Tournament Series

Championship: Nakim Adesio – 4th Place ($59,550)

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $792,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 352

Nakim Adesio

After a bunch of little activity, the three shorter stacks trying to find their spots double or ladder, they finally had a hand get the chips in.

Ash Chehata limped his button, Nakim Adesio moved all in for 1,015,000 from the small and Chehata quickly called after Stephen Song folded his big.

Chehata: 9s9h
Adesio: 5s5h

Adesio ran into a big pair and found no help on the ThTc7cJh6s board to exit in fourth place.

Ash Chehata – 9,500,000 (158 bb)
Nakim Adesio  –  Eliminated in 4th Place ($59,550)

Championship: Counts on Break

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $792,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 24:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 352

Ash Chehata leads the four-handed final table with 70% of the chips in play but still a lot of work to do.

Seat 1: Nakim Adesio – 1,100,000 (18 bb)
Seat 3: Stephen Song – 2,210,000 (37 bb)
Seat 5: Mark Zhang – 985,000 (16 bb)
Seat 6: Ash Chehata – 9,780,000 (163 bb)

1st: $164,430 + SPS Trophy
2nd: $109,340
3rd: $80,260
4th: $59,550

Championship: Rusty Wadsworth – 5th Place ($44,650)

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $792,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 352

Rusty Wadsworth

With the board reading Ts8h2h4h, Rusty Wadsworth moved all in with JsTh for top pair heart draw but was behind Ash Cheahata’s 7h6h made heart draw.

The Kc river finished the board and Wadsworth was eliminated in fifth place.

Ash Chehata – 5,300,000 (106 bb)
Rusty Wadsworth  –  Eliminated in 5th Place ($44,650)

Event 12: SPS Bounties

$150+$50 Quad Stack Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$20,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 1:  100/200 with a 200 ante

The last new trophy event of the day gets underway at 6 pm and the format should juice up the action. It is a $150 + $50 Quad Stack Bounty, plenty of chips in play and 50 reasons to knock out your opponent.

Players sit with huge 40K stacks and the first eight levels last 15 minutes before going up to 20 for the rest of the tournament. Late registration and unlimited re-entries are available until the start of Level 9 at 8:15 pm.

  • $10,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
  • Players begin with 40,000 in chips
  • Levels 1-8 last 15 minutes; Level 9+ last 20 minutes
  • Late registration/re-entry available until start of Level 9 (8:15pm)
  • This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
  • Event 12 Structure Sheet

Championship: Peter Vitantonio – 7th Place ($25,890)

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $792,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 352

Peter Vitantonio

Peter Vitantonio open-shipped for 210,000 and Nakim Adesio reshipped with a much bigger stack to get folds all around.

Adesio: AsKh
Vitantonio: AdJc

Vitantonio needed a lot of help with his smaller ace but found no love on the 7s7h6dQh7c board to exit (while short-stacked Zaki laddered up).

Nakim Adesio – 3,100,000 (78 bb)
Peter Vitantonio  –  Eliminated in 7th Place ($25,980)

Championship: Justin Zaki Knocked Down to 25K; Still in the Game

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $792,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 352

Justin Zaki

Nakim Adesio opened the action and Justin Zaki three-bet to 355,000. It folded back around, Adesio quickly called, and tabled his pocket kings, thinking Zaki was all in.

But Zaki had a 25K chip behind.

The flop was Kc8h2d, giving Adesio a set of kings and Zaki showed the table his queens before folding.

Nakim Adesio – 2,975,000 (74 bb)
Justin Zaki – 25,000 (<1 bb)

But running hot, he quickly spun that up to 250,000 to give him a shot to get back in the game.

Championship: John Pointer – 8th Place ($20,020)

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $792,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 352

John Pointer

John Pointer opened to 80,000 from middle position, Nakim Adesio called from the cutoff, and Mark Zhang called in the big blind. The flop was Qc6c6d and both Zhang and Pointer checked.

Adesio bet 125,000 and Zhang folded. Pointer thought for a minute, told the dealer he was all in, and Adesio quickly called.

Adesio: KhQs
Pointer: TcTh

Pointer was ahead preflop but Adesio caught up when he paired his queen. The board finished with the Ac turn and 4d river and Pointer was eliminated in eighth place.

Nakim Adesio – 2,520,000 (63 bb)
John Pointer – Eliminated in 8th Place ($20,020)

Championship: Counts on Break

$2,500 SPS Championship (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $792,000  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 352

Seat 1: Nakim Adesio – 1,680,000 (42 bb)
Seat 2: Justin Zaki – 1,000,000 (25 bb)
Seat 3: Stephen Song – 2,385,000 (60 bb)
Seat 4: Rusty Wadsworth – 1,705,000 (43 bb)
Seat 5: Mark Zhang – 1,970,000 (49 bb)
Seat 6: Ash Chehata – 4,035,000 (101 bb)
Seat 7: Peter Vitantonio – 530,000 (13 bb)
Seat 8: John Pointer – 775,000 (19 bb)

1st: $164,430 + SPS Trophy
2nd: $109,340
3rd: $80,260
4th: $59,550
5th: $44,650
6th: $33,820
7th: $25,890
8th: $20,020