Event 16: Boris Kolev Doubles thru Cord Garcia; Byron Kaverman Gets Some Chips Back

$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  29 of 335

Boris Kolev
Boris Kolev

Boris Kolev moved all in from the hijack for 55,000, and Cord Garcia called from the big blind with Ac10h. Kolev turned over KcQs, and need to improve to stay alive.

The board came KdQhQc8d6d, and Kolev flopped a full house to win the pot and double up in chips.

Boris Kolev  –  122,000  (15 bb)
Cord Garcia  –  104,000  (13 bb)

A few minutes later, earlier chipleader Byron Kaverman has apparently lost quite a bit of his stack, and a big pot developed where he might start rebuilding.

The final board showed 9h7d5cAsJs with about 200K already in the pot, and Kaverman had moved all in under the gun for 178,000. His opponent asked for an exact count from middle position, and then tanked for a while before he folded.

Kaverman took the pot to bounce back a bit to 385K.

Byron Kaverman  –  385,000  (48 bb)

With 29 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 231,000 (29 big blinds), and they are guaranteed to earn at least $4,618 each.