Event 18: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $250,000 Guarantee

Level 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Player Remaining: 9/812
Average Stack:  1,805,000

Brian Schaffer

Brian Schaffer was the short stack at the start of the Event 18 final table and despite hanging on for almost two full levels, could not make a pay jump.

Ross Ward raised to 120,000 under the gun and Schaffer pushed for 575,000 in the lojack. The rest of the table folded and Ward called right away with A♠K♦. Schaffer was an underdog with A♦J♦.

The Q♣7♦5♦ flop gave Schaffer a flush draw but he could not catch on the 4♠ turn or 10♣ river.

The players are on a short break and updated counts are up next.

Ross Ward – 1,980,000
Brian Schaffer – 10th place ($5,832)

Event 18: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $250,000 Guarantee

Level 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Player Remaining: 10/812
Average Stack:  1,620,000

Michael Wang

There’s finally some chip movement in the Event 18 final table. Michael Wang put a turn shove in on Bobby Poe and is up to second on the leaderboard as a result.

Wang raised the small blind to 140,000 and Poe defended from the other side of the dealer.

Both players checked the K♣6♦4♦ flop and Wang led for 175,000 on the 7♣ turn. Poe took about a minute to raise to 450,000 and the action was back on Wang.

Wang took his time and three-bet shoved for 1,325,000 total on the coordinated board. Poe folded 10 seconds later and Wang was rewarded with the pot.

Ted Hickman is on the short end now with 550,000. Mark Manesh still leads and is playing 3,300,000. 15 minutes remain before the blinds go up to 30,000/60,000.

Michael Wang – 2,060,000
Bobby Poe – 1,725,000

Event 18: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $250,000 Guarantee

Level 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Player Remaining: 10/812
Average Stack:  1,620,000

The first 20 minutes of the Event 18 final table passed by with little bloodshed. All stacks for players are effectively the same as when they started the final table with the blinds now up to 25,000/50,000. The average stack is 32 big blinds and the math favors an all-in taking place over the course of the next 40 minutes.

It should be noted that Ross Ward is at his second final table of the DeepStack Championship Series. Ward finished fourth in last week’s $340 DoubleStack for $11,662. If Ward makes it to seventh place today, he will better that cash.

The full payouts are below:

1. $81,216
2. $49,987
3. $36,824
4. $27,493
5. $20,828
6. $15,829
7. $12,080
8. $9,581
9. $7,498
10. $5,832

Event 18: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $250,000 Guarantee

Level 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000 w/ 5,000 ante
Player Remaining: 10/812
Average Stack:  1,620,000

Mark Manesh

1. Bobby Poe – 1,950,000
2. Marcelo Drumm – 1,000,000
3. James Rice – 1,400,000
4. Ross Ward – 1,550,000
5. Sean Jazayeri – 1,850,000
6. Ted Hickman – 975,000
7. Mark Manesh – 3,425,000
8. Brian Schaffer – 650,000
9. Joey Weissman – 1,270,000
10.  Michael Wang – 1,830,000