Event 1: Nigel Murray Doubles Thru Eric Siegel

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 7,703

Nigel Murray
Nigel Murray

Nigel Murray got it all in from the small blind with AcJs, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the KdQh of Eric Siegel in middle position.

The board came 8s5h2h10d2c, and Murray won the pot with his ace to double up in chips.

Nigel Murray  –  4,150,000  (21 bb)
Eric Siegel  –  3,300,000  (17 bb)

With 29 players remaining from a field of 7,703, the average chip stack is around 5,300,000 (27 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $6,863 each.