Deerfoot Inn & Casino is wrapping up the year with the Fall Super Stack series, a return to its signature poker event after a busy year of WSOP Circuit tournaments. Starting with live satellites on Nov 5, this classic Calgary poker event features a lineup of multi-day tournaments that include the $340 Deepstack, $560 Megastack, and the $1,500 Main Event Superstack.
This year’s schedule offers more than just the familiar No-Limit Hold’em events. The series includes a unique $1,100 Heads-Up match on Nov 11, PLO games for Omaha enthusiasts, a 6-Max PKO game, and a variety of other events such as a Mystery Bounty and a Seniors event, ensuring there’s something for everyone. With live coverage exclusively on PokerPro, players can follow all the action, starting with the opening flight of the $340 Deepstack on Nov 7.
Check out live updates and reporting from the 2024 Fall Super Stack series by Lyle Bateman. Chose an event of your choice down below:
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Nearing 100 Entries for 1b
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 85/97 (95/174) Prizes: $46,075 ($82,650) There are about 5 minutes to play in Level 4 with the 1b field at 97 entries now. That puts the combined prizes over $82.5k and climbing. There are still about 4.5 hours left to get into the game with entries set to close at about 7:15 PM tonight.
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Lots of Familiar Faces
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 76/87 (86/164) Prizes: $41,325 ($77,900) The 1b players are now back from their first break of the day with action in Level 4. There are about 30 minutes to play in the level and just under 5 hours left to enter this event.
There are quite a few familiar faces in the crowd today, including Sean O’Reilly, Tyler Panas, Shane Chief, Scott Calvank, Mal Hagan Rob Lothian, Willie Hernandez, DJ Sharma, Michael Malm, Francis Krulicki, Caleb Simmons, Lapchi Duong, Shane Brotherwood, Jon Jacquard, Weston Pring,, Don Fujita, Derek Letourneau, John Foley, Giulio Rosati, Andy Truong, Ben Locker, Julius Roque, Stephen Dauphinais, Ed Zurawell, Shannon Lazorko, Pete Fylyma, Paul Sokoloff, and the winner of the Heads Up game, Nicholas Teeuwen.
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More than $75k
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 82/82 (92/159) Prizes: $38,950 ($75,525) The 1b field has already surpassed 1a and they haven’t even hit the first break yet. The field is now at 82 entries for combined prizes of just over $75k. It’s still looking good for ~120+ entries today which would mean prizes of more than $90k and $100k+ is within sight.
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68 Entries in Level 3
Level: 3 (2008/300/300) Entries: 68/68 (78/145) Prizes: $32,300 ($68,875) Level 3 has just begun and there are almost 70 entries on the board fro 1b already. They are just 10 entries away from the 1a end-of-day total, so today looks like it it will be significantly bigger than yesterday’s flight.
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Final Flight for the Megastack
Event: #9: $560 Megastack ($500 + $60) Dates: Day 1a: Nov 12, Noon
Day 1b: Nov 13, Noon
Day 2: Nov 14, NoonBlinds: 40 MInutes Start Stack: 25k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~7:15) Day 1 Ends: Level 15 (~11:30 PM) Day 1a Entries: 10/77 Day 1a Prizes: $36,575 There are already 10 players waiting in line for Day 2 on Thursday, but before that, there is another flight to play in the Megastack. It gets going at noon on Wednesday as a repeat of the opening day.
The 1a stack to beat belongs to Michael St. Pierre-Porter with 369k in his bag. He’s having a decent week so far here at the Fall Super Stack with a small cash in Event #1 before chopping for second place in Event #5. He has a partner in the 300k club from 1a in Zeyu “Skytrain” Huang. Huang put 309k into his bag as the only other player with 300k or more. Kali Shuali, who cashed the Heads Up game, and Ben Cooper are the 200k club for 3rd and 4th place from 1a.
As with the first flight, Wednesday’s players sit down with 25k in chips to play 40-minute levels. There are 9 levels of late entry available on Day 1, which means entries should close around 7:15 PM on each Day 1.
