Event 1: John Howe Hits Trips on the River Against Mike Hager

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $1,578,390  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 32:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,783

John Howe
John Howe

After the elimination of Dejan Petkovic in 10th place, there was a hand in progress at the other table that needed to finish before they could combine to a final table.

With the board showing Qd9d5c2s on the turn, John Howe checked from the small blind, Mike Hager bet 1,800,000 from the big blind, and Howe called.

The river card paired the board with the 9c, Howe bet 3,000,000, and Hager called. Howe showed 9h8h to win the pot with trip nines, and Hager mucks.

John Howe  –  23,000,000  (115 bb)
Mike Hager  –  2,200,000  (11 bb)

With nine players remaining from a field of 4,783, the average chip stack is around 10,625,000 (53 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $20,100 each.

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