Michael “Dion” Jagroo capped off an impressive run through Event 13: $500 Monster Stack by defeating Tammy Ehrhart heads-up to earn the title and the $42,814 first-place prize. Jagroo entered the final table already among the chip leaders and steadily applied pressure throughout the late stages of play, frequently leveraging his stack in key spots against shorter opponents. His aggressive style helped him accumulate chips during six-handed and four-handed play, eventually carrying a massive advantage into heads-up action. Even after surrendering a large double-up to Ehrhart during the final duel, Jagroo remained composed and regained control before closing out the tournament with queen-king defeating queen-nine in the final hand.
The victory adds another strong result to an already accomplished poker résumé. Jagroo , who resides in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, now has more than $1.4 million in documented live tournament earnings with multiple major victories and deep runs across the country. Among his career highlights are a $251,982 victory at the 2022 Millionaire Spring Mayhem Main Event in Round Rock, Texas, a $102,222 win in the 2023 Moneymaker Poker Tour Main Event at Daytona Beach, and a sixth-place finish in the 2024 WPT bestbet Scramble Championship worth $71,000.
Jagroo also came into the May Deep Stack Series in strong form, already recording an eighth-place finish earlier in the series in Event 1: $300 Kickoff for $3,668.
May Deep Stack Series | |||||
Event Name: | Event 13: $500 Monster Stack | Total Entries: | 503 | ||
Date: | May 20-25, 2026 | Prize Pool: | $218,805 | ||
Place | Last Name | First Name | City | State | Amount Won |
1st | Jagroo | Dion | Winter Garden | FL | $42,814.00 |
2nd | Ehrhart | Tammy | Port Orange | FL | $27,554.00 |
3rd | Basque | Austin | Port Orange | FL | $20,442.00 |
4th | Piper | Ronald | Deltona | FL | $14,467.00 |
5th | Jabbour | Christian | Mt. Dora | FL | $10,913.00 |
6th | Irving | Guillermo | Ft Lauderdale | FL | $8,320.00 |
7th | Griffin | Robert | Sorento | FL | $6,439.00 |
8th | Daulton | Dominic | Melbourne | FL | $5,059.00 |
9th | Ralph | James | Titusville | FL | $4,100.00 |
10th | Griffis | Glyn | Windermere | FL | $3,300.00 |
11th | Foster | Fabian | Davenport | FL | $3,300.00 |
12th | Boulais | Joseph | Cocoa | FL | $3,300.00 |
13th | Kent | Brian | Melbourne | FL | $2,700.00 |
14th | Byrne | John | Altamonte Springs | FL | $2,700.00 |
15th | Costa | Nick | Port Orange | FL | $2,700.00 |
16th | Shortell | Timothy | Melbourne | FL | $2,200.00 |
17th | Lowe | Brandon | Sanford | FL | $2,200.00 |
18th | Blay | Steven | Gainesville | FL | $2,200.00 |
19th | Rowe | Cameron | New Smyrna Beach | FL | $1,798.00 |
20th | Henderson | Matthew | Mt. Pleasant | SC | $1,798.00 |
21st | Assaf | Wasim | Orlando | FL | $1,798.00 |
22nd | DeCresci | Anthony | Orlando | FL | $1,526.00 |
23rd | Rosales Saez | Alejandro | Hialeah | FL | $1,526.00 |
24th | Tran | Hoang | Davenport | FL | $1,526.00 |
25th | Amin | Bobby | Orlando | FL | $1,296.00 |
26th | Markovic | Matija | Winter Springs | FL | $1,296.00 |
27th | Hidalgo | Ignacio | Orlando | FL | $1,296.00 |
28th | Thompson | Christopher | Naples | FL | $1,129.00 |
29th | Romanovitz | Keith | Daytona Beach | FL | $1,129.00 |
30th | Walker | Cornelius | Ormond Beach | FL | $1,129.00 |
31st | Trudeau Jr | Jeffery | Mt. Dora | FL | $1,000.00 |
32nd | Dowling | Lawrence | Orlando | FL | $1,000.00 |
33rd | Chalbaud | Joseph | Lake Mary | FL | $1,000.00 |
34th | Sandhaus | Eric | DeBary | FL | $900.00 |
35th | Kerr | Aura | Orlando | FL | $900.00 |
36th | Levy | Gil | Sanford | FL | $900.00 |
37th | Bowser | Isaiah | Orlando | FL | $775.00 |
38th | Speer | Aaron | Apopka | FL | $775.00 |
39th | Patel | Anish | Altamonte Springs | FL | $775.00 |
40th | Phillips | Stuart | Lakeland | FL | $775.00 |
41st | Monge | Pablo | Apopka | FL | $775.00 |
42nd | Barber | John | Titusville | FL | $775.00 |
43rd | Choung | Casey | Orlando | FL | $775.00 |
44th | Magnicari | Jason | Winter Springs | FL | $775.00 |
45th | Mackey | Kirk | Winter Park | FL | $775.00 |
46th | Terwilleger | John | Winter Park | FL | $700.00 |
47th | Wells | Graham | Orlando | FL | $700.00 |
48th | Martins | Jose | Orlando | FL | $700.00 |
49th | McManamom | Glen | Orlando | FL | $700.00 |
50th | Kirkwood | Matthew | Orlando | FL | $700.00 |
51st | Fares | Dimtri | Orlando | FL | $700.00 |
52nd | Chehata | Ashraf | St Augustine | FL | $700.00 |
53rd | Morales | Renato | Las Vegas | NV | $700.00 |
54th | Barnard Jr | Thomas | Lake Mary | FL | $700.00 |
55th | Johnson | Larry | Bunnell | FL | $650.00 |
56th | Glaze | Brandon | Oviedo | FL | $650.00 |
57th | Stone | Laura | Lakeland | FL | $650.00 |
58th | Kimpel | Alexander | DeBary | FL | $650.00 |
59th | Lopin | Aaron | Orlando | FL | $650.00 |
60th | Jones | Keith | DeBary | FL | $650.00 |
61st | Zedo | Corey | Maitland | FL | $650.00 |
62nd | Van Duesen | Peter | Orlando | FL | $650.00 |
63rd | Levy | Gil | Sanford | FL | $585.00* |
64th | Lowe | Brandin | Sanford | FL | $585.00* |
65th | Chehata | Ashraf | St Augustine | FL | $585.00* |
66th | Bowser | Isaiah | Orlando | FL | $585.00* |
67th | Basque | Austin | Port Orange | FL | $585.00* |
* $1,500 Multi-Bag Bonus | |||||
