Event 15: Tanupat Punjarojanakul – 8th Place ($9,200)

$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $372,480  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 28:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 384

Tanupat Punjarojanakul
Tanupat Punjarojanakul

Tanupat Punjarojanakul moved all in from the small blind for about 1,650,000, and Steve Blackmon called from the big blind with QsQd.

Punjarojanakul turned over Ah6h, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 9h9c2h9dJd, and the pocket queens held up for Blackmon to win the pot and eliminate Punjarojanakul in eighth place.

Steve Blackmon  –  10,675,000  (43 bb)
Tanupat Punjarojanakul  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($9,200)

With seven players remaining from a field of 384, the average chip stack is around 5,475,000 (22 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $11,800 each.