Event 2: Peter Lombardo Wins a Preflop All In with Set Over Set

$400 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 272

Peter Lombardo
Peter Lombardo

Peter Lombardo got it all in from the small blind for 38,500 with AdAc, and needed it to hold to stay alive against the cutoff’s 10s10d.

The board came As10c8dJh7d, and both players flopped sets, but Lombardo’s aces held the entire way and he won the pot to double up in chips.

Peter Lombardo  –  83,000  (28 bb)

With about 45 players remaining from a field of 272, the average chip stack is about 121,000 (40 big blinds). The final 34 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $625 each.