$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 398
All eight players were early and in their seats for the start of the Event 5 final table. Tournament Manager Jason Heidenthal gave them the rundown for the day and put cards in the air for the final table.
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 398
We’ve played through three starting flights of the May Deep Stack Poker Series $1,700 headline event plus a long Day 2. The tournament reached the final table of eight players late on Sunday and they return this after at 2 pm to play down to a champion.
SHRP regular Stuart Greenbaum took the lead late and comes back for Day 2 as the big stack at the final table. Rafiki Brown and Tony Cappadona are also sitting comfortably but the 90-minute levels mean no one is in immediate danger.
They have 85:42 remaining in Level 25 with blinds at 20,000/40,000 and a 40,000 ante and the average stack is 2,490,000 (62 bb).
Seat 1: Cosmin Joldis – 730,000 (18 bb) Seat 2: Dien Le – 570,000 (14 bb) Seat 3: Richard Zipes – 2,535,000 (63 bb) Seat 4: Rafiki Brown – 4,090,000 (102 bb) Seat 5: Jason Wandling – 975,000 (24 bb) Seat 6: Tony Cappadona – 3,515,000 (88 bb) Seat 7: Stuart Greenbaum – 5,695,000 (142 bb) Seat 8: Steve Karp – 1,775,000 (44 bb)
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 398
After the elimination of James Carroll, tournament staff paused the clock with 85:42 remaining in Level 25 to redraw the final table seats. The eight remaining players will return on Monday at 2 pm to begin the process of playing down to our Event 5 champion.
Stuart Greenbaum stormed ahead late in the day and will come to the final table hodling the chip lead with Rafiki Brown in second. They are all guaranteed at least $13,620 but each of them would like to take home the $120,640 top prize.
Cards go back in the air at 2 pm and we will be here with them.
Seat 1: Cosmin Joldis – 730,000 (18 bb) Seat 2: Dien Le – 570,000 (14 bb) Seat 3: Richard Zipes – 2,535,000 (63 bb) Seat 4: Rafiki Brown – 4,090,000 (102 bb) Seat 5: Jason Wandling – 975,000 (24 bb) Seat 6: Tony Cappadona – 3,515,000 (88 bb) Seat 7: Stuart Greenbaum – 5,695,000 (142 bb) Seat 8: Steve Karp – 1,775,000 (44 bb)
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 25: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante Players Remaining: 8 of 398
James Carroll and Stuart Greenbaum were heads up with the board reading out to the turn. Carroll was down to 625,000 and got them in the middle with Greenbaum had him at risk.
Greenbaum: Carroll:
Both had top pair kings but Carroll had kicker issues. The river came and it was a shocking ninth place for the 2019 WPT Poker Showdown champ.
Stuart Greenbaum – 5,695,000 (142 bb) James Carroll – Eliminated in 9th Place ($13,620)
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 9 of 398
James Carroll and Scott Zakheim were heads up to a flop of when Zakheim put his last 425,000 in the middle and Carroll had him at risk.
Carroll: Zakheim:
Zakheim flopped middle pair of jacks but was behind Carroll’s top pair kings. He needed to improve to double but missed the turn and river to exit in ninth place.
James Carroll – 2,850,000 (95 bb) Scott Zakheim – Eliminated in 9th Place ($10,845)
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 10 of 398
Stuart Greenbaum opened to 75,000 from the button and Mark Guariglia called from the big blind to see the flop.
Guariglia checked, Greenbaum bet 100,000 and Guariglia moved all in for 115,000 total. Greenbaum called.
Greenbaum: Guariglia:
Guariglia outflopped Greenbaum and his paired ten was ahead. Greenbaum had a flush draw and gutshot draw to knock Guariglia out and it was the straight that got there on the turn. Guariglia was drawing dead to the river to exit in 11th place.
Stuart Greenbaum – 3,650,000 (122 bb) Mark Guariglia – Eliminated in 11th Place ($10,845)
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 11 of 398
Skip McDonough was left short stacked after doubling up Jason Wandling, put his 460,000 in the middle soon after, and Stuart Greenbaum called to put him at risk.
McDonough: Greenbaum:
“Oh, I thought you were steaming,” Greenbaum said when he saw he was dominated.
McDonough was looking at a double up and the flop was safe. The bad news came on the turn as Greenbaum took the lead and held after the river to send McDonough out in 12th place.
Stuart Greenbaum – 3,500,000 (117 bb) Skip McDonough – Eliminated in 12th Place ($8,755)
$1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry) $200,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts Level 24: 15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante Players Remaining: 12 of 398
Jason Wandling and Skip McDonough were heads up with the flop reading . Wandling got his remaining 715,000 in the middle with and needed to fade the flush draw of McDonough with .
The turn was safe for Wandling and he had his double after the river.