2024 Fall Super Stack – Event #12: $1,500 NLH Superstack

It was a brutal end for Nick McEwan tonight. In the final hand of Level 22, he raised to 50k under the gun, then called with slightly more when Daniel Lefebvre shoved the button.

McEwan was in good shape pre with kings over tens, but a ten on the flop of 10♠4♦A♦J♣J♦ flipped the script to Lefebvre for the win. McEwan still had 25k behind, but was forced all-in for less than a big blind and busted that hand.

They are on the final table bubble now with 11 players left after Jason Tomei and Senthuran Vijayaratnam busted within moments of each other. Vijayaratnam shoved over an early raise to 50k from Michael Malm and Malm called it off for about 150k.

Malm had Vijayaratnam dominated with king-jack into jack-ten, and the board didn’t change anything.

They’ve been on 13 remaining for quite a while now, not least because short stacks keep doubling. In this case, Sean O’Reilly raised the hijack to 65k then shoved over Mike Malm’s reraise to 155k.

Malm almost beat him into the pot with the call, and it was aces for Malm over queens for O’Reilly. Malm flopped an ace to take a huge lead, but O’Reilly had backdoor heart hopes until the turn.

Robbie Mosher is still the chip leader on the dinner break with 1.5 million, though he lost a big pot just before the break to chip up Sean O’Reilly to over a million as well. O’Reilly is third while Adam Balog, on the other table, is second with just shy of 1.25 million. Players will be back in action for Level 22 in about 15 minutes.

Sean O’Reilly raised under the gun to 50k, then snap-called when Mik Malm shoved the cutoff. Malm needed help with nines into aces, but the help came on the flop when the board ran 9♦K♦3♠7♦8♦.

“Just give me an ace of diamonds,” O’Reilly joked as he slid the double across.

Sean O’Reilly raised the button to 40k then snap-called when Matthew Ouellette shoved the small blind with a bit more. It was a cooler that got even colder on the flop when the board ran out K♦Q♣3♦3♥A♦. O’Reilly doubled up to almost 700k while Ouellette is down to about 180k.

There is a dinner break coming up in about 20 minutes and I’ll grab another round of full counts then.

Jason Tomei raised the cutoff to 42k and Dave S came along from the big blind to see 2♣K♥10♦ on the flop. Dave check-called for 40k, then checked again on the J♠ turn. Tomei shoved for about 180k and took it down when Dave folded.

Note that Dave S prefers anonymity, so I won’t be using his full name or picture today.

They are down to 13 left now after James Cruikshank hot the rail for 14th place tonight. I missed the action but he was left short after a confrontation with Mike Malm a few hands ago.

They are down to 14 left after Mason St. Martin went out in 16th place. Robbie Mosher raised early to 37k, then snapped it off with St. Martin shoved with less. St. Martin was on pocket eights but needed some help against the queens of Mosher. The board was clean for the big pair and St. Martin cashed out for $4,601.

Sebastien Lamprea followed St. Martin to the desk immediately after for 15th place.

They are down to 16 left now after Chris Ruddell lost his stack just now.

For the first two hands, Daniel Lefebvre first raised his button to 32k and got it through, then raised the cutoff to the same and got it through again.

In the third hand, he made it 32k again from the hijack, but this time got a caller from Senthuran Vijayaratnam in the big blind. They both checked it to the river on 6♥8♥6♣A♦4♠ where Vijayaratnam check-folded to a bet of 50k from Lefebvre.

James Cruikshank limped in from the button, then called when Michael Malm raised it to 50k. Malm checked the 6♠3♥5♠ flop, then snapped it off when Cruikshank shoved with more.

Malm had kings against 7♦6♦ and the kings held when the board ran out paired jacks. The hand put Malm up to about 250k while dropping Cruikshank down to about 55k.

The players are on their second break of the day with 17 left. Shane Brotherwood leads the way with 1.187m, but Adam Balgo is close behind with 1.172. Start of day leader Robbie Mosher is 3rd with 977k.

They are down to the final two tables with 18 players left now after Raymond Trieu bubbled the final 18.

They are down to 19 left now after the recent exits of Andy Truong (21st) and Zeyu “Skytrain” Huang (20th). There are just over 5 minutes remaining in Level 18.

They are down to 21 players left alive in the Main Event now with just over 20 minutes to play in Level 18. See below (and the Payouts tab) for a look at the cashing players so far.

Place	Player	Prize
22	Jackson Yang	$3,865
23	Daren Dichrow	$3,865
24	Garrett Gilmurray	$3,681
25	Adam Ratchford	$3,681
26	Paul Sokoloff	$3,497
27	Weston Pring	$3,497
28	Graham Lupton	$3,313
29	Chris Klementis	$3,313

They are down to 26 remaining now after Graham Lupton and Weston Pring hit the rail early in Level 18. They’ve now broken down to the final three tables. Prizes so far are posted under the Payouts tab.

Level 18 is now underway with the field down to 28 players. Chris Klementis, who was 3rd in the WSOP-C August Main Event, was the first player out in the money today.

They are in the money now in the Main Event with 29 players left in the action. Level 18 will kick off after a 15-minute break and the clock is back to running normally again.

Robbie Mosher still looks to be the leader and he’s chipped up to around 900k today while 1b leader Adam Balog is at around 450k right now while Shane Brotherwood is playing close to 500k.

They are on the money bubble now with 30 players left in the game. The clock is now paused with 6:13 remaining in Level 17 with a couple fo hands already played hand-for-hand. They’ll take 2 minutes off the clock for every hand completed until the next elimination after which the clock will start running normally again.