Event 1: Shane Raikes Doubles Thru Jose Montes

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry Per Flight)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 3,902

Shane Raikes
Shane Raikes

Shane Raikes got it all in from the big blind for 2,375,000 with 8s8d, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the Ad5c of Jose Montes.

The board came Kd9d3sKc10s, and the pocket eights held up for Raikes to win the pot and double up in chips.

Shane Raikes  –  5,200,000  (17 bb)
Jose Montes  –  3,200,000  (11 bb)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 11.1 million (37 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $49,060 each.