$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 884

On the last hand before the break, Victor Taieb opened to 225,000 and Joe Goodman called on the button. Pierre-Xavier Laurent raised to 675,000 from the small blind and only Goodman came along.

“I have to at least see a flop,” he told the table.

Both players checked down the board and Laurent bet 1,225,000.

“I can’t believe I have to pay him off again,” Goodman said.

He called, Laurent showed and Goodman quickly tabled for the same two pair but a better kicker.

Joe Goodman – 7,325,000 (98 bb)
Pierre-Xavier Laurent – 8,725,000 (116 bb)

2024 May Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 2
$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$30,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  130
Prize Pool:  $43,350
May 20, 2024

* Denotes results of a three-way deal

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 884

With 1,025,000 in the pot and the board reading , David Howard bet 375,000 and Joe Goodman moved all in for 1,900,000. Howard thought for a few minutes and called with the bigger stack.

Goodman:
Howard:

Howard flopped top-top but Goodman had him drawing dead to the river with a set of fives.

Joe Goodman – 4,825,000 (64 bb)
David Howard – 1,600,000 (21 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 884

Action folded to Joe Goodman in the small blind and he completed. Pierre-Xavier Laurent looked at Goodman’s stack, announced all in, and Goodman called at risk for 2,425,000.

Goodman:
Laurent:

Goodman stood up when he saw he was in trouble against the bigger pair. The flop did him no good but he made a set of fours on the two-out turn. The river finished the board and Goodman sat back down to collect his new chips.

Joe Goodman – 4,925,000 (66 bb)
Pierre-Xavier Laurent – 7,500,000 (100 bb)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 28:  50,000/75,000 with a 75,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 884

Seat 1: Victor Taieb – 3,175,000 (42 bb)
Seat 2: Victor Malla – 3,275,000 (44 bb)
Seat 3: Joe Goodman – 2,125,000 (28 bb)
Seat 4: Pierre-Xavier Laurent – 9,425,000 (126 bb)
Seat 5: Kevin Dubrocq – 4,400,000 (59 bb)
Seat 6: David Howard – 4,100,000 (55 bb)

1st: $43,660 + DSPS trophy
2nd: $29,000
3rd: $21,600
4th: $16,200
5th: $12,200
6th: $9,300

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 884

Luis Ramos open-shipped for 650,000 from under the gun and Pierre-Xavier Laurent called from the hijack. David Howard reshipped over the top for 1,650,000 from the button and Laurent called after several minutes to think it through.

Howard:
Laurent:
Ramos:

“Flop me a wheel!” Ramos laughed.

“You guys want a king,” Laurent said to the others not in the hand.

Howard was ahead for the big pot and never had a sweat as it ran out .

David Howard – 4,110,000 (69 bb)
Pierre-Xavier Laurent – 9,425,000 (157 bb)
Luis Ramos – Eliminated in 7th Place ($7,200)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 884

Lee Connell was all in for 775,000 and Kevin Dubrocq had him at risk.

Connell:
Dubrocq:

Connell ran into a bigger pair and needed help to stay in the game. The board ran and he was unable to catch a miracle save.

Kevin Dubrocq – 2,200,000 (37 bb)
Lee Connell – Eliminated in 9th Place ($4,380)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 884

Seat 1: Victor Taieb – 3,200,000 (53 bb)
Seat 2: Victor Malla – 3,250,000 (54 bb)
Seat 3: Luis Ramos – 925,000 (15 bb)
Seat 4: Joe Goodman – 2,100,000 (35 bb)
Seat 5: Pierre-Xavier Laurent – 9,500,000 (158 bb)
Seat 6: Lee Connell – 755,000 (13 bb)
Seat 7: Brian Kent – 2,860,000 (48 bb)
Seat 8: Kevin Dubrocq – 1,445,000 (24 bb)
Seat 9: David Howard – 2,425,000 (40 bb)

1st: $43,660 + DSPS trophy
2nd: $29,000
3rd: $21,600
4th: $16,200
5th: $12,200
6th: $9,300
7th: $7,200
8th: $5,600
9th: $4,380
10th: Michael Garcia – $4,380
11th: Courtland Twyman – $3,860
12th: Marc Kropf – $3,860

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool: $291,720 | Structure | Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 884

Michael Garcia was all in for 360,000 and Victor Malla had him at risk.

Malla:
Garcia:

It was a race and Garcia needed to improve to double up. The board ran out and Malla’s treys turned into a flush to send Garcia out.

Victor Malla – 3,250,000 (54 bb)
Michael Garcia – Eliminated in 10th Place (4,380)