2024 Fall Super Stack – Event #3: $450 NLH 6-Max Progressive KO

It was quite the marathon in the PKO game. Despite the smaller-than-expected field, it still took more than 10 hours to decide the winner tonight, with heads up between Weston Pring and Jordan Banfield lasting for several levels.

Both players were all in at risk during the HU play, with each player securing a double to stay alive, but HU was pretty cagey between them. Most of the pots were raise and take it spots, with a few hands going to a board but generally not to showdown.

In the final hand, Banfield shoved his button with ace-eight and Pring agonized over the call. He finally decided it was time and ended up in a race between pocket fours and Banfield’s ace-eight. Banfield found two more aces on the board while the fours bricked for Pring. Banfield got $2,923 for the win plus $2,350 from the final two bounties in addition to the $950 he collected earlier in the evening.

Final Results from PKO

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jordan Banfield	$2,923
2	Weston Pring	$2,923
3	Kurt Lillemo	$1,714
4	Ty Adams	$1,109
5	Debi Loomer	$806
6	Nathaniel Brown	$609

It was a battle heads up between Weston Pring and Jordan Banfield, but in the end, Pring fell just short of the win. Both he and Banfield were all in, at risk during heads up with both securing doubles to stay alive.

In the end, it came down to a coin flip between pocket fours for Pring and ace-eight for Banfield. There was an ace on the flop and another on the turn to give Banfield the big lead. Pring needed a four on the river to stay alive, but he bricked to finish in second place tonight.

Jordan Banfield has the lead with about 600k after a double from Weston Pring on his stack of 244k. The chips have been moving around a fair bit with the lead switching several times.

Jordan Banfield is down to less than 200k now after a big pot went to Weston Pring. Pring limp-called preflop when Banfield raised to 45k. They both checked the 6♠8♥9♣ flop but Banfield led for 25k on the A♣ turn. Pring called to the [invalid notations] river, but when Banfield fired 100k, Pring shoved the covering stack and forced the fold from Banfield.

In the next hand, Banfield grabbed a double with queen-ten against jack-six so he’s back up to about 400k.

Kurt Lillemo shoved the button and Weston Pring called from the big blind with more. Pring was on ace-king against ace-ten for Lillemo. Both players rivered the ace, but nothing else connected on the board, so the king kicker kicked Lillemo to the cage.

Kurt Lillemo raised the small blind to 40k and Jordan Banfield called from the big. Lillemo fired 40k on the A♥6♠5♥ flop and Banfield called, but when Lillemo went to 70k on the 4♦ turn, Banfield’s cards hit the muck.

Banfield is the leader with more than 400k while Lillemo has about 360k as does Weston Pring.

Weston Pring raised, the called of the shove from Ty Adams with more. It was a race between pocket sixes for Adams against ace-jack for Pring. There was an ace on the flop and no further help for Adams, so he hit the rail for 4th place with and extra $875 in bounties to cash in.

Jordan Banfield raised the button to 25k and he got calls from both players in the blinds. They all checked the K♣K♥2♥ flop but small blind Weston Pring bet 20k on the J♣ turn. Big blind Kurt Lillemo mucked while Pring called to the 5♠ river, then fired 25k. Banfield tanked for a bit, then called, but mucked his hand when Pring showed pocket aces.

Action is now moving to the poker room to finish it out.

After the recent hand against Weston Pring, Debi Loomer was short. She shoved for 40k under the gun and Jordan Banfield called from the cutoff. Loomer was best with A♣2♣ against [8d5c] but Banfield turned a five and held for the win. Loomer also pocketed $1,550 in bounties tonight, so she had a good run.

Debi Loomer raised the button to 20k and Weston Pring defended his big blind with a call. They both checked the 8♣K♥4♥ and Pring led out for 15k on the 9♣ turn. Loomer called, then called 20k on the 6♣. Both players turned the 9, but Pring’s ace was the best kicker.

They are down to 5 players left now after Nathaniel Brown’s flopped set couldn’t hold against Jordan Banfield’s heart flush. The money was in preflop with Brown on pocket tens and Banfield on the suited ace. Brown flopped his ten but there were two hearts as well, with the turn and river also coming hearts to complete the flush for Banfield.

Kuet Lillemo raised to 20k under the gun and Jordan Banfield called from the button. Lillemo shoved the 8♣9♣3♥ flop for 84k and Banfield called after about 30 seconds of thought. Banfield had A♥9♥ for top pair on the board, but Lillemo was playing pocket queens. The turn and river bricked for Banfield and the queens held.

They are now in the money in the PKO after Derek Letourneau was the bubble tonight. His money went in on the flop with a club draw against Debi Loomer, but he bricked his draw for Loomer to take the bounty and put the remaining players in the money.

In the final hand of ay 3000/6000/6000, Jordan Balfield opened early to 13k and Ty Adams called from the small blind. Adams check-raised the 3♣Q♣8♠ flop from 12k to 25k.

Banfield called and both players checked the 9♦ but after a check from Adams on the A♥ river, Banfield slid out a stack of yellows that looked like about 75k. After a few seconds in the tank, Adans folded, showing a queen. Banfield showed the A♣ as he raked in the pot.

They are down to the final table now after Mohsen Shafizadeh ended his run in 8th place tonight. That puts them at the 7-handed final table, but they are still one player off the money. Ty Adams, Jordan Banfield, Nathaniel Brown, Derek Letourneau, Weston Pring, Debi Loomer, and Kurt Lillemo are the final seven players.

Debi Loomer opened the action with a limp and the rest of the table followed her to a flop of 10♠10♣9♠. It checked to Loomer and she bet 5k. Kurt Lillemo called from the button, Mohsen Shafizadeh folded the small blind, and Weston Pring called from the big.

The remaining three players checked the 3♣ turn but after a check from Pring on the 2♣ river Loomer bet 10k and that was enough to take it down.

Haven Taylor is quite short but she just got a triple with a deuce high flush. After two all-ins in front of her from Natnaniel Brown and Jordan Banfield, she decided to call off her stack from the big blind with six-deuce. She was up against two ace-kings and exclaimed “I’m SO live” when she saw the hands.

The board ran out to four clubs, and her deuce was a club so she took down the full triple, while the ace-kings chopped the side pot.

They are down to 11 left in the PKO, just 5 off the money spots. There are just under 10 minutes to play in Level 12. Weston Pring, Ty Adams, Debi Loomer, Haven Taylor, Jordan Banfield, and Kali Shuali are among the players still active in the game.