$2,200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guarantee | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 149

Steve Ekin moved all in from middle position for about 120,000, and Paul Balzano called all in from the hijack for about 55,000 with .

Ekin turned over , and Balzano needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Balzano was teased with an ace in the window before Ekin flopped a set of tens. Ekin won the pot to eliminate Balzano in ninth place.

Steve Ekin  –  200,000  (20 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($8,228)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 375,000 (38 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $9,313.