$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Flight A Players Remaining:  36 of 277

Jorge Ramos was all in for 20,000 in middle position with against Ha Nguyen in the cutoff holding .

The board ran out , giving Ramos trip aces with a nine kicker to double through Nguyen.

Jorge Ramos  –  55,000  (9 bb)
Ha Nguyen  –  380,000  (63 bb)

The next hand, Ramos moved all in from UTG+1 for 55,000, and Ha Nguyen called from the hijack with . Ramos turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket sevens held up for Ramos to double up for the second hand in a row.

Jorge Ramos  –  125,000  (21 bb)
Ha Nguyen  –  325,000  (54 bb)

The next hand, Ramos raised under the gun, Jasmin Omanovic reraised UTG+1, and Ramos four-bet all in for 125,000. Omanovic called with .

But Ramos turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and Omanovic flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Ramos won the pot with his pocket aces to double up for the third hand in a row.

In the span of three hands on the Money Bubble, Jorge Ramos went from just three big blinds to an above-average stack of 44 big blinds. What an incredible run!

“I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,” said Ramos.

Jorge Ramos  –  265,000  (44 bb)
Jasmin Omanovic  –  25,000  (4 bb)

With 36 players remaining, the average chip stack is around 192,000 (32 big blinds). The field is on the Money Bubble, and as soon as one more player is knocked out, the remaining players will bag up their chips for Day 2, which begins on Sunday at 1:00 pm. Players must bag chips for Day 2 to finish in the money.