Event 3: Tom Gottlieb Chipping Back up to Big Lead

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $146,520   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 444

Tom Gottlieb

After sending a double to Jaime Wiegrefe, Tom Gottlieb quietly took a handful of pots to build back his big lead.

Still plenty of time and they are settled in for a long grind.

Seat 2: Jaime Wiegrefe – 3,850,000 (64 bb)
Seat 4: Tom Gottlieb – 9,480,000 (158 bb)

1st: $26,400 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $17,500

Event 3: Jaime Wiegrefe Doubles Early

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $146,520   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 444

Jaime Wiegrefe

With about 1,100,000 in the pot and the board reading 6d5s4s, Jaime Wiegrefe was all in and at risk for 2,170,000.

Wiegrefe: 8s7d
Gottlieb: 4d4c

Gottlieb flopped a set of fours but Wiegrefe was better with his flopped eight-high straight. Gottlieb could not boat up on the Kd turn or 9d river and Wiegrefe stacked an early double in the match.

Seat 2: Jaime Wiegrefe – 5,480,000 (91 bb)
Seat 4: Tom Gottlieb – 7,850,000 (131 bb)

Event 3: Heads-Up Match Underway

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $146,520   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 444

Cards are in the air for Day 3 of the $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with Tom Gottlieb and Jaime Wiegrefe playing heads-up for the title.

Gottlieb holds a big lead but Wiegrefe is one double up from getting them closer to even. Either way, they are both deep and working with 90-minute levels.

Seat 2: Jaime Wiegrefe – 2,405,000 (40 bb)
Seat 4: Tom Gottlieb – 10,925,000 (182 bb)

1st: $26,400 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $17,500

Event 3: Tom Gottlieb Bags Overnight Lead Against Jaime Wiegrefe

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $146,520   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 27:  30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 444

Tom Gottlieb

The $400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament will need another day to determine a winner. Tom Gottlieb and Jaime Wiegrefe bagged their chips at the end of Level 26 and will return tomorrow to play the heads-up match for the title.

Gottlieb holds a big lead but with 90-minute levels when they return, he is drawing live to come back.

Cards go back in the air at 1 pm on Monday.

Seat 2: Jaime Wiegrefe – 2,405,000 (40 bb)
Seat 4: Tom Gottlieb – 10,925,000 (182 bb)

1st: $26,400 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $17,500

3rd: John Valevich – $13,000
4th: Willie Wiggins – $9,700
5th: Paul Balzano – $7,400
6th: Adi Ben Ami – $5,600
7th: Uri Tenenboim – $4,320
8th: Zyad Qasem – $3,360
9th: Bruce Snell – $2,640

Jaime Wiegrefe

Event 3: John Valevich – 3rd Place ($13,000)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $146,520   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 444

John Valevich

John Valevich opened to 150,000 from his button and Tom Gottlieb called in the big blind. The flop was 9d8s3d, Gottlieb checked, Valevich bet 300,000 and Gottlieb called.

The turn was 5c and Gottlieb checked. Valevich moved all in for 2,035,000 and Gottlieb quickly called.

Valevich: TcTd
Gottlieb: 7d6h

Valevich had an overpair to the board but Gottlieb flopped an open-ended straight draw that got there on the turn for a nine-high straight. Valevich was drawing dead to the 9s river and was eliminated in third place.

Tom Gottlieb – 10,900,000 (218 bb)
John Valevich  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place ($13,000)

Event 3: Updated Counts

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $146,520   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 444

Tom Gottlieb

The three remaining players are still deep and this is the last level of their night. If we don’t have a winner by then, they will bag up their chips and return tomorrow at 1 pm.

Tom Gottlieb has pulled into a big lead, holding more than half of the chips in play.

Seat 1: John Valevich – 2,800,000 (56 bb)
Seat 2: Jaime Wiegrefe – 2,350,000 (47 bb)
Seat 4: Tom Gottlieb – 7,535,000 (151 bb)

1st: $26,400 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $17,500
3rd: $13,000

4th: Willie Wiggins – $9,700
5th: Paul Balzano – $7,400
6th: Adi Ben Ami – $5,600
7th: Uri Tenenboim – $4,320
8th: Zyad Qasem – $3,360
9th: Bruce Snell – $2,640

Event 3: Counts on Break; John Valevich Continues to Lead

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $146,520   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 444

John Valevich

Seat 1: John Valevich – 5,290,000 (132 bb)
Seat 2: Jaime Wiegrefe – 2,005,000 (50 bb)
Seat 4: Tom Gottlieb – 3,955,000 (99 bb)
Seat 6: Willie Wiggins – 1,980,000 (50 bb)

1st: $26,400 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $17,500
3rd: $13,000
4th: $9,700

5th: Paul Balzano – $7,400
6th: Adi Ben Ami – $5,600
7th: Uri Tenenboim – $4,320
8th: Zyad Qasem – $3,360
9th: Bruce Snell – $2,640

Event 3: Paul Balzano – 5th Place ($7,400)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $146,520   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 444

Paul Balzano

With the flop reading Ks8c7d, Paul Balzano moved all in for 725,000 and Tom Gottlieb called to put him at risk.

Gottlieb: Kh8h
Balzano: KcQs

Balzano was ahead preflop, paired his king on the flop, but Gottlieb made two pair kings and eights. The turn was 9d and the river was Ts to send Balzano out in fifth place.

Tom Gottlieb – 3,955,000 (132 bb)
Paul Balzano  –  Eliminated in 5th Place ($7,400)

Event 3: Adi Ben Ami – 6th Place ($5,600)

$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool:  $146,520   |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 23:  15,000/30,000 with a 30,000 ante
Players Remaining:  5 of 444

Adi Ben Ami

With six very deep players, they settled in for a long grind. But as that was happening, Adi Ben Ami saw his stack continue to drop.

After Willie Wiggins limped from the small blind, he moved all in for 300,000 and Wiggins called.

Wiggins: JcTh
Ben Ami: Ah8h

Ben Ami was ahead but needed to dodge the two live cards of Wiggins. That didn’t happen because Wiggins paired his ten on the Ts6s2d flop. The 4d turn and 7d river finished the board and Ben Ami was eliminated in sixth place.

This was a great run for him, coming in as a max late reg player this morning and starting his day with 7.5 big blinds.

Willie Wiggins – 2,530,000 (84 bb)
Adi Ben Ami  –  Eliminated in 6th Place ($5,600)