Highlights include a cooler flop between the NBA's Jimmy Butler and Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr., professional streamer Richard Tyler Blevins (AKA Ninja) slow-rolling boxer Ryan Garcia, and an insane hand involving Neymar Jr. and Alan Keating that saw more than $300K change hands after the river was run out an astounding eight times! You have to believe it to see it.
Meanwhile, the WSOP rolled on by crowning a plethora of bracelet winnings including Chris "Big Huni" Hunichen, who not only won the $100K High Roller but went on to nearly take down the $250K Super High Roller in a week most players can only dream of. Speaking of that SHR, Santhosh Suvarna defeated Ben Tollerene to take down that tournament for $5,415,152 and his second gold bracelet.
Other bracelet winners discussed include Chris Vitch, Maksim Pisarenko, Frank Funaro, and Yuri Dzivielevski, among others.
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The wait for the first-ever PokerNews Deepstack Championship is over. Event #62: $600 PokerNews Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em gets underway today at 10 a.m. with players starting off with stacks of 30,000 and blinds of 100/100/100 inside Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas.
The PokerNews-sponsored event will begin with 40-minute levels on Day 1 before increasing to 60 minutes on Days 2-4. Day 1 will play 17 levels or down to 15 percent of the field, whichever is later, with 20-minute breaks every three levels and a 75-minute dinner break after Level 12.
Day 2 will restart at noon Wednesday and will play for ten levels with a 60-minute dinner break, while Day 3 has the same restart time and will play down to five players with a 60-minute dinner break. Day 4 will play down to a winner with a dinner break yet to be determined.
If you need advice ahead of the event, Florida crusher Raminder Singhshared his tips for the event and corresponding PokerNews Deepstack Challenge.
Last year's Deepstack Championship drew 4,303 entrants for a prize pool of $2,194,530 as Canada's David GuaydefeatedJohn S Taylor for $271,032 and his first WSOP bracelet.
"I'm definitely going to be more emotional later," Guay told PokerNews after the win. "I'm going to call my mom soon to let her know."
David Guay
2023 WSOP Deepstack Championship Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize (USD)
1
David Guay
Canada
$271,032
2
John S Taylor
United States
$167,483
3
Steven Stolzenfeld
United States
$124,850
4
Jonathan Fhima
France
$93,795
5
Romain Kowalczyk
France
$71,018
6
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France
$54,199
7
David Sebesfi
Australia
$41,694
8
Paul Hindmarch
United Kingdom
$32,332
9
Ahmed Karrim
South-Africa
$25,276
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The $50,000 Poker Players Championship has reached Day 3 with only 29 players in the hunt for the title, including Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey.
A host of stars are through to Day 4 of the $1,500 Millionaire Maker. One of them will eventually walk away with more than $1.2 million and a gold bracelet!
India's Santhosh Suvarna is still on cloud nine after winning the $250,000 Super High Roller for a cool $5.4 million!