2025 KKLive Montreal – $300 Main Event

Trevor “LAS-VEGAS” Delaney is the Side Game champion from KKLIve Montreal 2025. He was leading for most of the day, amassing 13 bounties along the way. My attention was focused on the Main Event, so I didn’t get to watch much of this one. The money play went very quickly, with the game ending less than an hour after they got into the money.

The final hand between Peter Poon and Delaney saw Poon’s shorter stack go in with ace-five of hearts, but he ran into queens for Delaney. The queens held despite Poon finding a five on the flop, and Delaney was proudly showing off his new trophy.

Final Results for the Side Game

Heads up was a short affair, with big stack Trevor “LAS-VEGAS” Delaney taking the win. Peter Poon was the short stack going into heads up, and he got the rest of his stack in with ace-five of hearts against queens for Delaney. Poon found a five on the flop, but there was no other help, and he couldn’t crack Delaney’s queens.

They are heads up in the side game now, with Peter Poon short against the big stack of Trevor “LAS-VEGAS” Delaney. I’ll be over shortly to cover the heads up.

Side Game Payouts so Far

The Side Game is down to four left, with Brain “PAC-MAN” Austin as the first player out in the money. He bagged $1,373 for his work today. I am still cleaning up the end of the Main Event, but will be over to cover the end of that one shortly.

The KKLive Montreal 2025 Main Event is now complete, and Calgary’s Jordan “JBanz” Banfield is the new champion. He took down the defending champ, Andy “thegoose” Goosen, heads up after starting the final phase at a deficit.

Banfield was short in heads up for most of the match, until he found a huge spot with ace-queen against Goosen’s jack-ten. The money went in on the river with Goosen covering Banfield by about 350k, but Banfield’s two pair was too strong for Goosen’s single pair. That left Goosen on fumes, and Banfield was hoisting the trophy a few minutes later.

Heads up was pretty quick. Andy “thegoose” Goosen started heads up with the chip lead, and held it through most of the two-way battle.

That changed in a big hand where Goosen limped the button, then called when Jordan “JBanz” Banfield raised it up to 350k. Banfield led for 200k on the 3♥A♥K♦ flop. Goosen called to the J♥ turn. Banfield fired 650k, and Goosen called.

The river was 5♦ and Banfield shoved 2.18 million. Goosen tanked for a minute or so before he slid in the call. Banfield showed A♠Q♥, which was better than the jack-ten for Goosen. That left Goosen on 350k, and it went in shortly after when he woke up with ace-five. Banfield called it off with ten-six, but flopped his ten and held to take down the game and deny Goosen his second straight KKLive Montreal title.

Sharath “SweetChinMusic” Maddur had been playing less than 10 bigs since the last break, and he’s managed to survive with shoves to pick up blinds and antes. That didn’t last, however, as he ran into the big stack, Andy “thegoose” Goosen, and hit the rail for 3rd place worth $7,840.

The game is now heads up between Goosen and Jordan “JBanz” Banfield with Goosen in the lead.

The Side Event field is down to 7 remaining now, with the action in Level 13, and blinds at 2.5k/5k/5k. There are five paid spots, with the min-cash set at $1,373, so they are now two players away from hitting the payouts. It looks like Trevor Delaney is leading the way right now with more than 500k in front of him.

They are down to three left after Carey Chan lost his short stack immediately after the break. I missed the action, but he barely had 5 big blinds in the new level.

Ansy “thegoose” Goosen is leading the way in the final four. He is the defending champion from this event in 2024, and is looking to go back-to-back here tonight. See below for the full stacks.

The Main Event is down to 4 players left now. I missed the final action, but Alex Patry was short, playing about 10 big blinds, and he’d shoved a few times in the previous orbit to pick up blinds and antes.

The final four will be on a break shortly, and I’ll grab the current chip counts then.

Corey “Muck’em” Chan is the short stack, but he just doubled to almost 500k after his king-queen was able to win a race against the pocket jacks for Jordan “JBanz” Banfield. Chan flopped his queen and held through the board of Q♦7♥10♥4♠2♣.

