Event 49: Heads-Up Back-and-Forth

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $438,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 219

Jake Cody raised to 150,000, and Kevin Eyster called from the big blind. Both players checked to the turn on a board of Qs7s5c10d, Eyster checked, Cody bet 175,000, and Eyster called.

The river card was the 2s, Eyster checked, Cody bet 450,000, and Eyster thought for a while before he called. Cody showed Qd8c to win the pot with a pair of queens, and Eyster mucked.

Jake Cody  –  3,800,000  (51 bb)
Kevin Eyster  –  1,675,000  (22 bb)

A short while later, Cody raised to 150,000, and Eyster called from the big blind. The flop came Ac10c3c, and they put in 100,000 each.

The turn card was the 2d, Eyster checked, Cody bet 275,000, and Eyster check-raised to 650,000. Cody folded, and Eyster took the pot.

Jake Cody  –  3,100,000  (41 bb)
Kevin Eyster  –  2,400,000  (32 bb)

And here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $93,900 + Showdown Trophy
2nd:  $66,500

3rd:  Mykhail Lendel  –  $47,500
4th:  Jeremy Becker  –  $35,500
5th:  Tim Capretta  –  $27,000
6th:  Artem Metalidi  –  $20,500
7th:  Petre Bogdan Ionescu  –  $15,800
8th:  Gregory Back  –  $12,300
9th:  Scott Margereson  –  $9,600