2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #1 – Event #12: $450 PLO Bounty

Once they got two ways, rather than moving to the poker room, the final two players decided to do an ICM chop. Colten Yamagishi took the smaller payout ($7,038) but the official win while Glenn Tarasoff got the most money ($7,577) and second place in the official standings.

It was a weird endgame to this one as they were on 14 players for what seemed like forever, then they raced down to three players left. That’s when things stalled again as they played more than four full levels three-handed. Then near the end of Level 24, it all ended in moments when Stefan Maloney went out in 3rd and Yamagishi and Tarasoff agreed to the chop.

Final Results for PLO Bounty

Place	Player	Prize
1	Colten Yamagishi	$7,038*
2	Glenn Tarasoff	$7,577*
3	Stefan Maloney	$3,875
4	Nathanael Habte	$2,980
5	George Mounsef	$2,295
6	Tony Comely	$1,820
7	Ryan Comely	$1,430
8	Josie Brown	$1,135
9	Khang Luong	$835
10	Nathan Masih	$835
11	Brad German	$630
12	Wilfred Mcneely	$630

The tournament was about to move into the Poker room, so I packed up and moved over a little early. That was a bad move as Stefan Maloney hit the rail just before the end of the level for 3rd place and I missed the hand.

Glenn Tarasoff made it 100k from the button and Colten Yamagishi called to the 7♠J♠Q♣ flop. Yamagishi check-called the 260k pot bet from Tarasoff to see Q♠ on the turn

Tarasoff shoved the rest of his stack and Yamagishi called. Tarasoff was on ace-ace-nine-deuce against ten-nine-nine-eight for Yamagishi. The 5♥ river was a brick for Yamagishi’s straight draw and the aces for Tarasoff held.

The hand left Tarasoff with about 1.1 million to 1 million for Yamagishi. Stefan Maloney has chipped up since he was nearly felted and is playing about 600k now.

Colten Yamagishi limped the button and Glenn Tarasoff called before Stefan Maloney made it 120k from the big blind. Yamagishi backed away, but Tarasoff called.

Tarasoff potted the K♠6♠8♥ flop for 300k, leaving just 15k behind and Maloney called. The rest of it went in on the 5♦ turn with both players drawing to spades but Tarasoff on the bigger draw. The 10♠ river gave Tarasoff the bigger flush and the double, leaving Maloney as the short stack now while Tarasoff is up to about 800k.

Colten Yamagishi is still the big leader with almost 3x the chips of second place Stefan Maloney and more than Maloney and Glenn Tarasoff combined.

Colten Yamagishi raised the button to 30k and Glenn Tarasoff called from the small blind. Tarasoff check-called for 15k on the 5♦9♠3♠ and they both checked the 10♣ turn. Tarasoff check-called again for 25k on the A♠ river.

Yamagishi announced “Two pair” but mucked when Tarasoff showed K♦J♦4♣2♦ for the winning wheel. Yamagishi still has a commanding lead — I’ll grab exact counts in about 5 minutes while they are on break.

They are down to three now after Colten Yamagishi sent Nathanael Habte to the rail. Habte limped under the gun and Stefan Maloney called before Yamagishi repopped it to 60k. Habte called while Maloney backed out of the pot.

It all kicked off on the 6♠7♥J♦ flop when Yamagishi bet 120k, then shoved after Habte potted it. Habte called off his stack and they were both on the jack. Yamagishi had the best kicker with a queen versus a ten and sealed it when he turned the queen for two pair.

They are down to 4 now after George Mounsef hit the rail as I was coming back from a quick break. There are about 15 minutes to play in Level 19 and they’ll take another break after Level 20, assuming they make it that far.

The average stack is still pretty deep at more than 50 big blinds, but most of the chips are in front of Colten Yamagushi and Stefan Maloney.

Things are moving quickly in the FT now with the field down to 5. Ryan Comely and Tony Comely were the first two players out once the final seven sat down, though I missed the action while getting photos. I also missed getting a picture of Tony (I added one that I took earlier in the week in Event #8), but the other 6 players to make the final 7 are below.

It was a crazy few minutes as three players busted at the same time to bring the game from he final table bubble to 7 handed. On one table, Josie Brown and Nathan Masih hit the rail on the same hand when Nathanael Habte hit a club flush, while at the same time on the other table, Khang Luong was heading out the door as well.

