2025 Summer Super Stack – Event #3: $340 Deepstack NLH

It was quite a run for Adam Cygman today. Most times, to win a poker tournament, a player has to play well and run well, and both were true for Cygman today. He was dialed in for most of the end game, making folds when he had to, and pushing the aggression when he could.

But he also ran well today, starting with a jump to the chip lead in a huge cooler that turned into a bad beat as well. Rauno Tahvonen was all in with aces, and looking good to double against the kings of Cygman with 25 players left. The board ran clean for Tahvonen in a spot that would have given him the lead and left Cygman on fumes — until the river king gave Cygman the set and cracked Tahvonen’s aces.

That was just one example og his run-good tonight, but in many other cases at the final table, he tank-folded in spots where he didn’t seem convinced he was behind, but opted to save chips in a marginal spot. In the final confrontation, it was a bit the run-good coming back to save him.

He was in with ace-deuce against the ace-four of McGearty. It was a hand that should chop most of the time, but Cygman smashed his deuce on the river for two pair after both players flopped an ace. He shoved the river, and McGearty tank-called after a couple of minutes in the blender.

This looks like Cygman’s 3rd live win, but first in eight years, with his previous two wins coming in 2017. This is his biggest score, however, with his previous best at $25k Canadian for his 2017 win in Event #1 of the DeepStacks Poker Tour at Grey Eacgle Casino. Once the prize is converted, it will likley add about 50% to his lifetime earnings on Hendon.

Seamus McGearty was always behind the 8-Ball in this heads-up match. The match started with Adam Cygman playing 11.2 million of the 14 million in play, so it would take a few doubles for McGearty to close the gap.

Two-handed play went for much of Level 30, and a good part of Level 31 as well, with nothing but small pots back and forth for each player. At one point, McGearty was able to chip up to around 4 million, but it all came down to a huge hand where both players flopped an ace.

I missed the preflop and flop action, but with the board reading K♦3♥A♣Q♦ on the turn, Cygman bet 1 million and McGearty called. The river was the 2♠ and Cygman shoved, sending McGearty deep into the tank. He counted out his stack, muttering to himself, until he finally said “Gotta go with me gut” in his thick Irish accent.

He put in the rest of his chips for a call, and his gut was sort of on point. He had ace-four, which was a better ace than Cygman’s — at least until his deuce kicker hit the river. That gave Cygman two pair and the win, while McGearty had to settle for second tonight.

They are heads up now, and taking a short break, after Adam Cygman sent Curtis Singleton to the rail in 3rd place tonight. Cygman has been running pure at the final table, and he now has 11.2 million of the 14 million in play going into heads up with Seamus McGearty.

Adam Cygman is a huge leader right now with around 9 million chips, while Seamus McGearty and Curtis Singleton are about even on about 2.5 million each.

Adam Cygman raised the small blind to 325k and Curtis Singleton defended his big with a call. Cygman check-called for 250k on the J♣3♣7♠ flop. Both players checked the Q♥ turn, but after a check from Cygman on the J♦, Singleton bet 450k. After a short tank, Cygman called, showing ace-five for ace high against the king-eight king-high for Singleton.

Seamux McGearty raised to 380k from the small blind and Adam Cygman called from the big. Action checked through the flop and turn on the board 7♣10♣A♣9♣J♥ and, after a check from McGearty in the river, Cygman fired 200k. McGearty called, but mucked when Cygman showed K♣5♥ for the club flush.

The money was in before the flop for a race beyween king-ten for Adam Cygman and pocket sevens for Curtis Singleton. Cygman smashed the flop on a board of J♣Q♠9♠7♣2♠. Despite turning the set, Singleton couldn’t catch up to the flopped straight for Cygman.

The game is three-handed now after the exit of Denis Amerault in 4th place for $10,374. That was the first five-figure payout for today.

Cris Hillana shoved the small blind after it folded to him, but his timing couldn’t have been worse as big blind Seamus McGearty woke up with aces and snapped it off.

