Event 15: Dessiree Bennett Doubles Thru Samuel Kim

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 384

Dessiree Bennett
Dessiree Bennett

Four players saw a flop of KdQc7c with 1,000,000 in the pot, and it checked to Dessiree Bennett, who bet 600,000 from the cutoff. Samuel Kim raised from the button to 2,200,000, and Chad Roedersheimer and Anibal Pabon folded from the blinds.

Bennett thought for a bit before she three-bet all in for 4,350,000, and Kim quickly called with Jc9c for a gutshot straight draw with a club flush draw. But Bennett turned over Kc5c for a pair of kings with a higher flush draw, and she needed it to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the 2s, the river card was the 5s, and Bennett won the pot with two pair, kings and fives, to double up into the chip lead.

Dessiree Bennett  –  9,700,000  (49 bb)
Samuel Kim  –  4,800,000  (24 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,850,000 (19 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.