Event 49: Mykhail Lendel Doubles Thru Jeremy Becker

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $438,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 219

Mykhail Lendel
Mykhail Lendel

Mykhail Lendel was all in from the big blind for 505,000 with AhAc, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the 9h8s of Jeremy Becker in the small blind.

The board came Jh7d7cKd2d, and Becker flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. Lendel won the pot with his pocket aces to double up in chips.

Mykhail Lendel  –  1,060,000  (21 bb)
Jeremy Becker  –  490,000  (10 bb)

With four players remaining from a field of 219, the average chip stack is around 1,370,000 (27 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $35,500 each.