Salie Stohler has just emerged as the winner of the WPTDeepStacks NorCal $1,100 Main Event after a tough final table that lasted more than 6 hours. The player collected the first-place prize of $66,000 and the tournament trophy for her efforts.
The $1,100 Main Event ran from January 7-11 at the Hustler Casino in Los Angeles, California. It attracted a field of 388 entries and featured a guaranteed prize pool of $300,000. Those who took the top 49 positions received a share of the money, with payouts starting from $1,445.
It took three starting flights, two more days of play, and a total of 34 levels for the name of the champion to be announced. Day 3, the event’s final one, saw nine players return to play down to a champion. The official final table started with Bobby Suer as the chip leader with 1,740,000 in chips. Stohler was second in chips at the beginning of nine-handed action.
Paul McCaffrey was the first to leave the table. He was eliminated in 9th place by Brian Reinert to collect a payout of $7,740. Gene O’Leary was the next to go after he could not make it against Jesse Yaginuma. His 8th place in the tournament secured him with the amount of $10,320.
It took some time before another player left the final table. Eventually, Irma Vargas was eliminated in 7th place to scoop $12,910 for her efforts. Shortly after, Kazu Oshima also hit the rail after he could not make it against Hermilo Vargas. The player took home $15,490 for his 6th place in the Main Event.
Vargas himself was the next to go. He was eliminated in 5th place by Jesse Yaginuma. The player received $19,355 for his performance. Yaginuma busted out in 4th place not long after. He collected $25,800.
Three-handed play started with Reinert as the chip leader. The player had 3,900,000 and was followed by Suer with 2,990,000 and Stohler with 2,820,000. The final three agreed on a three-way chop and each of them received $50,000. Being the chip leader, Reinert was awarded the $3,000 DSPT Championship package, as well. And it was Reinert who was eliminated next.
Heads-up match started with Stohler holding 7,000,000 against her opponent’s 2,550,000. Two-handed action did not last long, however. On what turned out to be the last hand in play, Stohler raised to 450,000 and Suer re-raised all in. Stohler called and flipped over [Ks][Kd]. Suer tabled [Js][10c]. The board ran out [7d][6d][4h][7c][5s] and Stohler won the hand and the tournament as a whole.
