Event #73: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)

Denis Timofeev has won his first WSOP gold bracelet in Event #73: $1,000 Double Stack Turbo after besting a field of 1,221 players.

Timofeev beat experienced Spanish pro Leo Margets heads-up to secure the $199,586 payday in a swingy see-saw heads-up battle which saw the chip lead change hands with a series of all-in showdowns.

"I don't understand what's happened!" said Timofeev, "I like to play Turbos and Hypers online, and it's good in live tournaments too because you don't need to play for a lot of days to win the big money. I just played my game, sometimes I was very lucky."

With two tables left, Timofeev got very lucky indeed, moving all in with queen-ten suited against pocket queens, only for Timofeev to flop the nut straight.

"The tournament is fast and it's difficult to make huge mistakes," said Timofeev with a smile. "Of course sometimes you shove queen-ten into queens, but it's OK if you know some maths.

"This WSOP has been no good for me. This is only my second ITM. My first was for $600 in The GIANT, so this is a nice comeback to finish off the Series!"

Final Table Results

Final Day Recap

With 54 players returning, over half the field was eliminated in the very first four levels of the day, with the tournament getting down to just three tables. Start-of-day chip leader Evan Lipshultz was still in contention having grown his stack from the start of the day, but the likes of Michael Gallagher, Justin Young, and Hien Nguyen would soon join him with seven-figure stacks.

Former Main Event final tablist Jake Balsiger was a notable elimination in 14th place, taking home $9,155, with Denis Timofeev and Justin Young sitting on stacks of over two million at this point.

The action was fast-paced with an all-in almost every hand at the final two tables. So fast was the action that we went from 11 to nine in two hands at separate tables, with the eliminations of Eli Loewenthal and Michael Gallagher in 11th and 10th, respectively, with both players taking home $11,566.

Timofeev and Lipshultz led the pack with nine remaining, with Leo Margets the table shortstack. However Justin Johnson was the first elimination, with Brazilian bracelet winner Thiago Nishijima close behind him, shoving a suited ace into the kings of Timofeev.

Margets doubled through Hien Nguyen, with Nguyen busting shortly in seventh place, with Timofeev busting two players in a row.

Young would add another elimination sending the other Spaniard Juan Carlos Martin to the rail in sixth, but Margets would double through Young leaving him short. He got his remaining chips in with ace-eight against the king-queen of Ben Yu. Young would flop a pair, but Yu turned a straight to eliminate Young in fifth place.

The stacks were fairly level four-handed, and as the action slowed and the pace of play caught up with the blinds the average stack was around 30 big blinds compared to close to 20 at the start of play. Timofeev led, but Lipshultz would double through him to take over the lead.

Timofeev would then double through Yu, and the two-time bracelet winner would bust in third place, his third deep run of this year. A short while later, start-of-day chip leader Lipshultz moved all in from the small blind and was called by Timofeev, sending Lipshultz to the rail in third.

Margets doubled up a total of six times at the final table, including twice in succession heads-up against Timofeev to go from 2.3 million to 8.3 million, with just over 12 million chips in play. However, Timofeev would battle back and secure the vital double when he cracked the deuces of Margets with ace-seven.

And just when Margets looked to grab another double to extend this already lengthy heads-up battle, Timofeev rivered a flush to secure the title, prize money, and his first WSOP gold bracelet.

Hand #107: Leo Margets received a walk.

Hand #108: Denis Timofeev received a walk.

Hand #109: Timofeev limped and Margets checked. The pair checked a flop and turn of      and Margets check-called a bet of 350,000 on the   river. Timofeev showed    and took down the pot.

Hand #110: Margets moved all in and Timofeev folded.

Hand #111: Timofeev limped and Margets moved all in. Timofeev folded.

Hand #112: Timofeev received a walk.

Denis Timofeev	9,800,000	300,000
Leo Margets	2,400,000	-300,000

Hand #95: Leo Margets limped and folded to a bet of 650,000 from Denis Timofeev.

Hand #96: Timofeev limped and Margets checked. The pair checked the     flop. Margets limp-folded to a bet of 240,000 on the   turn.

Hand #97: Margets limped and Timofeev checked. The pair checked down an entire board of       and Timofeev showed    for a flush.

Hand #98: Timofeev moved all in and took down the flop.

