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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Chung Leads Day 1a Stacks
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000 – 25:31 Remaining) Entries: 8/66 Prizes: $37,620 Player Chips Steve Chung 385,500 Eric Wasylenko 367,500 Skyler York 301,000 Colten Yamagishi 192,000 Shawn Taghavi 175,000 Jimmy Lee 164,000 Matthew Ouellette 52,500 Deven Lane 12,000 -
Richardson Bubbles Day 2
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) 25:31 Remaining Entries: 8/66 Prizes: $37,620 Cody Richardson managed to survive an all in with fumes, but it wasn’t enough for him to survive the night. He was the bubble to Day 2 tonight with his chips going to Eric Wasylenko. The final 8 players are bagging up now — stay tuned for the chip counts.
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Richardson Doubles to Survive
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 9/66 Prizes: $37,620 Eric Wasylenko raised early to 10k before Cody Richardson shoved 11k overtop of him. Steve Chung made it 35k to go from the middle, and when it folded back to Wasy, he got out of the way.
Chung had pocket kings while Richardson had an ace and an unknown card beneath it. Chung was happy to leave it in suspense as the board ran out 5♣3♥5♠9♥3♠. A player joked on the flop that Richardson must have cracked the kings with trip fives, but Richardson smiled and revealed his buried three. “No, I have trip threes. Sorry Deven.” Deven Lane is the other short stack at the table and was likely hoping for a bag after the hand.
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Taghavi Takes One
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 9/66 Prizes: $37,620 Jimmy Lee raised the hijack to 10k and Shawn Taghavi called from the button. The action checked around on the Q♦10♣8♠ flop but Lee led for 7k on the 8♥ turn. Taghavi called to the 5♦ river but mucked when Lee fired 15k.
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End of Day Bubble on Final Table
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 9/93 Prizes: $37,620 They are down to 9 players left in Day 1a with the action now on the end-of-day bubble. The players still in action, in seat order, are:
- Matthew Ouellette
- Jimmy Lee
- Deven Lane
- Skyler York
- Shawn Taghavi
- Eric Wasylenko
- Cody Richardson
- Colten Yamagishi
- Steve Chung
It looks like Wasy is still the chip leader, but he’s down a bit from the last count and Skyler York is sitting with a nice stack in front of him.
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Chips for the Final 14
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 14/66 Prizes: $37,620 There are 14 players left alive with Eric Wasylenko in the lead as they start Level 13.
Chip Counts from Day 1a
Table 1 1 Deven Lane 63,500 2 Paul Belyea 86,000 3 John Donnelly 72,500 4 5 Matthew Ouellette 64,500 6 7 Cindy Grabia 42,000 8 Skyler York 169,000 9 Shawn Taghavi 235,000 Table 2 1 Mike X 96,500 2 Colten Yamagishi 152,500 3 Eric Wasylenko 243,000 4 Brett Worton 93,500 5 Cody Richards 53,500 6 Steve Chung 209,500 7 8 Jimmy Lee 133,000 9 -
Seven Off the Bags
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 15/66 Prizes: $37,620 They are down to 15 players left in Day 1a with the day ending when they get down to 8 players.Deven Lane, Skyler York, Seniors winner John Donnelly, Seniors runner-up Brett Worton, Colten Yamagishi, Cundy Grabia, Eric Wasylenko, Mike X, and Jimmy Lee are among the players still looking for a bag tonight.
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Entries Closed on 1a
Level: 10 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 25/66 Prizes: $37,620 Registration for Day 1a ended with 66 entries on the board and 25 players still alive at the felt. The bags will come out when they hit 8 players later tonight with all players in the money for Day 2.
They’ll do this all over again tomorrow for Day 1b, and the expectation is that the field will be quite a bit bigger than today. With almost $40k in prizes from today’s flight, $100k in total by the time entries close tomorrow seems within expectations.
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Final Level of Entry
Level: 9 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 26/63 Prizes: $35,910 The prizes are now more than $35k with 63 entries on the board as Level 9 begins. This is the final level of entry for Day 1a with entries remaining open until the end of the dinner break that follows this level. A few of the newer entries I’ve seen today include Matthew Ouellette, Michael “Berny” Bernstein, PPT Player of the Year leader Eric Wasylenko, and Alex Liu, who had the biggest score of his career this summer after winning the August Main in Calgary.
