2025 Spring Super Stack – Event #11: $450 NLH/PLO

When they were on the bubble seven-handed tonight, 4th place finisher Melissa Sekulich quipped that it was “the Teo Sanchez show” tonight. She wasn’t wrong — Sanchez had the big stack from seven ways all the way down to the win.

Chatting with him after the win, he said this was his favorite game to play, and it’s pretty clear he understands how to play community games with two or four cards. His run through the final table was dominated by aggression, raising most of the pots, and stealing chips on a regular basis with pressure on stacks looking to ladder.

When cards were revealed, he was generally best. In several hands, he found the goods, notably sending Don McCall home in 6th place after running out to the river boat in PLO, then scoring a double knockout of Sekulich and Deven Lane when his ace-queen found an ace in a huge pot where Sekulich shoved her button with nines, and Lane reshoved the small with jacks.

In fact, it was Sanchez who dispatched every player from 7th down to the end. When he got heads up with Sebastian Crema, it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing, as Crema managed to chip up to about a 3:2 deficit at one point. But it all went south for Crema in a huge hand where he bluffed a busted diamond draw in PLO, and Sanchez sniffed it out.

This was his first win on the live felt, and will be his biggest score by a small margin with his previous best score at just under $7k Canadian.

In the second to last hand, Teo Sanchez raised to 60k and Sebastian Crema called to see J♦5♣3♦ on the flop. Both players checked to the 8♠ turn where Crema fired 100k. Sanchez called to the 4♣ river. Sanchez bet 125k, leaving himself about 100k behind.

The move seemed to confuse Sanchez a bit. “Good one to call, for a few reasons,” he muttered, then asked “Why not shove the river?” He finally found the call with A♠A♥10♠8♥ and took it down when Crema showed A♦10♦9♥4♦ for the busted diamond draw.

That left Crema on fumes, and he was out the next hand.

Sebastian Crema just chipped up to about 600k, though he is still trailing Teo Sanchez. After preflop limps they saw [pcn2c4cTd[/pcn] on the flop. Sanchez check-called fro 16h and the K♥ hit the turn. Sanchez check-called for 40k to the K♦ river.

Sanchez check-called again, after a bit of a tank, for 125k, but mucked when Sanchez showed A♣10♠ for the flopped top pair.

It’s still the Teo Sanchez show as he just grabbed most of the chips in play after sending both Melissa Sekulich (4th) and Deven Lane (3rd) to the rail in the same huge cooler. Sekulich shoved her button with pocket nines, Lane reshoved with pocket jacks, and Teo Sanchez called with ace-queen.

Sanchez found his ace on the turn of 2♣2♠6♠A♣4♣ and took them both out with the pair of aces. That leaves him heads up against Sebastian Crema with a huge chip lead.

It’s the Tep Sanchez show right now after he sent Michael Baldwin to the rail with rivered trips. The money went in on the flop of 10♥2♦Q♥ after Baldwin potted preflop and Sanchez called. Baldwin only had 12k behind and Sanchez bet that on the flop with Baldwin calling. Sanchez was on 10♦8♦8♠4♠ and spiked his third ten on the river of the 5♣10♠ runout. Baldwin mucked his hand before I could record it.

Don McCall limped under the gun, and Deven Lane and Teo Sanchez called from the blinds. They checked the 3♣9♠4♣ flop to McCall, and he potted to 48k, leaving less than that behind.

Lane folded, but Sanchez repotted to put McCall all in and he called. Sanchez was on top pair with K♠9♦8♥5♣ but behind the queens for McCall. That changed on the turn when Sanchez double-paired, then boated the river on the 8♦9♥ runout.

They are in the money in the Half & Half now after Richard Kosterman was on the wrong end of a bit of a bad beat. Kosterman limp-shoved with kings after Teo Sanchez raised it to 30k from the cutoff. Sanchez called with A♠9♠ and flopped a gut shot before getting running aces on the board of 7♠J♦10♣A♣A♥ to crack Kosterman’s kings.

Deven Lane was thw short stack after the break but he’s just doubled up to around 100k after he turned a king-high diamond flush against Michael Baldwin. The money was in on the flop, with Lane playing top pair and the flush draw.

