From the tip of November up till Christmas, Venetian Las Vegas hosted the 2025 DeepStack Extravaganza IV. From Nov. 24 by way of Dec. 23, 61 occasions catered to a mixed 8,338 entrants and awarded $4,609,025 in prize cash.
One participant to seize a title was Katherine Kolberg, the daughter of the late, nice poker legend “Gentleman” Jack Keller.
Keller (Dec. 29, 1942 – Dec. 5, 2003) received the 1984 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) Fundamental Occasion and has three gold bracelets on his poker resumé, which incorporates $3.9 million in lifetime match earnings in accordance with The Hendon Mob. He was inducted into the Poker Corridor of Fame in 1994.
On Dec. 10, Kolberg took down Occasion #33: $600 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot for $8,832. A few days later, she completed fifth within the WPT World Championship $600 T.O.R.S.E. for $5,927.
Kolberg, who hails from Polson, Montana, isn’t any stranger to poker with a enjoying profession relationship again to 1994, in accordance with The Hendon Mob. She has amassed over $418K in lifetime match earnings, together with a career-best $96,000 for ending third within the 2001 L.A. Poker Traditional $1,060 7-Card Stud. She additionally had an enormous $51,768 win over the summer season when she received the Venetian DeepStack Championship Occasion #63: $1,100 NLH Tremendous Seniors (60+).
Occasion #33 Last Desk Outcomes
1Katherine Kolberg$ 8,832
2Hobart Roberts$ 7,032
3William Smith$ 4,954
4Jiayi Yao$ 3,189
5William Stabler$ 2,383
6Daniel Pearlman$ 1,865
7Ian Monahoyios$ 1,532
8Vu Dang$ 1,323
Huge Rating for Joseph Cheong
One of many largest tournaments of the sequence passed off in mid-December with the $2,200 buy-in, $1 million GTD PokerAtlas Championship, a match that attracted 615 runners and supplied up a $1,214,625 prize pool that was paid out to the highest 78 finishers.
Amongst these to money the match have been Robert Burlacu (tenth – $16,468), Nick Seward (18th – $9,388), Stephen Music (twenty first – $9,388), James Carroll (twenty second – $9,388), Justin Saliba (thirtieth – $8,038), and Eric Baldwin (forty fifth – $6,196).
In the long run, well-known poker professional Joseph Cheong completed because the final participant standing to say the title and $200,706 first-place prize.
Occasion #32 Last Desk Outcomes
1Joseph Cheong$ 200,706
2Iman Dan$ 143,554
3Alexander Yen$ 104,125
4Agharazi Babayev$ 76,591
5Jason Hickey$ 57,143
6Robert Borick$ 43,252
7Alex Whitenstall$ 33,220
8Joshua Shore$ 25,896
9Jeffrey Wells$ 20,493
Two Titles for Shawn Rice
It was sequence of longtime poker professional Shawn Rice, who received two titles. His first win got here on Dec. 16 when he bested a 889-entry subject to win Occasion #37: $800 Seniors for $53,100. Three days later, on Dec. 19, Rice was at it once more when he topped a 63-entry subject to win Occasion #52: $600 Huge O for $9,278.
The previous match awarded a $613,410 prize pool to the highest 136 finishers, together with Richard Ashby (4th – $41,206), Ken Baime (ninth – $8,588), Nancy Birnbaum (twelfth – $5,529), Jon Orlando (sixteenth – $4,542), and Mike Holm (twenty ninth – $3,220).
The pair of wins introduced Rice up over the $2-million mark in lifetime match earnings, in accordance with The Hendon Mob.
Occasion #37 Last Desk Outcomes
1Shawn Rice$ 53,100
2Joel Cohen$ 51,827
3Jonathan Bailey$ 45,269
4Richard Ashby$ 41,206
5Breyer Calvert$ 39,026
6Semsettin Ilyas$ 36,795
7Garry Medlock$ 26,453
8Nabeel Ballo$ 10,957
9Kenneth Baime$ 8,588
Right here’s a have a look at all those that received titles through the newest Venetian competition.
