$2,500 SPS Championship
Prize Pool: $587,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 261

Brian Ray opened to 60,000 from the button and Jeff Trudeau three-bet to 240,000 from the big blind. Ray moved all in for 1,390,000 and Trudeau called.

Ray:
Trudeau:

Another cooler and Ray needed his kings to hold to double up. He got even better when he made a set on the flop. The turn left no more miracles for Trudeau and Ray doubled after the river.

Brian Ray – 2,795,000 (93 bb)
Jeff Trudeau – 620,000 (21 bb)

$2,500 SPS Championship
Prize Pool: $587,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 261

Farhad Kamali opened to 50,000 from under the gun and Ricardo Rodriguez three-bet to 160,000 from the cutoff. Kamali called, the flop was and Kamali checked.

Rodriguez continued for 300,000, Kamali moved all in for 560,000 and Rodriguez quickly called.

Rodriguez:
Kamali:

Kamali ran into a cooler and Rodriguez was ahead with the bigger pair. The turn and river finished the board and Kamali was eliminated in seventh place.

Ricardo Rodriguez – 2,300,000 (92 bb)
Farhad Kamali – Eliminated in 7th Place ($20,020)

$2,500 SPS Championship
Prize Pool: $587,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 261

Michael Medina was getting short and survived a few orbits but took a shot when he shoved for 135,000 from the small blind after a Peter Walsworth open to 50,000. Walsworth called and Medina was at risk.

Walsworth:
Medina:

Medina was ahead for the double but needed to dodge the two live cards. He faded the flop but Walsworth paire his king on the turn to take the lead. The river was no help to Medina and he was eliminated in eighth place.

Peter Walsworth – 1,850,000 (74 bb)
Michael Medina – Eliminated in 8th Place ($15,560)

$2,500 SPS Championship
Prize Pool: $587,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 261

Seat 1: Thomas Shepard – 1,090,000 (44 bb)
Seat 2: Peter Walsworth – 1,675,000 (67 bb)
Seat 3: Farhad Kamali – 755,000 (30 bb)
Seat 5: Bill Camp – 3,075,000 (123 bb)
Seat 6: Michael Medina – 340,000 (14 bb)
Seat 7: Brian Ray – 1,305,000 (52 bb)
Seat 8: Ricardo Rodriguez – 1,190,000 (48 bb)
Seat 9: Jeff Trudeau – 1,025,000 (41 bb)

1st: $128,540 + SPS Trophy
2nd: $85,450
3rd: $62,330
4th: $46,040
5th: $34,450
6th: $26,100
7th: $20,020
8th: $15,560

9th: Reese Combs – $12,240
10th: Miguel Hernandez – $12,240
11th: Mike Ahmad – $10,030
12th: Justin Swilling – $10,030

$2,500 SPS Championship
Prize Pool: $587,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 261

On the last hand before break, Reese Combs moved all in for about 210,000 and Peter Walsworth called to put him at risk.

Combs was dominated with his by Walsworth’s and the big slick held to send Combs out in ninth place.

Peter Walsworth – 1,675,000 (84 bb)
Reese Combs – Eliminated in 9th Place ($12,240)

$2,500 SPS Championship
Prize Pool: $587,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 261

Seat 1: Thomas Shepard – 1,100,000 (55 bb)
Seat 2: Peter Walsworth – 900,000 (45 bb)
Seat 3: Farhad Kamali – 720,000 (36 bb)
Seat 4: Reese Combs – 630,000 (32 bb)
Seat 5: Bill Camp – 2,500,000 (125 bb)
Seat 6: Michael Medina – 625,000 (31 bb)
Seat 7: Brian Ray – 1,400,000 (70 bb)
Seat 8: Ricardo Rodriguez – 1,225,000 (61 bb)
Seat 9: Jeff Trudeau – 940,000 (47 bb)

1st: $128,540 + SPS Trophy
2nd: $85,450
3rd: $62,330
4th: $46,040
5th: $34,450
6th: $26,100
7th: $20,020
8th: $15,560
9th: $12,240

10th: Miguel Hernandez – $12,240
11th: Mike Ahmad – $10,030

$2,500 SPS Championship
Prize Pool: $587,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 261

$2,500 SPS Championship
Prize Pool: $587,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 20:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 261

Blinds are up in the Championship with little action as the stacks are deep and plenty of time to make moves.

They are now playing 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante and the average stack is about 1,045,000 (52 bb).

$2,500 SPS Championship
Prize Pool: $587,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 261

Reese Combs opened from under the gun, Mike Ahmad moved all in from the button for 155,000 and Combs called to put him at risk.

Combs:
Ahmad:

Another flip and Ahmad needed to improve to double up. The flop was , no help for Ahmad, and Combs locked up the hand when the gave him a set. The river finished the board and Ahmad was eliminated in 11th place.

Reese Combs – 850,000 (57 bb)
Mike Ahmad  –  Eliminated in 11th Place ($10,030)

$2,500 SPS Championship
Prize Pool: $587,250  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 261

Miguel Hernandez opened the action, Justin Swilling moved all in for 255,000 and Hernandez called to put him at risk.

Swilling:
Hernandez:

It was a race and Swilling needed his eights to hold to stay in the Championship. The flop was and Hernandez took the lead with his paired queen. The turn and river finished the board and Swilling was sent out in 12th place.

Miguel Hernandez – 1,300,000 (87 bb)
Justin Swilling  –  Eliminated in 12th Place ($10,030)