Event 10: Orlando Maldonado Doubles Up With Quad Jacks Thru Abhishek Panda

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 972

Orlando Maldonado
Orlando Maldonado

Orlando Maldonado got it all in preflop from the small blind for 1,955,000 with JhJc, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the Ah10c of Abhishek Panda on the button.

The board came Js7c6c9cJd — Maldonado flops a set of jacks, Panda turns a gutshot straight draw, and Maldonado rivers quad jacks to win the pot and double up in chips.

Orlando Maldonado  –  4,050,000  (68 bb)
Abhishek Panda  –  1,630,000  (27 bb)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,430,000 (41 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed at least $11,605 each.