Event 1: $570 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em
Level 22: 8,000/16,000/2,000
Players Remaining: 21/698
Manny Minaya was in a three-way pot with Parm Mehmi and an unknown player in early position. The flop laid and the unknown player checked it to Minaya. He put a stack of gray 5,000 chips in the middle and Mehmi nearly beat him onto the felt moving all in. The early position player folded and Minaya called off.
Minaya: for a nine-high straight
Mehmi: for an open-ended straight draw
The dealer burned and turned the and the earning Minaya the pot. His all-in bet was for 443,000 and the winnings moved him up over 1,000,000 chips.
Manny Minaya – 1,015,000
Parm Mehmi – 1,4000