Cris Hillana: 8♦4♠
Seamus McGearty: A♥A♣

Hillana turned a gutshot on Q♥9♣3♠10♦2♣, but bricked the river and ended his day in 5th place. There are 3 minutes remaining in Level 28 with a break following, and I’ll get accurate counts for the final four then

Edward Kershaw had most of his stack in the middle to pay the big blind and ante when Adam Cygman raised under the gun to 200k. It folded around to Kershaw who put in the rest of his stack blind, with less than the raise from Cygman.

Kersahw was live and suited with 10♦3♦, but he needed to his against the ace-queen for Cygman. Cygman turned a queen for the win on a board of 4♠5♠8♠Q♣3♠ and that was all he needed to send Kershaw to the cage for $6,224.

Seamus McGearty is the big stack at the moment as the only player with more than 4 million. The counts below are just eyeball estimates, so they may not be exact.

They are down to 6 left in Day 2 after Mason St. Martin hit the rail in seventh place. I missed the action while I was getting some dinner, but he earned $4,628 for his work today.

There are seven left in Day 2 now after Victor Ma lost a race to Seamus McGearty. McGearty had the chip advantage when he raised to 210k under the gun, and Ma shoved from the big blind. Ma was on tens against ace-king for McGearty, and the A♣4♦9♦3♥A♥ board was all McGearty, hitting trips on the turn.

As Ma was collecting his things to head to the payout desk, Curtis Singleton said he folded pocket nines, which would have boated up over McGearty’s trips.

Day 2 is down to 8 players left after Dan Duong busted out in 9th place. I missed the action while I was updating the other two events running today.

Seamus McGearty opened under the gun to 155k, and he was called by Curtis Singleton in the cutoff, and Vistor Ma in the big blind. The flop was 7♣8♥Q♦ and, after a check from Ma, McGeart made it 175k to go. Singleton folded pretty quickly, but it took Ma a lot longer to take the same action.

McHreaty has chipped up since the break and is closing in on 2 million.

I missed the action while I was uploading and processing pictures, but Johnny Dalphond was the first player off the final table tonight. There are nine players remaining, and the average stack is about 22.5 big blinds.

The final 10 players will be back in action in about 5 minutes with Victor Ma leading the final table counts. See below for a look at how the FT players stack up.

They are at the final table now after Melissa Sekulich bubbled the final ten. She was very short, and got her money in blind. Victor Ma woke up with nines to put her at risk, but she was live with 10♠5♠. The board missed her hand, though, and Ma’s nines held for the win.

They are setting up the final table now, with a break coming in just 3 minutes. I’ll grab chip counts at the break.

They are down to 11 left in Day 2 now, on the bubble to the 10-handed final table. Rick Kosterman and Reg Hampton were the recent busts to bring the field to 11 remaining. There is a break coming up in about 5 minutes, and I’ll grab a full round of chip counts then.

The field is down to 13 players remaining now after a couple of busts while I was out of the room. See below for the recent payouts.

Place	Player	Prize
14	Keivin Yellowfly	$1,835
15	Jialin (Jordan) Qiao	$1,756
16	Chris Vermette	$1,756
17	Amarjot Brar	$1,756
18	Ben Locker	$1,676
19	Stacie Christensen	$1,676

The blinds are now up to 40 minutes long with the field down to two tables. I just watched an orbit of action at Table 26, and there was certainly some action.

Hand 1: Melissa Sekulich shoved a short stack from the middle and was called by Amarjot Brar, but they were both on ace-queen and chopped it up.

Hand 2: Victor Ma raised to 85k and took the blinds and antes.

Hand 3: Victor Ma raised the hijack to 80k, but folded when Cris Hillana three-bet the button to 215k.

Hand 4: Rick Kosterman limped the button, and Johnny Dalphond checked to the J♠5♣4♥. He check-folded to a bet of 50k from Kosterman.

