Event 2: Daniel Garcia Doubles Thru Stephen Gerber

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 3,586

Daniel Garcia
Daniel Garcia

After a flop of 10d5c2d, Daniel Garcia checked from the big blind, Stephen Gerber bet 550,000 from the cutoff, and Garcia check-raised all in for 2,350,000.

Gerber tanked for a while before he called with Ah4h for ace high with a gutshot straight draw. Garcia turned over 7c5s for a pair of fives, and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the 2h, the river card was the 6h, and Garcia won the pot with his pair of fives to double up in chips.

Daniel Garcia  –  5,800,000  (29 bb)
Stephen Gerber  –  3,000,000  (15 bb)

With 14 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 5,125,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,000 each.