2025 Spring Super Stack – Event #4: $450 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot

Nicholas Lee almost certainly pushed his Hendon Mob earnings over $500k tonight with his win in Event #4. He scored a bit more than $8,500 Cdn for the win and with his Hendon total at $497k going into tonight, this should push him over the top by ~$1k.

Lee held the big stack for much of the final table, though he traded it off to 3rd place Skyler Yorke a couple of times throughout the endgame. He played a solid game, however, finding lots of spots to pick up pots uncontested and finding hands when he needed to.

As an example of the latter, the final hand saw him flop a wheel with Q♠J♥4♠3♣ on a board of A♠2♠5♦A♥3♥. Runner-up JJ Johnstone flopped top-top and turned trip aces, but it wasn’t enough to flatten Lee’s wheel. Lee was also drawing to the spade flush but ultimately didn’t need it.

It was a swingy heads-up match, with both players holding a lead at one point. Nicholas Lee came to heads-up with the lead, but Johnstone was able to get it back after he repped a flush in one hand to force a fold and draw even, then hit a flush shortly after for a double to the lead.

It was short-lived, however. They moved to the poker room at 3 am and the momentum shifted back to Lee. Just a couple of minutes after the move, Lee flopped a wheel and a flush draw against top-top for Johnstone and the wheel held despite Johnstone improving to trips on the turn. Lee had the lead back again at that point and the game was over.

While I missed the early action, JJ Johnstone just jumped into the lead after he flushed out on a board of Q♦J♦8♥10♠K♦ with A♣10♦6♦5♣. The pot left Nicholas Lee on about 700k to 1.2 million for Johnstone.

They are close to even now, though Nicholas Lee still has a slight edge. JJ Johnstone chipped up on a flushed river card with a big pot bet to get Lee to fold. Lee opened to 75k and Johnstone called.

They both checked the 9♥7♥5♦ flop and Johnstone check-called for 100k on the A♠ turn. He led for 260k on the J♥ river, forcing the fold from Lee.

JJ Johnstone raised to 65k from the button and Nicholas Lee called to see K♠5♥4♥ on the flop. They both checked to the [invalid notations] river.

They both checked. “Two Pair,” said Johnstone.

“Which two?”

Johnstone showed A♣K♦J♣2♥ for kings and deuces and the win. Lee still has the lead with about 1.2 million to about 700k for Johnstone.

The PLO Double Board Bomb Pot is now heads up. Skyler Yorke was the chip leader coming back from the break to start Level 21, but it all went south for him from there. In the final hand he raised to 60k from the button and got a call from big blind and big stack Nicholas Lee.

Lee fired 160k on the 6♥10♠5♦ flop, and Yorke called, leaving himself just fumes behind. The rest of it went in on the 3♦ turn when Lee bet more than Yorke had behind and got the call. Lee turned the straight with K♦4♦3♠2♦ and was drawing to the flush as well. Yorke’s J♥10♣8♣2♥ wasn’t able to catch ip and Yorke was done in 3rd place tonight.

Nicholas Lee limp-called from the small blind after Skyler York raised it up to 75k. Lee check-called for 85k on the 2♣9♠10♦ flop and they both checked the 8♣ turn. Lee fired 35k on the A♥ river and after some time in the tank, York slid in the call, only to muck when Lee showed A♠8♥6♠2♥ for two pair on the turn and river.

They are down to three left now with Dylan Payne taking 4th place tonight. He was short for most of the night, but managed to hold on for fourth place tonight.

The average stack now, with three lef,t is about 31 big blinds.

Skyler York limped in under the gun and Dylan Payne called from the small blind before Nicholas Lee checked his option in the big. It checked to York on the K♥K♦7♣ flop and he fired another 20k.

Only Lee made the call to the 8♥ turn. They both checked it to the 3♥ river where Lee fired 95k. York hit the tank for about a minute, muttering “I play bad” under his breath all the while before finally mucking his hand.

“Why is it bad,” Lee asked?

“If I raise pre, you probably don’t see a flop,” York replied as Lee scooped in the pot.

