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

Level:	33 (200000/400000/400000)
Entries:	1/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	4:20 AM

It was a turbo game from the start, so it was no surprise to see it end quickly. Dallas Larson had the lead for most of the final table, after action stalled uncharacteristically at 11-handed.

Once they hit the final table, the action was fast and they were 4-handed in 30 minutes. Maddie Sharma, on her second final table of the day, and Marco Ferrone, on his fifth final table in the series, found ways to double and stay alive. Ultimately, Sharma bowed out in 4th place.

That set up a head-to-head match between Dallas Larson that took less than a level to complete. While Larson dominated most of the table, they were roughly even at the start after Haymour took out Ferrone.

The big hand that decided it saw Larson open for 800k, then call the shove from Haymour. Haymour was dominated, and he found no help on the board. He was slightly up at that point, but he was left with less than he needed to pay the blinds and antes in the next hand. He was pretty good for a forced all-in, playing queen-jack against Larson’s ace-nine. Larson turned the ace on 2♣4♠10♥A♦6♦.

This was Larson’s second live win, and his first Circuit ring.

Final Table Results from the Double Stack Closer

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

Place	Player	Prize
1	Dallas Larson	$27,651
2	Ramaz Haymour	$18,409
3	Marco Ferrone	$12,823
4	Maddie Sharma	$9,105
5	Trung Nguyen	$6,594
6	Ed Sorensen	$4,872
7	Brian Cheng	$3,674
8	Robert Morgan	$2,829
9	Andy Truong	$2,225
10	Arthur Lee	$1,788

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	2/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	4:00 AM

The money went in on the 8♠2♦6♣ flop when Marco Ferrone shoved, and Ramaz Haymour tank-called. Haymour hit the flop with ace-deuce, while Ferrone was on king-queen of clubs. The 9♥5♣ runout didn’t change anything, and Haymour had him covered by about 100k. This was Ferrone’s fifth final table of the series.

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	3/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:55 AM

Dallas Larson raised to 600k, then called when Marco Ferrone shoved 2.05 million. Ferrone had the best with ace-nine into ace-six, and Ferrone found a nine on the 9♦2♦5♥4♠Q♣ board.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	3/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:45 AM

Maddie Sharma had a great day, finishing 10th in the High Roller for her first final table, then grabbing 4th in the Closer on her second. Dallas Larson shoved the big stack from the small blind, and she called from the big.

She was in good shape preflop with pocket nines against K♦3♦, and Larson flopped the king to end her day in 4th.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	4/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:30 AM

Trung Nguyen was all in with ace-ten, at risk against Marco Ferrone’s Q♠6♠. Ferrone found a queen on the flop, and another one on the turn to take it down and send Nguyen to the rail for 5th place.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	5/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:30 AM

Maddie Sharma had to get there against Ramaz Haymour. She shoved with ace-ten, and Haymour called with ace-queen. She flopped a ten on 7♥10♠2♠3♦K♥.

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	5/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:20 AM

Marco Ferron shoved 900k under the gun, and Maddie Sharma, on the big blind, said, “I have to call.” She showed her favorite hand, deuces, which got her a triple earlier in the night. Ferrone was on ten-six and hit a ten on A♦4♠10♦9♣9♥.

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	5/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:20 AM

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	6/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:10 AM

Dallas Larson is the leader with more than 8 million, close to half of the 17.24 million in play.

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	6/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:10 AM

Brian Cheng was very short following the huge hand with Maddie Sharma & Marco Ferrone, and he ended his night in 7th place.

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	7/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:05 AM

Maddie Sharma just found a great spot for a triple-up. She was all in with nines against eights for Marco Ferrone, and an ace-queen for Brian Cheng. The nines held for Sharma to triple, and Ferrone’s eights won against Cheng, leaving his quite short.

Level:	29 (100000/150000/150000)
Entries:	7/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:00 AM

Place	Player	Prize
8	Robert Morgan	$2,829
9	Andy Truong	$2,225
10	Arthur Lee	$1,788
11	Christopher Hodgins	$1,788
12	Julius Roque	$1,470

Level:	29 (100000/150000/150000)
Entries:	10/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	2:35 AM

Ramaz Haymour raised to 250k in the final hand of the previous level, then faced a shove from Robert Morgan with more. He tanked for several minutes before putting in the call, but was dominated with king-jack into ace-king. Haymour found a jack on the flop, then ran out to jacks full for the double.

On the other table, there was a three-way all-in with Chris Hodgins on the short stack with ace-ten against pocket tens, and ace-queen for Dallas Larson. Larson found two pair on A♠4♠9♣Q♣7♦ to get the near-triple, while Hodgins was left as the final table bubble.

