Event 49: Tim Capretta Doubles Thru Kevin Eyster

$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:  7 of 219

Tim Capretta
Tim Capretta

Tim Capretta raised from the cutoff to 60,000, and Kevin Eyster called from the big blind.

The flop came 10h6h5c, Eyster checked, Capretta bet 55,000, and Eyster check-raised to 140,000. Capretta called.

The turn card paired the board with the 6c, Eyster bet 250,000, and Capretta called all in for 230,000 with Js10c for two pair, tens and sixes.

Eyster turned over 10s9h for the same two pair with a lower kicker, and Capretta needed to avoid a nine on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the Jd, and Capretta won the pot with two pair, jacks and tens, to double up in chips.

Tim Capretta  –  910,000  (30 bb)
Kevin Eyster  –  1,690,000  (56 bb)

With seven players remaining from a field of 219, the average chip stack is around 780,000 (26 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $15,800 each.