2025 Summer Super Stack – Event #14: $1,500 Superstack NLH

It was a Day 2 that went nearly 17 hours from the opening until Chase Bonertz was sitting with all the chips.The six-handed play went on for nearly four hours, with Bonertz and 4th place finisher George Yang holding big stacks and handcuffing the other four, who were all jockeying for ladders.

Yang was the leader by a large margin when they got to six ways around 10 PM. That’s when things ground to a halt. it took three full levels of play to get the next exit when Romualdo Cusano doubled up fellow short-stacker Scot Munro, then had to get his final 135k in (with blinds at 40k/80k/80k) under the gun to avoid being forced all in from the big blind.

Once Cusano was out, Bonertz started to gain momentum. He chipped up in a hand against his eventual heads-up opponent, Dave S, giving Bonertz more than 4 million.

He was still trailing Yang, however, and it was soon to be four-handed after Scot Munro exited his fourth final table of the series in fifth place for $25,317, sending his chips to Dave. Dave then won a huge pot from George Yang when he flopped a set of sixes against Yang’s sevens. On a six-high board with straight outs for Yang, he shoved, but couldn’t get there against Dave’s set.

Shariq “Sharqy” Khan quickly followed when his pocket sixes couldn’t fade a river king for Dave, and that set up the heads-up battle with Bonertz. Bonertz started heads-up with an 8:5 lead, but that quickly changed as he seemed to go completely card dead.

There were very few showdowns, but Dave chipped up with relentless aggression, forcing Bonertz to leave dead money in the pot. That’s when Bonertz found some life again. He got his final 2.155 million in with ace-seven when he called off a shove with Dave holding king-ten suited and the ace held for a double to stay alive. He was still behind, but the chips went in again shortly after, when Dave woke up with kings.

Bonertz found an ace with ace-four to crack Dave’s kings and take a huge lead. He had more than 10 million when the final hand was played. Dave had ace-king against fours for Bonertz, and Dave called Bonertz’s shove. The fours held, and Bonertz had all the chips.

Both of the final two were railed for much of the evening by their girlfriends, or in Bonertz’ case, his fiancée. I have to think that almost $95k will make a pretty decent wedding present.

Final Table Payouts

Place	Player	Prize
1	Chase Bonertz	$94,937
2	Dave S	$61,182
3	Shariq “Sharqy” Khan	$41,561
4	Zhigang (George) Yang	$32,701
5	Scot Munro	$25,317
6	Romualdo Cusano	$18,987
7	Zhun Rui Chen	$14,768
8	Mike Malm	$10,971
9	Malcolm Bolger	$9,283
10	Arvhin Malinab	$8,017

Dave S raised to 360k and Chase Bonertz shoved for 3.15 million. Dave had kings against ace-four off. Bonertz flopped the ace and held to crack Dave’s kings and chip up to about 6.5 million.

Chase Bonertz was down to 2.155 million when Dave S shoved with K♣10♣. Bonertz called it off with A♠7♦. The board of J♠Q♦Q♠Q♥7♠ hit Bonertz kicker on the river to give him about 5 million, still a couple of million behind Dave S.

There haven’t been many showdowns so far, but Dave S has been taking most of the pots with aggression, and he’s chipped up to about 7.5 million of the 13.16 million in play.

It was a race between pocket sixes for Shariq “Sharqi” Khan against king-ten of spades for Daves after Khan shoved and Dave called. It looked good for the sixes until the river on the board of Q♥3♣Q♠A♣K♥.

Chase Bonertz is now heads up against Dave S, with Bonertz on about an 8:5 lead.

George Yang was the big stack for most of the final table, but he was left on just 1.7 million after he doubled up Dave S recently. In the final hand for Yang, Chase Bonertz raised to 225k, then called when Yang shoved. Yang was on the offsuit ace-eight aganst ace-queen for Bonertz. Bonertz flopped a queen and turned Yang dead. Bonertz now has the monster stack with more than nearly 8 million of 13.16 million in play.

With the board on the turn, showing 6-high, George Yang shoved pocket sevens from the big blind. Dave S snapped it off at rise, but he had a flopped set of sixes for top set, and the king on the river didn’t change anything

Scot Munro hasn’t been able to make it past fifth so far this series, but he’s managed to final table 4 times, including tonight. He shoved his button blind for 615k, and got called by Dave S in the big blind. Dave had A♥10♥ against queen-deuce for Munro. Dave hit his ace on the flop of A♣8♥5♠9♥4♠.

