Event 25: Matt Lambrecht Doubles Up

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Remaining Players: 5 of 163

Matt Lambrecht

There was less than 200,000 in the pot with the flop reading 9h8c5h  when Matt Lambrecht got all in for 350,000 with Ah6h in the hole. Javier Zarco called to cover him holding 9d5d, and the turn and river hit the table 10cKh.

Lambrecht doubled up to survive with 790,000 after collecting the pot thanks to a flush on the river, and Zarco was down to less than 300,000.

Matt Lambrecht – 790,000 (26 bb)
Javier Zarco – 280,000 (9 bb)

Event 30: Guarantee Gone

$1,100 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 7:  300/600 with a 600 ante
Entries:  111

Maria Ho

The $1,100 Deep Stack, one of the last preliminaries before the Championship, has 111 entries with more than an hour remaining in registration and the $100,000 guarantee has been surpassed.

Friends in the crowd include Maria Ho, Filipp Khavin, Dion Jagroo, Vanessa Kade, Eric Afriat, Jon Borenstein, Michael Chiappetta, Loni Hui, Stephen Karp, Solange Lucas, and Aaron Thivyanathan.

Filipp Khavin
Dion Jagroo

Event 25: Brian Hastings – 6th Place ($13,025)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Remaining Players: 5 of 163

Brian Hastings

Brian Hastings fell from contention when his Qs10s held on the button couldn’t catch up to the AhQd that Alex Yen possessed on the big blind.

Hasting takes home a cash worth $13,025, and Yen stacked up 1,165,000 after collecting the pot.

Alex Yen – 1,165,000 (38 bb)
Brian Hasting – Eliminated in Sixth Place ($13,025)

High Roller: Good Start

$25,500 High Roller NLH (Re-Entry)
Structure
Level 3:  1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 ante
Entries:  22

Alex Foxen

The $25K High Roller got off to a good start with 22 entries before the first break, a prize pool over $500,000 and registration open until 8 pm.

Early members include Alex Foxen Kristen Foxen , Jason Mercier, Jonathan Jaffe, Dylan Linde, Connor Rash, and former WPT Poker Showdown champ Brek Schutten.

Event 25: Nitis Udornpum – 7th Place ($11,280)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Remaining Players: 6 of 163

Nitis Udornpim

There was well over 50,000 in the pot, and the flop read Kc8d5c when David Oshry got all in preflop. Nitis Udornpim called one seat to his left, so the two players flipped over their cards.

Oshry: 8s7h
Udornpim: Qc6c

Turn and River: 4h8h

Udornpim was out in seventh place for a payday of $11,280, and Oshry was up to 450,000 after collecting the pot thanks to trip eights.

David Oshry – 450,000 (15 bb)
Nitis Udornpim – Eliminated in Seventh Place ($11,280)

Event 25: Fikret Kovac – 8th Place ($9,950)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Remaining Players: 7 of 163

Fikret Kovac

Right after Jared Kingery was the first player to fall today and that hand was getting written up, it was Fikret Kovac who hit the rail next in eighth place. He took home $9,950 in prize money for the deep run in the tournament.

Fikret Kovac – Eliminated in Eighth Place ($9,950)

Event 25: Jared Kingery – 9th Place ($8,665)

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 22: 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 ante
Remaining Players: 8 of 163

Jared Kingery

Jared Kingery got all in preflop for 200,000 from the small blind, and Spencer Champlin called to cover him on the big blind. The two players then tabled their cards.

Kingery: Ad6d
Champlin: Qh10c

Board: KcJd3c4d8h

Kingery was eliminated in ninth place, good for $8,665, and Champlin is now the chip leader with a stack worth 1.27 million.

Spencer Champlin – 1,270,000 (50 bb)
Jared Kingery – Eliminated in Ninth Place ($8,665)

Event 24: We Have a Deal!

$1,100 H.O.R.S.E. (Re-Entry)
Structure | Payouts
Level 19:  12,000/24,000 Limits

Jay Kerbel

After the double knockout of Matthew Wolfson and Tom Koral, Jason Sagle doubled up to even the stacks a bit and the last three players agreed to a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool. Jay Kerbel went wire-to-wire and took the title thanks to his bigger stack.

Jay Kerbel – 482,000
Phil Hui – 411,000
Jason Sagle – 333,000

1st: Jay Kerbel – $11,735
2nd: Phil Hui – $11,725
3rd: Jason Sagle – $11,000

Phil Hui
Jason Sagle

Event 25: Cards in the Air

$2,200 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$200,000 Guaranteed | Structure Payouts
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Remaining Players: 9 of 163

Cards are in the air for the final table of the $1,100 Deep Stack NLH tournament with nine remaining and $86,355 up top.

Seat 1: Alex Yen – 520,000 (26 bb)
Seat 2: Fikret Kovac – 380,000 (19 bb)
Seat 3: Matt Lambrecht – 780,000 (39 bb)
Seat 4: Jared Kingery – 275,000 (13 bb)
Seat 5: Spencer Champlin – 620,000 (31 bb)
Seat 6: David Oshry – 70,000 (3 bb)
Seat 7: Nitis Udornpim – 310,000 (15 bb)
Seat 8: Javier Zarco – 550,000 (27 bb)
Seat 9: Brian Hastings – 570,000 (28 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $86,355
2nd: $55,900
3rd: $33,440
4th: $20,350
5th: $15,915
6th: $13,025
7th: $11,280
8th: $9,950
9th: $8,665