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Nu Teliani Defeats Skyler York Heads Up for 6-Max Title
Level: 24 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 1/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Nu Teliani, Winner of the 6-Max 
Skyler York, runner-up in 6-Max After the 6-Max game played 4-handed for several levels, they went from 4 to 1 in just a few minutes. After Lee Clark and Deven Lane hit the rail for 4th and 3rd, respectively, Nu Teliani and Skyler York were very even in chips. They played a few small pots without showdown before the big confrontation.
York opened the button to 90k, then called when Teliani reraised it to 220k. She fired 180k on the 2♥K♦4♣ flop. York repopped it to 460k, and Teliani came back over again to 740k. York flatted to see 2♣ on the turn, then faced a shove from Teliani.
She had him covered by just a few chips, but he called it off. He had pocket sixes, but he was behind the K♠Q♥ for Teliani. The Q♣ river improved her more, and York had to settle for second place tonight. This was Teliani’s 18th live win, and will add ~$10k USD to her Hendon Mob earnings, which were just over $600k going into the game.
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Clark, Lane Out; Now Heads Up
Level: 24 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 2/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Deven Lane 
Lee Clarke Lee Clarke hit the rail for 4th today, shortly after he was left short in the hand against Skyler York. Shortly after, short-stack Deven Lane followed him to the cage for 3rd place, leaving Nu Teliani and Skyler York battling it out for the win.
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Clarke to Fumes
Level: 24 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 It was limped in the blinds between Skyler York and Lee Clarke to see Q♣10♣3♦ on the flop. Both players checked the flop and the 5♠ turn, but it got a bit crazy on the river 10♠. York bet 90k, then called it when Clarke reraised to 200k.
Clarke was on the jack-eight bluff against 5♥4♥ for a turned pair. The hand left Clarke with just 180k behind.
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York Takes Two, Lane Takes One
Level: 23 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 There’s been a lot of recent action, with Skyler York getting a couple of big pots, while Deven Lane grabbed a double. The action started when York jammed 215k from the button, and was called by Lee Clarke. Clarke’s ace-ten had York’s ten-seven suited dominated, but York flopped a gutty and turned the straight for the double.
He then picked up a pot with pocket tens after running out to tens full against Deven Lane. York opened and Nu Teliani called before Lane jammed the big blind. York called, and got another big pot with his full house.
After that, Lane got it in with pocket sixes against ace-jack for Teliani, and the sixes held to double him back into the game.
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Lane Gets There to Survive
Level: 22 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 Lee Clarke limped the button before Nu Teliani raised big from the small blind with a stack of gold 100k chips. Deven Lane called off with about 350k from the big blind, while Clarke got out of the way.
Lane had the best of it with [invalid notations] against Q♣J♥ for Teliani, but Teliani spiked her jack on the flop to take the lead. However, by the time the J♠2♥2♦6♥4♥ board was complete, Lane had running hearts for the nut flush and a double up.
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Teliani Leads at Break, York on her Heels
Level: 22 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 The players are on a break following Level 21, and Nu Teliani is still in the lead, but Skyler York is right behind her.
T-S Player Chips 14 – 1 Skyler York 992,000 14 – 2 Lee Clarke 658,000 14 – 3 Nu Teliani 1,100,000 14 – 5 Deven Lane 300,000 -
Clarke Gets There to Stay Alive
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 The flop was already out when I got to the table, showing K♥3♥5♦. Lee Clarke checked the big blind before Nu Teliani made it 44k to go.
Clarke came over the top with a check-shove for 169k, and Teliani called it off to put him at risk. She was playing the best with pocket queens, but Clarke was drawing to the hearts. He bricked the turn, but the river saved him when the board ran out K♠A♥.
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Lane Doubles
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 Nu Teliani raised the small blind to 45k, then called it off when Deven Lane shoved the big for 204k. She had queen-ten versus ace-four for Lane, and Lane spiked his four on the flop of 3♥4♥5♣3♦ and held for the double. There is another break coming in about 10 minutes, and I’ll update the counts then.
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Telieni Doubles Back to Lead
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 It was a huge pot between Lee Clarke in the small blind and Nu Teliani in the big. Teliani had been chipped down from her previous big lead, and Clarke was sitting on the big stack.
He opened the small to 60k, then called when Teliani pumped it up to 200k. Clarke check-shoved the 7♦3♠A♦ flop, and Teliani called it off to put herself at risk.
