2025 Spring Super Stack – Event #16: $280 NLH Turbo

Juan Riedinger picked up his third win on the live felt tonight, making it through 51 entries to score the win in EVent #16. The turbo format game took about 7 hours to play down to the winner, and Riedinger had to come back from behind to do it.

Runner-up Sebastian Crema was the big stack for much of the final table, but Riedinger took a big pot from 3rd place Melissa Sekulich just before she hit the rail to stack him up to the lead. Crema was the one to send her to the rail, though, so they went to heads up pretty even.

Riedinger managed to chip up in a couple of non-showdown hands early in HU, and then the big confrontation came. He raised his button to 32k and Crema shoved. Riedinger counted his stack and did the math.

“OK, let’s do it,” he said, calling it down for a race between J♠9♠ and pocket fours for Crema. Riedinger spiked a nine on the turn and that was all he needed to win the flip for all the chips.

Riedinger notched two wins in Las Vegas back in 2023 so this marks his third win, according to Hendon Mob. It’s not even close to his biggest score, though. He pocketed more than $175k from second place in the Mega Millions event at the 2022 Winnin’ O’ the Green in Los Angeles.

That’s his biggest score by far, however, and tonight’s prize will probably 8th or 9th on his all-time cash list, depending on the exchange rates. Riedinger has a long page of results on Hendon Mob, all with US flags beside his name — tonight, he finally got a Maple Leaf to fly.

Sebastian Crema had the chip lead early on at the final table, but he still ended up second. He didn’t even do anything wrong — instead, winner Juan Riedinger put on a show to chip up in the endgame from one of the shorter stacks to the winner.

Crema played a solid game, maintaining his stack for most of the money play, but by the time they got heads up, it was pretty even between them. Riedinger was able to chip up in a couple of non-showdown hands before the big confrontation came.

Riedinger opened the button to 32k and Crema shoved his big blind. Riedinger spent a few seconds counting out his stack and considering the odds and blinds, and said “OK, let’s do it.”

It was a flip between Crema’s fours and J♠9♠ for Riedinger, Crema flopped clean with some backdoor straight outs, but Riedinger turned it over with a nine and held to take it down with a board of 6♦5♣A♣9♦K♣. This was Crema’s second runner-up finish this series — he was also second to Teo Snachez in the Half & Half.

They are down to 2 now after Melissa Sekulich shoved her button with K♦Q♦ and Sebastian Crema called her off with the better queen on A♣Q♥.

Sekulich flopped her king on the board of 6♣K♣2♦A♦6♥, while Crema turned his ace, but it also gave Sekulich the diamond draw. The river was a brick and Crema’s ace took it.

Melissa Sekulich raised to 24k, then asked for a count when Juan Riedinger ahoved all-in. It was 90k and she made the call to set up a not-so-classic race between A♠10♠ for Sekulich and Q♣J♣ for Riedinger.

Riedinger flopped his queen, turned trips, then boated the river on a board of Q♠5♦4♥Q♥J♠.

Sebastian Crema raised to 24k and Juan Riedinger called from the big blind. They checked it down until the river on a board of 9♣7♣A♣4♣2♠, but Riedinger fired the river for 40k.

Crema thought for about 15 seconds before sliding out the call. “Good call,” said Riedinger, sliding his hand to the middle. Crema showed 9♦5♦ for second pair on the clubby board.

They are down to three players left now after David Bishop hit the rail for 4th place tonight. He was the short stack at the table, but I missed the action as I was finishing the pictures and chip counts.

They are down to the money in the side game now and Kyle Dery was the first player to get paid tonight. He got it in with jacks, but ran into two ace-kings, with David Bishop and Sebastian Crema both calling. There was an ace on the flop so the Big Slicks chopped up Dery’s stack as he headed to the cage for 5th place tonight.

The prizes are in and the field for the side game is confirmed at 51, for $12,113 in prizes. Five players will share in those prizes later tonight, and the current field is down to 19 remaining.

The side event is on it’s final break with entries open, and the field is now at 51. That puts more than $12k into the prizes with less than 15 minutes left to enter tonight’s penultimate game.

The side event is up to 38 entries now for prizes of just over $9k. They are on the first break of the day and will return with four more levels of open entry.

The second-to-last event on the 2025 Spring Super Stack schedule is set to run on Saturday night. The $280 NLH Turbo gets going at 7 pm on Saturday night and players sit down with 20k in chips.

Levels are 20 minutes long and there are 8 levels of play while entries are still open. That should put the last chance to buy in at about 10:10 pm Saturday evening.

I won’t get eyes on this one until later in the evening. I’ll be updating numbers and names throughout the early part of the game, but I probably won’t get any action until after Day 1b of the Main Event bags.

