2026 WSOPC Calgary Oct – Event #14: $400 PLO Bounty

Level:	32 (200000/300000/300000)
Entries:	1/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	6:20 AM

The game had to move to the poker room when the casino floor closed at 6 AM, but once they got there, it didn’t take long to finish it out. It was a bit more than 12 hours from start to finish.

Jihnny Dalphond started heads up with the leads, but Andrew Fair found a double when his tens held against Dalphond’s ace-king with a suit shortly before the move to poker. That put Fair into the lead, and once they moved, it only took a few hands at 200k/300k/300k before the final hand.

Fair had tens once again, this time with clubs and queen-five for kickers, against A♣Q♣9♦3♦ for Dalphond. The 2♦6♣K♦6♥3♥ board left the tens ahead, and Fair was the latest ring winner here at Deerfoot. Fair requested that the winners’ picture happen on Saturday, as it was already quite late, and he wanted to play the HORSE game at 2 PM Saturday, which was less than 8 hours away by then.

Final Table Results for PLO Bounty

See the Payouts tab on the Live Reporting page for all the payouts from the PLO Bounty.

Place	Player	Prize
1	Andrew Fair	$20,784
2	Johnny Dalphond	$13,839
3	Colin Burton	$9,624
4	John Carlson	$6,825
5	Mike Malm	$4,936
6	Dean Morrone	$3,644
7	Marco Ferrone	$2,746
8	Clint Clarkson	$2,113
9	Firoz Pirani	$1,662
10	Joel Lennie	$1,336

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	2/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	5:40 AM

Johnny Dalphond potted to 750k, and Andrew Fair shoved 2.705 million. Dalphond called it off with more. Dalphond had A♣K♦9♥8♥ against J♥10♣10♦5♠.

Fair’s tens held on a board of 5♦3♦6♦2♥Q♣, and he now has around 6 million of the 9.56 million in play.

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	2/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	5:25 AM

They all limped to a flop of J♥4♥10♣, where Colin Burton bet 400k. Andrew Fair called, while Johnny Dalphond backed out. Burton potted the 3♣ turn for 1.6 million, and Fair called off with less.

Burton was on top two with J♦10♦9♦2♣, but Fair had huge draws with 9♥8♥7♣7♦. The river A♥ brought in his flush, and Burton was left short, busting the next hand.

Dalphond is now leading Fair for the ring.

Level:	29 (100000/150000/150000)
Entries:	4/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	4:50 AM

John Carlson potted under the gun, and Johnny Dalphond called from the small blind. Dalphond shoved the [invalid notations], while Dalphond was way behind with J♠9♠9♦6♠. Dalphond needed to find a nine, and it came on the turn after a runout of 9♣4♦.

That left Carlson short and he busted the next hand. He picked up $400 in bounties to go with his $6,825 cashout.

Level:	27 (50000/100000/100000)
Entries:	4/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	4:20 AM

Mike Malm potted to 350k early, and Colin Burton called from the big blind. Burton potted the 5♠J♦3♠, enough to Malm all in, and he called for his life.

Malm had K♦K♣6♣5♦ but Burton was drawing to spades with A♠Q♣9♣7♠. The turn was a brick, but Burton rivered his spades on the J♦5♠ runout. Malm added 17 bounties to his nearly $5k payout.

Level:	27 (50000/100000/100000)
Entries:	5/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	4:10 AM

After a couple of levels of trading chips, the action has picked up considerably. Dean Morrone raised the hijack to 300k, and Andrew Fair flat-called from cutoff. Morrone shoved a bit less than the pot on the Q♥Q♠8♣ flop, and Fair snapped it off.

Morrone had pocket aces, but Fair hit the queens for trips and held on the runout to get them to five handed.

Level:	27 (50000/100000/100000)
Entries:	6/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	4:05 AM

Level:	27 (50000/100000/100000)
Entries:	7/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	4:00 AM

Level:	26 (40000/80000/80000)
Entries:	8/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	3:45 AM

Dean Morrone made it 240k early, and Mike Malm called from the big blind. They both checked the 7♠5♠2♠ flop, but Malm shoved 195k on the K♠ turn.

