Congratulations to Joseph Gordon from New York, NY who finished 10th in our DeepStack Championship Event #111 $400 NLH MonsterStack $60K GTD winning $1,942.

Blinds: 15,000 / 30,000

In the first hand of the final table Joseph Gordon moved all in for 410,000 from middle position. The action folded around to Randall Yaroch in the big blind who called.

Yaroch: A♥ K♣
Gordon: Q♣ J♦

The board ran out T♥ 7♥ 6♣ 8♥ 6♦, giving Yaroch the pot with a superior high-card, sending Gordon home first from the final table.

We have reached the final table in our DeepStack Championship Event #111 $400 NLH MonsterStack $60K GTD. Our remaining ten players have all locked up at least $1,942 in prize money and will be playing down to a winner who’ll collect $26,430 for his or her efforts.

Here are the remaining players:

Seat 1: Sharman Olshan – 1,150,000
Seat 2: Jakub Toth – 910,000
Seat 3: Jared Ambler – 1,800,000
Seat 4: Joseph Gordon – 410,000
Seat 5: Ricardo Gramowski – 1,655,000
Seat 6: Jason Morman – 1,110,000
Seat 7: Alex Dederer – 375,000
Seat 8: Carla Sabini – 710,000
Seat 9: Len Lagoe Jr – 1,260,000
Seat 10: Randall Yaroch – 540,000

Good luck to all the players!

Another successful DeepStack Championship event is in the books. This time, our Event #108 $600 HORSE $40K GTD attracted 137 players who created a prize pool of $71,240; eclipsing the guarantee of $40,000. Of those, 16 made the money, each earning themselves $1,211.

The single day event kicked of at noon, and reached a final table in just under ten hours of play. An additional three and a half hours was needed before a champion was crowned.

The action on the final table started off really quickly, with the elimination of both Leonard August (9th) and Nicolas Milgram (8th) in the opening minutes, both falling during Seven Card Stud.

An hour passed before Valentin Vornicu (7th) and Danny Woolard (6th) fell to the rail in the same orbit of Razz.

Five handed play lasted another hour, as short-stacks Angelo Mancini (5th) and Tom Love (4th), hung around with their short stacks, before ultimately hitting the rail leaving three.

Brian Nadell, who started the final table as one of the short stacks, was never able to get anything going before he was the last player eliminated from the final table falling to Smith Sirisakorn.

Once heads up, both Sirisakorn and Matt Grapenthien agreed on a chop, that saw Sirisakorn finish in second place and Grapenthien awarded the title of HORSE champion.

Congratulations to Matt Grapenthien from Chicago, IL who took down our DeepStack Championship Event #108 $600 HORSE $40K GTD winning $16,970.

Grapenthien came into the final table as one of the shorter stacks. He manouvered his way through the night, eliminating Valentin Vornicu in 7th place as well as Tom Love in 4th place, before racing out to an overwhelming chip lead.

Once heads-up was reached, Grapenthien and Smith Sirisakorn agreed on a chop, that saw Grapenthien awarded the title as well as $16,970 for his efforts.

Congratulations again to Matt Grapenthien from Chicago, IL.

Congratulations to Smith Sirisakorn from Cupertino, CA who finished 2nd in our DeepStack Championship Event #108 $600 HORSE $40K GTD winning $14,847.

Sirisakorn came into the final table with a mid-sized stack, and added to it immediately, after eliminating Leonard August in one of the opening hands.

Sirisakorn also eliminated Angelo Mancini in 5th place, then Brian Nadell in 3rd place, setting up a potential heads-up clash against Matt Grapenthien.

Sirisakorn and Grapenthien instead opted on a chop heads-up, that resulted in Sirisakorn finishing in second place, collecting $14,847 for his efforts.

Congratulations to Brian Nadell from Las Vegas, NV who finished 3rd in our DeepStack Championship Event #108 $600 HORSE $40K GTD winning $8,193.

Game: Omaha 8/B
Limits: 40,000 / 80,000

Brian Nadell moved all in for his last 30,000 from the small blind. Smith Sirisakorn called the additional 10,000 before the cards were exposed.

Sirisakorn: Q♠ 6♠ 3♥ 3♦
Nadell: K♣ 9♦ 9♥ 2♠

The board ran out 7♣ 3♠ 7♦ J♠ A♥, improving Sirisakorn to a full house, which was enough to see Nadell eliminated in 3rd place.

The remaining three players are on a 15-minute break.

Here is how they stand heading into 40,000 / 80,000 limits.

Matt Grapenthien – 965,000
Smith Sirisakorn – 635,000
Brian Nadell – 55,000

Congratulations to Tom Love from Las Vegas, NV who finished 4th in our DeepStack Championship Event #108 $600 HORSE $40K GTD winning $6,055.

Game: Seven Card Stud
Limits: 25,000 / 50,000

Minutes after the elimination of Angelo Mancini in 5th place, Tom Love was the next to fall, after clashing with Matt Grapenthien in a hand of Seven Card Stud.

Love was not able to spin up his short stack, ultimately falling to the rail in 4th place, good for a $6,055 pay day.

Congratulations to Angelo Mancini from Italy who finished 5th in our DeepStack Championship Event #108 $600 HORSE $40K GTD winning $4,274.

Game: Razz
Limits: 25,000 / 50,000

Brian Nadell had the bring in with a king. Smith Sirisakorn completed. Angelo Mancini raised. Nadell folded. Sirisakorn called.

On fourth, Sirisakorn bet. Mancini called for his remaining 17,000 and was all in.

Sirisakorn: (2x)(9x) / (7x)(4x)(Ax)(Qx) / (3x)
Mancini: (2x)(9x) / (3x)(Qx)(Kx)(3x) / (Kx)

Mancini was drawing dead after sixth, resulting in him being eliminated in 5th place, earning $4,274 for his efforts.

Congratulations to Danny Woolard from Fresno, CA who finished 6th in our DeepStack Championship Event #108 $600 HORSE $40K GTD winning $3,348.

Game: Razz
Limits: 15,000 / 30,000

Danny Woolard found himself all in and at risk against Brian Nadell.

Once the cards had run out, Nadell had made an eight-low, which bested Woolard who could only manage a nine-low.