Event 2: Manny Minaya Eliminated in 26th Place by Roy Young

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,000,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  25 of 3,586

Roy Young
Roy Young

After a flop of Ad9d2c, Manny Minaya checked or bet from the small blind, Roy Young raised from middle position to 420,000, and Minaya called.

The turn card paired the board with the Ah, Minaya checked, Young moved all in, and Minaya called all in for about 2,000,000 with AsQh for trip aces.

But Young turned over AcKd for trip aces with a higher kicker, and Minaya needed to catch a queen, nine, or a deuce to stay alive.

The river card was the 6s, and Young won the pot with trip aces and his king kicker to eliminate Minaya in 26th place.

Roy Young  –  6,670,000  (83 bb)
Manny Minaya  –  Eliminated in 26th Place  ($8,600)

With 25 players remaining from a field of 3,586, the average chip stack is around 2,870,000 (36 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $8,600 each.