$600 No-Limit Hold'em DEEPSTACK CHAMPIONSHIP (Event #59)

From a whopping 6,140 entries, the final player standing in the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #59: $600 No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship is Joe Foresman, earning his first gold bracelet and an added $10,000 seat into the 2019 WSOP Main Event.

Not only is this Foresman's first win, but it is also his first-ever career cash, taking home $397,903 and a coveted gold bracelet. He defeated a worthy competitor in WSOP champion Will Givens, who put up a massive fight and settled for $245,606 runner up.

"It was fun to play in. Once we got into the money, I was thrilled no matter what happened. I would've been happy cashing out $1,500, $2,000," Foresman told PokerNews. Understandably, the newly-crowned champion was often speechless after he realized the tournament was over. "When I got to the final table today, quite frankly, I said if I finished in fifth I don't care. I mean, it's still $100,000. This is still more than anything I could've ever imagined."

The 49-year-old graphic designer and musician has been playing poker for over 15 years and is a single business owner.

This is his first live career cash and win as he has only really played in a few daily deepstack events. The one and only bracelet event he has played before this one was when the WSOP was at Binion's.

"We sit there and dream about [winning a bracelet], but we never think it's going to be a reality," continued Foresman. "I had to get so lucky these four days. It's just one of those weeks."

When asked what he's going to do with the money, Foresman admitted he wants to make solid plans for his future. "I've wanted to buy a house for a while, it really depends on a lot of different factors. I'm probably going to invest a little in my partner's business, and beyond that, I've been wanting to give something to charity, but I don't know what charity yet."

Day 4 began with just five players remaining, and Foresman started the day with the chip lead. He only relinquished the lead to Givens, but quickly got it back before winning the title.

Final Table Results

Day 4 Final Table Action

In just the sixth hand of the day, a short-stacked Gleb Kovtunov got his remaining stack of about nine big blinds in before the flop with ace-six offsuit but was dominated by Jeff Hakim's ace-king. He turned a straight draw but the board bricked out, forcing Kovtunov to settle for fifth place and $102,077.

About 40 minutes later, it was Hakim who found himself at risk, going all in with ace-five. He was dominated by Givens' pocket queens and couldn't catch any heat. Givens rivered a set for good measure, and Hakim pocketed a nice payday worth $135,783 for his fourth-place finish.

Shortly after three-handed play began, Givens took over the chip lead, finally knocking Foresman down from the top spot. The two players battled it out on an eight-high flop with two spades, and Givens got aggressive with third pair. Foresman stayed in the hand with ace-high but Givens took his pair of sevens to showdown and snagged the chip lead.

It wasn't long before Foresman check-shoved all in on the river against Givens and got a snap-call. Foresman tabled aces up, and Givens flashed bottom two pair before sending the chip lead right back.

Steffen Logen hung around as the shortest stack for a while, and eventually found a double against the chip leader. It wasn't long before he started to fizzle out though and finally got his stack in the middle with pocket eights. Givens held queen-ten of spades and flopped a flush draw before turning a pair of tens to send the German packing. Logen licked his wounds but settled for $245,606 for his third-place finish.

Heads-up play didn't last too long with Foresman starting play with almost four times as many chips as Givens. Foresman won back-to-back hands, making trips in the first hand and then a flush in the next.

Givens was left with 20 big blinds, and then Foresman chipped away to bring him below 10 bigs. In the final hand, Givens got his stack in the middle with pocket tens, but Foresman flopped a set of fours to lock up the win.

Hand #149: A walk for Will Givens.

Hand #150: Givens limped in and Joe Foresman checked. On the     flop both players checked and Foresman bet the   turn for 3,000,000, Givens called. After the   river, both players checked and Foresman rolled over    for trips fives as the winning hand.

Hand #151: Foresman completed from the small blind and Givens checked to the     flop. A check by Givens brought a bet of 2,000,000 by Foresman and that won the pot.

Hand #152: Givens raised to 3,600,000 and Foresman jammed to force a fold from Givens.

Joe Foresman	168,200,000	11,500,000
Will Givens	16,000,000	-11,500,000

Hand #135: Will Givens limped in on the button, Joe Foresman checked his option and they saw a flop of    . Both players checked to the   on the turn and then the   on the river. Foresman check-folded to a bet of 1,500,000 from Givens.

Hand #136: Foresman limped in and Givens checked. The dealer fanned a flop of     and they both checked it all the way down, seeing the   on the turn and the   on the river. Foresman tabled    for the winner.

Hand #137: Foresman got a walk.

Hand #138: Foresman made it 2,600,000 to go and Givens called. The flop came    , Givens checked, Foresman bet 3,000,000 and Givens let it go.

