Event 10: Jairo Velasquez Doubles Thru Michael Jagroo

$400 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 151

Michael Jagroo
Jairo Velasquez (foreground, left) was all in, Michael Jagroo (center) raised over the top, and Athanasios Polychronopoulos (right) folded his hand in the big blind.

Jairo Velasquez moved all in from the cutoff for 12,000, and Michael Jagroo reraised from the small blind to 33,000 with 6s6h. Velasquez turned over Ah9d, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Ac8c7s3d8d, and Velasquez paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jairo Velasquez  –  36,000  (6 bb)
Michael Jagroo  –  145,000  (24 bb)

With 10 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 227,000 (38 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $1,400 each.