Event 1 Flight C: John Seage Doubles Up with Quads; Phillip Theard Reaches 507,000

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 13:  1,500/2,500 with a 2,500 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  108 of 574

John Seage
John Seage

A player raised under the gun to 8,000, John Seage moved all in from the hijack for 31,500, and his opponent thought for a while before calling with AcKh.

Seage turned over 8s8d, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came 8c3h2d8hQs, and Seage flopped a set of eights and turned quads to win the pot and double up in chips just as his table was breaking.

John Seage  –  69,500  (28 bb)

Phillip Theard
Chipleader Phillip Theard already had a sizable lead and somehow managed to increase his stack by nearly two-thirds in just 45 minutes.

In other news, chipleader Phillip Theard has built up his stack even higher, reaching 507,000 (203 big blinds). Theard disappeared for a while before coming back, but he could leave for the day and his chip stack would still cruise thru the Money Bubble to make it to Day 2.

Phillip Theard  –  507,000  (203 bb)

With about 108 players remaining from a flight of 574 entries, the average chip stack is about 106,500 (43 big blinds).

This flight will continue playing tonight until only 10% of the field remains (58 players), and everyone who bags chips will advance to Day 2 on Sunday and finish in the money.