Event 1: Michael Newman Doubles Thru Sean Astwood; Astwood Down to Three Big Blinds

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 4,265

Michael Newman
Michael Newman

Sean Astwood raised from the hijack to 550,000, and Michael Newman called from the cutoff.

The flop came Kd10d5d, Astwood bet 700,000, and Newman called.

The turn card was the 4c, Astwood moved all in for 4,075,000, and Newman snap-called all in for 3,450,000 with 4s4d for a set of fours with a four-high flush draw. Astwood turned over AhKs for a pair of kings, and he was drawing dead.

The meaningless river card was the Js, and Newman won the pot with his set of fours to double up in chips.

Michael Newman  –  10,025,000  (40 bb)
Sean Astwood  –  625,000  (3 bb)

With eight players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 10,675,000 (43 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,500 each.