Event 18: Daniyal Gheba Increases His Lead

$1,100 Triple Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $509,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 525

Luckenson Pericles raised from the small blind to 325,000, and Daniyal Gheba called from the big blind.

The flop came 9s7c4c, Pericles bet 475,000, and Gheba thought for a while before he raised to 1,000,000. Pericles thought for a while before he folded, and Gheba took the pot.

Seat 1.  Luckenson Pericles  –  5,740,000  (72 bb)
Seat 2.  Daniyal Gheba  –  8,360,000  (105 bb)
Seat 3.  Marc Goldman  –  1,625,000  (20 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $87,770 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $61,000
3rd:  $45,500

With three players remaining from a field of 525, the average chip stack is around 5,250,000 (66 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $45,500 each.