Event 49: Artem Metalidi Doubles Thru Gregory Back

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $438,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  20,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 219

Artem Metalidi
Artem Metalidi

Artem Metalidi raised from early position to 90,000 (leaving himself 85K behind), and Gregory Back called from the small blind.

The flop came 9h6d4s, Back moved all in, and Metalidi used two Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he called all in for 85,000 with KsJd for king high.

Back turned over Qs9d for a pair of nines, and Metalidi needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the Jh, the river card was the 8c, and Metalidi paired his jack on the turn to win the pot and double up in chips.

Artem Metalidi  –  410,000  (14 bb)
Gregory Back  –  280,000  (9 bb)

With eight players remaining from a field of 219, the average chip stack is around 685,000 (23 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $12,300 each.