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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: | 23 (15000/30000/30000) |
| Entries: | 7/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Level 23 is complete and the remaining 7 players are on break. Below is a look at how the final 7 stack up right now.
| T – S | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 16 – 2 | Paul Sokoloff | 800,000 |
| 16 – 3 | Michael Malm | 1,010,000 |
| 16 – 4 | Jordan Banfield | 650,000 |
| 16 – 5 | Dave Howat | 880,000 |
| 16 – 6 | Patricia Kananda | 1,380,000 |
| 16 – 7 | Andy Truong | 1,900,000 |
| 16 – 8 | Bron Johnson | 850,000 |
| Level: | 23 (15000/30000/30000) |
| Entries: | 7/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Mike Malm raised the cutoff to 100k before Jordan Banfield repopped it from the button to 250k. Big blind Patricia Kananda shoved for a bit more than 400k.
Malm got out of the way but Banfield decided he was priced in for the call. His pocket eights were racing against the ace-king for Kananda and she spiked her ace on the turn to take it down.
| Level: | 23 (15000/30000/30000) |
| Entries: | 7/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Paul Sokoloff shoved the cutoff for 390k while big blind Dave Howat was away from the table. That left Jordan Banfield in the small blind last to act, and he made the call with more.
Banfield was good with ace-queen against ace-seven, but Sokoloff turned a seven to take the lead and hold for the win. The hand put Sokoloff up to about 850k while Banfield dropped to about 600k.
| Level: | 22 (15000/25000/25000) |
| Entries: | 7/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Jackson Yang opened the hijack to 50k and it folded to big blind Dave Howat who reraised to 125k. Yang hit the tank for a bit before shoving all in, and Howat snap-called.
It was a classic cooler with Yang on ace-king against pocket aces for Howat. There was a bit of sweat for Howat on the [invalid notations] flop, but ultimately his aces held for the win.
| Level: | 22 (15000/25000/25000) |
| Entries: | 8/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
They are down to 8 left on the final table of E1 now after Haven Taylor took 9th place. I missed the action while I was out of the room for a minute.
| Level: | 22 (15000/25000/25000) |
| Entries: | 9/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Dave Howat opened from the hijack to 50k and got calls from Francis Krulicki on the button and Bron Johnson in the big blind. Howat fired another 50k on the 6♥4♠5♦ flop after a check from Johnson. Krulicki called while Johnson mucked his hand.
The turn was 7♥ and Howat bet 100k, then snapped it off when Krulicki shoved. Howat flopped it with eight-seven for the straight, while Krulicki was dead with ace-queen.
| Level: | 21 (10000/20000/20000) |
| Entries: | 10/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Here is a look at the final 10 players in Event #1.
| Level: | 21 (10000/20000/20000) |
| Entries: | 10/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
They are down to 10 left on the final table now after the exits of Kim Pham, Peter Noble, and Ty Adams. I’ll grab some pictures of the FT shortly.
| Level: | 21 (10000/20000/20000) |
| Entries: | 13/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
They are down to 13 remaining after start-of-day leader Dale Posein hit the rail for 14th place shortly after the break ended. Meanwhile, on the other table, Jordan Banfield folded on a flop of J♣5♥A♦ after table leader Paul Sokoloff raised pre to 55k and Banfield called. Banfield checked the flop and Sokoloff fired 200k into the middle, enough to cover Banfield’s remaining chips. He hit the tank for more than a minute.
“I have a jack,” he said at one point.
“I figured,” replied Sokoloff. “After all this time you must have something.” Banfield eventually elected to release his hand instead of going for it to preserve his stack of about 150k.
| Level: | 21 (10000/20000/20000) |
| Entries: | 14/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Here is a look at eh stacks with 14 left. Dave Howat is leading with Mike Malm in second. They are the only players with more than a million in front of them.
| T-S | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 16 – 1 | Kim Pham | 320,000 |
| 16 – 2 | Dave Howat | 1,500,000 |
| 16 – 3 | Michael Malm | 1,180,000 |
| 16 – 4 | Patricia Kananda | 685,000 |
| 16 – 6 | Andy Truong | 805,000 |
| 16 – 7 | Bron Johnson | 340,000 |
| 16 – 8 | Dale Posein | 525,000 |
| 17 – 3 | Paul Sokoloff | 590,000 |
| 17 – 4 | Peter Noble | 245,000 |
| 17 – 5 | Francis Krulicki | 395,000 |
| 17 – 6 | Jackson Yang | 190,000 |
| 17 – 7 | Haven Taylor | 280,000 |
| 17 – 8 | Jordan Banfield | 160,000 |
| 17 – 9 | Ty Adams | 360,000 |
| Event: | #7: $340 Seniors ($300 + $40) |
| Dates: | Nov 11, 11:15 am |
| Blinds: | 30 Minutes |
| Start Stack: | 25k |
| Late Entry: | 8 Levels (~3:45 PM) |
| Day 1 Ends: | One-Day Event |
The main game on Nov 11 is for players 50+. The action gets going at 11:15 am to allow for reflection at 11:11 and they have 8 levels to enter the game. That should put the final chance to enter at about 3:45 PM. Players start with 25k in chips for 30-minute levels and they’ll play until a winner is decided.
