The final day at the WPTDeepStacks Championship saw the final 27 players return for a long march down to a champion. Cards got in the air at 12:00 noon, and play progressed quickly from three tables down to two. That was when we lost the last woman standing, Tracie Osborn, who finished in 20ème place.
The first player to fall at the last two tables was former WPTDeepStacks champion Duff Charette, who busted in 18th place. The bustouts continued on a steady pace moving forward that saw the official final table of nine set around 6:30 p.m. The players then took a short dinner break before returning at 7:30 to resume play. Here is a look at the chip counts at that point:
Places assises 1. Steve Chanthabouasy - 850,000 (14 b)
Places assises 2. Brock Wilson - 1,790,000 (30 b)
Places assises 3. Paul Snead - 3,275,000 (55 b)
Places assises 4. Brad Miller - 1,495,000 (25 b)
Places assises 5. William Prin - 2,135,000 (36 b)
Places assises 6. Andrew Ostapchenko - 3,550,000 (59 b)
Places assises 7. Justin Levitt - 1,525,000 (25 b)
Places assises 8. Michael Rossitto (pictured) - 2,585,000 (43 b)
Places assises 9. Zach Smyth - 6,235,000 (104 b)
Steve Chanthabuasy a été le premier joueur à tomber à la neuvième place 27 hands into play. A handful of doubles played out before Brock Wilson a touché le rail à la huitième place a little after 10 p.m. Brad Miller was sorti à la septième place dans la même heure pour ramener la table finale à six joueurs restants.
Il y a ensuite eu des éliminations consécutives lorsque William Brin est sorti le Main #70 à la sixième place, et Justin Levitt le suivit directement lorsqu'il busted in fifth place on Hand #71. Cela a ouvert la voie à une longue bataille à quatre qui a vu le chip leader au début de la table finale, Zach Smyth, tomber à la quatrième place à la centième main à la table finale.
Une autre longue bataille s'est ensuivie pour la troisième place, et c'est l'élimination qui a décidé de la course du joueur nord-américain de l'année WPTDeepStacks. Quand Andrew Ostapchenko est tombé à la troisième place, qui a officiellement couronné Albert Knafo comme POY. Une cérémonie de remise de prix a eu lieu pour Knafo peu après la conclusion de la table finale.
Le début du heads-up a vu Michael Rossitto prendre l'avantage sur Paul Snead :
Michael Rossitto - 14,900,000 (60 b)
Paul Snead - 8,525,000 (34 b)
Things evened up quickly after Snead won the third hand of the heads-up final to give both players 12 about million. However, Rossitto flopped a flush on the very next hand to take a 3-1 chip lead. Everything ended just three hands later when:
Rossitto raised to 550,000, Paul Snead moved all in for 5,325,000, and Rossitto called with .
Snead s'est retourné , et devait s’améliorer pour rester en vie.
Le tableau est tombé , et Rossitto a remporté le pot -- and the WPTDeepStacks Championship and $250,073 -- with ace high and his queen kicker.
Here is what Rossitto had to say after the victory in his winner's interview.
"Well, it feels pretty good," said Rossitto. When asked about his journey through the final day of the tournament, Rossitto responded, "I started the day pretty rough. I ran pretty good from there, I got a little short but I stayed deep and that's all that matters, but I got lucky."
Rossitto had a clear vision of what he wanted to do at the final table once he got the chip lead as well, "I came into the FT pretty well in the middle of the pack, I was winning pots, it was going well. That trips hand versus Andrew really vaulted me into the chip lead, and then Paul went on a hot streak and the Jacks hand was basically everything. If I don't turn the Jack it's going to work, so you can't fault him. I just played aggressive, I got to a place where I could raise and take it more and everyone else just had to fold."
Résultats finaux
1st: Michael Rossitto - $250,073
2nd: Paul Snead - $171,750
3rd: Andrew Ostapchenko - $110,085
4th: Zach Smyth - $80,035
5th: Justin Levitt - $61,435
6th: William Prin - $50,440
7th: Brad Miller - $41,570
8e: Brock Wilson - $33,150
9th: Steve Chanthabouasy - $24,870