2025 Spring Super Stack – Event #2: $230 NLH

Once they got heads up, Frank Gallie had the big lead with more than 2 million of the 2.8 million in play. But poker is a fickle game, and just a few hands later, after a couple of smaller doubles, Justin Joson found a huge spot with pocket aces when Gallie shoved over an open to 120k. Joson snapped it off and Gallie was drawing to the wheel with ace-three.

He nearly found a chop when the 9♥9♦6♥9♣10♠ board had one too few nines on it to counterfeit the aces. Joson held for a double to about 2.4 million with Gallie on just 400k. Joson offered an even chop at that point with the stipulation that he took the official win, as there were only about 40 big blinds total on the table. Gallie took a few seconds to think about it, but with just 5 bigs, he decided it was too good a deal to pass up, despite being against making a deal earlier in the evening.

Both players scored $5,163, and Joson recorded the official win.

They are down to heads up now after Frank Gallie sent Shoaib Syed to the rail in 3rd. Gallie was on ace-queen of diamonds against king-queen of clubs for Syed. Gallie turned his ace and held. Both players had exactly the same stack with 1.09 million, so Syed was out and Gallie was up well over 2 million.

Syed was the anonymous player earlier, and he gave me permission to use his name. However, I didn’t get a picture of him.

They are down to three left now after Lillian Munch hit the rail in 4th place, though I missed the action.

Shoaib Syed limped under the gun, then called when Frank Gallie shoved 575k from the button. Syed was on pocket queens against K♥8♥. Gallie spiked his king and held for the double to aroud 1.2 million, while Syed was left with about 700k

The action has now moved to the poker room as the main casino closed at 3 am so they had to vacate the Chrome room.

Patrick Corbet had the chip lead after the break, but poker is a fickle game, and he just hit the rail in 5th place. The big damage came when he recently doubled up Lillian Munch. The final damage came when he shoved his remaining stack with 10♦4♥ but ran into Shoaib Syed’s king-jack and the king held.

Patrick Corbet limped in from the hijack and both Lillian Munch and Justin Joson called in the blinds. The flop was 6♦3♦4♥ and Munch led for 60k. Joson called before Corbet bumped it up to 300k.

Munch didn’t take long to shove the rest of her stack. That sent Joson into the tank with him ultimately folding while Corbet called quickly.

Corbet had a diamond draw with a gunshot playing 10♦7♦ while Munch flopped the joint with [invalid notations]. The K♥6♣ runout left Munch’s flopped straight in the lead.

Juston Joson found a double with pocket aces when the money went in on a flop of J♦Q♠3♥. Frank Gallie had top pair and a backdoor heart draw with J♥7♥. He turned another heart on the K♥K♣ runout but bricked the river.

They are down to 5 now after Kelly Mason hit the rail for 6th. He was short after doubling up Shoaib Syed when Syed flushed him out. He shoved the cutoff for 135k and Frank Gallie reshoved the button for more.

Gallie had kings against 10♦7♠ for Mason and the kings held.

Patrick Corbet is still leading with 800k right now, but he just sent some across the table when he flopped top pair but ran into the aces of Lillian Munch. The pot gave her the second stack of 557k — see below for the rest of the final 6 stacks.

Tyler Hurman took 7th place tonight after he shoved for 54k and was called by two players. On the 9♥5♣8♦ flop big blind Frank Gallie bet 32k, then folded when the anonymous player raised to 100k. Hurman was playing ace-six, but he was drawing thin against pocket eights. 6♣9♦ gave Hurman a bit of help but not enough to survive.

Patrick Corbet raised the button to 32k and Kelly Mason called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop of 7♥7♣4♣ but when Mason bet 20k on the 2♥ turn, Corbet reraised to 150k and got the fold.

Below is a look at the final 7 players with approximate stacks. Patrick Corbet is the chip leader with 860k but Juston Joson is a couple hundred thousand behind on 650k.

They are down to 7 players remaining in Event #2 with Level 19 just ticking down to the end. Below is a look at the first four cashes from tonight’s game.

