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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Heidt/Richardson Take Down Team Game
George Broumas (L), Leo Brouwer (R) – runners up in Team MIx 
Cody Richardson (L), Mitch Heidt (R) – Winners of Team Mix It was a smaller field for the Mixed Team game tonight, but they ended up with 19 entries for prizes of $7,220. That left two paid spots in the official prizes, but the final three teams decided to cut a deal that earned Gerald Chung and Ali Razzaq $1,000 for 3rd place.
Heads up took a bit more than a level to complete. The team of Mitch Heidt and Cody Richardson had the lead going into heads up and they held it throughout the final phase. The night ended during PLO with Richardson playing against George Broumas (who was playing tonight with Leo Brouwer).
Results from Team MIx
Place Player Prize 1 
Mitch Heidt/Cody Richardson$3,977 2 Leo Brouwer/George Broumas$2,243 3 Gerald Chung/Ali Razzaq$1,000 -
Heads Up in Team Game
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 2/19 Prizes: $7,220 They are heads up in the Team game now with the team of Mitch Heidt and Cody Richardson leading Leo Brouwer and George Broumas. The final three players made a deal to pay 3rd place $1,000 which went to Alli Razzaq and Gerald Chung.
Team Payouts after Deal
Place Prize 1 $3,977 2 $2,243 3 $1,000 -
Up to 9 Teams
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 9/9 Prizes: $3,420 They are up to 9 teams in the team game with no rebuys so far and Level 3 just getting underway. Entries are still open for about 2.5 hours.
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7 Teams to Start
Level: 1 (100/100/100) Entries: 7/7 Prizes: $2,660 The Mix Team game is underway with 7 entries in the game in the opening Level. Entries are still open for about 3 hours, but the weather may prevent a large field tonight.
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Mixed Tag Team Fun for Saturday
Event: Event #6: $440 NLH/PLO Team ($400 + $40) Date: Nov 23, 6 PM Blinds: 20 Minutes Starting Stack: 20k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~9:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event There’s a bit of a switch with the first Team event in the 2024 Tournament of Champions. There will be two Team games this series with the second one running on the final weekend of play. The first Tean game is a Mix between NLH and PLO, following the classic format of the regular Mix games with NLH in the odd levels and PLO in the even levels.
Teams consist of two players and players must switch every blind level increase. Each team gets 5 Switch Tickets to start the game, and they can use the tickets at any time between hands to either swap with their own teammate, or force another team to swap out their players.
Play kicks off at 6 pm with 20k in chips. They’ll play 20-minute levels with 9 levels to enter the game. That should put the final entry at about 9:15 PM.
This will be my second priority on Saturday so I’m not sure how much coverage it will get as I’ll be watching Day 1b of Event #4 for the early part of the day.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitch Heidt/Cody Richardson | $3,977 |
| 2 | Leo Brouwer/George Broumas | $2,243 |
| 3 | Gerald Chung/Ali Razzaq | $1,000 |
