2026 WSOPC Calgary Jan – Event #18: $400 NLH Double Stack Closer

The final game of this record WSOP-C Calgary is in the books, and it was a local battle between Josh Wallace and Anthony Casten. Despite the turbo structure, the game played a bit more than 13 hours, with most of the final two tables played with less than 15 big blinds average.

Wallace was the chip leader through much of the final table, though for a while, he and 4th-place finisher Curtis Singleton were sharing the lead. Once Singleton hit the rail, three-ways was a bit crazy.

3rd-place finisher Thomas Sloan had a heck of a run, as he was nearly felted at one point on the final table, down to less than a big blind. He managed to spin it up to get three ways, and was actually chip leader for a bit.

But the blinds were getting big and moving fast, and the chips for the final three moved around a lot. Sloan finally hit the rail when he got his money in with ace-ten after a raise from Casten, but Wallace woke up with ace-jack and reshoved the big stack.

Casten got out of the way, and Wallace’s jack kicker played for the win. He started heads up with the lead, but Casten quickly doubled to take the lead. Wallace doubled right back a few hands later, and he was up about 2:1 over Casten.

After that, it didn’t take long to finish. Casten shoved a king, but Wallace woke up with a suited queen-gapper and called it off. It was the second time at the final table that Wallace flopped the nuts, hitting three clubs on the flop to leave Casten drawing to runner-runner boat, and he was drawing dead on the turn. Earlier at the FT, Wallace flopped nut Broadway to send Scott Serwa packing in 7th place.

This was Wallace’s 7th live win, and the $32k score should put him over $430k in lifetime earnings once the exchange comes in.

It’s back and forth now as Josh Wallace is up to about 14 million. Anthony Casten shoved a suited queen, but Wallace woke up with ace-ten and called it down. The ace held on 5♣5♦4♥3♠9♦ and Wallace is back in the lead.

Anthony Casten shoved and Josh Wallace called. It was jack-ten of clubs for Casten against ace-five off for Wallace, but Casten flopped a jack and held for the win. He now has about 13 million.

It’s heads up now after Anthony Casten raised to a million, Thomas Sloan shoved, and Josh Wallace re-shoved the big stack. Casten got out of the way, and Wallace had Slaon pipped with ace-jack over ace-ten. The board ran clean for Wallace, and Casten & Wallace are now heads up with Wallace in the lead.

They are down to three left now after Michael Duberg $ curtis Singleton busted while I was in the washroom.

Place	Player	Prize
4	Curtis Singleton	$9,945
5	Michael Dulberg	$7,037

They are five ways now after short stack Hassan Issa hit the rail for 6th place. Level 32 is nearly complete with the average stack at about 13 big blinds for now, but that will drop to less than 10 in 3 minutes when the blinds change.

Scott Serwa was left short after doubling up Michael Dulberg, and he got his final chips in with nine-five suited, but Josh Wallace called him off with ace-jack, then proceeded to flop the nuts to Broadway and take it down.

The average stack now is just over 10 big blinds.

Michael Dulberg raised to 850k from the middle, more than half his stack. Scott Serwa shove for more next to act. The rest of the table folded, and it was a race between Dulberg’s tens against ace-queen for Serwa. The 5♦3♠6♠5♣4♥ board ran clean for the tens, and Dulberg got his double from 1.2 million to about 3 million.

Thomas Sloan was very short at the last break, and was forced all in from his big blind. Michael Dulberg raised the middle to 500k, and everyone else folded.

Sloan was blind, and Dulberg showed king-ten, but Sloan revealed ace-four, and held on a runout of J♦4♦Q♦8♠3♥.

Curtis Singleton has a slight lead over Josh Wallace, but they both have more than 5 million.

The game is seven-handed now after Anthony Read hit the rail for 8th place tonight.

I’ve just had a glance at the stacks, and Josh Wallace and Curtis Singleton look to be neck & neck for the lead right now, with both players on about 4.5 million. There’s a break coming in about 10 minutes and I’ll update the full stacks for remaining players.

Marc Lavergne shoved ace-ten, but ran into ace-queen to end his night in 9th place tonight. They are now 8-handed with Level 30 just underway and an average stack of 12 big blinds.

Raymond Trieu busted the final table shortly after they sat down, collecting $1,793 for 10th place.

