$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:  147 of 4,529

Somebody raised to 45,000, Steven McKoy called from the cutoff, and Peter Vitantonio reraised from the button to 315,000, leaving himself just 55K behind. The first player folded, and McKoy tanked for a long time before moving all in.

Vitantonio called all in for 370,000 with , but he was dominated and facing elimination against McKoy’s .

The board came , and McKoy won the pot with his nine kicker to eliminate Vitantonio in 148th place.

Steven McKoy  –  1,430,000  (72 bb)
Peter Vitantonio  –  Eliminated in 148th Place  ($1,860)

The next hand, Jeffrey Stephens was all in under the gun for about 450,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against McKoy’s in the cutoff. (McKoy was in the cutoff twice in a row because he eliminated the button on the previous hand.)

The board came , and McKoy flopped a gutshot straight draw and paired his king on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Stephens in 144th place.

(Yes, there really were three people eliminated at other tables between these back-to-back hands.)

Steven McKoy  –  1,930,000  (97 bb)
Jeffrey Stephens  –  Eliminated in 144th Place  ($2,000)

With 143 players remaining from a field of 4,529, the average chip stack is about 635,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $2,000 each, and the next pay jump is $2,160 for 135th place.