Place	Player	Prize
8	Chris Rodulfa	$888
9	Hassan Issa	$777
10	Scott Johnson	$666
11	Kevin Hughes	$555

There is one player in the money not pictured here as they wish to remain anonymous today.

They are in the money now in the side game with 11 remaining. Justin Joson, Hassan Issa, Kelly Mason, Tyler Hurman, Lillian Munch, Kevin Hughes, Frank Gallie, Patrick Corbet, Scott Johnson, and Chris Rodulfa are still in action along with another player who has asked to remain anonymous.

They are on the bubble to the money now with 12 players left in the action. I’ll get a full list of the remaining players once they hit the money.

The side game is down to 16 players left with 11 players getting paid tonight. I haven’t had eyes on this one for most of the day, but I should be able to catch the money phase of this one at least.

The numbers are confirmed for Event #2 with 114 total. That means 11 players will share in $22,202 in prizes later tonight. See below for a look at the prize pool — note that the bottom payouts are not typos, despite looking a bit unusual.

The players in Event #2 are now on their first break of the day and there are just over 90 minutes until the end of entries now. When they return from the break there will be four more levels of poker before the entry desk shuts down at the end of the break following Level 9.

It looks like a lock for this field to be bigger than 100 before it closes but how big it gets remains to be seen.

The side game is just a few entries shy of $15k in prizes with he action now in Level 4. There are about 5 minutes left in this level with one more level to play before the first break of the day. Entries close for this game at the end of the break following Level 9, which should be at about 9:30 pm.

The side game is into Level 2 now with 60 entries on the board and 60 players still showing in action, though I suspect it’s a bit less than that. The prizes are now above $11k, with entries open for about 3 more hours.

The side event on opening day is the $230 Turbo. The game kicks off at 6 pm and players start with 25k in chips for 20-minute levels throughout the day.

There are 9 levels of late entry, putting the last chance to enter at about 9:30 pm. This is a one-day event that will play to a winner before they end.

My main focus on Wednesday will be the Seniors game, but if this is still running when the Seniors ends, I’ll move over to cover the endgame.

Once they got heads up, Frank Gallie had the big lead with more than 2 million of the 2.8 million in play. But poker is a fickle game, and just a few hands later, after a couple of smaller doubles, Justin Joson found a huge spot with pocket aces when Gallie shoved over an open to 120k. Joson snapped it off and Gallie was drawing to the wheel with ace-three.

He nearly found a chop when the 9♥9♦6♥9♣10♠ board had one too few nines on it to counterfeit the aces. Joson held for a double to about 2.4 million with Gallie on just 400k. Joson offered an even chop at that point with the stipulation that he took the official win, as there were only about 40 big blinds total on the table. Gallie took a few seconds to think about it, but with just 5 bigs, he decided it was too good a deal to pass up, despite being against making a deal earlier in the evening.

Both players scored $5,163, and Joson recorded the official win.

They are down to heads up now after Frank Gallie sent Shoaib Syed to the rail in 3rd. Gallie was on ace-queen of diamonds against king-queen of clubs for Syed. Gallie turned his ace and held. Both players had exactly the same stack with 1.09 million, so Syed was out and Gallie was up well over 2 million.

Syed was the anonymous player earlier, and he gave me permission to use his name. However, I didn’t get a picture of him.

They are down to three left now after Lillian Munch hit the rail in 4th place, though I missed the action.

Shoaib Syed limped under the gun, then called when Frank Gallie shoved 575k from the button. Syed was on pocket queens against K♥8♥. Gallie spiked his king and held for the double to aroud 1.2 million, while Syed was left with about 700k

The action has now moved to the poker room as the main casino closed at 3 am so they had to vacate the Chrome room.

Patrick Corbet had the chip lead after the break, but poker is a fickle game, and he just hit the rail in 5th place. The big damage came when he recently doubled up Lillian Munch. The final damage came when he shoved his remaining stack with 10♦4♥ but ran into Shoaib Syed’s king-jack and the king held.