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Up to 55 Entries
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 32/55 Prizes: $31,350 The prizes are over $31k now with 55 entries in the game for Day 1a. There are still about 2 hours left to enter this flight with another full flight running tomorrow, which I expect will get much better turnout.
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Nearly 50 Entries
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 29/49 Prizes: $27,930 The final three levels of entry are about to begin with the field at 49 entries for prizes of almost $28k. Entries for today’s flight will close in just under 3 hours.
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More than $25k in Prizes
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 30/44 Prizes: $25,080 Level 6 has just begun with 44 entries on the board. That puts the 1a prizes at just over $25k with more than 3.5 hours left to enter today’s opening flight. There is another flight tomorrow which I expect to be significantly bigger, but there’s still plenty of time for today’s numbers to grow as well.
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More than $20k in Prizes
Level: 5 (300/500/500) Entries: 27/37 Prizes: $21,090 The prizes are now over $21k with 37 entries on the board and just over 30 minutes to play in Level 5. There are still more than 4 hours left to enter this game so the numbers are bound to increase but the truth is, today’s field is a bit weaker than expected so far.
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First Break of 1a
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 26/31 Prizes: $17,670 They are up to 31 entries on the board as players head out for the first break of Day 1a. With three levels of play complete the prizes are sitting at $17,670. Pav Braich, Justin Pennell, and the winner of last night’s Seniors game, John Donnelly.
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More than $15k
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 24/28 Prizes: $15,960 There are almost $16k in prizes now with the field up to 28 entries and less than 10 minutes to play in Level 3. The first break of the day follows this level.
Among the recent entries I spotted were Colten Yamagishi, Sklyer York, and Kali Shuali.
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Up to 25 Entries
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 21/25 Prizes: $14,250 The prizes are up to almost $15k with the action now in Level 3. There are just under 35 minutes to play in this level with the first break of the day scheduled to follow.
Among the players I’ve spotted in today’s action are Jayveen Lumahan, Mal Hagan, Rob Lothian (4th in the Seniors game yesterday), Brett Worton (second in the Seniors), Benny Sarnelli, Johnny Dalphond, Sean Taghavi, and Cindy Grabia.
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$10k in Prizes in Level 1
Level: 1 (100/100/100) Entries: 17/18 Prizes: $10,260 The first multi-day game of the series is underway with a modest start. There are 18 entries on the board with about 10 minutes to play in Level 1 for $10,260 in prizes so far. Entries today are open for 9 levels of poker plus breaks, with players able to buy a stack as late as 8:00 PM.
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First Multi-Day Game of the Series Starts Friday
Event: Event #4: $670 NLH Day 1A ($600 + $70) Dates: Nov 22 – 24 Day 1a: Nov 22, 1 PM Day 1b: Nov 23, 1 PM Day 2 Nov 24, 1 PM Blinds: 40 Minutes Starting Stack: 25k4 Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:00 PM) Day 1 Ends: 12.5% of the Field The multi-day games kick off on Friday at 1 PM with Day 1a of the $670. There are two chances to bag a stack for Sunday’s Day 2 with Day 1a running Fri, Nov 22, and Day 1b running on Sat, Nov 23.
Players can play both starting days regardless of their chip status. This means that players who bag a small stack on Day 1a can come back on 1b to try again if they like — in the event they back two stacks, the bigger stack will play while the smaller stack is paid out a min-cash and removed from play.
Players start the day with 25k in chips to play 40-minute levels throughout the game. Entries are open until the start of Level 10 which should be around 8 PM on each day. Day 1 play will continue until 12.5% of the field remains, at which point the bags will come out and the remaining players move on to Day 2. That means there is no hard stop point for Day 1 play — they’ll play as long as it takes to get down to 12.5% with Day 2 starting at the earliest endpoint for Day 1 play.
This game should be my main focus throughout the weekend.
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Malm Bags the 1b Lead
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 12/94 (20/160) Prizes: $53,580 ($91,200) Mike Malm had the biggest stack at the end of play on Day 1b with almost 400k in his bag with Shane Sparklineyes in second bagging 365k. Full stacks are below & stay tuned for the Day 2 seats and prizes shortly.
