Event 1: Tom Gottlieb Rivers a Straight Against Sean Phillippi

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $1,407,450  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,265

Tom Gottlieb
Tom Gottlieb

Tom Gottlieb raised from the hijack to 475,000, and Sean Phillippi called from the small blind.

The flop came KdJh7d, Phillippi checked, Gottlieb bet 450,000, and Phillippi called.

Phillippi checked in the dark, and the turn card was the 5c. Gottlieb checked behind.

The river card was the 10h, Phillippi bet 600,000, and Gottlieb raised to 3,000,000. Phillippi tanked for a long time before he called, and Gottlieb turned over AsQs for the nuts — an ace-high straight. Phillippi mucked, and Gottlieb won the pot.

“A ten was the only card you could have hit on the river to beat me,” said Phillippi.

Tom Gottlieb  –  11,100,000  (56 bb)
Sean Phillippi  –  13,350,000  (67 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 9,475,000 (47 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,700 each.