Event 9: Darren Rabinowitz Doubles Through Brian Wachs

$570 No Limit Hold’em Deep Stack Re-Entry
Level 30: 50,000/100,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining: 22/2,923
Average Stack: 2,660,000 (27 big blinds)

Darren Rabinowitz (Las Vegas, NV)
Darren Rabinowitz (Las Vegas, NV)

Brian Wachs opened to 200,000 under the gun, and he was called in four spots, including Darren Rabinowitz, who defended his big blind after some consideration.

The flop came 9d8h6c, and Gordon continued for 315,000. That folded the two callers in the middle, but Rabinowitz check-raised all in for 1,160,000. Wachs slipped into the tank, cutting out the calling chips and talking through the predicament. “Five-seven?” he said at one point, drawing no response from Rabinowitz. After maybe two minutes, he called for about 40% of his own stack, putting his opponent at risk. “You win,” he said as he slid the chips into the pot.

Rabinowitz: 6d7c (pair of sixes, open-ended straight draw)
Wachs: TsTd (pair of tens)

The turn was the blank 3c, but the river was the 5d. Rabinowitz filled his straight, doubling up and then some.

Darren Rabinowitz – 3,275,000 (33 bb)
Brian Wachs – 1,620,000 (16 bb)