They are down to 7 left in the NLH/PLO and the players are now on the break following Level 15. Teo Sanchez is the current leader with 330k in front of him, but Sebastian Crema and Melissa Sekulich aren’t far behind with ~300k each. See below for the current stacks and seats for the remaining players.

The Half & Half is down to the final table of 10 players now, but they are still four players off the money spots. Among the players to make it this far are Edmonton 4-card specialist Stefan Maloney, Regina’s Deven Lane, multiple ring winner Nicholas Lee, Melissa Sekulich, Don McCall, and Michael Baldwin.

The numbers are confirmed for the side game at 63 entries and prizes of $23,940. That puts more than $8k up top for the winner with 6 players sharing in the prizes later tonight.

Level 10 has about 20 minutes left to play and the players will head out for their second break of the night following this level. When they return for Level 11 in about 35 minutes, the field for the NLH/PLO Mix will be set for the night.

The half & half is about 10 minutes away from their first break of the day, with the field now at 43 entries. That puts $16,340 into the prize pool so far, with entries open until the start of Level 11.

The field is one entry shy of $10k in prizes now with 26 entries in the game to start Level 2. The even-numbered levels tonight will be played with 4 cards, while odd levels get two cards dealt.

The NLH/PLO Mix is now underway with the action in Level 1 and 15 players in their seats. There is still pretty regular action at the buy-in desk as well, so the numbers are climbing. Scott Goodwin, Don McCall, and Melissa Sekulich are among the players in their seats to start this one.

Tuesday’s side dish is served with two or four cards, depending on the level. The NLH/PLO Mix game kicks off at 4 pm on Tuesday with alternating levels of NLH and PLO.

Players start with 25k in chips and they can enter the game for 10 25-minute levels. That should put the final chance to enter at about 8:15 pm, after which it will be a race to the winner at the end of the night.

In the early part of Tuesday, I’ll be focused on the opening flight of the Megastack. Once that game bags for the day, I’ll finish off my night on this one.

When they were on the bubble seven-handed tonight, 4th place finisher Melissa Sekulich quipped that it was “the Teo Sanchez show” tonight. She wasn’t wrong — Sanchez had the big stack from seven ways all the way down to the win.

Chatting with him after the win, he said this was his favorite game to play, and it’s pretty clear he understands how to play community games with two or four cards. His run through the final table was dominated by aggression, raising most of the pots, and stealing chips on a regular basis with pressure on stacks looking to ladder.

When cards were revealed, he was generally best. In several hands, he found the goods, notably sending Don McCall home in 6th place after running out to the river boat in PLO, then scoring a double knockout of Sekulich and Deven Lane when his ace-queen found an ace in a huge pot where Sekulich shoved her button with nines, and Lane reshoved the small with jacks.

In fact, it was Sanchez who dispatched every player from 7th down to the end. When he got heads up with Sebastian Crema, it wasn’t exactly smooth sailing, as Crema managed to chip up to about a 3:2 deficit at one point. But it all went south for Crema in a huge hand where he bluffed a busted diamond draw in PLO, and Sanchez sniffed it out.

This was his first win on the live felt, and will be his biggest score by a small margin with his previous best score at just under $7k Canadian.

In the second to last hand, Teo Sanchez raised to 60k and Sebastian Crema called to see J♦5♣3♦ on the flop. Both players checked to the 8♠ turn where Crema fired 100k. Sanchez called to the 4♣ river. Sanchez bet 125k, leaving himself about 100k behind.

The move seemed to confuse Sanchez a bit. “Good one to call, for a few reasons,” he muttered, then asked “Why not shove the river?” He finally found the call with A♠A♥10♠8♥ and took it down when Crema showed A♦10♦9♥4♦ for the busted diamond draw.

That left Crema on fumes, and he was out the next hand.

Sebastian Crema just chipped up to about 600k, though he is still trailing Teo Sanchez. After preflop limps they saw [pcn2c4cTd[/pcn] on the flop. Sanchez check-called fro 16h and the K♥ hit the turn. Sanchez check-called for 40k to the K♦ river.