Skler York is the leader at then break following Level 20. Previous leader Nicholas Lee has dropped a bit with Dylan Payne and JJ Johnstone bringing up the rear.

Dylan Payne just found a double with A♥K♦Q♦Q♣ against Nicholas Lee. Payne flopped an ace on the 4♦5♣A♣10♦6♥ board and held to survive. He had less than 100k to start the hand, so he’s still pretty short — expect exact counts in a couple of minutes when they go on break.

It looks like Nicholas Lee is currently leading with more than 800k in front of him. Skyler York is a bit behind with about 750k while both JJ Johnstone and Dylan Payne are playing around 150k each.

There is a break upcoming in about 10 minutes at the end of this level, and I’ll get exact counts for the remaining players then.

They are down to 4 remaining in Event #4 now after Simon “Juno” Lau hit the rail in 5th place tonight. He was short for most of the final table, and managed to find a double with a set of fives just before Kirk Nilson busted out in 6th, giving Lau the ladder from his short stack.

They are down to five left in the PLO Bomb Pot game now after Kirk Nilson hit the rail in 6th place. I missed the action while I was processing and uploading the pictures.

While I’ve been finishing up the end-of-day action for Event #3, the side game has played down into the money. They’ve already paid out two players — see below for the payouts so far. Remaining in the game now are JJ Johnstone, Dylan Payne, Nicholas Lee, Kirk Nilson, Simon “Juno” Lau, and Skyler York. From my perspective, it doesn’t look like there are any “easy spots” on the table.

They are down to 10 left in the PLO Bobm Pot game now. They’ll go to the final table at 9 players, with 8 players getting paid tonight.

They are down to 14 players left in the PLO BOmb Pot game. Level 15 has just finished, and they are on a break now. They’ll be back in action in about 10 minutes with blinds at 3k/6k/6k to play down to the money, which will likely happen before the next break.

They are down to the final two tables with 16 players left in the PLO Bomb Pot game. There are just over 10 minutes remaining in Level 14 and they are now 8 players off the money spots. This is an eight-handed game so they’ll go to the final table at 9 players which means they won’t be playing any “hand-for-hand bubble play” as the bubble will happen with just one table left in action.

They are 10 off the money now with 18 players left in Event #4 and Level 13 just getting started. Among the players still alive in tonight’s game are Dylan Payne, Kirk Nilson, Darrell Moore, Shane Brotherwood, Kirk Miller, JJ Johnstone, Simon “Jumo” Lau, Nicholas Lee, and Skyler York.

The numbers are confirmed in the side event tonight with 76 entries for a prize pool of $28,880. Note that my prize pool calculations earlier in the day were badly off as I was using the wrong buy-in amount in my spreadsheet so previously quoted prize pool numbers should always be doubled for the actual number in this one.

There will be 8 players getting a piece of the prizes later tonight — see below for a look at all the prizes.

The side game is up to 65 entries now for prizes of more than $12.5k. Entries remain open for about 1 hour and 45 minutes, so it seems likely the field will end somewhere around 90 entries.

The side game is up to 45 entries with about 5 minutes to play in Level 3. Darrell Moore from Red Deer was among the new entries I spotted in the field with Thomas Taylor and Simon “Juno” Lau also in the mix today.

Level 2 has about 15 remaining and the field is at 36 entries for prizes of just over $7k. Stefan Maloney is here to play his favorite game and is in good four-card form after chopping an O8 game last night across the city. Joining him in the action today is Christian Vincent, Gary Chan, Kirk Nilson, Gerry Edwards, John Hansmeyer, Don McCall, Fred Balic, Peter Darlington, Nicholas Lee, Kirk Miller, and Skyler York, among others.

The side game on Thursday is the Double Board Bomb Pot game starting at 4 pm. Players get 25k to start and will play 25-minute levels throughout the night.

Late entry is open for 10 levels with the cutoff at about 9:30 pm and this one-day event will finish Thursday evening or early Friday morning. I likely won’t be watching this one until after entries close, as I’ll be focusing on Day 1a of Event #3 for the early part of the day.

