Event 1: Cracking Aces

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

Jake Melen (Cedarhurst, NY)
Jake Melen (Cedarhurst, NY)

Juan Plaza Salva jumped into the lead at the first break but nothing has gone right since. His stack was chopped in half earlier, and it was cut once again by Jake Melen.

Salva was looking to rebound with his pocket aces against Melen’s AsKc and he was in great shape on the AsKc7c flop. Melen needed a lot of help for a double and the dealer did just that as the board completed four-flush club-happy 9c6c to ship him the pot.

He’s now over 450,000 while Salva dropped under 100,000 with 180 players remaining.

Players are now on 15-minute break.