Juan Riedinger picked up his third win on the live felt tonight, making it through 51 entries to score the win in EVent #16. The turbo format game took about 7 hours to play down to the winner, and Riedinger had to come back from behind to do it.

Runner-up Sebastian Crema was the big stack for much of the final table, but Riedinger took a big pot from 3rd place Melissa Sekulich just before she hit the rail to stack him up to the lead. Crema was the one to send her to the rail, though, so they went to heads up pretty even.

Riedinger managed to chip up in a couple of non-showdown hands early in HU, and then the big confrontation came. He raised his button to 32k and Crema shoved. Riedinger counted his stack and did the math.

“OK, let’s do it,” he said, calling it down for a race between J♠9♠ and pocket fours for Crema. Riedinger spiked a nine on the turn and that was all he needed to win the flip for all the chips.

Riedinger notched two wins in Las Vegas back in 2023 so this marks his third win, according to Hendon Mob. It’s not even close to his biggest score, though. He pocketed more than $175k from second place in the Mega Millions event at the 2022 Winnin’ O’ the Green in Los Angeles.

That’s his biggest score by far, however, and tonight’s prize will probably 8th or 9th on his all-time cash list, depending on the exchange rates. Riedinger has a long page of results on Hendon Mob, all with US flags beside his name — tonight, he finally got a Maple Leaf to fly.

Sebastian Crema had the chip lead early on at the final table, but he still ended up second. He didn’t even do anything wrong — instead, winner Juan Riedinger put on a show to chip up in the endgame from one of the shorter stacks to the winner.

Crema played a solid game, maintaining his stack for most of the money play, but by the time they got heads up, it was pretty even between them. Riedinger was able to chip up in a couple of non-showdown hands before the big confrontation came.

Riedinger opened the button to 32k and Crema shoved his big blind. Riedinger spent a few seconds counting out his stack and considering the odds and blinds, and said “OK, let’s do it.”

It was a flip between Crema’s fours and J♠9♠ for Riedinger, Crema flopped clean with some backdoor straight outs, but Riedinger turned it over with a nine and held to take it down with a board of 6♦5♣A♣9♦K♣. This was Crema’s second runner-up finish this series — he was also second to Teo Snachez in the Half & Half.

They are down to 2 now after Melissa Sekulich shoved her button with K♦Q♦ and Sebastian Crema called her off with the better queen on A♣Q♥.

Sekulich flopped her king on the board of 6♣K♣2♦A♦6♥, while Crema turned his ace, but it also gave Sekulich the diamond draw. The river was a brick and Crema’s ace took it.

Melissa Sekulich raised to 24k, then asked for a count when Juan Riedinger ahoved all-in. It was 90k and she made the call to set up a not-so-classic race between A♠10♠ for Sekulich and Q♣J♣ for Riedinger.

Riedinger flopped his queen, turned trips, then boated the river on a board of Q♠5♦4♥Q♥J♠.

Sebastian Crema raised to 24k and Juan Riedinger called from the big blind. They checked it down until the river on a board of 9♣7♣A♣4♣2♠, but Riedinger fired the river for 40k.

Crema thought for about 15 seconds before sliding out the call. “Good call,” said Riedinger, sliding his hand to the middle. Crema showed 9♦5♦ for second pair on the clubby board.

They are down to three players left now after David Bishop hit the rail for 4th place tonight. He was the short stack at the table, but I missed the action as I was finishing the pictures and chip counts.

They are down to the money in the side game now and Kyle Dery was the first player to get paid tonight. He got it in with jacks, but ran into two ace-kings, with David Bishop and Sebastian Crema both calling. There was an ace on the flop so the Big Slicks chopped up Dery’s stack as he headed to the cage for 5th place tonight.

The prizes are in and the field for the side game is confirmed at 51, for $12,113 in prizes. Five players will share in those prizes later tonight, and the current field is down to 19 remaining.

The side event is on it’s final break with entries open, and the field is now at 51. That puts more than $12k into the prizes with less than 15 minutes left to enter tonight’s penultimate game.

The side event is up to 38 entries now for prizes of just over $9k. They are on the first break of the day and will return with four more levels of open entry.

The second-to-last event on the 2025 Spring Super Stack schedule is set to run on Saturday night. The $280 NLH Turbo gets going at 7 pm on Saturday night and players sit down with 20k in chips.

Levels are 20 minutes long and there are 8 levels of play while entries are still open. That should put the last chance to buy in at about 10:10 pm Saturday evening.

I won’t get eyes on this one until later in the evening. I’ll be updating numbers and names throughout the early part of the game, but I probably won’t get any action until after Day 1b of the Main Event bags.