$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 19:  5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 ante
Players Remaining:  27 of 301

As players were going on their second break, Steven Karp was eliminated in 28th place. When players return, they will redraw seats at the last three tables.

28th: Steven Karp – $1,040
29th: Frank Russo – $1,040
30th: Joseph Duchman – $1,040
31st: Jose Chapui – $1,040
32nd: Brett Bader – $1,040
33rd: David O’Connor – $1,040
34th: Engelberth Varela – $1,040
35th: Alex Borukhovich – $1,040
36th: Tarun Gulati – $1,040
37th: Richard Whitebrook – $1,040
38th: Mike Amato – $1,040

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  37 of 301

After a marathon bubble and the 17th round of hand-for-hand, we had another all-in called.

We caught the three-way action with the flop reading and Matt Lambrecht all-in for what looked to be about 80,000. Ben Mosche and Adi Ben Ami checked the turn and Mosche checked the river.

Ben Ami bet 125,000 and Mosche thought for a minute before he flashed the and mucked.

Ben Ami:
Lambrecht:

Lambrecht had a monster but Ben Ami made a queen-high straight to take the pot and burst the bubble.

Adi Ben Ami – 925,000 (116 bb)
Matt Lambrecht  –  Eliminated

To make things interesting, both Steven Karp and Mike Amato were set to be forced all-in on the next hand with short stacks in the big blind. Both survived and Karp is still going.

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 18:  4,000/8,000 with a 8,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 301

After ten rounds of hand-for-hand action, we had our first all-in called. Kyle Sullivan was all in for 92,000 and Adi Ben Ami had him covered.

Sullivan:
Ben Ami:

Not a standard race but a flip nonetheless. Sullivan needed his fours to hold and he faded the board to double on the bubble.

Kyle Sullivan – 204,000 (34 bb)
Adi Ben Ami – 850,000 (142 bb)

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 301

Tournament staff put Event 5 into hand-for-hand mode on the money bubble. They will take two minutes off the clock for every hand played until (at least) one player is eliminated to put the field in the money.

1st: $34,000 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $22,600
3rd: $16,800
4th: $12,500
5th: $9,500
6th: $7,200
7th: $5,600
8th: $4,320
9th-10th: $3,380
11th-12th: $2,340
13th-15th: $1,920
16th-19th: $1,560
20th-23rd: $1,240
24th-38th: $1,040

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  38 of 301

With 40 players remaining and 38 getting paid, Al Norman was all in for 92,000 and Mike Chiappetta had him at risk.

Chiappetta:
Norman:

It was a race and Norman needed to improve to stay in the game. The board ran out and no help for Norman.

Tournament staff paused the clock to begin hand-for-hand play on the bubble.

Mike Chiappetta – 490,000 (82 bb)
Al Norman  –  Eliminated

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  42 of 301

After a series of raises, TJ Shulman was all in and at risk from the small blind against Joseph Duchman who had a slightly bigger stack.

Shulman:
Duchman:

Shulman was in great shape to pull a big pot but Duchman caught a queen on the flop. Neither the turn nor the river could return the two-out favor for Shulman, and he was eliminated near the money bubble.

Joseph Duchman – 320,000 (53 bb)
TJ Shulman  –  Eliminated

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 17:  3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante
Players Remaining:  44 of 301

Players returned from a 10-minute break and back in action with the money bubble right around the corner.

Julio Delgado still leads the field and sits with 641,000. Adi Ben Ami, fresh off a final table in the multi-flight $400 Deep Stack, is now second with 598,000 followed by Lester Trimino and Mikhail Chykiliov.

Blinds are up to 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante and the average stack is about 274,000 (46 bb).

Julio Delgado – 641,000 (107 bb)
Adi Ben Ami – 598,000 (100 bb)
Lester Trimino – 560,000 (93 bb)
Mikhail Chykiliov – 525,000 (88 bb)

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  45 of 301

Action folded to Gary Gelman and he open-shipped for 65,000. Charlemagne Benjamin called next to act and the rest of the table folded.

Benjamin:
Gelman:

It was a fair fight and Gelman needed his eights to hold to double near the bubble. But Benjamin took the lead when he paired his ace on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and Gelman was eliminated.

Charlemagne Benjamin – 420,000 (84 bb)
Gary Gelman  –  Eliminated

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  51 of 301

After a button raise, Tarun Gulati moved all in from the big blind for 78,000 and the button called.

Gulati:
Button:

Gulati was in trouble against the queens, missed the flop, but picked up an open-ended straight draw. It didn’t take long to complete when he made a nine-high straight on the turn and officially doubled after the river.

Tarun Gulati – 164,000 (33 bb)

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$150,000 Guaranteed  |  Structure
Level 16:  3,000/5,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining:  54 of 301

Things are running very slow at this point with the average stack in the 50 big blind territory and all sweating the money bubble.

Until we pick up, we’d like to remind you that the Deep Stack Poker Series Main Event gets underway tomorrow with the first of three flights. It is a $1,700 buy-in Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $300,000 guaranteed prize pool.

They’ll start with huge 50K stacks and have 40 and 60 and 90-minute levels to give them plenty of play.

The last two winners of that tournament are still alive in the $600 Deeper Stack. Johnny Bromberg won the title in 2024 and finished third to 2025 winner Michael Newman.