$1,100 No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  71 of 556

In Hand #1 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Nikola Minkov raised, the player in the big blind moved all in, and Minkov called all in for 60,000 with . The big blind turned over , and Minkov needed his aces to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Minkov won the pot with his pocket aces to double up in chips.

Nikola Minkov  –  127,500  (26 bb)

In Hand #5, two players got it all in preflop, racing with against , but the board brought a six-high straight to chop the pot.

At the end of Hand #7, Level 16 came to an end, and Level 17 began with increased blinds of 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante.

In Hand #8, Ido Ashkenazi was short-stacked and got it all in preflop with against another player’s .

The board came , and the pocket fives held up for Ashkenazi to win the pot and double up in chips.

Ido Ashkenazi  –  37,000  (6 bb)

With 71 players remaining, the average chip stack was about 157,000 (26 big blinds), and the final 70 would be guaranteed at least $1,770 each.