Nicholas Lee almost certainly pushed his Hendon Mob earnings over $500k tonight with his win in Event #4. He scored a bit more than $8,500 Cdn for the win and with his Hendon total at $497k going into tonight, this should push him over the top by ~$1k.

Lee held the big stack for much of the final table, though he traded it off to 3rd place Skyler Yorke a couple of times throughout the endgame. He played a solid game, however, finding lots of spots to pick up pots uncontested and finding hands when he needed to.

As an example of the latter, the final hand saw him flop a wheel with Q♠J♥4♠3♣ on a board of A♠2♠5♦A♥3♥. Runner-up JJ Johnstone flopped top-top and turned trip aces, but it wasn’t enough to flatten Lee’s wheel. Lee was also drawing to the spade flush but ultimately didn’t need it.

It was a swingy heads-up match, with both players holding a lead at one point. Nicholas Lee came to heads-up with the lead, but Johnstone was able to get it back after he repped a flush in one hand to force a fold and draw even, then hit a flush shortly after for a double to the lead.

It was short-lived, however. They moved to the poker room at 3 am and the momentum shifted back to Lee. Just a couple of minutes after the move, Lee flopped a wheel and a flush draw against top-top for Johnstone and the wheel held despite Johnstone improving to trips on the turn. Lee had the lead back again at that point and the game was over.

While I missed the early action, JJ Johnstone just jumped into the lead after he flushed out on a board of Q♦J♦8♥10♠K♦ with A♣10♦6♦5♣. The pot left Nicholas Lee on about 700k to 1.2 million for Johnstone.

They are close to even now, though Nicholas Lee still has a slight edge. JJ Johnstone chipped up on a flushed river card with a big pot bet to get Lee to fold. Lee opened to 75k and Johnstone called.

They both checked the 9♥7♥5♦ flop and Johnstone check-called for 100k on the A♠ turn. He led for 260k on the J♥ river, forcing the fold from Lee.

JJ Johnstone raised to 65k from the button and Nicholas Lee called to see K♠5♥4♥ on the flop. They both checked to the [invalid notations] river.

They both checked. “Two Pair,” said Johnstone.

“Which two?”

Johnstone showed A♣K♦J♣2♥ for kings and deuces and the win. Lee still has the lead with about 1.2 million to about 700k for Johnstone.

The PLO Double Board Bomb Pot is now heads up. Skyler Yorke was the chip leader coming back from the break to start Level 21, but it all went south for him from there. In the final hand he raised to 60k from the button and got a call from big blind and big stack Nicholas Lee.

Lee fired 160k on the 6♥10♠5♦ flop, and Yorke called, leaving himself just fumes behind. The rest of it went in on the 3♦ turn when Lee bet more than Yorke had behind and got the call. Lee turned the straight with K♦4♦3♠2♦ and was drawing to the flush as well. Yorke’s J♥10♣8♣2♥ wasn’t able to catch ip and Yorke was done in 3rd place tonight.

Nicholas Lee limp-called from the small blind after Skyler York raised it up to 75k. Lee check-called for 85k on the 2♣9♠10♦ flop and they both checked the 8♣ turn. Lee fired 35k on the A♥ river and after some time in the tank, York slid in the call, only to muck when Lee showed A♠8♥6♠2♥ for two pair on the turn and river.

They are down to three left now with Dylan Payne taking 4th place tonight. He was short for most of the night, but managed to hold on for fourth place tonight.

The average stack now, with three lef,t is about 31 big blinds.

Skyler York limped in under the gun and Dylan Payne called from the small blind before Nicholas Lee checked his option in the big. It checked to York on the K♥K♦7♣ flop and he fired another 20k.

Only Lee made the call to the 8♥ turn. They both checked it to the 3♥ river where Lee fired 95k. York hit the tank for about a minute, muttering “I play bad” under his breath all the while before finally mucking his hand.

“Why is it bad,” Lee asked?

“If I raise pre, you probably don’t see a flop,” York replied as Lee scooped in the pot.

