Hand #87: Justin Liberto Wins WPTDeepStacks Maryland! ($116,363)

Photo:  WPTDeepStacks Maryland champion Justin Liberto (seated) wins this event after finishing fourth here two years ago. Standing, from left to right: third-place finisher Chris Csik, Christian Harder, and Justin’s wife Heather Liberto.

Hand #87  –  Noah Shefrin moves all in for 1,120,000, and Justin Liberto calls with . Shefrin turns over , and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Liberto wins the pot — and the WPTDS title — with a set of deuces.

Noah Shefrin finishes as the runner-up, earning $81,472.

Justin Liberto wins WPTDeepStacks Maryland, earning $116,363 and a WPTDeepStacks trophy. That amount includes a $3,000 package for Liberto to play in the season-ending WPTDeepStacks Championship.

Congratulations to Justin Liberto!

1st:  Justin Liberto  –  $116,363*
2nd:  Noah Shefrin  –  $81,472
3rd:  Chris Csik  –  $52,367
4th:  Ryan Tamanini  –  $33,947
5th:  Asaf Ben-Shushan  –  $26,489
6th:  Johnathon Gilliam  –  $21,926
7th:  Feng Li  –  $18,365
8th:  Matt Vaughan  –  $15,026
9th:  Jon Cantor  –  $11,631

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $3,000 package to play in the season-ending WPTDeepStacks Championship.

Photo:  Runner-Up Noah Shefrin