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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: | 26/287 |
| Prizes: | $368,078 |
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 (5000/10000/10000) |
| Entries: | 28/287 |
| Prizes: | $368,078 |
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.
| Level: | 1 (100/100/100) |
| Entries: | 18/18 |
| Prizes: | $4,275 ($3,375 prizes, $900 bounties) |
The final game of the series is now underway with action in Level 1 and 18 players in their seats. Among the players in the game so far are Rob Bridger, who was one of the early exits from Day 2 of the Main, Michael St. Pierre-Porter, Reg Hampton, and Julius Roque.
I won’t be watching this game very closely today as I’ll be focused on the Main Event, but I should be able to keep the numbers updated and at least get the winner’s photo done once they finish. My guess is that this game will finish before the Main Event does, so I likely won’t even have eyes on the final table action.
| Level: | 18 (5000/10000/10000) |
| Entries: | 29/287 |
| Prizes: | $368,078 |
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.
| Level: | 17 (4000/8000/8000) |
| Entries: | 30/287 |
| Prizes: | $368,078 |
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.
| Level: | 17 (4000/8000/8000) |
| Entries: | 34/287 |
| Prizes: | $368,078 |
They are down to 34 players left on the final four tables now putting them just five players off the money spots.
| Level: | 17 (4000/8000/8000) |
| Entries: | 39/287 |
| Prizes: | $368,078 |
Level 17 is about to start now with 39 players left in the game. That puts them 10 off the paid spots. Among the players still alive is Michael Malm who is here looking for his fifth cash of the series. Malm is playing about 320k right now, but the big stack still looks to be Robbie Mosher with more than 600k. Shane Brotherwood is also still stacking chips with about 420k in front of him.
| Level: | 16 (3000/6000/6000) |
| Entries: | 40/287 |
| Prizes: | $368,078 |
There are about 20 minutes remaining in the opening level of play for Day 2 with the field down to 40 players left. That puts them 11 players off the money spots, so there’s still a fair bit of poker to play before anyone gets paid.
| Level: | 16 (3000/6000/6000) |
| Entries: | 45/287 |
| Prizes: | $368,078 |
They are down to 45 players left now after the first elimination of the day and the field is now down to 5 full tables.
| Level: | 16 (3000/6000/6000) |
| Entries: | 46/287 |
| Prizes: | $368,078 |
The players are taking their seats to get ready for the final day of action in the Main Event. The clock is still paused at the beginning of Level 16 and there are 17 players to get through before money starts getting handed out.
| Level: | 22 (30000/60000/60000) |
| Entries: | 1/92 |
| Prizes: | $21,850 |
There are a lot of reasons that people play poker but at the end of the day, it’s a card and it’s a lot of fun. No one embodies that spirit of fun at the poker tables quite the way DJ Sharma does and tonight the passion paid off with a win.
It’s never a secret when Sharma is doing well in a tournament, as shouts of “Sharma TIME!” can be heard throughout the poker room when he hits a hand. But whether he wins a hand or loses one, whether he stacks up or chips down, he’s in love with the game and is never shy about showing it.
Tonight was no exception, and he was in his usual spirits as he worked his way through the game and the final table. Make no mistake – he has a lot of fun at the table, but he also knows his cards. The Turbo format was well-suited to his style and while he traded the chip lead a bit at the final table, with runner-up Brad Davis, and 4th-place Sen Indra, he stayed near the top of the pack the whole way.
Sharma certainly ran hot tonight, but he also played a solid game. He sent Indra to the rail with a solid call with ace-ten over ace-six and won his fair share of races to send both Shane McKinnon (7th) and Julius Roque (3rd) to the cage for payouts.
The final confrontation was a pretty standard heads up spot that saw Davis get the short stack in with king-queen against Sharma’s ace-five. When the board missed both hands, Sharma took down the game.
This was his fifth live win and the score will push his Hendon Mob earnings very close to $200k. It’s not his biggest score in live poker, but the successful businessman doesn’t play for profit – he’s in it for the love of the game
| Level: | 22 (30000/60000/60000) |
| Entries: | 1/92 |
| Prizes: | $21,850 |
This was the deepest run ever for Brad Daivs in live poker, so he was pretty happy with the result. In the final hand, they were both very short and he got his stack in with king-queen. DJ Sharma had the bigger stack and called it off with ace-five. The 10♥3♦2♥7♦3♣ board missed both hands leaving Sharma’s ace the best.
| Level: | 21 (20000/40000/40000) |
| Entries: | 2/92 |
| Prizes: | $21,850 |
They are heads up now after DJ Sharma sent Mix game winner Julius Roque to the rail in 3rd place. It was a classic race between ace-jack for Roque and pocket tens for Sharma and the tens held on a board of 9♣3♠3♥3♦8♣.
| Level: | 21 (20000/40000/40000) |
| Entries: | 3/92 |
| Prizes: | $21,850 |
Sen Indra shoved the small blind and DJ Sharma hit the tank in the big. He looked at one card and saw the A♣ then showed the second as 10♦, He still tanked for a bit before calling against the ace-six for Indra. The board ran clean for Sharma, and they were down to three.
| Level: | 20 (15000/30000/30000) |
| Entries: | 4/92 |
| Prizes: | $21,850 |
Nancy Kelln shoved the cutoff and Julius Roque called from the big blind. He had pocket tens against Kelln’s 10♠9♠. Kelln flopped open-ended but ultimately bricked on the J♦A♥Q♠2♣6♦ board. She had 4k left after the hand, but lost that in the following hand to hit the rail in 5th place,
| Level: | 20 (15000/30000/30000) |
| Entries: | 5/92 |
| Prizes: | $21,850 |
Kevin White shoved his short stack and Sen Indra called from his left. White was in good shape with king-queen against nine-three, but Indra spiked a 9 on the flop and held for the win.
| Level: | 19 (10000/20000/20000) |
| Entries: | 6/92 |
| Prizes: | $21,850 |
DJ Sharma Shoved the hijack and Shane McKinnon called from the button with less. It was a fair fight between the king-queen for McKinnon and pocket jacks for Sharma. The flop was all Sharma time though as the board ran out 8♥J♦K♣4♠7♣.
| Level: | 19 (10000/20000/20000) |
| Entries: | 7/82 |
| Prizes: | $21,850 |
It was a huge pot that sent Luke Overdijk to the rail, and he even had the best of it pre. He was all in for 61k and Nancy Kelln was all in for 68k. Sen Indra called with more to try for the double knockout.
Overdijk had ace-jack, Kelln had queen-seven, and Indra had king-four. The flop smashed Kelln as the board ran out Q♦9♦7♥4♣8♣ to give her the triple and send Overdijk home in 8th place.
| Level: | 19 (10000/20000/20000) |
| Entries: | 8/92 |
| Prizes: | $21,850 |
Pierre Joyal was the first out in the money tonight, though I missed the action.
| Level: | 18 (8000/16000/16000) |
| Entries: | 9/92 |
| Prizes: | $21,850 |
Here is a look at how the final table stacks up right now.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| DJ Sharma | 340,000 |
| Brad Davis | 400,000 |
| Luke Overdijk | 105,000 |
| Shane McKinnon | 100,000 |
| Pierre Joyal | 85,000 |
| Julius Roque | 280,000 |
| Kevin White | 90,000 |
| Sen Indra | 310,000 |
| Nancy Kelln | 68,000 |