Andy “thegoose” Goosen raised the hijack to 100k, and Sharath “SweetChinMusic” Maddur called from the button. Goosen fired 70k on the Q♣5♠4♣ flop, and Maddur called to the 7♠ turn.

Goose fired again for 285k, and Maddur called. The river was the A♣, completing the club draw, and Goosen checked. Maddur burned a time bank card while making his decision to be 125k, and after a few seconds of thought, Goosen mucked his hand.

The prizes for the side event are in, and 5 players will be sharing in a bit more than $15.3k at the end of the night. They are down to 17 remaining out of the starting field of 61, so there’s still some poker to play before the payouts start happening.

Side Event Prizes

They are down to 5 now after Andy “thegoose” Goosen’s ace-eight held against his dominated queen-eight. Goosen had the big stack in the hand, and Bach hit the rail for 6th place.

I missed the final hand for Ryan “FlushTheR1ver4Me” Jensen, but he was left with about 20 bigs after a big blind-on-blind confrontation with Andy Goosen. He hit the rail shortly after that hand was completed.

In the final hand of Level 24, Ryan “FlushTheR1ver4Me” Jensen and Andy “thegoose” Goosen got into a blind war. It folded to Jensen in the small, and he limped in.

Goosen raised it up to 105k, then called off quickly when Jensen shoved a covering stack. Goosen was on ace-jack with 710k at risk against ace-three for Jensen, and a jack on the flop sent him even farther to the lead. Jensen turned a wheel draw, but bricked the river.

Goosen chipped up to about 1.5 million, while Jensen is down to about 800k.

Alex “Passive_Menis” Patry shoved 300k, and Michael “HaiDoMo” Bach called with more. Bach’s queens were in trouble to the kings for Patry, and a king on the flop left Bach drawing to just two outs. No queen emerged from the deck on the turn, and Patry doubled to around 700k.

Jordan Banfield raised his button to 65k, and Sharath Maddur called from the big blind. On the 9♣2♥2♠ flop, Maddur check-raised from 45k to 100k.

Banfield called to the Q♣. which both players checked. Maddur checked again on the A♠ river before Banfield bet 90k. Maddur check-shoved for 595k remaining after draining a time bank, and Bafield used a time bank himself before electing to fold ace-king for top-top.

Entries for the Side Game Bounty are now over, with the final number on the board reading 61 entries. There are still 27 players left in the action, and it looks like they’ll be paying out 6 or 7 players. The prizes aren’t posted yet, but I’ll get them up as soon as I see them.

The final 7 players are on dinner now, with Trevor Otterson out just before the dinner break for $2,200 in 8th place. See below for a look at the remaining stacks & players, counted on the dinner break.

There is still about an hour left in entries for the Side Event, with Level 7 just ticking down to the end. They’ll take a dinner break following this level, and entries are closed when they return from dinner. There are 26 players remaining from a field of 58 entries so far.

Pierre Luc Bourgeois was the winner of the $2k Freeroll today, pocketing $700 in free money. See below for the full payouts from today’s Freeroll, which is now complete.

Corey Chan opened the action from the middle, making it 45k to go. Trevor Otterson reraised the cutoff to 80k, and Chan called.

The flop was A♠6♣Q♣ and both players checked to the 9♣ turn. Chan asked to see Otterson’s stack before checking, then folded when Otterson fired out 55k on the 3rd club.

Jake Ebbett was the first player hit hit the rail from the final table, finishing his run in 9th place today. Corey Chan looks to be the big leader right now with a bit more than 1.8 million in play.

I arrived late to the game with the board already out reading 5♥2♠7♠A♣6♥. Corey Chan shoved from the small blind for 612k, and after a time bank card was played, Katie “AdoraBelle” Marshall made the call with a bit more.

Her two pair with five-deuce was no good against the wheel+ straight for Chan with 4♥3♦. The pot doubled Chan to at least 1.5 million, while Marshall was left short and busted in 10th place on the following hand.

They are now on the final table bubble with 10 players left. The next elimination will set the final table at 9 players. Nico “ANVCO” Aguirre was the 11th-place player tonight.

While Aguirre was busting, the other table saw Katie “AdoraBelle” Marshall raise her button to 32k, but then fold to a 90k reraise from Corey Chan in the small blind.

