$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  102 of 6,134

With the board showing on the turn, Earl Gallegos checked the small blind, Michael Merisier bet 100,000 from the big blind, and Merisier check-raised all in.

Merisier paused for a moment or two before he called all in for about 850,000 with for two pair, aces and nines.

But Gallegos turned over for a set of nines, and Merisier needed to catch an ace on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Gallegos won the pot with his set of nines to eliminate Merisier in 103rd place.

Earl Gallegos  –  2,900,000  (73 bb)
Michael Merisier  –  Eliminated in 103rd Place  ($2,630)

With 102 players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 1,200,000 (30 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,630 each.