2026 WSOPC Calgary Oct – Event #11: $1,000 NLH Turbo

Level:	29 (100000/150000/150000)
Entries:	1/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	2:50 AM

It was Sharma Time in the Chrome Room tonight, as DJ Sharma stormed through the 167-entry field in the $1k Turbo. He was on fire, playing his Sharma Time game to perfection, with the final hand being a near-perfect encapsulation of his night.

All through the evening, and into the final table, he was in control, with chips to splash around. He wasn’t always the leader, but once he had the ring in sight, he locked in. One of his biggest strengths is always forcing opponents into big decisions, and he did that throughout the final table, sending most of the players home.

His final table run to the ring started 10-handed when he was all-in with “Gretzky” against two overpairs, and he found his nine for a set, knocking out Thomas Taylor & Chi Chan. He then woke up with queens against the ace-jack all-in from Ning Zhuang and held.

Sharma followed that up by finding ace-queen against Glenn Slater’s ace-five all-in. A bit later, he was dominated against bracelet & double ring winner Chris “Pokin StaR” Alcindor, but still found a way to hit a ten on the river with his ace-ten against the big slick for Alcindor.

Runner-up Abhay Dogra was the one to get them heads-up after that, however, by knocking out triple ring winner Kyle Ho in 3rd place.

The final hand was classic Sharma Time magic. Dogra managed to chip up to a lead when he pulled a bit of Dogra Time on Sharma. He raised to 300k with blinds at 100k/150k/150k and Sharma called to a flop of 2♣J♥5♥. Dogra check-called for 360k. They both checked the 2s turn, and Dogra check-called 560k on the J♦ river.

Sharma showed the ten-seven bluff, but he was technically head of Dogra’s ten-deuce preflop, Dogra’s deuce was now king. That gave Dogra the lead, but Sharma is never one to give up. Dogra limp-folded to a shove on the next hand, and Sharma doubled with a button shove and a call in the next hand. He had the offsuit nine-eight, while Dogra was on ace-deuce, but Sharma turned a nine on K♦Q♠K♠9♠6♣.

That gave him the lead again, and after another limp-fold from Dogra, Sharma shoved the button blind. Dogra called with 8♣4♣ against Q♦3♠. Dogra flopped a 4, but Sharma had an open-ended draw to the baby straight. The turn paired the deuce, but the six on the river hit Sharma right where he needed it.

Mike Malm was on hand to capture the golden moment.

Final Table Results from $1k Turbo

See the Payouts tab for a look at the full prizes.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Dj Sharma	$35,126
2	Abhay Dogra	$23,332
3	Kyle Ho	$15,820
4	Chris Alcindor	$11,050
5	Steve Bergeron	$7,958
6	Glenn Slater	$5,915
7	Ning Zhuang	$4,543
8	Gloria Kanngiesser	$3,609
9	Chi Kit Chan	$2,968
10	Thomas Taylor	$2,532

Level:	28 (60000/120000/120000)
Entries:	2/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	2:30 AM

Kyle Ho shoved 500k under the gun, and Abhay Dogra reshoved 920k from the small blind. DJ Sharma tanked for a bit, ultimately folding, saying he had seven-five suited. Ho was dominated with king-nine against king-queen, and the A♦3♠J♠7♦8♥ missed them both, leaving the king-queen ahead and sending the pot to Dogra.

Sharma is now leading Dogra heads-up for the ring.

Level:	28 (60000/120000/120000)
Entries:	3/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	2:20 AM

It’s Sharma Time toniht! DJ Sharma shoved the big stack under the gun, and Chris “Pokin StaR” Alcindor called the small blind. Sharma was dominated with ace-ten into ace-king for Alcindor, but Sharma can’t miss tonight, with his ten hitting the river of 5♥3♣4♠9♠10♣.

Level:	27 (50000/100000/100000)
Entries:	4/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	2:10 AM

The Yukon is now out. Steve Bergeron was short and though he managed to survive a couple of hands, he ultimately ended his run in 5th place.

Level:	27 (50000/100000/100000)
Entries:	5/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	1:55 AM

Steve Bergeron was forced all-in from the big blind for 75k, and Chris Alcindor reshoved for more under the gun. It was a “fair fight” as Alcindor put it, with his king-eight in the middle of Bergeron’s ace-six. Bergeron flopped the six and held on 3♣6♥10♣2♠5♦.