Immediately after, Shariq “Sharqy” Khan doubled when his pair won a race against George Yang, fading Yang’s flopped club draw.

I arrived with the board out, showing four spades, ace-high. Dave S put in a bet of 325k, and Bonertz called, showing the king of spades. A few players commented on the flat call with the nut spade hand, but there was a steel wheel possibility on the board, and Bonertz said that the only hand that would call his shove would be the straight flush. Dave S had the jack-high flush, and was left on about 1.5 million. Bonertz is well over 2 million, and I’ll grab the exact stacks shortly when they go on the break.

The everlasting 6-handed game is no more after Romualdo Cusano shoved under the gun with 135k, and got four callers. When the flop came 3♣4♥9♣ small blind George Yang led out for 250k, and everyone else folded. Yang was on 9♦2♦ against J♠3♥. Cusano bricked his jack on the 10♦Q♥ runout.

Immediately after, Shariw “Sharqy” Khan got a double in a race against Chase Bonertz.

Romualdo Cusano is on fumes now after a hand that chops most of the time. Scot Munro shoved the small blind with A♦5♥ against A♥4♣ for Cusano.

The board wasn’t chopping tonight, however, coming 8♦4♥5♦6♦6♥. Both players hit their kicker, but Munro’s was best, and he doubled. Cusano is down to about 200k after the hand, while Munro, who has been on “10 bigs and a dream” for a couple of hours, now has more than 20 bigs to work with.

Dave S raised early to 160k, and George Yang called on the small blind. They checked through the [invalid notations] flop and turn, but Yang led for 325k on the paired 5♥ river. Dave called pretty quickly with jack-ten, showing the hand after Yang showed seven-six for seven high.

They’ve now been 6-handed for more than 3 hours, and the small blind is now equivalent to the starting stack of 40k.

Dave S limp-called from the small blind after big blind Chase Bonertz raised to 185k. The flop was 5♦J♥8♠ and Dave check-called for 125k. Both players checked the A♥ turn, and again on the K♦.

Dave smashed the river for Broadway and flopping a gutty and turning the double-gutty, and he was hoping for a bet from Bonertz. “NUTS!” he said, throwing Q♥10♣ on the table. Bonertz mucked his hand.

Chase Bonertz raised to 135k under the gun, and George Yang called from the cutoff. Bonertz check-called for 105k on the 6♥7♠Q♠ flop, but check-folded to 350k on the 8♥.

Romualdo Cusano raised the cutoff to 125, then called when Dave S reraised the button to 340k. They both checked the 10♦Q♥K♦ flop, but Cusano shoved for 705k on the 7♦ turn. Dave S tanked for several minutes, saying, “I haven’t seen you play this way all night.” He finally showed a jack of diamonds, followed by a jack of hearts before mucking.

The final 6 players moved to the poker room to finish out the game at the start of Level 25. I’ll grab exact counts for all remaining players at the break, but it looks like George Yang is still leading with about 4.3 million in front of him, but Shariq “Sharqy” Khan looks to be second with more than 2 million.

I missed the action while I was in the bathroom, but the Main Event field is down to 6 left now after Zhun Rui (Sing) Chen ended his run today in 7th place. The average stack is still pretty deep but most of the chips are in front of George Yang, as he still dominates the counts.

They are down to 7 left in the Main Event now. Malcolm Bolger took 9th tonight in a hand I missed, but Mike Malm was short after the earlier confrontation with Bolger, and he shoved ace-four suited for about 3 big blinds, and George Yang called it off with a pair and held.

Arvhin Malinab was the short stack, and he shoved for around 300k from the middle. Shariq Khan called it off from the cutoff, and it was a race between the sevens of Malinab and A♥J♦ for Khan. Khan found his jack on the flop, and the rest of the board bricked for Malinab.

Mik Malm opened early to 75k before Shariq Khan three-bet the river to 130k. George Yang was next to act, and he put in the four-bet to 350k, and that was enough to collect the pot with no further action.

Scot Munro opened early to 65k before Malcolm Bolger shoved the cutoff for 555k. Mike Malm reshoved the small blind for a bit more. Munro folded, and Malm was in great shape with ace-king into ace-queen. Bolger found a queen on the flop, however, and there was no help for Malm, and he was left just over 100k, while Bolger is up to around 1.2 million.

