Shulman, Liebert, and Heimiller are the winners of the Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza II tournament.

The complete list of Venetian Deepstack Extravaganza II series champions includes renowned players such as Barry Shulman, Kathy Liebert, and Dan Heimiller, with total prize money exceeding $2.39 million across 75 events.

The Venetian Resort recently concluded its Deepstack Extravaganza II series, a 75-event series that ran from April 1 to May 17. The series attracted 8,026 entries (excluding satellites) and awarded $2,390,700 in prize money.

Among the champions, five are two-time champions, including Samy Dighlawi. He won the #5 event on April 4th.$400No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em\; champion,\; prize\; money$4,973, and then a little over a month later, he won the #73 tournament:$200No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em\; Bounty\; Tournament\; Champion,\; Prize\; Money$1,378.

During this period, Andrew Rodgers won the event #24:$400No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em$6,975) and Event #35:$400No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em$Two titles (6,597). WSOP bracelet winner Donnell Dais won on two consecutive days, in events #31:$200No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em\; Bounty\; Tournament$2,550) and Event #34:Grinder's Bounty Tournament (200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em)200No-Limit Texas Hold'emGrinder′sBounty Tournament (1,488).

Jeffrey Kostyniuk won the tournament with #44:$300No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em\; champion,\; prize\; money$15,032, and two days later he won the tournament #50:$200No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em\; Bounty\; Tournament\; Champion,\; Prize\; Money$2,374.

Finally, Kevin Matter became a two-time champion, winning the event #66.$200No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em\; Bounty\; Tournament$1,482), and less than a week later, they won the tournament #71:$200No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em\; Bounty\; Tournament$1,507).

Other notable champions in this series include Barry Shulman, former publisher of CardPlayer magazine (Event #70).$400No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em\; Evergreen\; Series,\; Prizes$18,044), Kathy Liebert (Event #23:$200No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em\; Bounty\; Tournament,\; Prize\; Money$1,977) and Dan Heimiller (Event #12:$800No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em,\; Prizes$47,212).

Here is a list of all the champions of this Venetian Series.

2026 Deep Stack Extravaganza II Tournament Winner (Full Version)

 

