Event 16: Wehner Rodriguez – 5th Place ($2,570)

$400 Seniors 50+ (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 159

Wehner Rodriguez
Wehner Rodriguez

Wehner Rodriguez got it all in from the small blind for roughly 300,000 with KdJs, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the 8d8c of Paul Balzano in the big blind.

The board came Qh6s3h2h7d, and the pocket eights held up for Balzano to win the pot and eliminate Rodriguez in fifth place.

Paul Balzano  –  1,265,000  (51 bb)
Wehner Rodriguez  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($2,570)

With four players remaining from a field of 159, the average chip stack is around 795,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,430 each.