Luong and Masih chopped 10th and 9th places tonight while Brown grabbed 8th.

The bubble is over after more than a level at hand-for-hand. Tony Comely sent two players to the rail on the same hand when he turned the nut club flush, sending Sam Masson home on the bubble and Wilfred McNeely home with a min-cash.

Khan Luong was all in from the small blind with big stacks Colten Yamagishi and Stefan Maloney still in action. I picked up the action on the turn with the board reading 10♣3♦A♣8♠ and Maloney check-called a bet for 60k. Both players checked the K♦ river and Yamagishi’s A♦Q♥8♥2♥ took the side pot with two pair, but Luong’s set of tens won the main pot to keep him alive.

Josie Brown limped the hijack before Sam Masson potted to 25k from the button, leaving just 2k behind. It folded around to Brown who raised to put Masson all in and he called it off.

They were basically playing the same hand with Brown on A♣K♦Q♥4♠ against A♥K♣Q♦5♠ for Masson. Brown hit her four on the 10♥4♥6♠ flop, but when the board ran out J♠Q♣ they both went to Broadway and chopped it up.

They are on the bubble as Level 15 ends and Colten Yamagishi is still leading with almost 900k. Stefan Maloney is second with 628k. The clock is now paused for hand-for-hand play and it will start back up again after the next elimination.

Colten Yamagishi is still leading the way and he’s now chipped up to around 800k. Meanwhile, across the table, the NLH/PLO Mix winner Stefan Maloney looks to be second with close to 600k.

There are 14 players left in the action now and they’ll pause the clock for hand-for-hand play after the next elimination.

In the final hand of the previous level, Ryan Comely opened to 7k from the cutoff and got calls from Colten Yamagishi on the button and Khang Luong in the big blind. The flop was 8♥7♦3♠ and, after a check from Luong, Comely fired 20k.

Yamagishi called while Luong folded. The turn 9♥ brought a bet of 50k from Comely which Yamagishi called. They both checked the [/pcn]Qd[/pcn] river and Yamagishi took it down with 10♠9♠9♦8♣ for the turned set.

They are down to 18 players left now on the final two tables. That puts them 6 eliminations off the money spots tonight. Below is a look at the final 18 players in the PLO Bounty. I don’t have a handle on all the chip counts right now, but Colten Yamagishi is the runaway leader at the moment with more than 600k in front of him.

They are down to 26 players left in the PLO Bounty now on the final three tables. There are about 15 minutes to play in Level 11.

They are down to 32 players left in the PLO Bounty with 10 minutes to play in Level 10 as they’ve lost nine players since the dinner break ended about 15 minutes ago.

Entries are now closed for the PLO Bounty game with 111 entries on the board. There are 41 players still in the action after the dinner break.

There will be 12 players sharing in the prizes later tonight with the winner set to get $8,650. See below for the full prizes which will also be loaded under the payouts tab shortly.

The PLO Bounty players are on their dinner break now with entries set to close when they sit down to Level 10 in just under 15 minutes. There are 109 entries on the board now for combined prizes of $41,420 with almost $11k of that in the bounty pool. See below for a look at some of the bigger stacks out there on the dinner break.

Nicholas Milkovich potted to 3.5k under the gun and Pete Fylyma called from his left, as did David Cox in the big blind. Milkovich checked the 9♦K♥10♦ flop and Fylyma fired 10k. Cox called while Milkovich mucked his hand.

Both remaining players checked it down through the A♣J♣ runout and Fylyma showed pocket tens for a flopped set, but it was no good against the rivered straight for Cox with ling-eight-seven-four.

The flop of J♦2♠9♥ was already out when I arrived at the table with 5 players in the hand. It checked around to David Cox on the button and he potted for 10.8k. Garry Sandhu (UTG+1) was the only caller with three players sending their cards to the muck.

The turn came 4♠ and Sandhu check-folded to the shove from Cox.

The board was already out reading 2♠2♦9♣8♥A♠ when I arrived at the table. Wilfred McNeely bet 8k before Brad German bumped it up to 30k. McNeely reraised all in and got the snap call from German, and it was a PLO cooler.