The final table is not set after Keiven Yellowfly finished his day in 11th place today. I’ll grab final table pictures shortly.

The final 11 players are back at the table after the dinner break, and Shariq Khan just picked up some early chips. He raised the cutoff to 50k, and Keiven Yellowfly called from the small blind. Yellowfly check-called for 40k on the 4♣6♠7♦ and they both checked the 8♠ turn.

Yellowfly fired 75k on the [invalid notations] for a busted straight draw against the A♠4♠ for Khan, who took ti down with a pair of fours.

They are down to 11 players left after Seamus McGearty ended his day in 12th. Action was on the flop reading 9♣7♣4♠, and McGearty shoved over a bet from Malcolm Bolger. Bolger snapped it off with a flopped set of nines against the overpair of tens for McGearty.

McGearty still had outs with backdoors to clubs and a straight, as well as higher set possibilities, but he bricked the turn and river.

The dinner break is coming in about 10 minutes, and I’ll get full chip counts at the break.

Curtis Singleton just hit the rail for 13th place after a gross spot against Keiven Yellowfly. Singleton jammed wath ace-king of spades, and Yellowfly called off with ace-nine of hearts. Yellowfly hit the hearts on the flop, and Singleton couldn’t catch up.

Andy Truong was the most recent bust from the Main Event when he got a short stack in with ace-jack, but he ran into ace-king for Mike Malm. Malm hit both the ace and king on the board, and Truong was out in 14th place.

The field is down to 14 now after Homan Mohammadi concluded his excellent week here at Deerfoot with his fourth cash, including a win.

Place	Player	Prize
15	Homan Mohammadi	$5,063
16	Pav Braich	$4,852
17	Chun Tat	$4,852

There are 15 players left after the recent bust of short stack Pav Braich. I don’t have a good handle on all the chips right now, but Scot Munro is the clear leader with about 2.3 million in front of him. Below is a look at how the final 15 are seated, and I’ll get a full chip update on the next break.

Two players busted on the bubble to the final two tables to leave the field at 17 entries as with 25 minutes to play in Level 20. Matt Ouellette hit a pair of kings, but ran into the set of kings when the case king hit the board to send him out in 19th place.

Place	Player	Prize
18	Haven Taylor	$4,641
19	Matthew Ouellette	$4,641

The field is on the bubble to the final two tables with 19 players left.

Place	Player	Prize
20	Douglas Lee	$4,430
21	Graham Lupton	$4,430
22	Michael Flanagan	$4,219

Scot Munro is the leader as they head into Level 20. He has 1.75 million, with Keiven Yellowfly sitting second with about 1.1 million, but Dave S and Shariq Khan are also playing just over 1 million. Meanwhile, there were two more busts just before the break to bring the field to 22. Cindy Kerslake’s stack is now in Curtis Singleton’s stack; he has about 840k after his better ace held to send Kerslake out in 23rd.

23	Cindy Kerslake	$4,219
24	Jeffry Bryde	$4,219

They are down to 25 players left in the Main Event with two recent eliminations.

Place	Player	Prize
25	Weston Pring	$4,008
26	Tyler Panas	$4,008
27	Pei Li	$4,008

Scot Munro has jumped to the lead after sending Jerry Li out in 27th place. I missed the action, but the resylt was Munro stacking up 1.4 million. Dave S has dropped to about 1.2 million for second place.

Meanwhile, on another table, Malcolm Bolger shoved the small blind for a bit more than 300k after Seamus McGearty limped under the gun. McHearty folded after a bit of a tank.

Place	Player	Prize
27	Pei “Jerry” Li	$4,008
28	Chad Hallett	$3,797
29	Keith Sarnoski	$3,797

Dave S is leading the way right now with about 1.3 million, but Haven Werner is sitting on about 1 million for what looks like second. Scot Munro, Jerry Li, and George Yang are all playing in the 700k range.

The Main Event field is in the money and down to 30 players left in the game. After two players busted on the bubble, that makes for four payouts so far, listed below. As usual, I’ll post the recent busts in each post, with the full list of prize winners under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
30	Steven Parkin	$3,797
31	Jerod Dobson	$3,587
32	Lee Clark	$3,587
33	Regan Duong	$1,794
34	Thomas Taylor	$1,794

Thomas Taylor is on fumes now after a brutal river gave him the boat against Scot Munro. I missed the board action, but Munro was facing a bet of 100k from Taylor on a board of 9♥8♠K♥K♣2♣.