Morrone tanked for a bit and checked his hand a few times before making the call. Malm flopped it with Q♣9♠6♠2♣ while Morrone had overs with A♦K♦Q♦6♣. The 9♦ river was a brick, and Malm got the double.

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	8/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	3:30 AM

Clint Clarkson limped in from the button in front of two short stacks in the blinds. Firoz Pirani shoved the small blind, and Dean Morrone called with from the big. Clarkson also called to put the blinds at risk.

Dean Morrone: A♥K♦Q♦Q♠
Firoz Pirani: Q♥Q♣J♥10♣
Clint Clarkson: A♣J♣10♠7♠

Board: 6♥5♠9♦9♠A♦

Morrone’s ace hit the river, collecting the full triple with his king kicker, while Clarkson picked up the small side pot and Pirani’s bounty as he hit the rail for 9th place.

Level:	24 (25000/50000/50000)
Entries:	9/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	2:55 AM

Place	Player	Prize
10	Joel Lennie	$1,336
11	Christopher Mandryk	$1,336
12	Ragnar Parn	$1,098
13	Trent Clelland	$1,098

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	13/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	2:25 AM

Place	Player	Prize
14	Dennis Yano	$924
15	Michael Khan	$924

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	15/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	2:10 AM

T-S	Player	Chips	BB (30k)
30 – 1	Colin Burton	1,250,000	41.67
30 – 2	Christopher Mandryk	360,000	12.00
30 – 3	Dennis Yano	260,000	8.67
30 – 4	Andrew Fair	240,000	8.00
30 – 5	Ragnar Parn	275,000	9.17
30 – 6	Dean Morrone	805,000	26.83
30 – 8	Joel Lennie	1,500,000	50.00
30 – 9	Clint Clarkson	330,000	11.00
31 – 1	Trent Clelland	250,000	8.33
31 – 2	Michael Khan	205,000	6.83
31 – 3	Michael Malm	1,250,000	41.67
31 – 4	Marco Ferrone	305,000	10.17
31 – 7	John Dalphond	1,565,000	52.17
31 – 8	John Carlson	555,000	18.50
31 – 9	Firoz Pirani	520,000	17.33

Place	Player	Prize
16	Dale Chalifoux	$924
17	Dongwuk Moon	$924

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	17/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	1:50 PM

It was a huge pot with two players all-in, and Mike Malm and Johnny Dalphond still battling with chips behind. Dalphond shoved his remaining chips on the 4♦7♠2♦ flop, and Malm folded, saying, “I hope you can beat his aces.”

Dalphond responded that he couldn’t as the cards went on their backs, but it turned out he didn’t need to. His J♠J♥8♦7♦ was A♣K♦10♣6♦ for Ziang Chen and Q♦10♥9♥8♣ for John Whitehouse. The runout of 2♠6♥ didn’t change anything, leaving Dalphond’s jacks in front for a huge win that included two bounties and a decent chunk of Malm’s chips to boot.

Place	Player	Prize
18	Ziang Chen	$796
19	John Whitehouse	$796
20	La Montangna Riziero	$796

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	20/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	1:30 AM

Colin Burton raised the middle to 45k, and Dean Morrone called from the big blind. They both checked the 3♥Q♥7♦ flop, and Burton called a bet of 60k on the 10♠ turn.

Morrone checked the 10♥ river, which brought in the hearts and paired the board. Burton bet 150k, and Morrone didn’t take too long to fold his hand.

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	20/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	1:25 AM

Place	Player	Prize
21	Vadym Umerenko	$796
22	Calvin Lake	$796
23	Darlene Lee	$796
24	Glen Stoten	$796

Level:	19 (10000815000/15000)
Entries:	24/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	1:00 AM

Place	Player	Prize
25	Sandy Wammes	$796
26	Brian Tock	$796
27	Darcy Mcdonald	$703
28	David Rodarmel	$703
29	Erich Luebrke	$703
30	Jeet Shergill	$703
31	Colin Miller	$703
32	Riley Zehnder	$703
33	Nu Teliani	$703
34	Nicola Tassone	$703
35	Barry Siu-Hong Li	$703
36	Jackson Oniske	$636

