Event 1: Niall Costigan Doubles Thru James Carroll in a Dramatic Runout

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,261,490  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 37:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 6,853

Niall Costigan

James Carroll raised to 4,000,000 from the hijack (leaving about 4,200,000) behind, Niall Costigan reraised all in for 7,300,000 in the big blind, and Carroll called with 9s9c.

Costigan showed KdKc and needed his hand to hold up to survive.

The flop came 9h5c3d, vaulting Carroll to the lead with a set of nines.

The turn was the 6d, keeping Carroll ahead.

The river was the Ks, giving Costigan a set of kings on the river to double through Carroll.

Niall Costigan  –  15,500,000  (26 bb)
James Carroll  –  900,000  (2 bb)

With six players remaining from a field of 6,853, the average chip stack is around 22,850,000 (38 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $59,000 each.

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