In one of the final hands of Level 20, Trevor Otterson opened to 27k under the gun. Both blinds called to the 5♥7♣J♠. Big Blind Mike Fitzpatrick checked before Otterson shoved 179k. Jordan Banfield mucked from the small blind, but Fitzpatrick called from the big.

He was dominated with queen-jack into king-jack for Otterson. Otterson called for the hold, and got it when the board ran out 8♣2♥, though Fitzpatrick turned a club draw before bricking the river. The hand doubled Otterson to nearly 400k, while Fitzpatrick was left short, and hit the rail in 12th place just before the break began.

Ryan Jensen raised to 27k from the cutoff, and Sharath Maddur called from the button, as did Nico Aguirre from the big blind. The flop was 4♣2♣A♦, and it checked to Maddur, who fired 30k. Aguierre folded his big blind, but Jensen found the call to the 8♠ turn.

Jensen checked again, facing a bet of 60k from Maddur. Jensen check-raised it to 165k, and Maddur quickly mucked. “You got it,” he said quietly, almost as soon as the reraise was announced.

Jordan Banfield limped in for 12k from the button, and Mike Fitzpatrick & Trevor Otterson called from the blinds. It checked back to Banfield on the J♠5♠Q♥ flop, and his bet of 18k was enough to push the blinds out.

Meanwhile, Joon “DieSlow” Park was the 13th-place finisher today in the Main Event while the Banfield hand was playing out.

While I don’t have a good handle on all the chips, it still looks like Jordan Banfield is leading the way, with his stack now up to about 1.2 million. See below for a look at how they are seated around the final two tables.

The above blinds are for the Main Event, which is at 13 players left now. The Freeroll is happening beside the Main, and after a bit more than 2 hours of play, they are down to 11 players remaining, with 8 players getting paid today. Action is now in Level 9 with blinds at 1k/2k/2k.

Freeroll Prizes

The $500 buy-in Side Event is also now underway with 31 players in the game and no busts yet. They are currently playing in Level 3 with the blinds at 200/400/400. Entries are open until the start of Level 7, so there are no prizes for this one yet.

They are closing in on the final table now in the Main Event, with 13 players remaining now. See below for a look at the recent cashes to get them to 13, with the full prizes under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
14	Simon “Labbubuwin” Quintal	$1,270
15	Maher “Nutsornot” Al Mouselly	$1,270
16	Trevor “Mr.Hvac” Macdonald	$1,060

The field is down to 16 remaining now, on the final two tables. The full prizes for today are listed under the Payouts tab, with the most recent four busts below.

Place	Player	Prize
17	Jimmy “Aakk2870” Ouellet	$1,060
18	Tyler “Bettsoff” Betts	$1,060
19	Trevor “Las-Vegas” Delaney	$1,060
20	Zixuan “Kkyrene” Wu	$1,060

The turn was already out when I arrived at the table with the board reading 10♣7♠2♣8♠. Both players in the blinds checked to Goosen on the cutoff. He fired 90k, about half the pot. That pushed out Todd Tyler from the button, as well as the big blind, but the small blind made the call to see [invalid notations] on the river.

After a check from the big blind, Goosen slid out 125k, but didn’t even get the full bet out before the small blind folded and sent the pot to Goosen.

The field is now down to 18 players remaining, with about 25 minutes to play in Level 18. Trevor “LAS-VEGAS” Delaney was the most recent bust from the game in 19th place — the full prizes so far today are listed under the Payouts tab.

The final 19 players are back in action for Level 18 now. Above is a look at what they are playing for, with the big cup recording all the historic winners, as well as the three individual trophies for today’s events.

The Main Event players are on the break following Level 17 now, and Jordan “Jbanz” Banfield is the current leader. He looks to be the only player with more than a million in play, sitting with 1.07 million. Sharath Maddur looks to be second with 709k, while former champ Andy Goosen is playing 622k.

The final 19 players will be back in action in about 5 minutes for Level 18.

I’ve just had a look around for some of the big stacks in the room. Andy “thegoose” Goosen is sitting with about 650k, but Jordan “Jbanz” Banfield & Sharath “SweetChinMusic” Maddur are both playing about 800k for the shared lead. Meanwhile, Zixuan “kkyrene” Wu hit the rail for 20th place recently — full prizes are listed under the Payouts tab.

