Event 14: Zhen Cai – 9th Place ($6,200)

$1,100 Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $302,640  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 312

Zhen Cai
Zhen Cai

Matthew Lambrecht raised from middle position to 60,000, Zhen Cai moved all in from the cutoff or button for 75,000, and Lambrecht called with 8s8c. Cai turned over Ac10c, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Jc6d2s4dKs, and the pocket eights held up for Lambrecht to win the pot and eliminate Cai in ninth place.

Matthew Lambrecht  –  1,000,000  (33 bb)
Zhen Cai  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($6,200)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is around 1,170,000 (39 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,900 each.