Player Chips Mike Malm 397,500 Shane Sparklingeyes 365,000 Mo Alalelhuda 251,000 Jayvee Lumahan 250,000 John Calliou 232,500 Shane Brotherwood 189,000 Landon Crowter 163,000 Xinrui Cui 132,500 Mal Hagan 121,000 Kyle Hartree 112,000 David Johnson 84,500 Garrett Chin 78,000 -
Day 1b is Complete
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 12/94 (20/160) Prizes: $53,580 ($91,200) Day 1b ended quite a bit earlier than Day 1a with 12 minutes left to play in Level 12. The final 12 players are now bagging their chips … stay tuned for the final chip counts, Day 2 prizes, and Day 2 seat assignments.
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Six off the Bags
Level: 11 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 18/24 (26/160) Prizes: $53,580 ($91,200) They are down to 18 with about 10 minutes to play in Level 11 now. It looks like Shane Sparklingeyes is the chip leader right now with more than 300k in front of him. They’ve just broken down to the final two tables so it looks like a reasonable bet that tonight may finish before 1a.
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Entries Closed with 160 (Official)
Level: 10 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 31/94 (39/160) Prizes: $53,580 ($91,200) Entries for Event #4 are now closed with 94 recorded for Day 1b for a combined total of 160 across both days. I’m still waiting to see the final prizes, but the numbers are confirmed and Day 1b will play down to 12 players later tonight before the bags come out. That will mean 20 players will return tomorrow for Day 2 in the money.
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Dinner Time
Level: 9 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 29/91 (37/157) Prizes: $51,870 ($89,490) The 1b players are now on their dinner break with entries set to close in about 40 minutes. The combined prizes are just shy of $90k right now and should push over that number with one more entry tonight.
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More than 150 Entries
Level: 8 (500/1000/1000) Entries: 35/85 (43/151) Prizes: $48,450 ($86,070) The combined prizes are over $86k now with 151 entries on the board so far. There are just under 90 minutes left to get into this game with Weston Pring, and Michael “Berny” Bernstein among the newer faces I’ve seen in the action tonight.
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2 Hours of Entry Left for Event #4
Level: 8 (500/1000/1000) Entries: 37/79 (45/145) Prizes: $45,030 ($82,650) Jerry Tria is among the new entries in his first event for a few years as he’s been away from the tables for personal reasons. There are 2 hours left to get into this game before entries close at the start of Level 10 and the combined prizes are up to more than $82k.
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Nearing 70 Entries
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 38/68 (46/134) Prizes: $38,760 ($76,380) Day 1b has just capped Day 1a with more than 3 hours left to enter this flight. The combined field is up to 134 entries now, so 150 entries seems well within reach. If that happens, the combined prizes will be in the range of $85k or higher.
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$65k in Prizes
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 41/49 (50/116) Prizes: $28,500($66,120) Deven Lane is among the new entries for today’s flight. He bagged a stack in yesterday’s 1a flight, but it was barely fumes as he only put 12k into his bag at the end of the night. He’s back in action today to try to find a bigger bag for tomorrow — if he succeeds, then his 1a stack will be awarded a min-cash and taken out of play while he plays his 1b stack for bigger money.
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Nearing 50 Entries on First Break
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 39/46(47/112) Prizes: $26,220 ($63,840) They are up to 46 entries on the first break of 1b now for a combined total of 112 so far. That puts the total prizes at $63,840 with about 5 hours left to enter. Zhi Jiang, Jolnar Teliani, Amanda Belanger, and Michael St. Pierre-Porter are among the new faces I’ve seen recently.
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More than $60k
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 34/40 (42/106) Prizes: $22,800 ($60,420) The combined prizes are over $60 now with 40 entries in play for Day 1b so far. There are about 20 minutes remaining in Level 3 with the first break of the day scheduled following this level.
Ron Lauzon, Dylan Webb, Alex Polkovsky, Jayvee Lumahan, Jay Tran, Nadav Bitton, Ali Razzaq, Shane Brotherwood, Mal Hagan, Justin Pennell, and Mike Malm are among the players in action today. Malm, Pennell, Hagan, Brotherwood, and Razzaq are all at the same table today, so that’s a pretty tough spot to be in early action.
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Steve Chung Leads Day 1a Stacks
Event: Event #4: $670 NLH Day 1A ($600 + $70) Dates: Nov 22 – 24 Day 1a: Nov 22, 1 PM (66 entries, $37,620 in prizes, 8 qualifiers) Day 1b: Nov 23, 1 PM Day 2 Nov 24, 1 PM Blinds: 40 Minutes Starting Stack: 25k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:00 PM) Day 1 Ends: 12.5% of the Field The second flight for Event #4 is set for Saturday at 1 pm and Steve Chung is the 1a stack to beat. He bagged 385.5k at the end of 1a with two-time Main Event champ Eric Wasylenko and Skyler York also rocking 300k+ in their bags. A total of 8 players made it through the day.
