Jorge Rivera Wins Deeper Stack for $34,240 in Heads-Up Deal 1io1h

Jorge Rivera, 2025 DSPS Event 3 Champion

May Deep Stack Poker Series Event 3 was a $600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $600 buy-in and $150,000 guarantee plus two starting flights. Jorge Rivera dominated the final table and took the top spot along with $34,240 after a heads-up deal with Akeelo Rhoden.

Congrats Jorge!

Place First Name Last Name Amount
1 Jorge Rivera $34,240
2 Akeelo Rhoden $26,100
3 Greg Spinder $17,900
4 TK Miles $13,400
5 Evan Teitelbaum $10,100
6 Carlos Bermudez $7,700
7 Robert Bush $5,900
8 Michael Scalice $4,600
9 Juan Mubarak $3,620
10 Frederic Bunchan $3,620
11 Juan Montoya Bernal $2,880
12 Karen Cleveland $2,880
13 Brenda Hinds $2,340
14 Jeffrey Garfinkel $2,340
15 Manny Tarich $2,340
16 Michael Newman $1,920
17 Eldo Rodriguez $1,920
18 Geroge Dolofan $1,920
19 Luis Dominguez Nunez $1,920
20 Jack Nathan $1,560
21 Shalom Elharar $1,560
22 John King $1,560
23 Lyle Diamond $1,560
24 Yury Parad $1,240
25 Solange Lucas $1,240
26 Matthew Kuba $1,240
27 Sagi Zommer $1,240
28 Sergio Oller $1,240
29 Aaron Johnson Jr $1,240
30 Steven Freifeld $1,240
31 Gary Gelman $1,240
32 Logan Eisner $1,040
33 Christoph Cannuli $1,040
34 Paul Fisher $1,040
35 Jose Chapui $1,040
36 Axel Orellana Gomez $1,040
37 Cory Rock Jr $1,040
38 Mark Amabile $1,040
39 Dylan Weiss $1,040
40 Brandon Navarrete $1,040
41 Harrison Ruggiero $1,040
42 Joseph Hernon $1,040
43 Anthony Cicali $1,040

Event 3: We Have a Deal! 1o4s6n

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $176,280  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante

Jorge Rivera

After playing a few hands of heads up, Jorge Rivera and Akeelo Rhoden made a deal to divide up the remaining prize pool. Now they can enjoy their payout and take a shot at the $1,700 Deepest Stack.

1st: Jorge Rivera – $34,240 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: Akeelo Rhoden – $26,100

Akeelo Rhoden

Event 3: Greg Spinder – 3rd Place ($17,900) 3t6w6f

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $176,280  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  2 of 339

Greg Spinder

The board was already out and reading Kc4c4hJdAh when Greg Spinder got his last 1,350,000 in the middle against Akeelo Rhoden.

He was holding 7d4s for flopped trip fours but Rhoden caught back up with his AcAd with his river boat.

Akeelo Rhoden – 5,110,000 (102 bb)
Jorge Rivera – 8,450,000 (169 bb)
Greg Spinder – Eliminated in 3rd Place ($17,900)

Event 3: Updated Counts 3q1t1p

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $176,280  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 339

Jorge Rivera

Seat 1: Greg Spinder – 1,885,000 (38 bb)
Seat 2: Jorge Rivera – 7,875,000 (158 bb)
Seat 3: Akeelo Rhoden – 3,800,000 (76 bb)

1st: $36,240 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $24,100
3rd: $17,900

Event 3: Akeelo Rhoden Doubles Through Jorge Rivera Again 5t563a

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $176,280  |  Payouts
Level 26:  25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 339

Akeelo Rhoden

With about one million in the pot already and the board reading QdQc4c, Akeelo Rhoden was all in and at risk for 1,620,000 against Jorge Rivera.

Rivera was ahead preflop with TsTd but Rhoden made trip queens with Qh7c. The board finished with the 5h turn and 8d river to send Rhoden another double.

Akeelo Rhoden – 4,300,000 (86 bb)
Jorge Rivera – 5,900,000 (118 bb)

Event 3: TK Miles – 4th Place ($13,400) 3o1l2d

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $176,280  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  3 of 339

TK Miles

TK Miles was all in for about 750,000 and Greg Spinder at him at risk.

