Event 16: Michael Chiappetta Out 6th

$1,100 Six-Max No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-out)
Level 23: 6,000/12,000/2,000 Ante

After a flop of Qd10h2c, Matt Stout bet under the gun, and Joe Serock called from the cutoff. The turn was the 7c, Stout bet 68,000, and Serock called.

The river was the 10s, and Stout thought for a bit before moving all in for 166,000. Serock tanked for a long time before he called with KsQc for two pair, queens and tens. But Stout turned over AdQh to win the pot with the same two pair and an ace kicker.

Matt Stout  –  Still Stacking Chips
Joe Serock  –  280,000  (23 bb)

Joe Serock vs Matt Stout
Joe Serock (foreground) vs Matt Stout

A few minutes later, Michael Chiappetta was all in with 9-8, needing to improve to stay alive against Matt Stout’s AsKc.

The board came KsKh5h10s2h, and Stout won the pot with trip kings to eliminate Chiappetta in sixth place.

Matt Stout  –  745,000  (62 bb)
Michael Chiappetta  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($10,315)

Michael Chiappetta
6th-Place Finisher Michael Chiappetta

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 525,000 (44 big blinds).