Clarke was on diamonds with the king-eight, while Teliani was on top pair with ace-jack. Clarke turned the 8♥ to give him more outs, but the river J♣ gave Teliani two pair and the big double.
She is now back well over a million, while Clarke was left with about 320k to play.
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York Won’t be Pushed Around
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 Skyler York raised the button to 35k, but Lee Clarke decided to make a move from the small blind, putting it up to 80k. Nu Teliani folded her small blind before York hit the tank for about 30 seconds, then 4-bet to 190k. Clarke quickly got rid of his hand to send the 3-bet to York’s stack.
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Tony Ma Out in 5th Place for
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Tony Ma There are four left in the 6-Max now after Tony Ma went out in 5th place. I missed the action, but he’d been the short stack at the table for a while and was putting himself at risk fairly often.
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Clarke with Dramatic Double
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 5/75 Prizes: $49,875 Lee Clarks shoved the cutoff for 194k, and after some time in the tank, Nu Teliani called from the button to put him at risk. Clarke was ahead with A♦J♦ versus A♥5♥ for Teliani.
Teliani ended up ruining her flush, but Clarke had already flopped her dead on the board of J♥J♠J♣3♥2♥.
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York Rivers It; Clarke Takes on on Turn
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 5/75 Prizes: $49,875 It was limped preflop between blinds Tony Ma and Skyler York, and they both checked the K♦K♥2♠ flop. On the 10♥ turn, Ma led for 20k and York called. They went back to checks on the 5♠ river, and Ma announced jack-high, but mucked when York rolled over 5♥4♥ for the rivered pair of fives with a busted flush draw.
A few hands later, Lee Clarke raised the button to 25k, and Deven Lane came along from the big blind. They both checked the 2♠10♠10♥ flop, and Lane check-folded to 15k on the A♠ turn.
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Cameron Stewart Out in 6th Place for $2,695
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 5/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Cameron Stewart The field is down to 5 left now after Cameron Stewart hit the rail in a hand I missed while I was out of the room. There are now about 20 minutes remaining in Level 19, and the average stack is 50 big blinds, but Nu Teliani has 110 of the 250 big blinds in play right now.
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Ma Shoves the Spades
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 6/75 Prizes: $49,875 Tony Ma raised the cutoff to 25k, then called when Skyler York three-bet to 60k from the button. The all spade flop was A♠Q♠10♠, and Ma Shoved for 125k. York hit the tank for a bit, but ultimately gave up his hand.
“Umm, check, I mean,” said Ma with a smile. “I played that hand so badly.”
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Teliani with Heaps
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 6/75 Prizes: $49,875 Chips & Seats from the Break
T-S Player Chips 14 – 1 Skyler York 431,000 14 – 2 Lee Clarke 299,000 14 – 3 Nu Teliani 1,312,000 14 – 4 Cameron Stewart 163,000 14 – 5 Deven Lane 470,000 14 – 6 Tony Ma 200,000 -
Ali Razzaq Out in 7th Place for $2,095
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 6/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Ali Razzaq The 6-Max hame is now down to 6 left after Ali Razzaq was the first player off the final table. They have a break in about 15 minutes and I’ll get full counts for the remaining players then.
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Bernstein, Haymour, First to Exit
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 7/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Michael “Berny” Bernstein 
Ramaz Haymour The 6-Max game is quickly down to the final table of 7 after both tables lost a player on the same hand. Michael “Berny” Bernstein busted for 9th place right before Ramaz Haymour took 8th place on the other table.
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6-Max Money Shots
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 9/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Nu Teliani 
Lee Clarke 
Ramaz Haymour 
Cameron Stewart 
Ali Razzaq 
Deven Lane 
Skyler York 
Michael “Berny” Bernstein 
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6-Max Money Play About to Begin
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 9/75 Prizes: $49,875 The 6-Max action for Day 2 is about to get going with 8 minutes remaining in Level 17. Nu Teliani is the big leader to start the day – Stay tuned for some pictures of the money players.
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Teliani Leads Day 2 of Six Max


Event #7: $780 NLH 6-Max ($700 + $80)
Date: Day 1: Sep 22, 1 PM
Day 2: Sep 23, 1 PMBlinds: 40 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Entries: 75 Prizes: $49,875 ($15,965 for 1st) The final day of the 6-Max is set with 9 players returning. Nu Teliani is leading the way by a significant margin with 866k. Her closest rival is Deven Lane with 470k, much of which he acquired in the final hand by knocking out Colten Yamagishi on the bubble while taking a nice side pot from Skyler York at the same time. That dropped York to 3rd overall with 398k to end the day.
