Event 1: Miguel Martinez-Martinez Doubles Thru Thomas Lunnun to Take the Lead with 11.6 Million; Lunnun Down to Two Big Blinds

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  26 of 4,265

Miguel Martinez-Martinez
Miguel Martinez-Martinez

Chuck Giroux limped under the gun for 80,000, Thomas Lunnun raised from the cutoff to 325,000, and Miguel Martinez-Martinez reraised from the button to 1,080,000. Giroux folded, and Lunnun four-bet all in for 5,875,000.

Martinez-Martinez tanked for a while before he called all in for 5,680,000 with QhQc. Lunnun turned over AcKs, and it was a race situation with nearly identical stacks.

The board came 10c7d4s4c10h, and the pocket queens held up for Martinez-Martinez to win the pot and double up into the chip lead with more than 11 million in chips.

Miguel Martinez-Martinez  –  11,640,000  (146 bb)
Thomas Lunnun  –  195,000  (2 bb)

With 26 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 3,280,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,200 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 29, around 2:15 am, and the remaining players will return tomorrow at 1:00 pm to play down to a winner.