This will be my main focus for Monday, though I expect I won’t be on the floor until after the first break, depending on how late my Sunday goes.
| Level: | 20 (8000/16000/16000) |
| Entries: | 14/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
They are down to 14 left on Day 2 now after the recent exits of Shane Chief and Caleb Simmons. Full prizes to date are listed under the Payouts tab. There are just under 30 minutes to play in Level 20 with a break scheduled at the end of this level. I’ll grab full chip counts at the break.
| Level: | 4 (200/400/400) |
| Entries: | 72/78 |
| Prizes: | $22,230 |
They are up to 78 entries on the board for the One-Day now with 72 players still in their seats. The prizes are now at a bit more than $22k.
| Level: | 20 (8000/16000/16000) |
| Entries: | 16/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
David van der Torre was the most recent exit from the game to bring the field to 16 remaining. Dave Howat looks to be the clear leader right now with more than 1.1 million, but Patricia Kanada and Mike Malm aren’t too far behind in the 800k range. Start-of-day leader Dale Posein is playing just shy of 600k right now.
| Level: | 3 (200/300/300) |
| Entries: | 67/67 |
| Prizes: | $19,095 |
The field in the one-day is up to 67 entries for prizes just over $19k. Shane Brotherwood, Wendy Wenaas, and Wayne Hoffert are among the new faces I’ve spotted in the crowd since the last update.
| Level: | 19 (6000/12000/12000) |
| Entries: | 17/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Dale Posein opened under the gun to 30k and it folded around to big blind Kory Stephenson. He tried to go all in but failed to announce it and ended up leaving about 50k behind. Posein reshoved the bigger stack to make sure it was all in, and Stephenson called it off.
Stephenson was dominated with A♥10♦ against A♣Q♦ and the runout missed both players leaving the queen kicker to play for the win.
| Level: | 2 (100/200/200) |
| Entries: | 56/56 |
| Prizes: | $15,960 |
They are up to 56 players in the side game so far with about 10 minutes to play in Level 2. Among the other players I’ve spotted in this today are a few of the Day 2 players who lost their chips including Seoul Hee Kim, Derek Letourneau, Jolnar Teliani, Mal Hagan, Debi Loomer, and Kyle Dery, as well as Kirk Nilson in from SK for his first event, Reg Hampton, Cardelle Szego (fresh off her third place in the Mystery last night), Cris Hillana, Julius Roque, Tyler Thomas, Darrell Moore, Ali Razzaq, and Toms Varghese.
| Level: | 19 (6000/12000/12000) |
| Entries: | 18/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
Ty Adams opened to 25k from the middle and it folded around to big blind Francis Krulicki. He shoved for 48k but got a snap-call from Adams.
Krulicki needed to hit to stay alive with J♥2♠ against A♦10♦ for Adams. Krlicki turned a deuce on a board of Q♦6♠4♥2♥9♣ and held to stay alive and double to a bit more than 100k.
| Level: | 19 (6000/12000/12000) |
| Entries: | 18/370 |
| Prizes: | $105,450 |
They are down to the final two tables now with Level 19 just underway. Full prizes to date are published under the Payouts tab, but below is a look at the players that busted since my last update. Debi Loomer bubbled the final two tables, but consider she came into today with less than 100k, she spun it up the ladder pretty nicely.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 19 |  Debi Loomer | $1,160 |
| 20 | Yan-Erick Coderre | $1,107 |
| 21 | Jonathan Chimuk | $1,107 |
| Level: | 2 (100/200/200) |
| Entries: | 45/45 |
| Prizes: | $12,825 |
Level 2 is about to begin with 45 players on the board and a short line at the entry desk. Among the players I’ve spotted in the game so far are Thomas Taylor, who is here for his first event so far this series, Curtis Singleton, Jeff Charlebois, and Bash Ramahi.
