Event 7:  Vendel Johnson Wins in a Five-Way ICM Deal

$200 Big Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 33:  125,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 1,462

Vendel Johnson
Vendel Johnson

As Level 32 was coming to an end, and Level 33 beginning with increased blinds of 125,000-250,000, the final five players agreed to an ICM chop for the remaining prizepool.

These were the official chip counts:

1.  Vendel Johnson  –  7,675,000  (31 bb)
2.  Andre Bryan  –  5,050,000  (20 bb)
3.  Kelly Alonso  –  4,075,000  (16 bb)
4.  Ayed Shweihat  –  2,750,000  (11 bb)
5.  Alexandru Predincea  –  2,400,000  (10 bb)

And these were the payouts they agreed to:

1st:  Vendel Johnson  –  $26,497 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  Andre Bryan  –  $22,912
3rd:  Kelly Alonso  –  $21,170
4th:  Ayed Shweihat  –  $18,282
5th:  Alexandru Predincea  –  $17,389

As chipleader, Vendel Johnson was declared the winner, receiving the title and the trophy.

Stay tuned for a recap from this event to be posted later tonight.