Event 18: David Rivera – 8th Place ($4,340)

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |  Structure |  Payouts
Level 28:  40,000/80,000 with an 80,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 1,130

David Rivera
David Rivera

Dmitri Zaitsev raised UTG+1 to 225,000, David Rivera moved all in from the hijack for 740,000, and Zaitsev tanked for a while before he called with QsJh.

Rivera turned over 9s9d, and he needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came KhQh3h7h6h, and Zaitsev paired his queen on the flop and turned a jack-high flush to clinch the pot and eliminate Rivera in eighth place.

Dmitri Zaitsev  –  3,290,000  (41 bb)
David Rivera  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($4,340)

With seven players remaining from a field of 1,130, the average chip stack is around 2,420,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,600 each.