That puts Maddie Sharma on her second final table of the day, while Marco Ferrone is on his fifth final table of the series..

Level:	28 (60000/120000/120000)
Entries:	11/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	2:20 AM

They are still on the final table bubble, and a couple of players still in are working on big finishes to the series. Maddie Sharma is looking for her second final table of the day, after getting the final ten in the High Roller earlier today. Marco Ferrone is looking for his fifth final table tonight.

Level:	27 (50000/100000/100000)
Entries:	11/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	2:05 AM

They are on the final table bubble after Julius Roque just ended his day in 12th place. He was short after the hand that tripled Maddie Sharma, and he couldn’t spin it back up.

Level:	27 (50000/100000/100000)
Entries:	12/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	2:00 AM

Julius Roque raised big, leaving less than 100k behind before Maddie Sharma shoved 440k from the hijack. Ramaz Haymour called before Roque put the rest of his stack in, and Haymour called as well.

Sharma was on her “favorite hand” pocket deuces, against ace-queen for Haymour and ace-king for Roque. It looked to be all over for Sharma when two aces came on the flop, but she found a duck on the turn for deuces full and held to get a triple up, while Roque took a small side pot with his king out kicking Haymour’s queen.

Jessica Aarflot busted from the other table at the same time to bring them to 12.

Place	Player	Prize
13	Jessica Aarflot	$1,470
14	Henry Shenhong Yang	$1,236

Level:	26 (40000/80000/80000)
Entries:	13/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	1:45 AM

Henry Yang shoved under the gun, and Trung Nguyen called with less next to act. Yang has ace-six of clubs against ace-king off for Nguyen, and the king kicker played on 9♠J♦7♠10♦5♠. Yang was out the next hand.

Level:	26 (40000/80000/80000)
Entries:	14/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	1:35 AM

Place	Player	Prize
15	Sebastian Montenegro	$1,236
16	Kurt Ireland	$1,236
17	Amy Fontaine	$1,236
18	Lap Chi Duong	$1,064
19	Michael Russell	$1,064
20	David Johnson	$1,064

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	18/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	1:20 AM

Place	Player	Prize
19	Michael Russell	$1,064
20	David Johnson	$1,064

Level:	25 (30000/60000/6000)
Entries:	20/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	1:15 AM

56-3	Julius Roque	1,400,000
56-4	Marco Ferrone	1,400,000
56-5	Brian Cheng	245,000
56-6	Edward Sorensen	1,075,000
56-7	Lap Chi Duong	252,000
56-8	Maddie Sharma	840,000
56-9	Omar Montenegro	325,000
61-1	Michael Russell	825,000
61-3	Kurt Ireland	285,000
61-4	Christopher Hodgins	585,000
61-5	Amy Fontaine	465,000
61-6	Ramaz Haymour	1,100,000
61-7	Dallas Larson	1,450,000
61-8	Robert Morgan	1,800,000
62-2	Henry Yang	1,100,000
62-3	Trung Nguyen	830,000
62-5	David Johnson	545,000
62-6	Arthur Lee	695,000
62-7	Andy Truong	975,000
62-9	Jessica Aarflot	1,065,000

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	20/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	1:00 AM

Place	Player	Prize
21	Sergey Antonov	$1,064
22	Nu Teliani	$1,064
23	Scott Carragher	$1,064
24	Kaan Becer	$1,064
25	Calvin Lake	$1,064
26	Brayden Brown	$1,064

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	26/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	12:25 AM

Place	Player	Prize
27	Brandon Robins	$938
28	Sebastian Crema	$938
29	Josh Myers	$938
30	Blanca Garcia	$938
31	Craig Golemblaski	$938
32	Akash Sanda	$938
33	Allen Shen	$938

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	33/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	12:10 AM

Place	Player	Prize
34	Steven Bakx	$938
35	Paolo Medrano	$938
36	Bradley Smith	$847
37	Scott Dyck	$847
38	Jean-Philipp Heroux	$847

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	38/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	11:55 PM

Place	Player	Prize
39	Sean Norgan	$847
40	Mike Malm	$847
41	Eliuth Hernandez	$847
42	Mehrad Khalajzadeh	$847
43	Kyle Dery	$847
44	Anthony Read	$847

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	44/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	11:40 PM

Shane Chief shoved early, and Anthony Read reshoved next to act. Mike Malm was on fumes and shoved the button. Read covered everyone, but Chief and Read were both on suited ace-ten, with Chief on diamonds and Read on spades.

Malm was on a pair of fives, and looked to be out when the ten came on the flop, with two spades. Malm found the only five he could hit to survive on the river of 10♥3♠J♠7♦5♥ since the five of spades would have given Read the flush.

Read and Chief chopped the side pot, while Malm tripled from the main pot. Chief busted a couple of hands later.

