Event 15: Shane Raikes Doubles Up With Queens

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  153 of 4,529

Shane Raikes

Shane Raikes was all in from middle position for 310,000 with QdQc, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the AsKd of the UTG+1 player.

The board came 9h8d7sJc9s, and the pocket queens held up for Raikes to win the pot and double up in chips.

Shane Raikes  –  670,000  (34 bb)

With about 153 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 590,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $1,860 each, and the next pay jump is $2,000 for 144th place.