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Four Players Chop $1 Million Guarantee at Venetian
- Updated: September 16, 2016
On Tuesday, Alex Rocha topped a four-way chop of Event #15: $3,500 $1 Million Guaranteed at the most recent Venetian DeepStack Extravaganza, taking home $173,861 for the biggest cash in a live career wherein he’s compiled more than $1.2 million in earnings.
Rocha wasn’t the only notable name grabbing a big chunk of the prize pool, which featured a $203,200 overlay (and 249 entrants in the three starting days). Matt Salsberg ($145,230) and Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin ($141,156) were among those who shook hands, along with an unknown player listed as only “Ryan T.”
Official Final Table Results
The tournament paid out to 27 places with Trevor Pope (23rd), recent World Series of Poker Circuit Planet Hollywood champ, Sean Yu (18th), Joe Kuether (16th), Joe Tehan (13th) and Joseph Cheong (11th) among the players cashing.
Rocha took a chip lead into the final table, where …