Place	Player	Prize
45	Peter Griffin	$807
46	Aleksei Ponomarev	$807
47	Shane Chief	$807
48	Tyler Hurman	$807
49	Ryan Moss	$807

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	49/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:

Paolo Medrano shoved early for 125k, and Peter Griffin reshoved from the small blind. It was a race between ace-jack for Griffin and fives for Medrano. Griffin hit a jack on the flop, but Medrano rivered his five for a set on 3♥4♠J♦10♣5♣. Another player at the table said they folded a five, so Medrano hit the case five to survive.

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	49/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	11:30 PM

As expected, the bustouts have come fast and furious since the bubble burst, with the field now down to 49 remaining.

Place	Player	Prize
50	Mahmoud Alshaer	$807
51	Austin Vickers	$807
52	Dawn Nobles	$807
53	Dave S	$807
54	Ning Zhuang	$807
55	Khaly Dang	$807
56	Cherry Torrico	$807
57	Jason Chan	$807
58	Robert Graham	$807
59	Shoaib Syed	$807
60	Shane Hall	$807

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	60/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	11:20 PM

Place	Player	Prize
61	Jo Teliani	$807
62	Cong Nguyen-Vu	$807
63	Matt Hall	$807
64	Pavlo Vertiiko	$807
65	Gregory Liow	$807

Level:	19 (10000/15000/15000)
Entries:	65/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	11:05 PM

There were three all-ins on the third hand of the bubble play. In two cases, the short stack held with aces, but in the third it was Sergey Antonov with ace-king and the big stack against Kai Heinonen, at risk with ace-jack. The 2♠4♣10♥6♦K♣ left the ace-king in the lead, and Heinonen bubbled the money tonight.

I expect a flurry of busts over the next few minutes, so hold tight.

Level:	19 (10000/15000/15000)
Entries:	66/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	10:50 PM

Mike Malm just got a double, plus some dead money, as they head to the bubble. The field was down to 66, and the hand was the final hand before hand-for-hand.

Malm raised to 30k from the middle, and Julius Roque called from the cutoff, Akash Sanda called the button, and Dawm Nobles called her big blind. After a check from Nobles on the 3♥8♠7♥ flop, Malm shoved 125k. Roque folded, while Sanda called and Nobles folded.

Malm flopped a set of threes, while Sanda was on the overpair of tens. 2♥8♣ on the runout upgraded Malm to threes-full, and he got a double from Sanda, as well as some dead money from Roque & Nobles.

The clock is now paused with 13:21 remaining in Level 19 for the bubble play.

Level:	19 (10000/15000/15000)
Entries:	67/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	10:45 PM

Christopher Hodgins looks to be leading on the break following Level 18. He has 775k, with Arthur Lee, Scott Carragher, and Dallas Larson all playing stacks in the 600k range.

The field is at 67 players, putting them two off the money spots, and one away from the hand-for-hand bubble play.

Level:	18 (6000/12000/12000)
Entries:	75/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	10:15 PM

The field is down to 75 players with about 10 minutes to play in Level 18. That puts them 10 off the final money spots for this October 2026 edition of the World Series of Poker Circuit at Deerfoot Inn & Casino in Calgary.

Level:	17 (5,000/10,000/10,000)
Entries:	85/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	9:57 PM

Under the gun opened to 16,000, and middle position made the call. Pavlo Vertiiko raised to 67,000 from the cutoff. Both players made the call.

Action checked through after the flop came K♣7♣2♠.

The turn peeled the 4♠, and action checked to Vertiiko. He fired for 60,000, and found a quick fold from both players.

Pavlo Vertiiko: 411,000

Level:	16 (4,000/8,000/8,000)
Entries:	95/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	9:39 PM

Under the gun opened to 16,000, and early position made the call. DJ Sharma jammed for 81,000 from the cutoff, and only under the gun made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

DJ Sharma: A♦8♥
Under the Gun: 9♥9♦

The board ran out J♣Q♣5♠A♣2♣ for Sharma to find the double.

DJ Sharma: 198,000

Level:	16 (4,000/8,000/8,000)
Entries:	101/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	9:33 PM

Pav Braich moved all in for 70,000, and the big blind made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Pav Braich: A♠Q♦
Big Blind: Q♥10♦

The board ran out 5♣J♠2♦8♥Q♠ for Braich to find the double.

Pav Braich: 154,000

Level:	15 (3,000/6,000/6,000)
Entries:	110/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	9:24 PM

The button opened to 15,000, and Scott Dyck defended his small blind.

Action checked through the flop and turn of 10♣7♣6♠J♠.

The river peeled the 8♥, and Dyck moved all in for 44,000. His opponent made a quick fold.