The Day 2 action gets going at 1 PM, and they’ll play to a winner on Tuesday. All players are guaranteed $1,295, but there’s $15,965 waiting up top for the winner.
They are still two eliminations away from the 7-handed final table, so there will be no redraw to start Day 2. See below for seats and stacks of the 9 players in the 6-Max money.
Day 2 Players by Name
T-S Player Chips 3 – 2 Ali Razzaq 147,000 3 – 3 Cameron Stewart 380,000 2 – 3 Deven Lane 470,000 3 – 5 Lee Clarke 120,000 2 – 6 Michael “Berny” Bernstein 126,000 3 – 1 Nu Teliani 866,000 3 – 4 Ramaz Haymour 181,000 2 – 5 Skyler York 398,000 2 – 1 Tony Ma 336,000 Day 2 Players by Seat
T-S Player Chips 2 – 1 Tony Ma 336,000 2 – 3 Deven Lane 470,000 2 – 5 Skyler York 398,000 2 – 6 Michael “Berny” Bernstein 126,000 — 3 – 1 Nu Teliani 866,000 3 – 2 Ali Razzaq 147,000 3 – 3 Cameron Stewart 380,000 3 – 4 Ramaz Haymour 181,000 3 – 5 Lee Clarke 120,000 

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Yamagishi Bubbles the 6-Max Money
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 9/75 Prizes: $49,875 The bags are out, and it was Colten Yamagishi who took the unfortunate bubble tonight. He was short through most of the endgame, and managed to survive for quite a while with his trademark well-timed shoves.
It couldn’t last, however, and he got it in from the button with both Deven Lane and Skyler York calling from the blinds. There was a healthy side pot by the time the 3♥9♠7♥8♠K♠ board, which Lane took with his king-jack of hearts, sending Yamagishi out on the bubble.
Stay tuned for the final counts going into Day 2, coming within the hour.
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Yamagishi Makes the Quiet Move
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 10/75 Prizes: $49,875 Colten Yamagishi isn’t usually shy at the poker table, but in this case, he put his finger to his lips in a move to silence the table as he quietly slid in 83k of his remaining 84k from the button. The table played along with Deven Lane quietly folding his small blind, and Skyler York solently asking for a count with a point from the big.
York mucked a the [pcm]As[/pcn] face up, and Yamagishi showed the 2♠ as he pulled in the pot. “That’s a pro poker move right there, shoving with a deuce on the bubble,” said tablemate Tony Ma with a smile.
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Hand-For-Hand to the Money
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 10/75 Prizes: $49,875 The field is down to 10 left after Daniel Lefebvre hit the rail recently while I was finishing up the side game. The clock is now paused with two minutes coming off manually for each hand played until the next elimination. Given the lateness of the hour, it seems likely they’ll bag up once the bubble bursts tonight.
Nu Teliani still looks to be the big leader with three full stacks of whites in front of her.
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Yamagishi Moves on Lane
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 11/75 Prizes: $49,875 Colten Yamagishi raised the button to 12k before Deven Lane reupped it to 36k from the small blind. Daniel Lefebvre folded his big, and Yamagishi hit the tank for a bit before announcing all-in. Lane quickly mucked his hand to send the pot to Yamagishi.
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Teliani Leads Final 11
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 11/75 Prizes: $49,875 Nu Teliani is the big leader going into Level 16 with 797k, with the next best stack at 363k. Full stacks & seats for the final 11 are below.
T-S Player Chips 2 – 1 Tony Ma 247,000 2 – 2 Colten Yamagishi 181,000 2 – 3 Deven Lane 150,000 2 – 4 Daniel Lefebvre 225,000 2 – 5 Skyler York 363,000 2 – 6 Michael “Berny” Bernstein 122,000 3 – 1 Nu Teliani 797,000 3 – 2 Ali Razzaq 300,000 3 – 3 Cameron Stewart 171,000 3 – 4 Ramaz Haymour 272,000 3 – 5 Lee Clarke 144,000 -
Down to 12
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 12/75 Prizes: $49,875 They are down to the final two tables now in the 6-Max with 12 players left. It’s still uncertain if they will bag up at 9 or 7 tonight.
