$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 78

With the blinds still at 2K-4K (with a 4K ante), Craig Varnell was all the way down to 12,500 in chips (3 big blinds) when he got it all in with against the of Jim Collopy in the big blind.

The board came , and since neither player had a diamond, Varnell won the pot with a pair of kings.

Craig Varnell  –  31,000  (8 bb)
Jim Collopy  –  60,000  (15 bb)

A hand or two later, Varnell got it all in from the hijack for 31,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Mark Guariglia in the big blind.

The board came , and the pocket kings held up for Varnell to win the pot and double up in chips.

Craig Varnell  –  68,000  (17 bb)
Mark Guariglia  –  72,000  (18 bb)

A short while later, Level 15 came to an end, and the players took a 15-minute break. These were their official chip counts from the break:

TABLE 1
Seat 1.  Jonathan Bussieres  –  192,000  (38 bb)
Seat 2.  Ray Qartomy  –  162,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Gregory Back  –  96,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  
Seat 5.  Joe McKeehen  –  97,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6.  Gregory Baird  –  51,000  (10 bb)
Seat 7.  Paul Domb  –  150,000  (30 bb)
Seat 8.  James Calderaro  –  122,000  (24 bb)

TABLE 2
Seat 1.  Jim Collopy  –  62,000  (12 bb)
Seat 2.  
Seat 3.  Hiro Harada  –  234,000  (47 bb)
Seat 4.  Mark Guariglia  –  85,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5.  Daniel Monosson  –  78,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6.  
Seat 7.  Craig Varnell  –  58,000  (12 bb)
Seat 8.  Faraz Jaka  –  166,000  (33 bb)

With 13 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 120,000 (24 big blinds). The final 10 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $11,355 each.