Munro shoved for 432k, which Taylor had covered, but only by a few orange 1k chips. Taylor hit the tank for about a minute, muttering, “I can beat full houses”, before finally sliding in the call. Taylor showed king-deuce for the rivered boat, but Munro had king-nine for the bigger boat and took it down. Taylor was left with less than $10k, and he busted shortly after to burst the bubble, along with Regan Duong from another table, so Taylor and Duong will chop the 33rd place min-cash for $1,794 each.

The clock is now paused for hand-for-hand action with 34 players left. They’ll take 2 minutes off the clock manually for each hand played until the next elimination puts them in the money.

The field is down to the final four tables now, with 36 players left in the action. That puts them three away from the money spots today, with the min-cash set at $3,587, and the first payjump at 31st place to $3,797.

The Main Event field is down to 40 players remaining, with just under 30 minutes to play in Level 17. I’ve had a look around the room and it looks like Mike Malm has continued his spin-up from last night’s Day 1b. He has more than 800k in front of him right now for what looks like the clear lead, but Jerry Li is also continuing his stellar series with a stack that also looks to be around 800k.

The field is now 7 players off the money spots, with a min-cash set at $3,587.

2025 Summer Super Stack – Event #14: $1,500 Superstack NLH Day 2

Day 2 of the Main Event is set, but not everyone returning is going to be happy. There are 58 players returning for the final day of play, but only 33 paid spots, so 25 players will come back on Sunday and still go home empty-handed.

At the top of the list are Dave S and Doug Lee, both with well over 600k. They both bagged on Day 1b, as did Thomas Taylor for the 3rd place stack of 487k. The Day 1a leader, Malcolm Bolger, is 4th on Day 2 with 457k, but it’s back to the 1b stacks for Mike Malm in 5th with 437k. Malm spun that stack up after entering late in the game, on the final break.

The Day 2 action gets going at noon with levels jumping to 60 minutes. It’s likely that they’ll take at least a full level before they get to the money, but there are quite a few short stacks, so it could go quicker. There are 14 stacks returning with less than 20 big blinds, so they will all have to start looking for chips pretty quickly on Day 2.

Day 2 Players by Name

Day 2 Players by Seat

Day 2 Players by Chips

It was a Day 2 that went nearly 17 hours from the opening until Chase Bonertz was sitting with all the chips.The six-handed play went on for nearly four hours, with Bonertz and 4th place finisher George Yang holding big stacks and handcuffing the other four, who were all jockeying for ladders.

Yang was the leader by a large margin when they got to six ways around 10 PM. That’s when things ground to a halt. it took three full levels of play to get the next exit when Romualdo Cusano doubled up fellow short-stacker Scot Munro, then had to get his final 135k in (with blinds at 40k/80k/80k) under the gun to avoid being forced all in from the big blind.

Once Cusano was out, Bonertz started to gain momentum. He chipped up in a hand against his eventual heads-up opponent, Dave S, giving Bonertz more than 4 million.

He was still trailing Yang, however, and it was soon to be four-handed after Scot Munro exited his fourth final table of the series in fifth place for $25,317, sending his chips to Dave. Dave then won a huge pot from George Yang when he flopped a set of sixes against Yang’s sevens. On a six-high board with straight outs for Yang, he shoved, but couldn’t get there against Dave’s set.

Shariq “Sharqy” Khan quickly followed when his pocket sixes couldn’t fade a river king for Dave, and that set up the heads-up battle with Bonertz. Bonertz started heads-up with an 8:5 lead, but that quickly changed as he seemed to go completely card dead.

There were very few showdowns, but Dave chipped up with relentless aggression, forcing Bonertz to leave dead money in the pot. That’s when Bonertz found some life again. He got his final 2.155 million in with ace-seven when he called off a shove with Dave holding king-ten suited and the ace held for a double to stay alive. He was still behind, but the chips went in again shortly after, when Dave woke up with kings.

Bonertz found an ace with ace-four to crack Dave’s kings and take a huge lead. He had more than 10 million when the final hand was played. Dave had ace-king against fours for Bonertz, and Dave called Bonertz’s shove. The fours held, and Bonertz had all the chips.

Both of the final two were railed for much of the evening by their girlfriends, or in Bonertz’ case, his fiancée. I have to think that almost $95k will make a pretty decent wedding present.