There are 15 levels on the schedule for Day 1, but they’ll end early if the field hits 10% before then. Day 1a was not able o play down to the 10% number before the end of Level 15, despite being down to 10 in Level 13, so no matter what happens on 1b, there will be at least two players who don’t make money on Day 2. TD Landon Lacroix changed the structure this week to the 10% figure in an effort to ensure players were all in the money for Day 2, but, ya know, poker gonna poker.
Day 1a Qualifying Stacks
Player Chips Michael St. Pierre-Porter 369,000 Zeyu “Skytrain” Huang 309,000 Kali Shuali 267,000 Ben Cooper 261,500 Chris Ruddell 193,000 Thomas Taylor 142,000 Graham Lupton 120,000 Deven Lane 103,000 Leonardo Aiello 98,000 Jordan Banfield 83,000 -
St. Pierre-Porter Bags the Big One
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 10/77 Prizes: $36,575 Against all the odds, they played the distance on Day 1a with a full 15 levels in the books and 10 players still alive. That means that at least two players will be coming back on Day 2 outside the money.
Michael St. Pierre-Porter is the leader from Day 1a with 369k while Zeyu “Skytrain” Huang also has more than 300k for second. Vancouver’s Kali Shuali, who was in the money in the Heads Up game yesterday, bagged the third stack with 267k. While he is at the other end of the table, another notable stack from 1a is Jordan Banfield, who is working on win #3 in this series. He’ll have work to do on Thursday with just 83k to start, but he’s running hot and playing well this week so I wouldn’t count him out.
Day 1a Qualifying Stacks
Player Chips Michael St. Pierre-Porter 369,000 Zeyu “Skytrain” Huang 309,000 Kali Shuali 267,000 Ben Cooper 261,500 Chris Ruddell 193,000 Thomas Taylor 142,000 Graham Lupton 120,000 Deven Lane 103,000 Leonardo Aiello 98,000 Jordan Banfield 83,000 -
20 Minutes to Play in Day 1a
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 10/77 Prizes: $36,575 There are about 20 minutes to play in Level 15 and they’ll end the day once this level completes. Earlier tonight it looked like they’d end things much earlier, but they’ve slowed considerably since they broke down to one table and they haven’t lost a player since Level 13. It now looks likely the bags will come out with more than 8 players still alive, which means that, despite the best efforts of the staff by changing the structure, there will still be players coming back on Day 2 outside the money.
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NLH/PLO Mix on the Side for Wednesday
Event: #10: $450 NLH/PLO Mix Dates: Nov 13, 4 PM Blinds: 30 Start Stack: 25000 Late Entry: 9 Levels (~9 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The side game on Thursday is the NLH/PLO MIx. This game tends to be one of the more popular formats in the series so it should see a pretty good turnout.
The action gets going at 4 PM on Wednesday and players sit down with 25k to start. Levels will be 30 minutes long throughout the night and they’ll have 9 levels to enter the game. That should put the last chance to enter at about 9 PM.
The Mix format means that they’ll switch games every level. The first level, and every odd-numbered level, will be played in the NLH format with two cards, while Level 2 and all even-numbered levels play PLO with four cards.
I won’t be watching this game until later in the day as my main focus will be Day 1b of the Megastack, but I expect this to go very late, so I’m sure I’ll be over for the endgame at the very least.
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Play Has Slowed
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 10/77 Prizes: $36,575 There are about 15 minutes remaining in Level 14 and there are still 10 players left in Day 1a. It looks like Zeyu Huang is still the leader, though his stack is a bit smaller than the last time I looked. The average stack is still about 50 big blinds, so they are fairly deep, but Huang and Michael St. Pierre-Porter have about 700k between them, leaving a few other short stacks around the table. It’s becoming an open question now if they’ll bag early or just play the full 15 levels.
