Event 37: Eli Berg – 9th Place ($26,900)

$10,000 Eight-Handed NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 15:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 89

Eli Berg
Eli Berg

After a flop of Ks9c4c, Eli Berg checked from the big blind, Dylan Smith bet from the hijack, and Berg check-raised to 140,000. Smith reraised to 340,000, and Berg four-bet all in for roughly 800,000.

Smith snap-called with KcJc for a pair of kings with a club flush draw, and Berg turned over Kh5s for a pair of kings with a lower kicker. Berg needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card paired the board with the 9h, the river card double-paired the board with the 4h. Smith won the pot with two pair, kings and nines with a jack kicker, to eliminate Berg in ninth place.

Dylan Smith  –  2,125,000  (53 bb)
Eli Berg  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($26,900)

With eight players remaining from a field of 89, the average chip stack is around 1,115,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $29,600 each.