Event 1: Perry Shiao Drags a Big One

$360 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 with a 10,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 42 of 5,018

Perry Shiao (Pembroke Pines, FL)
Perry Shiao (Pembroke Pines, FL)

The player in the cutoff opened to 225,000, and Perry Shiao three-bet to 575,000 on the button. Mike Poss called in the big blind, the cutoff folded out of the way, and it was heads-up to the flop.

It came AdTd7d. Poss checked, Shiao continued for 470,000, and Poss check-raised all in for just about 1,000,000 total. Shiao called the remainder to put his opponent at risk.

Shiao: 9d9c
Poss: AcQc

The 8c on the turn gave Shiao a straight draw in addition to his flush draw, and the Jc river filled that straight. He clapped his hands together in celebration and let out a quiet, “Let’s f***ing go,” under his breath.

Shiao won the pot with a jack-high straight, surging toward the top of the leaderboard and eliminating Poss in the process.

Perry Shiao – 4,725,000 (59 bb)
Mike Poss – Eliminated in 42nd place ($3,688)