Congratulations to Jeffrey Kostyniuk of Canada who was the winner via three-way chop in our DeepStack Extravaganza Event #44 $300 NLH $100,000 guarantee on 4.27.26

Jeffrey takes home the DeepStack Extravaganza bronze coin, the trophy, and $15,032

Following a three-way chop, Gary Haglund takes home $13,612 for a second-place finish.

Following a three-way chop, Yan Yan takes home $12,669 for a third-place finish.

Level 30
Blinds: 75,000/150,000/150,000
Total Entrants: 396
Players Remaining: 3

After losing a flip with sixes against king-queen suited, Raymond Lui was left with just over a big blind. Lui tripled on the following hand, before he found himself all in again.

Jeffrey Kostyniuk raised to 350,000 from the button, Gary Haglund flatted the small blind, and Lui jammed for 585,000 in the big blind. Both opponents called.

The 3♦7♣J♣2♥2♣ board was checked through and Kostyniuk tabled J♠10♣. It was good for the pot as Haglund’s 4♦4♣ and Lui’s 8♦8♥ went into the muck and Lui was eliminated in fourth place for $7,030.

Level 30
Blinds: 75,000/150,000/150,000
Total Entrants: 396
Players Remaining: 4

Jeffrey Kostyniuk limped the button, Paul Radford jammed for 1,055,000 in the big blind, and Kostyniuk called.

Radford: Q♣10♦
Kostyniuk: A♣8♦

The A♥J♠Q♦ flop gave Kostyniuk top pair, but Radford had a lot of outs to the 9♦ turn. The 6♣ completed the board, however, and Radford was eliminated in fifth place for $5,241.

Jeffrey Kostyniuk – 5,030,000
Paul Radford – 0

Level 29
Blinds: 60,000/120,000/120,000
Total Entrants: 396
Players Remaining: 5

Michael Helander was all in for roughly 2,200,000 in the small blind and at risk against Jeffrey Kostyniuk in the big blind.

Helander: A♥5♠
Kostyniuk: A♠K♥

Helander ran into a better ace in a battle of blinds, and the board ran out K♦7♣J♣4♦8♥ to eliminate him in sixth place for $3,967.

Jeffrey Kostyniuk – 7,100,000
Michael Helander – 0

Level 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000/80,000
Total Entrants: 396
Players Remaining: 6

Arnaud Dubois jammed the small blind for roughly 1,100,000 and Jeffrey Kostyniuk called in the big blind.

Dubois: A♠3♣
Kostyniuk: A♦K♥

Dubois ran into a better ace, and the board ran out K♣Q♠9♦Q♣5♣ to eliminate him in seventh place for $3,049.

Jeffrey Kostyniuk – 5,400,000
Arnaud Dubois – 0

Level 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000/80,000
Total Entrants: 396
Players Remaining: 7

Yan Yan raised to 170,000 from the hijack and action folded to Jihoon Kim, who was already forced all in from the big blind after having lost the majority of his chips in a cooler on the previous hand.

Kim: 10♦7♣
Yan: 9♥9♣

The board ran out 7♦5♣K♦9♠8♦ and Kim was eliminated in eighth place for $2,380.

Yan Yan – 3,200,000
Jihoon Kim – 0

Level 27
Blinds: 40,000/80,000/80,000
Total Entrants: 396
Players Remaining: 8

Jerod Smith shoved all in for 925,000 from under the gun and Jihoon Kim rejammed for 1,485,000 one seat over. Action folded to Jeffrey Kostyniuk in the big blind, and he called all in for 1,330,000.

Smith: A♣K♦
Kostyniuk: K♠K♣
Kim: J♥J♣

The board ran out 4♦6♣5♦7♣4♣ and the cowboys were good for Kostyniuk to scoop the massive pot, while Kim was left with crumbs, and Smith was eliminated in ninth place for $1,888.

Jeffrey Kostyniuk – 3,705,000
Jihoon Kim – 155,000
Jerod Smith – 0

The final table is set at the Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza Event #44 $300 NLH $100K GTD.

1st place: $18,527
9th place: $1,888

Seat 1: Jeffrey Kostyniuk – 1,575,000
Seat 2: Jerod Smith – 930,000
Seat 3: Jihoon Kim – 1,295,000
Seat 4: Gary Haglund – 1,325,000
Seat 5: Paul Radford – 1,365,000
Seat 6: Raymond Lui – 1,930,000
Seat 7: Yan Yan – 2,330,000
Seat 8: Michael Helander – 2,355,000
Seat 9: Arnaud Dubois – 2,125,000