Event 9: Jennifer Miller Wins a Big Pot at the Break to Increase Her Chip Lead

$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$250,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 826

Jennifer Miller
Jennifer Miller

In the last hand before the break, Jennifer Miller (small blind) and Luis Calvo (button) played a big pot on a board of KsKhJcQcKd, and both players checked the river.

Miller showed Ad10d for an ace-high straight, and Calvo said she was good, holding onto his cards for a good 30 seconds before folding, saying he had ten-nine for a lower straight.

Miller won the pot to increase her chipleading stack to 3.73 million.

Here are the official chip counts from the break, with the blinds increasing to 25,000-50,000 with a 50,000 ante:

Seat 1.  Jennifer Miller  –  3,730,000  (75 bb)
Seat 2.  Hiroaki Harada  –  2,265,000  (45 bb)
Seat 3.  Tony Utnage  –  1,765,000  (35 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Tureniec  –  2,360,000  (47 bb)
Seat 5.  Justin Carey  –  2,235,000  (45 bb)
Seat 6.  Ryan D’Angelo  –  1,440,000  (29 bb)
Seat 7.  Arthur Boatman  –  1,485,000  (30 bb)
Seat 8.  Luis Calvo  –  1,225,000  (25 bb)

With eight players remaining, the average chip stack is about 2,075,000 (42 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $11,820.