“Yukon still in it,” said Bergeron as he collected the pot. Bergeron is in town from Watson Lake, Yukon.

Level:	26 (40000/80000/80000)
Entries:	5/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	1:50 AM

Glenn Slater shoved under the gun, and it folded around to the table captain, DJ Sharma. He peeled his cards and snapped it off with ace-queen and was good against ace-five for Slater. The board of 6♥9♣J♥8♦A♣ was all Sharma Time, and Slater was out in 6th place.

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	6/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	1:25 AM

Ning Zhuang got his final 450k in with ace-jack, but ran into queens for DJ Sharma. Sharma called for no ace, and the dealer delivered a low flop that left his queens in the lead.

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	7/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	1:15 AM

Abhay Dogra shoved under the gun, and it folded around to Chris Alcindor in the big blind, who called. Alcindor was on K♦7♥ and dominated against K♣10♣.

Alcindor found a seven on the flop, but Dogra turned a ten to hold for the double.

Gloria Kanngiesser busted for 8th place recently.

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	8/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	12:30 AM

Same Gottiparthi bubbled the final table, and as soon as they set the final table, there were two quick busts after SJ Sharma got there with nines against two bigger pairs. He turned the nine to send Thomas Taylor and Chi Chan home. That gives Sharma the chip lead with more than 1 million.

Place	Player	Prize
9	Chi Kit Chan	$2,968
10	Thomas Taylor	$2,532
11	Sam Gottiparthi	$2,532
12	Hyunsoo Ryu	$2,242
13	Michael Khan	$2,242

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	11/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	12:20 AM

Place	Player	Prize
12	Hyunsoo Ryu	$2,242
13	Michael Khan	$2,242

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	13/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	12:10 AM

DJ Sharma just doubled to close to a million, and looks to be the leader. It was limped preflop between Sharma and Hyunsoo Ryu blind on blind. The flop came all diamonds, jack-high, with Sharma on jack-ten, no diamonds, against ace-nine with the ace of diamonds. Sharma turned another jack for trips, and faded the diamonds on the river to get to a million, but he gave 40k back to Ryu in the next hand.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	13/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	12:05 AM

Thomas Taylor shoved the middle and Gloria Kanngiesser shoved the button with less. Taylor had a pair of red sixes, and was racing against Kanngiesser’s K♠10♠. Kanngiesser flopped two pair and held on J♦10♠K♠5♦4♦.

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	13/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	11:55 PM

Place	Player	Prize
14	Guoyan Li	$2,064
15	Nicholas Lee	$2,064
16	Angelo Jopek	$2,064
17	Alex Liu	$2,064
18	Sebastian Crema	$2,000

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	18/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	11:15 PM

Place	Player	Prize
19	Anh Nguyen	$2,000
20	Colten Yamagishi	$2,000
21	Dallas Larson	$2,000

Level:	18 (10000/10000/10000)
Entries:	20/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	10:50 PM

Anh Nguyen shoved blind for 15k under the gun. Abhay Dogra called the button, as did Alex Liu from the small blind & Guoyan Li from the big

The three active players checked the 6♣4♣6♠ flop, and Liu went all-in for more than 250k on the J♠ turn. That was enough to get him heads-up against Nguyen, with a spade draw holding 8♠5♠. Nguyen was on ace-deuce, and held when the [invalid notations] river bricked Liu’s flush draw.

Level:	18 (10000/10000/10000)
Entries:	21/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	10:40 PM

Within the first 10 minutes of Level 18, they went from the bubble to 21 remaining.

Place	Place	Prize
22	Serge Noel	$2,000
23	Ben Cooper	$2,000
24	Michael Leah	$2,000
25	James Cruickshank	$2,000
26	Ruoxiao Shi	$2,000

Level:	18 (10000/10000/10000)
Entries:	26/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	10:30 PM

It was a short bubble tonight as they came back from the break on the money bubble and played one hand to burst it. Carter McCauley, who got his biggest lifetime score for 3rd in the Mini Main a few days ago, shoved with ace-king for a classic race against the queens of Hyunsoo Ryu. McCauley found an ace on the flop, but Ryu turned a set of queens for the win on 5♣A♠3♥Q♣8♠, sending McCauley out on the bubble.