The field is now down to 20, 4 off the final two tables. Trent Hopper was the most recent cashout — see below for the recent busts.

Place	Player	Prize
21	Trent “$Mokeman” Hopper	$880
22	Steven “Lechiffre” Barber	$880
23	Brain “Pac-Man” Austin	$880

The field is down to 23 remaining on the final three tables today (action is 8-handed today, so they just broke to 3 tables at 24 remaining). See below for a look at the recent busts, with the full list under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
24	Matt “Sartbimpson” Ouellette	$880
25	Goran “Sugarcrisp” Brestovac	$880
26	Brant “Jackpottrippin” Taylor	$720
27	Daniel “Slottyroddy” Arluison	$720
28	Eric “Xray47” Theroux	$720
29	Pierre “Rampageee” Bourgeois	$720
30	Steven “Ida_Shovdat”Nixon	$720

Todd Tyler just got a double through Trevor Delaney. Tyler shoved his short stack with ace-jack of hearts and Delaney called with ace-king off. Tyler found his jack on the flop of J♣9♥7♦3♣A♥ and got a double to about 150k, with Delaney down to about 350k, but Tyler just doubled another player at the table to drop to about 70k remaining now.

Meanwhile, across the room, the Freeroll is now underway with 32 players in action during the opening level of play with blinds at 100/100/0.

The min-cash payout level is now complete, with 30 players left alive in Day 2 of KKLive. The full payouts for the day are updated under the Payouts tab, so you can always get a full look at the prizes to date there, but I’ll also post recent busts in the posts.

Place	Player	Prize
31	David “Ndva” Eagles	$600
32	Roberto “Thepokerjoker” Anzini	$600
33	Dean “Yureican” Gillies	$600
34	Deb “Justcallmealice” Vanneste	$600
35	Carl “Fastphil2791” Youden	$600

The full prize pool is posted under the Payouts tab now, though I still don’t have any details on the early busts today. So far, 4 prizes of $600 have been awarded to busted players (plus 5 awarded before the start of play for double stacks), with 1 more $600 prize to be awarded before it jumps to $720.

Final Table Payouts for KKLive Montreal

The action is underway in Salle Sherbrooke at Hotel Universel here in Montreal. The first level of Day 2 action is about half finished now, and the field is down to 32 remaining.

I don’t have a good handle on the busts yet, or the complete field of remaining players, but among the players I’ve spotted in the field are Andy “Goose” Goosen, sitting with a nice stack of about 500k. Trent Hopper and Matt Ouellette are also among the players in action today.

I’ll get the prizes and bustouts updated as soon as possible, and action on the freeroll and the Side Event will be kicking off in 30 & 90 minutes respectively.

KKLive Montreal 2025 Main Event

The final day of action in KKLive Montreal is just hours away, and there are 35 players set to do battle at Hotel Universel in Montreal starting at noon on Saturday. Players from across Canada have been battling in online Day 1 flights for the past two months, with 40 official qualifiers for Day 2 action.

However, only 35 players will be sitting down for action on Saturday’s Day 2, as there were 5 double-bags in the field. Those players will get a min-cash to start their day for their smaller stacks, then sit down to play for the big money with their big stack.

The five double-stacks have just shy of 500k between them, putting the average stack going into Day 2 at almost 207k. There is just over $83k to be won, though I will update the full prize pool just before cards go in the air on Saturday.

I should be on the floor from start to end for tomorrow’s action, and there’s more than JUST the Day 2 running. At 1 PM, the $2k freeroll kicks off for players who have completed the online challenge, but be aware that spots are limited to 70 entries on a first-come, first-served basis.

Freeroll registration starts at 11 am, so get there early to guarantee your pot. An hour after the freeroll begins, at 2 pm, the Side Event is running. It has a total of 388 entries for the 17 satellites, for prizes of nearly $16k, though the final number will depend on how many players with tickets actually play, since some may be running deep in the Main or Freeroll.

Get ready for a hot day of poker from Montreal on Saturday, with wall-to-wall coverage of KKLive Montreal 2025.

