Event 1 Flight C: Michael Monaco Doubles Thru John Tobias, Then Eliminates Him

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  81 of 438

Michael Monaco
Michael Monaco

Michael Monaco raised UTG+1 to 6,000, John Tobias reraised from the small blind to 21,500, and Monaco moved all in for 97,500.

Tobias called with JsJc, but Monaco turned over AhAd. Monaco needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came 10c5d3s7c7s, and the aces held up for Monaco to win the pot and double up in chips.

Michael Monaco  –  201,000  (67 bb)
John Tobias  –  20,000  (7 bb)

A few minutes later, Tobias got it all in preflop in a multiway pot, and the others folded after Monaco bet the flop. Monaco had flopped a set of fives against the Jx10x of Tobias, and it held up for Monaco to win another pot and eliminate Tobias from Flight 1C.

Michael Monaco  –  240,000  (80 bb)
John Tobias  –  Eliminated

Evgeniy Catane
Evgeniy Catane

At the neighboring table, there is a flop of Js5d4d, and Evgeniy Catane got it all in from the button for 70,500 with AdAc against the UTG player’s KhKc.

The turn card was the 10s, the river card was the 2d, and the pocket aces held up for Catane to win the pot and double up in chips.

Evegeniy Catane  –  190,000  (63 bb)

There are currently 81 players remaining as the field is in the final level of the night.