Day 1b plays as a redo of 1a with 25k to start, 40-minute blinds, and 9 levels to enter the game (~8:00 pm). As with 1a, they’ll play down to 12.5% of the starting field before they bag. Day 2 will begin at the earliest Day 1 finish, so right now the latest Day 2 will start is 25:31 remaining in Level 15.
I will likely be late to the floor for this one, but I should be there before the first break, and I’ll be focused on this one until they bag.
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Wasy Wins Another One
Event #4 is now over after about 10 hours of Day 2 play. Eric Wasylenko added another trophy to his growing collection from the PPT with yet another side event win.
He was third in chips when the final table started but the shorter the table got, the bigger Wasy’s stack got. He started his run by sending Mo Alamelhuda home in 5th place with the bigger pair, then found a pair of queens to send Shane Kozniuk to the rail in 3rd. That gave him a huge lead over runner-up Shane Brotherwood, and it didn’t take long to finish it out.
In the final hand, Brotherwood got his short stack in good with king-ten against six-four but Wasy spiked a four on the flop and held for the win.
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Shane Brotherwood Out in 2nd Place for $15,600
Level: 25 (25000/50000/50000) Entries: 1/160 Prizes: $91,200 Shane Brotherwood had a tough job ahead of him when he got heads up against Eric Wasylenko. Not only did Wasy have the chip lead but he’s also a heads-up specialist from his online days. In the final confrontation, Brotherwood shoved king-ten, and Wasy was pretty much priced in to call with any two.
He called it off with six-four then proceeded to hit the flop when it ran out 8♣9♣4♦7♠A♠ and it was all over.
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Shane Kozniuk Out in 3rd Place for $10,140
Level: 25 (25000/50000/50000 Entries: 2/160 Prizes: $91,200 Eric Wasylenko raised his button to 100k then snapped it off when Shan Kozniuk shoved the small blind. Wasy’s queens were well ahead of the A♦4♦ for Kozniuk. The board ran clean for the queens, and Kozniuk was out in 3rd place.
Wasy is now heads up against Shane Brotherwood with a big chip lead.
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Wasy Leads on Break
Level: 25 (25000/50000/50000) Entries: 3/160 Prizes: $91,200 Eric Wasylenko leads the way at the break between Levels 24 & 25.
Seat Player Chips 1 Shane Kozniuk 1,345,000 2 Shane Brotherwood 660,000 9 Eric Wasylenko 2,000,000 -
Mike Malm Out in 4th Place for $7,800
Level: 24 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 3/160 Prizes: $91,200 They are down to three left after Mike Malm ended his run in 4th place. He took the final payout of less than $10k.
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Mo Alamelhuda Out in 5th Place for $6,010
Level: 24 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 4/160 Prizes: $91,200 Mo Alamelhuda was left short after doubling up Mike Malm a few hands previously and he got the rest in blind-on-blind against Eric Wasylenko. He was in trouble with pocket threes against pocket eights and the board wasn’t able to help him get ahead.
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Malm Doubles
Level: 23 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 5/160 Prizes: $91,200 Mike Malm called the small blind, then snapped it off when Mo Alamelhuda shoved his big with more. Malm had jacks over eights for Alamelhuda, and the board didn’t change anything. That puts Malm up to around 800k and drops Alamelhuda down to about 330k.
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Wasy Wins One, Loses One
Level: 23 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 5/160 Prizes: $91,200 In the first hand, Eric Wasylenko raised under the gun to 60k and got a call from Shane Kozniuk in the cutoff as well as Mo Alamelhuda in the big blind. They all checked the [invalid notations] turn Wasy fired 70k and took it down.
In the very next hand, Alamelhuda limped the small blind, then jammed over Wasy’s big blind raise to 100k. “Such pretty cards,” Wasy said with a smile as he mucked his hand.
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Jayvee Lumahan Out in 6th Place for $4,760
Level: 23 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 5/160 Prizes: $91,200 Eric Wasylenko raised under the gun to 60k, then called off a shove from big blind Jayvee Lumahan for 205k. It was a race between Wasy’s eights and ace-queen for Lumahan and the board of 4♣2♣4♠J♣7♠ didn’t improve Lumahan.
