Event 1: Igor Tretyakov Doubles Thru Erik Nomberg

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  215 of 3,730

Igor Tretyakov
Igor Tretyakov

After a flop of 8d6d6c with about 50K already in the pot, Igor Tretyakov checked the big blind, Erik Nomberg bet 30,000, and Tretyakov check-raised to 94,000.

Nomberg tanked for a long time before he moved all in, and Tretyakov snap-called all in for 247,000 with Js6s for trip sixes. Nomberg turned over Ad8h, and Tretyakov needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the 7c, the river card was the 9s, and Tretyakov won the pot with his trip sixes to double up in chips.

Igor Tretyakov  –  545,000  (55 bb)
Erik Nomberg  –  132,000  (13 bb)

With about 215 players remaining from a field of 3,730, the average chip stack is about 347,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $785, and the next pay jump is $825 for 198th place.