Scott Dyck: 76,000

Position	Prize
1	$27,651
2	$18,409
3	$12,823
4	$9,105
5	$6,594
6	$4,872
7	$3,674
8	$2,829
9	$2,225
10-11	$1,788
12-13	$1,470
14-17	$1,236
18-26	$1,064
27-35	$938
36-44	$847
45-65	$807

Level:	14 (3,000/5,000/5,000)
Entries:	133/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	9:02 PM

Middle position opened to 12,000, and Jason Zhuang defended his big blind.

The flop came 10♣4♠9♣, and Zhuang checked to middle position. They continued for 15,000, and Zhaung made the call.

Action checked through, after the turn came the J♦.

The 8♥ completed the board, and Zhuang moved all in. His opponent made a quick fold.

Jason Zhuang: 146,000

Level:	13 (2,000/4,000/4,000)
Entries:	160/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	8:40 PM

Under the gun opened to 8,000, and Nu Teliani made the call. Kyle Dery three-bet to 25,000 from the cutoff and both players made the call.

The flop came 4♦8♥A♣, and action checked to Dery. He fired for 30,000, and was rewarded with the pot.

Kyle Dery: 385,000
Nu Teliani: 215,000

Player	Chip Count
Michael Khan	285,000
Omar Montenegro	225,000
Scott Calvank	213,000
Edward Sorensen	205,000
Arthur Lee	205,000

Level:	11 (1,500/2,500/2,500)
Entries:	160/383
Prizes:	$120,071
Local Time:	7:54 PM

Ragnar Parn opened to 5,000 from early position. Mathiraj Sabanathan three-bet to 15,000 from the button, and Parn moved all in. Sabanathan made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.

Ragnar Parn: 9♣9♠
Mathiraj Sabanathan: 4♦4♠

The board ran out Q♥7♣3♥8♥10♥ for Parn to take the pot.

Mathiraj Sabanathan: 119,000
Ragnar Parn: 86,500

Level:	7 (500/1000/1000)
Entries:	185/267
Prizes:	$83,705
Local Time:	6:25 PM

The first break of the day is over, and the field is nearing 270 entries, for prizes of close to $85k. Entries are still open for just over 2 hours, so a field of 300+ seems like a lock.

Level:	6 (400/800/800)
Entries:	177/244
Prizes:	$76,494
Local Time:	5:55 PM

The Closer is nearing 250 entries, with the prizes now over $76k. That pushes the total series prizes above the $5 million mark, and it looks like it’ll finish somewhere around $5.1 million.

Level:	5 (300/600/600)
Entries:	178/223
Prizes:	$69,911
Local Time:	5:40 PM

The Closer is over 220 entries, with prizes just shy of $70k. There is one more level of poker before the first break of the day, and just under 3 hours left to enter the final game of the series.

Level:	4 (300/500/500)
Entries:	169/183
Prizes:	$57,371
Local Time:	4:55 PM

The Closer is over 180 entries now, with the field growing quickly. Level 4 is just beginning with the field at 183 entries for prizes of almost $60k.

Entries are still open for 3.5 hours, so it’s a good bet this will get at least 300 entries, and it could easily hit 400-500 before it closes at about 8:30 PM.

Level:	3 (200/400/400)
Entries:	155/161
Prizes:	$50,474
Local Time:	4:40 PM

Level 3 has just begun in the final event of this WSOP-C Calgary, and the field is already past 160 entries and climbing. That puts more than $50k into the prizes already, and it looks like this one could easily surpass $100k before entries close in just under 4 hours.

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

Date:	Oct 12, 4 PM
Blinds:	20 Minutes
Starting Stack:	40k
Late Entry:	12 Levels (Entries Close About 8:30 PM)
Day 1 Ends:	One-Day Event

The final shot for a ring in Calgary in 2026 is the Double Stack Closer. As the name suggests, players get a double-stack of 40k to start the game, and play 20-minute blinds throughout the day.

Entries are open for 12 levels, putting the final chance to enter this Circuit series at about 8:30 PM Monday night. After that, the game plays down to the ring, with action likely going until around 4 AM at least. It’s not impossible that Day 3 of the Main Event could still be ongoing through much of this game, so coverage could be sparse until the big game finishes.

In January’s series, Josh Wallace was the top dog from 488 entries to take the biggest prize of the more than $161k prize pool. Last October, the final game was actually the Big 30 Stack, but Corey Arsenault picked up his second ring of the series when he closed it out over 298 entries for the top share of $88,440 in prizes.

Level:	33 (200000/400000/400000)
Entries:	1/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	4:20 AM

It was a turbo game from the start, so it was no surprise to see it end quickly. Dallas Larson had the lead for most of the final table, after action stalled uncharacteristically at 11-handed.

