Event 1: Jeremy Goureau Doubles Up on a Roller Coaster of Emotions with Aces

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  66 of 3,687

Jeremy Goureau
Jeremy Goureau

Jeremy Goureau got it all in UTG+1 for 765,000 with AhAd, and needed it to hold to stay alive against his opponent’s QhQc in the hijack.

The flop came KcQd7c, and the hijack took a huge lead with a set of queens.

But the turn card was the 10d, giving Goureau a chance to stay alive with a gutshot straight draw.

The river card was — the Js!

Goureau spiked an ace-high straight on the river to win the pot and double up in chips, knocking his opponent all the way down to just 15K.

Jeremy Goureau  –  1,630,000  (41 bb)

With 66 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,115,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,315 each.