Trevor “LAS-VEGAS” Delaney is the Side Game champion from KKLIve Montreal 2025. He was leading for most of the day, amassing 13 bounties along the way. My attention was focused on the Main Event, so I didn’t get to watch much of this one. The money play went very quickly, with the game ending less than an hour after they got into the money.

The final hand between Peter Poon and Delaney saw Poon’s shorter stack go in with ace-five of hearts, but he ran into queens for Delaney. The queens held despite Poon finding a five on the flop, and Delaney was proudly showing off his new trophy.

Final Results for the Side Game

Heads up was a short affair, with big stack Trevor “LAS-VEGAS” Delaney taking the win. Peter Poon was the short stack going into heads up, and he got the rest of his stack in with ace-five of hearts against queens for Delaney. Poon found a five on the flop, but there was no other help, and he couldn’t crack Delaney’s queens.

They are heads up in the side game now, with Peter Poon short against the big stack of Trevor “LAS-VEGAS” Delaney. I’ll be over shortly to cover the heads up.

Side Game Payouts so Far

The Side Game is down to four left, with Brain “PAC-MAN” Austin as the first player out in the money. He bagged $1,373 for his work today. I am still cleaning up the end of the Main Event, but will be over to cover the end of that one shortly.

The KKLive Montreal 2025 Main Event is now complete, and Calgary’s Jordan “JBanz” Banfield is the new champion. He took down the defending champ, Andy “thegoose” Goosen, heads up after starting the final phase at a deficit.

Banfield was short in heads up for most of the match, until he found a huge spot with ace-queen against Goosen’s jack-ten. The money went in on the river with Goosen covering Banfield by about 350k, but Banfield’s two pair was too strong for Goosen’s single pair. That left Goosen on fumes, and Banfield was hoisting the trophy a few minutes later.

Heads up was pretty quick. Andy “thegoose” Goosen started heads up with the chip lead, and held it through most of the two-way battle.

That changed in a big hand where Goosen limped the button, then called when Jordan “JBanz” Banfield raised it up to 350k. Banfield led for 200k on the 3♥A♥K♦ flop. Goosen called to the J♥ turn. Banfield fired 650k, and Goosen called.

The river was 5♦ and Banfield shoved 2.18 million. Goosen tanked for a minute or so before he slid in the call. Banfield showed A♠Q♥, which was better than the jack-ten for Goosen. That left Goosen on 350k, and it went in shortly after when he woke up with ace-five. Banfield called it off with ten-six, but flopped his ten and held to take down the game and deny Goosen his second straight KKLive Montreal title.

Sharath “SweetChinMusic” Maddur had been playing less than 10 bigs since the last break, and he’s managed to survive with shoves to pick up blinds and antes. That didn’t last, however, as he ran into the big stack, Andy “thegoose” Goosen, and hit the rail for 3rd place worth $7,840.

The game is now heads up between Goosen and Jordan “JBanz” Banfield with Goosen in the lead.

The Side Event field is down to 7 remaining now, with the action in Level 13, and blinds at 2.5k/5k/5k. There are five paid spots, with the min-cash set at $1,373, so they are now two players away from hitting the payouts. It looks like Trevor Delaney is leading the way right now with more than 500k in front of him.

They are down to three left after Carey Chan lost his short stack immediately after the break. I missed the action, but he barely had 5 big blinds in the new level.

Ansy “thegoose” Goosen is leading the way in the final four. He is the defending champion from this event in 2024, and is looking to go back-to-back here tonight. See below for the full stacks.

The Main Event is down to 4 players left now. I missed the final action, but Alex Patry was short, playing about 10 big blinds, and he’d shoved a few times in the previous orbit to pick up blinds and antes.

The final four will be on a break shortly, and I’ll grab the current chip counts then.

Corey “Muck’em” Chan is the short stack, but he just doubled to almost 500k after his king-queen was able to win a race against the pocket jacks for Jordan “JBanz” Banfield. Chan flopped his queen and held through the board of Q♦7♥10♥4♠2♣.

Andy “thegoose” Goosen raised the hijack to 100k, and Sharath “SweetChinMusic” Maddur called from the button. Goosen fired 70k on the Q♣5♠4♣ flop, and Maddur called to the 7♠ turn.

