Event 15: Eric Salazar Eliminated in 18th Place by Jonathan Kranker

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  17 of 4,259

Eric Salazar
Eric Salazar

Steven McKoy raised from the cutoff to 375,000, Eric Salazar moved all in from the small blind for 1,250,000, and Jonathan Kranker called from the big blind. McKoy folded.

Salazar turned over AhQd, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Kranker’s 5d5c.

The board came 9d8c7h5hKh, and Kranker turned a set of fives to win the pot and eliminate Salazar in 18th place.

Jonathan Kranker  –  6,000,000  (40 bb)
Eric Salazar  –  Eliminated in 18th Place  ($13,715)

With 17 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 5,000,000 (33 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $13,715 each.