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Sarnelli Doubles with Running Hearts
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 15/75 Prizes: $49,875 Benny Sarnelli was down to 48k and shoved from the button. Deven Lane had a think about it from the small blind before ultimately folding, but Colten Yamagishi woke up with an ace-eight and called it off. Sarnelli was suited in hearts with king-nine, and it looked even worse for him after Yamagishi flopped an eight, but when the 5♥J♣8♣7♥8♥ board was complete, Sarnelli’s hearts capped the trips of Yamagishi.
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6-Max May Play Until Final Table
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 15/75 Prizes: $49,875 The 6-Max game hits the money at 9 players tonight, and according to the schedule, that should be the end of Day 1. However, if the players all agree, the casino staff have agreed to let them play to the final table today, if they choose, which would be seven players remaining.
15 players are still alive now, so they need to get rid of 6 more to hit the money, and 8 more to hit the final table.
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Lefebvre Leads Final 17 Stacks at Break
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 17/75 Prizes: $49,875 T-S Player Chips 1 – 2 Ramaz Haymour 143,500 1 – 3 Michael “Berny” Bernstein 212,500 1 – 4 Benny Sarnelli 75,000 1 – 5 Deven Lane 178,000 1 – 6 Colten Yamagishi 125,500 2 – 1 Damiel Lefebvre 478,000 2 – 2 Cameron Stewart 172,000 2 – 3 Matthew Ouellette 89,500 2 – 4 Tony Ma 151,000 2 – 5 Julius Roque 55,500 2 – 6 Skyler York 272,000 3 – 1 Ali Razzaq 139,500 3 – 2 Lee Clarke 287,500 3 – 3 Stephen Dauphinais 99,000 3 – 4 Nu Teliani 323,500 3 – 5 Dale Chalifoux 215,500 3 – 6 Zeyu Huang 77,000 -
Lefebvre Stacking Up
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 17/75 Prizes: $49,875 Tony Ma opened the cutoff to 5.5k and Daniel Lefebvre called from the big blind. He check-called for 5k on the A♠Q♣4♦ flop, and again for 13k on the 3♥ turn.
Both players checked the 8♠ river, and Ma mucked his hand when Lefebvre rolled over A♣2♥ for top pair. Lefebvre looks to one of the big stacks right now with about 350k in front of him, but I’ll get some exact counts in about 10 minutes.
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9 Off the Bags
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 18/75 Prizes: $49,875 The 6-Max field is down to 18 remaining, putting them 9 off the end of Day 1. There are about 30 minutes left in Level 12, with another break to follow, and I’ll grab chip counts for all players then. See below for the prizes the top 9 will be fighting for on Day 2 tomorrow.
Place Prize 1 $15,965 2 $10,475 3 $6,980 4 $4,985 5 $3,740 6 $2,695 7 $2,095 8 $1,645 9 $1,295 -
Almost $16k for the Winner
Level: 11 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 20/75 Prizes: $49,875 The prizes are up, and the winner tomorrow will be pocketing just shy of $16k. It turns out only 9 players will get a piece of the prizes, which also means that Day 1 will end with 9 players remaining.
There are about 5 minutes remaining in Level 11, and the next break will come at the end of Level 12. I’ll grab another full round of chip counts at the break for all remaining players.
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Down to 4 Tables
Level: 11 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 24/75 Prizes: $49,875 Entries are now closed for the 6-Max, and while I’m still waiting for the prizes to confirm, it looks like they got 75 entries for the game today. If that holds, it will mean 10 players sharing in nearly $50k in prizes on tomorrow’s Day 2.
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Clarke Leads on Dinner
Level: 10 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 28/75 Prizes: $49,875 There have been a couple of new entries since I grabbed this list of chips, but Lee Clarke is leading on the dinner break. They’ll be in action in Level 10 within a few minutes, but below is a look at the 26 stacks I counted at the start of the dinner break.
