Event 1: Matthew Zarcadoolas Eliminated in 18th Place ($814)

$250 Big Stack No Limit Hold’em (re-entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 517
Average Stack: 456,000 (28 bb)

Brent Philbin raised to 35,000 from the cutoff, Matthew Zarcadoolas three-bet shoved from the button for about 280,000, Charlemagne Benjamin four-bet shoved from the big blind for roughly 370,000, and Philbin called with a slightly covering stack.

Philbin: KhKs
Zarcadoolas: Qc9h
Benjamin: KcKd

The board ran out Qh10h10s5c3h, safe for Philbin and Benjamin to chop up Zarcadoolas’ stack.

Brent Philbin – 535,000 (33 bb)
Charlamagne Benjamin – 530,000 (33 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas – Eliminated in 18th Place ($814)