Event 1: Victor Carrera Wins a Huge Three-Way Pot to Eliminate Melissa Hunt in 68th Place

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  67 of 6,196

Victor Carrera
Victor Carrera

After a flop of 10c10s4s, Melissa Hunt moved all in UTG+1 for 1,130,000. Yin Lee called from the cutoff, and Victor Carrera asked for an exact count and tanked for a while before he also called from the small blind.

There was more than 4.0 million in the main pot, and any additional betting would create a side pot.

The turn card was the 7s, and both players checked. The river card was the 6d, and they checked again. All three players showed their cards.

Victor Carrera:  As2s  (ace-high flush)
Yin Lee:  KhKc  (two pair, kings and tens)
Melissa Hunt:  AhAc  (two pair, aces and tens)

Hunt had recently been down to less than 100,000 in chips, and she was ahead on the flop when she got it all in with a chance to triple up to more than four million. But Carrera turned a spade flush to win the pot, catapulting into the chip lead as he eliminated Hunt in 68th place.

Victor Carrera  –  7,200,000  (90 bb)
Yin Lee  –  1,125,000  (14 bb)
Melissa Hunt  –  Eliminated in 68th Place  ($3,885)

With 67 players remaining from a field of 6,196, the average chip stack is worth about 1,850,000 (23 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $3,885 each, and the next pay jump will be $4,192 for 63rd place.

Melissa Hunt
Melissa Hunt did a little dance in her seat while the other two players checked the turn and river cards, thinking her pocket aces would be good.