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Bailey & Hengsakul Among 2022 Venetian DeepStack Showdown Winners

Patrick Mandelle February 10, 2022 3 min read

February 10, 2022

From January 1-30, Venetian Las Vegas played host to the 2022 DeepStack Showdown, which guaranteed more than $1 million in guaranteed prize pools over 21 events. The series catered to a combined 3,857 entrants and awarded $1,418,520 in prize money.

Among those to capture titles were Robert Sherwood (Event #1: $400 NLH Ultimate Stack for $22,085), Robert Zeidman (Event #5: $600 NLH Monster Stack), and Andrew Cooper (Event #19: $600 NLH Monster Stack for $52,999).

Below is a look at a couple of other notable winners from the 2022 DeepStack Showdown.

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Poker Documentarian Strikes It Big

Event #10: $365 NLH Monster Stack attracted 728 entries and offered up a $218,400 prize pool. Among those to cash were Ricardo Da Silva (28th – $1,115), Lynne Beaumont (18th – $1,750), Cody Chung (12th – $2,800), and final table bubble boy Robert Sherwood (10th – $3,700), who won Event #1 of the series.

The tournament ended when Michael Bailey bested Tomasz Trelski in heads-up play to claim the trophy and $34,750 first-prize. Bailey is known in the poker community for his various poker documentary projects, such as a recent one on 2021 WSOP.com Player of the Year Mike “BrockLesnar” Holtz.

Bailey, who posts his various videos on the For Love of Money channel on YouTube, is also known for working with Brad Owen to help produce some of the vlogger’s high-quality content.

DeepStack Showdown Event #10 Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Michael Bailey	Las Vegas, Nevada	$34,750
2	Tomasz Trelski	Las Vegas, Nevada	$26,340
3	Nathan McLallin	Cle Elum, Washington	$19,850
4	Brendan Shiller	Las Vegas, Nevada	$14,500
5	Roberto Marin	Las Vegas, Nevada	$10,500
6	Charbel Kanterjian	Canada	$7,500
7	Keith Fournier	Las Vegas, Nevada	$6,000
8	Isaiah Gonzales	Las Vegas, Nevada	$4,800
9	Veerab Zakarian	Las Vegas, Nevada	$3,700

Hengsakul Claims Ultimate Stack Trophy

On January 26, Event #15: $400 NLH UltimateStack drew 443 runners who generated a $146,190 prize pool that was paid out to the top 45 finishers. Some familiar names to earn a cash were David Larson (41st – $804), Fraser Mackenzie (29th – $892), Susannah Altman (24th – $1,184), Tyler Huculak (16th – $1,593), Qing Liu (14th – $1,871), Andrew Cooper (8th – $3,611), and Derek Gomez (4th – $10,599).

After Ukraine’s Petro Zakusilov hit the rail in third place for $19,276, the title came down to poker pro Peter Hengsakul and Patrick Gunraj. The former ultimately prevailed to claim the trophy and $26,765 top prize.

DeepStack Showdown Event #15 Final Table Results

Place	Player	Hometown	Prize
1	Peter Hengsakul	Las Vegas, Nevada	$26,765
2	Patrick Gunraj	Las Vegas, Nevada	$21,224
3	Petro Zakusilov	Ukraine	$19,276
4	Derek Gomez	Las Vegas, Nevada	$10,599
5	Steven Richards	Reno, Nevada	$7,967
6	Grant Geyer	Las Vegas, Nevada	$5,994
7	Tuan Mai	San Jose, California	$4,605
8	Andrew Cooper	Holden, Massachusetts	$3,611
9	Kenneth Chikamura	Las Vegas, Nevada	$2,865

Venetian DeepStack Showdown Results

*Date	Tournament	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	Hometown	Prize*
11-Jan	Event #1: $400 NLH Ultimate Stack	396	$130,680	Robert Sherwood	UK	$22,085
10-Jan	Event #2: $300 NLH Bounty	56	$14,000	Loyal Sprague	Las Vegas, NV	$1,784
12-Jan	Event #3: $400 NLH Monster Stack	65	$21,775	Hyo Joo	Palisades Park, NJ	$6,950
12-Jan	Event #4: $300 NLH Survivor	39	$10,000	6 winners	N/A	$1,500
13-Jan	Event #5: $600 NLH Monster Stack	77	$39,270	Robert Zeidman	Las Vegas, NV	$10,656
13-Jan	Event #6: $300 NLH Bounty	91	$22,750	Henri Juutilainen	Finland	$4,094
17-Jan	Event #7: $600 NLH Epic Stack	600	$300,000	Rigoberto Rodriguez Solano	San Bernardino, CA	$42,231
14-Jan	Event #8: $300 NLH Survivor	70	$17,500	7 winners	N/A	$2,500
17-Jan	Event #9: $400 NLH Monster Stack	74	$24,790	Stephen Bierman	New Orleans, LA	$8,428
18-Jan	Event #10: $365 NLH Monster Stack	728	$218,400	Michael Bailey	Las Vegas, NV	$34,750
18-Jan	Event #11: $300 NLH Bounty	53	$13,250	Robert Greene	Erlanger, KY	$2,413
19-Jan	Event #12: $300 NLH Survivor	47	$11,750	6 Winners	N/A	$1,600
20-Jan	Event #13: $300 NLH Bounty	44	$11,000	Sami Bechahed	Costa Mesa, CA	$2,805
22-Jan	Event #14: $400 NLH Monster Stack Freezeout	75	$25,125	Michael Rosen	Farmingdale, NY	$8,483
26-Jan	Event #15: $400 NLH Ultimate Stack	443	$146,190	Peter Hengsakul	Las Vegas, NV	$26,765
24-Jan	Event #16: $300 NLH Bounty	104	$26,000	Bradley Wolfe	Selkirk, NY	$3,790
26-Jan	Event #17: $400 NLH Monster Stack	116	$38,860	Randy Davis	Sequim, WA	$8,496
26-Jan	Event #18: $300 NLH Survivor	54	$13,500	5 Winners	N/A	$2,500
30-Jan	Event #19: $600 NLH Monster Stack	565	$286,455	Andrew Cooper	Holden, MA	$52,999
27-Jan	Event #20: $300 NLH Survivor	75	$18,750	7 Winners	N/A	$2,500
30-Jan	Event #21: $400 NLH Monster Stack Freezeout	85	$28,475	Darren Foster	United Kingdom	$7,701

What’s Coming Up at Venetian?

Venetian is playing host to the DeepStack Extravaganza I now through February 28. The series features more than $3.3 Million in guaranteed prize pools including the Mid-states Poker Tour (MSPT) $1,100 NLH Poker Bowl $500K guarantee February 10-12 and the $2,500 NLH UltimateStack $1,000,000 guarantee February 18-21.

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