Event 1: Not Much Action, But Shai Arbel Increases His Lead

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 3,902

Shai Arbel
Shai Arbel

With a $24,550 pay jump at stake, the action has slowed quite a bit at this final table. It’s been more than an hour since the last elimination.

Shai Arbel raised under the gun to 850,000, and Andrew Heckman called from the small blind. The flop came Jh9d7s, Heckman checked, Arbel bet 1,000,000, and Heckman called.

The turn card was the 2h, and both players checked. The river card was the 5c, Heckman bet 2,100,000, and Arbel called.

Heckman showed Qc10s for queen high (missed his straight draw), and Arbel turned over QhJs to win the pot with a pair of jacks.

Shai Arbel  –  22,000,000  (55 bb)
Andrew Heckman  –  11,800,000  (30 bb)

That hand was a while ago, and Arbel has increased his stack since then to more than 25 million (50+ big blinds).

The blinds have just increased to 250,000-500,000 with a 500,000 ante. With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 13.0 million (26 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $67,700 each.