Event 49: Gregory Back Doubles Thru Petre Bogdan Ionescu

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $438,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 219

Gregory Back

Gregory Back moves all in from middle position for 90,000, and Petre Bogdan Ionescu called from the hijack with Ah4h.

Back turned over 9s9c, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came 8d4d3sKsQs, and Ionescu paired his four on the flop, but improved no further. Back won the pot with his pocket nines to double up in chips.

Gregory Back  –  245,000  (10 bb)
Petre Bogdan Ionescu  –  275,000  (11 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 219, the average chip stack is around 610,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $9,600 each.