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Skyler York Out in 7th Place for $3,740
Level: 22 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 6/160 Prizes: $91,200 They are down to 6 players left now in Event #4 with Skyler York ending his day in 7th place. I missed the action while I was having my dinner.
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Brotherwood, Alamelhuda Stacking Big
Level: 22 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 7/160 Prizes: $91,200 Shane Brotherwood is leading at the break, but Mo Alamelhuda is right on his heels.
S Player Chips 1 Shane Kozniuk 610,000 2 Shane Brotherwood 887,000 3 Skyler York 585,000 4 Mike Malm 250,000 5 Mo Alamelhuda 865,000 7 Jayvee Lumahan 300,000 9 Eric Wasylenko 500,000 -
Lumahan Shoves the Turn
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 7/160 Prizes: $91,200 Shane Brotherwood opened to 45k from the hijack and Mo Alamelhuda called from the small blind, as did Jayvee Lumahan from the big. They all checked the 10♠4♠Q♠ flop but when Alamenhuda checked the 10♦ turn Lumahan shoved for about 200k, enough to push out the other two hands.
They are about 5 minutes from the next break and I’ll grab another round of chips counts then.
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Kyle Hartree Out in 8th Place for
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 7/160 Prizes: $91,200 Shane Brotherwood raised early to 35k before Kyle Hartree shoved 100k from the small blind. Brotherwood called to the race between his sevens and the ace-queen for Hartree. Brotherwood flopped a seven on the 7♣5♥10♦J♣9♠ runout and Hartree was out in 8th place tonight.
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Colten Yamagishi Out in 9th Place for $2,420
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 8/160 Prizes: $91,200 It was a massive cooler that sent Colten Yamagishi to the rail in 9th place today. Mo Alamelhuda opened from the middle to 25k and Yamagishi called from the hijack.
Alamelhuda bet 22k on the 10♠5♦9♦ flop and Yamagishi called. They both checked the 3♠ turn, and Alamelhuda checked the [invalid notations] river. Yamagishi through for a bit then slid out a bet of 81k. Alamelhuda came over the top with a check-shove to put Yamagishi at risk.
Yamagishi tanked for quite a while before he announced “Call” but his pocket kings were no good against the pocket aces of Alamelhuda.
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Kozniuk, Yamagishi Chip Up
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 9/160 Prizes: $91,200 Inthe first hand, Shane Kozniuk opened to 25k and got calls from Mike Malm and Mo Alamelhuda in the blinds. It checked around to Kozniuk on the 7♦3♣A♠ flop and he fired 30k to take it down.
In the next hand, Skyler York raised the cutoff to 25k and Colten Yamagishi called from the big blind. Yamagishi check-called 16k on the flop and they both checked the turn on the board of 3♣J♣K♣10♦.
Both players checked the 8♣ river and Yamagishi showed K♥Q♠ for the win.
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Current Chips
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 9/160 Prizes: $91,200 Level 19 has just begun with the final table still full. Mo Alamelhuda leads the way with 751k but Skyler York isn’t far behind with 727k while Eric Wasylenko is playing 567k with Shane Brotherwood also in the 500k club.
T-S Player Chips 3 – 1 Shane Kozniuk 367,000 3 – 2 Shane Brotherwood 513,000 3 – 3 Skyler York 727,000 3 – 4 Mike Malm 485,000 3 – 5 Mo Alamelhuda 751,000 3 – 6 Colten Yamagishi 100,000 3 – 7 Jayvee Lumahan 260,000 3 – 8 Kyle Hartree 211,000 3 – 9 Eric Wasylenko 567,000 -
Final Table Faces
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Cui’s Kings Cracked; Final Table Time
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 9/160 Prizes: $91,200 The final table is now set and they are moving to the feature table on the stage. Xinrui Cui was the bubble to the final table after his kings saw a brutal flop against Eric Wasylenko.
Money was all in before the flop when Wasy raised the cutoff, then shoved over the reraise from Cui on the button. Cui snapped it off and was in good shape with kings over ace-jack for Wasy. The flop had other ideas, however, as the board ran out [invalid notations] to send Vui home in 10th place.
Stay tuned for pictures of the final nine.
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Final Table Bubble
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 10/160 Prizes: $91,200 They are down to 1 left now after the 11th-place exit of Shawn Taghavi. The next elimination will put them at the final table and they are currently playing five and five on two tables.
