$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 189

Here are updated chip counts for the final seven players:

Seat 1.  Adam Zeltser  –  440,000  (37 bb)
Seat 2.  Carlos Dorca  –  380,000  (32 bb)
Seat 3.  Raymond Tetsoshvili  –  365,000  (30 bb)
Seat 4.  Jesse Lott  –  1,550,000  (129 bb)
Seat 5.  Dani Dayan  –  140,000  (12 bb)
Seat 6.  Erik Nomberg  –  370,000  (31 bb)
Seat 7.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  575,000  (48 bb)

A short while later, Erik Nomberg gets it all in from the small blind for about 220,000 with , but he runs into the of Giuseppe Iadisernia in the big blind.

The board came , and the pocket aces held up for Iadisernia to win the pot and eliminate Nomberg in seventh place.

Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  920,000  (77 bb)
Erik Nomberg  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($6,235)

With six players remaining, the average chip stack is about 630,000 (53 big blinds), and the next player to bust will earn $7,315.

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 189

Now that Event 1 has come to a conclusion (via a six-way ICM deal), we can turn our focus to the final table of Event 9.

Myles Holton was the first final tablist to bust, finishing in ninth place.

Myles Holton  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($4,665)

A short while later, Manuel Amaro Alvarez raised from the button to 20,000, and Adam Zeltser moved all in from the small blind for 110,000. Alvarez called with , and Zeltser was in trouble with .

But the board came , and Zeltser paired his ten on the flop and his queen on the turn to win the pot with two pair and double up in chips.

Adam Zeltser  –  244,000  (20 bb)

Alvarez was eliminated a short while later.

Manuel Amaro Alvarez  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($5,440)

More recently, chipleader Jesse Lott raised under the gun to 25,000, Adam Zeltser moved all in from the button for 212,000, and Lott thought for a while before he called with .

Zeltser turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket queens held up for Zeltser to win the pot and double up in chips.

Adam Zeltser  –  454,000  (38 bb)
Jesse Lott  –  1,325,000  (110 bb)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 540,000 (45 big blinds), and the next player to be eliminated will receive $6,235 for seventh place.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 37:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 6,196

After Steven Miller was eliminated in seventh place, the six remaining players decided to take a short break to discuss a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool. There was nearly $875,000 still left to pay out and it did not take long to come to an agreement.

Michael Laufer had the chip lead at the time of the deal and earned $160,734 as the champion of the biggest tournament in state history.

Adjusted payouts:

1st: Michael Laufer – $160,734
2nd: Aleks Petrovic – $155,302
3rd: Amed de la Torre – $147,218
4th: Isai Coello – $139,693
5th: Mali Cagatay – $138,561
6th: Aaron Valencia – $131,731

$1,100 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 189

The final nine players have drawn for random seats at the final table, and here is the updated lineup:

Seat 1.  Adam Zeltser  –  133,000  (13 bb)
Seat 2.  Carlos Dorca  –  245,000  (25 bb)
Seat 3.  Raymond Tetsoshvili  –  430,000  (43 bb)
Seat 4.  Jesse Lott  –  1,491,000  (149 bb)
Seat 5.  Myles Holton  –  163,000  (16 bb)
Seat 6.  Dani Dayan  –  164,000  (16 bb)
Seat 7.  Erik Nomberg  –  269,000  (27 bb)
Seat 8.  Giuseppe Iadisernia  –  597,000  (60 bb)
Seat 9.  Manuel Amaro Alvarez  –  388,000  (39 bb)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 420,000 (42 big blinds). Here are the final table payouts they’re playing for:

1st:  $46,020 + RRPO trophy
2nd:  $31,090
3rd:  $18,790
4th:  $11,400
5th:  $8,825
6th:  $7,315
7th:  $6,235
8th:  $5,440
9th:  $4,665

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Level 37:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 6,196

Steven Miller min-raised UTG+1 to 1.2 million, Isai Coello moved all in from the small blind for 8.5 million, and Miller called with .

Coello turned over , and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came , and the pocket nines held up for Coello to win the pot and double up in chips.

Isai Coello  –  18,200,000  (30 bb)
Steven Miller  –  1,600,000  (3 bb)

The next hand, Miller moved all in under the gun for 1.6 million, Aaron Valencia called from the hijack, and Mahliyo Cagatay called from the big blind. Any further betting would create a side pot between Cagatay and Valencia.

