$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  400,000/800,000 with a 800,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 3,788

With the flop reading , Bob Panetta moved all in for 2,100,000 and Joey Burns called after a short think.

Panetta:
Burns:

Burns was ahead with his ace kicked and Panetta’s time at the final table ran out after the turn and river.

Joey Burns – 24,500,000 (31 bb)
Bob Panetta – Eliminated in 5th Place ($48,530)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  400,000/800,000 with a 800,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 3,788

Joel Deutsch and Bob Panetta were the two short stacks at the final table when Panetta played a hand against Willie Wiggins. Panetta moved all in for 2,200,000 after a flop holding and Wiggins called with .

The turn was safe for Wiggins but Panetta stayed alive when he spiked the river to double up.

“That’s a $10,000 hand river right there,” Deutsch said of the difference between fifth and sixth place.

Soon after, Deutsch was all in from the big blind for the 800K ante and 600K out front. Traci Myhrum, Joey Burns, and Frank Lewis all came along for the minimum and checked down the board.

Deutsch showed and Myhrum tabled for the best of the live hands to eliminate Deutsch in sixth place.

Traci Myhrum – 15,200,000 (19 bb)
Joel Deutsch – Eliminated in 6th Place ($38,500)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 36:  400,000/800,000 with a 800,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 3,788

Seat 1: Bob Panetta – 5,200,000 (7 bb)
Seat 3: Joey Burns – 24,300,000 (30 bb)
Seat 4: Frank Lewis – 40,600,000 (51 bb)
Seat 5: Joel Deutsch – 3,100,000 (4 bb)
Seat 6: Willie Wiggins – 24,600,000 (31 bb)
Seat 8: Traci Myhrum – 14,500,000 (18 bb)

1st: $163,290
2nd: $100,680
3rd: $78,480
4th: $61,530
5th: $48,530
6th: $38,500
7th: Chong You Chen – $30,720
8th: Jonathan Gold – $24,660
9th: Colin Nickerson – $19,920

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 3,788

Willie Wiggins open-shipped for 11,000,000 on the dot and it folded to Joey Burns on the button. He called and the blinds folded.

“Only calling because this is my favorite hand,” Burns said.

Wiggins:
Burns:

Wiggins was ahead and stayed that way on the board to double up.

Willie Wiggins – 23,500,000 (39 bb)
Joey Burns – 36,000,000 (60 bb)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 3,788

Chong You Chen was sitting on 15,800,000 and three-bet ripped it in to get a call from chip leader Joey Burns in the small blind.

“I hope we’re flipping,” Burns said as he called.

Burns:
Chen:

Burns was better than flipping and Chen was eliminated after the board came .

Joey Burns – 51,000,000 (85 bb)
Chong You Chen – Eliminated in 7th Place ($30,720)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 3,788

In a series of raises that went so fast that the table gasped, Traci Myhrum and Jonathan Gold got their chips in the middle in a hurry, with Gold at risk for 5,700,000.

Myhrum:
Gold:

A huge cooler for Gold with his kings running into aces and the flop helped little. He picked up a heart draw on the turn but blanked the river to exit in eighth place.

Traci Myhrum – 15,800,000 (26 bb)
Jonathan Gold – Eliminated in 8th Place ($24,660)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 3,788

After making it through the first round of blinds at the final table, Colin Nickerson was down to a single 100K chip and put that in the middle before he was back in the blinds. Joey Burns called 600K on the button, Frank Lewis completed his small blind, and Joel Deutsch checked his option in the big.

The three live players checked down the board. Lewis bet 1,200,000 on the river, Deutsch and Burns folded, and Lewis showed for a queen-high straight.

“I had a sweat,” Nickerson laughed as he turned over .

Frank Lewis – 17,000,000 (28 bb)
Colin Nickerson – Eliminated in 9th Place ($19,920)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 3,788

Cards are back in the air with Joey Burns leading and everyone guaranteed at least $19,920. They have about 30 minutes remaining in the level before the first break.

Seat 1: Bob Panetta – 8,500,000 (14 bb)
Seat 2: Jonathan Gold – 6,100,000 (10 bb)
Seat 3: Joey Burns – 36,000,000 (60 bb)
Seat 4: Frank Lewis – 16,500,000 (28 bb)
Seat 5: Joel Deutsch – 9,150,000 (15 bb)
Seat 6: Willie Wiggins – 8,800,000 (15 bb)
Seat 7: Colin Nickerson – 1,100,000 (2 bb)
Seat 8: Traci Myhrum – 10,100,000 (17 bb)
Seat 9: Chong You Chen – 16,100,000 (27 bb)

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: Carlos Marquez – $16,190
11th: Wendy Lu – $16,190
12th: Zach VanKeuren – $16,190

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 35:  300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 3,788

It folded to Carlos Marquez on the button and he moved all in for 1,400,000. Joey Burns called from the small blind and Bob Panetta folded his big.

Burns:
Marquez:

It was a race and Marquez needed his nines to hold to double but Burns took the lead when he paired his ten on the flop. The board finished with the turn and river to send Marquez out in tenth place.

Tournament staff paused the clock to redraw seats for the final table.

Joey Burns – 36,000,000 (60 bb)
Carlos Marquez – Eliminated in 10th Place ($16,190)

$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