Event 1 Flight A: In the Money!

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 65 of 517

Carlos Velasco (left) vs. Matt Zarcadoolas (right)

On the first hand of the money bubble, Carlos Velasco raised all in for 71,000 from the cutoff and Matt Zarcadoolas called from the button.

Velasco: 6d6h
Zarcadoolas: Ac9s

The board ran out 3cKsJs7h4d, safe for Velasco to double up.

Carlos Velasco – 155,000 (31 bb)
Matt Zarcadoolas – 144,000 (29 bb)

Meanwhile, at another table, Matthew Reed eliminated an opponent to send the rest of the field into the money.