Both players checked to the river on a board of , and all three players turn over their cards.

Aaron Valencia:    (ace high)
Mahliyo Cagatay:    (pair of kings)
Steven Miller:    (pair of nines)

Cagatay wins the pot with her pair of kings to eliminate Miller in seventh place.

Mahliyo Cagatay  –  19,800,000  (33 bb)
Aaron Valencia  –  16,800,000  (28 bb)
Steven Miller  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($47,027)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 37:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 6,196

Michael Laufer opened to 1,700,000 from under the gun and picked up calls from Aleks Petrovic on the button and Courtney Rowe in the big blind. The flop came and Rowe moved all in for 3,900,000 and Laufer asked for a count. Before the dealer finished, Laufer announced “call” and Petrovic folded.

Laufer:
Rowe:

Rowe ran his eights into a monster pair of kings and could not find a two-out save on the turn or river to exit in eighth place.

Michael Laufer – 25,000,000 (42 bb)
Aleks Petrovic – 25,300,000 (42 bb)
Courtney Rowe – Eliminated in 8th Place ($33,737)

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Level 37:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 6,196

Victor Carrera completed the small blind to 600,000, Mahliyo Cagatay moved all in from the big blind, and Carrera called all in with a very short stack and showed .

Cagatay turned over , and Carrera needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came , and Cagatay paired her king on the turn to win the pot and eliminate Carrera in ninth place.

Mahliyo Cagatay  –  13,200,000  (22 bb)
Victor Carrera  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($22,491)

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
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Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 6,196

After the elimination of Mustafa Salim in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table.

Here is the updated lineup with our estimated chip counts:

Seat 1.  Isai Coello  –  11,775,000  (24 bb)
Seat 2.  Amed de la Torre  –  19,625,000  (39 bb)
Seat 3.  Victor Carrera  –  2,925,000  (6 bb)
Seat 4.  Mahliyo Cagatay  –  11,850,000  (24 bb)
Seat 5.  Steven Miller  –  11,700,000  (23 bb)
Seat 6.  Aleks Petrovic  –  27,050,000  (54 bb)
Seat 7.  Aaron Valencia  –  20,300,000  (41 bb)
Seat 8.  Courtney Rowe  –  4,975,000  (10 bb)
Seat 9.  Michael Laufer  –  13,800,000  (28 bb)

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $288,462 + RRPO trophy
2nd:  $179,931
3rd:  $132,904
4th:  $111,435
5th:  $90,988
6th:  $69,519
7th:  $47,027
8th:  $33,737
9th:  $22,491

They will be playing down to a winner this afternoon.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 6,196

After a flop of with about 5.6 million already in the pot, Steven Miller bet 2,000,000 from the small blind. Aleks Petrovic moved all in from the big blind for about 10,700,000, and Mustafa Salim called all in from under the gun for 8,750,000.

Miller thought for a while before he folded.

Salim turned over for an open-ended straight draw, and he needed to improve to stay alive against Petrovic’s (set of tens).

The turn card was the , the river card was the , and Petrovic won the pot with a full house, tens full of nines, to eliminate Salim in 10th place.

Aleks Petrovic  –  27,050,000  (54 bb)
Steven Miller  –  11,700,000  (23 bb)
Mustafa Salim  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($22,491)

With nine players remaining from a field of 6,196, the average chip stack is worth about 13,775,000 (28 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $22,491 each, and the next pay jump will be $33,737 for 8th place.

$400 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 6,196

Teddy Conner moved all in from the button for 2,925,000, and Amed de la Torre called from the big blind with .

Conner turned over , and was in a dominant position to double up.

But the board came , and de la Torre paired his king on the flop and his queen on the turn to win the pot with two pair, eliminating Conner in 11th place.

Amed de la Torre  –  22,000,000  (44 bb)
Teddy Conner  –  Eliminated in 11th Place  ($15,335)

With 10 players remaining from a field of 6,196, the average chip stack is worth about 11,275,000 (23 big blinds). The remaining players are all guaranteed at least $22,491 each, and the next pay jump will be $33,737 for 8th place.