$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 37:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 7,703

Vinny Monteiro got it all in from the big blind for 5,525,000 with , and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Raffaello Locatelli in the cutoff.

The board came , and Monteiro flopped a set of eights and rivered a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

The players tell us that Monteiro has had a streak of premium pocket pairs, getting pocket kings, pocket queens, pocket jacks, and pocket eights in short order — though it sounds like he only really got paid on the pocket eights.

Vinny Monteiro  –  11,950,000  (20 bb)
Raffaello Locatelli  –  6,200,000  (10 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 7,703, the average chip stack is about 15,400,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $25,420 each.