Event 1: Valeriya Vasilieva – 8th Place ($33,870)

$500 Double Stack NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 4,852

Valeriya Vasilieva
Valeriya Vasilieva

Valeriya Vasilieva was short-stacked and all in preflop from the hijack, against Hasan Hakim in the small blind, and Jameel Harris in the big blind.

Hakim and Harris checked all the way down on a board of Qd8d3h6h2c. These were their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Hasan Hakim:  Kc7s  (king high)
Jameel Harris:  10s7c  (ten high)
Valeriya Vasilieva:  Ah7h  (ace high)

Vasilieva won the pot with her ace to triple up in chips.

Valeriya Vasilieva  –  3,650,000  (7 bb)
Hasan Hakim  –  22,000,000  (44 bb)
Jameel Harris  –  9,000,000  (18 bb)

About five minutes later, David Smith was all in from the hijack for 7,550 with AhKd, and he needed it to hold to stay alive against the AsQd of Shawn Mohamed in the big blind.

The board came 8d8c4c2c8h, and Smith won the pot with his king to double up in chips.

David Smith  –  15,850,000  (32 bb)
Shawn Mohamed  –  10,500,000  (21 bb)

About 15 minutes later, Valeriya Vasilieva was once again short-stacked and all in preflop against two other players. Vasilieva was under the gun, against Shawn Mohamed (small blind) and Phil Hernz (big blind).

Both players checked to the river on a board of AsKd5s3s5c, and Mohamed bet 1,500,000. Hernz folded, showing one card — the Kc.

Vasilieva showed Ad4h for two pair, aces and fives, but Mohamed turned over 7h5h to win the pot with trip fives, eliminating Vasilieva in eighth place.

Shawn Mohamed  –  11,000,000  (22 bb)
Phil Hernz  –  7,850,000  (16 bb)
Valeriya Vasilieva  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($33,870)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 13,875,000 (28 big blinds). The next player to bust will earn $48,015.