German flopped the boat with nine-nine-six-three against the turned smaller boat for McNeely with queen-eight-eight-eight-five.

The field is now up to 75 entries for combined prizes of $28,500. Level 6 has just begun so entries are open for just over 2 hours on this one.

Among the new faces I spotted after the break were Francis Fan, Maddie Sharma, Josie Brown, and Garry Sandhu.

The combined prize pool is now over $20k with 53 entries on the board. There are still 41 players at the felt with just a few minutes left in Level 4. Entries are still open for about 2.5 hours.

There are about 20 minutes ti play in Level 3 with the field now at 41 entires with 36 players still in the action. That puts the combined prizes at more than $15k with $4,100 of that in the bounty pool.

Recent entries I spotted include Brian Wells, Ed Zurawell, last October’s Main winner Kevin Lee, Dylan Descheneaux (who hasn’t been playing as much lately but has a great record here in four-card games on the PPT), Keith Schultz, Khan Luong, and Pete Fylyma.

Level 1 is now ticking down to the end with less than five minutes to play before Level 2. The field is now at 27 entries with all 27 still at the felt. Chantal Goulet, Colten Yamagishi, and George Mounsef are among the more recent faces I’ve seen sitting down with a new stack.

The numbers are growing for the PLO bounty with the field now at 20 players and a lone at the entry desk. Among the recent entries I spotted were Julius Roque, Cliff Green, Dylan Webb, and NLH/PLO Mix winner Stefan Maloney.

The PLO Bounty game is now underway with 12 players in their seats to start the game. Entries are open until about 7:15 PM tonight so there is lots of time for the prizes to grow. Glenn Tarasoff, Nicholas MIlkovich, Nu Teliani, and Kirk NIlson are among the players in their seats to start the game.

The side event on Thursday is the PLO Bounty game. The action gets underway at 3 PM with players starting with 25k in chips in front of them.

Levels will be 25 minutes long throughout the event (15 minutes in heads up) and they’ll have 9 levels to enter the game. Including breaks, that should put the last chance to enter at about 7:15 PM.

I should be on this game from the start to the finish with Alek Gillies handling Day 2 of the High Roller.

Once they got two ways, rather than moving to the poker room, the final two players decided to do an ICM chop. Colten Yamagishi took the smaller payout ($7,038) but the official win while Glenn Tarasoff got the most money ($7,577) and second place in the official standings.

It was a weird endgame to this one as they were on 14 players for what seemed like forever, then they raced down to three players left. That’s when things stalled again as they played more than four full levels three-handed. Then near the end of Level 24, it all ended in moments when Stefan Maloney went out in 3rd and Yamagishi and Tarasoff agreed to the chop.

Final Results for PLO Bounty

Place	Player	Prize
1	Colten Yamagishi	$7,038*
2	Glenn Tarasoff	$7,577*
3	Stefan Maloney	$3,875
4	Nathanael Habte	$2,980
5	George Mounsef	$2,295
6	Tony Comely	$1,820
7	Ryan Comely	$1,430
8	Josie Brown	$1,135
9	Khang Luong	$835
10	Nathan Masih	$835
11	Brad German	$630
12	Wilfred Mcneely	$630

The tournament was about to move into the Poker room, so I packed up and moved over a little early. That was a bad move as Stefan Maloney hit the rail just before the end of the level for 3rd place and I missed the hand.

Glenn Tarasoff made it 100k from the button and Colten Yamagishi called to the 7♠J♠Q♣ flop. Yamagishi check-called the 260k pot bet from Tarasoff to see Q♠ on the turn

Tarasoff shoved the rest of his stack and Yamagishi called. Tarasoff was on ace-ace-nine-deuce against ten-nine-nine-eight for Yamagishi. The 5♥ river was a brick for Yamagishi’s straight draw and the aces for Tarasoff held.

The hand left Tarasoff with about 1.1 million to 1 million for Yamagishi. Stefan Maloney has chipped up since he was nearly felted and is playing about 600k now.

Colten Yamagishi limped the button and Glenn Tarasoff called before Stefan Maloney made it 120k from the big blind. Yamagishi backed away, but Tarasoff called.