Meanwhile, Mike Leah laddered into the money from just 5k, and then grabbed a quintuple-up to stay alive a bit longer. He just ended his run in 24th place.

Level:	18 (10000/10000/10000)
Entries:	27/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	10:25 PM

Player	Chips	BB (10k)
Glenn Slater	525,000	52.5
Hyunsoo Ryu	425,000	42.5
Christopher Alcindor	415,000	41.5
Yu Liu	405,000	40.5
Kyle Ho	325,000	32.5
Chi Kit Chan	295,000	29.5
Angelo Jopek	250,000	25
Thomas Taylor	245,000	24.5
Nicholas Lee	235,000	23.5
Ning Zhuang	210,000	21
Guoyan Li	185,000	18.5
Dhiraj Sharma	175,000	17.5
Steve Bergeron	170,000	17
Srinivas Gottiparthi	170,000	17
Colten Yamagishi	145,000	14.5
Abhay Dogra	130,000	13
Michael Khan	100,000	10
Serge Noel	95,000	9.5
Gloria Kanngiesser	95,000	9.5
Larry James Cruickshank	95,000	9.5
Carter Mccauley	70,000	7
Ruoxiao Shi	70,000	7
Dallas Larson	65,000	6.5
Sebastian Crema	45,000	4.5
Anh Nguyen	45,000	4.5
Benjamin Sinclair Cooper	25,000	2.5
Michael Leah	5,000	0.5

Level:	17 (5000/10000/10000)
Entries:	28/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	10:10 PM

Chris Alcindor raised to 20k from the middle, and Alex Liu called from his immediate left. Alcindor fired 18k on the J♦6♠A♣ flop, then they checked it down through the 9♣10♠ runout.

Alcindor showed pocket queens, but they were no good against the ace-nine of spades for Liu.

Level:	16 (4000/8000/8000)
Entries:	29/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	9:45 PM

Anoop Randhawa shoved the button with a small stack, and Glenn Slater reshoved with 225k from the small blind. Leonardo Song-Carrillo tank-called with less from the big blind for a three-way all-in.

Song-Carrillo was on A♣9♣, Randhawa was on 6♦5♦, while Slater was best with A♠J♦. Randhawa hit the flop for his five, but Slater found a jack, and he had jacks full by the time the 5♥K♣J♥K♠J♣ board was complete.

Level:	15 (3000/6000/6000)
Entries:	33/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	9:30 PM

In the final hand of Level 15, Sam Gottiparthi raised the hijack to 14k before Mike Leah came over the top to 44k from the cutoff. Chris “Pokin StaR” Alcindor was in the big blind, and it looked like he had a decision to make, but ultimately folded.

Gottiparthi counted out his stack a few times before showing the A♥ as he folded to the 3-bet. Leah showed the A♠ as he collected the pot.

Another ring has been added to the table, as Alex Liu, winner of the 2024 Aug Main Event, is now in seat 3, to Alcindor’s left.

Level:	15 (3000/6000/6000)
Entries:	36/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	9:15 PM

They are 10 off the money, with about 15 minutes to play in Level 15. I’ve just had a wander around the room to look at the stacks, and it looks like McDonald’s mogul DJ Sharma is rocking the chip lead right now. He’s playing 370k for what looks like the biggest stack. There’s a break coming in just under an hour, and I’ll get some exact counts then.

Sharma just moved tables, and took down his first hand at the new table with a 2x raise and take it.

Level:	14 (3000/5000/5000)
Entries:	41/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	9:05 PM

Abhay Dogra raised to 10k under the gun before Allen Shen shoved the middle for 18k. Sam Gottiparthi reshoved for 85k from the button, and Dogra mucked his hand.

It was a classic race between queens for Shen and ace-king for Gottiparthi, and the big slick found two pair on K♦10♣6♠2♦A♠.

Shen just departed from Table 34, and it’s a bit of a murderer’s row. In addition to Dogra and Gottiprthi, the table includes multiple ring winners Thomas Taylor, Chris Alcindor, and Mike Leah, as well as Marco Ferrone, who has already notched several deep cashes in this series.

