$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 225

It folded to Aidar Sharifullin from the small blind; he moved all in 725,000, and David Finley called all in for 585,000.

Finley:
Sharifullin:

Finley was in a lot of trouble against the bigger pair but made a set of fives on the flop to take the lead. The turn and river finished the board to send a double to Finley and knock Sharifullin to a small stack right before the break.

David Finley – 1,230,000 (41 bb)
Aidar Sharifullin – 140,000 (5 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 225

David Nathaniel opened to 75,000 from under the gun and Aidar Sharifullin moved all in for 745,000 from the button. David Finley thought for a minute and moved all in over the top from the small blind. Igor Pinheiro folded his big blind and Nathaniel folded.

Sharifullin:
Finley:

It was a flip and Sharifullin needed to improve to stay in the game. The board ran out , Sharifullin flopped a gutshot draw and made a king-high straight on the turn to double up.

Aidar Sharifullin – 1,625,000 (54 bb)
David Finley – 850,000 (28 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 225

With the board reading , David Shaw was all in for 1,455,000 and Shaun Davis called and had him covered.

Davis:
Shaw:

“Well, I’ve got some outs,” Shaw said.

Davis was ahead with his turned set of tens and Shaw needed to hit his open-ended straight draw to double up. The river was not one of those cards and Shaw was eliminated in sixth place.

Shaun Davis – 4,100,000 (137 bb)
David Shaw  –  Eliminated in 6th Place ($13,466)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 225

With 170K in the pot and the flop reading , David Finley moved all in for 385,000 and David Nathaniel called to put him at risk.

Finley:
Nathaniel:

Nathaniel was ahead with his top pair jacks and Finley had a gutshot and over card. He paired his queen on the turn and held for the double after the river.

David Finley – 940,000 (31 bb)
David Nathaniel – 2,600,000 (87 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 225

Seat 1: Shaun Davis – 2,215,000 (74 bb)
Seat 3: Aidar Sharifullin – 1,215,000 (41 bb)
Seat 4: David Finley – 470,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Igor Pinheiro – 2,440,000 (81 bb)
Seat 7: David Shaw – 1,800,000 (60 bb)
Seat 9: David Nathaniel – 3,065,000 (102 bb)

1st: $79,530 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $55,850
3rd: $34,594
4th: $21,043
5th: $16,251
6th: $13,466
7th: Niall Costigan – $11,475
8th: Artem Tuliupa – $9,788
9th: Johnny Bromberg – $7,955

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 225

On the last hand before the break, Niall Costigan got his 235,000 in the middle against Shaun Davis.

Costigan had an over card with against Davis’s but found no love on the dry board to go out in seventh place.

Shaun Davis – 2,215,000 (89 bb)
Niall Costigan  –  Eliminated in 7th Place ($11,475)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 225

Artem Tuliupa opened to 50,000 from the hijack, it folded to Aidar Sharifullin in the big blind and he moved all in for 665,000. Tuliupa called and Sharifullin was the player at risk.

Sharifullin:
Tuliupa:

Cooler for Tuliupa and nothing on the board helped him. Sharifullin doubled up, Tuliupa was down to 230,000 and eliminated two hands later.

Aidar Sharifullin – 1,395,000 (56 bb)
Artem Tuliupa  –  Eliminated in 8th Place ($9,788)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 225

David Nathaniel opened from middle position and Niall Costigan three-bet to 160,000 from the cutoff. It folded back to Nathaniel, he four-bet to 325,000 and Costigan called.

The flop was , Nathaniel continued for 225,000 and Costigan called.

The turn was , Nathaniel moved all in for 780,000 and Costigan called after thinking a bit.

Nathaniel:
Costigan:

Nathaniel was ahead with his paired jack and it held on the river for a huge double.

David Nathaniel – 2,660,000 (106 bb)
Niall Costigan – 230,000 (9 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 225

Artem Tuliupa opened to 55,000 from middle position and Shaun Davis moved all in for 535,000 from the cutoff. Aidar Sharifullin thought for two minutes and called from the small blind. David Finley folded his big and Tuliupa folded.

Davis:
Sharifullin:

Davis was in trouble with a single over card against the tens but paired his ace on the flop to take the lead. The turn and river finished the board and Davis had a double.

Shaun Davis – 1,175,000 (47 bb)
Aidar Sharifullin – 1,410,000 (56 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 225

Another break has come and gone and we are introducing 90-minute levels from now until the tournament is heads-up.

Niall Costigan leads; no one is in danger, and the average stack is 56 bigs.

Seat 1: Shaun Davis – 580,000 (23 bb)
Seat 2: Niall Costigan – 2,300,000 (92 bb)
Seat 3: Aidar Sharifullin – 1,890,000 (76 bb)
Seat 4: David Finley – 1,495,000 (60 bb)
Seat 6: Igor Pinheiro – 1,550,000 (62 bb)
Seat 7: David Shaw – 905,000 (36 bb)
Seat 8: Artem Tuliupa – 1,030,000 (41 bb)
Seat 9: David Nathaniel – 1,500,000 (60 bb)

1st: $79,530 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $55,850
3rd: $34,594
4th: $21,043
5th: $16,251
6th: $13,466
7th: $11,475
8th: $9,788