Event 1: Double Bubble Knockouts

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17: 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  322 of 3,229

Kurt Lawson (standing) waits to see if his aces hold on the bubble

After a long first hand on the bubble with a short stack double, we had two all-ins at separate tables on each side of the room on the second. Once action was complete on the other tables, the hands were run out.

On Table 20, Brian Thomson was all in for 114,000 and Kurt Lawson had him at risk with a monster.

Thomson: AhKh
Lawson: AdAc

Thomson needed a lot of help to double and picked up a heart draw on the Qd6h5h flop. That was as close as he’d get as the board finished with the 6s turn and 4s river. But Thomson had a chance for a rebate with the other all in still waiting.

Kurt Lawson – 350,000 (58 bb)

On Table 4, Jonathan Hickman opened to 16,000 and Lorell Pascual shoved for 35,500 from the big blind to get a quick call. They waited for the first hand, then ran theirs.

Pascual: QsQh
Hickman: AdQc

Pascual was in great shape for a double but Hickman took the lead on the AhKc3h flop. Pascual was drawing thin and found no love on the 6c turn or 8s river to also exit on the bubble.

Jonathan Hickman – 290,000 (48 bb)

Since both were eliminated on the bubble on separate tables, Thomson and Pascual chopped up the $1,145 min-cash money.