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Deerfoot Inn & Casino is wrapping up the year with the Fall Super Stack series, a return to its signature poker event after a busy year of WSOP Circuit tournaments. Starting with live satellites on Nov 5, this classic Calgary poker event features a lineup of multi-day tournaments that include the $340 Deepstack, $560 Megastack, and the $1,500 Main Event Superstack.
This year’s schedule offers more than just the familiar No-Limit Hold’em events. The series includes a unique $1,100 Heads-Up match on Nov 11, PLO games for Omaha enthusiasts, a 6-Max PKO game, and a variety of other events such as a Mystery Bounty and a Seniors event, ensuring there’s something for everyone. With live coverage exclusively on PokerPro, players can follow all the action, starting with the opening flight of the $340 Deepstack on Nov 7.
Check out live updates and reporting from the 2024 Fall Super Stack series by Lyle Bateman. Chose an event of your choice down below:
| Level: | 18 (5000/10000/10000) |
| Entries: | 9/124 |
| Prizes: | $35,340 |
They are down to 9 left in the One-Day now after one of the anonymous players hit the rail for 10th place. Michael St. Pierre-Porter was the recipient of the chips after a long tank when the busted player shoved and St. Pierre-Porter tank-called with a set of queens on a straighty board.
| Level: | 17 (4000/8000/8000) |
| Entries: | 10/124 |
| Prizes: | $35,340 |
There are a few players at the FT who requested anonymity with no pictures, but below are seven of the ten final tablists.
Jordan Banfield is have a great week so far here at the Fall Super Stack after taking down his second event of the series. He picked up his first win on Friday night in the 6-Max PKO and now he’s just bagged the win in Event #1: Deepstack.
When it got heads up, he and runner-up Andy Truong decided to make an even chop of the money with Banfield taking the win for the bigger stack. He also chopped for the win in Event #3 on Friday, and between the two games, he’s now pocketed close to $22k from the series so far.
This is his third live win including Friday and will mark his second biggest live score. His first win and biggest score also came here at Deerfoot in the 2021 Fall Super Stack when he won this very event, the $340 Deepstack.
| Level: | 28 (50000/100000/100000) |
| Entries: | 1/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
It was already a pretty long day when Jordan Banfield and Andy Truong got heads up so they decided to do an even chop of the money with Banfield taking the win with the bigger stack. Both players earned $18,981 for their day’s work.
| Level: | 28 (50000/100000/100000) |
| Entries: | 3/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Patricia Kananda got her money in with king-queen, but ran into ace-king for Andy Truong. There was a king on the flop and nothing else to helo either hand to Truong’s ace kicker sent Kananda to the rail for 3rd place tonight.
| Level: | 28 (50000/100000/100000) |
| Entries: | 3/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Andy Truong raised to 225k, then shoved after Jordan Banfield raised to 550k. Banfield called but his nines were behind the kings of Truong. The kings held for a double on his short stack of 800k, but Banfield still looks to be the leader with about 3.4 million in front of him.
| Level: | 28 (50000/100000/100000) |
| Entries: | 3/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Andy Truong was the short stack after doubling up both other players, and he shoved his button with 1.04 million. Jordan Banfield called it off quickly and was in good shape with ace-nine of spades against ten-nine of diamonds.
Truong smashed the 5♥7♦8♦ flop for the open-ended straight flush draw, then turned the flush on the 4♦ turn. The river was a meaningless queen and Truong doubled back into it. All three players are now pretty close in stacks with the average stack right now about 25 bigs.
| Level: | 27 (40000/80000/80000) |
| Entries: | 3/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Patricia Kananda shoved the button for 1.065 million and after getting a count, Andy Truong called from the small blind. He had pocket sixes and was racing against the ace-jack for Kananda. She spiked her jack on the flop and held to win the race and get the double.
| Level: | 27 (40000/80000/80000) |
| Entries: | 3/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Andy Truong raised the small blind to 200k and Jordan Banfield called from the big. Truong led for 125k on the 10♦4♥7♥ and Banfield called to the 2♦ turn.
