$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 38:  300,000/600,000/75,000 Ante

Taylor Fortini min-raised from the button to 1,000,000, Thomas Collazo called from the small blind, and Ivan Freitez moved all in from the big blind for more than 11 million.

(Context: At the end of the chop negotiations, Freitez said several times, “I’m going all in every hand.” And he’s been going all in a lot, but not every hand.)

Fortini quickly folded, and Collazo thought for a bit before he called with . But Freitez turned over , and unless somebody made a flush, it would be a chopped pot.

The board came , and it was a chopped pot.

Two hands later, Collazo moved all in under the gun for 1,000,000, Freitez moved all in from the button for 12,475,000, and Collazo asked for an exact count before he called with . Freitez turned over , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Freitez won the pot with his queen to double up in chips.

Ivan Freitez  –  26,000,000  (52 bb)
Thomas Collazo  –  2,025,000  (4 bb)

The next hand, Taylor Fortini moved all in from the small blind, and Collazo called from the big blind with . Fortini turned over a dominating , and Collazo said, “Why couldn’t you have had a better hand?”

The board came , and Fortini won the pot with a full house, fives full of jacks, to eliminate Collazo in fourth place.

Taylor Fortini  –  22,700,000  (45 bb)
Thomas Collazo  –  Eliminated in 4th Place  ($55,983)

Shortly after that, the blinds increase to 300,000-600,000 with a 75,000 ante. With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 20.15 million (34 big blinds).