Hand 5: Seamus McGearty shoved the button, and Johnny Dalphond called from the big blind with less. McGearty was on queen-jack against ace-king for Dalphond, and when the board missed both players, Dalphond’s big slick took it down.

Hand 6: Victor Ma raised the middle to 100k and got calls from Dan Duong to his left, as well as Edward Kershaw on the big blind. Kershaw checked the Q♦J♥Q♠ flop, Ma bet 40k, Duong called, and Kershaw mucked. When the turn put a third queen on the board, Ma fired 150k, enough to push Duong out.

Hand 7: Victor Ma opened early to 80k, and Johnny Dalphond reraised to 250k all-in from the cutoff. Ma called with a suited ace-nine against ace-king for Dalphond. Dalphond was a little disgusted when the A♠9♦J♠ lop gave Ma two pair, but another jack in the turn counterfeited Ma and gave Dalphond the higher two pair for the win.

Hand 8: Dan Duong opened early to 100k, and Amarjot Brar shoved the small blind. Victor Ma reshoved the big blind, and Duong quickly mucked. Brar was on a suited king, but he was in rought shape to the queens of Ma. The queens held on a board of 10♠10♥6♠3♥6♣ and Ma was up to more than 2.2 million, while Vrar was down to about 250k.

Hand 9: It folded to Amarjot Brar on the button, and he shoved his short stack. Ma woke up with it again, this time tabling aces against Brar’s suited queen-three. The aces held and Ma was up to about 2.5 million while Brar hit the rail in 17th.

Meanwhile, on the other table, Ben Locker was the first player to bust from the final two tables. He flopped trips with 9♦8♦ but got crushed by a four-card club flush. Chris Vermette also hit the rail while I was writing this update, bringing the field to 15 now.

Dan Duong started a limp-fest with an under-the-gun limp. Stacie Christensen, Victor Ma, and Johnny Dalphond also came along to the 10♣6♦K♣ flop. Ma bet 30k from the small blind, Dalphond folded the big, Duong called, but Christensen shoved. Ma got out of the way quickly, but Duong called just as quickly.

It was a flopped cooler as Christensen hit the flop with king-eight, but Duong smashed it with a pair of kings. 2♦A♦ on the runout didn’t change anything and they are down to 18 left now.

Ben Locker raised the cutoff to 60k, and Cris Hillana called from the big blind. Hillana check-folded when Locker continued for 45k on the J♦3♠Q♣ flop. Locker had chipped up a bit since the break, and this hand put him on almost 600k while Hillana is still above 1 million.

I had a chance to get around to all the stacks on the last break, and Adam Cygman is leading 6 players with more than 1 million chips. See below for a look at all the stacks and how they are seated.

Day 2 of Event #3 is playing fairly quickly so far, with the field already down to 19 left. The average stack right now is a bot less than 30 bigs, and assuming they don’t lose any players between now and the break in 8 minutes, the average will drop to less than 25 bigs when they return.

Recent Cashouts from Event #3

Place	Player	Prize
20	Simon Borys	$1,676
21	Shenhong (Henry) Yang	$1,596
22	Kimberly Durham	$1,596
23	Peter Amic	$1,596
24	Kevin Willerton	$1,516
25	Seol Hee Kim	$1,516
26	Kim Huu Pham	$1,516
27	Rauno Tahvonen	$1,436

The field is down to 25 entries, and one recent hand was a huge cooler to send Rauno Tahvonen home in 27th place. He had aces against kings for Adam Cygman, and when all the money was in the pot was more than 500k. It looked good to Tahvonen to double and leave Cygman on fumes, but a king on the river flipped the script and sent Tahvonen to the rail while Cygman grabbed the chip lead.

They are just setting the final three tables in Event #3 with 27 players left now. Full prizes are listed under the Payouts tab, but recent cashers are below.