Goose fired again for 285k, and Maddur called. The river was the A♣, completing the club draw, and Goosen checked. Maddur burned a time bank card while making his decision to be 125k, and after a few seconds of thought, Goosen mucked his hand.

The prizes for the side event are in, and 5 players will be sharing in a bit more than $15.3k at the end of the night. They are down to 17 remaining out of the starting field of 61, so there’s still some poker to play before the payouts start happening.

Side Event Prizes

They are down to 5 now after Andy “thegoose” Goosen’s ace-eight held against his dominated queen-eight. Goosen had the big stack in the hand, and Bach hit the rail for 6th place.

I missed the final hand for Ryan “FlushTheR1ver4Me” Jensen, but he was left with about 20 bigs after a big blind-on-blind confrontation with Andy Goosen. He hit the rail shortly after that hand was completed.

In the final hand of Level 24, Ryan “FlushTheR1ver4Me” Jensen and Andy “thegoose” Goosen got into a blind war. It folded to Jensen in the small, and he limped in.

Goosen raised it up to 105k, then called off quickly when Jensen shoved a covering stack. Goosen was on ace-jack with 710k at risk against ace-three for Jensen, and a jack on the flop sent him even farther to the lead. Jensen turned a wheel draw, but bricked the river.

Goosen chipped up to about 1.5 million, while Jensen is down to about 800k.

Alex “Passive_Menis” Patry shoved 300k, and Michael “HaiDoMo” Bach called with more. Bach’s queens were in trouble to the kings for Patry, and a king on the flop left Bach drawing to just two outs. No queen emerged from the deck on the turn, and Patry doubled to around 700k.

Jordan Banfield raised his button to 65k, and Sharath Maddur called from the big blind. On the 9♣2♥2♠ flop, Maddur check-raised from 45k to 100k.

Banfield called to the Q♣. which both players checked. Maddur checked again on the A♠ river before Banfield bet 90k. Maddur check-shoved for 595k remaining after draining a time bank, and Bafield used a time bank himself before electing to fold ace-king for top-top.

Entries for the Side Game Bounty are now over, with the final number on the board reading 61 entries. There are still 27 players left in the action, and it looks like they’ll be paying out 6 or 7 players. The prizes aren’t posted yet, but I’ll get them up as soon as I see them.

The final 7 players are on dinner now, with Trevor Otterson out just before the dinner break for $2,200 in 8th place. See below for a look at the remaining stacks & players, counted on the dinner break.

There is still about an hour left in entries for the Side Event, with Level 7 just ticking down to the end. They’ll take a dinner break following this level, and entries are closed when they return from dinner. There are 26 players remaining from a field of 58 entries so far.

Pierre Luc Bourgeois was the winner of the $2k Freeroll today, pocketing $700 in free money. See below for the full payouts from today’s Freeroll, which is now complete.

Corey Chan opened the action from the middle, making it 45k to go. Trevor Otterson reraised the cutoff to 80k, and Chan called.

The flop was A♠6♣Q♣ and both players checked to the 9♣ turn. Chan asked to see Otterson’s stack before checking, then folded when Otterson fired out 55k on the 3rd club.

Jake Ebbett was the first player hit hit the rail from the final table, finishing his run in 9th place today. Corey Chan looks to be the big leader right now with a bit more than 1.8 million in play.

I arrived late to the game with the board already out reading 5♥2♠7♠A♣6♥. Corey Chan shoved from the small blind for 612k, and after a time bank card was played, Katie “AdoraBelle” Marshall made the call with a bit more.

Her two pair with five-deuce was no good against the wheel+ straight for Chan with 4♥3♦. The pot doubled Chan to at least 1.5 million, while Marshall was left short and busted in 10th place on the following hand.

They are now on the final table bubble with 10 players left. The next elimination will set the final table at 9 players. Nico “ANVCO” Aguirre was the 11th-place player tonight.

While Aguirre was busting, the other table saw Katie “AdoraBelle” Marshall raise her button to 32k, but then fold to a 90k reraise from Corey Chan in the small blind.

