2022 May Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 3
$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  507
Prize Pool:  $266,175
May 23 – 25, 2022

We stepped up the game with Event 3 of the May Deep Stack Poker Series. The $600 buy-in Deeper Stack tournament drew 507 entries and Carlos Bermudez took the lead late to win the title after a six-way deal saw him earn $29,649.

The turnout easily surpassed the $150,000 over two starting flights and they created a prize pool worth $266,175. The last 64 spots paid and they made the money shortly after the first break.

Bermudez made the final table and quickly took the lead with a lot of his chips coming when he eliminated Andre Bryan in eighth place. As they were finishing up their Day 2 action, the six remaining players decided to divide up the remaining money left in the prize pool and Bermudez took the title along with the top prize.

Results:

* – denotes results of a six-way deal

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Return to Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 507

The clock counted down to the end of Level 25 with six players remaining and ready to bag up for a Day 3 return on Thursday. Instead, they decided to look at ICM numbers based on their chip counts.

They quickly agreed to a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool and Carlos Bermudez took the top spot along with $29,648.

The chip counts and results are below, a full recap will be posted later.

Carlos Bermudez – 4,860,000
Carlos Rojas – 4,420,000
Michael Johnson – 3,755,000
Steven Cohen – 3,590,000
Zachary Eichenbaum – 2,465,000
Ivan Ruban – 1,190,000

1st: Carlos Bermudez – $29,648
2nd: Carlos Rojas – $28,501
3rd: Michael Johnson – $26,604
4th: Steven Cohen – $26,100
5th: Zachary Eichenbaum – $22,235
6th: Ivan Ruban – $16,687

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 507

Carlos Rojas opened to 85,000 from under the gun and picked up calls from Zachary Eichenbaum in the cutoff, Michael Johnson on the button, Steven Cohen in the small blind, and Marco Rodriguez in the big blind.

The flop came and Cohen checked. Rodriguez moved all in from the big for about 770,000 and Rojas quickly called. The rest of the table folded and the hands were tabled.

Rodriguez:
Rojas:

Rodriguez flopped top pair with a club draw but he was behind the aces and better flush draw of Rojas. The turn completed the club flush and Rodriguez was drawing dead to the river to exit in seventh place.

Carlos Rojas – 4,420,000 (111 bb)
Marco Rodriguez – Eliminated in 7th Place ($8,665)

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 507

With 595,000 total behind, Ivan Ruban opened to 350,000 from under the gun and Carlos Bermudez dropped in a stack of 100K chips for a raise to 1,200,000. The rest of the table quickly folded and Ruban put in the last of his chips.

Ruban:
Bermudez:

Ruban was in rough shape against the queens but his mood changed when he paired his ace on the flop. The turn and river finished the board and Ruban found a double.

Ivan Ruban – 1,290,000 (32 bb)
Carlos Bermudez – 5,200,000 (130 bb)

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 507

It was four-ways to a flop of and Andre Bryan bet 250,000 from the big blind. Carlos Rojas folded, Carlos Bermudez asked to see Bryan’s stack, and announced all in. Michael Johnson folded and Bryan quickly called.

Bermudez:
Bryan:

Bryan flopped two pair kings and fours and needed to fade clubs or some runner-runner combos. The turn gave Bermudez a wheel draw that got there on the river to send a shocked Bryan was sent off the final table in eighth place.

This is the second straight deep run for Bryan in this tournament to go along with his third-place finish in 2021.

Carlos Bermudez – 5,850,000 (146 bb)
Andre Bryan – Eliminated in 8th Place ($6,920)

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 507

Players are taking their final break of the day with eight players remaining and one more 90-minute level. When Level 25 comes to an end, survivors will bag up chips and return on Thursday at 2 pm.

Blinds are up to 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante and the average stack is about 2,535,000 (63 bb).

Seat 1: Ivan Ruban – 2,375,000 (59 bb)
Seat 2: Carlos Bermudez – 2,475,000 (62 bb)
Seat 3: Zachary Eichenbaum – 1,025,000 (26 bb)
Seat 4: Michael Johnson – 6,740,000 (169 bb)
Seat 5: Steven Cohen – 2,000,000 (50 bb)
Seat 6: Andre Bryan – 1,400,000 (35 bb)
Seat 8: Marco Rodriguez – 2,615,000 (65 bb)
Seat 9: Carlos Rojas – 1,650,000 (41 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $51,995
2nd: $35,190
3rd: $23,405
4th: $16,275
5th: $12,500
6th: $10,410
7th: $8,665
8th: $6,920

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  8 of 507

Dejan Petkovic was down to 170,000 and moved all in from middle position. Carlos Rojas reshipped from the button to get folds from the blinds.

Rojas:
Petkovic:

Petkovic was drawing live for a double and kept calling for a six but never found one as the board ran to send him off the final table in ninth place.

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 507

The nine remaining players are in their seats at the final table with Michael Johnson holding a huge lead. They will play the last 10 minutes of Level 24 before the last break of the day.

Seat 1: Ivan Ruban – 1,850,000 (62 bb)
Seat 2: Carlos Bermudez – 2,950,000 (98 bb)
Seat 3: Zachary Eichenbaum – 1,600,000 (53 bb)
Seat 4: Michael Johnson – 6,200,000 (207 bb)
Seat 5: Steven Cohen – 1,950,000 (65 bb)
Seat 6: Andre Bryan – 1,400,000 (47 bb)
Seat 7: Dejan Petkovic – 360,000 (12 bb)
Seat 8: Marco Rodriguez – 2,600,000 (87 bb)
Seat 9: Carlos Rojas – 1,400,000 (47 bb)

Remaining payouts:

1st: $51,995
2nd: $35,190
3rd: $23,405
4th: $16,275
5th: $12,500
6th: $10,410
7th: $8,665
8th: $6,920
9th-10th: $5,190

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  9 of 507

With the flop reading , Steven Novak moved all in for 1,050,000 and Michael Johnson called to put him at risk.

Johnson:
Novak:

“They’re gonna get cracked!” Johnson told Novak.

Novak needed to fade clubs and a gutshot draw, the turn changed little, but the river completed Johnson’s flush to send Novak out in tenth place and set up the final table.

Michael Johnson – 6,200,000 (207 bb)
Steven Novak – Eliminated in 10th Place ($5,190)

$600 Deeper Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$150,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  12 of 507

Victor Taieb was down to 160,000 and put his stack in the middle from middle position. It folded to Carlos Bermudez in the cutoff, he called, and the button and blinds folded.

Bermudez:
Taieb:

Taieb was looking good for a double but Bermudez paired his king on the flop. The board finished with the turn and river and Taieb was eliminated in 13th place.

Carlos Bermudez – 2,300,000 (77 bb)
Victor Taieb – Eliminated in 13th Place ($3,430)