Patrick Corbet limped in from the hijack and both Lillian Munch and Justin Joson called in the blinds. The flop was 6♦3♦4♥ and Munch led for 60k. Joson called before Corbet bumped it up to 300k.

Munch didn’t take long to shove the rest of her stack. That sent Joson into the tank with him ultimately folding while Corbet called quickly.

Corbet had a diamond draw with a gunshot playing 10♦7♦ while Munch flopped the joint with [invalid notations]. The K♥6♣ runout left Munch’s flopped straight in the lead.

Juston Joson found a double with pocket aces when the money went in on a flop of J♦Q♠3♥. Frank Gallie had top pair and a backdoor heart draw with J♥7♥. He turned another heart on the K♥K♣ runout but bricked the river.

They are down to 5 now after Kelly Mason hit the rail for 6th. He was short after doubling up Shoaib Syed when Syed flushed him out. He shoved the cutoff for 135k and Frank Gallie reshoved the button for more.

Gallie had kings against 10♦7♠ for Mason and the kings held.

Patrick Corbet is still leading with 800k right now, but he just sent some across the table when he flopped top pair but ran into the aces of Lillian Munch. The pot gave her the second stack of 557k — see below for the rest of the final 6 stacks.

Tyler Hurman took 7th place tonight after he shoved for 54k and was called by two players. On the 9♥5♣8♦ flop big blind Frank Gallie bet 32k, then folded when the anonymous player raised to 100k. Hurman was playing ace-six, but he was drawing thin against pocket eights. 6♣9♦ gave Hurman a bit of help but not enough to survive.

Patrick Corbet raised the button to 32k and Kelly Mason called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop of 7♥7♣4♣ but when Mason bet 20k on the 2♥ turn, Corbet reraised to 150k and got the fold.

Below is a look at the final 7 players with approximate stacks. Patrick Corbet is the chip leader with 860k but Juston Joson is a couple hundred thousand behind on 650k.

They are down to 7 players remaining in Event #2 with Level 19 just ticking down to the end. Below is a look at the first four cashes from tonight’s game.

Place	Player	Prize
8	Chris Rodulfa	$888
9	Hassan Issa	$777
10	Scott Johnson	$666
11	Kevin Hughes	$555

There is one player in the money not pictured here as they wish to remain anonymous today.

They are in the money now in the side game with 11 remaining. Justin Joson, Hassan Issa, Kelly Mason, Tyler Hurman, Lillian Munch, Kevin Hughes, Frank Gallie, Patrick Corbet, Scott Johnson, and Chris Rodulfa are still in action along with another player who has asked to remain anonymous.

They are on the bubble to the money now with 12 players left in the action. I’ll get a full list of the remaining players once they hit the money.

The side game is down to 16 players left with 11 players getting paid tonight. I haven’t had eyes on this one for most of the day, but I should be able to catch the money phase of this one at least.

The numbers are confirmed for Event #2 with 114 total. That means 11 players will share in $22,202 in prizes later tonight. See below for a look at the prize pool — note that the bottom payouts are not typos, despite looking a bit unusual.

The players in Event #2 are now on their first break of the day and there are just over 90 minutes until the end of entries now. When they return from the break there will be four more levels of poker before the entry desk shuts down at the end of the break following Level 9.

It looks like a lock for this field to be bigger than 100 before it closes but how big it gets remains to be seen.

The side game is just a few entries shy of $15k in prizes with he action now in Level 4. There are about 5 minutes left in this level with one more level to play before the first break of the day. Entries close for this game at the end of the break following Level 9, which should be at about 9:30 pm.

The side game is into Level 2 now with 60 entries on the board and 60 players still showing in action, though I suspect it’s a bit less than that. The prizes are now above $11k, with entries open for about 3 more hours.

The side event on opening day is the $230 Turbo. The game kicks off at 6 pm and players start with 25k in chips for 20-minute levels throughout the day.

There are 9 levels of late entry, putting the last chance to enter at about 9:30 pm. This is a one-day event that will play to a winner before they end.

My main focus on Wednesday will be the Seniors game, but if this is still running when the Seniors ends, I’ll move over to cover the endgame.