$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $1,407,450 | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 ante
Players Remaining: 12 of 4,265
Chuck Giroux raised from the cutoff to 300,000, Matt Yorra called from the small blind, and Mark Casabo moved all in from the big blind for 475,000. Giroux and Yorra both called, and any further betting would create a side pot.
The flop came 
, Yorra checked, Giroux moved all in for 1,975,000, and Yorra called. All three players turned over their cards, and here they are in descending order of chip counts:
Matt Yorra: 
(pair of kings)
Chuck Giroux: 
(spade flush draw)
Mark Casabo: 
(pair of fives)
Yorra lead with a pair of kings, but there were plenty of outs between the two short stacks.
The turn card was the 
, the river card was the 
, and Yorra won the pot with trip kings to eliminate both players from the tournament. With 15 million in chips, Yorra is now just a little behind chipleader Miguel Martinez-Martinez.
Matt Yorra – 15,075,000 (101 bb)
Chuck Giroux – Eliminated in 13th Place ($11,500)
Mark Casabo – Eliminated in 14th Place ($11,500)
With 12 players remaining from a field of 4,265, the average chip stack is around 7,100,000 (47 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $14,200 each.
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