Event 12: $400 No-Limit Hold’em $150,000 Guarantee 

Level 31
Blinds: 60,000-120,000 w/20,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2

Airy Phanhyaseng is on the verge of claiming victory in Event 12. 

Despite hitting a speed bump at the start of heads up play, Airy Phanhyaseng has since recovered and is moving toward his third career DeepStack Extravaganza victory. Phanhyanseng recently took a sizable pot from Ross Fabrizio and is mere steps away from the win.

Fabrizio opened to 300,000 and Phanhyaseng called to see the A♣6♦4♠ flop. Phanhyaseng checked and Fabrizio bet 400,000. Phanhyaseng check-raised to 1,100,000 and Fabrizio though for a moment before calling. The 10♦ turn and 3♣ river were both checked.

Phanhyaseng opened up 8♣6♣ to take the pot and is playing 8,250,000. Fabrizio has about 20 big blinds and is in need of a few pots to catch back up.

Event 12: $400 No-Limit Hold’em $150,000 Guarantee 

Level 30
Blinds: 50,000-100,000 w/10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2

Ross Fabrizio enters heads up play with about half the chips of Airy Phanhyaseng. 

This week’s $150,000 guaranteed SuperStack event exceeded the set prize pool by $71,000 and heads up play for the lion’s share of it is underway. Airy Phanhyaseng comes into the match with 7,600,000 and Ross Fabrizio starts with 4,280,000. Phanhyaseng is looking to complete his wire-to-wire final table run and Fabrizio has a chance to mount a storybook comeback. The DSE trophy along with almost $18,000. The remaining payouts are below.

1. $45,324
2. $27,638

Event 12: $400 No-Limit Hold’em $150,000 Guarantee 

Level 30
Blinds: 50,000-100,000 w/10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2

Dustin Lee

Three-handed play started as a battle between Dustin Lee and Ross Fabrizio to see which player would advance to heads up play against Airy Phanhyaseng and ended with Lee on the rail in a massive pot against Fabrizio.

Fabrizio opened for 250,000 on the button and Lee defended his big blind to see a 8♦3♥3♠ flop. Lee checked and Fabrizio bet 300,000. Lee called and the 2♣ peeled on the turn.

Lee checked again Fabrizio checked behind. Lee bet 350,000 on the 4♦ river and Fabrizio put him all-in for about 1,200,000 total. Lee took a minimal amount of time to call with K♣K♠ and Fabrizio rolled over K♥3♣ for flopped trips. Heads up play between Fabrizio and Phanhyaseng will commence shortly.

Event 12: $400 No-Limit Hold’em $150,000 Guarantee 

Level 30
Blinds: 50,000-100,000 w/10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3

Lokesh Garg

Lokseh Garg started Day 2 fourth in chips and as fate would have it, is the fourth place finisher in Event 12. Airy Phanhyaseng added another bounty to his final table haul as he took the liberty of escorting Garg out.

Garg moved all-in for 1,250,000 on the button and Phanhyaseng isolated out of the small blind. Garg held two live cards K♣8♦ against the A♥Q♠ of Phanhyaseg. The A♠9♥4♦ flop all but ended the hand. Garg graciously took his leave and Phanhyaseng dragged in the chips to hit 7,000,000.

Event 12: $400 No-Limit Hold’em $150,000 Guarantee 

Level 29
Blinds: 40,000-80,000 w/10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4

Will Givens

The theme of the big blind being the primary culprit in eliminating all-in players reached another peak with Dustin Lee taking out Will Givens. Givens never got out of first gear at the final table and ran into a monster hand against Lee.

Givens moved all-in for about 800,000 from under the gun with K♣J♠ and Lee called with K♦K♠ The Q♣Q♥6♠ flop did little for Givens and he was drawing dead after the 4♥ turn.

Givens shook hands with the table and left to collect his five-figure payday. Lee is playing 2,200,000 and Lokesh Garg is the new short stack with 750,000. The remaining payouts for the final four players are below.

1. $45,324
2. $27,638
3. $20,562
4. $15,256

Event 16: $400 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $40,000 Guarantee 

Event 16: $400 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $40,000 ended in a four-way chop that saw Nicholas Tsoukalas take home $12,065 and the winner’s title.

Nicholas Tsoukalas (center front)
Jaques Zaicik (left), Jeffrey Yakubins (center) and Andre Clarke (right)

1st – Nicholas Tsoukalas – $12,065
2nd – Jeffrey Yakubins – $5,935
3rd – Andre Clarke – $5,935
4th – Jaques Zaicik – $5,001

Event 17: $200 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty $9,000 Guarantee 

Event: $200 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty
Guarantee: $9,000
Entries: 123
Total Prize Pool: $19,680
Bounties: $6,150
Places Paid: 15
1st Place: $3,790

Event 12: $400 No-Limit Hold’em $150,000 Guarantee 

Level 29
Blinds: 40,000-80,000 w/10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5

Michael Sinclair

When Level 29 started, Michael Sinclair was the shortest stack left at the final table. Sinclair jumped a pay spot thanks to Ian Pearson’s elimination but is now on the outside looking in.

Sinclair moved all-in for 565,000 from under the gun and action folded to Ross Fabrizio, who called from the big blind. It was a flip for Sinclair as his K♥J♠ squared off against Fabrizio’s 10♥10♠ The 8♠3♠2♠ flop was as good as Sinclair could ask for as he managed to pick up a flush draw to go with his overcards.

The 7♥ turn kept the hand in Fabrizio’s favor and the 2♦ river cooled off Sinclair’s sweat. He earns $8,623 for his run and Fabrizio is second in chips now with 3,545,000.