It was a comeback for the ages for Hungary’s Tamas Lendvai, who came out victorious in Event #57: $600 Deep Stack Championship No-Limit Hold’em at the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas, topping the field of 4,913 players, who generated a prize pool of $2,505,630.
Lendvai will take home a cash of $299,464 and the first WSOP bracelet of his career for his efforts. He defeated German Frank Reichel in heads-up play to capture the hardware.
Event #57: $1,000 Deep Stack Championship No-Limit Hold'em Final Table Results
1 | Tamas Lendvai | Hungary | $299,464 |
2 | Frank Reichel | Germany | $185,027 |
3 | Jon Van Fleet | United States | $138,149 |
4 | Alex Jim | United States | $103,994 |
5 | Daniel Marcus | United States | $78,793 |
6 | Abdullah Alshanti | United States | $60,196 |
7 | Tsuf Saltsberg | Israel | $46,347 |
8 | Tamir Saidman | Israel | $35,964 |
9 | John Ypma | United States | $28,129 |
Lendvai entered Day 4 as the smallest stack on the table, at 7,800,000, less than eight big blinds.