Get ready for the penultimate PPT series of 2024 at Pure Casino Edmonton, featuring 11 events and culminating in the $1,100 Main Event, plus fan favorites like 6-Max, PLO Big Bounty, and the $2k High Roller!
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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Ryan Comely Wins PLO Big Bounty for $7,532 plus 8 Bounties
Ryan Comely, Winner of PLO Big Bounty The PLO Bounty game is now over with Ryan Comely emerging as the big winner. He defeated fellow Edmontonian Kris Steinbach after a lengthy heads-up battle that saw the lead flip between each player a couple of times.
One huge turning point for Comely came in a hand where he put Steiner to the test for all his chips on the river of a wrapped board. Steinbach tanked for a long time before mucking his hand, showing the low end of a straight. After Steiner folded, Comely showed two-pair for a well-executed bluff.
Comely is no stranger to winning at poker, He has more than $700k in winnings and almost a full page of wins on his Hendon Mob page. This was his second PPT trophy after he picked up a Mystery Bounty win last year on the Tour.
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Kris Steinbach Out in 2nd Place for
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 1/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) 
Kris Steinbach It was a loud but friendly battle between Ryan Comely and Kris Steonbach in the end, though to be fair, it was Steiner doing most of the talking. The two friends battled heads up for more than a level and the lead changed back and forth a few times.
One big turning point came when Steinbach was forced off a baby straight by Comely in a huge pot, and it didn’t take too long after that before it all went in.
The final showdown was A♠K♦8♣2♥ for Comely against Q♥10♥8♥6♣ for Steinbach. Comely flopped two pair A♣5♣2♦5♥6♠ board and that was good to take it all down for the win.
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Steiner Folds Straight After Massive Tank
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 2/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) It was a long hand that saw Kris Steinbach tank for around 8 minutes on the turn, and another five minutes on the river before mucking his hand. I picked up the action on the turn with the board reading [invalid notations] when Ryan Comely check-potted over a 40k bet from Steiner.
Steiner made the call after a huge tank, but then hit the tank again when Comely potted the 10♦ river, enough to put Steinbach all in. After about five minutes of “Steiner talk” he elected to much, showing a baby straight with five-six. Comely showed a seven-eight for two pair while collecting the pot.
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Queens Hold for Comely
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 2/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) Kris Steinbach limp-called when Ryan Comely potted preflop. It all kicked off on the 3♦9♠10♥ flop when Comely potted and Steiner repotted to put Comely all in.
“I have a monster wrap,” Steinbach said as Comely called his stack off. Steiner had six-seven-eight-jack, but he bricked out the rest of the board to leave Comely’s queens the best hand.
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“Can You Beat Nine-High?” “I Cannot.”
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 2/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) There wasn’t a lot of action after they both limped preflop and then checked down the 8♣A♣10♠10♥10♣ board.
“Can you beat nine-high?” asked Kris Steinbach.
“I cannot,” replied Ryan Comely with a smile, giving Smith the small pot with just nine-high.
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Steiner Doubles to Lead
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 2/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) It was all in before the flop when Kris Steinbach and Ryan Comely got into a potting war. Steinbach was on A♦A♠Q♠2♥ against 9♣8♠6♥4♠. Comely flopped a gutshot on the K♥3♠2♣K♣4♥ board but the aces held for a huge double for Steinbach, who now has about 1.3 million of the 1.65 million in play.
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Comely Takes the Lead
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 2/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) The final two players are taking a quick bathroom break with Ryan Comely in the lead with 1.04 million to 646k for Kris Steinbach.
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Comely Makes it Even
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 2/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) The board was out to the turn when I arrived at the table reading 5♦8♣10♣Q♣ and Kris Steinbach fired 100k. Ryan Comely came over the top with a pot to 464k.
That sent Steinbach deep into the tank. “I have a monster,” he said, counting out the call, but leaving it behind the line. He finally decided to muck his hand saying he had jack-nine for the straight.
The hand left both players sitting on about 800k.
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Ryan Smith Out in 3rd Place for
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 2/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) 
Ryan Smith They are down to heads up now after Ryan Smith took third place tonight. I missed the action while in the bathroom, but Kris Steinbach was seen stacking Rybo’s chips. Steiner reported that as he busted Rybo he needled him with “That’s what you get for not inviting us to your wedding!”
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Steiner Takes from Rybo
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 3/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) Ryan Smith raised the button to 30k and small blind Kris Steinbach came along to the A♥10♦5♥ flop. Both players checked to the 9♦ turn where Steinbach fired 20k.
Snith called to see A♣ on the river. Steinbach made it 40k to go, and after some time in the tank, Rybo called it off but mucked when Steoback showed ace-six-five-three for flopped two pair and the riverboat.
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Smith Takes Battle of the Ryans
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 3/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) It was a battle between the Ryans when Ryan Comely potted from the small blind and Ryan Smith called from the big. Comely potted again on the 4♦6♣2♣ flop and Smith called off the rest of his stack.
Ryan Smith: Q♦J♣7♥4♥
Ryan Comely: A♣K♣Q♣2♠Smith was ahead with a pair of fours against the pair of deuces for Comely but Comely was drawing to clubs. The 8♠ turn gave Smith a straight draw as well, and the 5♦ river gave him the straight for the win and the double.
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Colten Yamagish Out in 4th Place for $2,136
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 3/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) 
Colten Yamagishi Kris Steinbach us running pure tonight after he flopped a set of jacks to send short-stack Colten Yamagish to the rail. Yamagishi flopped a king but it was no good against the set and he hit the rail in 4th.
