Eric Ward Wins Event 5 and $2,500

2016 Deep Stack Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hollywood, Fla.
Event #5
$150 Deep Stack Turbo
Entries: 90
Prize Pool: $10,800
May 28, 2016

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Eric ward won Event 5 of the Deep Stack Series during the early morning hours of Sunday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood. The $150 buy-in, $10,000 guaranteed Deep Stack Turbo drew a field of 90 entries creating a prize pool of $10,800. The final table of nine was paid and Ward emerged victorious following a three-way chop. Ward held over 1,000,000 chips at the time and walked with the trophy along with a $2,500 score. Victor Capeluto, who claimed 750,000 chips, also  earned $2,500 while the short stack Alper Unsoy earned $2,128 for his 350,000-chip stack.

Event 5 final results:

1st : Eric Ward – $2,500
2nd : Victor Capeluto – $2,500
3rd : Alper Unsoy  – $2,128
4th : Joel Lumpkins II – $972
5th : Daryl Cahuasqui-Vega – $756
6th : Jonathan Alfonso – $648
7th : Julio Ferreira Rangel – $540
8th : Georges Boyadjian – $432
9th : Nelson Rolo – $324