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Huang Still Leading with 10 Left
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 10/77 Prizes: $36,575 Zeyu “Skytrain” Huang is still leading and he’s up to more than 400k now. Among the other players still in the mix looking for a bag is WPT Global streamer Jordan Banfield, who already has two wins this week including the first multi-day event of the series, the $340 Deepstack. Kali Shuali, who was in the money in the Heads Up game last night, is also still in the mix with a decent stack, while Michael St. Pierre-Porter, who has cashed two events so far including a 2nd place, is sitting with around 300k.
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Two from the Bags
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 10/77 Prizes: $36,575 They are down to 10 players remaining now and they’ve broken down to a single 10-handed table. There are just under 25 minutes to play in Level 13, so it’s an open question if they’ll even finish out this level before the bags come out.
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4 Off the End of the Night
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 12/77 Prizes: $36,575 The final 12 players are on a break with the conclusion of Level 12. There are three levels on the schedule for tonight, but it seems very unlikely they’ll play that long. Most likely, the night will end sometime in Level 13 or early in Level 14.
It looks like Zeyu Huang is the leader right now with about 370k in front of him. There are a few stacks in the 200k range, but it doesn’t look like there are any other 300k+ stacks.
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8 Off the Bags
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 16/77 Prizes: $36,575 Theya re down to 16 left with 15 minutes to play in Level 12. They’ll head out for a break following this level, then return for three more levels of poker, at most. More likely, they’ll return for a level or two and then bag up when they 8 players sometime in Level 13 or 14.
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Two Tables Remain
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 18/77 Prizes: $36,575 They are now 10 players away from the bags as Level 12 begins with 18 players left in the game. There is a break following this level, and it still looks likely they’ll still be playing then, but it doesn’t look like it’ll go much longer once they return from the break.
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Down to 21
Level: 11 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 21/77 Prizes: $36,575 They are down to 21 remaining now in Day 1a with 25 minutes to play in Level 11. There is another break scheduled at the end of Level 12 and they’ll almost certainly make it to that break, with the bags coming out sometime in Level 13 or 14 most likely.
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Numbers are Official at 77
Level: 10 (800/1600/1600) Entries: 23/77 Prizes: $36,575 The numbers are now official with 77 entries recorded for Day 1a. That means there is $36,575 waiting for Day 2 and 8 players from today’s flight will make it to Thursday. There are still 23 players left alive so they need to lose 15 more players before the end of the day. In theory, Day 1 has a hard stop at the end of Level 15, but it seems very unlikely that today’s flight will go that long.
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77 Unofficial Entries
Level: 10 (800/1600/1600) Entries: 23/77 Prizes: $36,575 Dinner is now over and entries are closed for Day 1a of the Megastack. It ended with 77 entries on the board, which still needs to be confirmed. If it holds, then it should mean 8 players advancing to Day 2 from this flight, with all 8 guaranteed money on Day 2.
There are 23 players left in the action after dinner, so this could be a relatively short day as they only need to lose 15 players before the bags come out.
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Dinner Time
Level: 9 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 36/77 Prizes: $36,575 The 1a players are now on their dinner break with entries set to close when they return for Level 10 in just under 45 minutes. There are 77 entries on the board to start dinner for prizes of $36,575. Assuming there are no new entries over dinner, then that should mean 8 players advancing from today’s flight.
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Final Level of Entry
Level: 9 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 36/76 Prizes: $36,100 Level 9 is just beginning and this is the final level to enter or rebuy for 1a of the Megastack. Entries will remain open through the dinner break following this level, but will be closed when they sit down for Level 10 at about 7:15 PM.
They’ll do this all over again tomorrow for Day 1b before the final Day 2 field is set, and my expectation is that 1b will be 120 entries or more.
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Three Levels of Entry Remain for 1a
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 45/71 Prizes: $33,725 Level 7 has just begun with 71 entries on the board for 1a. There are now three levels left before the dinner break following Level 9, with entries set to close once players sit down for Level 10 after dinner. That puts the end of entries about 3 hours away.