The Spring Super Stack is now complete, with 17 events in the books. The final weekend at Deerfoot Inn & Casino in Calgary was a huge one, with almost half a million dollars awarded on the final weekend alone.
The main game through the final weekend of play was, of course, the $1,500 Main Event. As expected, that was by far the biggest prize pool of the series, digging a prize pool that was more than twice as deep as any other event in the series. The final weekend of action also saw two smaller games play out on the side of the huge Main Event action.
When the dust settled on the 12-day series, more than $1 million was awarded across the 17 events, with the Main Event accounting for about 40% of that total. More than 2,400 entries were recorded to make those numbers, with almost 1/4 million dollars awarded to winners.
| 2026 Spring Super Stack Summary | |
| Total Prizes | $1,071,574 |
| Total Entries | 2,404 |
| Total 1st Place | $237,164 |
| # | Name | Entries | Prizes | Winner | 1st Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $340 Seniors | 154 | $43,890 | Bill Thomson | $10,765 |
| 2 | $230 NLH | 77 | $14,997 | Linh Nguyen | $3,974 |
| 3 | $340 Deepstack | 442 | $125,970 | Todd Oakley | $20,725 |
| 4 | $450 PLO Double Board Bomb Pot | 62 | $23,561 | Peter Darliington | $8,010 |
| 5 | $340 PKO | 76 | $10,260 | Wayne Hoffert | $2,719 |
| 6 | $180 Team | 131 | $19,021 | Gerry Edwards & Dane Alisasis | $4,389 |
| 7 | $340 One-Day Deepstack | 101 | $28,785 | Ryan Soptak | $6,909 |
| 8 | $450 NLH/PLO | 49 | $18,620 | Teo Sanchez | $6,703 |
| 9 | $400 HORSE | 42 | $14,165 | Kurtis Ruhl | $5,800 |
| 10 | $230 NLH | 109 | $21,228 | Samuel Brouillard | $5,460 |
| 11 | $1,000 NLH 6Max | 91 | $77,805 | Stephen Dauphinais | $22,565 |
| 12 | $560 Megastack | 346 | $164,350 | Ed Gaetz | $37,120 |
| 13 | $600 PLO | 73 | $37,449 | Julius Roque | $11,610 |
| 14 | $1,500 Superstack Main | 315 | $403,988 | Jamie (James) Martin | $74,736 |
| 15 | $340 PLO Bounty | 126 | $23,310 | Haven Taylor | $6,177 |
| 16 | $280 NLH | 96 | $22,800 | Terry Chow | $3,730 |
| 17 | $280 NLH | 114 | $21,375 | Christopher Ruddell | $5,772 |
Martin & Liu Chop the Main Event
Event #14: $1,500 Super Stack (Main) ($1,350 + $150)
- Entries: 315
- Prizes: $403,988
- Winner: Jamie Martin ($74,736 after heads-up chop)
The biggest game of the whole series played out over the final weekend. Two opening flights to the Main Event ran on Friday & Saturday, and between the two days, 315 entries were recorded. That built a prize pool of more than $400k, with almost $91k up top as the original 1st place prize.
That meant 32 players would get a piece of those prizes, but unlike the other multi-day events in the series, there were quite a few players returning for Day 2 of the Main Event on Sunday who would have to go home empty-handed, as 58 players returned to compete on the final day.
It took a bit more than 3.5 hours on Day 2 to play down to the 32 paid spots, with the bubble play lasting for about 30 minutes. From there, it took a bit more than 4 hours to play down to the final table.
After that, it was more than 5 hours again before the final results were recorded, and it could have gone even longer. After a couple of hands of heads-up play between start-of-day leader Osbert Liu and Jamie Martin, who also started the day in the top five, and with the stacks nearly equal, they decided to chop up the money, with Martin taking the win with the biggest stack at the time.
While Liu was the big leader early on the final table, Martin turned up the heat as play got shorter, and by the time they were four-handed, he had more than half the chips in play. Martin chipped up to that big lead in part by sending home several players like Homan Mohammadi and Glenn Slater.
Martin led from there all the way down to the heads-up stage. He had an even bigger lead after sending Jeff Bryde home in 4th place, but Liu chipped up a bit when he got the game heads up in a cooler over Eric Wasylenko.
Once they got heads up, the chips flew. Liu doubled quickly to the lead when he flushed out Martin’s pair, but then Martin came right back with a double of his own to put them essentially even. Just a few minutes later, with Martin on a few hundred thousand more than Liu, they decided to chop up the remaining prizes, taking $74,736 each, while Martin took the win with the biggest stack at the time.
