$600 Seniors 50+ No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 176

Joseph Bourais raised under the gun to 60,000, Deonarine Itwaru thought for a while before reraising from the cutoff to 140,000, and Bourais called.

The flop came , Bourais checked, Itwaru bet 85,000, and Bourais called.

The turn card was the , Bourais moved all in for 380,000, and Itwaru snap-called all in for 360,000 with .

Bourais turned over , and Itwaru needed his aces to hold to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Itwaru won the pot with his pocket aces to double up in chips, knocking Boulais down to less than a big blind.

Deonarine Itwaru  –  1,235,000  (49 bb)
Joseph Bourais  –  20,000  (<1 bb)

The next hand, Bourais was forced all in for his last 20,000 for the big blind ante, and even if he won a seven-way hand, he would only win his ante back.

Steven Bennett moved all in from the cutoff for 185,000, and everyone else folded.

Bourais turned over , and needed to improve to stay alive against Bennett’s .

The board came , and the pocket eights held up for Bennett to win the pot and eliminate Bourais in seventh place.

Steven Bennett  –  220,000  (9 bb)
Joseph Boulais  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($3,185)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 585,000 (23 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will earn $3,690 for sixth place.