Event 18: Jae Kyung Sim – 9th Place ($2,300)

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $143,200  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 895

Jae Kyung Sim
Jae Kyung Sim

Hany Ayoub raised under the gun, Jae Kyung Sim moved all in from the small blind for 855,000, and Ayoub asked for a count before he called with 10s10c. Sim turned over 8h8c, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 9d9c6s3d5s, and the pocket tens held up for Ayoub to win the pot and eliminate Sim in ninth place.

Hany Ayoub  –  3,055,000  (51 bb)
Jae Kyung Sim  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($2,300)

With eight players remaining from a field of 895, the average chip stack is around 1,680,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,920 each.