Joe Lu Bags Huge Stack on Day 1b of Summer Super Stack Main Event

The Summer Super Stack Main Event has concluded the second of three start days, and they’re already only one player away from beating the $200,000 guarantee.
There were 85 entries to the $1,500 Main Event at Deerfoot Inn & Casino in Calgary, Alberta on Saturday. Added to the 65 from Friday’s Day 1a, the total field numbers 150. One more player will tip the prize pool over the $200,000 guarantee with the largest starting field yet expected on Sunday’s Day 1c.
By the end of 10 one-hour levels, nobody had nearly as many chips as Joe Lu. Bagging 356,000, his closest competitor was Cole Gauthier who was miles behind with 239,100. No other player passed the 200,000 mark. Lu also far surpasses Richard Mullen who bagged the most on Day 1a with 285,300.
Here are the 23 players who bagged chips for Monday’s Day 2:
Player | Chips | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|---|
Joe Lu | 356,000 | Ravinder Bedi | 67,700 |
Cole Gauthier | 239,100 | Vince Chahly | 67,400 |
Fraser Short | 187,200 | John Wilson | 64,100 |
Sam Tong | 183,600 | Umang Dattani | 60,500 |
Josh Wallace | 182,600 | Troy O’Neill | 59,600 |
Matthew Wilson | 170,800 | Don Fujita | 42,000 |
Homan Mohammadi | 144,500 | Jimmy Lee | 40,300 |
Alison Senycz | 142,000 | Tsunehisa Nishi | 38,400 |
John Lavorato | 132,900 | Tammy Wing | 28,900 |
Arvhin Malinab | 131,000 | Jorge Chae | 25,800 |
Robert Babb | 77,200 | Kyle Crego | 16,800 |
Sheila Schmidt | 72,000 |
Among those who did not survive the day were B.C.’s Vanessa Kade, Winter Super Stack Main Event final-tablist Malcolm Bolger, and World Series of Poker bracelet winner Tyler Bonkowski.
Day 1c will likely be the largest field yet, and play begins at noon on Sunday in the 17-table tournament hall. For $1,500, entrants get 30,000 chips and one-hour levels to try to bag a Day 2 stack, and registration will remain open until the end of Level 6.
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