Tarasoff potted the K♠6♠8♥ flop for 300k, leaving just 15k behind and Maloney called. The rest of it went in on the 5♦ turn with both players drawing to spades but Tarasoff on the bigger draw. The 10♠ river gave Tarasoff the bigger flush and the double, leaving Maloney as the short stack now while Tarasoff is up to about 800k.

Colten Yamagishi is still the big leader with almost 3x the chips of second place Stefan Maloney and more than Maloney and Glenn Tarasoff combined.

Colten Yamagishi raised the button to 30k and Glenn Tarasoff called from the small blind. Tarasoff check-called for 15k on the 5♦9♠3♠ and they both checked the 10♣ turn. Tarasoff check-called again for 25k on the A♠ river.

Yamagishi announced “Two pair” but mucked when Tarasoff showed K♦J♦4♣2♦ for the winning wheel. Yamagishi still has a commanding lead — I’ll grab exact counts in about 5 minutes while they are on break.

They are down to three now after Colten Yamagishi sent Nathanael Habte to the rail. Habte limped under the gun and Stefan Maloney called before Yamagishi repopped it to 60k. Habte called while Maloney backed out of the pot.

It all kicked off on the 6♠7♥J♦ flop when Yamagishi bet 120k, then shoved after Habte potted it. Habte called off his stack and they were both on the jack. Yamagishi had the best kicker with a queen versus a ten and sealed it when he turned the queen for two pair.

They are down to 4 now after George Mounsef hit the rail as I was coming back from a quick break. There are about 15 minutes to play in Level 19 and they’ll take another break after Level 20, assuming they make it that far.

The average stack is still pretty deep at more than 50 big blinds, but most of the chips are in front of Colten Yamagushi and Stefan Maloney.

Things are moving quickly in the FT now with the field down to 5. Ryan Comely and Tony Comely were the first two players out once the final seven sat down, though I missed the action while getting photos. I also missed getting a picture of Tony (I added one that I took earlier in the week in Event #8), but the other 6 players to make the final 7 are below.

It was a crazy few minutes as three players busted at the same time to bring the game from he final table bubble to 7 handed. On one table, Josie Brown and Nathan Masih hit the rail on the same hand when Nathanael Habte hit a club flush, while at the same time on the other table, Khang Luong was heading out the door as well.

Luong and Masih chopped 10th and 9th places tonight while Brown grabbed 8th.

The bubble is over after more than a level at hand-for-hand. Tony Comely sent two players to the rail on the same hand when he turned the nut club flush, sending Sam Masson home on the bubble and Wilfred McNeely home with a min-cash.

Khan Luong was all in from the small blind with big stacks Colten Yamagishi and Stefan Maloney still in action. I picked up the action on the turn with the board reading 10♣3♦A♣8♠ and Maloney check-called a bet for 60k. Both players checked the K♦ river and Yamagishi’s A♦Q♥8♥2♥ took the side pot with two pair, but Luong’s set of tens won the main pot to keep him alive.

Josie Brown limped the hijack before Sam Masson potted to 25k from the button, leaving just 2k behind. It folded around to Brown who raised to put Masson all in and he called it off.

They were basically playing the same hand with Brown on A♣K♦Q♥4♠ against A♥K♣Q♦5♠ for Masson. Brown hit her four on the 10♥4♥6♠ flop, but when the board ran out J♠Q♣ they both went to Broadway and chopped it up.

They are on the bubble as Level 15 ends and Colten Yamagishi is still leading with almost 900k. Stefan Maloney is second with 628k. The clock is now paused for hand-for-hand play and it will start back up again after the next elimination.

Colten Yamagishi is still leading the way and he’s now chipped up to around 800k. Meanwhile, across the table, the NLH/PLO Mix winner Stefan Maloney looks to be second with close to 600k.

There are 14 players left in the action now and they’ll pause the clock for hand-for-hand play after the next elimination.

In the final hand of the previous level, Ryan Comely opened to 7k from the cutoff and got calls from Colten Yamagishi on the button and Khang Luong in the big blind. The flop was 8♥7♦3♠ and, after a check from Luong, Comely fired 20k.

Yamagishi called while Luong folded. The turn 9♥ brought a bet of 50k from Comely which Yamagishi called. They both checked the [/pcn]Qd[/pcn] river and Yamagishi took it down with 10♠9♠9♦8♣ for the turned set.

