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 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 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 15: Final Table Begins with Ricardo Velasco in the Lead

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,259

Event 15 Final Table

After the elimination of Peter Muhlbek in 10th place, the final nine players drew for random seats at the final table.

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

Seat 1.  Evan Teitelbaum  –  8,100,000  (27 bb)
Seat 2.  Jonathan Kranker  –  3,350,000  (11 bb)
Seat 3.  Steven McKoy  –  5,800,000  (19 bb)
Seat 4.  Bradley Coultas  –  8,900,000  (30 bb)
Seat 5.  Ricardo Velasco  –  18,300,000  (61 bb)
Seat 6.  Raminder Singh  –  3,850,000  (13 bb)
Seat 7.  Ian O’Hara  –  17,600,000  (59 bb)
Seat 8.  Michael Nye  –  15,150,000  (51 bb)
Seat 9.  Juan Endara  –  3,900,000  (13 bb)

With nine players remaining, the average chip stack is about 9,450,000 (32 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
6th:  $74,290
7th:  $53,405
8th:  $42,525
9th:  $32,845

Event 15: Peter Muhlbek Eliminated in 10th Place by Ian O’Hara

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 4,259

Peter Muhlbek
Peter Muhlbek

Peter Muhlbek moved all in from the small blind for 2,125,000, and Ian O’Hara called from the big blind with As3h. Muhlbek turned over Kd9c, and needed to improve to stay alive.

The board came Js5s2cQs8d — Muhlbek turned a gutshot straight draw, but improved no further. O’Hara won the pot with his ace to eliminate Muhlbek in 10th place.

Ian O’Hara  –  17,600,000  (59 bb)
Peter Muhlbek  –  Eliminated in 10th Place  ($32,845)

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

Event 15: Alexander Perez ($24,520) and Phillip Stuttman ($24,520) Eliminated by Ricardo Velasco

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 4,259

Action folded to Alexander Perez in the hijack and he moved all in for about 3,100,000. Phillip Stuttman called all in at risk for 2,000,000 on the button and the surprise came when Ricard Velasco quickly shipped with a huge stack from the small blind to get Steven McKoy out of the hand in the big.

Velasco: AsAh
Stuttman: 8c8s
Perez: AcQh

The bigger stack woke up with aces and the two shorter stacks needed to find some help. The board ran out QsTc9hTh2h to give Perez and Stuttman a small sweat on the flop but both failed to beat the aces.

Ricardo Velasco – 16,800,000 (56 bb)
Alexander Perez – Eliminated in 11th Place ($24,520)
Phillip Stuttman – Eliminated in 12th Place ($24,520)

Event 15: Isar Miha-Emil Eliminated in 13th Place by Ricardo Velasco

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 4,259

Ricardo Velasco raised from the button to 3,000,000, and Isar Miha-Emil called all in form the small blind for about 2,500,000 with 8h8c.

Velasco turned over AdQh, and Miha-Emil needed his eights to hold to stay alive.

The board came Ah10c3s2s4c, and Velasco paired his ace on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Miha-Emil in 13th place.

Ricardo Velasco  –  10,000,000  (33 bb)
Isar Miha-Emil  –  Eliminated in 13th Place  ($17,565)

With 12 players remaining, the average chip stack is about 7,100,000 (24 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $24,520 each.

Event 15: Mike Nye Doubles Thru Raminder Singh

$600 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 4,259

Raminder Singh opened to 850,000 from early position and Ian O’Hara called from the small blind. Mike Nye moved all in from the big blind for 6,075,000, Singh quickly called, and O’Hara folded showing AdQd.

Singh: ThTd
Nye: AsKd

Nye couldn’t have been happy to see one of his outs in the muck but that went away when he paired his king on the [k]Qs3d flop. Tablemates made some noise at O’Hara after the Qh turn (which would have given him trip queens had he come along) but that talk was shut down when Nye made trip kings on the Ks river to complete his double.

Michael Nye – 13,300,000 (44 bb)
Raminder Singh – 4,600,000 (15 bb)