Shahabaldin Shirazi, a 33-year-old civil engineer, clinched the title in the $400 Daily Deepstack event on June 4. This victory adds $20,718 to his live tournament earnings, pushing his total to over $500,000.
Shirazi's most notable achievement this year came from winning the 2024 Potomac Winter Poker Open $3,020 Main Event in February, where he pocketed $246,852.
The $400 Daily Deepstack event on June 4 attracted 315 participants, generating a prize pool of $103,950.
Ronald Blasczyk finished as the runner-up, taking home $14,185 and 377 points. James Remitio secured third place with a payout of $9,908 and 339 points.
PokerNews' Daniel Williams also hopped into the action and became the first member of Team PokerNews to make a Daily Deepstack final table.
Williams bowed in fifth place out with Big Slick in a three-way all-in, and he ended up with a respectable $3,833 prize!
| Rank | Player | Payout | Points |
|---|
| 1 | Shahabaldin Shirazi | $20,718 | 754 |
| 2 | Ronald Blasczyk | $14,185 | 377 |
| 3 | James Remitio | $9,908 | 339 |
| 4 | Nick Garcia | $7,066 | 301 |
| 5 | Yufei Chen | $5,148 | 283 |
| 6 | Daniel Williams | $3,833 | 264 |
| 7 | Patricia Yamano | $2,918 | 226 |
| 8 | Sean Berman | $2,272 | 207 |
| 9 | Michael Evans | $1,811 | 188 |
| 10 | Zhou Jiang | $1,478 | 151 |
| 11 | Senthuran Vijayaratnam | $1,478 | 151 |
| 12 | Vladimir Geykhman | $1,236 | 151 |
| 13 | Jose Deandrade | $1,236 | 151 |
| 14 | Yutaka Yoshida | $1,060 | 151 |
| 15 | Michael Callahan | $1,060 | 151 |
| 16 | Mark Stovell | $1,060 | 151 |
| 17 | Balazs Biri | $1,060 | 151 |
| 18 | Pablo Valdivieso | $933 | 75 |
| 19 | Douglas Mcclintock | $933 | 75 |
| 20 | Gregory Woods | $933 | 75 |
| 21 | Bradley Kostrzewa | $933 | 75 |
| 22 | William Perpich | $933 | 75 |
| 23 | Gabriel Wechter | $933 | 75 |
| 24 | Rose Sablan-Duncan | $933 | 75 |
| 25 | Jonathan Edmondson | $933 | 75 |
| 26 | Alton Mendleson | $933 | 75 |
| 27 | Michael Lin | $843 | 75 |
| 28 | Peter Fox | $843 | 75 |
| 29 | Iury Wolf | $843 | 75 |
| 30 | Billy Welch | $843 | 38 |
| 31 | Mohammad Ilyas | $843 | 38 |
| 32 | Andrew Goertz | $843 | 38 |
| 33 | Nicholas Kalinich | $843 | 38 |
| 34 | Renato Ogranaja | $843 | 38 |
| 35 | Jackson Newsum | $843 | 38 |
| 36 | Dylon Chafin | $803 | 38 |
| 37 | Benjamin Cornette | $803 | 38 |
| 38 | Brendan Shiller | $803 | 38 |
| 39 | Wooyang Lin | $803 | 38 |
| 40 | Mattingly Siegel | $803 | 38 |
| 41 | Lucas Tae | $803 | 38 |
| 42 | | $803 | 38 |
| 43 | Matthew Raffoul | $803 | 38 |
| 44 | Ricky Robitaille | $803 | 38 |
| 45 | Gregory Brewer | $803 | 38 |
| 46 | Dong Vuu | $803 | 38 |
| 47 | Pouria Jangali | $803 | 38 |
| 48 | Hangbo Li | $803 | 38 |
