Event 27: Andre Bryan – 9th Place ($1,263)

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$50,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 619

Andre Bryan
Andre Bryan

In the last hand of Level 25, Andre Bryan moved all in from the button for 555,000, and Michael Tait called all in from the small blind with an identical stack of 555,000.

Bryan showed 8s8c, but Tait turned over KsKh.

The board came Qc10d2c6c7h — Bryan turned a club flush draw, but improved no further. Tait won the pot with his pocket kings to double up and eliminate Bryan in ninth place.

Michael Tait  –  1,190,000  (24 bb)
Andre Bryan  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($1,263)

After that hand, the players took a 15-minute break. These were the official chip counts with the blinds increasing to 25K-50K:

Seat 1.  Evan Haw  –  770,000  (15 bb)
Seat 2.  Al Gomez  –  835,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Tait  –  1,190,000  (24 bb)
Seat 4.  Antonio Campbell  –  575,000  (12 bb)
Seat 5.  Scott Roberts  –  735,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  David Coughlin  –  1,285,000  (26 bb)
Seat 7.  David Shmuel  –  2,690,000  (54 bb)
Seat 8.  Rene Noriega  –  1,190,000  (24 bb)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 1,160,000 (23 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $1,746.