Event 1: Nipun Java Taking Charge

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts
Level 32: 75,000/150,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 13 of 3,173

Nipun Java

It’s been a while since we’ve had a chance to update Event 1, and a lot has changed over the course of the last hour. The field is now just 13 players strong.

Nipun Java is primarily the one driving the action, and his chip stack has swollen as a result. Just a moment after eliminating Reinaldo Troconis with ace-king, Java played another big pot against Jonathan Snead.

Snead got himself all in for 2,170,000 before the flop, and Java re-shoved for more than 10 million behind him. When the rest of the table folded, Java showed down more of the same.

“Ace-king again?” Snead asked. Java nodded.

Snead: AdQc
Java: AhKc

The board ran out 5h3h2c7c2s, and the kicker played to earn Java another knockout pot. Snead was eliminated in 14th place, sending his chips over into Java’s already mighty stack.

The California pro now has more than 20 percent of the chips in play.

Nipun Java – 13,400,000 (89 bb)
Jonathan Snead – Eliminated