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 Pure Poker Tour Series #6 by Lyle Bateman. Chose an event of your choice down below:
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Dowm to 2 Tables
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 18/45 Prizes: $76,950 The High Roller is down to the final two tables now with 18 players left. The prizes are in and the field is confirmed at 45 entries for $76,590 in prizes.
My brain had a glitch earlier as there will be 6 players getting paid today, not five. I forgot this was a two-day event so I was using the 10% payouts rather than 12.5%. The winner is set to pocket $27k today.
High Roller Prizes
Place Prize 1 $27,000 2 $19,450 3 $12,500 4 $8,000 5 $6,000 6 $4,000 -
High Roller is Closed
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 19/45 Prizes: $76,950 The High Roller entries are now closed with 45 on the board. That will be confirmed when the prizes go up but it looks like 5 players will be sharing in $76,950 in prizes later today.
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20 Minutes to Enter High Roller
Level: 11 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 18/43 Prizes: $73,530 There are only about 20 minutes left to enter the High Roller game with the reg-desk set to shut down after the break with followed Level 11. That break is just over 5 minutes away so the HR entry period is coming to a close.
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40 Entries with 45 Minutes to Enter
Level: 11 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 17/40 Prizes: $68,400 There are 40 entries on the board with 30 minutes to play in Level 11. They’ll take a break following this level and then entries will be closed when they sit down for Level 12.
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Day 2 is Set with Lampreau Leading
Event: Event #10: $2,000 Highroller Day 2 ($1,800 + $200) Date: Nov 27, 1 PM Blinds: 40 Minutes Starting Stack: 50k Late Entry: 11 Levels (~2:35 PM on Day 2) Day 1 Ends: 9 Levels (~10:30 PM) Day 1 Entries: 13/31 Day 1 Prizes: $53,010 Sebastian Lanpreau is the leader after 9 levels of Day 1 play with 217k in his bag. Kim Graham, who won the Seniors game and was runner-up in the Main Event at the most recent series, was the only other player to bag up more than 200k.
Day 2 action gets going at 1 pm on Wednesday with two more entry levels on Day 2. The entry desk will shut for good at the start of Level 12 (~2:35 pm) but anyone who buys in before the start of Level 10 gets a $100 discount off the reg-fee for a buy-in of $1,900. After play begins, the price goes back to $2,000.
Day 1 Stacks & Seats
T-S Ron Lauzon Chips 2 – 1 Mal Hagan 152,500 2 – 2 Thomas Taylor 74,500 2 – 3 Michael Khan 168,500 2 – 4 Daniel Lefebvre 74,000 2 – 5 Mike Malm 97,000 2 – 6 2 – 7 Eric Wasylenko 157,500 2 – 8 2 – 9 — — — 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3 Michael Bernstein 123,500 3 – 4 Sebastian Lampreau 218,000 3 – 5 Taran Parmar 75,000 3 – 6 Talal Shoush 50,000 3 – 7 Andy Truong 138,000 3 – 8 Ron Lauzaon 27,000 3 – 9 Kim Graham 207,000 
| Place | Player | Prize |
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| 1 |  Andy Truong | $24,810 |
| 2 | Michael Khan | $21,640 |
| 3 | Alex Liu | $12,500 |
| 4 | MIchael Bernstein | $8,000 |
| 5 | Sebastian Lampreau | $6,000 |
| 6 | Mike Malm | $4,000 |
