$5,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 78

Jim Collopy was all in from the cutoff for 128,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Craig Varnell, who was UTG+1.

The board came , and Collopy flopped a full house, queens full of threes, to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jim Collopy  –  276,000  (35 bb)
Craig Varnell  –  80,000  (10 bb)

Two hands later, Craig Varnell was all in from the big blind for 80,000 with , and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the of Ray Qartomy in the cutoff.

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

Craig Varnell  –  172,000  (22 bb)
Ray Qartomy  –  55,000  (7 bb)

A short while later, James Calderaro was short-stacked and all in from the button with , but Jim Collopy woke up in the small blind with .

The board came — Calderaro paired his four on the turn, but improved no further. Collopy won the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate Calderaro in ninth place.

Jim Collopy  –  325,000  (41 bb)
James Calderaro  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($11,355)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 195,000 (24 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $12,875.