| Level: | 26 (30000/60000/60000) |
| Entries: | 1/59 |
| Prizes: | $16,810 |
| Local Time: | 1:40 AM |
For much of the night, it looked for all the world like David Cox was going to be a repeat winner in this one, and he almost made it happen. Unfortunately for him, Levi Jones showed up from Vancouver for the game.
Cox was dominant through most of the night, though the early lead went to Canadian national slo-pitch player Justin Pennell and George Broumas. Cox turned up the heat when they got close to the money, and dominated the stacks most of the rest of the way.
When they hit the final table, Cox was the big leader with more than 700k, but the rest of the final five tonight rounded out the top five back then as well. Jones was the shortest of the five with 345k, while David Johnson, Dah Huynh, and Christopher Becyagen were playing between 380k & 395k each.
Compared to the typical running of this game, they were still quite deep, with the game not dropping to less than 20 big blinds average until they were 6-ways at the final table. Throughout the night, the blinds never really got overly short, which is a marked departure from the usual style of this game.
When they got four ways after Cox sent Becyagen to the rail in 5th, he was playing more than half the chips in play, while the rest of the final four were pretty even stacked with the other half. Huynh then sent Johnson to the rail with a turned flush after the money went in preflop, with Johnson slightly ahead with a pair of fours.
Johnson flopped a five to pip up his pair, but Huynh got two diamonds, with a third on the turn, to send Johnson out in 4th. Jones then grabbed a double through Cox when his aces managed to fade a club draw for Cox.
The stacks evened out three ways after that, but then Cox jumped back into the lead when he barely outstacked Huynh after turning a flush. That left him heads up against Jones with a big lead, but Jones came back in a big way.
After he chipped up a bit early in heads up, a huge hand saw the momentum shift from Cox to Jones. After a raise and a call preflop, the action went wild on the seven-eight-deuce, two-heart flop. Jones flopped a set of sevens against two pair and straight outs, and the set held to score a big double up.
That left Cox with about 200k behind, and after he doubled up once by hitting trip sevens, the final confrontation came shortly after. The money went in preflop on the final hand after Jones potted and Cox repotted all in. Cox flopped a heart draw, but Jones hit his ace, then turned another one for trips. Cox couldn’t find his heart, and Jones was stacking all the chips for the winner’s photo.
This was Jones’ first live win, but he mentioned during the game that he generally plays cash rather than tournaments, and he’s a PLO specialist who doesn’t play hold’em. His Hendon Mob page is actually a bit sparser than expected, given his solid performance in this one; his first live win came in just his 7th recorded live cash. While he says he plays more cash than tournaments, it seems pretty clear he has a knack for PLO regardless of the format.
Final Results from PLO Deepstack Hyper
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Levi Jones | $6,225 |
| 2 | David Cox | $4,205 |
| 3 | Danh Huynh | $2,775 |
| 4 | David Johnson | $1,765 |
| 5 | Christopher Becyagen | $1,175 |
| 6 | Alex Caroline | $670 |
