Sunday was a busy day at Deerfoot Inn & Casino, with three events on the Spring Super Stack schedule. The big action was the final day of play in Event #3, the $340 Deepstack, which saw 465 entries over its three starting days for combined prizes of $132,525.
Also on the docket for Sunday was the 1-Day Deepstack, a rough copy of Event #3 but sped up to finish in a single day. That game got 122 entries and $34,770 in total prizes.
The final action for Sunday was the Team event, which kicked off at 6 pm. It was a relatively small field with 19 entries and $7,220 in prizes.
Shane Chief Runs Short Stack to the Win
| Event 3: | $340 Deepstack ($300 + $40) |
| Date: | Apr 3 – 6, 2025 |
| Blinds: | 30 Minutes (40 Min at 18 players) |
| Starting Stack: | 25k |
| Entries: | 465 |
| Prizes | $132,525 |
| Winner: | Shane Chief ($27,830) |
When the Day 2 play began at noon on Sunday, Shane Chief was on the nut-low stack of just 39k. That was only 14k bigger than he’d started with at the beginning of his Day 1c flight, but there’s a saying in poker — “A chip and chair”.
Chief epitomized that on Day 2, managing to stay alive through the early part of the day. He wasn’t stacking chips the entire day — before the final table, he was mostly playing a 10 big blind stack for most of the day.
Things ramped up for him on the final table. Chief knows how to extract value, and how to play a big stack, so as his chips grew, he became a real force to be reckoned with. At one point with play 6-handed, he had almost a third of the chips in play, and later, he had 9 million of the 11.5 million in play three ways.
Once he had a big stack, he was relentless, raising nearly every hand. That put the short stacks on their heels and he was able to control the table as they approached the end.
It wasn’t until he got heads up with David MacNeil that things got a bit trickier. MacNeil was able to claw hi way back up to nearly even before the final hand came down to a cooler. With MacNeil holding pocket tens and Chief on pocket jacks, the money went in. The jacks held and Chief completed his worst-to-first finish.
The win was his third on the live felt, and is his biggest lifetime score.
Final Table Payouts for Event #3
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Shane Chief | $27,830 |
| 2 | David Macneil | $15,228 |
| 3 | DNR | $13,662 |
| 4 | David Bailey | $9,012 |
| 5 | Hoshang Sarwary | $6,759 |
| 6 | Phillip Clingo | $5,301 |
| 7 | Jacqueline Ray | $3,976 |
| 8 | Alicia Dodds | $3,048 |
| 9 | Scott Groome | $2,253 |
| 10 | Christopher Klementis | $1,855 |
1-Day Deepstack Ends in 4-Way Chop
| Event 7: | $340 1Day Deepstack ($300 + $40) |
| Date: | Apr 6, 2 PM |
| Entries: | 122 |
| Prizes: | $34,770 |
The 1-Day Deepstack is a rough copy of Event #3, but structured to finish in a single day. The game got 122 entries for total prizes of $34,770, and 12 players got a piece of that at the end of the night.
It was mostly a battle between Shane Brotherwood and Andy Truong, as the two traded the chip lead during the late game. The final four players decided to chop the money based on ICM, which gave Brotherwood the lead, with Truong in second. I didn’t get the prize details of the chop so I’ve published the original payout numbers — it should be noted that they were flattened out somewhat by the deal.
Event #7 Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shane Brotherwood | $9,388 |
| 2 | Andy Truong | $6,711 |
| 3 | Peter Amic | $4,868 |
| 4 | Sandro Guidi Soncini | $3,477 |
| 5 | DNR | $2,434 |
| 6 | Jon Vo | $1,738 |
| 7 | Garry Chan | $1,391 |
| 8 | Kyle Dery | $1,217 |
| 9 | Kristofer Di Leone | $1,043 |
| 10 | Cindy Simpson | $939 |
| 11 | Tyler Panas | $869 |
| 12 | Hassan Issa | $695 |
Team Dryburgh/Maddalo Take the Team Game
| Event 8: | $450 Team ($400 + $50) |
| Date: | Apr 6, 6 PM |
| Entries: | 19 |
| Prizes: | $7,220 |
| Winner: | James Dryburgh & Mat Maddalo ($4,332) |
It was a relatively small game for the Teams tonight with just 19 entries. That put $7,220 into the prizes to be shared between two teams at the end of the night.
After about 8 hours of play, the team of James Dryburgh and Mat Maddalo ended up with all the chips. They got heads up with Jordan Matsui and Shawn Kim, and they had the lead for most of the money play.
Kim and Matsui weren’t going easily, however, and it took several levels to finally finish it off. The final showdown came down to a race between threes for Matsui/Kim and king-jack of diamonds for Dryburgh/Maddalo. A jack on the flop sent Dryburgh/Maddalo to the lead, and they held for the win.
Team Event Results
| Place | Team | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | James Dryburgh, Mat Maddalo | $4,332 |
| 2 | Jordan Matsui, Shawn Kim | $2,888 |
