$150 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with an 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 365

Joseph Patalano got his short stack all in preflop from the big blind against Igor Evseev (button) and Frederic Konowitz (small blind). Any further betting would create a side pot.

Both players checked all the way down on a board of , and all three revealed their cards:

Frederic Konowitz:    (nine-high spade flush)
Igor Evseev:    (nine high)
Joseph Patalano:    (five-high spade flush)

Konowitz won the pot with his higher flush to eliminate Patalano in ninth place.

Frederic Konowitz  –  910,000  (36 bb)
Igor Evseev  –  270,000  (11 bb)
Joseph Patalano  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($920)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 685,000 (27 big blinds), and the next player to bust will receive $1,183.