Once they hit the final table, the action was fast and they were 4-handed in 30 minutes. Maddie Sharma, on her second final table of the day, and Marco Ferrone, on his fifth final table in the series, found ways to double and stay alive. Ultimately, Sharma bowed out in 4th place.

That set up a head-to-head match between Dallas Larson that took less than a level to complete. While Larson dominated most of the table, they were roughly even at the start after Haymour took out Ferrone.

The big hand that decided it saw Larson open for 800k, then call the shove from Haymour. Haymour was dominated, and he found no help on the board. He was slightly up at that point, but he was left with less than he needed to pay the blinds and antes in the next hand. He was pretty good for a forced all-in, playing queen-jack against Larson’s ace-nine. Larson turned the ace on 2♣4♠10♥A♦6♦.

This was Larson’s second live win, and his first Circuit ring.

Final Table Results from the Double Stack Closer

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

Place	Player	Prize
1	Dallas Larson	$27,651
2	Ramaz Haymour	$18,409
3	Marco Ferrone	$12,823
4	Maddie Sharma	$9,105
5	Trung Nguyen	$6,594
6	Ed Sorensen	$4,872
7	Brian Cheng	$3,674
8	Robert Morgan	$2,829
9	Andy Truong	$2,225
10	Arthur Lee	$1,788

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	2/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	4:00 AM

The money went in on the 8♠2♦6♣ flop when Marco Ferrone shoved, and Ramaz Haymour tank-called. Haymour hit the flop with ace-deuce, while Ferrone was on king-queen of clubs. The 9♥5♣ runout didn’t change anything, and Haymour had him covered by about 100k. This was Ferrone’s fifth final table of the series.

Level:	32 (150000/300000/300000)
Entries:	3/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:55 AM

Dallas Larson raised to 600k, then called when Marco Ferrone shoved 2.05 million. Ferrone had the best with ace-nine into ace-six, and Ferrone found a nine on the 9♦2♦5♥4♠Q♣ board.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	3/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:45 AM

Maddie Sharma had a great day, finishing 10th in the High Roller for her first final table, then grabbing 4th in the Closer on her second. Dallas Larson shoved the big stack from the small blind, and she called from the big.

She was in good shape preflop with pocket nines against K♦3♦, and Larson flopped the king to end her day in 4th.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	4/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:30 AM

Trung Nguyen was all in with ace-ten, at risk against Marco Ferrone’s Q♠6♠. Ferrone found a queen on the flop, and another one on the turn to take it down and send Nguyen to the rail for 5th place.

Level:	31 (150000/250000/250000)
Entries:	5/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:30 AM

Maddie Sharma had to get there against Ramaz Haymour. She shoved with ace-ten, and Haymour called with ace-queen. She flopped a ten on 7♥10♠2♠3♦K♥.

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	5/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:20 AM

Marco Ferron shoved 900k under the gun, and Maddie Sharma, on the big blind, said, “I have to call.” She showed her favorite hand, deuces, which got her a triple earlier in the night. Ferrone was on ten-six and hit a ten on A♦4♠10♦9♣9♥.

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	5/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:20 AM

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	6/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:10 AM

Dallas Larson is the leader with more than 8 million, close to half of the 17.24 million in play.

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	6/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:10 AM

Brian Cheng was very short following the huge hand with Maddie Sharma & Marco Ferrone, and he ended his night in 7th place.

Level:	30 (100000/200000/200000)
Entries:	7/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:05 AM

Maddie Sharma just found a great spot for a triple-up. She was all in with nines against eights for Marco Ferrone, and an ace-queen for Brian Cheng. The nines held for Sharma to triple, and Ferrone’s eights won against Cheng, leaving his quite short.

Level:	29 (100000/150000/150000)
Entries:	7/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	3:00 AM

Place	Player	Prize
8	Robert Morgan	$2,829
9	Andy Truong	$2,225
10	Arthur Lee	$1,788
11	Christopher Hodgins	$1,788
12	Julius Roque	$1,470

Level:	29 (100000/150000/150000)
Entries:	10/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	2:35 AM

Ramaz Haymour raised to 250k in the final hand of the previous level, then faced a shove from Robert Morgan with more. He tanked for several minutes before putting in the call, but was dominated with king-jack into ace-king. Haymour found a jack on the flop, then ran out to jacks full for the double.

On the other table, there was a three-way all-in with Chris Hodgins on the short stack with ace-ten against pocket tens, and ace-queen for Dallas Larson. Larson found two pair on A♠4♠9♣Q♣7♦ to get the near-triple, while Hodgins was left as the final table bubble.

That puts Maddie Sharma on her second final table of the day, while Marco Ferrone is on his fifth final table of the series..

