Congratulations to Valentin Vornicu from San Diego, CA who finished 7th in our DeepStack Championship Event #108 $600 HORSE $40K GTD winning $2,778.

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

Tom Love: (xx)(xx) / (Jx) – folded on third
Smith Sirisakorn: (xx)(xx) / (2x)(Qx) – folded on fourth
Valentin Vornicu: (4x)(6x) / (Ax)(Ax)(Ax)(Kx) / (7x)
Matt Grapenthien: (2x)(6x) / (4x)(6x)(7x)(Qx) / (Tx)

Tom Love had the bring in. Smith Sirisakorn completed. Valentin Vornicu raised. Matt Grapenthien called. Love folded. Sirisakorn called.

Grapenthien bet on fourth. Sirisakorn folded. Vornicu moved all in for his remaining 17,000. Grapenthien called.

The run out had Vornicu drawing dead on seventh after Grapenthien improved to a ten-low.

Game: Omaha 8/B
Limits: 12,000 / 24,000

Valentin Vornicu raised from under the gun. Angelo Mancini re-raised from middle position. Matt Grapenthien four-bet. Vornicu and Mancini called.

The flop fell K♣ J♠ K♦ and the action checked to Grapenthien who bet. Both Vornicu and Mancini called.

The turn brought the 9♣ and once again Vornicu and Mancini checked. Grapenthien fired another bet. Vornicu snap-called. Mancini thought for a minute before releasing his hand.

The 7♣ completed the board and Vornicu checked. Grapenthien placed out one last bet. Vornicu called.

Grapenthien then tabled A♠ 2♥ 9♥ K♥, and took down the pot with a full house, after Vornicu mucked his hand.

Valentin Vornicu – 18,000

Congratulations to Nicolas Milgrom from Sherman Oaks, CA who finished 8th in our DeepStack Championship Event #108 $600 HORSE $40K GTD winning $2,351.

Game: Seven Card Stud 8/B
Limits: 10,000 / 20,000

Nicolas Milgrom was eliminated from the tournament after his (A♠ Q♥) / A♥ 2♣ 4♣ J♣ / (6♠) was no match against Tom Love and Valentin Vornicu’s hands. They would both chop the pot, resulting in Milgrom hitting the rail in 8th place, collecting $2,351 for his efforts.

Congratulations to Leonard August from North Bergen, NJ who finished 9th in our DeepStack Championship Event #108 $600 HORSE $40K GTD winning $1,966.

Game: Seven Card Stud 8/B
Limits: 10,000 / 20,000

Brian Nadell: (xx)(xx) / 2♦ 5♦ (folded on fifth)
Smith Sirisakorn: (Q♦)(4♦) / Q♥ A♣ T♠ 2♣ / (T♣)
Leonard August: (7♣ 6♣) / 4♣ A♦ 7♥ 4♥ / (6♠)
Angelo Mancini: (xx)(xx) / K♠ 2♥ K♦ (folded on sixth)

Nadell had the bring in. Sirisakorn completed. August and Mancini called. Nadell came along.

Sirisakorn bet on fourth. August and Nadell called. Mancini mucked.

August bet on fifth after Sirisakorn checked. Mancini folded. Sirisakorn raised. August called and was all in.

Sirisakorn revealed a ten on seventh improving to a higher two pair. August was unable to improve before finding himself out first from the final table.

 

We have reached the final table in our DeepStack Championship Event #108 $600 HORSE $40K GTD. Our remaining nine players have all locked up at least $1,966 in prize money and will be playing down to a winner who’ll collect $19,948 for his efforts.

Here are the remaining players:

Seat 1: Tom Love – 90,000
Seat 2: Smith Sirisakorn – 238,000
Seat 3: Leonard August – 168,000
Seat 4: Valentin Vornicu – 317,000
Seat 5: Angelo Mancini – 232,000
Seat 6: Matt Grapenthien – 156,000
Seat 7: Brian Nadell – 86,000
Seat 8: Danny Woolard – 266,000
Seat 9: Nicolas Milgrom – 71,000

Good luck to all the players!

Another successful DeepStack Championship event is in the books. This time, our Event #106 $600 NLH DoubleStack $200K GTD attracted 837 players who created a prize pool of $431,055; doubling the guarantee of $200,000. Of those, 90 made the money, each earning themselves $1,121.

The single day event started at noon, and after 15 hours of play, saw the field shrink from 837 to a final table of nine. An additional two and a half hours was needed before a champion was crowned.

Gary Herstein eliminated the first two players from the final table, Stanislav Barshak (9th) and David Stamm (8th), leaving seven players.

David Margi then took care of the next two players, Cantidio Villar (7th) and Victor Kait (6th), leaving five.

Kevin Garosshen would earn the last two knockouts, Yo Hwan Lim (5th) and Andrea Sorrentino (4th), ultimately leaving three players to battle it out.

Garosshen, Margi and Herstein played around thirty minutes three-handed before all agreeing to a chop. Herstein ended up finishing in 3rd, Margi in second, and Garosshen claimed the win.

Congratulations to Kevin Garosshen from Las Vegas, NV who took down our DeepStack Championship Event #106 $600 NLH DoubleStack $200K GTD winning $74,000.

Garosshen started the final table as the chip leader. He only relinquished the lead once, but regained it back, after eliminating Yo Hwan Lim in 5th place followed by Andrea Sorrentino in 4th place.

Once three-handed, Garosshen agreed to a chop, which saw him awarded the victory in the event as well as collecting $74,000 for his efforts.

This is Garosshen’s 9th cash of the DeepStack series. It bested his previous best finish, were he narrowly missed winning Event #13 $400 NLH MonsterStack, coming 2nd for $9,964.

Congratulation again to Kevin Garosshen from Las Vegas, NV.

Congratulations to David Margi from Israel who finished 2nd in our DeepStack Championship Event #106 $600 NLH DoubleStack $200K GTD winning $50,000.

Margi started the final table as the second shortest stack. He was able to eliminate Cantidio Villar in 7th place, followed by Victor Kait in 6th place, to rocket up the chip counts.

Once three-handed, Margi agreed to a chop, that saw him finish in second place as well as collecting $50,000 for his efforts.

Congratulations to Gary Herstein from Chicago, IL who finished 3rd in our DeepStack Championship Event #106 $600 NLH DoubleStack $200K GTD winning $49,881.

Herstein came into the final table as one of the chip leaders, and added to his stack, after eliminating Stanislav Barshak in ninth and David Stamm in 8th place.

Once three-handed, Herstein agreed to a deal, which saw his finish in third place as well as collecting $49,881 for his efforts.

Congratulations to Andrea Sorrentino from Italy who finished 4th in our DeepStack Championship Event #106 $600 NLH DoubleStack $200K GTD winning $28,450.

Blinds: 120,000 / 240,000

Kevin Garosshen raised to 480,000 from the button before Andrea Sorrentino moved all in for around 2,400,000 from the big blind. Garosshen snap-called.

Garosshen: 6♣ 6♠
Sorrentino: A♥ 8♠

The board ran out Q♠ 5♥ T♣ 7♦ Q♦, giving Garosshen the winning hand with two pair, which resulted in the elimination of Sorrentino in 4th place.