Event 1: John Depersio Rivers a Straight to Reach 3.1 Million

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  115 of 6,853

John Depersio
John Depersio

A player raised UTG+1 to 80,000, John Depersio reraised from the button to 280,000, and his opponent called.

Both players checked to the turn on a board of 9h7h3h5d, his opponent checked, Depersio bet 225,000, and his opponent called.

The river card was the 8c, his opponent checked, Depersio bet 475,000, and his opponent thought for a while before he called. Depersio showed Ad6d for a nine-high straight, and his opponent mucked. Depersio won the pot to climb the leaderboard with more than 3.1 million in chips.

John Depersio  –  3,115,000  (104 bb)

With about 115 players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 1,190,000 (40 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $2,100 each.

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