Event 29: Battle of the Big Stacks Between Michael Amato and Leo Taffe

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 31:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,020

Michael Amato
Michael Amato

Leo Taffe raised from the button to 1,200,000, Michael Amato reraised from the big blind to 4,200,000, and Taffe called.

The flop came 9s4c2s, Amato bet 3,400,000, and Taffe thought for a while before he called.

The turn card was the 8d, Amato moved all in, and Taffe folded AhQc. Amato took the pot with Ac3d.

Seat 1.  Matt Paul  –  15,000,000  (30 bb)
Seat 2.  Leo Taffe  –  22,050,000  (44 bb)
Seat 3.  Ory Hen  –  7,325,000  (15 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Amato  –  28,925,000  (58 bb)
Seat 5.  Kuang Hung Lee  –  5,450,000  (11 bb)
Seat 6.  Alejandro Bristol  –  9,850,000  (20 bb)
Seat 7.  Eric Kolodny  –  13,400,000  (27 bb)

With seven players remaining from a field of 1,020, the average chip stack is around 14,575,000 (29 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,400 each.