Event 15: Steve Blackmon Doubles Thru Chris Da-Silva

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  60,000/120,000 with a 120,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 384

Steve Blackmon
Steve Blackmon

Chris Da-Silva completed the small blind for 120,000, Steve Blackmon moved all in from the big blind for 670,000, and Da-Silva thought for a while before he called with KcJs.

Blackmon turned over AhKh, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came 8c7s3d8d10d, and Blackmon won the pot with his ace to double up in chips.

Steve Blackmon  –  1,460,000  (12 bb)
Chris Da-Silva  –  1,780,000  (15 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 2,955,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,200 each.