PPT staff have barely had time to break down the tables from PPT #4 at Pure Casino Yellowhead and it’s almost time for the penultimate series of the 2024 season. Series #5 is across town at Pure Casino Edmonton and is a shortened schedule from the full series with just one week of poker action and 11 events.
The first PPT branded action for Series #5 kicks off at 1 pm Sunday, Oct 13 with a 1 in 10 satellite game for $T equivalent to entry in all open events for the series. Buy-in for the game is $430 ($390 + $40) and players start with 25k in chips for 30-minute levels.
There is more satellite action on Oct 14 with main series action kicking off on Oct 15 with the Seniors First at noon, an open NLH game starting at 4 pm, and a satellite game at 7 pm. That kicks off seven days of PPT action that includes the ever-popular 6-Max and PLO Big Bounty games as well as the two-flight Main Event and the $2k “Series Saver” High Roller to finish it out.
Check out live updates and reporting from the Pure Poker Tour Series #5 by Lyle Bateman. Chose an event of your choice down below:
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Lauzon Keeps Doubling
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 3/76 Prizes: $23,940 Ron Laizon is still the short stack, but things are getting closer. He just doubled to 470k and Michael St. Pierre-Porter shoved the small blind and Lauzon woke up with ace-king in the big. St. Pierre-Porter was on queen-nine and both players missed the board so the big slick held to take it down.
Lauzon now has 470, St. Pierre-Porter has about 670k while Rhett Stensrud has the lead with around 760k. Level 20 is nearly complete and players will be out for a break following this level.
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Money Bubble
Level: 15 (2,500/5,000/5,000) Entries: 10/84 Prizes: $23,940 They are on the bubble in the Mix game now with 10 left. I’m still not watching this one very closely as the 3-handed epic 6-Max finale is still rolling along.
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Lauzon Doubles
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 3/76 Prizes: $36,100 Ron Lauzon open-shipped the button, and Rhett Stensrud called off from the small blind. Both players were on an ace, but Lauzon was suited with the better kicker. The board missed both hands and Lauzon doubled with ace-high, jack kicker.
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Stensrud Pressures Turn
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 3/76 Prizes: $36,100 Rhett Stensrud limp-called from the small blind after big blind Michael St. Pierre raised it to 36k. The flop was 7♥K♦7♣ and Stensrud check-called for 35k. The turn was 4♦ and Stensrud checked again, but elected to raise after St. Pierre fired 60k. Stensrud made it 200k with a stack of whites, and St. Pierre gave up his hand.
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13 Left
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 13/84 Prizes: $23,940 They are down to 13 left in the Mix game with Kris Steinbach as one of the recent busts. He got pocket nines in with a short stack, but couldn’t fade a ten for his opponent to send him to the rail.
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Stensrud Takes One
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 3/76 Prizes: $36,100 Rhett Stensrud raised to 26k from the small blind, then called when Michael St. Pierre reraised it to 67k. Ste. Pierre fired 55k on the Q♦4♣10♣ flop and Stensrud called to the 6♠ turn.
St. Pierre slid out 100k and got the call to see Q♥ on the river and both players checked it. St. Pierre showed ace-king but it was no good against the ten-eight for Stensrud.
They are currently more than 50 big blinds deep on average, but most of the chips are divided between Stensrud and St. Pierre with Ron Lauzon nursing a short stack for most of the final table tonight.
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16 Left in Mix
Level: 13 (1,500/3,000/3,000) NLH Entries: 16/84 Prizes: $23,940 They are down to 16 left in the Mix game now on the final two tables. I’m still watching the end of the 6-Max so don’t have eyes on the action, but among the players still alive are Stefan Maloney, Benny Sarnelli Darrell Moore, Tala Shoush, Angie Gelinas, Kevin Schell, Ross Wilson, and Kris Steinbach.
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Lauzon Doubles
Level: 17 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 3/76 Prizes: $36,100 All the chips are across the table from Ron Lauzon as Rhett Stensrud and Michael St. Pierre have about 1,7 million of the 1.9 million in play right now. Ron Lauzon is on about 200k after getting a double through St. Pierre, who shoved the small blind and Lauzon snapped from the big.
Lauzon had sevens against ace-four, but it was a sweat for the August Player of the Series. St. Pierre flopped a wheel draw, then turned his four for even more outs, but the river was safe for Lauzon’s pair to survive.
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Weston Pring Out in 4th Place for $3,610
Level: 17 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 3/76 Prizes: $36,100 
Weston Pring It was a bit of a brutal end for Weston Pring tonight. Ron Lauzon opened to 16k under the gun and Pring called from the button before big blind Michael St. Pierre shoved a stack that covered both Pring and Lauzon.
Lauzon quickly mucked but Pring called just as quickly and it looked like he was set to double up with kings versus queens. This is poker, however, and there was a queen on the turn to give St. Pierre the set. Pring couldn’t catch up and was off to collect his payout.
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Chips on Break
Level: 17 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 4/76 Prizes: $36,100 Seat Player Chips 3 Ron Lauzon 141,000 4 Weston Pring 166,000 5 Rhett Stensrud 818,000 6 Michael St. Pierre 691,000