Final Table Payouts

Place	Player	Prize
1	Chase Bonertz	$94,937
2	Dave S	$61,182
3	Shariq “Sharqy” Khan	$41,561
4	Zhigang (George) Yang	$32,701
5	Scot Munro	$25,317
6	Romualdo Cusano	$18,987
7	Zhun Rui Chen	$14,768
8	Mike Malm	$10,971
9	Malcolm Bolger	$9,283
10	Arvhin Malinab	$8,017

Dave S raised to 360k and Chase Bonertz shoved for 3.15 million. Dave had kings against ace-four off. Bonertz flopped the ace and held to crack Dave’s kings and chip up to about 6.5 million.

Chase Bonertz was down to 2.155 million when Dave S shoved with K♣10♣. Bonertz called it off with A♠7♦. The board of J♠Q♦Q♠Q♥7♠ hit Bonertz kicker on the river to give him about 5 million, still a couple of million behind Dave S.

There haven’t been many showdowns so far, but Dave S has been taking most of the pots with aggression, and he’s chipped up to about 7.5 million of the 13.16 million in play.

It was a race between pocket sixes for Shariq “Sharqi” Khan against king-ten of spades for Daves after Khan shoved and Dave called. It looked good for the sixes until the river on the board of Q♥3♣Q♠A♣K♥.

Chase Bonertz is now heads up against Dave S, with Bonertz on about an 8:5 lead.

George Yang was the big stack for most of the final table, but he was left on just 1.7 million after he doubled up Dave S recently. In the final hand for Yang, Chase Bonertz raised to 225k, then called when Yang shoved. Yang was on the offsuit ace-eight aganst ace-queen for Bonertz. Bonertz flopped a queen and turned Yang dead. Bonertz now has the monster stack with more than nearly 8 million of 13.16 million in play.

With the board on the turn, showing 6-high, George Yang shoved pocket sevens from the big blind. Dave S snapped it off at rise, but he had a flopped set of sixes for top set, and the king on the river didn’t change anything

Scot Munro hasn’t been able to make it past fifth so far this series, but he’s managed to final table 4 times, including tonight. He shoved his button blind for 615k, and got called by Dave S in the big blind. Dave had A♥10♥ against queen-deuce for Munro. Dave hit his ace on the flop of A♣8♥5♠9♥4♠.

Immediately after, Shariq “Sharqy” Khan doubled when his pair won a race against George Yang, fading Yang’s flopped club draw.

I arrived with the board out, showing four spades, ace-high. Dave S put in a bet of 325k, and Bonertz called, showing the king of spades. A few players commented on the flat call with the nut spade hand, but there was a steel wheel possibility on the board, and Bonertz said that the only hand that would call his shove would be the straight flush. Dave S had the jack-high flush, and was left on about 1.5 million. Bonertz is well over 2 million, and I’ll grab the exact stacks shortly when they go on the break.

The everlasting 6-handed game is no more after Romualdo Cusano shoved under the gun with 135k, and got four callers. When the flop came 3♣4♥9♣ small blind George Yang led out for 250k, and everyone else folded. Yang was on 9♦2♦ against J♠3♥. Cusano bricked his jack on the 10♦Q♥ runout.

Immediately after, Shariw “Sharqy” Khan got a double in a race against Chase Bonertz.

Romualdo Cusano is on fumes now after a hand that chops most of the time. Scot Munro shoved the small blind with A♦5♥ against A♥4♣ for Cusano.

The board wasn’t chopping tonight, however, coming 8♦4♥5♦6♦6♥. Both players hit their kicker, but Munro’s was best, and he doubled. Cusano is down to about 200k after the hand, while Munro, who has been on “10 bigs and a dream” for a couple of hours, now has more than 20 bigs to work with.

Dave S raised early to 160k, and George Yang called on the small blind. They checked through the [invalid notations] flop and turn, but Yang led for 325k on the paired 5♥ river. Dave called pretty quickly with jack-ten, showing the hand after Yang showed seven-six for seven high.

They’ve now been 6-handed for more than 3 hours, and the small blind is now equivalent to the starting stack of 40k.

Dave S limp-called from the small blind after big blind Chase Bonertz raised to 185k. The flop was 5♦J♥8♠ and Dave check-called for 125k. Both players checked the A♥ turn, and again on the K♦.

Dave smashed the river for Broadway and flopping a gutty and turning the double-gutty, and he was hoping for a bet from Bonertz. “NUTS!” he said, throwing Q♥10♣ on the table. Bonertz mucked his hand.

