Event 15: Ricardo Velasco Doubles Thru Juan Endara

$600 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:  4 of 4,259

Juan Endara raised from the button to 1,200,000, Ricardo Velasco moved all in from the big blind for 7,500,000, and Endara quickly called with As4d.

Velasco turned over Ad9h, and he needed his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board came QsJh6hKd5d, and Velasco won the pot with his nine kicker to double up in chips.

Ricardo Velasco  –  15,900,000  (27 bb)
Juan Endara  –  19,700,000  (33 bb)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 21,275,000 (35 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $133,050 each.

Event 15: Michael Nye Leads the Final Four Players at the Break with 27.1 Million

$600 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:  4 of 4,259

Michael Nye
Chipleader Michael Nye

The players returned from break to begin Level 37, with increased blinds of 300,000-600,000 and a 600,000 ante.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Seat 1.  Bradley Coultas  –  25,300,000  (42 bb)
Seat 2.  Ricardo Velasco  –  13,800,000  (23 bb)
Seat 3.  Michael Nye  –  27,100,000  (45 bb)
Seat 4.  Juan Endara  –  18,900,000  (32 bb)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 21,275,000 (35 big blinds). Here are the final table payouts:

1st:  $365,605 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $236,300
3rd:  $172,250
4th:  $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

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 21,275,000 (35 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $133,050 each.

Event 15: Juan Endara Snap-Calls the River Raise From Ricardo Velasco

$600 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:  4 of 4,259

Juan Endara
Ricardo Velasco (foreground, left) and Juan Endara (right)

Ricardo Velasco raised from the button to 1,100,000, and Juan Endara called from the big blind.

Both players checked to the river on a board of Kd9h5cQs3d. Endara bet 1,300,000, Velasco raised to 4,100,000, and Endara snap-called with Ks3s for two pair, kings and threes.

Velasco showed As5d for a pair of fives, and Endara won the pot with his two pair.

Juan Endara  –  19,175,000  (38 bb)
Ricardo Velasco  –  12,575,000  (25 bb)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 21,275,000 (43 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $133,050 each.

Event 15: Bradley Coultas Doubles Thru Ricardo Velasco

$600 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:  4 of 4,259

Bradley Coultas
Bradley Coultas

Bradley Coultas completed the small blind to 500,000, Ricardo Velasco raised from the big blind to 2,300,000, and Coultas limp-shoved all in for 11,175,000.

Velasco called with AdKc, and Coultas turned over QsQc. Coultas needed his pair to hold to stay alive.

The board came 5h3h2c7c10d, and Coultas won the pot with his pocket queens to double up in chips.

Bradley Coultas  –  22,850,000  (46 bb)
Ricardo Velasco  –  17,325,000  (35 bb)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 21,275,000 (43 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $133,050 each.

Event 15: Evan Teitelbaum – 5th Place ($100,730)

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$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 4,259

Evan Teitelbaum
Evan Teitelbaum

Evan Teitelbaum moved all in from the button for about 5,200,000, and Ricardo Velasco called from the big blind with AcKs.

Teitelbaum turned over 9h8h, and he needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came 6h5c2c8cAh — Teitelbaum flopped a gutshot straight draw and paired his eight on the turn, but Velasco turned a club flush draw and paired his ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate Teitelbaum in fifth place.

Ricardo Velasco  –  36,000,000  (72 bb)
Evan Teitelbaum  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($100,730)

With four players remaining, the average chip stack is about 21,275,000 (43 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $133,050 each.

Event 15: Juan Endara vs. Ricardo Velasco

$600 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:  5 of 4,259

Juan Endara
Ricardo Velasco (foreground, left) and Juan Endara (right)

Juan Endara raised from the cutoff to 1,200, and Ricardo Velasco called from the big blind.

The flop came Kd10h8h, Velasco bet 700,000, and Endara tanked for a while before he called.

The turn card was the 9d, Velasco bet 800,000, and Endara thought for a bit before he called.

The river card was the Jh, Velasco bet 2,000,000, and Endara tanked for a long time before he called. Velasco showed 5d5c for a low pair, and Endara turned over Ad10d to win the pot with a pair of tens.

Juan Endara  –  15,500,000  (31 bb)
Ricardo Velasco  –  26,500,000  (53 bb)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 17,025,000 (34 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $100,730 each.

Event 15: Ricardo Velasco Leads the Final Five at the Break with 31,675,000

$600 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:  5 of 4,259

After the elimination of Ian O’Hara in sixth place late in Level 35, the final five players discussed making an ICM deal, but weren’t able to agree on numbers. So they kept playing.

A few minutes after that, they took a 10-minute break, and these were their official chip counts (pretty close to what they were when they attempted to make a deal):

Seat 1.  Evan Teitelbaum  –  6,000,000  (12 bb)
Seat 2.  Bradley Coultas  –  10,050,000  (20 bb)
Seat 3.  Ricardo Velasco  –  31,675,000  (63 bb)
Seat 4.  Michael Nye  –  27,300,000  (55 bb)
Seat 5.  Juan Endara  –  10,075,000  (20 bb)

With five players remaining, the average chip stack is about 17,025,000 (34 big blinds). Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

1st:  $365,605 + Showdown trophy
2nd:  $236,300
3rd:  $172,250
4th:  $133,050
5th:  $100,730

Event 15: Ian O’Hara – 6th Place ($74,290)

$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:  5 of 4,259

Ian O’Hara

Ian O’Hara opened to 2,000,000 from the hijack leaving only a single 25K chip behind. It folded around to Bradley Coultas in the big blind, he moved all in, and O’Hara dropped that chip in the middle.

Coultas: Ah6s
O’Hara: Kd8s

O’Hara was drawing live for a double but the board ran QcTs6d5sJh and he was eliminated from the final table in sixth place.

Bradley Coultas – 10,250,000 (26 bb)
Ian O’Hara – Eliminated in 6th Place ($74,290)

Event 15: Mike Nye Doubles Thru Ian O’Hara

$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:  6 of 4,259

Action folded to Ian O’Hara in the small blind and he opened to 1,300,000. Mike Nye checked his cards in the big blind and moved all in for 12,600,000. O’Hara thought for two minutes and called with a slightly bigger stack.

Nye: AcJs
O’Hara: AdKh

Nye was in trouble with the smaller ace but made two pair on the AhJc5d flop. The 5s turn and 7h river finished the board for Nye’s huge double up.

O’Hara was down to only 575,000 but found a triple up stay alive on the next hand on the button when he flopped a set of fours.

Mike Nye – 33,200,000 (83 bb)
Ian O’Hara – 2,025,000 (5 bb)

Event 15: Steven McKoy – 7th Place ($53,405)

$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:  6 of 4,259

Steven McKoy

Ian O’Hara opened to 800,000 from under the gun and Steven McKoy moved all in for 7,100,000 from the button. Ricard Velasco moved all in from the big blind with his huge stack and O’Hara folded.

Velasco: TdTc
McKoy: QhQc

McKoy was in great shape for a double but they all saw the ten in the window when the flop came TsAc5c flop. Velasco took the lead with a set of tens and McKoy could not return the favor on the 4c turn or 9s river to go out in seventh place.

Ricardo Velasco – 30,825,000 (77 bb)
Steven McKoy – Eliminated in 7th Place ($53,405)