Event 1 Day 2: Both Players Double Heads Up

$500 NLHE Madness Kickoff
Day 2
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 27: 75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 526

A pair of doubles happened in rapid succession during the heads-up final.

The first one saw Thomas Symonds all in with on the small blind, and Benton Blakeman had him covered holding pocket nines on a final board reading . That put Symonds up to 11.88 million, while Blakeman was down to 3.9 million.

Just a few minutes later it was Blakeman was all in from the small blind with in the hole, and Symonds had him covered holding from the button. The final board read , and Blakeman survived with 4.6 million. Symonds was at 11.18 million after the hand.

Thomas Symonds – 11,180,000 (89 bb)
Benton Blakeman – 4,600,000 (36 bb)