Event 7: Davian Santana vs. Brandon Byars

$570 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 22: 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante
Players Remaining: 25 of 624

Davian Santana

Brandon Byars, who was sitting on over 500,000 at the time, kicked it off with a raise to 35,000. It folded around to Davian Santana in the big blind and he called.

Flop: AdKhTh

Santana checked. Byars bet 60,000. Santana called.

Turn: AdKhTh5d

Santana checked again. Byars bet again, this time an even 100,000. Santana called again leaving himself about 165,000 behind.

River: AdKhTh5dKd pairing the board

Santana lead for an all-in bet of roughly 165,000. Byars frustratingly folded. Santana raked the pot.

For Byars, the hand was a small hiccup in what’s been a great Day 2. After being below 50,000 chips on the money bubble, he ran it up and currently sits at 350,000.

Davian Santana – 567,000 (35 bb)
Brandon Byars – 350,000 (21 bb)