date	Event Name	Number of participants	Total prize pool	Bonus gap	champion	hometown	bonus
2026/4/1	Event #1: $600 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	285	$150,000	$6,075	Qing Liu	Las Vegas, NV	$30,596
2026/4/1	Event #2: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	66	$10,560	$0	Himmaphoum Bounthinh	Las Vegas, NV	$2,223
2026/4/2	Event #3: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	84	$13,440	$0	Adam Churnick	Las Vegas, NV	$1,969
2026/4/3	Event #4: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	76	$12,160	$0	Jonathan Wirjo	Las Vegas, NV	$1,509
2026/4/4	Event #5: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	73	$24,455	$0	Samy Dighlawi	Temecula, CA	$4,973
2026/4/4	Event #6: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	82	$13,120	$0	Phillip Leblanc	Lafayette, LA	$2,604
2026/4/8	Event #7: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	390	$128,700	$0	Justin Russell	Montrose, CO	$24,106
2026/4/5	Event #8: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	58	$10,000	$720	Eric Rivkin	Laguna Woods, CA	$2,250
2026/4/6	Event #9: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	58	$10,000	$720	Jon Orlando	Las Vegas, NV	$1,748
2026/4/7	Event #11: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	62	$10,000	$80	Edouard Moret	France	$2,187
2026/4/12	Event #12: $800 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	359	$247,710	$0	Dan Heimiller	Las Vegas, NV	$47,212
2026/4/8	Event #14: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	50	$10,000	$2,000	Jesse Whittemore	Honolulu, HI	$2,473
2026/4/9	Event #16: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	51	$10,000	$1,840	Fabrizio Mattiacci	Italy	$2,456
2026/4/10	Event #18: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	59	$10,000	$560	Yoeri Van Erp	Santa Rosa, CA	$1,854
2026/4/11	Event #19: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	50	$10,000	$2,000	Nicholas Peterson	Las Vegas, NV	$2,060
2026/4/12	Event #20: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	60	$20,100	$0	Zhongtian Jiang	Mountain View, CA	$4,837
2026/4/12	Event #21: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	54	$10,000	$1,360	Neil Miller	Canada	$1,298
2026/4/13	Event #22: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Evergreen Division	114	$38,190	$0	Jason Sagle	Canada	$6,258
2026/4/13	Event #23: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	73	$11,680	$0	Kathy Liebert	Las Vegas, NV	$1,977
2026/4/14	Event #24: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	68	$22,780	$0	Andrew Rodgers	Henderson, NV	$6,975
2026/4/14	Event #25: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	65	$10,400	$0	Sara Cushman	Austin, TX	$2,189
2026/4/15	Event #26: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	89	$29,815	$0	Paul O'Brien	Australia	$3,897
2026/4/15	Event #28: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	67	$10,720	$0	Denise Bronte	Henderson, NV	$1,869
2026/4/19	Event #29: $1, 100 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	225	$216,000	$0	Adam Walton	North Las Vegas, NV	$46,755
2026/4/16	Event #31: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	94	$15,040	$0	Donnell Dais	Las Vegas, NV	$2,550
2026/4/17	Event #33: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Grinder's Bounty Tournament	78	$12,480	$0	Anjulie Marriott	New York, NY	$2,203
2026/4/18	Event #34: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Grinder's Bounty Tournament	67	$10,720	$0	Donnell Dais	Las Vegas, NV	$1,488
2026/4/19	Event #35: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	54	$20,000	$1,910	Andrew Rodgers	Henderson, NV	$6,597
2026/4/19	Event #36: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	39	$10,000	$3,760	Jesus Ayala	Portville, CA	$2,563
2026/4/24	Event #37: $250 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	711	$142,200	$0	Mehdi Saleh	Campbell, CA	$17,477
2026/4/20	Event #38: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	79	$12,640	$0	Michael Ocampo	Los Angeles, CA	$2,139
2026/4/21	Event #39: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	60	$10,000	$400	George Ribeiro	Las Vegas, NV	$1,800
2026/4/22	Event #40: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	75	$12,000	$0	Istvan Keller	Las Vegas, NV	$2,428
2026/4/23	Event #41: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	109	$17,440	$0	Evan Klerner	Las Vegas, NV	$1,729
2026/4/24	Event #42: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	77	$25,795	$0	James Lee	Lakenada, CA	$4,010
2026/4/24	Event #43: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	65	$10,400	$0	Keoki Ongoy-Moore	Las Vegas, NV	$1,539
2026/4/27	Event #44: $300 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	396	$100,000	$4,960	Jeffrey Kostyniuk	Canada	$15,032
2026/4/27	Event #45: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	61	$20,435	$0	Stephen Sola	Las Vegas, NV	$5,547
2026/4/27	Event #46: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	59	$10,000	$560	Dean Payne	Canada	$1,900
2026/4/28	Event #47: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	61	$20,435	$0	Eric Mizrahi	Las Vegas, NV	$3,689
2026/4/28	Event #48: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	62	$10,000	$80	Michael Guerrini	Siford, NY	$1,814
2026/4/29	Event #49: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Evergreen Division	96	$32,160	$0	Anthony Reategui	Las Vegas, NV	$8,935
2026/4/29	Event #50: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	53	$10,000	$1,520	Jeffrey Kostyniuk	Canada	$2,374
2026/4/30	Event #51: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	88	$29,480	$0	Greg Garabedian	Pasadena, CA	$8,513
2026/4/30	Event #52: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	75	$12,000	$0	Dylan Sprague	Las Vegas, NV	$2,077
2026/5/1	Event #53: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	54	$20,000	$1,910	Deiter Prussing	Palm Bay, FL	$3,379
2026/5/1	Event #54: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	51	$10,000	$1,840	Caleb Durham	North Pratt, NE	$1,788
2026/5/5	Event #55: $250 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	856	$171,200	$0	Bryan Rushton	Canada	$15,000
2026/5/5	Event #56: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	67	$22,445	$0	Dan Abouaf	France	$6,872
2026/5/5	Event #58: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	57	$10,000	$880	Garrett Hannig	St. George, UT	$1,649
2026/5/10	Event #59: $800 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	310	$213,900	$0	Sebastian Crema	Canada	$42,674
2026/5/6	Event #61: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	66	$10,560	$0	Richard Kline	Zeffer Bay, NV	$1,949
2026/5/7	Event #63: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	56	$10,000	$0	Casey Dunaway	Wengo, KY	$1,796
2026/5/8	Event #65: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	57	$10,000	$880	John Trudewind	Huntsville, NC	$1,955
2026/5/9	Event #66: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	59	$10,000	$560	Kevin Matter	Las Vegas, NV	$1,482
2026/5/10	Event #67: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	52	$20,000	$2,580	Denis Zimmerman	Switzerland	$5,390
2026/5/10	Event #68: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	55	$10,000	$10,000	Jay Shimshack	Charlottetown, VA	$1,892
2026/5/14	Event #69: $250 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	724	$144,800	$0	Roberto Bianchi	Argentina	$22,710
2026/5/17	Event #70: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Evergreen Division	271	$100,000	$10,570	Barry Shulman	Las Vegas, NV	$18,044
2026/5/14	Event #71: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	58	$9,280	$0	Kevin Matter	Las Vegas, NV	$1,507
2026/5/15	Event #72: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	31	$4,960	$0	Ghassan Abou Khalil	Lebanon	$1,200
2026/5/16	Event #73: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	32	$5,120	$0	Samy Dighlawi	Temecula, CA	$1,378
2026/5/17	Event #74: $400 No-Limit Texas Hold'em	60	$20,100	$0	Robbin Hamilton	Henderson, NV	$5,285
2026/5/17	Event #75: $200 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Bounty Tournament	33	$5,280	$0	Nathan Robinson	North Las Vegas, NV	$957

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What are the upcoming matches?

The Venetian Resort & Spa in Las Vegas is also ramping up its poker schedule, guaranteeing over $16 million in prize money this year. The 2026 Venetian Deepstack Championship will run 121 numbered events from now until August 2nd.

Highlights of the schedule include:

• June 6th to 10th:$1,100No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em,\; Guaranteed\; Win$$1 million

• June 11-14:$1,100Evergreen\; No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em,\; Guaranteed\; Win$$1 million

• June 19 to 22:$1,600Evergreen\; No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}em,\; Guaranteed\; Win$$1.5 million

• June 30 to July 2:$2,500No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}emLIPSWomen\text{'}s\; High\; Roller\; Tournament,\; Guaranteed$$150,000

• July 11-14:$1,100No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}emMSPTGuaranteed\; minimum$$1 million

• July 15th to 19th:$1,600No-Limit\; Texas\; Hold\text{'}emMSPTGuaranteed\; minimum$$1 million

This year's schedule has increased from last year's 116 events. Last year's series attracted approximately 30,000 entries (29,266 to be exact) and awarded $29,860,175 in prize money. Six events had more than 1,000 entries, and the series successfully combined local grinders, top high-stakes professionals, visitors from around the world, and recreational players.

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