$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 35: 150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante
Cord Garcia was the first player to reach 1 million in chips (back before the field reached the money on Day 2), and he was such a dominant chipleader at that point that he had more than 2 1/2 times as many chips as anyone else. But by late on Day 2 Cord had fallen further back into the pack, and he’s been on the low side of the leaderboard pretty much ever since.
But since everyone knew he won the WSOP Colossus bracelet this summer, he seemed to be the most feared player at the table — none of the other players wanted to see him with a lot of chips.
The final five players can now breathe a sigh of relief.
Down to nine big blinds, Cord Garcia moved all in UTG+1 for 2,775, and Michael Lewin called all in for 2,250,000 from the big blind with . Garcia turned over , and Lewin needed his pocket pair to hold to stay alive.
The board came , and the pocket jacks held up for Lewin to win the pot and double up in chips.
Michael Lewin – 4,900,000 (16 bb)
Cord Garcia – 525,000 (<2 bb)
The next hand, Garcia moved all in under the gun for 475,000, and Jason Appel called from the big blind with . Garcia turned over , and he needed it to hold to stay alive.
The board came , and Appel paired his jack on the river to come from behind and eliminate Garcia in sixth place.
Jason Appel – 4,000,000 (13 bb)
Cord Garcia – Eliminated in 6th Place ($60,756)
With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 11.7 million (39 big blinds).