The final table is being set now after Glenn Slater busted in 11th. He shoved under the gin for 210k, and Hassan Issa and Thomas Sloan both called.

They checked the 5♦6♥K♥ flop, but Sloan shoved the 5♠ turn. Issa mucked his hand, and Sloan was looking for a heart with nine-deuce of hearts to crack Slater’s pocket threes. The river delivered with J♥ and the final table was set.

David Ko was the soft bubble to the final table tonight. There are now 11 players left, and they’ll move to the stage for the final final table of the series after the next elimination.

Raymond Trieu raised, then called off the jam from David Ko to put himself at risk. He had aces, though, and was well ahead of Ko’s king-eight. Trieu hit an ace on the A♣7♠6♥7♣K♠ board before turning the house for the win.

They are two away from the final table now, after Mehdi Saeed and Trent Hopper hit the rail recently. That should give Saeed a chance to have a bit of a nap before his flight.

Meanwhile, Hopper raised with pocket sevens, then called for the race when Curtis Singleton shoved ace-eight. Singleton got there to send Hopper out in 13th place.

Place	Player	Prize
13	Trent Hopper	$1,473
14	Mehdi Saeed	$1,243

Alex Liu opened under the gun to 350k, leaving just a 5k chip behind. Trent Hopper shoved a bigger stack next to act. It folded around to Gregory Wood in the big blind, and he called with less, while Liu tossed in his final 5k.

Both Liu and Wood were playing ace-nine, but they were dominated by Hopper’s ace-queen of spades. Liu and Wood flopped open-ended, but Hopper turned his queen on the board of 7♠6♦8♠Q♣2♦ and held to send them both to the cash cage.

Place	Player	Prize
15	Alex Liu	$1,243
16	Gregory Wood	$1,243
17	Vladyslav Lisovskyi	$1,243
18	Alexander Wong	$1,079

Anthony Casten opened to 160k early, and David Ko called the big blind after taking a look at Casten’s stack, which he said was around a million before the hand. The flop was 6♥4♠9♣ and Ko check-called for 200k.

Ko led out for 460k on the 5♠ turn, and Casten shoved. Ko quickly called with two pair on nine-five of hearts, but Casten was drawing to spades, and got there with the A♠ on the river for the double-up.

Mehdi Saeed is also still in this one, and he’s running on fumes, but not as far as his stack is concerned. He’s still sitting fine there, but he was up until 5 AM at the Freezeout final table last night, and is now going late tonight, with a flight back east at 7 AM in the morning. Hopefully, he can sleep on airplanes.

They are at the final two tables now with 18 players left. The average stack is about 18 big blinds right now, so the action should still be pretty quick. There is one more payout at $1,079 before it jumps to $1,243 at 17th place.

Place	Player	Prize
19	Essam Saadeddine	$1,079
20	Patrick Tardiff	$1,079

Level 25 is about to begin, and the field is down to 20 remaining. The average stack for Level 25 looks to be a bit less than 20 big blinds.

Place	Player	Prize
21	Craig Watson	$1,079
22	Josh Hopkins	$1,079
23	Youssef Hmama	$1,079
24	Donald Cowie	$1,079
25	Ryan Ballard	$1,079
26	Tianyu Xia	$1,079
27	Yafei Jian	$964
28	Cherry Torrico	$964
29	Sabeh Nasreddine	$964
30	Clark Mckay	$964

The average stack now, with 30 players left, is about 16 big blinds, so this is a bit of a turbo game at the moment.

Place	Player	Prize
31	Andrii Bazhura	$964
32	Anthony Williams	$964
33	Victor Ma	$964
34	Julius Roque	$964
35	Shoaib Syed	$964
36	Ashkan Razavi	$887

The High Roller is now complete, and the final ring of the series is 36 players away in the Closer. The full prizes are updated to 37th place in the backend, and posted below. From here, I’ll post recent busts in each post, with the full list under Payouts.