Truong fired 420k and Banfield flatted to the [invalid notations] river. Truong checked, then folded when Banfield shoved.
| Level: | 27 (40000/80000/80000) |
| Entries: | 3/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| Jordan Banfield | 2,475,000 |
| Patricia Kananda | 1,200,000 |
| Andy Truong | 3,725,000 |
| Level: | 26 (30000/60000/60000) |
| Entries: | 3/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Jordan Banfield raised to 14k from the button, then snapped it off when ANdy Truong shoved his big blind with the big stack. It started out as a race between ace-jack of hearts for Banfield and pocket fours for Truong, but Banfield smashed the all-heart flop for the nut flush, leaving Truong drawing very thin to a boat. The turn and river didn’t deliver for Truong and Banfield got a double on 1.285 million.
| Level: | 26 (30000/60000/60000) |
| Entries: | 3/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
They are down to the final three now after Paul Sokoloff lost a race for his life to Andy Truong. Truong raised to 130k from the button before Sokoloff shoved the small blind.
Truong asked for a count, saying he was “probably calling” but wanted to be sure. Sokoloff had just under 1.6 million and Truong called it down with more.
Truong was on ace-queen, racing against the pocket jacks of Sokoloff. The ace came on the turn and Sokoloff couldn’t find a jack to help out.
| Level: | 11 (1000/2000/2000) |
| Entries: | 45/124 |
| Prizes: | $35,340 |
The numbers are confirmed for the One-Day Deepstack game with 124 total entries and prizes of $35,340. 12 players will get a piece of that later tonight with the winner set to pocket about $9,500.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $9,540 |
| 2 | $6,821 |
| 3 | $4,948 |
| 4 | $3,534 |
| 5 | $2,474 |
| 6 | $1,767 |
| 7 | $1,414 |
| 8 | $1,237 |
| 9 | $1,060 |
| 10 | $954 |
| 11 | $884 |
| 12 | $707 |
| Level: | 25 (25000/50000/50000) |
| Entries: | 4/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
There are just four players left in Event #1 now after Dave Howat hit the rail in 5th place recently. I missed the action while I was in the washroom.
| Level: | 25 (25000/50000/50000) |
| Entries: | 5/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Andy Truong raised 105k from the cutoff and Jordan Banfield called from the small blind to see a flop of 3♥J♠4♣. Banfield check-raised from 70k to 140k and Truong called to the Q♥ turn. Both players checked it through to the 7♥ river where Banfield fired 300k. After a few seconds of thought, Truong’s cards found the muck and the pot went to Banfield.
| Level: | 24 (20000/40000/40000) |
| Entries: | 5/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
There are just five players left in Event #1 now after Mike Malm hit the rail in 6th place tonight. I missed the action, but Malm chopped the Mystery Bounty last night, so he’s having a pretty good run so far early in this series.
| Level: | 24 (20000/40000/40000) |
| Entries: | 6/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
They are down to 6 remaining on the FT of Event #1 after Born Johnson took seventh place tonight. I missed the action while I was updating some details on the other two tournaments running right now.
Johnson is one of about half a dozen players in from the Okanagan. They run a ~50-person league there called the SSOP. Kurt Lillemo is another member of the league here at Deerfoot and he picked up 3rd place in the 6-Max PKO the other night, so they’ve been running well so far this series.
| Level: | 10 (800/1600/1600) |
| Entries: | 55/121 |
| Prizes: | $34,485 |
There are 121 entries in the One-Day now with just under 20 minutes to play in Level 10. This is the final level of entry for this game, so that means the reg-desk shuts down in just over 30 minutes.
| Level: | 4 (200/400/400) |
| Entries: | 21/21 |
| Prizes: | $8,400 |
There are 21 teams in the mix so far tonight including Bash Ramahi & April Facey, Fred Balic and Suzie Markoff, Peggy Sue Malinowski & Tyler Hurman, and Treena Angelski & Don McColl.
| Level: | 24 (20000/40000/40000) |
| Entries: | 7/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Jordan Banfield shoved under the gun for 430k and Andy Truong reshoved from the cutoff with the big stack. Mike Malm was on the big blind and tanked for a bit, saying he had an “ace and a picture. Bad picture though.” He eventually mucked ace-jack face-up and it was a race between the ace-king of clubs and the pocket sevens for Banfield.
The paired board ran out queen high, missing both players and leaving the sevens in the lead for the win.
