$560 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 3: 75/150

Jon Godwin’s Event 7 appeared to be starting out like a dream. He took his seat and peeked down at pocket kings his first hand. After a three-way raising battle saw Godwin get all in, the dream turned to a nightmare — he was facing pocket aces. Godwin never improved and was left with 125 chips.

He picked up ace-king the very next hand and doubled. The hand after that he moved in blind and woke up with kings. His opponent held . The flop brought an ace and the turn was a six. Lo and behold, Godwin spiked a king on the river and doubled again. With those three hands behind him, he settled in for a bit before getting all in with . His opponent held on an board. Yet again, Godwin spiked gin when the turn came the improving him to a straight.

Godwin, who once held less than a big blind, now holds 5,000 chips. He still has a long way to go, but he’s in much better shape than he was.