Place	Player	Prize
28	Guneet Singh	$1,436
29	Ron Giles	$1,436
30	Wayne Keating	$1,357
31	Francis Mark Tamon (Lagos)	$1,357
32	Glenn Slater	$1,357

They are dowon to 32 players left in Event #3, with about 10 minutes to play in Level 20. I am finally finished most of my admin work, so I should have a chance to catch some action shortly.

Recent Cashes from Event #3

Place	Player	Prize
33	Graham Lupton	$1,277
34	Doug Bates	$1,277
35	Bonpyo Koo	$1,277
36	Xuan (John) Huy Phan	$1,197
37	Sergey Kim	$1,197
38	Maria Savulescu	$1,197
39	Joshua Fries	$1,117
40	Giulio Piredda Rosati	$1,117
41	Philip Roque	$1,117
42	Ramaz Haymour	$1,037
43	Jordan Matsui	$1,037

The Day 2 players are on their first break of the day with 43 players left alive. I have a bit more admin work still to do, so I won’t be able to follow the action for a while yet, but see below for the recent cashes, and check the Payouts tab for the full list of payouts so far today.

Place	Player	Prize
44	Duane Wong	$1,037
45	Darin Hagemann	$1,037

The field is now down to 45 players left on the final 5 tables. I’ve not been able to watch much of the action in this one yest as I’ve been making sure all my ducks are marching for the later games today.

Recent Cashes from Event #3

Place	Player	Prize
46	Pei Li	$1,037
47	Ivanna Yatsiuk	$957
48	Julius Roque	$957

They are closing in on the final five tables with 48 players left in the game now.

Place	Player	Prize
49	Mike Malm	$957
50	Mark Byczkiw	$957
51	Mehmoush Alemzadeh	$957
52	Hongwei Liu	$877
53	Joshua Myers	$877

It hasn’t gone quite as quickly as I expected, but after the opening 20 minutes of play, the field is down to 53 remaining. As usual, I’ll post recent busts in each post, with the full list of prizes stored under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
54	Cherry Torrico	$877
55	Andrew Phormtavong	$877
56	Oleksandr Lobur	$877

Day 2 is now set, and they are moments away from cards in the air. I’m expecting some quick early action today as short stacks try to double or go home.

2025 Summer Super Stack – Event #3: $340 Deepstack NLH Day 2

The Summer Super Stack at Deerfoot Inn & Casino has been performing very well in terms of fields and prizes. Event #3: $340 Deepstack was no exception; on the contrary, it was the biggest game of an already big series to date.

When the dust settled on three flights of play, there were 560 buy-ins in the kitty, for a total prize pool just shy of $160k. After discussions with Poker Manager Landon Lacroix, we are fairly certain this is the biggest multi-day field in a non-Circuit at Deerfoot event since 2022 and the post-pandemic craziness.

There are 56 players returning, all in the money, for Day 2 action. Unusually, the top two stacks for Day 2 were bagged in the opening flight, the smallest of the three Day 1s. Giulio Rosati bagged the big stack of almost 700k after a huge end-of-night cooler went his way to burst the 1a bubble. Curtis Singleton also bagged up mountains on 1a with almost 600k.

Keirin Yellowfly bagged the big 1c stack, but his 505k could nly manage 3rd overall. Seamus McGearty, also from 1c, managed to slip into 4th with 470k, while the 1b leader, Jordan Qiao, is less than 5k behind McGearty for 5th overall.

The Day 2 action gets underway at 12 noon, and action is likely to be fierce from the start. There are 12 stacks under 100k, with the opening blinds at 3k/6k/6k, and 5 that are 75k or less. Those stacks will need to move fast as the action will start partway through Level 16, and the sub-75 stacks will be playing less than 10 bigs within a few minutes of the start of the day. Even the 100k stacks will be starting to worry with blinds of 4k/8k/8k, giving them barely 12 bigs.

Blinds will play for 30 minutes before increasing once they get into Level 17, but the levels will go to 40 minutes for the final two tables. They’ll be playing this one until a winner is decided, and it could be a long one, given the field.

