Jack Shea is the Champion of the $560 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold'em
After 26 levels of play, Jack Shea took down Event #3: $560 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold��em of the 2019 Seminole Hard Rock May Deep Stack Poker Series. He outlasted 316 competitors to take home a $34,328 payday and the coveted trophy.
The win means a lot to Shea as he is a poker professional, and it is the first victory of his career.
��I��ve chopped one, but I��ve never played one out, so this is number one," he said. "It��s a big relief. But it��s just prep for this summer. Bigger things this summer hopefully.��
Shea had to navigate through a very tough field to end up at the finish line as many great players were part of it. However, one of them proved to be a dominating force today. Runner-Up Jeff Charlton.
Charlton was leading the way most of the final table and everything seemed to be lined up for him until the heads-up portion of play started. Indeed, he was responsible for half of the eliminations at the final table and made some impressive calls.
However, Shea put up a good fight and kept on playing his best game. Eventually, he found a big double against Steve Karp with queens against Karp��s ace-ten in a blind-versus-blind situation. That was the turning point for him. He eliminated Karp soon after and found himself heads up against Charlton. Although Charlton started the heads-up battle with the lead, Shea found a shift in cards and managed to turn things around at a quick pace, eventually claiming the title.
��I ran pure. Very pure," he added. "I started with a two outer and then a one outer and then we just had to make it worth it. Charlton played great. I just hit every hand heads up to take the lead. And then we had just a standard cooler.��
In addition to the first-place prize money, Shea also earned a seat into the $1,650 Deepest Stack No-Limit Hold��em of the May Deep Stack Series, which he already intended to play.
��If this didn��t work out I was going to be in that satellite. It��s a 2-in-1 there.��
Final Table Summary
Matthew Zarcadoolas was the first elimination of the final table when he ran his sixes into Blake Robins�� queens.
Robins was next to hit the rail the though, and was the first victim of Charlton when his jacks were beaten by Charlton��s ace-king in an all in preflop situation.
Johann Tiemann was Charlton's next victim through a similar scenario when he found jacks against Charlton��s ace-king to bust in seventh place.
He was followed by Ricardo Eyzaguirre in sixth place. Eeyzaguirre needed to find a spot to double up and when the moment came, he wasn��t able to do it as his tens were behind Charlton��s kings.
Daniel Couzens was knocked out next in fifth place. Couzens was short and ended up putting all his chips in the middle with king-jack only to run into Charlton��s aces all in preflop.
Rick Kalgstein was just another of Charlton��s victims as he was sent to the rail in fourth place when Charlton rivered a pair of aces against his flopped pair of queens.
Steve Karp was eliminated in third place by Shea when his ace-eight was no good against Shea��s ace-queen in an all-in preflop situation.
Charlton lost most of his chips heads up when he couldn��t improve his straight or flush draw against Shea��s two pair. He then moved all in with king-six against Shea��s ace-king and had to settle for the runner-up title after a dry runout.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack Shea | United States | $34,328 |
| 2 | Jeff Charlton | United States | $24,074 |
| 3 | Steve Karp | United States | $15,484 |
| 4 | Rick Kalgstein | United States | $9,820 |
| 5 | Daniel Couzens | United States | $7,576 |
| 6 | Ricardo Eyzaguirre | United States | $6,273 |
| 7 | Johann Tiemann | United States | $5,629 |
| 8 | Blake Robins | United States | $4,329 |
| 9 | Matthew Zarcadoolas | United States | $3,433 |