Event 15: Andriy Kovalchuk – 7th Place ($14,664)

$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 556

Andriy Kovalchuk
Andriy Kovalchuk

Nick Pupillo raised from the button to 100,000, and Andriy Kovalchuk moved all in from the small blind for 595,000. Chad Eveslage thought for a while before he called from the big blind, and Pupillo quickly folded.

Kovalchuk turned over AsJd, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Eveslage’s 7h7c.

The board came 10d8h5dKd6h — Kovalchuk turned a gutshot straight draw with a diamond flush draw, but he improved no further. Eveslage won the pot with his pocket sevens to eliminate Kovalchuk in seventh place.

Chad Eveslage  –  2,460,000  (62 bb)
Andriy Kovalchuk  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($14,664)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1.85 million (46 big blinds), and they are all guaranteed at least $21,350 each.