2019 LHPO Live Updates

Main Event: Jason Young Defeats Leif Force for the Title

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Live Stream
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante

Leif Force opened his button to 1,000,000 and Jason Young called to the 9h4d2h flop. Young checked, Force bet 1,200,000 and Young called. The turn was Ks and Young checked again. Force bet 2,200,000 and Young check-raised to 7,000,000.

Force called and Young shoved after the 8c river. Force called all in for his last 7,000,000 and the hands were tabled.

Force showed ThTd but it was second best to Young’s KcJs. Young took the pot, all the chips, and the WPTDeepStacks Main Event title.

Force earned $183,540 for his runner-up finish while Young banked $260,205 along with the $3,000 WPTDeepStacks Championship package.

1st: Jason Young – $260,205 + $3,000 WPTDS Championship Package
2nd: Leif Force – $183,540

Main Event: Jason Young Doubles Back

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Live Stream
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,634

Jason Young

Jason Young opened to 1,000,000 from the button and Leif Force three-bet to 2,500,000. Young put in a fourth bet for 7,500,000 and Force moved all in. Young called and was the player at risk.

Young: TsTd
Force: JcJs

Young was in a lot of trouble and called for a ten-ball. Then got it right on the KhTc4s flop to take a huge lead. The 8c turn changed nothing and Young doubled back after the Ac river.

Jason Young – 39,500,000 (99 bb)
Leif Force – 9,500,000 (24 bb)

Event 23: Break Time Counts

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
End of Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with an 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 115

The final four players are currently on their first fifteen minute break of the day. Here’s how they stack up:

Philip Wojtuniecki – 1,140,000 (111 bb)
Manny Tarich – 519,000 (52 bb)
Brad Coultas – 385,000 (39 bb)
Romain Follet – 280,000 (28 bb)

Event 23: Corey Burbick – 5th Place ($6,095)

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with an 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 115

Corey Burbick
Corey Burbick

Corey Burbick shoved under the gun for around 100,000 and Brad Coultas called from the big blind.

Burbick tabled As6s and needed to improve against Coultas’s KdKs.

The board ran out JcJh9h10hKc and Coultas wound up with kings full to eliminate Burbick in fifth place.

Brad Coultas – 325,000 (33 bb)
Corey Burbick – Eliminated in 5th Place ($6,095)

Main Event: Leif Force Doubles into the Lead

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Live Stream
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,634

Leif Force

Leif Force limped his button and Jason Young checked to see the 7c4d3d flop. Both players checked and the turn was 5s. Young bet 600,000 and Force raised to 1,800,000. Young announced all in and Force called for 14,175,000.

Force: 8d6h
Young: 6c2d

It was a cooler for Young with the bottom end of the straight versus Force with the nut straight. The 9s river completed the board and Force had his double into the lead.

Leif Force – 29,550,000 (74 bb)
Jason Young – 19,450,000 (49 bb)

Event 23: Manny Tarich Doubles Through Philip Wojtuniecki

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with an 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 115

Manny Tarich
Manny Tarich

Philip Wojtuniecki opened to 35,000 from the button and Manny Tarich shoved from the small blind for 218,000. Wojtuniecki called.

Tarich tabled Ah8h and was in the lead against Wojtuniecki’s KsJs.

The board ran out AdKh7s8c5c and Tarich wound up with two-pair to double through the chip leader.

Manny Tarich – 440,000 (44 bb)
Philip Wojtuniecki – 1,000,000 (100 bb)

Main Event: Heads-Up Counts

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Live Stream
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,634

The clock was paused so the production crew could reset the table for heads-up play. Jason Young and Leif Force were given a small break and will return to play it out for the title.

Jason Young – 34,975,000 (117 bb)
Leif Force – 14,025,000 (47 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $260,205 + $3,000 WPTDS Championship Package
2nd: $183,540

Main Event: Paul James Hizer – 3rd Place ($119,820)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Live Stream
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 of 1,634

Paul James Hizer

Jason Young opened the action to 700,000 from the button, Leif Force folded his small blind, and Paul James Hizer moved all in for 3,175,000 from the big blind to get a snap call.

Young: AhQh
Hizer: Kd8h

Hizer needed to pair one his live cards but it was Young moving further ahead on the Qd9h3d flop. The 6d turn gave Hizer some diamond outs but the Th river could not save him from a third place finish.

Jason Young – 34,975,000 (117 bb)
Paul James Hizer – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($119,820)

Event 23: Brad Coultas Doubles Through Manny Tarich

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Re-Entry)
$100,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 19: 5,000/10,000 with an 10,000 ante
Players Remaining: 5 of 115

Manny Tarich (left) versus Brad Coultas (right)

On a final board reading Ac9c8s7d7s Manny Tarich checked from the small blind and Brad Coultas shoved for 140,000 from the big blind.

Tarich thought about it for a while before putting in the calling chips. Coultas turned over 10c6c for a straight to defeat Tarich’s QcQs.

Brad Coultas – 350,000 (35 bb)
Manny Tarich – 102,000 (10 bb)

Main Event: Kevin Chan – 4th Place ($89,000)

$1,100 WPTDeepStacks Main Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Live Stream
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining: 3 of 1,634

Kevin Chan

Kevin Chan open-shoved for 2,775,000 from under the gun and Leif Force called in the big blind with the bigger stack.

Force: ThTd
Chan: Ad8d

Chan needed to catch an ace or some diamonds to double but missed the entire KcKsJh7s9s board to exit in fourth place.

Leif Force – 12,850,000 (43 bb)
Kevin Chan – Eliminated in 4th Place ($89,000)