Down To Three

  • Big Stax XXII 500 Main Event 4:00 AM
  • Level 33 (125000/250000/25000)
  • Total Entries: 1445
  • Players Left: 3
  • Next Payout: $50,517

Kyle Merron opened from under the gun to 625k. Pillai folded his button and Nerenberg 3-bet to 2.125M from the small blind. Zemel folded. Merron made the call leaving himself ~4.7M behind.

Flop: 5♣8♥J♠ Pot: 4.6M

Nerenberg led for 1.05M. Merron moved all in for 4.7M total. Nerenberg instantly called.

Nerenberg J♦J♥ vs Merron K♦K♠ Pot: 14M

Turn: 2♠

River: Q♥

Kyle Merron is eliminated in 4th place for $37,064. 

The three remaining players have paused the clock and are taking a short break to consider a chop. Here’s a look at the chip counts:

  1. Nerenberg 27.9M
  2. Pillai 15.1M
  3. Zemel 14.775M