2025 WSOPC Calgary Oct – Event #3: $400 NLH Black Chip Bounty

It took nearly 14 hours to play through the 345 entries in the Black Chip Bounty tonight, and in the end, poker newcomer Stephen Scuderi took down the top prize tonight. Scuderi’s first recorded cash was in 2024, when he won a High Roller ring in the first-ever WSOP-C Toronto.

Since then, he’s booked a total of 10 cashes before this one, which counts for his second win and second right. Scuderi was the big stack through much of the endgame, but runner-up Cindy Kerslake was hot on his heels for most of the final table.

They played heads up for nearly an hour before the final hand. Kerslake took the lead when she flopped a king and it held for a 1.5 million chip pot. But that was as close to the ring as she got. Shortly after, they got into a huge hand where Kerslake turned the straight, but she let Scuderi get there on the river with a flush.

After a 250k raise preflop from Scuderi, they checked through the board until the river where Kerslake fired 325k, then called when Scuderi raised to 2 million. She mucked her hand, saying she had a straight, while Scuderi showed ten-seven of spades for the flush and a huge lead.

It didn’t take long to finish after that. The money went in on a flop where Kerslake hit top-top, but Scuderi found a set of ducks. Kerslake turned trip tens for outs to the boat, but then bricked the river.

This will be Scuderi’s 3rd-best cash, after the High Roller ring, and a runner-up finish in a PLO event at WSOP-C Toronto this year.

Mike Malm is the current leader with 425k, but Braydon Brown also has more than 400k for second place. Ay Lor, Adrian Chan, and Cindy Kerslake round out the top five counts right now.

Place	Player	Prize
31	Oleksandr Lobur	$549
32	Robert Graham	$549
33	Bobby Jones	$549
34	Gordon Konkin	$549

The field is down to 34 left now with just under 20 minutes to play in Level 17. See below for the recent cashes, with the full list under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
35	Jack Dick	$549
36	Yue Yang	$522
37	Ankhbayar Bayar	$522
38	Jordan Banfield	$522
39	Robert Stuve	$522
40	Sean Cardoso	$522
41	Clair Ramsay	$522
42	Barbara Tripps	$522
43	Pavel Krumer	$522
44	Troy Kopp	$522
45	Sunny Lubana	$522

As expected, the action is moving quickly now that they are in the money. The field is down to 45 left — I’ll post recent cashes in individual posts, but the full prize list is always viewable under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
46	Juan Lampreau	$522
47	Ryan Kenny	$522
48	Nader Panahi	$522
49	Austin Vickers	$522
50	Dominic Burgess	$522
51	Lilian Munch	$522
52	Evan Thomas	$522

They are now in the money after the bubble lasted exactly one hand today. I expect fairly quick action now for the next half hour or so.

The action is now hand-for-hand on the official bubble with 53 players left. The clock is paused with 19:06 showing, and 2 minutes will come off for every hand played until they lose the next player, and everyone else is in the money.

The players are now back from their dinner break, and they’ll go hand-for-hand in the bubble after one elimination. I expect the bubble play to start shortly, and the action to proceed pretty quickly once the bubble bursts.

There were three quick exits just before the dinner break, so players will return from dinner for Level 15 just two off the money. Mike Honeyman leads the field on the dinner break with 46.8k, and Steve Barber, Josh O’Neill-Trotta, and Kurt Lillemo all have 40k or more.

The soft bubble action will kick off in about 20 minutes when dinner ends.

The players are moments away from the dinner break with 57 players still in the game. They’ll be away from the tables on dinner for 45 minutes, with bubble play expected to start shortly after Level 15 begins.

The final numbers are in for Event #3, and the Black Chip Bounty game got 345 confirmed entries for combined prizes of $113,850. There are $34,500 worth of bounties out there today, with $79,350 in the prize pool for the top 52 players tonight.

The winner is set to pocket more than $17k, plus bounties, while the min-cash for the day is set at $522 for 52nd place. See below for the top 10 prizes later tonight, with the full prize list loaded under the payouts tab shortly.

The registration desk is now closed for Event #3, and the final tally on the board for this one was 345 entries. That puts $113,850 total into the prize pool, with $79,350 going to prizes and $34,500 in bounties for today’s game.

Those numbers should be confirmed shortly when the prizes are posted, but it should mean 52 players sharing in the prizes later tonight, and they’ll play down to a winner tonight.

It’s another big one here today for the Black Chip Bounty. There are about 5 minutes to play in Level 9, and the field is closing in on 350 entries already. That puts the combined prizes today at $110,550, with $77k of that in the prize pool for later in the evening, and the rest in the bounties.

Late entry ends after the break following this level, so it’s unclear if the field will hit 350 or not before it closes.

Event #3: $400 NLH Black Chip Bounty ($230 + $100 + $70)

The opening event for Day 2 of WSOP-C Calgary October 2025 is the Black Chip Bounty. For $400, $230 goes into the prizes, with a flat $100 bounty on everyone’s head.

The action kicks off at 11 am, and entries are open until the start of Level 10, which should be at around 3:!5 PM. The 45-minute dinner break comes after Level 14 at about 5:35 PM. This is a one-day game, so it should finish out without bags, but just as a reminder, the casino staff does reserve the right to force a second day if necessary.

In January, local WPT Global streamer Jordan Banfield took down this game for his first Circuit ring. He had to get through 363 entries with combined prizes of close to $120k.

This should be my main focus once I get to the floor, but it’s possible I won’t make it there until after late registration is closed for this one, as opening day was a long one, with Event #2 finishing just before 6 AM.