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11 Left in Event #4
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 11/160 Prizes: $91,200 There are 11 players left in Event #4 now after Garrett Chin busted out in 13th place followed shortly after by Mal Hagan in 12th place. There are just over 30 minutes to play in Level 17.
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Alamelhuda Forces the Fold
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 13/160 Prizes: $91,200 Kyle Hartree opened under the gun to 12l and Mo Alamelhuda called from the small blind. They both checked the 4♦5♠9♠ flop but Alamelhuda fired 17k on the J♦ turn.
Hartree called to the 7♥ river then hit the tank when Alamelhuda bet 42k. He eventually found a fold showing a jack as he folded, and Alamelhuda said “I had it” as he stacked up the pot. Alamelhuda is up over 500k now while Hartree looks to be playing about 250k.
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Lee Out at the Break for 13 Left
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 13/160 Prizes: $91,200 They are down to 13 after Jimmy Lee hit the rail in the final hand before the break. He was all in with ace-jack against the queens of Kyle Hartree. Shane Brothewrwood commented that he was calling with his ace-jack if Hartree hadn’t already called, revealing the two of Lee’s outs were dead.
Hartree hit his queen on the flop for a set and the win while Lee took 14th place tonight. See below for the final 13 counts picked up during the break with Brotherwood currently in the lead.
T-S Player Chips 2 – 2 Kyle Hartree 304,000 2 – 3 Jayvee Lumahan 230,000 2 – 4 Shane Kozniuk 290,000 2 – 5 Shawn Taghavi 258,000 2 – 7 Mo Alamelhuda 438,000 2 – 9 Shane Brotherwood 518,000 3 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 383,000 3 – 2 Xinrui Cui 162,000 3 – 3 Skyler York 328,000 3 – 4 Mike Malm 453,000 3 – 5 Mal Hagan 150,000 3 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 305,000 3 – 9 Garrett Chin 78,000 -
Down to 14
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 14/160 Prizes: $91,200 They are down to 14 now after Steve Chung, who started today in second chips position, hit the rail in 16th followed by John Calliou in 15th place.
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Down to 16
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 16/160 Prizes: $91,200 They are down to 16 now after Matthew Ouellette ended his day in 18th place and Landon Crowter took 17th place. Level 15 has just begun with a break following this level and I’ll grab full chip counts for the remaining players at the break.
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Chung Pressures River
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 18/160 Prizes: $91,200 Shawn Taghavi opened the middle to 8k and got three callers — Mo Alamelhuda from the hijack, Steve Chung from the cutoff, and Jimmy Lee from the small blind. The flop was 4♠K♣5♠ and Taghavi checked, Alamelhuda fired 10k, Chung called and Lee and Taghavi mucked their hands.
Both remaining players checked the 10♠ turn but Alamelhuda fired 25k on the A♠ river. Chung came over the top to 50k, and after about a minute in the tank, Alamelhuda mucked his hand. “Show once,” he said, and Chung obliged, showing A♥4♥ for two pair as he raked in the pot.
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Cui Turns Two-Outer
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 18/160 Prizes: $91,200 Shane Kozniuk (who was identified last night with the last name Sparklingeyes as was in the system) opened under the gun to 7.5k, then four-bet to 207.5k after Xinrui Cui raised it to 20k from the middle. That was enough to force Cui all in with a call, which he made for a jacks into aces showdown.
Cui found the help he needed on the turn of the 9♥8♦4♣J♠K♠ board to double up to about 300k while Kozniuk is now down to about 200k.
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Brotherwood Takes One
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 18/160 Prizes: $91,200 I picked up the action on the flop of J♥2♣3♥ with Brotherwood check-raising from 8.5k to 17k, then called when Jimmy Lee reraised again to 37k. They both checked it through the 4♣7♦ turn and river and Brotherwood’s J♠8♥ was good for the pot.
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Two Tables Remain
Level: 13 (500/3000/3000) Entries: 18/160 Prizes: $91,200 They are down to two tables with 18 players left now after David Johnson took 19th place tonight.
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Short Stack Can’t Run it Up
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 19/160 Prizes: $91,200 They are down to 19 now in Event #4 after Deven Lane couldn’t find a spin up. He came in with fumes of 12k so he was always needing some quick help today but the small bag on Day 1a guaranteed him a min-cash of $1,110.
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Day 2 is Off & Running
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 20/160 Prizes: $91,200 Day 2 action is now underway with 20 players returning. Everyone is in the money now with the min-cash set at $1,110.