Level:	14 (3000/5000/5000)
Entries:	42/167
Prizes:	$146,125
Local Time:	9:00 PM

The field is down to 42 players remaining, with about 10 minutes to play in Level 14. That puts them 16 eliminations away from the 26 paid spots for tonight’s game.

Position	Prize
1	$35,126
2	$23,332
3	$15,820
4	$11,050
5	$7,958
6	$5,915
7	$4,543
8	$3,609
9	$2,968
10-11	$2,532
12-13	$2,242
14-17	$2,064
18-26	$2,000

Level:	12 (2,000/3,000/3,000)
Entries:	62/167
Prizes:	$142,785
Local Time:	8:23 PM

Greg Liow, better known for his online moniker “Greg Goes All In”, recounted a hand that occurred just before the break. With a fresh stack of 30,000, he moved all in from early position. The high jack and small blind both callled with fresh stacks as well. The three players revealed their holdings.

Greg Liow: 10♣10♥
High Jack: 8♣8♠
Small Blind: A♥9♦

The board ran out K♠2♣7♥10♦10♠ for Liow to find the double knockout.

Greg Liow: 79,000

Player	Chip Count
Abhay Dogra	246,000
DJ Sharma	209,000
Craig Caldwell	191,000
Robert Croteau	137,000
Anoop Randhawa	130,000
Sebastian Crema	106,000

Level:	10 (1,000/2,000/2,000)
Entries:	71/139
Prizes:	$119,700
Local Time:	7:32 PM

Hayden Hetland opened to 4,000 from the cutoff. After some deliberation, DJ Sharma moved all in for 40,000 without looking at his cards. Hetland made the call for 32,500, and both players revealed their holdings.

Hayden Hetland: Q♦9♣
DJ Sharma: 4♣2♥

The board ran out 9♥2♣J♠ to give both players a piece. However, the turn and river were all Sharma coming the 2♠4♥.

DJ Sharma: 77,500

Level:	7 (500/1000/1000)
Entries:	71/98
Prizes:	$83,790
Local Time:	6:25 PM

About an hour and 45 minutes remain in entries for the $1k Turbo, with the field currently at 98 entries. That means the prizes are nearing $85k, but I expect at least another 20 or so entries before the desk closes at 8:30 PM

Level:	6 (400/800/800)
Entries:	70/86
Prizes:	$73,530
Local Time:	5:40 PM

The $1k Turbo is nearing 90 entries, with just shy of 2.5 hours left to jump into the game. They are about 15 minutes from the first break of the day following Level 6, and they’ll return for 6 more levels of poker, plus one more break, before the end of entries.

This game looks like it will end up with something like 120-130 entries today.

Level:	2 (200/300/300)
Entries:	37/38
Prizes:	$32,490
Local Time:	4:27 PM

The $1,000 Turbo NLH is underway, and the field is rife with competition. Greg Goes All-In, Hayden Hetland, Michael Khan, Mike Leah, Ben Sarnelli, and Colten Yamagishi are among the familiar faces in the field. The field has combined for just over $30,000 in prizes with registration being open for another three and a half hours.

Event #11: $1,000 NLH Turbo ($875 + $125)

Date:	Oct 6, 4 PM
Blinds:	20 Minutes
Starting Stack:	30k
Late Entry:	12 Levels (Entries Close About 8:30 PM)
Day 1 Ends:	One-Day Event

The side game on Tuesday, playing out alongside Day 1a of the Monster and Day 2 of the Two-Day $1k, is the Turbo $1k. The game starts at 4 PM, and players get 30k for their $1k. Blinds are 20 minutes in the Turbo version, and players can buy in for the first 12 levels of play.

That should put the max late reg at about 8:30 PM, and they’ll play down to a winner after that. It could be a late one, but the turbo format may well shorten the day.

Joel Kogan took down this game in January, over a field of 222 for prizes of nearly $195k. Last October, Harpreet Gil was the top dog in the 164-entry field. He faced down one of Canada’s best in Mike Leah, head-to-head for the ring, and posed with his buddy and local legend, DJ Sharma.