$350 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 35:  150,000/300,000/50,000 Ante

Jake Melen was all in from the small blind for 2,250,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Ivan Freitez on the button.

The board came , and Melen paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and double up in chips.

Jake Melen  –  5,150,000  (17 bb)
Ivan Freitez  –  8,575,000  (29 bb)

The very next hand, Melen was all in from the button for 5,100,000 with , and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the of Taylor Fortini.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Melen to win back-to-back all-in situations and double up in chips.

Jake Melen  –  11,000,000  (37 bb)
Taylor Fortini  –  12,150,000  (41 bb)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 8.6 million (29 big blinds).