Event 1 Flight E: Mike Chiappetta Eliminated on a One-Two Punch from Charlie Heo and Johnny Blevins

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 15:  2,000/4,000 with a 4,000 ante
Flight E Players Remaining:  160 of 1,085

Charlie Heo and Johnny Blevins
Charlie Heo (left) and Johnny Blevins

Mike Chiappetta moved all in from middle position for 53,000, and Charlie Heo called all in from the big blind for 42,000 with 8h8d.

Chiappetta turned over 9h9d, and Heo needed to improve to stay alive.

The flop came 6c5s4s, giving Heo a gutshot straight draw, and he repeatedly asked the dealer for a seven.

The turn card paired the board with the 5h, and the river card was — the 8c. Heo rivered a set of eights to win the pot and double up in chips, knocking Chiappetta down below three big blinds.

Charlie Heo  –  90,000  (23 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  11,000  (3 bb)

The next hand, Chiappetta moved all in from UTG+1 for 11,000, Eric Siegel raised from the cutoff to 20,000, and Johnny Blevins moved all in over the top from the big blind for roughly 70,000. Siegel quickly folded.

Chiappetta turned over 7s6c, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the AsAd of Blevins.

The board came Kd10d4d9c8d — Chiappetta rivered a ten-high straight, but Blevins rivered an ace-high diamond flush. Blevins won the pot to eliminate Chiappetta from Flight E.

Johnny Blevins  –  110,000  (28 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  Eliminated

With about 160 players remaining from a flight of 1,085 entries, the average chip stack is around 136,000 (34 big blinds). The final 10% of this flight (109 players) will advance to Day 2 and finish in the money.