Event 76: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty  $200,000 Guarantee 

Level 20
Blinds: 5,000-10,000 w/1,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 8
Average Stack: 486,000

Martin Holmes

Matthew Leecy’s chip leading stack is that much more imposing thanks to his elimination of Martin Holmes.

Leecy opened from middle position to 25,000 and got calls from Holmes in the small blind along with Aaron Olshan in the big blind. The A♣Q♥3♣ flop checked to Leecy and he continued for 34,000. Holmes upped the action and moved all-in for 275,000 total.

Olshan got out of the way and Leecy thought for 30 seconds before calling. Holmes held a flush draw 7♣6♣ but Leecy’s hand Q♣J♣ was far superior. The 4♥ turn gave Holmes outs to a straight but he came up short on the 2♦ river.

Leecy is playing 1,300,000, good enough for one-third of the chips in play.

Event 76: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty  $200,000 Guarantee 

Level 20
Blinds: 5,000-10,000 w/1,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 432,000

Another start-of-final table short stack has found a way to double his stack as Peter Dykes clipped Martin Foster.

Foster opened to 25,000 in the hijack and Dykes shoved for 120,000 in the small blind. Foster called with A♠Q♠ and trailed the A♦K♠ of Dykes. The 9♠7♥5♦4♥10♦ board gave Dykes no cause for concern and he locked up the double.

He is playing 250,000 and Foster dips to 330,000. As play currently stands, there are no stacks below 20 big blinds so the all-ins should be subsiding for the time being.

Event 76: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty  $200,000 Guarantee 

Level 20
Blinds: 5,000-10,000 w/1,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 432,000

Starting the final table with less than 10 big blinds, Aaron Olshan needed a double up right away and found one through Clement Richez.

Olshan was all-in with 3♣3♠ against the K♥8♥ of Richez for 78,000. The A♥J♥10♦ flop gave Richez a straight draw and he picked up flush draw outs on the 9♥ turn. Needing a majority of the deck to eliminate Olshan, Richez couldn’t find it on the 5♣ river.

Olshan is up to 180,000 and Richez takes the hit to fall down to 300,000.

Event 76: $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty  $200,000 Guarantee 

Level 20
Blinds: 5,000-10,000 w/1,000 ante
Total Entrants: 259
Players Remaining: 9
Average Stack: 432,000

1. Peter Dukes – 160,000
2. Clement Richez – 380,000
3. Matthew Leecy – 980,000
4. Kyle Steinfelt – 640,000
5. Roman Rogouskyi – 235,000
6. Vi Do – 360,000
7. Martin Holmes – 470,000
8. Aaron Olshan – 75,000
9. Andrei Boghean – 375,000

Level 34
Blinds: 120,000-240,000 w/25,000 ante
Total Entrants: 979
Players Remaining: 1
Average Stack: 19,580,000

DeepStack Extravaganza Event 73 Champion –
Eric Wasylenko

In one of the largest comebacks of the DSE III series, Eric Wasylenko came back from having five big blinds with nine players remaining to win the Event 73 title. Wasylenko used tactical play to climb back from his initial deficit and then utilized the weight of his chip-leading stack to force the hand of his opponents during shorthanded play.

Wasylenko picked up the majority of his chips from Jeffrey Schwartz by both doubling through him and then eliminating Schwartz. Once Schwartz was eliminated, Wasylenko accumulated more chips during three-handed play to secure himself a firm deal in his heads up chop. Wasylenko took the chip lead into heads up play and then finished off Oscar Carrasco is short fashion.

Thie is the largest win of the Canadian student’s career and his biggest score of the 2017 summer.

Final Table Results

Level 34
Blinds: 120,000-240,000 w/25,000 ante
Total Entrants: 979
Players Remaining: 1
Average Stack: 19,580,000

Oscar Carrasco

Oscar Carrasco started the final table as the chip leader and managed to avoid trouble on his way to making it to heads up play. Carrasco had a chance to win but couldn’t overcome the buzzsaw of Eric Wasylenko and is out just shy of victory.

Carrasco was all-in for 4,000,000 with A♣3♠ and was up against the Q♦J♦ of Wasylenko. The 8♣7♥6♣6♦J♠ paired Wasylenko on the river and he wins the title. The two shook hands and Carrasco earns almost $70,000 for his run. A winner’s recap will be posted shortly.

Level 34
Blinds: 120,000-240,000 w/25,000 ante
Total Entrants: 979
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 9,790,000

Eric Wasylenko had a reasonable advantage over Oscar Carrasco at the start of their heads up match but his edge is that much large after taking down a pot with trips.

Picking up the action on a board of 9♣7♣4♥J♦, Carrasco checked and Wasylenko bet 1,100,000. Carrasco called and Wasylenko bet 2,300,000 on the 9♠ river. Carrasco called and Wasylenko showed 9♦5♥ for trips. Carrasco said he had two pair and Wasylenko took in the pot.

Carrasco is up against it now with 3,500,000 behind.

Level 33
Blinds: 100,000-200,000 w/25,000 ante
Total Entrants: 979
Players Remaining: 2
Average Stack: 9,790,000

As soon as heads up play started, Oscar Carrasco and Eric Wasylenko made a heads up deal. They will both earn $69,590 and leave $15,000 to play for. The blinds are set to go up shortly and Wasylenko holds nearly a 2:1 edge on Carrasco.

Level 33
Blinds: 100,000-200,000 w/25,000 ante
Total Entrants: 979
Players Remaining: 3
Average Stack: 6,525,000

Jeffrey Schwartz

Eric Wasylenko’s pure run continues and he is over 11,000,000 after eliminating Jeffrey Schwartz.

Schwartz opened to 500,000 on the button and Wasylenko shoved out of the big blind. Schwartz called off for 2,200,000 with A♦5♥ and trailed the A♥Q♠ of Wasylenko. The 10♥8♠4♣2♥K♠ runout held up Wasylenko’s better ace and he notches another elimination.

Heading into three-handed play, Wasylenko is playing 11,650,000 of the 19,580,000 chips in play.