Event 2: Michael Wetcher Doubles Thru Joseph Kim

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $1,867,140  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  36 of 5,658

Michael Wetcher

After a flop of Jc7d4d, Michael Wetcher was all in under the gun for 1,425,000 with QsQc, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the Jh8h (pair of jacks) of Joseph Kim in the small blind.

The turn card was the 2c, the river card was the 4h, and the pocket queens held up for Wetcher to win the pot and double up in chips.

Michael Wetcher  –  4,100,000  (41 bb)
Joseph Kim  –  6,300,000  (63 bb)

With 36 players remaining from a field of 5,658, the average chip stack is around 3,150,000 (32 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,300 each, and the next pay jump is $7,700 for 31st place.