Event 15: Tanupat Punjarojanakul Doubles Thru Jessica Cai

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 384

Tanupat Punjarojanakul
Tanupat Punjarojanakul

Tanupat Punjarojanakul was all in from the small blind for 1,475,000 with KsKd, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the 9h9d of Jessica Cai on the button.

The board came 10s9s3sKh10d, and Cai flopped a set of nines, only to see Punjarojanakul turn a set of kings. Punjarojanakul won the pot with his higher set to double up in chips, knocking Cai down to just four big blinds.

Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  3,350,000  (17 bb)
Jessica Cai  –  700,000  (4 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 3,850,000 (19 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $7,200 each.