Event 1: Jake Melen Out in 5th Place ($45,557)

$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 36: 200,000/400,000/50,000 Ante

Jake Melen
5th-Place Finisher Jake Melen

With the board showing Ac10h3c8s on the turn, Jake Melen was all in for about 7 million with AdKs for a pair of aces, but he needed to improve to stay alive against Taylor Fortini’s As10s (two pair, aces and tens).

The river card pairs the board with the 8c, and Fortini wins the pot with his aces and tens to eliminate Melen in fifth place.

Taylor Fortini  –  23,825,000  (60 bb)
Jake Melen  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($45,557)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 15.1 million (38 big blinds).