Congratulations to Manuel Diones of Honolulu, HI who was the outright winner in our DeepStack Extravaganza Event #37 $600 NLH UltimateStack $150,000 guarantee on 4.30.23

Manuel takes home the DeepStack Extravaganza silver coin, the trophy, and $39,989

Level 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000/120,000
Total Entrants: 438
Players Remaining: 1

With roughly 1,300,000 in the pot on a K♠10♠2♥ flop, Manuel Diones bet 1,000,000 and Michael Vincent called.

The 9♦ landed on the turn and Diones jammed. Vincent thought about it and called all in for his remaining stack of about 2,100,000.

Vincent: J♦10♥
Diones: A♠A♦

The 6♥ river bricked out to keep the rockets in front, and Vincent was eliminated as runner-up for $29,265. Meanwhile, Diones completed his domination of the final table to claim the trophy and the $39,989 first-place prize.

Manuel Diones – 17,500,000
Michael Vincent – 0

Level 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000/120,000
Total Entrants: 438
Players Remaining: 2

Robert Borick moved all in for 310,000 on the button and Manuel Diones called in the big blind.

Borick: A♦10♠
Diones: 8♠4♥

The board ran out K♣6♦5♥4♠5♣ and Diones improved on the turn to eliminate Borick in third place for $21,688.

Manuel Diones – 15,500,000
Michael Vincent – 2,000,000
Robert Borick – 0

Level 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000/120,000
Total Entrants: 438
Players Remaining: 3

Manuel Diones opened to 250,000 on the button and Cornel Cimpan moved all in for his stack of 280,000. Diones called.

Cimpan: K♠4♦
Diones: 7♦6♠

The board ran out 9♥9♦8♥3♣7♠ and Diones improved on the river to eliminate Cimpan in fourth place for $16,275.

Manuel Diones – 14,400,000
Michael Vincent – 2,500,000
Robert Borick – 600,000
Cornel Cimpan – 0

Level 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000/120,000
Total Entrants: 438
Players Remaining: 4

Cornel Cimpan shoved all in from the small blind and Michael Vincent used a time extension before he ultimately called all in for his 1,125,000 chips.

Vincent: K♥9♥
Cimpan: A♣Q♣

The board ran out J♦4♦3♥K♠4♣ and Vincent found a king on the turn to secure the double and leave Cimpan short.

Michael Vincent – 2,370,000
Cornel Cimpan – 400,000

Level 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000/120,000
Total Entrants: 438
Players Remaining: 4

Manuel Diones – 12,535,000
Michael Vincent – 2,310,000
Cornel Cimpan – 1,800,000
Robert Borick – 900,000

Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 438
Players Remaining: 4

Ivan Ruban was all-in for 1,655,000 in the small blind and at risk against Manuel Diones in the cutoff.

Ruban: 8♠8♥
Diones: A♠7♥

The board ran out 7♠3♠3♥7♦2♣ and Diones improved to a boat to eliminate Ruban in fifth place for $12,370.

Manuel Diones – 12,100,000
Ivan Ruban – 0

Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 438
Players Remaining: 5

With roughly 1,000,000 in the pot on a K♠7♠7♣ flop, Grigor Karapetyan had 650,000 over the betting line in the small blind and was facing an all-in raise for his remaining stack of about 2,000,000 against Manuel Diones in the cutoff. Karapetyan thought about it and called.

Karapetyan: K♥Q♥
Diones: 10♦7♦

The 3♠ and 6♠ completed the board and Diones stayed in front with his flopped trips to eliminate Karapetyan in sixth place for $9,523.

Manuel Diones – 10,250,000
Grigor Karapetyan – 0

Level 28
Blinds: 50,000/100,000/100,000
Total Entrants: 438
Players Remaining: 6

The rest of Joshua Ferrer’s chips went in on the river of the 9♥8♣3♣4♣2♠ board against Grigor Karapetyan.

Karapetyan tabled 9♦9♣ for a set to eliminate Ferrer in seventh place for $7,427.

Grigor Karapetyan – 4,000,000
Joshua Ferrer – 0

Level 26
Blinds: 30,000/60,000/60,000
Total Entrants: 438
Players Remaining: 7

Jeffrey Tanouye has been eliminated in eighth place for $5,870.

Jeffrey Tanouye – 0