Skler York is the leader at then break following Level 20. Previous leader Nicholas Lee has dropped a bit with Dylan Payne and JJ Johnstone bringing up the rear.

Dylan Payne just found a double with A♥K♦Q♦Q♣ against Nicholas Lee. Payne flopped an ace on the 4♦5♣A♣10♦6♥ board and held to survive. He had less than 100k to start the hand, so he’s still pretty short — expect exact counts in a couple of minutes when they go on break.

It looks like Nicholas Lee is currently leading with more than 800k in front of him. Skyler York is a bit behind with about 750k while both JJ Johnstone and Dylan Payne are playing around 150k each.

There is a break upcoming in about 10 minutes at the end of this level, and I’ll get exact counts for the remaining players then.

They are down to 4 remaining in Event #4 now after Simon “Juno” Lau hit the rail in 5th place tonight. He was short for most of the final table, and managed to find a double with a set of fives just before Kirk Nilson busted out in 6th, giving Lau the ladder from his short stack.

They are down to five left in the PLO Bomb Pot game now after Kirk Nilson hit the rail in 6th place. I missed the action while I was processing and uploading the pictures.

While I’ve been finishing up the end-of-day action for Event #3, the side game has played down into the money. They’ve already paid out two players — see below for the payouts so far. Remaining in the game now are JJ Johnstone, Dylan Payne, Nicholas Lee, Kirk Nilson, Simon “Juno” Lau, and Skyler York. From my perspective, it doesn’t look like there are any “easy spots” on the table.

They are down to 10 left in the PLO Bobm Pot game now. They’ll go to the final table at 9 players, with 8 players getting paid tonight.

They are down to 14 players left in the PLO BOmb Pot game. Level 15 has just finished, and they are on a break now. They’ll be back in action in about 10 minutes with blinds at 3k/6k/6k to play down to the money, which will likely happen before the next break.

They are down to the final two tables with 16 players left in the PLO Bomb Pot game. There are just over 10 minutes remaining in Level 14 and they are now 8 players off the money spots. This is an eight-handed game so they’ll go to the final table at 9 players which means they won’t be playing any “hand-for-hand bubble play” as the bubble will happen with just one table left in action.

They are 10 off the money now with 18 players left in Event #4 and Level 13 just getting started. Among the players still alive in tonight’s game are Dylan Payne, Kirk Nilson, Darrell Moore, Shane Brotherwood, Kirk Miller, JJ Johnstone, Simon “Jumo” Lau, Nicholas Lee, and Skyler York.

The numbers are confirmed in the side event tonight with 76 entries for a prize pool of $28,880. Note that my prize pool calculations earlier in the day were badly off as I was using the wrong buy-in amount in my spreadsheet so previously quoted prize pool numbers should always be doubled for the actual number in this one.

There will be 8 players getting a piece of the prizes later tonight — see below for a look at all the prizes.

The side game is up to 65 entries now for prizes of more than $12.5k. Entries remain open for about 1 hour and 45 minutes, so it seems likely the field will end somewhere around 90 entries.

The side game is up to 45 entries with about 5 minutes to play in Level 3. Darrell Moore from Red Deer was among the new entries I spotted in the field with Thomas Taylor and Simon “Juno” Lau also in the mix today.

Level 2 has about 15 remaining and the field is at 36 entries for prizes of just over $7k. Stefan Maloney is here to play his favorite game and is in good four-card form after chopping an O8 game last night across the city. Joining him in the action today is Christian Vincent, Gary Chan, Kirk Nilson, Gerry Edwards, John Hansmeyer, Don McCall, Fred Balic, Peter Darlington, Nicholas Lee, Kirk Miller, and Skyler York, among others.

The side game on Thursday is the Double Board Bomb Pot game starting at 4 pm. Players get 25k to start and will play 25-minute levels throughout the night.

Late entry is open for 10 levels with the cutoff at about 9:30 pm and this one-day event will finish Thursday evening or early Friday morning. I likely won’t be watching this one until after entries close, as I’ll be focusing on Day 1a of Event #3 for the early part of the day.