Platinum Stack: Josh Hillock Doubles Thru Yan Jiang; Shoval Malin Up to 15 Million

$800 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $2,070,585  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  49 of 2,937

Shoval Malin and Josh Hillock and Yan Jiang
From left to right: Shoval Malin, Josh Hillock, and Yan Jiang

Josh Hillock was all in from the big blind for 3,700,000 with 9s9d, and needed to improve to stay alive against the JdJc of Yan Jiang, who was under the gun.

The board came 8s4s2c9cAh, and Hillock turned a set of nines to win the pot and double up in chips.

Josh Hillock  –  7,700,000  (39 bb)
Yan Jiang  –  7,600,000  (38 bb)

At the same table, Shoval Malin has catapulted up among the chipleaders with 15,000,000 in chips. (If Jiang’s pocket jacks had held, she would be up to 15.3 million.)

Shoval Malin  –  15,000,000  (75 bb)

With 49 players remaining from a field of 2,937, the average chip stack is around 6,000,000 (30 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,100 each.

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