Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship
Day 4 Started
2025 World Series of Poker
Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship
Day: 4
Event Info
2025 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
Buy-in
$600
Prize Pool
$2,856,168
Entries
5,667
Level
40
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Entries
6
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 5,667
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Will Daniel Schill Turn Back-to-Back Chip Leads Into Second-Ever PokerNews Deepstack Champion Title?
The final day is upon us in Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship, an event at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) celebrating everyone's favorite media outlet.
Last year, Scotland's Hector Berry defeated Canada's Luke Varrasso to win $282,876, a bracelet and a 24-karat gold PokerNews Deepstack Championship winner’s coin as he became the inaugural PokerNews Deepstack champion. A year later and American Daniel Schill is looking to become the second champion after bagging back-to-back chip leads on Day 2 and Day 3.
Also among the final six are fellow American Nick Ahmadi, France's Nicolas Godard, Israel's Ran Kadur, Canada's Jason Li and Argentina's Jorge Dominguez. The international affair will play out inside Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas, when Day 4 kicks off at 11 a.m. local time.
PokerNews Deepstack Championship Final Table
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicolas Godard | France | 23,200,000 | 23 |
| 2 | Ran Kadur | Israel | 31,300,000 | 31 |
| 3 | Nick Ahmadi | United States | 36,200,000 | 36 |
| 4 | Jason Li | Canada | 23,500,000 | 24 |
| 5 | Jorge Dominguez | Argentina | 15,600,000 | 16 |
| 6 | Daniel Schill | United States | 41,000,000 | 41 |
The nine-handed final table was set on Thursday as India's Aditya Sushant fell in ninth for $29,897 ahead of Mexico's Pablo Valdes (8th - $38,310) and Spain's Mario Diaz Quilez (7th - $49,497).
Other players who cashed the event include bracelet winner and poker content creator Ryan Depaulo and bracelet winners Kathy Liebert, Anthony Denove and Konstantin Puchkov.
Each returning player is guaranteed to take home at least a hundred times their buyin with a payout of $64,477, but all eyes are on the $302,165 fiirst-place prize, WSOP bracelet and coveted 24-karat gold PokerNews Deepstack Championship winner’s coin.
Final Table Results / Remaining Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $302,165 | ||
| 2 | $201,233 | ||
| 3 | $149,601 | ||
| 4 | $112,101 | ||
| 5 | $84,676 | ||
| 6 | $64,477 | ||
| 7 | Mario Diaz Quilez | Spain | $49,497 |
| 8 | Pablo Valdes | Mexico | $38,310 |
| 9 | Aditya Sushant | India | $29,897 |
Will Schill hang on to his back-to-back chip lead and close out his dominant performance? Will another winner emerge from the final six? There's only one way to find out, and that's by following PokerNews live updates ahead of the next WSOP bracelet winner being crowned.
The players are in the spotlight and going through some media duties before the final table gets underway.
Play will begin shortly.
Level: 38
Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000
Ante: 1,000,000
Level 38
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Cards are in the air as the final six players battle it out for the bracelet.
Level 38
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Nick Ahmadi raised on the button and Jorge Dominguez defended in the big blind.
Dominguez checked on the flop of 2♠3♦7♠ and Ahmadi continued for 3,500,000. Dominguez laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
||
|
13,700,000
1,900,000
|
1,900,000 |
Level 38
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
After a few walks, small pots, and not a lot of action, it folded to Jason Li in the small blind, who shoved for around 18,000,000. Jorge Dominguez was in the big blind and after looking at his stack, he put in the call with his 13,500,000.
Jorge Dominguez: K♥J♥ 
Jason Li: J♠2♠
Li was dominated by the hand of Dominguez, and didn't find much to work with on the 8♠A♣7♦ flop. A J♦ on the turn gave both players a pair of jacks and brought around some chop possibilities, but the Q♥ river was a brick, which doubled up Dominguez.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
||
|
|
28,000,000
14,300,000
|
14,300,000 |
|
28,000,000
3,300,000
|
3,300,000 |
|
24,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
5,000,000
18,500,000
|
18,500,000 |
Level 38
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Daniel Schill opened to 2,000,000 in the hijack and Jason Li three-bet jammed his stack of less than five big blinds from the big blind. Schill called to put Li at risk.
Jason Li: Q♥10♥
Daniel Schill: A♣J♣
The flop of 9♣K♣2♠ didn't change much but the 10♠ turn gave Li a short-lived lead before the 6♣ river gave Schill a flush to confirm Li as the first elimination of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
51,000,000
9,500,000
|
9,500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Level 38
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Daniel Schill made it 2,700,000 to go from the small blind and Nicolas Godard called in the big blind.
On the Q♦3♦4♣ flop, Schill fired a continuation-bet of 1,700,000, which Godard called.
Both tapped the table on the J♦ turn and when the 4♦ paired the board on the river, Schill checked. Godard took some time before he bet 6,500,000, and within around ten seconds, Schill called.
Godard immediately tabled A♦6♠ for the nut flush, and Schill sent his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000,000
6,000,000
|
6,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
42,000,000
9,000,000
|
9,000,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
36,000,000
12,000,000
|
12,000,000 |
Level 38
: Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Ran Kadur completed in the small blind and Nick Ahmadi checked his option in the big blind.
Kadur bet 1,500,000 on the flop of 8♥7♦4♠ and Ahmadi called. Kadur then sized up to 2,500,000 on the J♠ turn and Ahmadi again called.
The 4♦ river completed the board and Kadur put out a final bet of 6,500,000. Ahmadi laid it down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000,000
4,000,000
|
4,000,000 |
|
|
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|
|
27,000,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
