Event 1: Trung Pham Eliminated in 81st Place by Yaroslav Nakonechnyy

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  80 of 3,730

Yaroslav Nakonechnyy
Yaroslav Nakonechnyy

Tanupat Punjarojanakul raised from the hijack to 65,000, Lexy Gavin called from the cutoff, Yaroslav Nakonechnyy called from the button, and Trung Pham moved all in from the big blind for 460,000.

Punjarojanakul and Gavin both folded, and Nakonechnyy called with 8h8d.

Pham turned over QcJh, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 8c7s3d2h9c, and Nakonechnyy flopped a set of eights to win the pot and eliminate Pham in 81st place.

Yaroslav Nakonechnyy  –  1,625,000  (54 bb)
Trung Pham  –  Eliminated in 81st Place  ($1,800)

With 80 players remaining from a field of 3,730, the average chip stack is about 935,000 (31 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,800, and the next pay jump is $1,950 for 72nd place.