High Roller: Matthew Zarcadoolas Doubles Thru Daniel Lazrus

$25,500 High Roller (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 13:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  40 of 145

Matthew Zarcadoolas
Matthew Zarcadoolas

Late in the last level, Daniel Lazrus raised from the cutoff to 16,000, and Matthew Zarcadoolas called from the big blind.

The flop came Kx10h9h, Zarcadoolas checked, Lazrus bet 30,000, and Zarcadoolas check-raised to 150,000. Lazrus moved all in, and Zarcadoolas called all in for about 225,000 with 8h7h for an open-ended straight-flush draw.

Lazrus turned over QsJs for a king-high straight, and Zarcadoolas needed to improve to stay alive.

The turn card was the Kc, and the river was the 5h. Zarcadoolas caught one of his outs on the river to make a heart flush and win the pot to double up in chips.

Matthew Zarcadoolas  535,000  (54 bb)
Daniel Lazrus  –  500,000  (50 bb)

With 40 players remaining from a field of 145, the average chip stack is about 365,000 (37 big blinds). The final 20 players will finish in the money, guaranteed at least $44,770 each.

Action is scheduled to continue tonight until the end of Level 15, around 12:30 am.