Event 15: Michael Nye Increases His Lead with a Straight-Flush

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 39:  500,000/1,000,000 with a 1,000,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 4,259

Michael Nye
Michael Nye

Juan Endara raised from the button to 2.8 million, and Michael Nye called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the river on a board of 10c8s6s3d10s. Nye bet 2.5 million, and Endara snap-called.

Nye showed 9s7s for a ten-high straight-flush, and Endara mucked.

Seat 1.  Ricardo Velasco  –  12,900,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Michael Nye  –  59,000,000  (59 bb)
Seat 3.  Juan Endara  –  13,200,000  (13 bb)

With three players remaining, the average chip stack is about 28.4 million (28 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $172,250 each.