The first-ever WPTDeepStacks London Online series on 888poker is entering the home stretch. Just a few more days remain in the weeklong series (April 18-26), which by the end will have awarded more than $2,000,000 in guarantees across 16 events.
Through the 10 events, a combined 4,519 entrants have competed, $880,680 in prize money awarded. Thus far winners have hailed from Latvia, Sweden, Malta, Belarus, Ukraine, Canada, Romania, and the United Kingdom.
Two 888Poker Ambassadors Cash Event #7: Crazy 8
On Wednesday, the $440 buy-in WPTDS Event #7: $100,000 Crazy 8 attracted 165 players who rebought 54 times. The $100K prize pool was reserved for the top 24 finishers.
Among those to make the money were the following players:
- 888poker Ambassador Chris “888Moorman” Moorman (23rd - $1,250)
- Maksim “MAMOHT_T” Viktorovich (18th - $1,250)
- 888poker Ambassador Sofia “sofialovgren” Lövgren (9th - $2,250)
- 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Martin “MJacobson888” Jacobson (7th - $3,500)
- “ayemax08” (4th - $8,500)
After “RED_WINE” bowed out in third place for $12,000, the title came down to “kiskutya23” and Canada’s “crimson92”.
Seven hours of play later, the latter prevailed to win the title and $19,811.42 first-place prize.
Event #7 Final Table Results
1st – “crimson92” (Canada) … $19,811.42
2nd – “kiskutya23” (N/A) … $17,438.58
3rd – “RED_WINE” (UK) … $12,000
4th – “ayemax08” (UK) … $8,500
5th – “plush0292” (Russia) … $5,500
6th – “Odens_CD” (Russia) … $4,500
7th – Martin “MJacobson888” Jacobson (Sweden) … $3,500
8th – “alexos888” (Canada) … $2,750
9th – Sofia “sofialovgren” Lövgren (Sweden) … $2,250
In other Crazy 8 news, the $88 buy-in WPTDS Event #8: $30,000 Mini Crazy 8 saw 344 players rebuy 107 times. The 451-entry field generated a $36,080 prize pool. Coming out on top was Romania’s “Kharmuta”, who reaped a $6,945.56 payday.
“DeuceofDuc0” Last Player Standing in the Marathon
On Thursday, the $525 buy-in WPTDS Event #9: $100,000 Marathon saw 134 players rebuy 46 times to create a 180-entry field. The $100K prize pool was reserved for the top 24 finishers.
One player to fall just shy was “IlovePickles”, They bubbled in 25th place after getting their short stack all-in preflop. Their king-queen hand failed against two players, one of who made two pair jacks and deuces.
From there, the in-the-money finishes mounted and included the following players:
- 888poker Ambassador Chris “888Moorman” Moorman (23rd - $1,420)
- 2014 WSOP champ Martin “MJacboson888” Jacobson (18th - $1,440)
- “Eye_Sea_Emm” (13th - $1,490)
- “AlmostWinnin” (10th - $1,550)
The final table was both live streamed by 888poker and live reported by PokerNews, Five players remained when chips went all-in on a Q♥5♥6♣6♥ board between Maksim “MAMOHT_T” Viktorovich and “DeuceofDuc0”.
The former had the A♥3♠, which was well behind the Q♣10♣ of “DeuceofDuc0” . The river was a brick and Viktorovich, who has had several deep runs in the WPTDeepStacks series, busted in fifth place for $6,040.
Brazil’s Felipe “mr.salgado” Salgado then lost with ace-seven to the Big Slick of “JPiernik”. He would go on to square off against “DeuceofDuc0” in heads-up play after “RuskiBotski” bowed out in third place.
“DeuceofDuc0” had a 2:1 chip lead entering heads-up play. It didn’t take long for the final hand to go down in Level 36 (30,000/60,000/7,500).
It happened when “JPiernik” moved all-in with the A♠2♦. “DeuceofDuc0” called after waking up with the J♣J♠.
The board ran out a clean K♦7♦10♣3♠Q♠ and that was all she wrote for “JPiernik”. He took home $16,650 for finishing in second place.
Event #9 Final Table Results
1st – “DeuceofDuc0” (Netherlands) … $23,250
2nd – “JPiernik” (United Kingdom) … $16,650
3rd – “RuskiBotski” (United Kingdom) … $12,000
4th – Felipe “mr.salgado” Salgado (Brazil) … $8,590
5th – Maksim “MAMOHT_T” Viktorovich (Russia) … $6,040
6th – “Brownerrrrr” (United Kingdom) … $4,350
7th – “casual_win” (United Kingdom) … $3,160
8th – “wklix” (N/A) … $2,310
9th – “TheMufinMan” (New Zealand) … $1,690
Also taking place on Thursday was the $160 buy-in WPTDS Event #10: $50,000 Half Marathon. It surpassed its guarantee by drawing 306 players who rebought 89 times.
The 395-entry field resulted in a $59,250 prize pool. After 9 hours and 14 minutes of play, it was the UK’s “TripleBluff1” emerging victorious to the tune of $11,429.48.
What’s Coming Up
Remember, the series will culminate this weekend with the $1,050 buy-in, $1,000,000 GTD Main Event. On Sunday, April 25 at 18:30 GMT the WPT DS #16 - $1,000,000 Main Event Day 1 will take place. Day 2 will start at 18:00 GMT on Monday, April 26.
Also coming up is the following tournaments:
- $320 buy-in WPTDS Event #13: $100,000 6-Max on Saturday, April 24 at 18:00 GMT
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- Mon 26.4 WPT DeepStacks #15 - Main Event Day 2
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Winner Thus Far
Event |
Total Entries |
Prize Pool |
Winner |
Prize |
$525 Event #1: $200,000 Opening Event |
357 |
$200,000 |
"i2out" (Latvia) |
$40,540 |
$55 Event #2: $50K Mini Opening Event |
1,373 |
$68,650 |
"Syampnacke" (Sweden) |
$10,030.03 |
$320 Event #3: $100,000 PKO |
292 |
$100,000 |
Farrugia_1 (Malta) |
$18,067.16 |
$55 Event #4: $30,000 Mini PKO |
834 |
$41,700 |
“Two.DV” (Belarus) |
$6,812.72 |
$2,100 Event #5: $100,000 High Roller |
50 |
$100,000 |
"PerfectShade" (N/A) |
$32,000 |
$215 Event #6: $75,000 Mini High Roller |
368 |
$75,000 |
"Kotyara1089" (Ukraine) |
$15,202.50 |
$440 Event #7: $100,000 Crazy 8 |
219 |
$100,000 |
"crimson92" (Canada) |
$19,811.42 |
$88 Event #8: $30,000 Mini Crazy 8 |
451 |
$36,080 |
“Kharmuta” (Romania) |
$6,945.56 |
$525 Event #9: $100,000 Marathon |
180 |
$100,000 |
"DeuceofDuc0" (N/A) |
$23,250 |
$160 Event #10: $50K Half Marathon |
395 |
$59,250 |
"TripleBluff1" (UK) |
$11,429.48 |