Sung Joo Hyun Wins his First WPTDeepStacks Title at The Venetian

Sung Joo Hyun (pictured) topped a field of 812 entries to win the Season 6 WPTDeepStacks Venetian Main Event on Monday at The Venetian Resort. He took home his first WPTDeepStacks title worth $208,355, and that includes a $3,000 championship prize package.

“It’s like a dream come true actually, everyone wants to win right. I always tell my friends I’m going to win, but it doesn’t happen often. It’s my first win in a live tournament so it feels very special for me, more than the $200k does,” said Hyun when he was asked about his victory in a field of more than 800 entries.

Hyun had the largest and most vocal group of friends on the rail today, and Hyun had this to say about their support. “They’re spending their time to share this with me, so I feel more than happy.”

Hyun started his run to the title during five-handed play when he won two pivotal pots against the chip leader at the start of play Wayne Harmon. “We have a history because last night he was sitting next to me and bluffing almost every single pot and tabling the cards. There was something going on between us, so instead of value betting small or checking I overbet every single spot when I had value because I knew he was going to hero call me a lot. That was my strategy again him and it worked out,” said Hyun.

After Hyun’s two duels with Harmon he held the chip lead all the way until his victory. Here is what he said about shifting gears in his play with the chip lead. “People weren’t defending much, but they were folding or shoving. Because I had the chip lead I was raising and just folding mostly versus shoves. So I lost a lot of small pots, but in all the big pots I called I almost always had the winning hand and it worked out. I was trying to put on the pressure,” said Hyun.

Season 6 WPTDeepStacks Venetian Final Table Results

1st:  Sung Joo Hyun  –  $208,335*
2nd:  Roman Shainiuk  –  $144,480
3rd:  Wayne Harmon  –  $93,280
4th:  Chris Doan  –  $69,025
5th:  Dylan Wilkerson  –  $52,580
6th:  Curtis Powell  –  $41,765
7th:  Joris Springael  –  $34,560
8th:  Iris Angeleri  –  $27,495

* First prize includes a $3,000 WPTDeepStacks Championship package.

There was one quick bust at the start of play when Iris Angeleri went out on the short stack in eighth place early in the day. A series of double ups and big hands took place during the next hour before Joris Springael fell in seventh place. Almost another hour of double ups transpired before Curtis Powell hit the rail in sixth place.

WPT Champions Club member Dylan Wilkerson was the next player to exit in fifth place a little after 3:00 pm. Chris Doan scored a couple of doubles before taking his leave in fourth place. Three-handed action was quick with the chip leader at the start of the day Wayne Harmon exiting in third place a short while later.

That set up a final battle between Sung Joo Hyun (13,310,000) and Roman Sahiniuk (11,050,000). The final two played for less than half an hour, and they only got all of the chips into the middle once on the final hand.

In the second hand after the second break, Shainiuk raised from the small blind to 500,000, Hyun moved all in, and Shainiuk called with .

But Hyun turned over , and Shainiuk is dominated as he faced elimination.

The board was dealt , and Shainiuk flopped a flush draw, but improved no further. Hyun won the pot — and the title — with a flopped pair of queens.

Shainiuk finished as the runner-up, earning $144,480.

Sung Joo Hyun won WPTDeepStacks Venetian, earning $208,335, a WPTDeepStacks trophy, and a Venetian trophy. Hyun’s prize money included a $3,000 WPTDeepStacks Championship package, so we’ll see him again at the WPTDeepStacks Championship.

Congratulations to our new WPTDeepStacks champion Sung Joo Hyun!