This looks to be Martin’s first win on the live felt, but he also doesn’t play live that often. When he does make it down to Edmonton or Calgary for a series, he generally goes deep, including a 5th place in this past January’s WSOP Circuit series.
Final Table Results from Main Event
See the Payouts tab on the Live Reporting pages for the full prize list.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jamie (James) Martin | $74,736 |
| 2 | Osbert Liu | $74,736 |
| 3 | Eric Wasylenko | $40,399 |
| 4 | Jeffry Bryde | $32,319 |
| 5 | Christopher Bryant | $24,239 |
| 6 | Karim Chatur | $18,179 |
| 7 | Glenn Slater | $14,140 |
| 8 | Homan Mohammadi | $10,706 |
| 9 | Vik Gill | $8,888 |
| 10 | Garry Sandhu | $8,080 |
Terry Chow Takes Event #16 Win After 6-Way Deal
Event #16: $280 NLH ($250 + $30)
- Entries: 96
- Prizes: $22,800
- Winner: Terry Chow ($3,730 after 6-way deal)
It was a bit more than 9 hours from start to end in the second-last event of the Spring Super Stack. After the action kicked off at 7 PM, they made a deal 6 ways just after 4 AM.
By the time they got to that stage, the average stack was barely 10 big blinds, and Terry Chow had about twice the chips of the next biggest stack. The remaining players decided that the variance was just too much, and they agreed to an even chop, with the bottom five players each giving up $100 from the chop to give to Chow as the leader. That meant Chow pocketed $3,730 for the win, with the rest of the dealmakers getting $3,130 each.
Shane Patacsil was the leader through most of the early part of the game, but it was Shawn Holland who led when they got to the final table around 3 AM. They got to nine very quickly, with Chad English bowing out shortly after the final table was set, but it took almost half an hour after that for Sam Brouillard (who won Event #10) to go out in ninth, despite being nearly felted after doubling up Nush Alem with the worst ace.
Colten Yamagishi followed shortly after, with FT leader Holland going out shortly after. That left them 6-handed, and they quckly started talking deal, as several of the players needed to back just 8 hours later to play Day 2 of the Main Event.
This looks to be Chow’s first live win, but he scored a second and a third a couple of years ago in WSOP-C Seniors events.
Final Results for Event #16
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Terry Chow | $3,730 |
| 2 | John Harris | $3,130 |
| 3 |  Shane Patacsil | $3,130 |
| 4 | Jeffrey Lamarche | $3,130 |
| 5 | Deven Lane | $3,130 |
| 6 | Nush Alemzadeh | $3,130 |
| 7 | Shawn Holland | $1,026 |
| 8 | Colten Yamagishi | $912 |
| 9 | Samuel Brouillard | $798 |
| 10 | Chad English | $684 |
Chris Ruddell Wins Final Spring Super Stack Event
Event #17: $280 Bounty ($250 + $50 + $30)
- Entries: 114
- Prizes: $27,075 ($21,375 prizes, $5,700 bounties)
- Winner: Chris Ruddell ($5,772)
The final event of the 2026 Spring Super Stack played out on Sunday afternoon alongside Day 2 of the Main Event. As a result, my attention was mostly focused on the big game across the room from this one, and I wasn’t able to catch any of the action in the final game.
It took about 9 hours to play through the 114 entries for Event #17, with the final hand between Chris Ruddell and Andy Truong playing out just after 11 PM. I did manage to catch the aftermath of that final hand, after the money went in with Truong on a pair of eights with backdoor straight outs against Ruddell’s diamond draw.
Ruddell found his diamond on the river to take down the game. This looks to be Ruddell’s first live win, and it will be his biggest live score once Hendon Mob uploads the results from this series.
Final Results from Event #17
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Ruddell | $5,772 |
| 2 | Andy Truong | $4,168 |
| 3 | Mal Hagen | $2,992 |
| 4 | Nu Teliani | $2,138 |
| 5 | Heidi Zekl | $1,496 |
| 6 | Francois Lincourt | $1,069 |
| 7 | Carl Stellars | $962 |
| 8 | Tianyu Xia | $855 |
| 9 | Sebastian Crema | $748 |
| 10 | Bash Ramahi | $641 |
| 11 | Chad English | $534 |
Winners from the 2026 Spring Super Stack
