$1,100 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  22 of 160

After a flop of , Nick Palma got it all in under the gun for 51,000 with , but he needed to improve to stay alive against the (trips nines) of Mike Chiappetta. Palma prepared to exit by putting his sneakers back on.

But the turn card was — the .

Palma took a huge lead with a full house, aces full of nines, and needed to avoid a single out to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Palma won the pot with his full house to double up in chips.

Nick Palma  –  130,000  (26 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  135,000  (27 bb)

With 22 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 145,000 (29 big blinds), and the final 20 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $2,475 each.