Event 1: Joseph Lachkovich – 9th Place ($17,845)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 3,730

Joseph Lachkovich
Joseph Lachkovich

Joseph Lachkovich moved all in from the button for 1,975,000, and Robert Gregory called from the big blind with 5s5h.

Lachkovich turned over QsJs, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 10d9h7hAdAh — Lachkovich flopped an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Gregory won the pot with his pocket fives to eliminate Lachkovich in ninth place.

Robert Gregory  –  14,100,000  (47 bb)
Joseph Lachkovich  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($17,845)

With eight players remaining from a field of 3,730, the average chip stack is about 9,325,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $23,765.