2024 Fall Super Stack – Event #14: $280 NLH Turbo

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

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.

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♣.

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.

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,

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.

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♣.

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.

Pierre Joyal was the first out in the money tonight, though I missed the action.

Here is a look at how the final table stacks up right now.

They are down to 21 players left in the Turbo game now with about 10 minutes to play in Level 12. It looks like DJ Sharma is the chip leader at the moment with around 200k in front of him.

They are down to 25 players left in the Turbo side game now with about half of Level 11 yet to play. Among the players still in action are Haven Taylor, Ali Razzaq, Jason Tomei, Brant Taylor, Julius Roque, Nancy Kelln, and DJ Sharma.

The numbers are official with 92 entries for the Turbo side game tonight. There are still 38 players in the action and they are competing for 9 paid spots with the winner pocketing more than $6k.

$280 Turbo Prizes

There are less than 30 minutes left to get into the Turbo side game tonight with just over 5 minutes to play in Level 8. They’ll go for a break following this level and when they return for Level 9 entries will be closed. The field is currently at 87 entries with 48 players still alive competing for a piece of $10,663 in prizes.

The Turbo players are on their first break of the night with 65 entries on the board and 54 players till at the felt. When they return for Level 5 in about 10 minutes there will be four more levels of entry before it all shuts down for the night.

The penultimate event is now underway with 21 players in their seats for the start of the Turbo game. The action is in Level 1 with prizes just under $5k and entries open for a bit more than 3 hours.

The second-to-last event on the Fall Super Stack schedule is set to run on Saturday night starting at 7 PM. The $280 Turbo has 8 levels of late entry putting the final chance to enter at about 10:10 PM tonight. Players start the game with 20k in chips to play 20-minute levels until a winner is decided.

Most of my attention earlier in the day will be on Day 1b of the Main Event, but I’ll move over for the endgame of this one once 1b is bagged and Day 2 is set up.