Event 15: Michael Melamed Eliminated in 10th Place by Joe Ebanks

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,529

Michael Melamed

Michael Melamed moved all in for about 850,000, and Joe Ebanks moved all in over the top for about 5,550,000. It folded to Robyn Marshman in the big blind, and she folded KxQx face up.

Melamed turned over Qd4s, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the 7h7c of Ebanks.

The board came Jc10h9s3d2d — Melamed flopped an open-ended straight draw, but improve no further. The pocket sevens held up for Ebanks to win the pot and eliminate Melamed in 10th place.

“I’d have flopped the nuts,” said Marshman, who said she would have called if Ebanks hadn’t moved all in over the top.

Joe Ebanks  –  7,250,000  (24 bb)
Michael Melamed  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($27,740)

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 10,075,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $27,740 each.