Event 18: Gabriel Fuller Doubles Thru Dmitri Zaitsev

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Structure |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,130

Gabriel Fuller
Gabriel Fuller

Gabriel Fuller raised from the hijack to 275,000, leaving himself just 60K behind, and Dmitri Zaitsev called from the small blind.

The flop came 9s7s7d, Zaitsev moved all in, and Fuller called all in for 60,000 with Ah8h for ace high. Zaitsev turned over Qh9h for a pair of nines, and Fuller needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the Ac, the river card was the 4d, and Fuller paired his ace on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Gabriel Fuller  –  920,000  (7 bb)
Dmitri Zaitsev  –  2,650,000  (21 bb)

With five players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 3,390,000 (27 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,500 each.