$2,200 Eight-Max No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 167

Dan Sepiol raised from the cutoff to 50,000, Hasan Hakim reraised from the small blind to 150,000, and Sepiol thought for a while before moving all in.

Hakim snap-called all in for 750,000 with , and Sepiol turned over . Hakim needed his aces to hold to stay alive.

The board came — Sepiol flopped a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. The pocket aces held up for Hakim to win the pot and double up in chips.

Hasan Hakim  –  1,530,000  (102 bb)
Dan Sepiol  –  125,000  (8 bb)

Two hands later, Sepiol was all in under the gun for 125,000 with , and he needed to improve to stay alive against the of Will Parker in the hijack.

The board came , and Parker paired his king on the flop and turned and ace-high flush to win the pot and eliminate Sepiol in sixth place.

Will Parker  –  660,000  (44 bb)
Dan Sepiol  –  Eliminated in 6th Place  ($15,142)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 668,000 (45 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $20,201.