$600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20: 6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  192 of 3,229

With the board reading , we walked up to a table that was in the midst of a massive four-way pot. Three of the players were all in with Nissin Vaknin holding the biggest stack followed by Spencer Champlin, Brian Appell, and Richard Devivo. All the chips went and it was a wide array of hands.

DeVivo: (flush draw)
Champlin: (middle set)
Vaknin: (overpair and open-ended straight draw)
Appell: (rockets)

Champlin was ahead with his set and a coin flip against the other three players in the hand. He had a lot of outs to dodge and it was Vaknin taking the lead on the turn for his straight.

Champlin and DeVivo still had river outs to win the pot (and there was a single chop out, the ) but Vaknin held on the river to send three tough players out and move up to 760,000.

“Scoop!” Vaknin yelled as he celebrated.

Nissin Vaknin – 760,000 (63 bb)
Spencer Champlin – Eliminated in 194th Place ($1,295)
Brian Appell – Eliminated in 195th Place ($1,295)
Richard DeVivo – Eliminated in 196th Place ($1,295)