Event 21: Preflop Reraising Between Big Stacks Ari Engel and Vladyslav Shovkovyi

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 3,989

Ari Engel
Ari Engel

Ari Engel min-raised from the hijack to 300,000, Vladyslav Shovkovyi reraised from the small blind to 950,000, and Engel tanked for a while before he reraised to 2,150,000.

Shovkovyi tanked for a while before he five-bet all in, and Engel quickly folded. Shovkovyi took the pot.

Vladyslav Shovkovyi  –  12,700,000  (85 bb)
Ari Engel  –  10,800,000  (72 bb)

The next hand, Engel min-raised UTG+1 to 300,000, Shovkovyi reraised from the button to 900,000, and Engel tanked for a while before he four-bet it to 2,300,000.

This time, Shovkovyi folded, and Engel took the pot.

Ari Engel  –  12,100,000  (81 bb)
Vladyslav Shovkovyi  –  11,800,000  (79 bb)

With 13 players remaining from a field of 3,989, the average chip stack is around 6,125,000 (41 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $16,450 each.

Vladyslav Shovkovyi
Vladyslav Shovkovyi