$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Remaining Players:  5/103

Mike “Gas-card” Collins was all in with in the hole under the gun, and Terry Mackey had him covered holding on the button.

The final board read , and Collins was eliminated in sixth place, good for $1,710. Mackey stacked up 750,000 after collecting the pot.

Terry Mackey – 750,000 (25 bb)
Mike Collins – Eliminated in Sixth Place ($1,710)

$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Remaining Players:  6/103

Here is a look at the recent eliminations from Event 3:

7th: Mike Tadlock – $1,360
8th: Lewis Gallo – $1,120
9th: Samuel Silverman – $970

$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Remaining Players:  9/103

Here is a look at the seating chart for the final table with chip counts:

Seat 1: Terry Mackey – 305,000
Seat 2: Donny Maloney – 331.000
Seat 3: AJ Kelsall – 370,000
Seat 4: Lewis Gallo – 243,000
Seat 5: Mike Tadlock – 185,000
Seat 6: Mike “Gas-card” Collins – 530,000
Seat 7: Peter Walsworth – 150,000
Seat 8: Samuel Silverman – 38,000
Seat 9: Nick Kost – 340,000

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 9:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Flight D Entries:  331

Registration closed for Flight D of SPS Event 1 with another 331 entries, putting the combined total at 1,146 for the tournament with four big flights remaining to surpass the $1,000,000 guarantee.

Flight D will continue until 34 players remain, and survivors will return for Day 2 on Sunday at 1 pm in the money. Players must bag to make the money.

$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Remaining Players:  9/103

Here is a look at the results on the way to the final table:

10th: Allen Kessler – $970
11th: James Hall – $850
12th: Jonathan Gold – $850
13th: Likang Berninger – $850

$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Remaining Players:  10/103

Allen Kessler and AJ Kelsall are two notables making a deep run in Event 3 at the 2023 SPS tournament series. Both players are mixed-game specialists that you can find playing in tournament series all over the country and poker calendar.

Kessler holds more than $4.3 million in tournament earnings, and you would be hard-pressed to find a tournament poker player who plays more events in a year than Kessler. He holds four World Series of Poker gold rings, and he has won close to 20 poker tournaments in his career.

Kelsall can often be found playing tournament series here in his hometown of Tampa, and he has a list of other poker accolades as well. He holds a WSOP gold bracelet along with three gold rings. Kelsall holds more than $3.2 million in career earnings.

The two players are right on the verge of the final table with 10 players remaining in the tournament.

$400 Pot Limit Omaha 8 (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 16:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Remaining Players:  13/103

A player was all in short under the gun holding , and Nick Kost had him covered holding from the button.

The final board read , and Kost scooped the pot to eliminate his opponent to burst the money bubble. Every player remaining will now take home at least $850 in prize money. Kost stacked up 240,000 after collecting the pot.

Nick Kost –  240,000 (24 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  28 of 271

Here is a look at the official chip counts for Flight C at the 2023 SPS tournament series. Matthew Leecy leads this group with 692,000, and that puts him just ahead of TK Miles for the overall chip lead in the event.

Flight 1D currently has 286 entries, with registration open for a few more levels. Stay tuned for coverage of Flight 1D and the playdown for Event 3 throughout the night.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 17:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  28 of 271

Susan Hazelgrove was all in with pocket tens from late position, and Yan Ting Jiang had her covered holding on the cutoff.

The board ran out , and Susan was eliminated from the tournament on the end of day bubble. Jiang stacked up 514,000 after collecting the pot, and Flight 1C has come to a close.

Stay tuned for official chip counts a short time from now.

Yan Ting Jiang – 514,000 (51 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 16:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  34 of 271

Clyde Maliuka was a major factor in the Player of the Series race at last year’s September tournament series stop. The resident of Clearwater, Florida holds just over $400,000 in career tournament earnings, and it’s highly likely that he will add to that total here if last year’s series is any indication.

One year ago Maliuka finished second in the Player of the Series after appearing at five final tables. He won the $1,100 buy-in no-limit hold’em for $30,730. He has a total of ten tournament victories, and his largest score to date is worth $35,770 that came when he finished ninth in the opening event of the series here one year ago. Maliuka holds 255,000 with action approaching the end of day bubble here in Flight 1C.