Place	Player	Prize
37	Reza Aminabadi	$887
38	Jacqueline Ray	$887
39	Ryan Heron	$887
40	Gerald Nelner	$887
41	Zachary Lister	$887
42	Kun Zhang	$887
43	Vikram Gill	$887
44	David Morrison	$887
45	Jonathan Newman	$841
46	Chris Duffy	$841
47	Tam Ho	$841
48	Duff Charette	$841
49	Wyatt Reader	$841
50	Jennifer Peters	$841
51	Andrew Goosen	$841
52	Sean Norgan	$841
53	Ovesh Vohra	$841
54	Michael Malm	$801
55	Eun Park	$801
56	Vo Nguyen	$801
57	Sreenath Cheruku	$801
58	Peter Darlington	$801
59	Skyler Edgar	$801
60	Oleksandr Lobur	$801
61	Kejun Wang	$801
62	Per Hindrikes	$801
63	Edwin Kuntz	$801
64	Alicia Dodds	$801
65	Daniel A Wojcik	$801
66	Matthew Robertson	$801
67	Lap Chi Duong	$801
68	Petar Amic	$801
69	Martin Butler	$801
70	Jeffrey Lamarche	$801
71	Allan Hobbins	$801
72	Michael Farrow	$801
73	Bogdan Szafranowicz	$801
74	Andy Truong	$801

The Closer is now in the money with 69 players left. I’m still watching heads-up action in the High Roller, so the payouts will come later after that game ends.

The prizes are in for the final event of the series, and they are playing for more than $161k. 74 players will get a piece of that later tonight, with the winner set to pocket $32,162, and the min-cash set at $801. Full prizes will be loaded under the Payouts tab shortly, with the final table payouts below.

Entries are closed for the final event of this series, with 488 entries on the board. The prizes still arent in, so that number is yet to be confirmed, but when it is, it will mean 74 players getting part of more than $161k in prizes later tonight.

I’m still watching the final table of the High Roller, but will move to finish this one out once that game ends. This game should move relatively quickly now with the 20-minute blinds, but I still expect it to be a 3 AM finish at least.

This years, Double Stack crushed expectations drawing in 488 total entries. Of the field, only 213 players remain. They combined for a total prize pool of $165,000. A winner will be decided later in the night, as a successful WSOP Calgary 2026 draws to a close. Make sure to stay tuned as the remaining two rings are won, and for a recap of all the series events to follow.

The cutoff raised to 20,000, and DJ Sharma called from the button.

After the flop came 7♥8♥4♦, and the cutoff moved all in for 47,000. Sharma went into the tank, but was suspicious and made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Cutoff: A♥9♦
DJ Sharma: 10♣7♠

The board completed with the 5♦6♥ to give the cutoff a straight.

DJ Sharma: 7,000

There are just under 90 minutes to enter the final event of the series, but it’s already a big one, with 370 entries so far. It seems like a lock to crack 400 entries for this one, though 500 might be a bit out of reach. Still, with this being the final shot at a ring this series, I expect rebuys to be fairly brisk right up until the last minute.

They are playing the final level before the first break in the Closer, with the field closing in on 300 entries already. There are just over 3 hours of entry remaining, so a field of 400-500 seems pretty likely in this one.

Right now, the prizes have just capped $85k, but prizes of more than $100k seem like a lock at this point. They need less than 50 entries to hit that figure, so that seems like ti will happen shortly after the break, in Level 7 or 8.

As expected, the numbers in the Closer are growing fast, with more than 180 entries in Level 2. Less than five minutes remain in this level, with entries still open for just under 4 hours.

The final event for Jan 2026 WSOP-C is now underway, with just under 4.5 hours to get your final buy-in for the series in. Entries are open until about 8:30 tonight, and I expect this to be a big field before the dust settles, and players buying in should expect to be playing until 3 or 4 AM at least.

Event #18: $400 NLH Double Stack Closer ($330 + $70)

The final event of this record WSOP-C is set to go on Monday afternoon. The Double Stack Closer is a new event on the schedule, replacing the previous Big 30 Stack that previously closed out the series.

The action gets going at 4 PM, and players get 40k to start. Blinds are 20 minutes long, so it’s a bit of a deepstack turbo format for this one.

Players can buy in or rebuy for 12 levels of poker, putting the last chance to enter at about 8:30 PM. After that, they’ll play down to the ring sometime early Tuesday morning

While it’s not a direct comparison, the final event of the October series, the Big 30 Stack, went to Corey Arsenault, as he won his second ring of the series. Aresenault only entered two tournaments in October, and he won them both.

In this one, he made it through 298 entries for the biggest share of $88,440 in total prizes, after beating Rodney Dyck heads up for the ring. Given the numbers for the rest of this January series, I expect the Double Stack Closer to get significantly more entries than the last event in October, possibly pushing to 500 or more.

