Event 1: Rohit Palla Doubles Thru Charlemagne Benjamin

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  30 of 6,253

Rohit Palla
Rohit Palla

With the board showing As9d8hJc on the turn, Rohit Palla got it all in from the button for 685,000 with 8s8c for a set of eights, and he had Charlemagne Benjamin drawing dead in the hijack with Ac2d for a pair of aces.

The meaningless river card was the 4s, and Palla doubled up in chips.

Rohit Palla  –  2,875,000  (29 bb)
Charlemagne Benjamin  –  1,330,000  (13 bb)

With 30 players remaining from a field of 6,253, the average chip stack is around 4,170,000 (42 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,570 each. The next pay jump is $6,190 for 27th place.