Event 50: Ira Friedman – 6th Place ($18,800)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $380,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 190

Ira Friedman
Ira Friedman

Ira Friedman was short-stacked and all in from the button with AhJc, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the JsJh of Rick Mechammil in the small blind.

The board came Kh9s2c9c6s, and the pocket jacks held up for Mechammil to win the pot and eliminate Friedman in sixth place.

Rick Mechammil
Ira Friedman  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($18,800)

With five players remaining from a field of 190, the average chip stack is around 950,000 (24 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $24,600 each.