Event 1: Dennis Rodriguez Doubles Up

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  62 of 4,535

Dennis Rodriguez
Dennis Rodriguez

Dennis Rodriguez got it all in from the big blind for 725,000 with QsQh, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the 10h10d of the UTG player.

The board came AsAc5h8s4s, and the pocket queens held up for Rodriguez to win the pot and double up in chips.

Dennis Rodriguez  –  1,510,000  (38 bb)

With 62 players remaining from a field of 4,535, the average chip stack is around 1,465,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,050 each.