Day 2 Stacks by Name

Day 2 Stacks by Seat

Day 2 Stacks by Chips

It was quite a run for Adam Cygman today. Most times, to win a poker tournament, a player has to play well and run well, and both were true for Cygman today. He was dialed in for most of the end game, making folds when he had to, and pushing the aggression when he could.

But he also ran well today, starting with a jump to the chip lead in a huge cooler that turned into a bad beat as well. Rauno Tahvonen was all in with aces, and looking good to double against the kings of Cygman with 25 players left. The board ran clean for Tahvonen in a spot that would have given him the lead and left Cygman on fumes — until the river king gave Cygman the set and cracked Tahvonen’s aces.

That was just one example og his run-good tonight, but in many other cases at the final table, he tank-folded in spots where he didn’t seem convinced he was behind, but opted to save chips in a marginal spot. In the final confrontation, it was a bit the run-good coming back to save him.

He was in with ace-deuce against the ace-four of McGearty. It was a hand that should chop most of the time, but Cygman smashed his deuce on the river for two pair after both players flopped an ace. He shoved the river, and McGearty tank-called after a couple of minutes in the blender.

This looks like Cygman’s 3rd live win, but first in eight years, with his previous two wins coming in 2017. This is his biggest score, however, with his previous best at $25k Canadian for his 2017 win in Event #1 of the DeepStacks Poker Tour at Grey Eacgle Casino. Once the prize is converted, it will likley add about 50% to his lifetime earnings on Hendon.

Seamus McGearty was always behind the 8-Ball in this heads-up match. The match started with Adam Cygman playing 11.2 million of the 14 million in play, so it would take a few doubles for McGearty to close the gap.

Two-handed play went for much of Level 30, and a good part of Level 31 as well, with nothing but small pots back and forth for each player. At one point, McGearty was able to chip up to around 4 million, but it all came down to a huge hand where both players flopped an ace.

I missed the preflop and flop action, but with the board reading K♦3♥A♣Q♦ on the turn, Cygman bet 1 million and McGearty called. The river was the 2♠ and Cygman shoved, sending McGearty deep into the tank. He counted out his stack, muttering to himself, until he finally said “Gotta go with me gut” in his thick Irish accent.

He put in the rest of his chips for a call, and his gut was sort of on point. He had ace-four, which was a better ace than Cygman’s — at least until his deuce kicker hit the river. That gave Cygman two pair and the win, while McGearty had to settle for second tonight.

They are heads up now, and taking a short break, after Adam Cygman sent Curtis Singleton to the rail in 3rd place tonight. Cygman has been running pure at the final table, and he now has 11.2 million of the 14 million in play going into heads up with Seamus McGearty.

Adam Cygman is a huge leader right now with around 9 million chips, while Seamus McGearty and Curtis Singleton are about even on about 2.5 million each.

Adam Cygman raised the small blind to 325k and Curtis Singleton defended his big with a call. Cygman check-called for 250k on the J♣3♣7♠ flop. Both players checked the Q♥ turn, but after a check from Cygman on the J♦, Singleton bet 450k. After a short tank, Cygman called, showing ace-five for ace high against the king-eight king-high for Singleton.

Seamux McGearty raised to 380k from the small blind and Adam Cygman called from the big. Action checked through the flop and turn on the board 7♣10♣A♣9♣J♥ and, after a check from McGearty in the river, Cygman fired 200k. McGearty called, but mucked when Cygman showed K♣5♥ for the club flush.

The money was in before the flop for a race beyween king-ten for Adam Cygman and pocket sevens for Curtis Singleton. Cygman smashed the flop on a board of J♣Q♠9♠7♣2♠. Despite turning the set, Singleton couldn’t catch up to the flopped straight for Cygman.

The game is three-handed now after the exit of Denis Amerault in 4th place for $10,374. That was the first five-figure payout for today.

Cris Hillana shoved the small blind after it folded to him, but his timing couldn’t have been worse as big blind Seamus McGearty woke up with aces and snapped it off.