The final game of this record WSOP-C Calgary is in the books, and it was a local battle between Josh Wallace and Anthony Casten. Despite the turbo structure, the game played a bit more than 13 hours, with most of the final two tables played with less than 15 big blinds average.

Wallace was the chip leader through much of the final table, though for a while, he and 4th-place finisher Curtis Singleton were sharing the lead. Once Singleton hit the rail, three-ways was a bit crazy.

3rd-place finisher Thomas Sloan had a heck of a run, as he was nearly felted at one point on the final table, down to less than a big blind. He managed to spin it up to get three ways, and was actually chip leader for a bit.

But the blinds were getting big and moving fast, and the chips for the final three moved around a lot. Sloan finally hit the rail when he got his money in with ace-ten after a raise from Casten, but Wallace woke up with ace-jack and reshoved the big stack.

Casten got out of the way, and Wallace’s jack kicker played for the win. He started heads up with the lead, but Casten quickly doubled to take the lead. Wallace doubled right back a few hands later, and he was up about 2:1 over Casten.

After that, it didn’t take long to finish. Casten shoved a king, but Wallace woke up with a suited queen-gapper and called it off. It was the second time at the final table that Wallace flopped the nuts, hitting three clubs on the flop to leave Casten drawing to runner-runner boat, and he was drawing dead on the turn. Earlier at the FT, Wallace flopped nut Broadway to send Scott Serwa packing in 7th place.

This was Wallace’s 7th live win, and the $32k score should put him over $430k in lifetime earnings once the exchange comes in.

It’s back and forth now as Josh Wallace is up to about 14 million. Anthony Casten shoved a suited queen, but Wallace woke up with ace-ten and called it down. The ace held on 5♣5♦4♥3♠9♦ and Wallace is back in the lead.

Anthony Casten shoved and Josh Wallace called. It was jack-ten of clubs for Casten against ace-five off for Wallace, but Casten flopped a jack and held for the win. He now has about 13 million.

It’s heads up now after Anthony Casten raised to a million, Thomas Sloan shoved, and Josh Wallace re-shoved the big stack. Casten got out of the way, and Wallace had Slaon pipped with ace-jack over ace-ten. The board ran clean for Wallace, and Casten & Wallace are now heads up with Wallace in the lead.

They are down to three left now after Michael Duberg $ curtis Singleton busted while I was in the washroom.

Place	Player	Prize
4	Curtis Singleton	$9,945
5	Michael Dulberg	$7,037

They are five ways now after short stack Hassan Issa hit the rail for 6th place. Level 32 is nearly complete with the average stack at about 13 big blinds for now, but that will drop to less than 10 in 3 minutes when the blinds change.

Scott Serwa was left short after doubling up Michael Dulberg, and he got his final chips in with nine-five suited, but Josh Wallace called him off with ace-jack, then proceeded to flop the nuts to Broadway and take it down.

The average stack now is just over 10 big blinds.

Michael Dulberg raised to 850k from the middle, more than half his stack. Scott Serwa shove for more next to act. The rest of the table folded, and it was a race between Dulberg’s tens against ace-queen for Serwa. The 5♦3♠6♠5♣4♥ board ran clean for the tens, and Dulberg got his double from 1.2 million to about 3 million.

Thomas Sloan was very short at the last break, and was forced all in from his big blind. Michael Dulberg raised the middle to 500k, and everyone else folded.

Sloan was blind, and Dulberg showed king-ten, but Sloan revealed ace-four, and held on a runout of J♦4♦Q♦8♠3♥.

Curtis Singleton has a slight lead over Josh Wallace, but they both have more than 5 million.

The game is seven-handed now after Anthony Read hit the rail for 8th place tonight.

I’ve just had a glance at the stacks, and Josh Wallace and Curtis Singleton look to be neck & neck for the lead right now, with both players on about 4.5 million. There’s a break coming in about 10 minutes and I’ll update the full stacks for remaining players.

Marc Lavergne shoved ace-ten, but ran into ace-queen to end his night in 9th place tonight. They are now 8-handed with Level 30 just underway and an average stack of 12 big blinds.

Raymond Trieu busted the final table shortly after they sat down, collecting $1,793 for 10th place.

The final table is being set now after Glenn Slater busted in 11th. He shoved under the gin for 210k, and Hassan Issa and Thomas Sloan both called.

