High Roller: Eli Berg Doubles Thru Joseph Cheong; Martin Zamani Doubles Thru Ren Lin

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 105

Eli Berg

Eli Berg got it all in from the big blind for 690,000 with AcJc, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the Kd10s of Joseph Cheong in the small blind.

The board came 9s5d3s8h4c, and Berg won the pot with his ace to double up in chips.

Eli Berg  –  1,430,000  (29 bb)
Joseph Cheong  –  760,000  (15 bb)

Martin Zamani
Martin Zamani

About five minutes later, Martin Zamani raised from middle position to 500,000, leaving himself just 10K behind, and Ren Lin called from the button.

The flop came Js8s2s, Zamani checked, Lin moved all in, and Zamani called all in for 10,000 with AhJd for a pair of jacks. Lin turned over Ad6c, and Zamani just needed to fade running sixes to stay alive.

The turn card was the Qh, the river card was the Jc, and Zamani won the pot with trip jacks to double up in chips.

Martin Zamani  –  1,145,000  (23 bb)
Ren Lin  –  1,650,000  (33 bb)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is around 1,165,000 (23 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $70,400 each.