With the elimination of Tim Miles in third place, Phil Hernz and Filipp Khavin agreed to a chop in the WPTDeepStacks Immokalee Main Event, 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 . Khavin checked to Hernz, who continued with a bet of 165,000. Khavin thought about it briefly before he called and both players see the
hit the turn. Again Khavin checked and, again, Hernz bet, but this time its for 500,000. Khavin moved all in and Hernz called.
Khavin:
Hernz:
Khavin flopped the nut straight and had Hernz drawing dead. A meaningless hit the river and Khavin took an overwhelming chip lead, as Herz was left with just 100,000.
A few hands later the two got it all in again.
Khavin:
Herz:
The board ran out and Filipp Khavin took home the title of WPTDeepStacks Immokalee champion!
Phil Hernz will take home $47,000 for his second place finish here in Immokalee and Khavin is headed to Calgary for the $2,500, $500,000 guarantee DSPT championship event in December! Here is a look at the full list of results from the final table.
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
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