11/26/25Event #1: $400 NLH Final Stack354$116,820$0AnonymousN/A$22,540
11/24/25Event #2: $200 NLH Bounty80$12,800$0Lucas TaeWesley Chapel, FL$2,067
11/25/25Event #3: $200 NLH Bounty125$20,000$0Lucas TaeWesley Chapel, FL$2,545
11/26/25Event #4: $400 NLH Final Stack57$20,000$905Guy LopatinHenderson, NV$5,294
11/26/25Event #5: $200 NLH Bounty71$11,360$0Elijah MitchellHouston, TX$1,546
11/27/25Event #6: $300 NLH Monster Stack64$15,680$0Juan Carlos SuarezSpain$4,972
11/27/25Event #7: $200 NLH Bounty86$13,760$0Shane AndersonBellevue, WA$1,074
11/30/25Event #8: $800 NLH Final Stack230$158,700$0Liran BetitoLas Vegas, NV$34,678
11/28/25Event #9: $200 NLH Bounty64$10,240$0Zhiqing ChenSanta Clara, CA$1,826
11/29/25Event #10: $300 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot43$10,535$0Chuan WuLas Vegas, NV$2,253
11/29/25Event #11: $250 NLH Bounty92$20,000$1,140Oshri AzranLas Vegas, NV$2,420
12/3/25Event #12: $400 NLH Final Stack343$113,190$0Andrew RodgersHenderson, NV$21,984
11/30/25Event #13: $200 NLH Bounty48$10,000$2,320Shannan NelsonRancho Cucamonga, CA$2,527
12/1/25Event #14: $200 NLH Bounty52$10,000$0Richard OchsRenton, WA$2,080
12/2/25Event #15: $200 NLH Bounty48$10,000$2,320Ovadia SchvarczFrance$2,627
12/3/25Event #16: $600 NLH Monster Bounty63$40,000$7,870Sanjeev KapoorIrving, TX$6,815
12/3/25Event #17: $200 Bounty Event72$11,520$0Chevis SokoloskyTulsa, OK$1,704
12/4/25Event #18: $600 NLH Seniors117$59,670$0Kenneth MilanoScottsdale, AZ$12,607
12/4/25Event #19: $200 NLH Bounty77$12,320$0Patrick KeeganSpokane, WA$2,514
12/8/25Event #20: $600 NLH Final Stack828$418,140$0Adel KabbaniFrance$60,590
12/5/25Event #21: $600 Huge O Bounty96$48,960$0Gregory BairdNaples, FL$8,377
12/5/25Event #22: $200 NLH Bounty92$14,720$0Wesley ChongLas Vegas, NV$2,510
12/6/25Event #23: $600 PLO Bounty67$34,170$0Antonio SeremetAustralia$6,359
12/6/25Event #24: $250 NLH Bounty101$20,705$0Nicholas LewisClovis, CA$3,400
12/7/25Event #25: $200 NLH Bounty71$11,360$0Richard YauWauwatosa, WI$1,982
12/8/25Event #26: $600 NLH Monster Stack111$56,610$0Keeman NeomotoTorrance, CA$12,731
Occasion #27: Satellite tv for pc
12/8/25Event #28: $200 NLH Bounty109$16,960$0Stephen SeffenseFort Smith, AR$2,348
12/9/25Event #29: $600 Monster Bounty166$84,660$0Michael MortajiNewport Seashore, CA$10,939
Occasion #30: Satellite tv for pc
Occasion #31: Satellite tv for pc
12/12/25Event #32: $2,200 NLH Poker Atlas Championship615$1,214,625$0Joseph CheongLas Vegas, NV$200,706
12/10/25Event #33: $600 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot61$31,110$0Katherine KolbergPolson, MT$8,832
Occasion #34: Satellite tv for pc
Occasion #35: Satellite tv for pc
12/11/25Event #36: $300 NLH Bounty220$55,000$0Yang XuSt. Louis, MO$4,955
12/16/25Event #37: $800 NLH Seniors889$613,410$0Shawn RiceLubbock, TX$53,100
12/12/25Event #38: $300 NLH Bounty161$40,250$0Paul BelsitoGrand Rapids, MI$4,566
12/13/25Event #39: $300 NLH Bounty87$21,750$0Rajesh GoyalStoughton, MA$3,766
12/14/25Event #40: $300 NLH Bounty163$40,750$0Thanh Ha DuongVietnam$5,859
12/15/25Event #41: $300 NLH Bounty118$29,500$0Rhett RademacherSan Francisco, CA$3,978
12/16/25Event #42: $600 NLH Monster Stack243$123,930$0Karanvir SinghSickleville, NJ$26,573
Occasion #43: Satellite tv for pc
12/16/25Event #44: $300 NLH Bounty100$25,000$0Saleem AlrabadiSausalito, CA$2,984
12/17/25Event #45: $600 NLH Monster Bounty144$73,440$0Edgar De La CovaSpain$9,953
Occasion #46: Satellite tv for pc
Occasion #47: Satellite tv for pc
12/21/25Event #48: $1,100 NLH Final Stack631$605,760$0Christopher CsikAustin, TX$88,533
12/18/25Event #49: $600 PLO84$42,840$0Hyo JooPalisades Park, NJ$12,371
Occasion #50: Satellite tv for pc
12/18/25Event #51: $300 NLH Bounty86$21,500$0Nathanael KogelAustin, TX$3,725
12/19/25Event #52: $600 Huge O63$32,130$0Shawn RiceLubbock, TX$9,278
Occasion #53: Satellite tv for pc
12/19/25Event #54: $300 NLH Bounty105$26,250$0Gary BoldenLas Vegas, NV$4,240
12/20/25Event #55: $600 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot58$30,000$420Thomas OsmunHenderson, NV$9,511
12/20/25Event #56: $300 NLH Bounty106$26,500$0Darrell ShockLas Vegas, NV$3,196
12/23/25Event #57: $400 NLH Final Stack274$90,420$0Dylan WilkersonLas Vegas, NV$17,000
12/21/25Event #58: $200 NLH Bounty94$15,040$0Kirk WilsonHenderson, NV$2,909
12/22/25Event #59: $200 NLH Bounty136$21,760$0Anirudh NarayananBellevue, WA$3,809
12/23/25Event #60: $400 NLH Final Stack100$33,500$0Nissar QuraishiWoodland Hills, CA$9,214
12/23/25Event #61: $200 NLH Bounty73$11,680$0Tahar SaidFrance$2,383
What’s Coming Up?
The DeepStack Extravaganza NYE competition is already underway, having kicked off on Dec. 24, 2025. It’s going to provide greater than $1.6 million in assured prize swimming pools over 50 numbered occasions by way of Jan. 19, 2026.
That features the primary occasion of the Main Sequence of Poker: The Tour (MSPT) Season 17 with the $1,600 buy-in, $500K GTD New 12 months’s Poker Open from January 1-4, 2026.
$1,100 NLH UltimateStack $300K assure Dec 27-30$1,600 NLH MSPT $500K assure Jan 1-4$300 NLH MonsterStack $125K assure Jan 9-12$250 NLH MonsterStack $100K assure Jan 15-19
*Pictures courtesy of Venetian Poker.
Click on right here for a have a look at the complete DeepStack Extravaganza NYE schedule.
Chad Holloway
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