Online Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack
Day 1 Completed
Online Event #4: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack
Day 1 Completed
After just under 13 hours on the virtual felt, Danny "jackdaniels1" Wong defeated "Brownballa" in heads-up play to win his first WSOP gold bracelet and $130,648 in Event #4: $600 NLH Ultra Deepstack on WSOP.com. The event drew a field of 1,031 players that rebought 625 times to generate a prize pool of $894,240.
Wong can finally add a WSOP gold bracelet to his long list of accomplishments that include over $5 million in career earnings, according to Hendon Mob, with cashes as far back as 2006.
In third was Roman "Romka4ever" Ilin and Adam "misterblue" Saven bowed out in fourth. WSOP champion Ian "IanMa" Matakis rounded out the top five.
Rank | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Danny "jackdaniels1" Wong | United States | $130,648 |
2 | "Brownballa" | United States | $95,505 |
3 | Roman "Romka4ever" Ilin | United States | $70,198 |
4 | Adam "misterblue" Saven | United States | $51,598 |
5 | Ian "IanMa" Matakis | United States | $38,184 |
6 | "UselessTrvia" | United States | $28,437 |
7 | "maannyyy" | United States | $21,372 |
8 | ChloeB23" | United States | $16,186 |
Many top players joined the field in hopes of a deep run to WSOP gold, but some who weren’t fortunate enough to find a cash included Vanessa "ContainsNuts" Kade, Michael "stiltwalk" Mercaldo, Jamie "DanBilzerian" Kerstetter, and Karapet "Siro74" Galstyan. As well as popular poker YouTubers Ethan "Rampunts" Yau, and Johnnie "JohnnieVIBES" Moreno, who finished just shy of the money.
The bubble burst in rare fashion as Jason "Daluxxx" Luxenberg was “sitting out” from the tournament and blinded down to less than an ante and forced all in. Once in the money, the action was fast and furious, with many players going out on the very next hand.
Some familiar faces who made the money include 2013 Main Event champ Ryan "BitC0in" Riess (156th - $1,788), Matt "RubberFist" Stout (138th - $1,877), WSOP.com grinders Michael "BrockLesnar" Holtz (96th - $2,146), Corey "Corgasm" Paggeot (57th - $2,503), and Jeremiah "freestylerr" Williams (56th - $2,503).
The official eight-handed final table started slowly with many pots going back and forth preflop. The action began to pick up as the blinds increased, and the average stack was just around 20 big blinds.
The first casualty came when "ChloeB23" moved in with queen-eight on the button and was called by Saven, who held pocket fours. The flop fanned out a four, and the board couldn't find improvement for "ChloeB23" as they were sent to the rail in eighth place.
A few hands later, "maannyyy" picked up queen-jack suited and moved in but ran into the pocket queens for Saven to send them out in seventh place. "UselessTrvia" was atop the leaderboard for much of the later stages, however, after getting in a flip situation with king-queen against the sevens of Ilin, found themselves on the wrong side and was out in sixth place.
Soon after, Matakis would make a great call for their tournament life with ace-seven but was drawn out by the flush of "Brownballa" to eliminate the last WSOP bracelet winner in fifth place.
Four-handed didn't last long. Saven's chips hit the middle with pocket eights but were outdrawn by the rivered straight for Ilin to send them to the rail in fourth place.
A short while later, Ilin would be on the losing end of a coin flip when their pocket threes couldn't hold up against the ace-five suited in the hand of "Brownballa" to send them out in third place.
Heads-up play started with "Brownballa" having an over 2-to-1 chip lead on Wong, however, after a back-and-forth battle, Wong found himself in the pole position.
In the final hand, Wong opened the button for a min-raise, and "Brownballa" moved all in for just over 20 big blinds. Wong quickly made the call with ace-seven and was up against ten-nine suited. The flop saw an ace, and the rest of the board was no help to "Brownballa" as they were forced to settle for a runner-up finish. Wong scored the victory and WSOP gold.
That wraps up the coverage of Event #4: $600 NLH Ultra Deepstack. Be sure to stick with PokerNews for all your up-to-date coverage of the rest of the 2023 World Series of Poker at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
Danny "jackdaniels1" Wong opened to 2,000,000 on the button and "Brownballa" moved all in for just over 20 big blinds. Wong quickly made the call with the bigger stack and the cards were shown.
"Brownballa": 10♥9♥
Danny "jackdaniels1" Wong: A♥7♣
Wong was in the lead, and when the board ran out A♦4♣4♥9♣6♥, "Brownballa" was forced to settle for runner-up position. Wong scored the victory and his first WSOP gold bracelet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Danny "jackdaniels1" Wong |
66,240,000
51,277,872
|
51,277,872 |
|
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Brownballa
|
Busted |
The final two players are now on a five-minute break. The heads-up action will resume shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brownballa
|
51,277,872
6,604,314
|
6,604,314 |
Danny "jackdaniels1" Wong |
14,962,128
8,940,612
|
8,940,612 |
|
Level: 46
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 100,000
All the chips hit the middle preflop between "Brownballa" and Roman "Romka4ever" Ilin; the latter was the player at risk.
Roman "Romka4ever" Ilin: 3♥3♠
"Brownballa": A♠5♠
It was virtually a coin-flip preflop, but when the board ran out 9♠7♦6♦K♥5♦, it was the river that fell like a ton of bricks for Ilin, who was sent to the rail in third place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brownballa
|
44,673,558
16,272,110
|
16,272,110 |
Roman "Romka4ever" Ilin | Busted |
Adam "misterblue" Saven was on a short-stack and moved all in from under the gun. It folded around to Roman "Romka4ever" Ilin who made the call in the big blind for not much more.
Adam "misterblue" Saven: 8♦8♥
Roman "Romka4ever" Ilin: 6♣2♠
Saven was in great shape preflop, but when the board ran out 10♠4♥3♠5♦3♦, it was the rivered straight for Ilin that scored the pot to send Saven out in fourth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roman "Romka4ever" Ilin |
25,195,445
9,920,887
|
9,920,887 |
Adam "misterblue" Saven | Busted |
The action folded to "Brownballa" in the small blind who moved all in, covering the stack of Ian "IanMa" Matakis in the big blind, who made the call for their tournament life.
Ian "IanMa" Matakis: A♠7♠
"Brownballa": J♦3♦
The flop came a sweat on a Q♦9♦4♥ giving "Brownballa" a flush draw to go along with their live cards. The turn fell the A♦ to seal the deal, and the 9♠ completed the runout. Matakis was the last WSOP bracelet winner standing but he has been eliminated in fifth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brownballa
|
28,401,448
14,747,793
|
14,747,793 |
Ian "IanMa" Matakis | Busted | |
|
Level: 45
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 80,000
The chips hit the middle of the table preflop between Roman "Romka4ever" Ilin and "UselessTrvia", who was at risk.
"UselessTrvia": K♠Q♠
Roman "Romka4ever" Ilin: 7♣7♥
It was a flip situation, but when the board ran out Q♣9♥7♦10♦10♠, it was the flopped set that scored the pot to send "UselessTrvia" out in sixth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roman "Romka4ever" Ilin |
15,274,558
521,590
|
521,590 |
UselessTrvia
|
Busted |