Event #5: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack
Day 1 Completed
Event #5: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack
Day 1 Completed
Thursday night saw a good battle for a gold bracelet as the fifth one of the 2022 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Online Series was handed out. Event #5: $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack had a total of 348 runners who rebought 167 times to bring the total field to 515 entries.
With a $231,750 prize pool to aim at, it was “ccast93” who earned the victory and $44,704 top prize after a brisk six-and-a-half-hour day on the virtual felt.
Without much knowledge of who “ccast93” is they played a great game and ultimately came out on top to score WSOP gold.
Many notables joined this turbo event and some who could not find a deep run included Poker Hall of Famer Kathy "Luckygal" Liebert, popular YouTubers Ryan "Joeyisamush" Depaulo and Ethan "Rampunts" Yau, and none other than six-time bracelet Daniel "Dnegs" Negreanu.
A few big names who made the money but could not close it out with a final table run included Justin "Jsaliba2" Saliba (52nd - $1,320), Jeff "NedrudRelyt" Madsen (50th - $1,320), and fan favorite Jamie "DanBilzerian" Kerstetter (21st - $1,506) to name a few.
Place | Player | Prize |
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1 | ”ccast93” | $44,704 |
2 | Zachary "Lovepuddle" Schwartz | $32,352 |
3 | John "Slapshot1085" Forlenza | $23,545 |
4 | Patrick "WaddlesDaPig" Truong | $17,056 |
5 | Tom ".BEAST." Cannuli | $12,421 |
6 | Paul "ToTheMoon" Dewald | $9,177 |
7 | Ryan "BitC0in" Riess | $6,743 |
8 | Eric "powwow" Ethans | $5,005 |
9 | Daniel "bunzer07" Jordan | $3,708 |
It only took roughly five hours to get down to nine players and the action was never slow. Daniel "bunzer07" Jordan was the first to exit on the final table when he ran jacks into the ace-queen of Eric "powwow" Ethans and an ace flopped to eliminate him in ninth place.
The next casualty came when Ethans became short and moved in with ace-eight and was called by the big stack of Paul "ToTheMoon" Dewald. The flop saw both players make a pair but the turn brought trip-fives for Dewald and Ethans was done in eighth place.
Former Main Event Champion Ryan "BitC0in" Riess made a deep run but when he was all in with jack-ten against then king-ten of Patrick "WaddlesDaPig" Truong and could not improve, it was the end of the road as he exited in seventh place.
Soon after Dewald became short and shoved all in from the small blind with jack-eight but ran into the ace-four of "ccast93" and could not find help, sending him out in sixth place.
A double elimination happened when Tom ".BEAST." Cannuli and Truong were all in with an ace against the pocket-aces of "ccast93" and were eliminated in fifth and fourth place.
John "Slapshot1085" Forlenza picked up king-six and moved in against the big blind of "ccast93" who woke up with ace-queen and sent Forlenza to the rail in third place.
Zachary "Lovepuddle" Schwartz started heads-up play with a sizable chip disadvantage but managed to double up twice, evening the stacks, however when a few hands didn't go his way he found himself all in with eight-seven against the ace-ten of "ccast93". The board did not improve Schwartz and he finished in runner-up position, scoring the victory and gold for "ccast93".
The next tournament on the schedule – WSOP Online Event #6: No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack – will take place at 3:30 p.m. PDT on Saturday. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will once again be reporting all the action, so be sure to tune in then to see who captures the next 2022 WSOP bracelet!
All the chips were in the middle preflop with Zachary "Lovepuddle" Schwartz at risk for roughly 5,000,000 and called by the chip leader "ccast93".
Zachary "Lovepuddle" Schwartz:
"ccast93":
When the board ran out , it was ace-high for 'ccast93" that took the pot and victory, sending Schwartz to the rail in runner-up position.
A full recap will be available shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher "ccast93" Castiglia |
20,600,000
3,143,742
|
3,143,742 |
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Zachary "Lovepuddle" Schwartz | Busted |
Blinds: 250,000/500,000/62,500
John "Slapshot1085" Forlenza moved all in for roughly 1,600,000 and was called by the chip leader "ccast93".
John "Slapshot1085" Forlenza:
"ccast93":
The board ran out and Forlenza was eliminated in third place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher "ccast93" Castiglia |
17,456,258
4,207,286
|
4,207,286 |
|
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John "Slapshot1085" Forlenza | Busted |
Blinds: 160,000/320,000/40,000
A double elimination took place when Patrick "WaddlesDaPig" Truong and Tom ".BEAST." Cannuli moved all in and both snap-called by the bigger stack of "ccast93".
Tom ".BEAST." Cannuli:
Patrick "WaddlesDaPig" Truong:
"ccast93":
It was a cooler situation for the players at risk running into aces and when the board ran out , it was the end of the road for Cannuli in fifth place and Truong in fourth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Christopher "ccast93" Castiglia |
13,248,972
9,163,724
|
9,163,724 |
|
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Patrick "WaddlesDaPig" Truong | Busted | |
Tom ".BEAST." Cannuli | Busted |
Blinds: 140,000/280,000/35,000
Paul "ToTheMoon" Dewald moved all in from the small blind for only roughly four big blinds and was snap-called by "ccast93" in the big blind.
Paul "ToTheMoon" Dewald:
"ccast93":
The board ran out , giving "ccast93" a flush and eliminated Dewald in sixth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Patrick "WaddlesDaPig" Truong |
8,391,529
1,055,925
|
1,055,925 |
Christopher "ccast93" Castiglia |
4,085,248
2,708,301
|
2,708,301 |
|
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Tom ".BEAST." Cannuli |
3,113,025
2,159,220
|
2,159,220 |
Zachary "Lovepuddle" Schwartz |
2,110,707
646,588
|
646,588 |
John "Slapshot1085" Forlenza |
1,784,568
-749,805
|
-749,805 |
Paul "ToTheMoon" Dewald | Busted |
The final six players are now on a 5-minute break.
Blinds: 100,000/200,000/20,000
Patrick "WaddlesDaPig" Truong moved all in on the button covering the blinds and after some thought, Ryan "BitC0in" Riess called for his last roughly 900,000.
Ryan "BitC0in" Riess:
Patrick "WaddlesDaPig" Truong:
The board ran out , sending the former WSOP Main Event champion out in seventh place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Patrick "WaddlesDaPig" Truong |
7,335,604
6,474,050
|
6,474,050 |
Ryan "BitC0in" Riess | Busted | |
|
Blinds: 100,000/200,000/20,000
Eric "powwow" Ethans found himself all in with only two big blinds left and called by Paul "ToTheMoon" Dewald in the big blind.
Eric "powwow" Ethans:
Paul "ToTheMoon" Dewald:
When the board ran out it was the trip-fives for Dewald that scored the pot and eliminated Ethans in eighth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul "ToTheMoon" Dewald |
3,636,997
2,722,323
|
2,722,323 |
Eric "powwow" Ethans | Busted |
Blinds: 100,000/200,000/20,000
All the chips were in the middle preflop between Eric "powwow" Ethans and Daniel "bunzer07" Jordan, the player at risk.
Daniel "bunzer07" Jordan:
Eric "powwow" Ethans:
The board ran out and Jordan was out in ninth place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric "powwow" Ethans |
2,961,701
2,154,820
|
2,154,820 |
Daniel "bunzer07" Jordan
|
Busted |