2025 Summer Super Stack – Event #2: $230 NLH

With the blinds getting huge and the hour getting late, Jim Berry and Ryan Truong decided to make an ICM deal and go home shortly after Alicia Dodds busted in 3rd place. Berry was the leader at the time, but there wasn’t much in it, and in the end, the adjusted prizes were barely $100 different.

Jim Berry takes the official win as he had more chips when the deal was struck. This was Berry’s first live win, and only his 3rd entry on Hendon Mob. Both the other Hendon results were final tables as well, however, including a runner-up finish in last year’s WSOP-C January Seniors game. For Truong, this was just his second score on Hendon Mob, and comes in at about 10x his previous entry.

Alicia Dodds had the chip lead at one point with play four-handed, but 9 hours after the game started, the blinds were getting big, and a hand or two made a big difference in the stacks. Shortly after Shane Brotherwood busted out in 4th, Dodds was short again and woke up with deuces. She shoved but ran into pocket tens for Ryan Truong, and Truong hit a set to add insult to injury, sending Dodds home in 3rd for $3,190.

It was all in preflop between Ryan Truong with pocket fives and Jim Berry with ace-king. The fives held on a queen-high board and Truong is over a million while Berry is on about 700k now. Shane Brotherwood is the short stack with about 200k, while Alicia Dodds is the big stack with about 1.3 million.

Jim Berry pushed in a stack of whites worth 500k, and Shane Brotherwood called all in. He was on pocket queens against the ace-nine of hearts for Berry. Berry hit his ace on the flop of [invalid notations]Ac4hJd5dJh

The game has now moved from Chrome to the poker room due to the late hour. As I was packing my things just before the move, Tyler Bourassa ended his night in 5th place for $1,718.

They are down to 5 remaining after Chris Hedderson cashed out for the first four-figure payout from this game. He earned $1,227 for 6th place tonight.

I missed the action while getting the final table pictures sorted out, but Chris Duffy ended his day today in 7th place for the final score of less than $1,000.

The side game is down to 7 left now after Sabeh Nas ended his day in 8th place. I missed the action while uploading pictures.

John Phan was short after the break, playing just 28k with the big blind at 25k. He got his chips in with suited cards but ran into pocket fives for Tyler Bourassa. The fives held, and Phan was out in 9th place.

Just before the recent break, Ismar Delic-Ibukic shoved the flop with the nut spade draw, and Ryan Truong called it off with pocket tacks. Delic-Ibukic bricked his draw, and Truong chipped up to more than 600k.

They are in the money and down to the ten-handed final table now in the side event tonight. See below for the cashing players so far; I’m still watching the Seniors game, which is five-handed still, so it’s an open question whether I’ll make it over for the end of this one or not. Either way, I’ll do my best to get a winner’s photo at least.

Place	Player	Prize
11	Andy Truong	$589
12	Shawn Kim	$491
13	Karamjeet Shergill	$442

The side game is down to the final two tables in action now, putting them 5 off the 13 money spots. I’m not watching this one very closely at the moment as I’m still focused on the Seniors game final table, but it looks good for me to make it over here for at least part of the final table.

The prizes are in and they are a bit higher than I predicted. The field was correct at 126 entries, but I was using $200 for the buy-in rather than $205 as I should have been. That means that 13 players will get a share of $24,539. Full prizes are below, and loaded under the payouts tab.

Entries are now closed for the side game with the final tally at 126. While I haven’t seen the prizes yet, casino staff have just confirmed the 126 is an accurate entry count, so assuming that holds, there will be 13 players sharing $23,940 in prizes later tonight.

There are still 72 players left alive, so they’ve got a some poker to play before the money round hits. Among the players still alive are Peter Darlington, Jordan Matsui, Melissa Sekulich, Michael St Pierre-Porter, Michael Malm, Rob Limpert, Todd Oakley, Jeet Shergill, Andy Truong, Anthony Casten, Alicia Dodds, Shane Brotherwood, Tyler Hurman, and Shane Brotherwood.

The final break of entries is now underway in the side game. The field is at 122 entries with about 10 minutes left in the break, and entries are closing once they sit down for Level 10 at the end of the break.

The prizes are now over $20k for the side game, with 108 entries on the board and 75 players still alive. There are just over 30 minutes left to buy into this one as entries will close at the end of the break following Level 9, which is just about to get started.

with 79 entries on the board, the prizes in the side game have just cracked $15k. The action is in Level 4 with about 5 minutes to play, and the first break of the day follows Level 5. After that, there are four more levels of entry, with the desk scheduled to shut down by 9:30 PM.

The side game field is growing quickly with 56 entries on the board in Level 2. There are still about 3 hours left to enter this one, so the numbers should push higher than 100 before it all closes down.

The side game is now underway with 40 entries on the board. That puts $7,600 into the prize pool, but there is still more than 3 hours to enter the game.

2025 Summer SS Event #2: NLH ($200 + $30)

The side game on opening day is open to everyone (18+, of course). Starting at 6PM, the $230 NLH starts with 25k in chips with 20-minute levels throughout the game.

There are 9 levels of late entry, putting the last chance to enter this game at about 9:30 PM. After that, it’s a race to the winner in this one-day event.

In April, Justin Joson who took down this event on the opening day of the Spring Super Stack. It was a dream spot out of a movie script when he woke up with pocket aces and the money went in against an ace-wheel for runner-up Frank Gallie.

I won’t have much time to watch this game until late in the evening after the Seniors finish, but if this is still running, I’ll finish my night here.