Level:	16 (4000/8000/8000)
Entries:	36/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	12:05 AM

Place	Player	Prize
37	Brayden Brown	$636
38	Michael Yang	$636

Level:	16 (4000/8000/8000)
Entries:	38/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	11:40 PM

Place	Player	Prize
39	Tony Ma	$636
40	Thomas Taylor	$636
41	Ellen Brezina	$636

Level:	15 (3000/6000/6000)
Entries:	41/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	11:35 PM

Place	Player	Prize
42	Dj Sharma	$636
43	Michael Leah	$636
44	Neil Kershaw	$636

Level:	15 (3000/6000/6000)
Entries:	44/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	11:25 PM

Place	Player	Prize
45	Nathan Fortin	$590
46	Ryan Moss	$590
47	Dilip Lulla	$590
48	Laszlo Somogyi	$590
49	San Gottiparthi	$590
50	Natale Fele	$590

Level:	14 (2500/5000/5000)
Entries:	50/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	11:10 PM

The rush to the payout desk has slowed a bit finally, after losing 22 players in less than 30 minutes since the bubble burst.

Place	Player	Prize
51	Dallas Larson	$590
52	Benny Sarnelli	$590
53	Jerry Li	$590

Level:	14 (2500/5000/5000)
Entries:	53/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	11:00 PM

Place	Player	Prize
54	Spencer Allan-Elliot	$562
55	Mike Kim	$562
56	Robert Paas	$562
57	Talal Shoush	$562
58	Mohamed Graoui	$562
59	Yonatan Asghedom	$562
60	Fred Balic	$562
61	Scott Goodwin	$562
62	Julian Wild	$562
63	Gerald Edwards	$562
64	Ruoxiao Shi	$562

Level:	13 (2000/4000/4000)
Entries:	64/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	10:44 PM

Place	Player	Prize
65	Morgan Mclellan	$562
66	Josh Wallace	$562
67	Evan Thomas	$562
68	Manfred Gunther	$562
69	Michael Wo	$562
70	Susan Kiss	$562
71	Xibgye Zhang	$562
72	Deven Lane	$562

Level:	12 (2000/3000/3000)
Entries:	72/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	10:30 PM

The PLO Bounty is in the money now, with 72 players remaining. I expect the busts to be pretty quick over the next few minutes.

Level:	11 (1500/2500/2500)
Entries:	85/478
Prizes:	$157,740 ($109,940 prizes, $47,800 bounties)
Local Time:	10:00 PM

The prizes are in, and the final field for the PLO Bounty is 478 entries. That makes it the biggest single-day field of the series, but only just barely. The PKO last weekend got 477 entries, one shy of this one.

That means the combined prizes are almost $160k tonight, with nearly $110k reserved for payouts, and the rest in bounties. 72 players will get a share of those prizes, with the field quickly playing down to the bubble.

DJ Sharma looks like he could be on his way to his second ring this series, as he’s playing one of the big stacks in the room at more than 700k, and looks to be running pure. Time will tell if he can hold onto the Sharma Time rungood, but things are looking solid for him right now.

Final Table Prizes

See the Payouts tab for a look at all the payouts for tonight’s event.

Place	Prize
1	$20,784
2	$13,839
3	$9,624
4	$6,825
5	$4,936
6	$3,644
7	$2,746
8	$2,113
9	$1,662
10	$1,336

Level:	9 (1000/1500/1500)
Entries:	110/457
Prizes:	$143,270
Local Time:	9:15 PM

The PLO players are on the final break with entries open, and the field is nearing 460 entries. The desk will close when they sit down for Level 10 in a bit more than 10 minutes, so it looks like the field will finish just shy of 500 entries.

Level:	8 (600/1200/1200)
Entries:	125/425
Prizes:	$133,238
Local Time:	8:50 PM

The field keeps growing in the PLO Bounty, with 425 on the board and about 5 minutes to play in Level 8. That puts the end of entries about 35 minutes away, so a field of 500+ is looking a little out of reach at this stage, but certainly not impossible.

The prizes are already approaching $135k, and if they hit 500, it’ll be well over $150k.

