Event 15 Flight C: Al Norman Doubles Thru Scott Baumstein

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  69 of 680

During Hand #4 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Al Norman got it all in from the cutoff for 94,000 with QhQd, and needed it to hold to stay alive against the AdKh of Scott Baumstein in middle position.

The board came 8d3h2dJh8s, and the pocket queens held up for Norman to win the pot and double up in chips.

Al Norman  –  203,000  (34 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  130,000  (22 bb)

With 69 players remaining, the average chip stack is around 181,000 (36 big blinds).

Action will continue this evening until there are 68 players left, and everyone who survives will be in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.