In one of the final hands of Level 20, Trevor Otterson opened to 27k under the gun. Both blinds called to the 5♥7♣J♠. Big Blind Mike Fitzpatrick checked before Otterson shoved 179k. Jordan Banfield mucked from the small blind, but Fitzpatrick called from the big.

He was dominated with queen-jack into king-jack for Otterson. Otterson called for the hold, and got it when the board ran out 8♣2♥, though Fitzpatrick turned a club draw before bricking the river. The hand doubled Otterson to nearly 400k, while Fitzpatrick was left short, and hit the rail in 12th place just before the break began.

Ryan Jensen raised to 27k from the cutoff, and Sharath Maddur called from the button, as did Nico Aguirre from the big blind. The flop was 4♣2♣A♦, and it checked to Maddur, who fired 30k. Aguierre folded his big blind, but Jensen found the call to the 8♠ turn.

Jensen checked again, facing a bet of 60k from Maddur. Jensen check-raised it to 165k, and Maddur quickly mucked. “You got it,” he said quietly, almost as soon as the reraise was announced.

Jordan Banfield limped in for 12k from the button, and Mike Fitzpatrick & Trevor Otterson called from the blinds. It checked back to Banfield on the J♠5♠Q♥ flop, and his bet of 18k was enough to push the blinds out.

Meanwhile, Joon “DieSlow” Park was the 13th-place finisher today in the Main Event while the Banfield hand was playing out.

While I don’t have a good handle on all the chips, it still looks like Jordan Banfield is leading the way, with his stack now up to about 1.2 million. See below for a look at how they are seated around the final two tables.

The above blinds are for the Main Event, which is at 13 players left now. The Freeroll is happening beside the Main, and after a bit more than 2 hours of play, they are down to 11 players remaining, with 8 players getting paid today. Action is now in Level 9 with blinds at 1k/2k/2k.

Freeroll Prizes

The $500 buy-in Side Event is also now underway with 31 players in the game and no busts yet. They are currently playing in Level 3 with the blinds at 200/400/400. Entries are open until the start of Level 7, so there are no prizes for this one yet.

They are closing in on the final table now in the Main Event, with 13 players remaining now. See below for a look at the recent cashes to get them to 13, with the full prizes under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
14	Simon “Labbubuwin” Quintal	$1,270
15	Maher “Nutsornot” Al Mouselly	$1,270
16	Trevor “Mr.Hvac” Macdonald	$1,060

The field is down to 16 remaining now, on the final two tables. The full prizes for today are listed under the Payouts tab, with the most recent four busts below.

Place	Player	Prize
17	Jimmy “Aakk2870” Ouellet	$1,060
18	Tyler “Bettsoff” Betts	$1,060
19	Trevor “Las-Vegas” Delaney	$1,060
20	Zixuan “Kkyrene” Wu	$1,060

The turn was already out when I arrived at the table with the board reading 10♣7♠2♣8♠. Both players in the blinds checked to Goosen on the cutoff. He fired 90k, about half the pot. That pushed out Todd Tyler from the button, as well as the big blind, but the small blind made the call to see [invalid notations] on the river.

After a check from the big blind, Goosen slid out 125k, but didn’t even get the full bet out before the small blind folded and sent the pot to Goosen.

The field is now down to 18 players remaining, with about 25 minutes to play in Level 18. Trevor “LAS-VEGAS” Delaney was the most recent bust from the game in 19th place — the full prizes so far today are listed under the Payouts tab.

The final 19 players are back in action for Level 18 now. Above is a look at what they are playing for, with the big cup recording all the historic winners, as well as the three individual trophies for today’s events.

The Main Event players are on the break following Level 17 now, and Jordan “Jbanz” Banfield is the current leader. He looks to be the only player with more than a million in play, sitting with 1.07 million. Sharath Maddur looks to be second with 709k, while former champ Andy Goosen is playing 622k.

The final 19 players will be back in action in about 5 minutes for Level 18.

I’ve just had a look around for some of the big stacks in the room. Andy “thegoose” Goosen is sitting with about 650k, but Jordan “Jbanz” Banfield & Sharath “SweetChinMusic” Maddur are both playing about 800k for the shared lead. Meanwhile, Zixuan “kkyrene” Wu hit the rail for 20th place recently — full prizes are listed under the Payouts tab.

