Tournament Report: $250 Daily Deepstack (June 5)

Kurt Taphorn, a 32-year-old professional poker player from St. Louis, Missouri, took down the 1 p.m. $250 Daily Deepstack for a career-best payout of $17,412. The score saw his tournament earnings cross the $75,000 mark. His previous highest cash was for just $7,114, which came in a WSOP Circuit event back in 2020.

The tournament had 493 entries, creating a $98,600 prize pool that saw the top 74 players make the money.

Willie Smith ended up as the runner-up, collecting $12,035. Niall Costigan rounded out the podium finishes, boosting his bankroll with a further $8,473.

Rank	Player	Payout	Points
1	Kurt Taphorn	$17,412	749
2	Willie Smith	$12,035	374
3	Niall Costigan	$8,473	337
4	Klas Klinker	$6,075	299
5	Jose Ortizascencio	$4,437	281
6	Tyler Hurman	$3,302	262
7	Muruz Yohannes	$2,506	225
8	Lance King	$1,939	206
9	Hani Awad	$1,531	187
10	Jason Aden	$1,233	150
11	Chun Lung Wong	$1,233	150
12	Dong Ji	$1,015	150
13	Christopher Garner	$1,015	150
14	Alexis Hayek	$853	150
15	Jeremy Johnson	$853	150
16	Mariusz Burnat	$853	150
17	Nicholas Carmichael	$853	150
18	Lu Wang	$732	150
19	Luis Armando Gonzalez Martinez	$732	150
20	Reuben Phillips	$732	150
21	Kostantinos Gennaios	$732	150
22	David Belasco	$732	150
23	Christopher Fraley	$732	75
24	Michael Wojtkowiak	$732	75
25	Tony Woo	$732	75
26	Mark Macdonald	$732	75
27	Michael Ibekwe	$643	75
28	John Schraufnagel	$643	75
29	Marian Mihai	$643	75
30	Jeffrey Parcher	$643	75
31	Jerry Pearlstein	$643	75
32	Wen Lin	$643	75
33	Nikola Mircetic	$643	75
34	Peter Molina	$643	75
35	David Perry	$643	75
36	Frank Schaepers	$578	75
37	Stuart Tuvey	$578	75
38	Robert Eustice	$578	75
39	Williard Rifer	$578	75
40	Junjie Wu	$578	75
41	Bernard Nicholas	$578	75
42	Jeremy Standiford	$578	75
43	Stephen Scott	$578	37
44	Vy Tran	$578	37
45	Jair Augusto	$531	37
46	Jason Velasco	$531	37
47	Richard Machnik	$531	37
48	Alexis Calbry	$531	37
49	Scott Podolsky	$531	37
50	Kevin Balcom	$531	37
51	James Meono	$531	37
52	Alan Symonds	$531	37
53	Brandon Tindel	$531	37
54	Keith Hinkle	$506	37
55	David Becerril	$506	37
56	Brian Vo	$506	37
57	Michael Maruna	$506	37
58	Eugene Durante	$506	37
59	Nicholas Evdos	$506	37
60	Daniel Lee	$506	37
61	Conrad Co	$506	37
62	Jared Stearns	$506	37
63	Eddy Asady	$506	37
64	Karim Kerroui	$506	37
65	James Korbilas	$506	37
66	Arkadi Bruchis	$506	37
67	Nathaen Blankenship	$506	37
68	Cecile Pardinilla	$506	37
69	Daniel Peramaki	$506	37
70	Ricardo Sousa	$506	37
71	Karim Musani	$506	37
72	Armen Poghosyan	$506	37
73	James Gallagher	$506	37
74	Timothy Ashner	$506	37