Players were already heads up on the 4♠A♥Q♣ flop, with Arthur Rigaud in the small blind and Shane Hall in the hijack.
Rugaud checked, and Hall bet 800. Ragaud made a quick call.
The 8♣ was turned, and Rugaud check-called a 1,600 bet from Hall.
Both players checked the 4♦ river, and Hall showed A♦J♥ for two pair. Hall mucked, handing an early pot to Rugaud.
There were roughly 13,000 chips in the pot on 6♦6♥J♥7♠8♥.
Arturas Astrauskas checked from early position to Colleen Wong in the cutoff. Wong bet 3,600, and Astrauskas quickly called with a single chip.
Wong revealed pocket queens Q♦Q♠, and Astrauskas mucked his hand.
George Medina opened the hijack to 400 and Dan Klein raised to 1,400.
Medina was the only caller, and the players went heads-up to the board.
The flop came 6♠J♦7♦ and Medina checked. Klein bet 1,000 and Medina folded.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Action was ongoing on a pot of around 800 with two players engaged. The dealer unfurled 5♠K♥Q♥.
Steven Federspiel check-raised to 2,200 from the big blind after Andrew Gilmore in cutoff made a bet of 700.
The turn came 8♠ and Federspiel kept the pressure with 2,500. Gilmore called. Finally on the river 8♣ action slowed with both players tapping the felt.
Federspiel showed A♥7♥ for a busted flush draw. Gilmore turned over K♦2♦ for two pair with the board.
One of the most special parts about Event #78: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship is the fact that 50 players have been able to take their seats without paying a cent! Well, not directly at least.
Every day throughout the series, PokerNews sponsored daily deepstack tournaments in the Normandy and Provence Ballrooms in Horseshoe Las Vegas, with $200, $250, and $400 buy-in tournaments all taking place at 8:00 p.m., 1:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m., respectively. Cashing and running deep in these tournaments earned them points, and points meant prizes.
Each week, a leaderboard was completed, with points accumulated in the same manner as those for the WSOP Player of the Year. The top ten players from each week earned a free entry into this event, with 50 having been given out after five weeks of deepstack competition.
| Week | Winner |
|---|---|
| 1 | James Derosa |
| 2 | Tristan Tauscher |
| 3 | Dominique Terzian |
| 4 | Duy Ho |
| 5 | Caleb Mitson |
Will one of our deepstack entrants take down the event, earning themselves a bracelet as well as a 24k gold PokerNews card protector?
There were roughly 1,000 chips in the pot on K♣9♣7♦, Trung Le bet 800 from the hijack and Rafael Rodriguez called in the big blind.
Both players checked on the 6♣ turn, Rodriguez deicded to lead for 800 when the 8♣ got dealt on the river.
Le took a few moments before he raised to 4,700, Rodriguez quickly folded and Le flashed the K♥.
Play was already underway with a pot of 2,500 and a board of 2♦10♥8♦J♣.
Chujun Gong fired 1,500 in cutoff and Terry Fleischer, the only other player in the hand, called to see the last card.
The river K♥ fell and Gong checked. Fleischer shot out 3,000 which Gong called. Fleischer tabled A♦Q♣ for a rivered straight and Gong, frustrated, turned over 8♣8♥ prompting her to say, "You didn't believe me on the flop."
Fleischer just commented, "You have a good hand, but I have the lucky hand."
Jacob Marlman opened to 300 from the cutoff and got a call from Timothy Cavallin on the button.
Jonathan Sapp folded the small blind and Matthew Luca defended from the big blind.
The 7♣Q♥4♥ flop saw Matthew Luca bet out and all players mucked, allowing him to scoop the pot and rebuild some of his stack.
Uzi Zilka raised in the hijack to 300, Daniel Harrison called on the button and the blinds folded.
Zilka fired out a bet of 1,000 when the flop came K♥5♠8♥, Harrison called. Zilka decided to check-call a bet of 2,000 when the 8♠ hit the turn.
Both players checked on the 9♦, Harrison tabled K♦4♦ for top pair and he scooped the pot.
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