Event 53 ($1K NLHE): John Conkright – 9th Place ($9,000)

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 29:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 504

John Conkright

Caleb Powell raised to 100,000 in middle position, Jean Gaspard called on the button, John Conkright three-bet to 525,000 in the small blind, Powell folded, and Gaspard called.

The flop was 7h6d2c, Conkright continued for 700,000, Gaspard raised all in for 1,735,000, and Conkright called all in for 1,695,000 with QhQs for a pair of queens. Gaspard tabled 7d7s for a set of sevens (and Powell said he folded what would have a set of deuces).

The 4h turn and 6h river completed the board, no help to Conkright, ending his tournament in ninth place.

Jean Gaspard  – 4,680,000  (94 bb)
John Conkright  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($9,000)

With eight players remaining from a field of 504 entries, the average stack is about 1,260,000 (25 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed $11,400.