Chase Bonertz raised to 135k under the gun, and George Yang called from the cutoff. Bonertz check-called for 105k on the 6♥7♠Q♠ flop, but check-folded to 350k on the 8♥.

Romualdo Cusano raised the cutoff to 125, then called when Dave S reraised the button to 340k. They both checked the 10♦Q♥K♦ flop, but Cusano shoved for 705k on the 7♦ turn. Dave S tanked for several minutes, saying, “I haven’t seen you play this way all night.” He finally showed a jack of diamonds, followed by a jack of hearts before mucking.

The final 6 players moved to the poker room to finish out the game at the start of Level 25. I’ll grab exact counts for all remaining players at the break, but it looks like George Yang is still leading with about 4.3 million in front of him, but Shariq “Sharqy” Khan looks to be second with more than 2 million.

I missed the action while I was in the bathroom, but the Main Event field is down to 6 left now after Zhun Rui (Sing) Chen ended his run today in 7th place. The average stack is still pretty deep but most of the chips are in front of George Yang, as he still dominates the counts.

They are down to 7 left in the Main Event now. Malcolm Bolger took 9th tonight in a hand I missed, but Mike Malm was short after the earlier confrontation with Bolger, and he shoved ace-four suited for about 3 big blinds, and George Yang called it off with a pair and held.

Arvhin Malinab was the short stack, and he shoved for around 300k from the middle. Shariq Khan called it off from the cutoff, and it was a race between the sevens of Malinab and A♥J♦ for Khan. Khan found his jack on the flop, and the rest of the board bricked for Malinab.

Mik Malm opened early to 75k before Shariq Khan three-bet the river to 130k. George Yang was next to act, and he put in the four-bet to 350k, and that was enough to collect the pot with no further action.

Scot Munro opened early to 65k before Malcolm Bolger shoved the cutoff for 555k. Mike Malm reshoved the small blind for a bit more. Munro folded, and Malm was in great shape with ace-king into ace-queen. Bolger found a queen on the flop, however, and there was no help for Malm, and he was left just over 100k, while Bolger is up to around 1.2 million.

The final table is not set after Keiven Yellowfly finished his day in 11th place today. I’ll grab final table pictures shortly.

The final 11 players are back at the table after the dinner break, and Shariq Khan just picked up some early chips. He raised the cutoff to 50k, and Keiven Yellowfly called from the small blind. Yellowfly check-called for 40k on the 4♣6♠7♦ and they both checked the 8♠ turn.

Yellowfly fired 75k on the [invalid notations] for a busted straight draw against the A♠4♠ for Khan, who took ti down with a pair of fours.

They are down to 11 players left after Seamus McGearty ended his day in 12th. Action was on the flop reading 9♣7♣4♠, and McGearty shoved over a bet from Malcolm Bolger. Bolger snapped it off with a flopped set of nines against the overpair of tens for McGearty.

McGearty still had outs with backdoors to clubs and a straight, as well as higher set possibilities, but he bricked the turn and river.

The dinner break is coming in about 10 minutes, and I’ll get full chip counts at the break.

Curtis Singleton just hit the rail for 13th place after a gross spot against Keiven Yellowfly. Singleton jammed wath ace-king of spades, and Yellowfly called off with ace-nine of hearts. Yellowfly hit the hearts on the flop, and Singleton couldn’t catch up.

Andy Truong was the most recent bust from the Main Event when he got a short stack in with ace-jack, but he ran into ace-king for Mike Malm. Malm hit both the ace and king on the board, and Truong was out in 14th place.

The field is down to 14 now after Homan Mohammadi concluded his excellent week here at Deerfoot with his fourth cash, including a win.

Place	Player	Prize
15	Homan Mohammadi	$5,063
16	Pav Braich	$4,852
17	Chun Tat	$4,852

There are 15 players left after the recent bust of short stack Pav Braich. I don’t have a good handle on all the chips right now, but Scot Munro is the clear leader with about 2.3 million in front of him. Below is a look at how the final 15 are seated, and I’ll get a full chip update on the next break.

Two players busted on the bubble to the final two tables to leave the field at 17 entries as with 25 minutes to play in Level 20. Matt Ouellette hit a pair of kings, but ran into the set of kings when the case king hit the board to send him out in 19th place.

Place	Player	Prize
18	Haven Taylor	$4,641
19	Matthew Ouellette	$4,641

The field is on the bubble to the final two tables with 19 players left.

