As 2024 winds down, the Alberta poker scene is heating up with the final series of the Pure Poker Tour (PPT) season. The trophy events kick off at Pure Casino Yellowhead on November 21 with the Seniors First event, followed by 11 days of action-packed poker, and highlighted by the $1,100 Main Event starting on November 29.
Check out live updates and reporting from the 2024 Pure Poker Tour Series #6 by Lyle Bateman. Chose an event of your choice down below:
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Back from Dinner for Hand-for-Hand
Level: 22 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 10/316 Prizes: $297,198 The final 10 players are back from dinner and the clock is paused for hand-for-hand play on the final table bubble. While they usually only go hand-for-hand to the money, they’ve done it here to prevent tanking.
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126 Entries Confirmed for Last Chance
Level: 9 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 55/126 Prizes: $35,910 The final entry on the 2024 PPT has been recorded and the Last Chance game ended up with 126 entries, for the second biggest one-day field of the series. That means 13 players will divide up $35,910 later tonight.
It’s still up in the air whether I’ll have a chance to cover this one or not. The Main Event is already down to 10, but I expect play to slow considerably once they are at the final table, so that game likely still has at least 5 hours or more to play. With 30 minute blinds in this one, however, it’s at least possible this will still be running when the Main finishes.
Last Chance Payouts
Place Prize 1 $9,776 2 $6,737 3 $4,379 4 $3,368 5 $2,593 6 $2,054 7 $1,616 8 $1,280 9 $1,044 10 $842 11 $774 12 $774 13 $673 -
Final Table Bubble at Dinner Break
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 10/316 Prizes: $297,198 The remaining 10 players are on a 30-minute dinner break and will return to continue bubble play shortly. Kyle Levicki was the 12th place finisher tonight followed by Andy Truong in 11th just before dinner.
Final 10 Stacks from Dinner
T=S Player Chips 2 – 1 Ali Khani 850,000 2 – 2 Michael Bernstein 535,000 2 – 4 Stephen Dauphinais 1,365,000 2 – 6 Alex Liu 310,000 2 – 8 Jerry Tria 1,360,000 4 – 2 Colten Yamagishi 145,000 4 – 3 Sen Vijayaratnam 3,190,000 4 – 4 Rob Limpert 440,000 4 – 6 Johnny Dalphond 785,000 4 – 8 Aaron Quon 200,000 -
Less than 20 Minutes to Enter
Level: 8 (500/1000/1000) Entries: 54/123 Prizes: $35,055 It’s almost the last chance to buy into the past Chance game today with Level 8 ticking down to the second break. Entries are still open until they sit down for Level 9 in a bit more than 15 minutes with the field currently at 123 entries and 54 players still in action.
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12 Left in Main
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 12/316 Prizes: $297,198 They are down to 12 left in the Main Event now after Keith Schultz hit the cage for 14th place followed by Tony Comely out in 13th place. There are about 20 minutes left to play in Level 21 with the 30-minute dinner break scheduled following this level.
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Tria’s Queen is Best
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 14/316 Prizes: $297,198 Jerry Tria raised the cutoff to 50k and Kyle Levicki called from the big blind. They both checked all the way to the river on a board of 5♣2♠2♥3♣Q♦ where Levicki check-called a bet of 70k from Tria. Tria showed king-queen and Levicki revealed a queen as he folded.
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Khani Doubles through Truong
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 14/316 Prizes: $297,198 I caught the aftermath of a big confrontation between Ali Khani and Andy Truong. Khani cracked the kings of Truong with ace-jack when he flopped trip aces with ace-jack for the win. Truong was left with less about 400k while Khani is up to more than 600k now.
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Khani Shoves Flop
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 15/316 Prizes: $297,198 Ali Khani raised the small blind to 40k and Andy Truong called from the big blind. Khani went all in for 265k on the 7♠10♥8♣ flop and after a bit of a tank, Truong gave up his hand.
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Down to 15
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 15/316 Prizes: $297,198 Kyle Bonazzo was 16th place tonight after he lost a race to Johnny Dalphond’s pocket jacks. Dalphond is now up to more than 400k.