Level:	28 (60000/120000/120000)
Entries:	11/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	2:20 AM

They are still on the final table bubble, and a couple of players still in are working on big finishes to the series. Maddie Sharma is looking for her second final table of the day, after getting the final ten in the High Roller earlier today. Marco Ferrone is looking for his fifth final table tonight.

Level:	27 (50000/100000/100000)
Entries:	11/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	2:05 AM

They are on the final table bubble after Julius Roque just ended his day in 12th place. He was short after the hand that tripled Maddie Sharma, and he couldn’t spin it back up.

Level:	27 (50000/100000/100000)
Entries:	12/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	2:00 AM

Julius Roque raised big, leaving less than 100k behind before Maddie Sharma shoved 440k from the hijack. Ramaz Haymour called before Roque put the rest of his stack in, and Haymour called as well.

Sharma was on her “favorite hand” pocket deuces, against ace-queen for Haymour and ace-king for Roque. It looked to be all over for Sharma when two aces came on the flop, but she found a duck on the turn for deuces full and held to get a triple up, while Roque took a small side pot with his king out kicking Haymour’s queen.

Jessica Aarflot busted from the other table at the same time to bring them to 12.

Place	Player	Prize
13	Jessica Aarflot	$1,470
14	Henry Shenhong Yang	$1,236

Level:	26 (40000/80000/80000)
Entries:	13/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	1:45 AM

Henry Yang shoved under the gun, and Trung Nguyen called with less next to act. Yang has ace-six of clubs against ace-king off for Nguyen, and the king kicker played on 9♠J♦7♠10♦5♠. Yang was out the next hand.

Level:	26 (40000/80000/80000)
Entries:	14/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	1:35 AM

Place	Player	Prize
15	Sebastian Montenegro	$1,236
16	Kurt Ireland	$1,236
17	Amy Fontaine	$1,236
18	Lap Chi Duong	$1,064
19	Michael Russell	$1,064
20	David Johnson	$1,064

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	18/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	1:20 AM

Place	Player	Prize
19	Michael Russell	$1,064
20	David Johnson	$1,064

Level:	25 (30000/60000/6000)
Entries:	20/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	1:15 AM

56-3	Julius Roque	1,400,000
56-4	Marco Ferrone	1,400,000
56-5	Brian Cheng	245,000
56-6	Edward Sorensen	1,075,000
56-7	Lap Chi Duong	252,000
56-8	Maddie Sharma	840,000
56-9	Omar Montenegro	325,000
61-1	Michael Russell	825,000
61-3	Kurt Ireland	285,000
61-4	Christopher Hodgins	585,000
61-5	Amy Fontaine	465,000
61-6	Ramaz Haymour	1,100,000
61-7	Dallas Larson	1,450,000
61-8	Robert Morgan	1,800,000
62-2	Henry Yang	1,100,000
62-3	Trung Nguyen	830,000
62-5	David Johnson	545,000
62-6	Arthur Lee	695,000
62-7	Andy Truong	975,000
62-9	Jessica Aarflot	1,065,000

Level:	25 (30000/60000/60000)
Entries:	20/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	1:00 AM

Place	Player	Prize
21	Sergey Antonov	$1,064
22	Nu Teliani	$1,064
23	Scott Carragher	$1,064
24	Kaan Becer	$1,064
25	Calvin Lake	$1,064
26	Brayden Brown	$1,064

Level:	23 (20000/40000/40000)
Entries:	26/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	12:25 AM

Place	Player	Prize
27	Brandon Robins	$938
28	Sebastian Crema	$938
29	Josh Myers	$938
30	Blanca Garcia	$938
31	Craig Golemblaski	$938
32	Akash Sanda	$938
33	Allen Shen	$938

Level:	22 (15000/30000/30000)
Entries:	33/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	12:10 AM

Place	Player	Prize
34	Steven Bakx	$938
35	Paolo Medrano	$938
36	Bradley Smith	$847
37	Scott Dyck	$847
38	Jean-Philipp Heroux	$847

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	38/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	11:55 PM

Place	Player	Prize
39	Sean Norgan	$847
40	Mike Malm	$847
41	Eliuth Hernandez	$847
42	Mehrad Khalajzadeh	$847
43	Kyle Dery	$847
44	Anthony Read	$847

Level:	21 (15000/25000/25000)
Entries:	44/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	11:40 PM

Shane Chief shoved early, and Anthony Read reshoved next to act. Mike Malm was on fumes and shoved the button. Read covered everyone, but Chief and Read were both on suited ace-ten, with Chief on diamonds and Read on spades.

Malm was on a pair of fives, and looked to be out when the ten came on the flop, with two spades. Malm found the only five he could hit to survive on the river of 10♥3♠J♠7♦5♥ since the five of spades would have given Read the flush.