With the blinds getting huge and the hour getting late, Jim Berry and Ryan Truong decided to make an ICM deal and go home shortly after Alicia Dodds busted in 3rd place. Berry was the leader at the time, but there wasn’t much in it, and in the end, the adjusted prizes were barely $100 different.

Jim Berry takes the official win as he had more chips when the deal was struck. This was Berry’s first live win, and only his 3rd entry on Hendon Mob. Both the other Hendon results were final tables as well, however, including a runner-up finish in last year’s WSOP-C January Seniors game. For Truong, this was just his second score on Hendon Mob, and comes in at about 10x his previous entry.

Alicia Dodds had the chip lead at one point with play four-handed, but 9 hours after the game started, the blinds were getting big, and a hand or two made a big difference in the stacks. Shortly after Shane Brotherwood busted out in 4th, Dodds was short again and woke up with deuces. She shoved but ran into pocket tens for Ryan Truong, and Truong hit a set to add insult to injury, sending Dodds home in 3rd for $3,190.

It was all in preflop between Ryan Truong with pocket fives and Jim Berry with ace-king. The fives held on a queen-high board and Truong is over a million while Berry is on about 700k now. Shane Brotherwood is the short stack with about 200k, while Alicia Dodds is the big stack with about 1.3 million.

Jim Berry pushed in a stack of whites worth 500k, and Shane Brotherwood called all in. He was on pocket queens against the ace-nine of hearts for Berry. Berry hit his ace on the flop of [invalid notations]Ac4hJd5dJh

The game has now moved from Chrome to the poker room due to the late hour. As I was packing my things just before the move, Tyler Bourassa ended his night in 5th place for $1,718.

They are down to 5 remaining after Chris Hedderson cashed out for the first four-figure payout from this game. He earned $1,227 for 6th place tonight.

I missed the action while getting the final table pictures sorted out, but Chris Duffy ended his day today in 7th place for the final score of less than $1,000.

The side game is down to 7 left now after Sabeh Nas ended his day in 8th place. I missed the action while uploading pictures.

John Phan was short after the break, playing just 28k with the big blind at 25k. He got his chips in with suited cards but ran into pocket fives for Tyler Bourassa. The fives held, and Phan was out in 9th place.

Just before the recent break, Ismar Delic-Ibukic shoved the flop with the nut spade draw, and Ryan Truong called it off with pocket tacks. Delic-Ibukic bricked his draw, and Truong chipped up to more than 600k.

They are in the money and down to the ten-handed final table now in the side event tonight. See below for the cashing players so far; I’m still watching the Seniors game, which is five-handed still, so it’s an open question whether I’ll make it over for the end of this one or not. Either way, I’ll do my best to get a winner’s photo at least.

Place	Player	Prize
11	Andy Truong	$589
12	Shawn Kim	$491
13	Karamjeet Shergill	$442

The side game is down to the final two tables in action now, putting them 5 off the 13 money spots. I’m not watching this one very closely at the moment as I’m still focused on the Seniors game final table, but it looks good for me to make it over here for at least part of the final table.

The prizes are in and they are a bit higher than I predicted. The field was correct at 126 entries, but I was using $200 for the buy-in rather than $205 as I should have been. That means that 13 players will get a share of $24,539. Full prizes are below, and loaded under the payouts tab.

Entries are now closed for the side game with the final tally at 126. While I haven’t seen the prizes yet, casino staff have just confirmed the 126 is an accurate entry count, so assuming that holds, there will be 13 players sharing $23,940 in prizes later tonight.

There are still 72 players left alive, so they’ve got a some poker to play before the money round hits. Among the players still alive are Peter Darlington, Jordan Matsui, Melissa Sekulich, Michael St Pierre-Porter, Michael Malm, Rob Limpert, Todd Oakley, Jeet Shergill, Andy Truong, Anthony Casten, Alicia Dodds, Shane Brotherwood, Tyler Hurman, and Shane Brotherwood.

The final break of entries is now underway in the side game. The field is at 122 entries with about 10 minutes left in the break, and entries are closing once they sit down for Level 10 at the end of the break.

The prizes are now over $20k for the side game, with 108 entries on the board and 75 players still alive. There are just over 30 minutes left to buy into this one as entries will close at the end of the break following Level 9, which is just about to get started.

with 79 entries on the board, the prizes in the side game have just cracked $15k. The action is in Level 4 with about 5 minutes to play, and the first break of the day follows Level 5. After that, there are four more levels of entry, with the desk scheduled to shut down by 9:30 PM.

The side game field is growing quickly with 56 entries on the board in Level 2. There are still about 3 hours left to enter this one, so the numbers should push higher than 100 before it all closes down.

The side game is now underway with 40 entries on the board. That puts $7,600 into the prize pool, but there is still more than 3 hours to enter the game.

2025 Summer SS Event #2: NLH ($200 + $30)

The side game on opening day is open to everyone (18+, of course). Starting at 6PM, the $230 NLH starts with 25k in chips with 20-minute levels throughout the game.

There are 9 levels of late entry, putting the last chance to enter this game at about 9:30 PM. After that, it’s a race to the winner in this one-day event.

In April, Justin Joson who took down this event on the opening day of the Spring Super Stack. It was a dream spot out of a movie script when he woke up with pocket aces and the money went in against an ace-wheel for runner-up Frank Gallie.

I won’t have much time to watch this game until late in the evening after the Seniors finish, but if this is still running, I’ll finish my night here.