Event 2: Maxwell Young Doubles Thru John Dobson

$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

Maxwell Young
Maxwell Young

Maxwell Young was all in from middle position for 1,280,000 with 10s10d, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the KsKh of John Dobson in the cutoff.

The board came Js9c8h7d3h, and Young turned a jack-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.

Maxwell Young  –  2,760,000  (35 bb)
John Dobson  –  1,250,000  (16 bb)

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.