$250 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 31: 60,000/120,000/20,000 Ante

With the blinds still at 50K-100K, James Salmon raised UTG+1 to 250,000, John DePersio moved all in from the hijack for 475,000, and Salmon called with . DePersio turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket tens held up for DePersio to win the pot and double up in chips.

John DePersio  –  1,220,000  (12 bb)
James Salmon  –  1,525,000  (15 bb)

A short while later, with the blinds at 60K-120K, Pasquale Caiazza raised from middle position to 1,000,000, James Salmon moved all in from the big blind for 1,480,000, and Caiazza called with . Salmon turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Caiazza flopped an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Salmon won the pot to double up in chips.

James Salmon  –  3,150,000  (26 bb)
Pasquale Caiazza  –  960,000  (8 bb)

Here are the approximate chip counts after that hand:

Seat 1.
Seat 2.  Anthony Casas  –  850,000  (7 bb)
Seat 3.  Tracey Gelb  –  1,600,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4.  James Salmon  –  3,150,000  (26 bb)
Seat 5.  Marcus Stein  –  2,725,000  (22 bb)
Seat 6.  John DePersio  –  1,150,000  (9 bb)
Seat 7.  Pasquale Caiazza  –  960,000  (8 bb)
Seat 8.  Alon Yehudai  –  2,850,000  (23 bb)
Seat 9.  Matthew Friendly  –  875,000  (7 bb)