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Jason Young wins WPTDeepStacks Hollywood ME

The prestigious Seminole Hard Rock Café, Florida, has seen plenty of high-stakes poker action throughout its existence. The 2019 Lucky Hearts Poker Open (LHPO) also saw itself hosted in Seminole recently. The 13-day festival had 25 events lined up, with the $1,100 WPTDeepStacks Hollywood Main Event being the final and the biggest of them all.

The tournament attracted 1,634 entries. This is the 2^nd largest turnout in WPTDeepStacks’ entire history. The tournament, drawing such a huge turnout, surpassed the guarantee and created a fresh prize pool of $1,584,980. The event ran for a total of 6 days with 3 starting flights and the winner to emerge from the grind was American pro Jason Young, taking home $263,205 (~INR 1.87 Crores) as 1^st place cash money.

Young is a poker pro hailing from New York. His total live earnings crossed the $1 million mark after the WPTDS win. He is quite an accomplished player and has cashes from many big tournaments in the past across USA. This significant 1^st place finish still isn’t his best. His best live score came in 2008 WSOP Shootout event, which he shipped for $335,565 and won the elusive WSOP gold bracelet. The player has added his 4^th title win and will be looking to make new advances in coming time with this great bankroll addition.

Young told the onsite press after his win, “It’s been a long journey to get back here. There’s been a lot of stuff that’s gone on in my life over the last five to six years, that I didn’t think I’d ever be back in a position like this. I’m rarely speechless, and I don’t even know how to process my thoughts just quite yet about everything.”

The Final Table action took place on Tuesday where the 9 hopeful souls were all aiming for the 1^st place finish. The field eventually whittled down to Young and his heads-up opponent Leif Force. Heads-up was a back-and-forth affair. Force doubled up quickly and took the lead and then Young doubled back. The final hand took place at Level 36 (200k/400k/400k).

Force raised to 1 milllion and Young called. The flop came to 9h 4d 2h. Young check-called Force’s 1.2 million on the Ks turn. Force again bet 2.2 million and Young check-raised it to 7 million and Force called. The river 8c completed the board, Young shoved and Force called his last 7 million with pocket Tens. Young had Kc Js and made a pair on the turn, making him the champion of the tournament.

Final Table Pay-outs –

1. Jason Young – $263,205
2. Leif Force – $183,540
3. Paul James Hizer – $119,820
4. Kevin Chan – $89,000
5. Dave Inselberg – $66,760
6. Pedro Aldave – $53,785
7. Quinn Bruno – $43,930
8. Eddy Sabat – $34,125
9. Stephen Ibrahim – $26,025

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