Event 16: Stuart Paterson Doubles Thru Juan Maceiras

$600 Deep Stack Pot-Limit Omaha (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $179,920  | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 346

Stu Paterson
Stu Paterson

Juan Maceiras raised from the small blind to 90,000, and Stuart Paterson called from the big blind.

The flop came Kd7h3s, Maceiras bet 125,000, and Paterson pot-raised to 585,000. Maceiras tanked for a while before he moved all in, and Paterson called all in for 705,000.

Juan Maceiras:  Kc10h5c4d  (pair of kings, gutshot straight draw)
Stuart Paterson:  AhAsJs6c  (pair of aces)

The turn card was the Jd, the river card was the 3c, and Paterson won the pot with two pair, aces and threes, to double up in chips.

Stuart Paterson  –  1,620,000  (54 bb)
Juan Maceiras  –  3,275,000  (109 bb)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is around 1,385,000 (46 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed to earn at least $10,300 each.