The field is now down to 20, 4 off the final two tables. Trent Hopper was the most recent cashout — see below for the recent busts.

Place	Player	Prize
21	Trent “$Mokeman” Hopper	$880
22	Steven “Lechiffre” Barber	$880
23	Brain “Pac-Man” Austin	$880

The field is down to 23 remaining on the final three tables today (action is 8-handed today, so they just broke to 3 tables at 24 remaining). See below for a look at the recent busts, with the full list under the Payouts tab.

Place	Player	Prize
24	Matt “Sartbimpson” Ouellette	$880
25	Goran “Sugarcrisp” Brestovac	$880
26	Brant “Jackpottrippin” Taylor	$720
27	Daniel “Slottyroddy” Arluison	$720
28	Eric “Xray47” Theroux	$720
29	Pierre “Rampageee” Bourgeois	$720
30	Steven “Ida_Shovdat”Nixon	$720

Todd Tyler just got a double through Trevor Delaney. Tyler shoved his short stack with ace-jack of hearts and Delaney called with ace-king off. Tyler found his jack on the flop of J♣9♥7♦3♣A♥ and got a double to about 150k, with Delaney down to about 350k, but Tyler just doubled another player at the table to drop to about 70k remaining now.

Meanwhile, across the room, the Freeroll is now underway with 32 players in action during the opening level of play with blinds at 100/100/0.

The min-cash payout level is now complete, with 30 players left alive in Day 2 of KKLive. The full payouts for the day are updated under the Payouts tab, so you can always get a full look at the prizes to date there, but I’ll also post recent busts in the posts.

Place	Player	Prize
31	David “Ndva” Eagles	$600
32	Roberto “Thepokerjoker” Anzini	$600
33	Dean “Yureican” Gillies	$600
34	Deb “Justcallmealice” Vanneste	$600
35	Carl “Fastphil2791” Youden	$600

The full prize pool is posted under the Payouts tab now, though I still don’t have any details on the early busts today. So far, 4 prizes of $600 have been awarded to busted players (plus 5 awarded before the start of play for double stacks), with 1 more $600 prize to be awarded before it jumps to $720.

Final Table Payouts for KKLive Montreal

The action is underway in Salle Sherbrooke at Hotel Universel here in Montreal. The first level of Day 2 action is about half finished now, and the field is down to 32 remaining.

I don’t have a good handle on the busts yet, or the complete field of remaining players, but among the players I’ve spotted in the field are Andy “Goose” Goosen, sitting with a nice stack of about 500k. Trent Hopper and Matt Ouellette are also among the players in action today.

I’ll get the prizes and bustouts updated as soon as possible, and action on the freeroll and the Side Event will be kicking off in 30 & 90 minutes respectively.

KKLive Montreal 2025 Main Event

The final day of action in KKLive Montreal is just hours away, and there are 35 players set to do battle at Hotel Universel in Montreal starting at noon on Saturday. Players from across Canada have been battling in online Day 1 flights for the past two months, with 40 official qualifiers for Day 2 action.

However, only 35 players will be sitting down for action on Saturday’s Day 2, as there were 5 double-bags in the field. Those players will get a min-cash to start their day for their smaller stacks, then sit down to play for the big money with their big stack.

The five double-stacks have just shy of 500k between them, putting the average stack going into Day 2 at almost 207k. There is just over $83k to be won, though I will update the full prize pool just before cards go in the air on Saturday.

I should be on the floor from start to end for tomorrow’s action, and there’s more than JUST the Day 2 running. At 1 PM, the $2k freeroll kicks off for players who have completed the online challenge, but be aware that spots are limited to 70 entries on a first-come, first-served basis.

Freeroll registration starts at 11 am, so get there early to guarantee your pot. An hour after the freeroll begins, at 2 pm, the Side Event is running. It has a total of 388 entries for the 17 satellites, for prizes of nearly $16k, though the final number will depend on how many players with tickets actually play, since some may be running deep in the Main or Freeroll.

Get ready for a hot day of poker from Montreal on Saturday, with wall-to-wall coverage of KKLive Montreal 2025.