Hand #139: Foresman got a walk.

Hand #140: Givens got a walk.

Joe Foresman	136,000,000	5,000,000
Will Givens	48,200,000	-5,000,000

Joe Foresman begins heads-up play with a big lead, sitting on 135,200,000 in chips for 112 big blinds.

Will Givens has his eye on his second gold bracelet, coming in to play with 49,200,000 in chips for 41 big blinds.

Joe Foresman	135,000,000	-200,000
Will Givens	49,200,000	0

Hand #126: Joe Foresman raised to 2,800,000 from the button and picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #127: Will Givens raised to 2,500,000 from the button, Steffen Logen moved all in from the small blind and Givens folded.

Hand #128: Foresman limped in from the small blind and Givens raised to 3,800,000 from the big blind. Foresman called and they saw a flop of    . Foresman checked, Givens bet 4,000,000 and Foresman called. The turn was the   and Foresman check-called a bet of 5,500,000 this time. The river was the   and both players checked.

Foresman tabled    for the winner, and Givens flashed the   before mucking his second card.

Hand #116: Steffen Logen raised to 2,500,000 from the button and Will Givens defended his big blind. The flop came    , Givens checked, Logen bet 2,500,000 and Givens called. The turn was the   and Givens led out for 4,300,000. Logen called and they saw the   complete the board on the river. Givens bet 6,200,000 and Logen tank-folded.

Hand #117: Givens limped in from the small blind, Logen raised to 3,000,000 and Givens limp-shoved all in. Logen had a decision to make with his final stack of about 12,000,000. Logen eventually folded.

Hand #118: Logen raised to 2,600,000 from the small blind, Joe Foresman shoved all in from the big blind and Logen tank-folded again.

Hand #119: Givens got a walk.

Hand #120: Givens raised to 2,500,000 from the small blind, Logen moved all in from the big blind and Givens folded.

Joe Foresman	116,000,000	1,300,000
Will Givens	53,200,000	15,700,000
Steffen Logen	15,000,000	-14,300,000

Hand #105: Will Givens limped in from the small blind and Steffen Logen checked his option in the big blind. The flop came    , Givens bet 1,300,000, Logen raised to 4,000,000 and Givens mucked.

Hand #106: Logen raised to 2,500,000 from the small blind and Joe Foresman checked from the big blind. The dealer fanned a flop of    , Logen bet 2,500,000 and Foresman folded.

Hand #107: Logen made it 2,000,000 on the button and got calls from Foresman in the small blind and Givens in the big blind. The flop was     and all three players checked to the   on the turn. Foresman led out for 4,500,000, Givens folded and Logen went deep into the tank before releasing his hand.

Hand #108: Logen got a walk.

Hand #109: Logen completed from the small blind and Foresman checked from the big blind. The flop came    , Logen checked, Foresman bet 1,500,000 and Logen mucked.

Hand #110: Logen made it 2,000,000 on the button, Foresman three-bet to 7,500,000 from the small blind and Logen folded.

Joe Foresman	127,500,000	6,000,000
Will Givens	37,700,000	-7,300,000
Steffen Logen	19,100,000	2,100,000

Hand #95: Joe Foresman raised to 2,200,000 from the small blind and Will Givens defended from the big blind. The flop camed    , Foresman bet 3,000,000 and Givens called.

The turn was the   and Foresman bet 5,700,000 this time. Givens called and they saw the   complete the board. Foresman checked and Givens bet 11,200,000. Foresman asked for a count and then check-shoved all in for 41,700,000. Givens quickly said, "I call" and Foresman announced he had two pair with   . Givens flashed    for weaker two pair and paid the bet, giving Foresman a double to take over the chip lead.

Hand #96: Givens called from the small blind and Steffen Logen checked his option in the big blind. The dealer fanned a flop of     and Givens led out for 1,500,000. Logen called and they saw the   on the turn. Givens checked and Logen went into the tank for about a minute before shoving all in for about 23,000,000. Givens tank-folded.

Hand #97: Givens raised to 2,300,000 from the button and Foresman defended his big blind. The flop came    , Foresman checked, Givens bet 1,800,000 and Foresman called. The turn was the   and both players checked to the   on the river. Both players checked again and Foresman tabled    for the winner.

Hand #98: Logen made it 2,200,000 from the button, Foresman three-bet to 6,800,000 from the small blind and Logen folded.

Hand #99: Givens raised to 3,500,000 from the small blind and Logen called from the big blind. The dealer put out a flop of    , Givens led for 3,200,000 and Logen tank-folded.

Joe Foresman	109,600,000	57,600,000
Will Givens	52,000,000	-50,500,000
Steffen Logen	21,800,000	-5,200,000