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Steinbach Flops It
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 4/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) Ryan Comely raised Kris Steinbach’s limp to 35k, and he made the call. The flop was 5♦4♣7♦ and Stenbach check-called for 35k. Steinbach checked again on the 8♠ turn, but elected to come over the top to 300k when Comely bet 100k. Comely hit the tank for a bit before getting rid of his hand, and Steiner showed and eight-six for the flopped straight.
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Shariq Khan Out in 5th Place for $1,424
Level: 17 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 4/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) 
Shariq Khan Shariq Khan was the short stack and he potted from the cutoff to 26k, leaving himself just 1k behind. Ryan Comely repotted from the button and after the rest of the table folded, Khan put in his last chip.
Shariq Khan: K♦Q♥9♣6♥
Ryan Comely: A♠A♦J♥7♦Comely was way ahead with his aces and he flopped a set to take it down and send Khan to the cage for 5th place.
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Nicholas Milkovich Out in 6th Place for $814
Level: 17 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 5/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) 
Nicholas Milkovich They are down to five now after Nicholas Milkovich hit the rail in 6th place. He raised early to 28k, then called off the rest of his stack when big stack Kris Steinbach potted.
Nicholas Milkovich: Q♣Q♥J♠6♣
Kris Steinbach: K♥10♥9♠8♠Milkovich was ahead preflop, but once the 7♣10♦5♥2♣9♥ board was complete, Steiner’s two pair was best.
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Final Table Time
Level: 15 (2,500/5,000/5,000) Entries: 8/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) They are now two off the money spots with 8 players left in the action. I’m going to wait until they are in the money before I do photos, but the players still left alive are Brett Worton, Ryan Smith, Kris Steinbach, Shariq Khan, Ryan Comely, Nicholas Milkovich, Colten Yamagishi, and Khang Loung.
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Comely’s Kings Cracked to the Rail
Level: 13 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 10/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) They are down to 10 now after Tony Comely hit the rail. Nick Milkovich opened the pot with a limp under the gun before Brett Worton raised the button to 10k. Tony Comely put in a 4-bet to 34.5k, leaving less than that behind.
Milkovich mucked his hand, but Worton raised to put Comely all in, and he called it off with K♣K♠10♠6♠ against the low wrap for Worton with [7h5h4s2s]. Worton flopped the wheel draw and turned it for the win. That puts them on the final table bubble, but they are still 4 off the money spots.
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Break Chips for Final 11 Players
Level: 13 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 11/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) Seat Table 15 Chips Table 16 Chips 1 Tony Luong 150,000 2 Shariq Khan 128,500 Brett Worton 346,000 3 Kris Steinbach 165,000 Varan Sidhu 106,000 4 Colten Yamagishi 35,500 Tony Comely 103,000 5 Ryan Comely 176,000 Nicholas MIlkovich 107,000 6 7 Ryan Smith 151,000 8 Alex Liu 140,000 9 -
11 Left in PLO
Level: 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 11/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) They are down to just 11 players remaining in the PO game now, 5 off the money and 2 away from the final table. There are just under 25 minutes to play in Level 12 and I’ll grab full chip counts at the break following this level.
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$7.5k to the Winner
Level: 11 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 16/55 Prizes: $31,350 ($20,350 prizes, $11,000 bounties) The prizes are in and the field is confirmed at 55 entries for the PLO game today. There are still 16 players fighting for the 6 paid spots with the winner set to pocket $7,532 while the 6th place min-cash spot will pay $814. Those prizes are, of course, in addition to whatever bounties the players picked up along the way.
Full prizes can be found under the Payouts tab.
| Level | Ante | Small Blind | Big Blind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | 200 | 100 | 200 |
| 3 | 300 | 200 | 300 |
| 4 | 400 | 200 | 400 |
| 15 min Break | |||
| 5 | 500 | 300 | 500 |
| 6 | 600 | 300 | 600 |
| 7 | 800 | 400 | 800 |
| 8 | 1,000 | 500 | 1,000 |
| 30 min Dinner Break/Registration ends | |||
| 9 | 1,200 | 600 | 1,200 |
| 10 | 1,500 | 1,000 | 1,500 |
| 11 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 |
| 12 | 2,500 | 1,500 | 2,500 |
| 15 min Break/remove 100s | |||
| 13 | 3,000 | 1,500 | 3,000 |
| 14 | 4,000 | 2,000 | 4,000 |
| 15 | 5,000 | 2,500 | 5,000 |
| 16 | 6,000 | 3,000 | 6,000 |
| 15 minute break – remove 500s | |||
| 17 | 8,000 | 4,000 | 8,000 |
| 18 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| 19 | 12,000 | 6,000 | 12,000 |
| 20 | 15,000 | 10,000 | 15,000 |
| 15 min Break – remove 1000s | |||
| 21 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 |
| 22 | 25,000 | 15,000 | 25,000 |
| 23 | 30,000 | 15,000 | 30,000 |
| 24 | 40,000 | 20,000 | 40,000 |
| 15 minute break | |||
| 25 | 50,000 | 25,000 | 50,000 |
| 26 | 60,000 | 30,000 | 60,000 |
| 27 | 80,000 | 40,000 | 80,000 |
| 28 | 100,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 |
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (CAD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Comely |  | $7,532 |
| 2 | Kris Steinbach | | $5,087 |
| 3 | Ryan Smith | | $3,357 |
| 4 | Colten Yamagish | | $2,136 |
| 5 | Shariq Khan |  | $1,424 |
| 6 | Nicholas Milkovich | | $814 |