Cris Hillana: 8♦4♠
Seamus McGearty: A♥A♣

Hillana turned a gutshot on Q♥9♣3♠10♦2♣, but bricked the river and ended his day in 5th place. There are 3 minutes remaining in Level 28 with a break following, and I’ll get accurate counts for the final four then

Edward Kershaw had most of his stack in the middle to pay the big blind and ante when Adam Cygman raised under the gun to 200k. It folded around to Kershaw who put in the rest of his stack blind, with less than the raise from Cygman.

Kersahw was live and suited with 10♦3♦, but he needed to his against the ace-queen for Cygman. Cygman turned a queen for the win on a board of 4♠5♠8♠Q♣3♠ and that was all he needed to send Kershaw to the cage for $6,224.

Seamus McGearty is the big stack at the moment as the only player with more than 4 million. The counts below are just eyeball estimates, so they may not be exact.

They are down to 6 left in Day 2 after Mason St. Martin hit the rail in seventh place. I missed the action while I was getting some dinner, but he earned $4,628 for his work today.

There are seven left in Day 2 now after Victor Ma lost a race to Seamus McGearty. McGearty had the chip advantage when he raised to 210k under the gun, and Ma shoved from the big blind. Ma was on tens against ace-king for McGearty, and the A♣4♦9♦3♥A♥ board was all McGearty, hitting trips on the turn.

As Ma was collecting his things to head to the payout desk, Curtis Singleton said he folded pocket nines, which would have boated up over McGearty’s trips.

Day 2 is down to 8 players left after Dan Duong busted out in 9th place. I missed the action while I was updating the other two events running today.

Seamus McGearty opened under the gun to 155k, and he was called by Curtis Singleton in the cutoff, and Vistor Ma in the big blind. The flop was 7♣8♥Q♦ and, after a check from Ma, McGeart made it 175k to go. Singleton folded pretty quickly, but it took Ma a lot longer to take the same action.

McHreaty has chipped up since the break and is closing in on 2 million.

I missed the action while I was uploading and processing pictures, but Johnny Dalphond was the first player off the final table tonight. There are nine players remaining, and the average stack is about 22.5 big blinds.

The final 10 players will be back in action in about 5 minutes with Victor Ma leading the final table counts. See below for a look at how the FT players stack up.

They are at the final table now after Melissa Sekulich bubbled the final ten. She was very short, and got her money in blind. Victor Ma woke up with nines to put her at risk, but she was live with 10♠5♠. The board missed her hand, though, and Ma’s nines held for the win.

They are setting up the final table now, with a break coming in just 3 minutes. I’ll grab chip counts at the break.

They are down to 11 left in Day 2 now, on the bubble to the 10-handed final table. Rick Kosterman and Reg Hampton were the recent busts to bring the field to 11 remaining. There is a break coming up in about 5 minutes, and I’ll grab a full round of chip counts then.

The field is down to 13 players remaining now after a couple of busts while I was out of the room. See below for the recent payouts.

Place	Player	Prize
14	Keivin Yellowfly	$1,835
15	Jialin (Jordan) Qiao	$1,756
16	Chris Vermette	$1,756
17	Amarjot Brar	$1,756
18	Ben Locker	$1,676
19	Stacie Christensen	$1,676

The blinds are now up to 40 minutes long with the field down to two tables. I just watched an orbit of action at Table 26, and there was certainly some action.

Hand 1: Melissa Sekulich shoved a short stack from the middle and was called by Amarjot Brar, but they were both on ace-queen and chopped it up.

Hand 2: Victor Ma raised to 85k and took the blinds and antes.

Hand 3: Victor Ma raised the hijack to 80k, but folded when Cris Hillana three-bet the button to 215k.

Hand 4: Rick Kosterman limped the button, and Johnny Dalphond checked to the J♠5♣4♥. He check-folded to a bet of 50k from Kosterman.

