Event 26: Marcelo Aagesen Doubles Thru Gregory Pessine; Pessine Eliminated in 19th Place

$600 Mid-Series Showdown (Re-Entry)
$2,000,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  18 of 4,017

Gregory Pessine

Marcelo Aagesen was all in for 1,150,000 with AhQc, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against Gregory Pessine’s Kd10s.

The board came AsQsQhAd2c, and Aagesen flopped a full house and turned a higher full house to win the pot with aces full of queens and double up in chips.

Marcelo Aagesen  –  2,500,000  (20 bb)
Gregory Pessine  –  300,000  (2 bb)

A short while later, Gregory Pessine was eliminated in 19th place.

Gregory Pessine  –  Eliminated in 19th Place  ($14,100)

With 18 players remaining from a field of 4,017, the average chip stack is around 5,575,000 (45 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $14,100 each.