Level:	7 (500/1000/1000)
Entries:	142/402
Prizes:	$126,027
Local Time:	8:35 PM

Maddie Sharma was just moved to her husband’s table, with him sitting two seats to her left, and it didn’t take long for a bit of domestic violence to happen. After an early all-in, Maddie was sitting on a short stack of just shy of 15k, which covered the all-in player, but hubby DJ was on the button yet to act.

He wasn’t quiet about wanting to get a double-knockout with the big stack, laughing as he told her to go all in. She put her stack in, and after a fold from the player between them, DJ called off both stacks. He was on a pair of jacks with Broadway cards, while she was on a pair of nines with diamonds, and she flopped the diamonds straight away. The board ran out to five diamonds, and DJ had to pay off a double to her, while she collected the 13k from the all-in player, as well as his bounty, putting her up to about 40k.

Level:	7 (500/1000/1000)
Entries:	160/380
Prizes:	$119,130
Local Time:	8:15 PM

If it’s Sharma Time, it’s usually also beer time, and tonight is no exception. For this game, however, Sharma pulled out all the stops with a beer tower and is sharing it with friends and family. His wife Maddie is here in the game, while his daughter is also in attendance tonight, though she isn’t playing. As always, DJ has been generous and sharing the Sharma Tower with the other players in the event.

Level:	6 (400/800/800)
Entries:	155/334
Prizes:	$104,709
Local Time:	7:55 PM

The PLO is going huge tonight, with more than 330 entries before the first break of the night. The players will be heading out for the break in about 5 minutes, then return for 3 more levels with entries open. It looks like this game will easily pass 400 entries, and could be the first single-day game over 500 entries for this series.

Stephen Scuderi, Jordan Banfield, Craig Caldwell, Peter Darlington, Stephen Horak, Dallas Larson, Pav Braich, Kaan Becer, Marco Ferrone, Dawn Nobles, Henry Oh, Lap Chi Duong, Thomas Taylor, Chris Lahey, Shariq “Sharqee” Khan, and Maddie Sharma (who is quite a bit quieter at the tables than her husband DJ) are among the players in the game tonight.

Level:	3 (200/400/400)
Entries:	160/223
Prizes:	$69,911
Local Time:	6:55 PM

The entries for the PLO Bounty have been very brisk in the early levels, with the field closing in on 225, for prizes just shy of $70k. 2.5 hours remain in entries for this game, so it’s looking like it will be a very solid field.

Among the players in the game is recent Ring winner DJ Sharma, who entered a few minutes ago, coming into the room yelling, “It’s Sharma Time!” He came in with Mike Malm, and joining them in the field are Christian Wallmuth, Debi Loomer, Johnny Dalphond, Bill Thomson, Jerry Li, Gerald Chung, Sam Gottiprthi, Mike Leah, Manfred Gunther, Anh Nguyen, Steve Azizi, Colten Yamagishi, and last night’s Monster Stack winner, Stephen Dauphinais. That barely scratched the surface of the familiar faces in the game, and I’ll add more as the night goes on.

Level:	2 (200/300/300)
Entries:	140/145
Prizes:	$45,458
Local Time:	6:20 PM

Level 2 of the PLO Bounty has just begun, with the field nearing 150 entries already. That puts the current prizes over $45k, and it looks like it’s going to be a big field tonight. Entries are open for a bit more than 3 hours, so I’m expecting a field of 350 or more before it closes at about 9:30 tonight.

Event #14: $400 PLO Bounty ($230 + $100 + $70)

Date:	Oct 9, 6 PM
Blinds:	20 Minutes
Starting Stack:	20k
Late Entry:	9 Levels (Entries Close About 9:30 PM)
Day 1 Ends:	One-Day Event

The Friday night side game is the PLO Bounty. $230 of the $400 buy-in goes to the payouts pool, with a $100 bounty on each player, and a $70 registration fee.

Players get 20k, and levels are 20 minutes. Entries are open for the first 9 levels, with the etry desk set to shut down at the start of Level 10, around 9:30 PM. The game plays until the ring is won.

In January, Jerry Li powered through a field of 569 entries for the biggest share of $187,770 in combined prizes, while Last October, Matt Hall got his first ring over 331 entries for the best share of $109,230 in combined prizes.