Tournament Report: $250 WSOP Daily Deepstack (June 3)

Forty-nine-year-old contractor Jesse Gardner took down the biggest PokerNews WSOP Daily Deepstack of the first week, topping the 1,030 entry field to get the $29,557 first-place prize.

Shawn Sparks was the runner-up, earning $20,903 while Nurhan Mener rounded out the podium finishes with a $15,002 payout.

PokerNews live reporter Tyler Foran put in a valiant effort on the felt, bowing out in 16th place for $1,462.

Rank	Player	Payout	Points
1	Jesse Gardner	$29,557	821
2	Shawn Sparks	$20,903	410
3	Nurhan Mener	$15,002	369
4	Rodrigo Zouvi	$10,919	328
5	Walker Miskelly	$8,061	308
6	Dean Baranowski	$6,038	287
7	Onofre Vega	$4,590	246
8	Erick Argote	$3,541	226
9	William Plitz	$2,773	205
10	Eric Bunch	$2,206	164
11	Peter Jankowski	$2,206	164
12	Michael Larkin	$1,782	164
13	James Nguyen	$1,782	164
14	Jason Hedden	$1,462	164
15	George Dimitriadis	$1,462	164
16	Tyler Foran	$1,462	164
17	Andrei Balta	$1,462	164
18	Usman Inayatullah	$1,220	164
19	Andres Morales	$1,220	164
20	Henrik Ljorring	$1,220	164
21	Zachary Flynn	$1,220	164
22	Lafaya Mitchell	$1,220	164
23	Chet Sickle	$1,220	164
24	Armah David	$1,220	164
25	Jacob Bucher	$1,220	164
26	Henrique Sevilhano	$1,220	164
27	Vinicius Monteiro	$1,034	164
28	Remy Crettenand	$1,034	164
29	Christopher Mehes	$1,034	164
30	Israel Biton	$1,034	164
31	Robert Bernardino	$1,034	164
32	Romeo Samblero	$1,034	164
33	Andy Su	$1,034	164
34	Christiphor Herrin	$1,034	164
35	Michael Bucar	$1,034	164
36	Amin Hosein	$891	164
37	Tadrick Kite	$891	164
38	Billy Welch	$891	164
39	Robert Daharsh	$891	82
40	Chase Fredensburg	$891	82
41	Melissa Pantoja	$891	82
42	Thomas Robertson	$891	82
43	Pavlos Kasselouris	$891	82
44	Dominic Chan	$891	82
45	Ivan Bolanos	$781	82
46	Liao Yinghsiang	$781	82
47	Sinoun Pil	$781	82
48	Alexis Hayek	$781	82
49	Clark Robertson	$781	82
50	Kenny Nguyen	$781	82
51	Gerardo Amezola	$781	82
52	Jeffrey Stephens	$781	82
53	Richard Carlson	$781	82
54	Michael Stephenson	$697	82
55	Ricky Mefferd	$697	82
56	Gregory Durand	$697	82
57	Rajagopal Sankaranarayanan	$697	82
58	Alejandro Rayas	$697	82
59	Ricardo Figueiredo	$697	82
60	Margaret Fox	$697	82
61	Servando Martinez	$697	82
62	Robert Scholz	$697	82
63	Justin Luninpack	$632	82
64	Leonardo Sabatino	$632	82
65	Brett Hall	$632	82
66	Bohden Schaaps	$632	82
67	Jaehoon Baek	$632	82
68	Fred Chernikoff	$632	82
69	Zijing Cheng	$632	82
70	Willie Benton	$632	82
71	Dimitrios Bergos	$632	82
72	Ryan Marks	$584	82
73	Grant Cotton	$584	82
74	Jeremi Zorawski	$584	82
75	Chunyu Yang	$584	82
76	Marcandre Lizotte	$584	82
77	Stephen Garguile	$584	82
78	Stephen Lee	$584	82
79	Helen Balcom	$584	82
80	David Macneil	$584	82
81	Robert Gill	$549	82
82	Paul Janak	$549	82
83	Frances Frost	$549	41
84	Cuong Ngo	$549	41
85	Sandy Piet	$549	41
86	Brice Okubo	$549	41
87	Lester Rainey	$549	41
88	Mauricio Solano	$549	41
89	Tony Jean	$549	41
90	Nicholas Scholz	$527	41
91	Jerry Woudstra	$527	41
92	Mark Roex	$527	41
93	Jesus Castillo	$527	41
94	Adam Cormier	$527	41
95	Scott Horvath	$527	41
96	Vincent Frigeria	$527	41
97	Crettenand Alain	$527	41
98	Eugene Durante	$527	41
99	Michael Clark	$501	41
100	Esker Roberts	$501	41
101	Mark Muller	$501	41
102	Dominique Terzian	$501	41
103	Brian Darrieu	$501	41
104	Mohammad Haghdoust	$501	41
105	Joseph Kirkwood	$501	41
106	Mark Lilomaiava	$501	41
107	Yufei Chen	$501	41
108	Orlando Barrera	$501	41
109	Jeffrey Knopov	$501	41
110	Randy Berdan	$501	41
111	Simon Cheng	$501	41
112	Julio Venegas	$501	41
113	Luis Ramos	$501	41
114	Keith Hinkle	$501	41
115	Brian Kaplan	$501	41
116	Mohammad Affaneh	$501	41
117	Jingwei Qi	$501	41
118	Abrahim Aboukhalil	$501	41
119	Robert Ersing	$501	41
120	Frank Pergola	$501	41
121	Kevin Johnson	$501	41
122	Timothy Sullivan	$501	41
123	Ryan Ashman	$501	41
124	Vlad Iuhas	$501	41
125	Jesus Ayala	$501	41
126	Ting Zhou	$501	41
127	Christian Kenney	$501	41
128	Julien Poirier	$501	41
129	Michael Punshon	$501	41
130	Michael Bundschuh	$501	41
131	Jason Upshaw	$501	41
132	Christophe Olive	$501	41
133	William Boone	$501	41
134	Joshua Herschlip	$501	41
135	Ward Debruyn	$501	41
136	Ronald Willems	$501	41
137	Daryl Kermmoade	$501	41
138	Michael Simpson	$501	41
139	Jonathan Ounjian	$501	41
140	Sami Benhayun	$501	41
141	Conrad Tien	$501	41
142	Christopher Lund	$501	41
143	Daniel Toto	$501	41
144	Ralph Russo	$501	41
145	Adam Chipiuk	$501	41
146	Patrick Smith	$501	41
147	Michael Curran	$501	41
148	Stephen Uknuis	$501	41
149	Thomas Pomponio	$501	41
150	Christopher George Francia	$501	41
151	Yuriy Kotelnikov	$501	41
152	Christopher Brown	$501	41
153	Anibal Salazar	$501	41
154	Chico Jones	$501	41
155	Hector Larios Canseco	$501	41