$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 225

With 470,000 in the pot and the flop reading , Aidar Sharifullin was all in and at risk for 500,000 on the dot against Johnny Bromberg.

Bromberg:
Sharifullin:

Sharifullin was far ahead with his set of nines and the board finished with the turn and river. They both made a diamond flush but Sahrifullin’s nine made his bigger for the double.

Aidar Sharifullin – 1,470,000 (74 bb)
Johnny Bromberg – 325,000 (16 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 225

Seat 1: Shaun Davis – 750,000 (38 bb)
Seat 2: Niall Costigan – 2,510,000 (126 bb)
Seat 3: Aidar Sharifullin – 760,000 (38 bb)
Seat 4: David Finley – 1,125,000 (56 bb)
Seat 5: Johnny Bromberg – 1,090,000 (55 bb)
Seat 6: Igor Pinheiro – 1,640,000 (82 bb)
Seat 7: David Shaw – 1,235,000 (62 bb)
Seat 8: Artem Tuliupa – 1,115,000 (56 bb)
Seat 9: David Nathaniel – 1,030,000 (52 bb)

1st: $79,530 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $55,850
3rd: $34,594
4th: $21,043
5th: $16,251
6th: $13,466
7th: $11,475
8th: $9,788
9th: $7,955

10th: Michael Newman – $6,946
11th: Abel Ponce – $6,946
12th: Lee Farris – $6,946

13th: Artem Zverkhovskyy – $5,957
14th: Walter Bravo – $5,957
15th: Josias Santos – $5,957

16th: Julian Petrowski – $4,968
17th: Sergio Giha – $4,968
18th: Nahim Adesio Valenca – $4,968

19th: Mariia Ievseieva – $3,979
20th: James Carroll – $3,979
21st: James Calderaro – $3,979

22nd: Artem Zverkhovskyy – $3,122
23rd: Stephen Karp – $3,122
24th: Alfredo Rodriguez – $3,122

25th: Courtland Twyman – $2,656
26th: Raminder Singh – $2,656
27th: Mike Chiappetta – $2,656

28th: Mikhail Chykiliov – $2,332
29th: Charlemagne Benjamin – $2,332

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 22:  10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 225

While the other table was forcing Abel Ponce out in 11th place, we lost Michael Newman in tenth place on the other.

Newman was our defending champ and had a real chance to go back-to-back but fell a few spots short.

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  10 of 225

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 225

With about 300K in the pot and the board complete and reading , Niall Costigan bet 180,000 and Lee Farris moved all in for 425,000.

Costigan thought for several minutes, the two having played a few big pots earlier, and apologized to the table a few times for the time. He found something he liked and called.

“You’re good,” Farris told him showing for a pair of nines.

Costigan quickly flipped up and sent Farris out with his paired ace.

Niall Costigan – 1,950,000 (130 bb)
Lee Farris  –  Eliminated in 12th Place ($6,946)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 225

Artem Zverkhovskyy was all in for less than 200K from the button and Michael Newman called from the big blind with the bigger stack.

Newman:
Zverkhovskyy:

Zverkhovskyy was ahead with the ace but needed to fade Newman’s two live suited cards. The flop was safe for Zverkhovskyy, Newman picked up a spade draw on the turn and it filled on the river to send Zverkhovskyy out.

Michael Newman – 450,000 (30 bb)
Artem Zverkhovskyy – Eliminated in 13th Place ($5,957)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  13 of 225

Walter Bravo was all in and at risk for about 200,000. Niall Costigan and Johnny Bromberg were playing for a dry side pot with the board reading . Bromberg bet 100,000 and Costigan folded.

Bromberg:
Bravo:

“I only saw the ace,” Bravo laughed with Bromberg.

The river finished the board and Bromberg sent Bravo out with a set of threes.

Johnny Bromberg – 1,270,000 (85 bb)
Walter Bravo – Eliminated in 14th Place ($5,957)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  14 of 225

Josias Santos was all in and at risk for about 250,000 against Johnny Bromberg with the bigger stack.

Bromberg:
Santos:

Santos was dominated and nothing on the board could keep him from cashing out in 15th place.

Johnny Bromberg – 680,000 (45 bb)
Josias Santos – Eliminated in 15th Place ($5,957)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 225

Lee Farris opened to 35,000 and picked up calls from Niall Costigan in the cutoff and Artem Tuliupa on the button. The flop was , Farris bet 50,000 and the other two called.

The turn was , Farris continued for 130,000 and only Costigan came along. The river was , Farris moved all in for 375,000 and Costigan called.

Farris tabled for a turned set of kings and Costigan’s flopped top pair, rivered two pair was no good.

Lee Farris – 1,305,000 (87 bb)
Niall Costigan – 595,000 (40 bb)

2026 Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 9
$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$50,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  86
Prize Pool:  $83,420
May 24, 2026

Registration closed for the $1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with 86 entries, beating the $50,000 guarantee early and creating a prize pool worth $83,420. The last 11 spots will be paid with $2,336 for a min-cash and $26,902 up top for the winner.

1st: $26,902 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $16,267
3rd: $10,115
4th: $6,840
5th: $5,214
6th: $4,171
7th: $3,462
8th: $2,920
9th: $2,690
10th: $2,503
11th: $2,336