Hand #99: Timofeev received a walk.

Hand #91: Leo Margets moved in from the small blind for 2,400,000. Denis Timofeev, in the big blind, folded.

Hand #92: Timofeev raised to 400,000 from the small blind. Margets, in the big blind, three-bet shoved for 2,345,000. Timofeev made the call.

Leo Margets:   
Denis Timofeev:   

The board ran       and Margets made a straight to double up.

Hand #93: Margets raised to 450,000 from the small blind. Timofeev, in the big blind, shoved. Margets gave up her hand.

Hand #94: Timofeev raised to 400,000 from the small blind. Margets called.

The flop was    . Margets checked. Timofeev bet 275,000. Margets check-called.

The turn brought the  . Margets checked. Timofeev continued for 950,000. Margets check-raised for 3,565,000. Her opponent went deep into the tank but proceeded to call.

Leo Margets:   
Denis Timofeev:   

The   river filled up the board and Margets doubled up again.

Leo Margets	8,300,000	5,900,000
Denis Timofeev	3,900,000	-5,900,000

Hand #82: Denis Timofeev limped and Leo Margets checked. Timofeev check-called a bet of 200,000 on the     and the pair checked the    runout. Margets showed    and won the pot.

Hand #83: Margets limped but folded to a shove from Timofeev.

Hand #84: Timofeev limped but folded to a shove from Margets

Hand #85: Margets limped and Timofeev checked. Timofeev checked and Margets bet 200,000. Timofeev check-raised to 600,000 and took down the pot.

Hand #73: Denis Timofeev raised to 400,000 from the small blind. Leo Margets called from the big blind.

The flop came    . Timofeev bet 300,000. Margets folded.

Hand #74: Timofeev raised to 400,000 on the button. He got no action.

Hand #75: Timofeev got a walk.

Hand #76: Evan Lipshultz moved all in for 1,900,000 on the button. Everyone folded.

Hand #77: Timofeev shoved for 6,500,000 on the button. He got no action.

Hand #78: Margets moved all in for 2,900,000 on the button. Everyone folded.

Hand #79: Lipshultz moved all in for 2,100,000 on the button. He got no action.

Hand #80: Timofeev raised to 400,000 on the button. Everyone folded.

Hand #68: Leo Margets limped and Evan Lipshultz checked. The pair checked the      turn and river. Margets bet 200,000 on the   river and Lipshultz called. Margets showed    and took down the pot.

Hand #69: Lipshultz limped and Denis Timofeev made it 450,000 from the big blind. Lipshultz called and then check-called 275,000 on the     flop. The pair checked the   turn and the river was the  . Lipshultz check-called a bet of 575,000 and was shown the    from Timofeev.

"Rivered," remarked Lipshultz.

Hand #70: Timofeev limped and Margets checked. TImofeev bet 160,000 on the     flop and Margets called. The turn was the   and Margets folded to a bet of 500,000.

Hand #71: Margets moved all in from the small blind and took down the pot.

Hand #72: TImofeev received a walk.

Hand #64: Ben Yu moved all in on the button for 795,000. Denis Timofeev, in the small blind, reshoved for 4,600,000.

Denis Timofeev:   
Ben Yu:   

The board ran       and that was it for Yu, eliminated in fourth place for $63,327.

Denis Timofeev	5,400,000	1,600,000
Ben Yu	0	-1,200,000

Hand #56: Evan Lipshultz raised to 200,000 from under the gun and Denis Timofeev shoved in the big blind. Leo Margets folded her big blind and Lipshultz snap-called.

Evan Lipshultz:   
Denis Timofeev:   

The board ran out       for Lipshultz's pocket tens to hold to double up for the 2,695,000 he had in front of him.

Hand #57: A walk for Lipshultz.

Hand #58: Margets raised to 250,000 from the button and Ben Yu called. The flop came    , and Yu check-called the 400,000 bet of Margets. They then both checked through the   on the turn and the   on the river. Margets tabled    for the flopped pair of nines but was beaten by Yu who held    for the flopped two pair.

Evan Lipshultz	5,630,000	2,930,000
Ben Yu	2,995,000	745,000
Denis Timofeev	1,860,000	-2,840,000
Leo Margets	1,730,000	-820,000