Event 26: Joel Gossett Doubles Thru Antoine Sankari

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 4,017

Joel Gossett
Joel Gossett

With the board showing 4c3h2c9s on the turn and roughly four million in the pot, Joel Gossett got it all in for 3,825,000 with 9h9c for a set of nines.

Antoine Sankari had AsAd for an overpair with a gutshot straight draw, and Gossett needed to avoid an ace or a five to stay alive.

The river card was the 10h, and Gossett won the pot with his set of nines to double up in chips.

Joel Gossett  –  11,800,000  (47 bb)
Antoine Sankari  –  1,700,000  (7 bb)

With 12 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 8,375,000 (34 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $21,200 each.