Event 10: Kevin Butler Up to 5.5M; Down to 25 Players

$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 30: 50,000/100,000/15,000 Ante

After a flop of 8s5h2h, Tony Delacruz (hijack) had bet 1,000,000, and Kevin Butler moved all in from the button for 2,765,000. Delacruz tanked for a while before he called with JhJc for an overpair. Butler turned over 5s5d for a set of fives, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn was the Ks, the river was the 6h, and Butler won the pot with his set of fives to double up to 5.5 million in chips.

Kevin Butler  –  5,500,000  (55 bb)
Tony Delacruz  –  2,245,000  (22 bb)

The field lost two players at the end of Level 29 — Rob LeBeau (27th) and Larry Hirschfield (26th).

Rob LeBeau  –  Eliminated in 27th Place  ($6,149)
Larry Hirschfield  –  Eliminated in 26th Place  ($6,149)

To balance the tables, Mike Ortiz is moved from Table 7 to Table 16, where he takes seat 8.

With 25 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2.34 million (23 big blinds).