The Venetian Las Vegas, which a number of months in the past debuted its new 50-table, 14,000 sq. foot poker site (the biggest on the Las Vegas Strip), simply wrapped up its newest DeepStack Showdown Sequence, which ran from October 11 by way of November 24.
Via 79 occasions, the pageant catered to a mixed 8,997 entries and awarded $2,247,495 in prize cash (not together with satellites). In addition they forked over $31,665 in overlays.
Amongst these to win titles had been Paul Balzano (Occasion #10: $400 Seniors for $6,248), Landon Brown (Occasion #21: $400 NLH Final Stack for $10,253), Gary Bolden (Occasion #24: $300 Massive O Bounty for $2,119), Xiang Qun Lin (Occasion #40: $600 NLH Final Stack for $35,026), and Michael Milne (Occasion #67: $300 NLH Monster Stack for $13,028).
There have been additionally some two-time winners together with Andrew Rodgers (Occasion #57: $400 NLH Final Stack for $6,182 and Occasion #65: $400 NLH Final Stack for $10,343) and Portugal’s Jose Demeyere (Occasion #41: $200 NLH Bounty for $2,417 and Occasion #52: $200 NLH Bounty for $1,752). Likewise, Canada’s Doug Lee really took down two of the ultimate three tournaments – Occasion #77: $200 NLH Raceday Stack for $1,731 and Occasion #79: $200 NLH Raceday Stack for $1,713.
Doing one higher than all of them was poker professional David Prociak, who laid declare to a trio of titles. On Nov. 6, he received Occasion #53: $200 NLH Bounty for $2,203, and rapidly adopted that up by successful the 2024 NAPT $550 Cardplayer Life-style H.E.R.O.S. for $10,100. Three days later, he received the Venetian Occasion #58: $200 NLH Bounty for $4,549, and on Nov. 19 added a 3rd title by taking down Occasion #74: $200 NLH Bounty for $2,660.
Prociak wasn’t the one three-time winner as Sergei Saakian additionally completed the feat. He first received Occasion #20: $200 NLH Bounty for $2,300 on Oct. 18 after which on Nov. 1 received Occasion #45: $200 NLH Bounty for $1,677. He then took down the identical match – Occasion #66: $200 NLH Bounty – for a 3rd time on Nov. 14, good for $2,000.
Right here’s a take a look at two different winners from the Venetian DeepStack Showdown Sequence.
JJ Lui Nabs a Title
Poker legend JJ Liu
On Oct. 12, Occasion #8: $400 NLH Final Bounty attracted 100 entries and awarded a $33,500 prize pool, of which $14,700 got here within the type of bounties. The highest 13 finishers made the cash and amongst these to money however fell in need of the ultimate desk had been Wing Yam (tenth – $497), Samy Dighlawi (eleventh – $497), Yolanda Scott (twelfth – $470), and Richard Lanes (thirteenth – $470).
In the long run, it was poker legend JJ Liu defeating David Taylor in heads-up play to win the title and $4,182 first-place prize. A month later, Liu practically captured a second title ending fourth in Occasion #59: $400 NLH Seniors for $2,997.
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Wisconsin’s Julie Vanguilder Wins Final Bounty
Julie Vanguilder
On Oct. 22, Occasion #28: $400 NLH Final Bounty attracted 82 gamers and awarded a $27,470 prize pool to the highest 11 finishers. Of that, $12,100 was awarded within the type of bounties. Some acquainted names made the ultimate desk together with Arizona’s Ryan Stiner (fifth – $1,069) and Christopher Marshall (third – $2,018), however finally it was Wisconsin’s Julie Vanguilder defeating Switzerland’s Erdener Koyun in heads-up play to win the match for $4,437.