Read and Chief chopped the side pot, while Malm tripled from the main pot. Chief busted a couple of hands later.

Place	Player	Prize
45	Peter Griffin	$807
46	Aleksei Ponomarev	$807
47	Shane Chief	$807
48	Tyler Hurman	$807
49	Ryan Moss	$807

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	49/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:

Paolo Medrano shoved early for 125k, and Peter Griffin reshoved from the small blind. It was a race between ace-jack for Griffin and fives for Medrano. Griffin hit a jack on the flop, but Medrano rivered his five for a set on 3♥4♠J♦10♣5♣. Another player at the table said they folded a five, so Medrano hit the case five to survive.

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	49/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	11:30 PM

As expected, the bustouts have come fast and furious since the bubble burst, with the field now down to 49 remaining.

Place	Player	Prize
50	Mahmoud Alshaer	$807
51	Austin Vickers	$807
52	Dawn Nobles	$807
53	Dave S	$807
54	Ning Zhuang	$807
55	Khaly Dang	$807
56	Cherry Torrico	$807
57	Jason Chan	$807
58	Robert Graham	$807
59	Shoaib Syed	$807
60	Shane Hall	$807

Level:	20 (10000/20000/20000)
Entries:	60/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	11:20 PM

Place	Player	Prize
61	Jo Teliani	$807
62	Cong Nguyen-Vu	$807
63	Matt Hall	$807
64	Pavlo Vertiiko	$807
65	Gregory Liow	$807

Level:	19 (10000/15000/15000)
Entries:	65/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	11:05 PM

There were three all-ins on the third hand of the bubble play. In two cases, the short stack held with aces, but in the third it was Sergey Antonov with ace-king and the big stack against Kai Heinonen, at risk with ace-jack. The 2♠4♣10♥6♦K♣ left the ace-king in the lead, and Heinonen bubbled the money tonight.

I expect a flurry of busts over the next few minutes, so hold tight.

Level:	19 (10000/15000/15000)
Entries:	66/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	10:50 PM

Mike Malm just got a double, plus some dead money, as they head to the bubble. The field was down to 66, and the hand was the final hand before hand-for-hand.

Malm raised to 30k from the middle, and Julius Roque called from the cutoff, Akash Sanda called the button, and Dawm Nobles called her big blind. After a check from Nobles on the 3♥8♠7♥ flop, Malm shoved 125k. Roque folded, while Sanda called and Nobles folded.

Malm flopped a set of threes, while Sanda was on the overpair of tens. 2♥8♣ on the runout upgraded Malm to threes-full, and he got a double from Sanda, as well as some dead money from Roque & Nobles.

The clock is now paused with 13:21 remaining in Level 19 for the bubble play.

Level:	19 (10000/15000/15000)
Entries:	67/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	10:45 PM

Christopher Hodgins looks to be leading on the break following Level 18. He has 775k, with Arthur Lee, Scott Carragher, and Dallas Larson all playing stacks in the 600k range.

The field is at 67 players, putting them two off the money spots, and one away from the hand-for-hand bubble play.

Level:	18 (6000/12000/12000)
Entries:	75/431
Prizes:	$142,230
Local Time:	10:15 PM

The field is down to 75 players with about 10 minutes to play in Level 18. That puts them 10 off the final money spots for this October 2026 edition of the World Series of Poker Circuit at Deerfoot Inn & Casino in Calgary.

Level:	17 (5,000/10,000/10,000)
Entries:	85/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	9:57 PM

Under the gun opened to 16,000, and middle position made the call. Pavlo Vertiiko raised to 67,000 from the cutoff. Both players made the call.

Action checked through after the flop came K♣7♣2♠.

The turn peeled the 4♠, and action checked to Vertiiko. He fired for 60,000, and found a quick fold from both players.

Pavlo Vertiiko: 411,000

Level:	16 (4,000/8,000/8,000)
Entries:	95/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	9:39 PM

Under the gun opened to 16,000, and early position made the call. DJ Sharma jammed for 81,000 from the cutoff, and only under the gun made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

DJ Sharma: A♦8♥
Under the Gun: 9♥9♦

The board ran out J♣Q♣5♠A♣2♣ for Sharma to find the double.

DJ Sharma: 198,000

Level:	16 (4,000/8,000/8,000)
Entries:	101/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	9:33 PM

Pav Braich moved all in for 70,000, and the big blind made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.

Pav Braich: A♠Q♦
Big Blind: Q♥10♦

The board ran out 5♣J♠2♦8♥Q♠ for Braich to find the double.

Pav Braich: 154,000

Level:	15 (3,000/6,000/6,000)
Entries:	110/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	9:24 PM

The button opened to 15,000, and Scott Dyck defended his small blind.

