and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the Ac, the river card was the Ah, and McVay won the pot with trip aces to double up in chips.

Bryce McVay  –  4,225,000  (28 bb)
Chuck Giroux  –  1,300,000  (9 bb)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 6,100,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,500 each.