Event 15 Flight C: Min Zhang Doubles Thru Sam Potoma

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  80 of 680

Min Zhang
Min Zhang

Sam Potoma raised from the hijack to 10,000, Min Zhang moved all in from the small blind for 36,000, and Potoma thought for a bit before he called with Ac9c.

Zhang turned over KdJd, and she needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 10s6s5dQd3d, and Zhang turned an open-ended straight draw with a diamond flush draw, and filled her flush on the river to win the pot and double up in chips.

Min Zhang  –  82,000  (16 bb)
Sam Potoma  –  386,000  (77 bb)

With about 80 players remaining, the average chip stack is around 170,000 (34 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.