Event 90: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty $40,000 Guarantee 

Level 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Players Remaining: 2/190

Vamshi Vandanapu

Sasha Liu is almost back in the chip lead coming into heads up play after eliminating Vamshi Vandanapu in third place.

Vandanapu opened to 40,000 on the button and Liu three-bet to 128,000 out of the big blind. Liu put Vandanapu all-in on the 8♠5♦3♠ flop and Vandanapu called with 8♥7♠7♣4♠. Liu’s A♣A♠J♣4♥ was ahead and the hand held up through the 9♦ turn and J♥ river.

Liu is playing 1,050,000 to the 1,250,000 of Emrah Cakmak as heads up play gets started.

Event 90: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty $40,000 Guarantee 

Level 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Players Remaining: 3/190

Sasha Liu is back on the right track after her elimination of Paul Saso at the end of Level 20 and winning two pots at the start of Level 21.

Emrah Cakmak limped the small blind and Liu checked her option. They both checked the 5♣3♣3♠ flop and Cakmak bet 20,000 on the J♦ turn. Liu raised to 60,000 and Cakmak called. The river was the 7♣ and Cakmak went back to checking. Liu bet the pot of 152,000 and Cakmak called.

Liu showed 6♣4♣5♥5♠ for a full house that turned into a straight flush.

The next hand, Vamshi Vandanapu checked a flop of K♦Q♣J♦ and Liu bet 30,000 on the button. Vandanapu called and the 6♦ peeled the turn. Vandanapu check-called for 108,000 and the 2♥ hit the river. Vandanapu checked for the final time and Liu bet enough to him all-in. Vandanapu folded for his last 150,000 and Liu took the pot.

Liu is playing 800,000 after doubling up Vandanapu a few hands later, but is gaining on Cakmak, who is playing 1,100,000.

Event 90: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty $40,000 Guarantee 

Level 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Players Remaining: 3/190

Paul Saso

Paul Saso gradually lost chips at the Event 90 final table and was dispatched of by Sasha Liu shy of the tournament podium.

Liu limped under the gun as did Saso in the small blind along with
Emrah Cakmak in the big blind. Saso bet 36,000 on the 10♣9♦2♣ flop and Cakmak folded. Liu raised Saso all-in and he called for 60,000 more with A♠10♦4♦2♠. Liu had a wrap J♦8♣7♥3♦ and after missing on the 9♥ turn, she hit the Q♥ river. With the blinds set to go up, three-handed chip counts are below.

1. Vamshi Vandanapu – 320,000
2. Emrah Cakmak – 1,390,000
3. Sasha Liu – 540,000

Event 90: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty $40,000 Guarantee 

Level 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Players Remaining: 5/190

Oleksandr Trokhymenko

Sasha Liu had been the chip leader for most of the Event 90 final table but Emrah Cakmak is now in control after calling for most his stack on the river.

Oleksandr Trokhymenko opened to 35,000 under the gun and Cakmak called in the small blind. Liu potted from the big blind and Trokhymenko called all-in for about 80,000 total. Cakmak called as well. He and Liu checked down the Q♠10♠2♠ flop and 7♦ turn. Cakmak bet 140,000 on the 9♠ river and Liu raised to 300,000.

The raise was for most of Cakmak’s stack and he called after some thought with K♠9♥7♠4♥. Liu had just K♣J♦8♣8♦ for a straight while Trokhymenko’s 10♦10♣5♠4♠ rendered his run over.

Cakmak is playing 1,130,000 and Liu is now down to just 210,000.

Event 90: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty $40,000 Guarantee 

Level 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 6/190

Adam Teasdale

Sasha Liu continues to build her Event 90 final table chip lead and is now in control of almost of half the chips in play following the elimination of Adam Teasdale.

Teasdale checked the K♦4♥2♦ flop to Liu, and she bet the pot of 55,000. Teasdale raised all-in for 102,000 with A♥J♦10♦3♥ and Liu called with K♥7♣6♦5♠. The 10♠ turn paired Teasdale but the 7♠ river gave Liu two pair. She is now playing 950,000.

Event 90: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty $40,000 Guarantee 

Level 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Players Remaining: 7/190

Mason Reagan

Just like that, the Event 90 final table is down to a lucky seven with Mason Reagan and Chris Welch heading to the showers.

Reagan was all-in for 80,000 on a flop of K♠7♦4♦ with K♣Q♠J♦9♦ but Vamshi Vandanapu had the superior flush draw A♣A♦9♥3♦. The 6♠ turn changed nothing but the 2♦ river gave Vandanapu the better flush and the bounty. Reagan earns $1,058 for his night of PLO.

Chris Welch

The next hand, Welch got in 100,000 on a flop of 10♣9♦3♠ with A♠K♣K♥Q♦, needing to fade against the draw and pair of Emrah Cakmak J♦9♠7♦2♣. The 5♣ turn was a good card for Welch but the 7♥ river gave Cakmak two pair. He improves to 365,000 and Welch takes home $1,333.

Event 90: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty $40,000 Guarantee 

Level 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 9/190

Joe Mitchell

The final table has its first elimination and its start of 10-handed play chip leader, Sasha Liu, who notched the bustout by sending out Joe Mitchell.

Liu opened the cutoff to 27,000 and Mitchell called from the small blind along with Chris Welch in the big blind. Mithcell potted the Q♣8♥4♣ flop and Welch folded.

Liu moved all-in over the top and Mitchell called with J♣10♥9♥8♠ for an abundance of straight draws. Liu’s set of queens Q♠Q♦K♠J♦ was in the lead and Mitchell failed to connect on the A♣ turn and 2♠ river.

Liu is still the chip leader and currently playing 500,000.

Event 90: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty $40,000 Guarantee 

Level 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 10/190

Not even a full orbit into the Event 90 final table, there have been a few all-ins with both Vamshi Vandanapu and Christine Hia both doubling up.

Hia got her 105,0000 chips all-in on a flop of J♣7♥3♥ with J♠J♦8♣6♣ against the K♥K♠Q♣7♦ of Emrah Cakmak. The 6♥ turn and 9♦ river were good for Hia to take the pot with her set of jacks. Cakmak drops to 195,000.

Then, Vandanapu increased his stack of 95,000 to 220,000 when his Q♥10♥6♠2♣ got in on a A♥5♠3♥ flop versus Paul Saso’s A♣A♠K♠J♥. The K♥ turn gave Vandanapu a flush and he avoided the board pairing on the river to lock up the hand. Saso takes a hit down to 270,000.

Event 90: $400 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty $40,000 Guarantee 

Level 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Players Remaining: 10/190

1. Christine Hia – 105,000
2. Joe Mitchell – 125,000
3. Chris Welch – 320,000
4. Vamshi Vandanapu – 120,000
5. Paul Saso – 390,000
6. Mason Reagan – 170,000
7. Adam Teasdale – 90,000
8. Emrah Cakmak – 330,000
9. Sasha Liu – 420,000
10. Oleksandr Trokhymenko- 310,000

Event 89: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $100,000 Guarantee

Level 24
Blinds: 40,000/80,000 w/ 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 1/422

Richard Leger

Richard Leger outlasted a field of 422 entries to win Event 89: $600 No-Limit Hold’em SuperStack $100,000 Guarantee for $43,814.

Leger entered heads-up play with 6,890,000 to Arik Praisman’s 1,550,000. The two agreed to a chop of $34,000 for Praisman and $43,814 and the DeepStack Extravaganza III title for Leger.

Final Table Results