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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Down to 12
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 12/76 Prizes: $36,100 They are at the final two tables in the 6-Max now with 12 players left alive. The remaining players are Keith Sarnoski, Alex Liu, Daniel O’Leary, Bash Ramahi, Rhett Stensrud, Gerald Chung, Michael St. Pierre, Colten Yamagishi, Ron Lauzon, Jayvee Lumahan, Weston Pring, and Jimmy Lee.
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Break Chips
Level: 13 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 17/76 Prizes: $36,100 Seat Table 13 Chips Table 15 Chips Table 16 Chips 1 Keith Sarnoski 108,000 Talal Shoush 127,000 2 Michael St. Pierre 45,000 Alex Liu 115,000 James Blake 21,000 3 Weston Pring 160,000 Daniel O’Leary 125,000 Ron Lauzon 112,000 4 Preston Stevenson 110,000 Bash Ramahi 97,000 Jayvee Lumahan 110,000 5 Ali Razzaq 65,000 Johnny Dalphond 35,000 Colten Yamagishi 102,000 6 Rhett Stensrud 240,000 Gerald Chung 120,000 Jimmy Lee 83,500 Final 17 Chip Stacks in 6-Max -
More than $18k in Prizes
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 33/64 Prizes: $18,240 There are 64 entries on the board for the NLH/PLO mix game now with about 25 minutes to play in Level 7. There are 33 active players still and among them are DJ Sharma, Stefan Maloney, Kris Steinbach, Ed Zurawell, Ryan Comely, Lina Niu Dylan Descheneaux, Benny Sarnelli, Darrell Moore, Brady O’hara, and Colten Yamagishi.
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Down to 22
Level: 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 22/76 Prizes: $36,100 Level 12 has about 25 minutes to play with another break scheduled following this level. They are down to 22 players left now with an average stack of just over 30 big blinds.
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Tag Team Fun for Saturday
Event: Event #9: $230 Tag Team ($200 + $30) Date: Oct 19, 6 pm Blinds: 20 Min Starting Stack: 20,000 Late Entry: 8 Levels (~8:40 pm) The Tag Team game is on the side for Saturday night, and as always, the expectation is for a night of partying with a bit of incidental poker thrown in on the side. The game kicks off at 6 pm tonight with 20-minute blinds and a 20k starting stack.
Entries are open for 8 levels with the final chance to enter coming about 8:40 pm. Teams consist of two players and players will switch at the start of each new layer.
However, all players also get 5 switch tickets to use throughout the game, and those tickets can be used to either make an early swap with your own partner or force another team at your table to switch. Switch tickets can only be played between hands – players cannot switch mid-hand.
Be prepared for a loud and raucous event for this one – anyone looking for a quiet, sober, GTO-focused game should probably look elsewhere tonight. On the other hand, if you are looking to have a few drinks, have some fun, and play a bit of poker, find a partner and head on down to Pure Casino Edmonton for 6 pm (note that there are almost always singles looking for partners near the start of the game as well, so come on down even if you don’t have a partner, and there’s a good chance you’ll find one).
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Final Four Tables
Level: 11 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 24/76 Prizes: $36,100 They;ve just broken down to the final four tables in the 6-Max game with 24 players left in the action now. Level 11 has just begun and they’ll take their next break following Level 12. I’ll grab some chip counts at the break.
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25 Players Remain
Level: 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 25/76 Prizes: $36,100 They are nearing the final four tables of action in the 6-Max with about 5 minutes to play in Level 10. Among the players still alive and battling for cash are Lee Clarke, Ali Razzaq, Eric Wasylemko, Nick Milkovich, Weston Pring, Johnny Dalphond, Gerald Chung, Daniel Lefebvre, Pav Braich, Keith Graham, Colten Yamagishi, Talal Shoush, Jimmy Lee, Bash Ramahi, Ron Lauzon, Alex Liu, and Michael St. Pierre.
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NLH Turbo on the Side for Friday
Event: Event #8: $200 Turbo ($180 + $20) Date: Oct 18, 7 pm Blinds: 15 Min Starting Stack: 15,000 Late Entry: 8 Levels (~9:15 pm) Friday’s side event will be a full turbo game with 15 minute blinds and a 15k starting stack. Action kicks off at 7 pm with 8 levels of entry. That should put the final chance to enter at about 9:15 pm.
I’ll be watching Day 1a of the Main most closely on Friday, but I expect I’ll make it over for the end of this one once Day 1a bags up at the end of their night.
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$11k in Prizes at First Break
Level: 5 (300/500/500) NLH Entries: 28/40 Prizes: $11,400 The Mix game is on break following Level 4 action with 40 entries on the board and 28 players still alive. That puts the prizes close to $11.5k with a bit more than 2 hours left to enter the game. Michelle Valencia, Pav Braich, Lina Niu, and Bash Ramahi are among the players in action now, while DJ Sharma has moved from 6-Max action to the MIx tables.
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76 Entries Confirmed
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 29/76 Prizes: $36,100 The prizes are in and posted under the payouts tab. The field is confirmed at 76 entries for $36,100 in prizes to be divided 8 ways later tonight with the winner set to pocket $12,277 while the min-cash in 8th place will be worth just over $1k.
