Main Event: Three Double-Ups on the Final Table Bubble

$1,700 WSOPC Main Event (Single Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 1,162

Francisco Gomez

Brian Ray got it all in preflop for 600,000 with Js9s, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the 10d10c of Fares Santana on the button.

The board came QsQh9h4s7s — Ray paired his nine on the flop, turned a flush draw, and rivered a spade flush to win the pot and double up in chips.

Brian Ray  –  1,450,000  (15 bb)
Fares Santana  –  840,000  (8 bb)

A few minutes later, Francisco Gomez got it all in from the cutoff for 1,270,000 with AhAd, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the 10s10d of Rob Manjura on the button.

The board came KsKc8hQs3h, and the pocket aces held up for Gomez to win the pot and double up in chips.

Francisco Gomez  –  2,790,000  (28 bb)
Rob Manjura  –  1,475,000  (15 bb)

A short while later, Fares Santana got it all in from the cutoff for 580,000 with Ah9c, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive against the 3h2h of Paul Balzano in the big blind.

Fares Santana  –  1,310,000  (13 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  6,050,000  (61 bb)

With 11 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 3,170,000 (32 big blinds, and as soon as one more player busts, they will combine to a final table.