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Tria Takes from Truong
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 16/316 Prizes: $297,198 After a bet from Andy Trong and a check-call from Jerry Tria on the 10♥A♣Q♣ flop, Tria checked again on the 2♥ turn. Truong slid out a bet of 40k, and after a few moments of thought, Tria elected for a check-raise to 150k.
Truong folded after a few seconds, showing an ace but not revealing his second card. Tria showed ace-queen as he pulled in the pot.
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Chung Out in 17th
Level: 16 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 16/316 Prizes: $297,198 They are down to 16 now after Steve Chung hit the cage for 17th place just now.
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Down to 17
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 17/316 Prizes: $297,198 They are down to 17 now after Jatinder Brar hit the cage shortly after they broke down to the final two tables.
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Final Two Tables to Start Level 20
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 18/316 Prizes: $297,198 Jeff Forester was the player to bubble the final two tables tonight. Johnny Dalphond shoved the button and Forester called off from the big blind with less. Dalphond was on ace-three against king-ten and he hit his ace on the flop and held for the win.
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19 Left at End of Level 19
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 19/316 Prizes: $297,198 They are down to 19 left at the break following Level 19 after John Huynh and Bash Ramahi hit the rail late in the level.
Chips for Final 19
T-S Player Chips 1 – 2 Garry Sandhu 460,000 1 – 3 Steve Chung 127,000 1 – 5 Alex Liu 338,000 1 – 6 Jatinder Brar 404,000 1 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 550,000 1 – 8 Michael Bernstein 990,000 1 – 9 Ali Khani 234,000 2 – 2 Andy Truong 290,000 2 – 3 Kyle Levivki 616,000 2 – 4 Stephen Dauphinais 333,000 2 – 5 Tony Comely 585,000 2 – 6 Aaron Quon 752,000 2 – 8 Jerry Tria 706,000 4 – 3 Sen Vijayaratnam 1,630,000 4 – 4 Rob Limpert 550,000 4 – 5 Keith Schultz 335,000 4 – 6 Johnny Dalphond 220,000 4 – 8 Kyle Bonazzo 220,000 4 – 9 Jeff Forester 110,000 -
79 Entries at First Break
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 55/79 Prizes: $22,515 The side game is on it’s first break of the day now with the end of Level 4. The field is at 79 entries for more than $22k in prizes and there are still 55 players in the action fighting for a piece of it.
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21 Left
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 21/316 Prizes: $297,198 They are down to 21 left in the Main Event now after the exit of Andy Wong in 22nd tonight. There are three more payouts at $2,760 before it jumps to $3,320 at 18th place.
Level 19 has just over 15 minutes remaining, and they’ll be on another break following this level. I’ll grab full chip counts while they are away from the table, but Sen Vijayaratnam is still the big leader.
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Rich Gets Richer
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 22/316 Prizes: $297,198 Sen Vijayaratnam is closing in on 1.5 million now after taking some from Jeff Forester. Vijayaratnam opened under the gun to 27k and Forester defended his big blind
The flop was Q♥9♦5♣ and Forester check-called for 25k. On the 3♠ turn, Vijayarantnam asked to see Forester’s stack after a check, then bet 50k. Forester mucked his hand to send the pot to the big stack and give him very close to 1.5 million.
Meanwhile, Nathan Masih hit the rail in 23rd place a few hands ago. There are just over 30 minutes to play in Level 19 before the next break.
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Up to 70 Entries
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 54/70 Prizes: $19,950 The side game is up to 70 entries with the start of Level 4. They’ll go on their first break of the day following this level, then return for 4 more levels of poker before the end of entries at the start of Level 9.
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Down to 23
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 23/316 Prizes: $297,198 They are down to 23 left now after Alemu (Jerome) Makonen was seen heading to the cage for 24th place today.
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Tria Takes One
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 25/316 Prizes: $297,198 Tony Comely opened from the middle to 25k and Aaron Quon called from the hijack as did Jerry Tria from the button and Andy Truong from the big blind. It checked to Tria on the K♦10♣9♥ flop and he fired 50k into the middle.
Truong was the only caller to the 3♣ turn and both players checked it down through the 6♦ river. Tria showed queen-ten for flopped middle pair and took it down when Truong mucked his hand.
