Event 21: Craig Pollak Sends the Field Onward to Day 2, But Gets a Penalty in the Process

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 18: 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining: 50 of 497

On Hand #12 of the money bubble, Vaughn Steeves raised to 50,000 from middle position (leaving 8,000 behind). The next player to act reraised all in for 141,000, Craig Pollak four-bet all in for about 390,000 from the button, and action folded back to Steeves.

Pollak showed , but then realized that Steeves wasn’t all in. After about 20 seconds, Steeves open folded .

The all-in players showed and failed to catch up to Pollak’s aces as the board ran out , giving Pollak the pot and the Flight A chip lead. However, he will begin Day 2 with a one-orbit penalty.

Craig Pollak – 593,000 (74 bb)
Vaughn Steeves – 8,000 (1 bb)