$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 3,788

SPS Event 1 drew 3,788 entries and the $1,000,000 guarantee tournament is down to the last 12 players. They return this afternoon at 1 pm to play down to our champion, who will take home $163,290.

Joey Burns leads the field but it’s still anyone’s game with some tough players trying to chase him down. Blind levels increase to 60 minutes and will stay that way until someone poses with the trophy.

Table 69
Seat 1: Carlos Marquez – 4,900,000 (10 bb)
Seat 2: Joey Burns – 35,500,000 (71 bb)
Seat 4: Bob Panetta – 2,600,000 (5 bb)
Seat 5: Wendy Lu – 1,150,000 (2 bb)
Seat 7: Willie Wiggins – 4,900,000 (10 bb)
Seat 8: Joel Deutsch – 10,000,000 (20 bb)

Table 70
Seat 1: Chong You Chen – 16,300,000 (33 bb)
Seat 2: Traci Myhrum – 9,500,000 (19 bb)
Seat 3: Zach VanKeuren – 2,800,000 (6 bb)
Seat 5: Frank Lewis – 8,200,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Colin Nickerson – 4,100,000 (8 bb)
Seat 8: Jonathan Gold – 10,100,000 (20 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $163,290 + SPS Trophy
2nd: $100,680
3rd: $78,480
4th: $61,530
5th: $48,530
6th: $38,500
7th: $30,720
8th: $24,660
9th: $19,920
10th-12th: $16,190

Primary Event Schedule

10AM: Event 9 Flight A – $200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-16 last 30 minutes; Levels 17+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (2:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

12PM: Event 10 – $600 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $30,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 10 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 1 Day 3 – $400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 1 Day 3 Seats and Chip Counts
• Event 1 Payouts

2PM: Event 9 Flight B – $200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-16 last 30 minutes; Levels 17+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (6:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

2PM: Event 7 Day 2 – $1,100 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 7 Day 2 Seats and Chip Counts
• Event 7 Payouts

6PM: Event 9 Flight C – $200 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)

• $100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 20,000 in chips
• Levels 1-16 last 30 minutes; Levels 17+ last 40 minutes
• Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (10:30pm)
• Day 1 will end when 10% of field remains
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

Secondary and Satellite Schedule

8PM: $140 Event 11 Satellite (1-in-10)

• 1-in-10 win seats into $1,100 buy-in Event 11
• Players begin with 10,000 in chips
• Levels last 15 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 7 (9:45pm)
• Structure Sheet

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  300,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 3,788

Here is a look at the chip counts among the final 12 players in the tournament:

Table 69
Seat 1: Carlos Marquez – 4,900,000 (10 bb)
Seat 2: Joey Burns – 35,500,000 (71 bb)
Seat 4: Bob Panetta – 2,600,000 (5 bb)
Seat 5: Wendy Lu – 1,150,000 (2 bb)
Seat 7: Willie Wiggins – 4,900,000 (10 bb)
Seat 8: Joel Deutsch – 10,000,000 (20 bb)

Table 70
Seat 1: Chong You Chen – 16,300,000 (33 bb)
Seat 2: Traci Myhrum – 9,500,000 (19 bb)
Seat 3: Zach VanKeuren – 2,800,000 (6 bb)
Seat 5: Frank Lewis – 8,200,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Colin Nickerson – 4,100,000 (8 bb)
Seat 8: Jonathan Gold – 10,100,000 (20 bb)

Joey Burns – 35,500,000
Chong You Chen – 16,300,000
Jonathan Gold 10,100,000
Joel Deutsch – 10,000,000
Traci Myhrum – 9,500,000
Frank Lewis – 8,200,000
Carlos Marquez – 4,900,000
Willie Wiggins – 4,900,000
Colin Nickerson – 4,100,000
Zach VanKeuren – 2,800,000
Bob Panetta – 2,600,000
Wendy Lu – 1,150,000

Results from last update:

13: Roy Rubin – $13,230
14: Lana Nester – $13,230
15: Ashley Spring – $13,230
16: Nancy Birnbaum – $13,230

All four events ended within 20 minutes of each other tonight, so stay tuned for other official chip counts, winner interviews and photos as we take a breath to catch up.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 31:  150,000/250,000 with a 250,000 ante
Players Remaining:  21 of 3,788

UTG was all in preflop short for 675,000 with in the hole, and Zach Vankeuren had him covered holding .

The board ran out , and Vankeuren took out another opponent to grow his stack to 4.55 million this time around.

Zach Vankeuren – 4,550,000 (18 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  24 of 3,788

UTG moved all in preflop super short for 325,000, and received two calls before the flop was dealt .

Zach  Vankeuren bet 325,000 from the hijack, and Jonathan Gold check-folded his cards on the big bind. The remaining two players then revealed their cards:

Vankeuren:
Gold:

Turn and River:

Vankeuren took out his opponent to stack up 2,550,000 after collecting the pot.

Zachary Vankeuren – 2,550,000 (12 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 30:  100,000/200,000 with a 200,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 3,788

Jonathan Gold was all in preflop for 2,075,000 under the gun with in the hole, and Tyler Chen had him covered holding from middle position.

The aces were cracked on a board that ran out , and Gold doubled up to survive with 4.65 million. Chen was at 3,375,000 after the hand.

Jonathan Gold –  4,650,000 (23 bb)
Tyler Chen – 3,375,000 (16 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 3,788

Carlos Marques held pocket aces preflop under the gun, and he had his opponent in middle position’s A-9 dominated. The board came king-high with no nines to change nothing, and Marques stacked up 3 million after collecting the pot.

Carlos Marques – 3,000,000 (20 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  35 of 3,788

There are still a handful of players that haven’t collected their payouts, but here are the results for places 59-381 in Event 1. Periodic results updates will roll in the rest of the evening when available.

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  75,000/125,000 with a 125,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 3,788

Roddys Torres was all in short with from middle position, and the small blind had him covered holding .

The final board read , and Torres doubled up to survive with 825,000. Torres busted the end of day bubble one night earlier in the event (pictured above), and he is keeping that momentum rolling.

Roddys Torres – 825,000 (6 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 26:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  58 of 3,788

Tyler Chen was all in preflop for 1,375,000 from the small blind with in the hole, and he was dominated by the of his opponent UTG+1.

The board came to the rescue for Chen when it hit to double him up to 2,950,000 after collecting the pot.

Tyler Chen – 2,950,000 (39 bb)