2026 Deep Stack Poker Series
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hollywood, Florida
Event 8
$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
$300,000 Guaranteed
Entries:  225
Prize Pool:  $337,500
May 21 – 25, 2026

The big tournament on the 2026 Deep Stack Poker Series schedule was the $1,700 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament. The Main Event for the two-week series drew 225 entries, and Shaun Davis took the top spot outright for $79,530.

The tournament featured a $300,000 guarantee and created a prize pool of $337,500. The last 29 players made the money, and they burst the long bubble a few hours into Day 2.

Defending champ Michael Newman fell short of back-to-back titles when he finished tenth and 2024 winner Johnny Bromberg was eliminated in ninth.

It took an extra day to find our champion when Davis, David Nathaniel, and Igor Pinheiro took an overnight pause. They returned on Monday to play it out, and all the chips went toward Davis from the start; it took less than one hour to finish off the tournament.

Davis picked up the second-biggest tournament cash of his career, his top was the $181,000 he earned for fifth place in last summer’s Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship.

Congrats to Shaun and thank you to everyone for coming out!

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante

Shaun Davis opened to 125,000 from his button, Igor Pinheiro moved all in for 1,320,000 and Davis called.

Davis:
Pinheiro:

It was another flip for the title and Pinheiro needed his fours to hold to double up.

Davis paired his ace on the flop to take the lead. The turn and river finished the board and the tournament.

Pinheiro picked up $55,850 for his runner-up finish while Davis collected $79,530 plus the DSPS trophy for the win.

1st: Shaun Davis – $79,530 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: Igor Pinheiro – $55,850

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 225

Igor Pinheiro open-shipped for his last 710,000 and Shaun Davis called with a chance to end the tournament.

Davis:
Pinheiro:

It was a race and Pinheiro needed to catch to stay in the game. He took the lead when he paired his ace on the flop. Pinheiro finished his needed double after the turn and river.

Seat 1: Shaun Davis – 9,780,000 (196 bb)
Seat 2: Igor Pinheiro – 1,470,000 (29 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 225

Without an all-in moment, Shaun Davis more than doubled his heads-up starting stack in 15 minutes. Two big hands included him, making quads with one hand and tripping fives with the other, and getting paid both times.

Seat 1: Shaun Davis – 9,700,000 (194 bb)
Seat 2: Igor Pinheiro – 1,550,000 (31 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 225

The heads-up match for the Event 8 title is underway with Igo Pinheiro holding a small lead over Shaun Davis. They will play out the last 80 minutes of Level 26, take a break, and levels will last 30 minutes for the duration of heads-up.

Seat 1: Shaun Davis – 4,800,000 (96 bb)
Seat 2: Igor Pinheiro – 6,450,000 (129 bb)

1st: $79,530 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $55,850

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 225

Nothing went right for David Nathaniel from the very start of the three-handed Day 3 final table. He was quickly down to 255,000 at the hands of Shaun Davis and was all in for that stack against him again.

Nathaniel:
Davis:

“Nice hand,” Davis told Nathaniel.

“We’ll see,” Nathaniel replied.

The bad news for Nathaniel started on the all-diamond flop. The turn wasted no time and Nathaniel was eliminated in third place after the river.

David Nathaniel  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place ($34,594)

Seat 1: Shaun Davis – 4,800,000 (96 bb)
Seat 6: Igor Pinheiro – 6,450,000 (129 bb)

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 225

We are underway for the last day of the $1,700 Deepest Stack with three players remaining. Igor Pinheiro leads with Shaun Davis and David Nathaniel trying to chase him down and take the top spot for the $79,530 top prize.

Seat 1: Shaun Davis – 3,680,000 (74 bb)
Seat 6: Igor Pinheiro – 6,245,000 (125 bb)
Seat 9: David Nathaniel – 1,330,000 (27 bb)

1st: $79,530 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $55,850
3rd: $34,594

Primary Event Schedule

11AM: Event 10 – $300 Holiday Triple Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• $50,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
• Players begin with 30,000 in chips
• Levels last 30 minutes
• Late registration until start of Level 11 (4:30pm)
• This is a one-day tournament and plays to completion
• Event 9 Structure Sheet

1PM: Event 8 Day 3 – $1,700 Deepest Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

• Event 8 Day 3 Counts and Seats
• Event 8 Payouts

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Return to Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 225

Level 25 ended and the three remaining players bagged up their chips and will return Monday at 1 pm to play for the title.

Igor Pinheiro holds more than half of the chips in play but David Nathaniel and Shaun Davis are tough players to get through.

Seat 1: Shaun Davis – 3,680,000 (74 bb)
Seat 6: Igor Pinheiro – 6,245,000 (125 bb)
Seat 9: David Nathaniel – 1,330,000 (27 bb)

1st: $79,530 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $55,850
3rd: $34,594

4th: Aidar Sharifullin – $21,043
5th: David Finley – $16,251
6th: David Shaw – $13,466
7th: Niall Costigan – $11,475
8th: Artem Tuliupa – $9,788
9th: Johnny Bromberg – $7,955

$1,700 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $337,500  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 225

Aidar Sharifullin opened to 80,000 from the button and David Nathaniel called in the big blind.

The flop was and Nathaniel checked. Sharifullin bet 40K, Nathaniel check-raised to 100,000 and Sharifullin called.

The turn was , Nathaniel bet 225,000, Sharifullin moved all in for 530,000 and Nathaniel called with the bigger stack.

Nathaniel:
Sharifullin:

Sharifullin flopped top pair but was crushed by Nathaniel’s two pair jacks and tens. The river finished the board and Sharifullin was elminated in fourth place.

David Nathaniel – 1,785,000 (45 bb)
Aidar Sharifullin – $21,043