Event 29: Frank Brannan – 8th Place ($13,500)

$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

Frank Brannan
Frank Brannan

Alejandro Bristol limped from middle position for 500,000, and Frank Brannan moved all in from the cutoff for 750,000. Matt Paul called from the button, Leo Taffe called from the small blind, Ory Hen called from the big blind, and Bristol also called.

There is 4,250,000 in the main pot, and any further betting will create a side pot.

The flop came Jd4h3s, and it checked to Bristol, who bet 3,000,000. Paul folded Ad2d, Taffe folded 6s4d, and Hen folded 10c3d.

Brannan turned over 7d7c, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Bristol’s Jc8c (pair of jacks).

The turn card was the 4s, the river card was the Jh, and Bristol won the pot with trip jacks to eliminate Brannan in eighth place.

Alejandro Bristol  –  13,550,000  (27 bb)
Frank Brannan  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($13,500)

Here are the updated chip counts, followed by the final table payouts:

Seat 1.  Matt Paul  –  16,300,000  (34 bb)
Seat 2.  Leo Taffe  –  27,450,000  (56 bb)
Seat 3.  Ory Hen  –  6,325,000  (13 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Amato  –  23,275,000  (47 bb)
Seat 5.  Kuang Hung Lee  –  5,200,000  (10 bb)
Seat 6.  Alejandro Bristol  –  13,550,000  (27 bb)
Seat 7.  Eric Kolodny  –  9,900,000  (20 bb)

1st:  $103,620 + SHRPO Trophy
2nd:  $71,000
3rd:  $52,000
4th:  $39,000
5th:  $29,500
6th:  $22,600
7th:  $17,400

8th:  Frank Brannan  –  $13,500
9th:  Victoria Livschitz  –  $10,600

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.