Event 1: Kevin Vail – 8th Place ($33,000)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $2,138,400  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 36:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 6,480

Kevin Vail

Eric Yanovsky raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun, Kevin Vail called in middle position, and Rafael Lopez three-bet all in from the small blind for 6,000,000.

Yanovsky folded and Vail called all in about 4,800,000 with KsTs. Lopez showed QcQs.

The board came 9c8c5cAhJs, no help to Vail, ending his tournament in eighth place.

Rafael Lopez  –  12,800,000  (26 bb)
Kevin Vail  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($33,000)

With seven players remaining from the field of 6,480 entries, the average stack is about 18,500,000 (37 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $42,500.