Event 29: Alejandro Bristol Semi-Bluffs Victoria Livschitz Off Top Pair, Top Kicker

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 30:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 1,020

Alejandro Bristol
Alejandro Bristol

Alejandro Bristol raised from the cutoff to 1,000,000, and Victoria Livschitz tanked for a long time in the small blind before she reraised to 2,500,000. Bristol thought for a while before he called.

The flop came 9c7s6h, Livschitz bet 1,200,000, and Bristol thought for a while before he called.

The turn card was the 5d, Livschitz checked, and Bristol moved all in for 4,100,000. Livschitz tanked for a long time before she folded Ah9h for a pair of nines. Bristol took the pot with a semi-bluff — Jc10d for a gutshot jack-high straight draw.

Here are the updated chip counts after the hand:

Seat 1.  Matt Paul  –  7,900,000  (20 bb)
Seat 2.  Leo Taffe  –  29,625,000  (74 bb)
Seat 3.  Ory Hen  –  4,775,000  (12 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Amato  –  25,525,000  (64 bb)
Seat 5.  Kuang Hung Lee  –  7,450,000  (19 bb)
Seat 6.  Alejandro Bristol  –  12,300,000  (31 bb)
Seat 7.  Eric Kolodny  –  3,075,000  (8 bb)
Seat 8.  Victoria Livschitz  –  4,075,000  (10 bb)
Seat 9.  Frank Brannan  –  8,075,000  (20 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 1,020, the average chip stack is around 11,325,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $10,600 each.