2020 Feb WSOPC

Main Event: Serge Dergham Doubles Thru Joshua Farah

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$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 23:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  39 of 1,162

Serge Dergham
Serge Dergham finished as the runner-up in Event #6 ($400 Monster Stack) a few days ago, earning $43,614.

After a flop of Jc8h4d, Serge Dergham bet 125,000, Joshua Farah raised to 250,000, and Dergham moved all in for 526,000.

Farah called with 8c7c for a pair of eights, but Dergham turned over AcJd for a pair of eights. Dergham needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The turn card was the 3h, the river card was the 3s, and Dergham won the pot with two pair, jacks and threes, to double up in chips.

Serge Dergham  –  1,215,000  (61 bb)
Joshua Farah  –  1,045,000  (52 bb)

With 39 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 895,000 (45 big blinds), and the remaining players are all guaranteed at least $5,229 each.