Event 29: Matt Paul – 7th Place ($17,400)

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $719,100  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 33:  400,000/800,000 with an 800,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,020

Matt Paul
Matt Paul

Matt Paul moved all in from UTG+1 for 3,200,000, and Alejandro Bristol called from the big blind with Qd10h.

Paul turned over AsJd, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came Qs6c2s4c9c, and Bristol paired his queen on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Paul in seventh place.

Matt Paul  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($17,400)

Seat 1.  Leo Taffe  –  25,600,000  (32 bb)
Seat 2.  Ory Hen  –  11,600,000  (15 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Amato  –  33,000,000  (41 bb)
Seat 4.  Kuang Hung Lee  –  6,800,000  (9 bb)
Seat 5.  Alejandro Bristol  –  14,500,000  (18 bb)
Seat 6.  Eric Kolodny  –  11,000,000  (14 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

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

7th:  Matt Paul  –  $17,400
8th:  Frank Brannan  –  $13,500
9th:  Victoria Livschitz  –  $10,600

With six players remaining from a field of 1,020, the average chip stack is around 17,000,000 (21 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $22,600 each.