They checked the 5♦6♥K♥ flop, but Sloan shoved the 5♠ turn. Issa mucked his hand, and Sloan was looking for a heart with nine-deuce of hearts to crack Slater’s pocket threes. The river delivered with J♥ and the final table was set.

David Ko was the soft bubble to the final table tonight. There are now 11 players left, and they’ll move to the stage for the final final table of the series after the next elimination.

Raymond Trieu raised, then called off the jam from David Ko to put himself at risk. He had aces, though, and was well ahead of Ko’s king-eight. Trieu hit an ace on the A♣7♠6♥7♣K♠ board before turning the house for the win.

They are two away from the final table now, after Mehdi Saeed and Trent Hopper hit the rail recently. That should give Saeed a chance to have a bit of a nap before his flight.

Meanwhile, Hopper raised with pocket sevens, then called for the race when Curtis Singleton shoved ace-eight. Singleton got there to send Hopper out in 13th place.

Place	Player	Prize
13	Trent Hopper	$1,473
14	Mehdi Saeed	$1,243

Alex Liu opened under the gun to 350k, leaving just a 5k chip behind. Trent Hopper shoved a bigger stack next to act. It folded around to Gregory Wood in the big blind, and he called with less, while Liu tossed in his final 5k.

Both Liu and Wood were playing ace-nine, but they were dominated by Hopper’s ace-queen of spades. Liu and Wood flopped open-ended, but Hopper turned his queen on the board of 7♠6♦8♠Q♣2♦ and held to send them both to the cash cage.

Place	Player	Prize
15	Alex Liu	$1,243
16	Gregory Wood	$1,243
17	Vladyslav Lisovskyi	$1,243
18	Alexander Wong	$1,079

Anthony Casten opened to 160k early, and David Ko called the big blind after taking a look at Casten’s stack, which he said was around a million before the hand. The flop was 6♥4♠9♣ and Ko check-called for 200k.

Ko led out for 460k on the 5♠ turn, and Casten shoved. Ko quickly called with two pair on nine-five of hearts, but Casten was drawing to spades, and got there with the A♠ on the river for the double-up.

Mehdi Saeed is also still in this one, and he’s running on fumes, but not as far as his stack is concerned. He’s still sitting fine there, but he was up until 5 AM at the Freezeout final table last night, and is now going late tonight, with a flight back east at 7 AM in the morning. Hopefully, he can sleep on airplanes.

They are at the final two tables now with 18 players left. The average stack is about 18 big blinds right now, so the action should still be pretty quick. There is one more payout at $1,079 before it jumps to $1,243 at 17th place.

Place	Player	Prize
19	Essam Saadeddine	$1,079
20	Patrick Tardiff	$1,079

Level 25 is about to begin, and the field is down to 20 remaining. The average stack for Level 25 looks to be a bit less than 20 big blinds.

Place	Player	Prize
21	Craig Watson	$1,079
22	Josh Hopkins	$1,079
23	Youssef Hmama	$1,079
24	Donald Cowie	$1,079
25	Ryan Ballard	$1,079
26	Tianyu Xia	$1,079
27	Yafei Jian	$964
28	Cherry Torrico	$964
29	Sabeh Nasreddine	$964
30	Clark Mckay	$964

The average stack now, with 30 players left, is about 16 big blinds, so this is a bit of a turbo game at the moment.

Place	Player	Prize
31	Andrii Bazhura	$964
32	Anthony Williams	$964
33	Victor Ma	$964
34	Julius Roque	$964
35	Shoaib Syed	$964
36	Ashkan Razavi	$887

The High Roller is now complete, and the final ring of the series is 36 players away in the Closer. The full prizes are updated to 37th place in the backend, and posted below. From here, I’ll post recent busts in each post, with the full list under Payouts.