Sanchez check-called again, after a bit of a tank, for 125k, but mucked when Sanchez showed A♣10♠ for the flopped top pair.

It’s still the Teo Sanchez show as he just grabbed most of the chips in play after sending both Melissa Sekulich (4th) and Deven Lane (3rd) to the rail in the same huge cooler. Sekulich shoved her button with pocket nines, Lane reshoved with pocket jacks, and Teo Sanchez called with ace-queen.

Sanchez found his ace on the turn of 2♣2♠6♠A♣4♣ and took them both out with the pair of aces. That leaves him heads up against Sebastian Crema with a huge chip lead.

It’s the Tep Sanchez show right now after he sent Michael Baldwin to the rail with rivered trips. The money went in on the flop of 10♥2♦Q♥ after Baldwin potted preflop and Sanchez called. Baldwin only had 12k behind and Sanchez bet that on the flop with Baldwin calling. Sanchez was on 10♦8♦8♠4♠ and spiked his third ten on the river of the 5♣10♠ runout. Baldwin mucked his hand before I could record it.

Don McCall limped under the gun, and Deven Lane and Teo Sanchez called from the blinds. They checked the 3♣9♠4♣ flop to McCall, and he potted to 48k, leaving less than that behind.

Lane folded, but Sanchez repotted to put McCall all in and he called. Sanchez was on top pair with K♠9♦8♥5♣ but behind the queens for McCall. That changed on the turn when Sanchez double-paired, then boated the river on the 8♦9♥ runout.

They are in the money in the Half & Half now after Richard Kosterman was on the wrong end of a bit of a bad beat. Kosterman limp-shoved with kings after Teo Sanchez raised it to 30k from the cutoff. Sanchez called with A♠9♠ and flopped a gut shot before getting running aces on the board of 7♠J♦10♣A♣A♥ to crack Kosterman’s kings.

Deven Lane was thw short stack after the break but he’s just doubled up to around 100k after he turned a king-high diamond flush against Michael Baldwin. The money was in on the flop, with Lane playing top pair and the flush draw.

They are down to 7 left in the NLH/PLO and the players are now on the break following Level 15. Teo Sanchez is the current leader with 330k in front of him, but Sebastian Crema and Melissa Sekulich aren’t far behind with ~300k each. See below for the current stacks and seats for the remaining players.

The Half & Half is down to the final table of 10 players now, but they are still four players off the money spots. Among the players to make it this far are Edmonton 4-card specialist Stefan Maloney, Regina’s Deven Lane, multiple ring winner Nicholas Lee, Melissa Sekulich, Don McCall, and Michael Baldwin.

The numbers are confirmed for the side game at 63 entries and prizes of $23,940. That puts more than $8k up top for the winner with 6 players sharing in the prizes later tonight.

Level 10 has about 20 minutes left to play and the players will head out for their second break of the night following this level. When they return for Level 11 in about 35 minutes, the field for the NLH/PLO Mix will be set for the night.

The half & half is about 10 minutes away from their first break of the day, with the field now at 43 entries. That puts $16,340 into the prize pool so far, with entries open until the start of Level 11.

The field is one entry shy of $10k in prizes now with 26 entries in the game to start Level 2. The even-numbered levels tonight will be played with 4 cards, while odd levels get two cards dealt.

The NLH/PLO Mix is now underway with the action in Level 1 and 15 players in their seats. There is still pretty regular action at the buy-in desk as well, so the numbers are climbing. Scott Goodwin, Don McCall, and Melissa Sekulich are among the players in their seats to start this one.

Tuesday’s side dish is served with two or four cards, depending on the level. The NLH/PLO Mix game kicks off at 4 pm on Tuesday with alternating levels of NLH and PLO.

Players start with 25k in chips and they can enter the game for 10 25-minute levels. That should put the final chance to enter at about 8:15 pm, after which it will be a race to the winner at the end of the night.

In the early part of Tuesday, I’ll be focused on the opening flight of the Megastack. Once that game bags for the day, I’ll finish off my night on this one.