Event 9 Flight C: Action From the Last Level of the Night

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 14:  1,500/3,000 with a 3,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  37 of 235

Jacob Naumann
Jacob Naumann

The player in the hijack moved all in for 11,500, and Jacob Naumann called the extra 8,500 from the big blind with 10d4s. The hijack turned over Kc2c, needing his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came AsAh3c10c10s, and Naumann won the pot with a full house, tens full of aces, to eliminate his opponent from Flight C.

Jacob Naumann  –  250,000  (83 bb)

Michael Tureniec vs Michael Wang
Michael Tureniec (left) considers the all-in bet on the turn by Michael Wang (right).

Chipleader Michael Tureniec raised from middle position to 6,500, Michael Wang reraised from the cutoff to 17,500, and Tureniec thought for a while before he called.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of Js8d6dQc, Tureniec checked, Wang moved all in for 59,500, and Tureniec thought for a while before he folded. Wang took the pot.

Michael Wang  –  102,000  (34 bb)
Michael Tureniec  –  475,000  (158 bb)

Tony Utnage
Tony Utnage

After a flop of KhJc2c, Tony Utnage got it all in under the gun for 111,500 with KdJh (two pair, kings and jacks), and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the cutoff’s AcKc (pair of kings).

The turn card was the 9h, the river card was the Js, and Utnage won the pot with a full house, jacks full of kings, to double up in chips.

Tony Utnage  –  280,000  (93 bb)

The tournament clock has been stopped with 10 minutes left in the final level of the night, and each table will play five more hands before bagging up for Day 2.