Showdown

Event 15: Raminder Singh – 8th Place ($42,525); Jonathan Kranker – 9th Place ($32,845)

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 4,259

Raminder Singh
Ricard Velasco (center) and Raminder Singh (right)

Jonathan Kranker started the hand in the big blind with 550,000, and after putting 400,000 in for the ante, he was forced all in for 150,000 in the big blind.

Raminder Singh moved all in over the top from middle position for 1,400,000, and Juan Endara moved all in over the top of that from the button for about 10 million. Everyone else folded.

Juan Endara:  AcKd
Raminder Singh:  AdQc
Jonathan Kranker:  Kc7c

Three-Way All-In Situation

The flop came 9c9h5h, and the turn card double-paired the board with the 5s. As long as the river card was anything but an ace or a king, Singh would survive.

The river card was — the As.

Endara won the entire pot with two pair, aces and nines with a king kicker, to eliminate Kranker in ninth place and Singh in eighth place.

Juan Endara  –  12,300,000  (31 bb)
Raminder Singh  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($42,525)
Jonathan Kranker  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($32,845)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 12,150,000 (30 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $53,405 each.

Jonathan Kranker
Jonathan Kranker

Event 15: Steven McKoy Doubles Thru Jonathan Kranker

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,259

Action folded to Jonathan Kranker and he moved all in for 4,200,000 from the button and Steven McKoy called at risk for 3,650,000 from the small blind.

McKoy: AdTs
Kranker: 6h6s

McKoy needed to improve to stay in the game and caught a ten on the Td8d4s flop. The board finished with Jh turn and 3c river to send McKoy the double while leaving Kranker very short.

Steven McKoy – 8,100,000 (20 bb)
Jonathan Kranker – 550,000 (1 bb)

Event 15: Raminder Singh Doubles Thru Steven McKoy

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,259

Raminder Singh
Raminder Singh

Raminder Singh moved all in from middle position for 1,425,000, and Steven McKoy thought for a bit before calling from the big blind with 7h5c.

Singh turned over Kd8c, and needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came Jh6c4cQdQs — McKoy flopped an open-ended straight draw, but improved no further. Singh won the pot with his king to double up in chips.

Raminder Singh  –  3,450,000  (9 bb)
Steven McKoy  –  3,650,000  (9 bb)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 9,450,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $32,845 each.

Event 20: Gaston Miculitzki – 8th Place ($3,100)

$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 20:  6,000/12,000 with a 12,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 229

Gaston Miculitzki
Gaston Miculitzki

Gaston Miculitzki got it all in from the cutoff for about 225,000 with KhQc, and he needed to improve to stay alive against the Ah9h of Richard Kellett in the big blind.

The board came 10c8s3s9d5d, and Kellett won the pot with a pair of nines to eliminate Miculitzki in eighth place.

Richard Kellett  –  1,080,000  (90 bb)
Gaston Miculitzki  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  ($3,100)

With seven players remaining, the average chip stack is about 654,000 (55 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $3,660 each.

Event 15: Juan Endara Doubles Thru Ricardo Velasco

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,259

Juan Endara

Ricardo Velasco opened to 1,300,000 from middle position and Juan Endara moved all in from the button for 3,925,000. Velasco thought for a moment and called to put Endara at risk.

Endara: 9s9d
Velasco: AcQh

They were racing and Endara needed his nines to hold to double up. The board ran out 7c5c2dTh8d and Endara doubled up at the final table.

Juan Endara – 8,850,000 (22 bb)
Ricardo Velasco – 19,150,000 (48 bb)

Event 20: Barrett Threadgill – 9th Place ($2,540)

$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 229

Barrett Threadgill

Barrett Threadgill open shoved for 147,000 from middle position and Rich Alati called in the small blind. Matthew Lambrecht moved all in over the top from the big blind and Alati quickly folded.

Lambrecht: JcJd
Threadgill: Ad5c

Threadgill needed to catch an ace or some magic cards to double but missed the 9h8c4cKc2s board to exit in ninth place.

Matthew Lambrecht – 1,170,000 (117 bb)
Barrett Threadgill – Eliminated in 9th Place ($2,540)

Event 15: Ricardo Velasco Leads the Final Nine at the Break with 23,075,000

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,259

Ricardo Velasco
Ricardo Velasco

The final nine players returned from break to begin Level 35, with increased blinds of 200,000-400,000 with a 400,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Evan Teitelbaum  –  7,500,000  (19 bb)
Seat 2.  Jonathan Kranker  –  6,400,000  (16 bb)
Seat 3.  Steven McKoy  –  4,275,000  (11 bb)
Seat 4.  Bradley Coultas  –  8,125,000  (20 bb)
Seat 5.  Ricardo Velasco  –  23,075,000  (58 bb)
Seat 6.  Raminder Singh  –  3,025,000  (8 bb)
Seat 7.  Ian O’Hara  –  13,475,000  (34 bb)
Seat 8.  Michael Nye  –  14,400,000  (36 bb)
Seat 9.  Juan Endara  –  3,925,000  (10 bb)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 9,450,000 (24 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts:

1st:  $365,605 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $236,300
3rd:  $172,250
4th:  $133,050
5th:  $100,730
6th:  $74,290
7th:  $53,405
8th:  $42,525
9th:  $32,845

Event 20: Final Table Begins with Matthew Lambrecht in the Lead

$1,100 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 229

Event 20 Final Table

This event got down to the final table at almost the exact same time as Event 15, so it was a bit chaotic as everyone drew for random seats at their final tables.

Here is the updated lineup, along with approximate chip counts:

Seat 1.  Rich Alati  –  285,000  (29 bb)
Seat 2.  Matthew Lambrecht  –  970,000  (97 bb)
Seat 3.  Igor Tretyakov  –  580,000  (58 bb)
Seat 4.  Gaston Miculitzki  –  470,000  (47 bb)
Seat 5.  Barrett Threadgill  –  150,000  (15 bb)
Seat 6.  Farid Dridi  –  230,000  (23 bb)
Seat 7.  Jonathan Marcu  –  500,000  (50 bb)
Seat 8.  Richard Kellett  –  565,000  (57 bb)
Seat 9.  Scott Carragher  –  770,000  (77 bb)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 510,000 (51 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $24,065
2nd:  $16,100
3rd:  $10,250
4th:  $6,710
5th:  $5,180
6th:  $4,295
7th:  $3,660
8th:  $3,100
9th:  $2,540