Action checked through the flop and turn of 10♣7♣6♠J♠.

The river peeled the 8♥, and Dyck moved all in for 44,000. His opponent made a quick fold.

Scott Dyck: 76,000

Position	Prize
1	$27,651
2	$18,409
3	$12,823
4	$9,105
5	$6,594
6	$4,872
7	$3,674
8	$2,829
9	$2,225
10-11	$1,788
12-13	$1,470
14-17	$1,236
18-26	$1,064
27-35	$938
36-44	$847
45-65	$807

Level:	14 (3,000/5,000/5,000)
Entries:	133/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	9:02 PM

Middle position opened to 12,000, and Jason Zhuang defended his big blind.

The flop came 10♣4♠9♣, and Zhuang checked to middle position. They continued for 15,000, and Zhaung made the call.

Action checked through, after the turn came the J♦.

The 8♥ completed the board, and Zhuang moved all in. His opponent made a quick fold.

Jason Zhuang: 146,000

Level:	13 (2,000/4,000/4,000)
Entries:	160/431
Prizes:	$135,119
Local Time:	8:40 PM

Under the gun opened to 8,000, and Nu Teliani made the call. Kyle Dery three-bet to 25,000 from the cutoff and both players made the call.

The flop came 4♦8♥A♣, and action checked to Dery. He fired for 30,000, and was rewarded with the pot.

Kyle Dery: 385,000
Nu Teliani: 215,000

Player	Chip Count
Michael Khan	285,000
Omar Montenegro	225,000
Scott Calvank	213,000
Edward Sorensen	205,000
Arthur Lee	205,000

Level:	11 (1,500/2,500/2,500)
Entries:	160/383
Prizes:	$120,071
Local Time:	7:54 PM

Ragnar Parn opened to 5,000 from early position. Mathiraj Sabanathan three-bet to 15,000 from the button, and Parn moved all in. Sabanathan made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.

Ragnar Parn: 9♣9♠
Mathiraj Sabanathan: 4♦4♠

The board ran out Q♥7♣3♥8♥10♥ for Parn to take the pot.

Mathiraj Sabanathan: 119,000
Ragnar Parn: 86,500

Level:	7 (500/1000/1000)
Entries:	185/267
Prizes:	$83,705
Local Time:	6:25 PM

The first break of the day is over, and the field is nearing 270 entries, for prizes of close to $85k. Entries are still open for just over 2 hours, so a field of 300+ seems like a lock.

Level:	6 (400/800/800)
Entries:	177/244
Prizes:	$76,494
Local Time:	5:55 PM

The Closer is nearing 250 entries, with the prizes now over $76k. That pushes the total series prizes above the $5 million mark, and it looks like it’ll finish somewhere around $5.1 million.

Level:	5 (300/600/600)
Entries:	178/223
Prizes:	$69,911
Local Time:	5:40 PM

The Closer is over 220 entries, with prizes just shy of $70k. There is one more level of poker before the first break of the day, and just under 3 hours left to enter the final game of the series.

Level:	4 (300/500/500)
Entries:	169/183
Prizes:	$57,371
Local Time:	4:55 PM

The Closer is over 180 entries now, with the field growing quickly. Level 4 is just beginning with the field at 183 entries for prizes of almost $60k.

Entries are still open for 3.5 hours, so it’s a good bet this will get at least 300 entries, and it could easily hit 400-500 before it closes at about 8:30 PM.

Level:	3 (200/400/400)
Entries:	155/161
Prizes:	$50,474
Local Time:	4:40 PM

Level 3 has just begun in the final event of this WSOP-C Calgary, and the field is already past 160 entries and climbing. That puts more than $50k into the prizes already, and it looks like this one could easily surpass $100k before entries close in just under 4 hours.

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

Date:	Oct 12, 4 PM
Blinds:	20 Minutes
Starting Stack:	40k
Late Entry:	12 Levels (Entries Close About 8:30 PM)
Day 1 Ends:	One-Day Event

The final shot for a ring in Calgary in 2026 is the Double Stack Closer. As the name suggests, players get a double-stack of 40k to start the game, and play 20-minute blinds throughout the day.

Entries are open for 12 levels, putting the final chance to enter this Circuit series at about 8:30 PM Monday night. After that, the game plays down to the ring, with action likely going until around 4 AM at least. It’s not impossible that Day 3 of the Main Event could still be ongoing through much of this game, so coverage could be sparse until the big game finishes.

In January’s series, Josh Wallace was the top dog from 488 entries to take the biggest prize of the more than $161k prize pool. Last October, the final game was actually the Big 30 Stack, but Corey Arsenault picked up his second ring of the series when he closed it out over 298 entries for the top share of $88,440 in prizes.