Event 1: Andrew Pecina Wins in a Five-Way Deal! ($225,906)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 38:  400,000/800,000 with an 800,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 7,703

Andrew Pecina
Event 1 Champion Andrew Pecina (left) and Fifth-Place Finisher David Frenkel (right)

After playing five-handed for a while, the final five players stopped to discuss a deal, and rather quickly they agreed to end the tournament and split up the remaining prizepool.

These were their official chip counts:

1.  Andrew Pecina  –  59,800,000  (75 bb)
2.  Tommy Morgado  –  31,500,000  (39 bb)
3.  Nicholas Carballo  –  24,500,000  (31 bb)
4.  Hossein Pezeshkan  –  21,100,000  (26 bb)
5.  David Frenkel  –  17,100,000  (21 bb)

As chipleader, Andrew Pecina was awarded the title and the trophy. These are the modified payouts they agreed to:

1st:  Andrew Pecina  –  $225,906* + SHRPO trophy
2nd:  Tommy Morgado  –  $186,979*
3rd:  Nicholas Carballo  –  $173,368*
4th:  Hossein Pezeshkan  –  $165,792*
5th:  David Frenkel  –  $155,827*

Congratulations to Andrew Pecina!

Stay tuned for a recap from this event, which will be posted later tonight.

* Indicates the results of a five-way deal.