$570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 20: 5,000/10,000/1,000 Ante

A player is all in from the button for 71,000 with , and he’s in a race situation against WPT winner Eric Afriat (UTG+1), who has with only a slightly larger chip stack.

The board comes , and the pocket nines hold up to win the pot and double up in chips — knocking Afriat all the way down to just 4,000 in chips (less than a small blind).

The next hand, Afriat moves all in under the gun for 3,000, and four other players put in 27,000 each to see the flop — most of it going into a side pot.

The flop comes , and action checks to Kyle Sorel in middle position, who bets 36,000. The hijack calls, and the other two players fold. The turn card pairs the board with the , Sorel bets 37,000, and the hijack calls. The river card is the , and Sorel moves all in. The hijack thinks for a while before he calls all in with for two pair, queens and sevens. But Sorel turns over to win the side pot with trip sevens, eliminating the hijack.

For the main pot, Afriat turns over [Jh3h] — he made two pair, jacks and sevens, but it isn’t enough, and Afriat is eliminated as well.

Kyle Sorel  –  690,000  (69 bb)
Eric Afriat  –  Eliminated in About 180th place ($1,299 or $1,361)

Here are some more notable stacks from around the field:

Benjamin Zamani  –  930,000  (93 bb)
Kyle Sorel  –  690,000  (69 bb)
Zo Karim  –  350,000  (35 bb)
Sam Panzica  –  330,000  (33 bb)
Victor Figueroa  –  300,000  (30 bb)
Cory Zeidman  –  300,000  (30 bb)
Danny Suied  –  285,000  (28 bb)
Kazu Oshima  –  270,000  (27 bb)
Brian Hastings  –  260,000  (26 bb)
Michael Moed  –  225,000  (22 bb)
Aaron Mermelstein  –  200,000  (20 bb)
John DePersio  –  180,000  (18 bb)
Hans Winzeler  –  150,000  (15 bb)
Esther Foley  –  145,000  (14 bb)
Marsha Wolak  –  137,000  (13 bb)
Angelo Miele  –  126,000  (12 bb)
Jennifer Haselton  –  47,000  (4 bb)
Sebastien Girard  –  42,000  (4 bb)