Miles: AhJd
Spinder: 8h8s

It was a coin flip and Miles needed to improve to double up. But it was Spinder getting better when he made a set on the 8c6h3d flop. Miles was drawing dead to the 4h turn and 4d river and fourth place.

Greg Spinder – 4,100,000 (103 bb)
TK Miles – Eliminated in 4th Place ($13,400)

Event 3: Akeelo Rhoden Doubles Through Jorge Rivera 595h1l

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $176,280  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 339

Akeelo Rhoden

Akeelo Rhoden was all in for 845,000 from under the gun and Jorge Rivera had him at risk.

Rhoden: QhJh
Rivera: QcQd

Rhoden was dominated and drawing thin against the queens. He picked up a backdoor flush draw on the 4c3h2d flop, a regular heart draw on the Ah turn and it filled on the 7h river for the unlikely double.

Akeelo Rhoden – 1,750,000 (44 bb)
Jorge Rivera – 6,450,000 (161 bb)

Event 3: Back Underway f2d2d

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $176,280  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 339

Seat 1: Greg Spinder – 4,020,000 (101 bb)
Seat 2: TK Miles – 1,355,000 (34 bb)
Seat 3: Jorge Rivera – 7,085,000 (177 bb)
Seat 4: Akeelo Rhoden – 1,100,000 (28 bb)

1st: $36,240 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $24,100
3rd: $17,900
4th: $13,400

Event 3: Extra Day to Settle 6jd3

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $176,280  |  Payouts
Level 25:  20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 339

Jorge Rivera

At the 1 am hard stop, the four remaining players in the $600 Deeper Stack bagged up their chips and return on Thursday at 1 pm to play it out.

Jorge Rivera leads but the average stack is 85 big blinds so they can settle in for a grind.

Seat 1: Greg Spinder – 4,020,000 (101 bb)
Seat 2: TK Miles – 1,355,000 (34 bb)
Seat 3: Jorge Rivera – 7,085,000 (177 bb)
Seat 4: Akeelo Rhoden – 1,100,000 (28 bb)

1st: $36,240 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $24,100
3rd: $17,900
4th: $13,400

Greg Spinder
Akeelo Rhoden
TK Miles

Event 3: Counts at Two Tables; Wrapping Up 2m3ft

$600 Deeper Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $176,280  |  Payouts
Level 21:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante
Players Remaining:  15 of 339

Robert Bush leads on dinner break with 15 remaining

We will update results and/or final table lineup if they return for an extra day on Thursday. Until then, we prepare for tomorrow’s first flight of the $1,700 Deepest Stack Main Event.

Table 7
Seat 2: Frederic Bunchan – 730,000 (49 bb)
Seat 3: Brenda Hinds – 1,655,000 (110 bb)
Seat 4: Jeff Garfinkel – 515,000 (34 bb)
Seat 5: Carlos Bermudez – 980,000 (65 bb)
Seat 6: Juan Montoya – 445,000 (30 bb)
Seat 7: Manny Tarich – 360,000 (24 bb)
Seat 8: Jorge Rivera – 755,000 (50 bb)
Seat 9: TK Miles – 1,380,000 (92 bb)

Table 13
Seat 1: Juan Mubarak – 575,000 (38 bb)
Seat 2: Robert Bush – 1,875,000 (125 bb)
Seat 4: Karen Cleveland – 105,000 (7 bb)
Seat 5: Michael Scalice – 445,000 (30 bb)
Seat 6: Greg Spinder – 1,100,000 (73 bb)
Seat 7: Evan Teitelbaum – 1,030,000 (69 bb)
Seat 8: Akeelo Rhoden – 1,590,000 (106 bb)

1st: $36,240 + DSPS Trophy
2nd: $24,100
3rd: $17,900
4th: $13,400
5th: $10,100
6th: $7,700
7th: $5,900
8th: $4,600
9th-10th: $3,620
11th-12th: $2,880
13th-15th: $2,340

16th: Michael Newman – $1,920
17th: Eldo Rodriguez – $1,920
18th: George Dolofan – $1,920