Place	Player	Prize
20	Douglas Lee	$4,430
21	Graham Lupton	$4,430
22	Michael Flanagan	$4,219

Scot Munro is the leader as they head into Level 20. He has 1.75 million, with Keiven Yellowfly sitting second with about 1.1 million, but Dave S and Shariq Khan are also playing just over 1 million. Meanwhile, there were two more busts just before the break to bring the field to 22. Cindy Kerslake’s stack is now in Curtis Singleton’s stack; he has about 840k after his better ace held to send Kerslake out in 23rd.

23	Cindy Kerslake	$4,219
24	Jeffry Bryde	$4,219

They are down to 25 players left in the Main Event with two recent eliminations.

Place	Player	Prize
25	Weston Pring	$4,008
26	Tyler Panas	$4,008
27	Pei Li	$4,008

Scot Munro has jumped to the lead after sending Jerry Li out in 27th place. I missed the action, but the resylt was Munro stacking up 1.4 million. Dave S has dropped to about 1.2 million for second place.

Meanwhile, on another table, Malcolm Bolger shoved the small blind for a bit more than 300k after Seamus McGearty limped under the gun. McHearty folded after a bit of a tank.

Place	Player	Prize
27	Pei “Jerry” Li	$4,008
28	Chad Hallett	$3,797
29	Keith Sarnoski	$3,797

Dave S is leading the way right now with about 1.3 million, but Haven Werner is sitting on about 1 million for what looks like second. Scot Munro, Jerry Li, and George Yang are all playing in the 700k range.

The Main Event field is in the money and down to 30 players left in the game. After two players busted on the bubble, that makes for four payouts so far, listed below. As usual, I’ll post the recent busts in each post, with the full list of prize winners under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
30	Steven Parkin	$3,797
31	Jerod Dobson	$3,587
32	Lee Clark	$3,587
33	Regan Duong	$1,794
34	Thomas Taylor	$1,794

Thomas Taylor is on fumes now after a brutal river gave him the boat against Scot Munro. I missed the board action, but Munro was facing a bet of 100k from Taylor on a board of 9♥8♠K♥K♣2♣.

Munro shoved for 432k, which Taylor had covered, but only by a few orange 1k chips. Taylor hit the tank for about a minute, muttering, “I can beat full houses”, before finally sliding in the call. Taylor showed king-deuce for the rivered boat, but Munro had king-nine for the bigger boat and took it down. Taylor was left with less than $10k, and he busted shortly after to burst the bubble, along with Regan Duong from another table, so Taylor and Duong will chop the 33rd place min-cash for $1,794 each.

The clock is now paused for hand-for-hand action with 34 players left. They’ll take 2 minutes off the clock manually for each hand played until the next elimination puts them in the money.

The field is down to the final four tables now, with 36 players left in the action. That puts them three away from the money spots today, with the min-cash set at $3,587, and the first payjump at 31st place to $3,797.

The Main Event field is down to 40 players remaining, with just under 30 minutes to play in Level 17. I’ve had a look around the room and it looks like Mike Malm has continued his spin-up from last night’s Day 1b. He has more than 800k in front of him right now for what looks like the clear lead, but Jerry Li is also continuing his stellar series with a stack that also looks to be around 800k.

The field is now 7 players off the money spots, with a min-cash set at $3,587.

2025 Summer Super Stack – Event #14: $1,500 Superstack NLH Day 2

Day 2 of the Main Event is set, but not everyone returning is going to be happy. There are 58 players returning for the final day of play, but only 33 paid spots, so 25 players will come back on Sunday and still go home empty-handed.

At the top of the list are Dave S and Doug Lee, both with well over 600k. They both bagged on Day 1b, as did Thomas Taylor for the 3rd place stack of 487k. The Day 1a leader, Malcolm Bolger, is 4th on Day 2 with 457k, but it’s back to the 1b stacks for Mike Malm in 5th with 437k. Malm spun that stack up after entering late in the game, on the final break.

The Day 2 action gets going at noon with levels jumping to 60 minutes. It’s likely that they’ll take at least a full level before they get to the money, but there are quite a few short stacks, so it could go quicker. There are 14 stacks returning with less than 20 big blinds, so they will all have to start looking for chips pretty quickly on Day 2.

Day 2 Players by Name

Day 2 Players by Seat

Day 2 Players by Chips