After the summer break, big poker tournament action returns to Deerfoot Inn & Casino in Calgary with the 2026 Summer Super Stack (Summer SS). Live satellite action kicks off on August 4th with two games featuring packages to all the multi-flight events in the series.
After that, the series hits the ground running on August 5th with the Seniors (restricted to players 50+) at 11 AM, and the $230 NLH, open to all entries, at 6 PM. That kicks off 12 days of poker action, with 17 events and an estimated combined prize pool of $1 million or more.
In addition to the regular qualifiers to Summer SS events, there’s a special satellite in town for this series – the $600 Road to Playground Super Circuit with packages including a $5k entry to the WSOP Playground Super Circuit Main Event. Other in-series qualifier games include 2 shots at a double-event package on Aug 11 & 12, as well as a Last Chance shot at a Summer SS Main Event ticket on Aug 13.
Hot Poker Action in the Air-Conditioned Chrome Room
It’s no secret to locals that August in southern Alberta can be a bit extreme. While outsiders often talk about the extreme weather of Canada in the winter (and I routinely remind visitors to the January WSOP-C event in Calgary to bring clothes suitable for -40C to +20C), southern Alberta summers can be equally extreme. While visitors shouldn’t expect -40C, +40C isn’t out of the question, and the weather outside can turn from blisteringly hot to hail and thunderstorms faster than a river check-shove with the nuts.
But in the Chrome room at Deerfoot Inn & Casino, poker players will find 12 days of air-conditioned MTT action where the only heat will be coming from the action on the tables. The series features 3 multi-flight events, sure to be the biggest prize pools of the series, as well as a variety of game types to suit most poker tastes.
As always, plenty of NLH games are on the schedule, but it’s not all two-card community-board poker. There are some PLO games, including one with 5 cards, as well as the now-traditional HORSE game, to whet the appetites of players who want some variety to their games.
Big Multi-Flight Action
The three multi-flight games on the traditional Super Stack schedule are typically the biggest games of the series. In the 2025 Summer SS, more than half the total $1.23 million in prizes came from the three multi-flight games. The winner of last Summer’s Main Event, Chase Bonertz, pocketed just shy of $95k.
| Day 1a | Event # | Event Name |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 6 | 3 | $340 Deepstack |
| Aug 12 | 12 | $560 Megastack |
| Aug 14 | 14 | $1,500 Superstack Main |
$340 Deepstack
- Dates: Aug 6-9
- Day 1a: Aug 6, 2 PM
- Day 1b: Aug 7, 2 PM
- Day 1c: Aug 8, 2 PM
- Day 2: Aug 9, 12 Noon
- Blinds: 30 Minutes (40 Minutes at 18 Players)
- Start Stack: 25k
- Entries: 11 Levels (Entries close ~8:45 PM)
- Day 1 Ends: 10% of the Field (Hand-for-Hand at 10%+1 – players MUST bag chips to get a prize)
- 2025 Entries/Prizes: 560 entries – $159,600 in Prizes
- 2025 Winner: Adam Cygman ($31,450)
$560 Megastack
- Dates: Aug 12-14
- Day 1a: Aug 12, 12 Noon
- Day 1b: Aug 13, 12 Noon
- Day 2: Aug 14, 1 PM
- Blinds: 40 Minutes
- Start Stack: 30k
- Entries: 12 Levels (Entries close ~9:30 PM)
- Day 1 Ends: 10% of the Field (Hand-for-Hand at 10%+1 – players MUST bag chips to get a prize)
- 2025 Entries/Prizes: 410 entries – $194,750 in Prizes
- 2025 Winner: Jerry Li ($33,643)
$1,500 Superstack (Main Event)
- Dates: Aug 14-16
- Day 1a: Aug 14, 12 Noon
- Day 1b: Aug 15, 12 Noon
- Day 2: Aug 16, 12 Noon
- Blinds: 40 Minutes (60 Minutes on Day 2)
- Start Stack: 40k
- Entries: 12 Levels (Entries close ~9:30 PM)
- Day 1 Ends: 15 Levels or 10% of the Field
- Hand-for-Hand at 10%+1
- Clock Pauses with 10 Min to play in Level 15, Draw for Remaining Hands
- Players MUST bag chips to get a prize
- 2025 Entries/Prizes: 329 entries – $421,943 in Prizes
- 2025 Winner: Chase Bonertz ($94,937)
Layover on the Road to Playground
One of the big side games at the Summer Super Stack gives players a shot at a Super Circuit Ring. At the end of August, Playground Poker Club in Kahnawake, minutes from downtown Montreal, is hosting the first-ever Super Circuit event in North America, with a $5k Main event with $10 million guaranteed as the marquee game.
Players coming to the Super Stack in Calgary in early Aug can not only book a seat in the big game, but a couple fo grand extra for travel expenses to Montreal. The $600 satellite game runs August 10th at 4 PM, and 1 in 14 entries will bag a $7,218 package to la belle province.
PKO, PLO, HORSE Round Out Series
While modern poker series tend to be NLH heavy, and the Summer SS is no exception, there are a few games for folks looking for more than two cards. Pot limit Omaha games can be found across the schedule, including a 5-card game and a double board bomb pot game, with bomb pots every hand.
Since it’s introduction in 2024, the HORSE game has become a feature at the Super Stack series as well. The Summer game runs on Aug 10 at 2 PM, giving Alberta players their only chance to play live 7-card stud games. The full schedule for the 2026 Summer Super Stack is below, along with all the structures.
See the schedule below for the room code to book your rooms. Let’s play cards!
2026 Summer SS Structures
