Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee announces WPTDeepStacks-Immokalee winner

(PRESS RELEASE) -- Filipp Khavin walked away with $47,769 after winning first place in the WPTDeepStacks-Immokalee $100,000 Guaranteed Main Event held September 11-20, 2015 at Seminole Casino Hotel Immokalee.

Final Table payouts for WPTDeepStacks-Immokalee:
1. Filipp Khavin – $47,769*
2. Phil Hernz – $47,000*
3. Timothy Miles – $22,204
4. Rex Clinkscales – $14,402
5. Cory Williams – $10,302
6. Zoltan Czinkota – $8,858
7. Casey Cheney – $6,757
8. Frank Sloboda – $4,949
9. Carlos Martir – $4,717

With the elimination of Tim Miles in third place, Phil Hernz and Filipp Khavin agreed to a chop in which Herz takes home $47,000, Khavin takes home $45,000 and the two would battle it out for the extra $2,769, POY points and $3,000 championship package. The two exchanged hands back and forth for nearly 30 minutes before Hernz raised the button to 130,000. Khavin defended the big blind and the two watched as the dealer spread a flop of Jd-Td-7d. Khavin checks to Hernz, who continues with a bet of 165,000. Khavin thinks about it briefly before he calls and both players see the 3c hit the turn. Again Khavin checks and again Hernz bets, but this time it’s for 500,000. Khavin moves all in and Hernz calls. Khavin: 8c-9d. Hernz: Ah-Jh. Khavin flopped the nut straight and has Hernz drawing dead. A meaningless Ts hits the river and Khavin takes an overwhelming chip lead, as Hernz is left with just 100,000. A few hands later the two got it all in again. Khavin: 8s-3h. Hernz: Kc-4s. The board runs out 9d-Tc-7d-2h-Jc and Filipp Khavin takes home the title of WPTDeepStacks Immokalee champion!

WPTDeepStacks-Immokalee was the first WPT tournament held in Southwest Florida. The new partnership not only brought the thrill of WPT to the Gulf Coast, but offered players the opportunity to qualify for next year’s WPTDeepStacks Player of the Year race with a chance to win a seat into the 2016 WPT World Championship. For more information on WPTDeepStacks-Immokalee please visit the World Poker Tour website.