Hand 5: Seamus McGearty shoved the button, and Johnny Dalphond called from the big blind with less. McGearty was on queen-jack against ace-king for Dalphond, and when the board missed both players, Dalphond’s big slick took it down.

Hand 6: Victor Ma raised the middle to 100k and got calls from Dan Duong to his left, as well as Edward Kershaw on the big blind. Kershaw checked the Q♦J♥Q♠ flop, Ma bet 40k, Duong called, and Kershaw mucked. When the turn put a third queen on the board, Ma fired 150k, enough to push Duong out.

Hand 7: Victor Ma opened early to 80k, and Johnny Dalphond reraised to 250k all-in from the cutoff. Ma called with a suited ace-nine against ace-king for Dalphond. Dalphond was a little disgusted when the A♠9♦J♠ lop gave Ma two pair, but another jack in the turn counterfeited Ma and gave Dalphond the higher two pair for the win.

Hand 8: Dan Duong opened early to 100k, and Amarjot Brar shoved the small blind. Victor Ma reshoved the big blind, and Duong quickly mucked. Brar was on a suited king, but he was in rought shape to the queens of Ma. The queens held on a board of 10♠10♥6♠3♥6♣ and Ma was up to more than 2.2 million, while Vrar was down to about 250k.

Hand 9: It folded to Amarjot Brar on the button, and he shoved his short stack. Ma woke up with it again, this time tabling aces against Brar’s suited queen-three. The aces held and Ma was up to about 2.5 million while Brar hit the rail in 17th.

Meanwhile, on the other table, Ben Locker was the first player to bust from the final two tables. He flopped trips with 9♦8♦ but got crushed by a four-card club flush. Chris Vermette also hit the rail while I was writing this update, bringing the field to 15 now.

Dan Duong started a limp-fest with an under-the-gun limp. Stacie Christensen, Victor Ma, and Johnny Dalphond also came along to the 10♣6♦K♣ flop. Ma bet 30k from the small blind, Dalphond folded the big, Duong called, but Christensen shoved. Ma got out of the way quickly, but Duong called just as quickly.

It was a flopped cooler as Christensen hit the flop with king-eight, but Duong smashed it with a pair of kings. 2♦A♦ on the runout didn’t change anything and they are down to 18 left now.

Ben Locker raised the cutoff to 60k, and Cris Hillana called from the big blind. Hillana check-folded when Locker continued for 45k on the J♦3♠Q♣ flop. Locker had chipped up a bit since the break, and this hand put him on almost 600k while Hillana is still above 1 million.

I had a chance to get around to all the stacks on the last break, and Adam Cygman is leading 6 players with more than 1 million chips. See below for a look at all the stacks and how they are seated.

Day 2 of Event #3 is playing fairly quickly so far, with the field already down to 19 left. The average stack right now is a bot less than 30 bigs, and assuming they don’t lose any players between now and the break in 8 minutes, the average will drop to less than 25 bigs when they return.

Recent Cashouts from Event #3

Place	Player	Prize
20	Simon Borys	$1,676
21	Shenhong (Henry) Yang	$1,596
22	Kimberly Durham	$1,596
23	Peter Amic	$1,596
24	Kevin Willerton	$1,516
25	Seol Hee Kim	$1,516
26	Kim Huu Pham	$1,516
27	Rauno Tahvonen	$1,436

The field is down to 25 entries, and one recent hand was a huge cooler to send Rauno Tahvonen home in 27th place. He had aces against kings for Adam Cygman, and when all the money was in the pot was more than 500k. It looked good to Tahvonen to double and leave Cygman on fumes, but a king on the river flipped the script and sent Tahvonen to the rail while Cygman grabbed the chip lead.

They are just setting the final three tables in Event #3 with 27 players left now. Full prizes are listed under the Payouts tab, but recent cashers are below.

