Event 1: Steve Labarga Triples Up

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  160 of 4,184

Steve Labarga
Steve Labarga

Steve Labarga limped from middle position for 15,000, the player in the cutoff raised to 65,000, and the small blind moved all in for 230,000.

Labarga called all in for 75,000, and the player in the cutoff tanked for a while before he folded.

Labarga turned over 5h5c, and needed it to hold to stay alive against the small blind’s AcKc.

The board came Ad5d4sQd7h, and Labarga flopped a set of fives to win the pot and effectively triple up in chips.

Steve Labarga  –  245,000  (16 bb)

With about 160 players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 525,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $1,085 each.