Event 1: Richard Saunders Doubles Through Joseph Hernon

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $228,690  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 693

Richard Saunders

Richard Saunders open-shipped for 440,000 from under the gun and Joseph Saunders called in the middle position. Chip leader Felipe Luyanda double-checked it was a call fro Hernon, thought for a minute, and folded along with the rest of the table.

Saunders: AsQd
Hernon: AcKs

Saunders was in trouble against the bigger ace and found no help on the 8s5s5d flop. He took the lead when he paired his queen on the Qc turn and finished his double after the 9s river.

Richard Saunders – 980,000 (25 bb)
Joseph Hernon – 2,260,000 (57 bb)