Event 17: James Salmon Doubles Thru Stephen Gerber

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $678,030  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 699

James Salmon
James Salmon

With the board showing QhJh5d6d on the turn, James Salmon was all in from the big blind for 2,850,000 with Qd10h (pair of queens), and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the Ad9d (diamond flush draw) of Stephen Gerber in the cutoff.

The river card was the Kh, and Salmon won the pot with his pair of queens to double up in chips.

James Salmon  –  6,950,000  (28 bb)
Stephen Gerber  –  3,800,000  (15 bb)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 699, the average chip stack is around 7,000,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,700 each.