Place	Player	Prize
37	Reza Aminabadi	$887
38	Jacqueline Ray	$887
39	Ryan Heron	$887
40	Gerald Nelner	$887
41	Zachary Lister	$887
42	Kun Zhang	$887
43	Vikram Gill	$887
44	David Morrison	$887
45	Jonathan Newman	$841
46	Chris Duffy	$841
47	Tam Ho	$841
48	Duff Charette	$841
49	Wyatt Reader	$841
50	Jennifer Peters	$841
51	Andrew Goosen	$841
52	Sean Norgan	$841
53	Ovesh Vohra	$841
54	Michael Malm	$801
55	Eun Park	$801
56	Vo Nguyen	$801
57	Sreenath Cheruku	$801
58	Peter Darlington	$801
59	Skyler Edgar	$801
60	Oleksandr Lobur	$801
61	Kejun Wang	$801
62	Per Hindrikes	$801
63	Edwin Kuntz	$801
64	Alicia Dodds	$801
65	Daniel A Wojcik	$801
66	Matthew Robertson	$801
67	Lap Chi Duong	$801
68	Petar Amic	$801
69	Martin Butler	$801
70	Jeffrey Lamarche	$801
71	Allan Hobbins	$801
72	Michael Farrow	$801
73	Bogdan Szafranowicz	$801
74	Andy Truong	$801

The Closer is now in the money with 69 players left. I’m still watching heads-up action in the High Roller, so the payouts will come later after that game ends.

The prizes are in for the final event of the series, and they are playing for more than $161k. 74 players will get a piece of that later tonight, with the winner set to pocket $32,162, and the min-cash set at $801. Full prizes will be loaded under the Payouts tab shortly, with the final table payouts below.

Entries are closed for the final event of this series, with 488 entries on the board. The prizes still arent in, so that number is yet to be confirmed, but when it is, it will mean 74 players getting part of more than $161k in prizes later tonight.

I’m still watching the final table of the High Roller, but will move to finish this one out once that game ends. This game should move relatively quickly now with the 20-minute blinds, but I still expect it to be a 3 AM finish at least.

This years, Double Stack crushed expectations drawing in 488 total entries. Of the field, only 213 players remain. They combined for a total prize pool of $165,000. A winner will be decided later in the night, as a successful WSOP Calgary 2026 draws to a close. Make sure to stay tuned as the remaining two rings are won, and for a recap of all the series events to follow.

The cutoff raised to 20,000, and DJ Sharma called from the button.

After the flop came 7♥8♥4♦, and the cutoff moved all in for 47,000. Sharma went into the tank, but was suspicious and made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Cutoff: A♥9♦
DJ Sharma: 10♣7♠

The board completed with the 5♦6♥ to give the cutoff a straight.

DJ Sharma: 7,000

There are just under 90 minutes to enter the final event of the series, but it’s already a big one, with 370 entries so far. It seems like a lock to crack 400 entries for this one, though 500 might be a bit out of reach. Still, with this being the final shot at a ring this series, I expect rebuys to be fairly brisk right up until the last minute.

They are playing the final level before the first break in the Closer, with the field closing in on 300 entries already. There are just over 3 hours of entry remaining, so a field of 400-500 seems pretty likely in this one.

Right now, the prizes have just capped $85k, but prizes of more than $100k seem like a lock at this point. They need less than 50 entries to hit that figure, so that seems like ti will happen shortly after the break, in Level 7 or 8.

As expected, the numbers in the Closer are growing fast, with more than 180 entries in Level 2. Less than five minutes remain in this level, with entries still open for just under 4 hours.

The final event for Jan 2026 WSOP-C is now underway, with just under 4.5 hours to get your final buy-in for the series in. Entries are open until about 8:30 tonight, and I expect this to be a big field before the dust settles, and players buying in should expect to be playing until 3 or 4 AM at least.

Event #18: $400 NLH Double Stack Closer ($330 + $70)

The final event of this record WSOP-C is set to go on Monday afternoon. The Double Stack Closer is a new event on the schedule, replacing the previous Big 30 Stack that previously closed out the series.

The action gets going at 4 PM, and players get 40k to start. Blinds are 20 minutes long, so it’s a bit of a deepstack turbo format for this one.

Players can buy in or rebuy for 12 levels of poker, putting the last chance to enter at about 8:30 PM. After that, they’ll play down to the ring sometime early Tuesday morning

While it’s not a direct comparison, the final event of the October series, the Big 30 Stack, went to Corey Arsenault, as he won his second ring of the series. Aresenault only entered two tournaments in October, and he won them both.

In this one, he made it through 298 entries for the biggest share of $88,440 in total prizes, after beating Rodney Dyck heads up for the ring. Given the numbers for the rest of this January series, I expect the Double Stack Closer to get significantly more entries than the last event in October, possibly pushing to 500 or more.