Event 7: Al Riccobono Doubles Thru Matt Yorra

$400 Seniors 50+ NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 386

Al Riccobono
Al Riccobono

At the start of Level 25, the final six players wanted to run the numbers on a possible ICM chop. These were their chip counts:

Seat 1.  Yefim Vakser  –  835,000  (21 bb)
Seat 2.  Jesse Lawrence  –  670,000  (17 bb)
Seat 3.  James Diaz  –  980,000  (25 bb)
Seat 4.  Al Riccobono  –  510,000  (13 bb)
Seat 5.  Matt Yorra  –  1,180,000  (30 bb)
Seat 6.  Phil Rigby  –  450,000  (11 bb)

They spent several minutes discussing the numbers, but ultimately decided to keep playing.

A few minutes later, Al Riccobono moved all in from the hijack for 410,000, Matt Yorra called from the cutoff, and Jesse Lawrence folded JxJx face up from the big blind.

Riccobono turned over Ah10h, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Yorra’s 6d6c.

The board came Ac9h5dQdJd, and Riccobono paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Al Riccobono  –  920,000  (23 bb)
Matt Yorra  –  675,000  (17 bb)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 770,000 (19 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed to earn at least $5,460 each.