They are down to 18 players left now on the final two tables. That puts them 6 eliminations off the money spots tonight. Below is a look at the final 18 players in the PLO Bounty. I don’t have a handle on all the chip counts right now, but Colten Yamagishi is the runaway leader at the moment with more than 600k in front of him.

They are down to 26 players left in the PLO Bounty now on the final three tables. There are about 15 minutes to play in Level 11.

They are down to 32 players left in the PLO Bounty with 10 minutes to play in Level 10 as they’ve lost nine players since the dinner break ended about 15 minutes ago.

Entries are now closed for the PLO Bounty game with 111 entries on the board. There are 41 players still in the action after the dinner break.

There will be 12 players sharing in the prizes later tonight with the winner set to get $8,650. See below for the full prizes which will also be loaded under the payouts tab shortly.

The PLO Bounty players are on their dinner break now with entries set to close when they sit down to Level 10 in just under 15 minutes. There are 109 entries on the board now for combined prizes of $41,420 with almost $11k of that in the bounty pool. See below for a look at some of the bigger stacks out there on the dinner break.

Nicholas Milkovich potted to 3.5k under the gun and Pete Fylyma called from his left, as did David Cox in the big blind. Milkovich checked the 9♦K♥10♦ flop and Fylyma fired 10k. Cox called while Milkovich mucked his hand.

Both remaining players checked it down through the A♣J♣ runout and Fylyma showed pocket tens for a flopped set, but it was no good against the rivered straight for Cox with ling-eight-seven-four.

The flop of J♦2♠9♥ was already out when I arrived at the table with 5 players in the hand. It checked around to David Cox on the button and he potted for 10.8k. Garry Sandhu (UTG+1) was the only caller with three players sending their cards to the muck.

The turn came 4♠ and Sandhu check-folded to the shove from Cox.

The board was already out reading 2♠2♦9♣8♥A♠ when I arrived at the table. Wilfred McNeely bet 8k before Brad German bumped it up to 30k. McNeely reraised all in and got the snap call from German, and it was a PLO cooler.

German flopped the boat with nine-nine-six-three against the turned smaller boat for McNeely with queen-eight-eight-eight-five.

The field is now up to 75 entries for combined prizes of $28,500. Level 6 has just begun so entries are open for just over 2 hours on this one.

Among the new faces I spotted after the break were Francis Fan, Maddie Sharma, Josie Brown, and Garry Sandhu.

The combined prize pool is now over $20k with 53 entries on the board. There are still 41 players at the felt with just a few minutes left in Level 4. Entries are still open for about 2.5 hours.

There are about 20 minutes ti play in Level 3 with the field now at 41 entires with 36 players still in the action. That puts the combined prizes at more than $15k with $4,100 of that in the bounty pool.

Recent entries I spotted include Brian Wells, Ed Zurawell, last October’s Main winner Kevin Lee, Dylan Descheneaux (who hasn’t been playing as much lately but has a great record here in four-card games on the PPT), Keith Schultz, Khan Luong, and Pete Fylyma.

Level 1 is now ticking down to the end with less than five minutes to play before Level 2. The field is now at 27 entries with all 27 still at the felt. Chantal Goulet, Colten Yamagishi, and George Mounsef are among the more recent faces I’ve seen sitting down with a new stack.

The numbers are growing for the PLO bounty with the field now at 20 players and a lone at the entry desk. Among the recent entries I spotted were Julius Roque, Cliff Green, Dylan Webb, and NLH/PLO Mix winner Stefan Maloney.

The PLO Bounty game is now underway with 12 players in their seats to start the game. Entries are open until about 7:15 PM tonight so there is lots of time for the prizes to grow. Glenn Tarasoff, Nicholas MIlkovich, Nu Teliani, and Kirk NIlson are among the players in their seats to start the game.

The side event on Thursday is the PLO Bounty game. The action gets underway at 3 PM with players starting with 25k in chips in front of them.

Levels will be 25 minutes long throughout the event (15 minutes in heads up) and they’ll have 9 levels to enter the game. Including breaks, that should put the last chance to enter at about 7:15 PM.

I should be on this game from the start to the finish with Alek Gillies handling Day 2 of the High Roller.