Event 1: Kevin Payton Doubles Thru Miguel Capriles; Capriles Down to One Big Blind

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 3,687

Kevin Payton
Kevin Payton

Miguel Capriles (small blind) and Kevin Payton (big blind) got it all in preflop with nearly even stacks worth about 1.45 million each. Payton was in a dominant position with 5h5d against the 2h2c of Capriles.

The board came 6h5s3d8dAc — Payton flopped a set of fives to Capriles’ gutshot straight draw, but Capriles missed his outs. Payton won the pot with his set.

Both chip stacks were counted down, and Payton had 1,430,000 to 1,515,000 for Capriles. Payton doubled up, leaving Capriles with less than a single big blind.

Kevin Payton  –  2,960,000  (30 bb)
Miguel Capriles  –  85,000  (1 bb)

With 29 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,550,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,555 each.