Event 15: Michael Nye Wins ($328,683) in a Heads-Up Deal with Juan Endara ($273,222)

$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:  2 of 4,259

Juan Endara and Michael Nye
Runner-Up Juan Endara (left) and Event 15 Champion Michael Nye

After the elimination of Ricardo Velasco in third place, the final two players agreed to an ICM deal to end the tournament. These were the official chip counts:

Michael Nye  –  60,800,000  (61 bb)
Juan Endara  –  24,300,000  (24 bb)

And these were the payouts they agreed to:

1st:  Michael Nye  –  $328,683
2nd:  Juan Endara  –  $273,222

As chipleader, Nye is awarded the title and the trophy. Here is the full list of final table payouts:

1st:  Michael Nye  –  $328,683 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  Juan Endara  –  $273,222
3rd:  Ricardo Velasco  –  $172,250
4th:  Bradley Coultas  –  $133,050
5th:  Evan Teitelbaum  –  $100,730
6th:  Ian O’Hara  –  $74,290
7th:  Steven McKoy  –  $53,405
8th:  Raminder Singh  –  $42,525
9th:  Jonathan Kranker  –  $32,845

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