Event 2: Roy Young Increases His Lead with Two Pair Against Justin Datloff

$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

With the board showing Jc9h4s4dAh on the river, chipleader Roy Young bets 700,000 from the small blind, and Justin Datloff tanks for a while before he called from the cutoff.

Young shows AdJd to win the pot with two pair, aces and jacks, and Datloff mucks.

Roy Young  –  7,600,000  (95 bb)
Justin Datloff  –  3,850,000  (48 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.