Place	Player	Prize
28	Guneet Singh	$1,436
29	Ron Giles	$1,436
30	Wayne Keating	$1,357
31	Francis Mark Tamon (Lagos)	$1,357
32	Glenn Slater	$1,357

They are dowon to 32 players left in Event #3, with about 10 minutes to play in Level 20. I am finally finished most of my admin work, so I should have a chance to catch some action shortly.

Recent Cashes from Event #3

Place	Player	Prize
33	Graham Lupton	$1,277
34	Doug Bates	$1,277
35	Bonpyo Koo	$1,277
36	Xuan (John) Huy Phan	$1,197
37	Sergey Kim	$1,197
38	Maria Savulescu	$1,197
39	Joshua Fries	$1,117
40	Giulio Piredda Rosati	$1,117
41	Philip Roque	$1,117
42	Ramaz Haymour	$1,037
43	Jordan Matsui	$1,037

The Day 2 players are on their first break of the day with 43 players left alive. I have a bit more admin work still to do, so I won’t be able to follow the action for a while yet, but see below for the recent cashes, and check the Payouts tab for the full list of payouts so far today.

Place	Player	Prize
44	Duane Wong	$1,037
45	Darin Hagemann	$1,037

The field is now down to 45 players left on the final 5 tables. I’ve not been able to watch much of the action in this one yest as I’ve been making sure all my ducks are marching for the later games today.

Recent Cashes from Event #3

Place	Player	Prize
46	Pei Li	$1,037
47	Ivanna Yatsiuk	$957
48	Julius Roque	$957

They are closing in on the final five tables with 48 players left in the game now.

Place	Player	Prize
49	Mike Malm	$957
50	Mark Byczkiw	$957
51	Mehmoush Alemzadeh	$957
52	Hongwei Liu	$877
53	Joshua Myers	$877

It hasn’t gone quite as quickly as I expected, but after the opening 20 minutes of play, the field is down to 53 remaining. As usual, I’ll post recent busts in each post, with the full list of prizes stored under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
54	Cherry Torrico	$877
55	Andrew Phormtavong	$877
56	Oleksandr Lobur	$877

Day 2 is now set, and they are moments away from cards in the air. I’m expecting some quick early action today as short stacks try to double or go home.

2025 Summer Super Stack – Event #3: $340 Deepstack NLH Day 2

The Summer Super Stack at Deerfoot Inn & Casino has been performing very well in terms of fields and prizes. Event #3: $340 Deepstack was no exception; on the contrary, it was the biggest game of an already big series to date.

When the dust settled on three flights of play, there were 560 buy-ins in the kitty, for a total prize pool just shy of $160k. After discussions with Poker Manager Landon Lacroix, we are fairly certain this is the biggest multi-day field in a non-Circuit at Deerfoot event since 2022 and the post-pandemic craziness.

There are 56 players returning, all in the money, for Day 2 action. Unusually, the top two stacks for Day 2 were bagged in the opening flight, the smallest of the three Day 1s. Giulio Rosati bagged the big stack of almost 700k after a huge end-of-night cooler went his way to burst the 1a bubble. Curtis Singleton also bagged up mountains on 1a with almost 600k.

Keirin Yellowfly bagged the big 1c stack, but his 505k could nly manage 3rd overall. Seamus McGearty, also from 1c, managed to slip into 4th with 470k, while the 1b leader, Jordan Qiao, is less than 5k behind McGearty for 5th overall.

The Day 2 action gets underway at 12 noon, and action is likely to be fierce from the start. There are 12 stacks under 100k, with the opening blinds at 3k/6k/6k, and 5 that are 75k or less. Those stacks will need to move fast as the action will start partway through Level 16, and the sub-75 stacks will be playing less than 10 bigs within a few minutes of the start of the day. Even the 100k stacks will be starting to worry with blinds of 4k/8k/8k, giving them barely 12 bigs.

Blinds will play for 30 minutes before increasing once they get into Level 17, but the levels will go to 40 minutes for the final two tables. They’ll be playing this one until a winner is decided, and it could be a long one, given the field.

Day 2 Stacks by Name

Day 2 Stacks by Seat