Event 1: Richard Baker Doubles Thru Peter Hsu

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 6,134

Richard Baker
Richard Baker

Richard Baker moved all in from the cutoff for 4,300,000, Peter Hsu moved all in over the top from the button for about 25,500,000, and everyone else folded.

Baker turned over Kc7s, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Hsu’s Qc10c.

The board came 6s5s2h6cKs, and Baker won the pot with two pair, kings and sixes, to double up in chips.

Richard Baker  –  9,900,000  (20 bb)
Peter Hsu  –  21,200,000  (42 bb)

With seven players remaining from a field of 6,134, the average chip stack is about 17,500,000 (35 big blinds). The field is in the money, and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $46,560 each.