With the very early end to Day 1b, the action today picked up in Level 12 with blinds of 1.5k/2.5k/2.5k.
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Day 2 Seats
Day 2 Seats by Name
T-S Player Chips 3 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 192,000 3 – 4 David Johnson 84,500 1 – 6 Deven Lane 12,000 3 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 367,500 3 – 9 Garrett Chin 78,000 1 – 4 Jayvee Lumahan 250,000 1 – 8 Jimmy Lee 164,000 2 – 6 John Calliou 232,500 2 – 2 Kyle Hartree 112,000 1 – 2 Landon Crowter 163,000 1 – 9 Mal Hagan 121,000 2 – 4 Matthew Ouellette 52,500 1 – 3 Mike Malm 397,500 2 – 7 Mo Alalelhuda 251,000 2 – 9 Shane Brotherwood 189,000 3 – 8 Shane Kozniuk 365,000 2 – 5 Shawn Taghavi 175,000 1 – 1 Skyler York 301,000 2 – 8 Steve Chung 385,500 3 – 2 Xinrui Cui 132,500 Day 2 Seats by Table
T-S Player Chips 1 – 1 Skyler York 301,000 1 – 2 Landon Crowter 163,000 1 – 3 Mike Malm 397,500 1 – 4 Jayvee Lumahan 250,000 1 – 6 Deven Lane 12,000 1 – 8 Jimmy Lee 164,000 1 – 9 Mal Hagan 121,000 2 – 2 Kyle Hartree 112,000 2 – 4 Matthew Ouellette 52,500 2 – 5 Shawn Taghavi 175,000 2 – 6 John Calliou 232,500 2 – 7 Mo Alalelhuda 251,000 2 – 8 Steve Chung 385,500 2 – 9 Shane Brotherwood 189,000 3 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 367,500 3 – 2 Xinrui Cui 132,500 3 – 4 David Johnson 84,500 3 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 192,000 3 – 8 Shane Kozniuk 365,000 3 – 9 Garrett Chin 78,000 -
MIke Malm Leads the Way to Day 2
Event: Event #4: $670 NLH Day 2 ($600 + $70) Dates: Nov 22 – 24 Day 1a: Nov 22, 1 PM (66 entries, $37,620 in prizes, 8 qualifiers) Day 1b: Nov 23, 1 PM Day 2 Nov 24, 1 PM Blinds: 40 Minutes Entries 20/160 Prizes: $91,200 1st Place: $22,620 The Day 2 field is now set with 20 players returning from a starting field of 160. Mike Malm, who is having a great year and is leading the API PoY race, bagged the overall lead with just under 400k from Day 1b. Day 1a leader Steve Chung will be second to start the day with double Main Event champion Eric Wasylenko in 3rd.
Day 2 action kicks off at 1 pm on Sunday and they’ll play down to a winner. As 1b ended well before 1a, the Day 2 action will start in Level 12 with 12 minutes remaining where 1b ended tonight. Blinds will remain and 40 minutes for Day 2 play.
I should be focused on this game until it ends.
Day 2 Prizes
Place Prize 1 $22,620 2 $15,600 3 $10,140 4 $7,800 5 $6,010 6 $4,760 7 $3,740 8 $2,960 9 $2,420 10 $1,950 11 $1,590 12 $1,590 13 $1,390 14 $1,390 15 $1,390 16 $1,210 17 $1,210 18 $1,210 19 $1,110 20 $1,110
Place | Player | Prize |
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1 | Eric Wasylenko | $22,620 |
2 | Shane Brotherwood | $15,600 |
3 | Shane Kozniuk | $10,140 |
4 | Mike Malm | $7,800 |
5 | Mo Alamelhuda | $6,010 |
6 | Jayvee Lumahan | $4,760 |
7 | Skyler York | $3,740 |
8 | Kyle Hartree | $2,960 |
9 | Colten Yamagishi | $2,420 |
10 | Xinrui Cui | $1,950 |
11 | Shawn Taghavi | $1,590 |
12 | Mal Hagan | $1,590 |
13 | Garrett Chin | $1,390 |
14 | Jimmy Lee | $1,390 |
15 | John Calliou | $1,390 |
16 | Steve Chung | $1,210 |
17 | Landon Crowter | $1,210 |
18 | Matthew Ouellette | $1,210 |
19 | David Johnson | $1,110 |
20 | Deven Lane | $1,110 |