Event 1: Metin Basaran Doubles Thru Helia Mahzoun-Alzakerin

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  47 of 3,687

Metin Basaran
Metin Basaran

Metin Basaran got it all in from the cutoff for 235,000 with Ad10d, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the 7h7d of Helia Mahzoun-Alzakerin, who was UTG+1.

The board came Qd8s3d9d3c, and Basaran turned a diamond flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Metin Basaran  –  620,000  (10 bb)
Helia Mahzoun-Alzakerin  –  840,000  (14 bb)

With 47 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,570,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,740 each.