T-S Player Chips 1 – 1 Alex Liu 40,000 1 – 2 Ramaz Haymour 125,000 1 – 3 Nicholas Peterson 29,000 1 – 4 Benny Sarnelli 192,000 1 – 6 Colten Yamagishi 150,000 2 – 1 Damiel Lefebvre 23,500 2 – 3 Matthew Ouellette 224,000 2 – 4 Tony Ma 223,000 2 – 5 Phillip Louie 78,000 2 – 6 Dale Chalifoux 161,000 3 – 2 Lee Clarke 288,500 3 – 3 Stephen Dauphinais 116,000 3 – 4 Ryan McFadyen 96,500 3 – 5 Ryan Cairns 33,000 3 – 6 Zeyu Huang 40,000 4 – 1 Skyler York 154,000 4 – 2 Eric Wasylenko 40,000 4 – 3 Alan Zhu 86,500 4 – 4 Brett Doty 129,000 4 – 5 Cameron Stewart 106,000 4 – 6 Julius Roque 38,500 5 – 1 Jason Ross 128,000 5 – 2 Michael “Berny” Bernstein 182,000 5 – 3 Nu Teliani 194,000 5 – 4 Ali Razzaq 30,500 5 – 6 Brett Worton 56,000 -
Nearing 65 Entries for 6-Max
Level: 8 (500/1000/1000) Entries: 33/64 Prizes: $42,560 The 6-Max field is now one entry shy of 65, with prizes at $42,560. There are still 33 players at the felt, with entries closing in just over 90 minutes when they return from dinner for Level 10.
Among the players in the 6-Max mix are Colten Yamagishi, Ramaz Haymour, Nicholas Peterson, Francis Fan, Phillip Louie, Tony Ma, Eric Wasylenko, Deven Lane, Alex Liu, Zeyu Huang, Skyler York, Ali Razzaq, Michael “Berny” Bernstein, Nu Teliani, Ed Zurawell, Brett Worton, Benny Sarnelli, and Shawn Taghavi.
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Ouellette Leads at Break
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 35/55 Prizes: $36,575 There are currently 6 tables in action, and I’ve just collected the chip leader’s count from each table. It looks like Matthew Ouellette is the big leader right now with about 170k, with three others over 100k, and two more closing in on that number.
Player Chips Matthew Ouellette 170,000 Zeyu Huang 111,000 Brett Doty 107,000 Stephen Dauphinais 101,000 Cameron Stewart 94,000 Julius Roque 93,000 -
Five Minutes to Second Break
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 36/54 Prizes: $35,910 The 6-Max game is heading toward the second break of the day, with about 5 minutes to play in Level 6. The field is now at 54 entries for prizes of almost $36k, with just under 3 hours left to enter the game.
I’ll have a look around on the break to see who is stacking chips the highest right now.
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Nearing 50 Entries
Level: 5 (300/500/500) Entries: 35/47 Prizes: $31,255 Level 5 is about halfway complete with 47 entries on the board. That puts the prizes at $31,255 with 3 hours and 45 minutes left to enter the game. Entries close at the start of Level 10, at about 8 PM tonight, so I’m still expecting another 20-ish entries at least before it shuts down for the day.
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34 Entries on First Break
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 30/34 Prizes: $22,610 The 6-Max game is on the first break of the day with three levels now in the books. The field is at 34 entries for prizes of more than $22k.
Entries are still open for a bit less than 5 hours, with the desk set to close around 8 PM tonight. I expect to see another 30+ entries for this at least before they close the desk.
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Monday is 6-Max Day


Event #7: $780 NLH 6-Max ($700 + $80)
Date: Day 1: Sep 22, 1 PM
Day 2: Sep 23, 1 PMBlinds: 40 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:00 PM) Day 1 Ends: 12.5% of the Field, In the Money The main Monday game at PPT #4 is the 6-Max. Play starts at 1 PM, and players get 40,000 in chips to start. Levels will be 40 minutes long, and entries are open for 9 levels, or until about 8 PM.
This is a two-day event, and Day 1 will play until players are in the money with 12.5% of the field remaining, no matter how late that goes. The money play will happen on Tuesday at 1 PM.

Shawn Taghavi, Winner of the July 6-Max Last time out, the game saw 77 entries for prizes of more than $51k. Shawn Taghavi added to a pretty decent series with his second trophy, after winning the Seniors to start the week.
This game will be my main focus for the day, but I’ll be late to the floor after a very long Sunday. I should be on task before the second break at the latest.


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Yamagishi Bubbles the 6-Max Money
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 9/75 Prizes: $49,875 The bags are out, and it was Colten Yamagishi who took the unfortunate bubble tonight. He was short through most of the endgame, and managed to survive for quite a while with his trademark well-timed shoves.
It couldn’t last, however, and he got it in from the button with both Deven Lane and Skyler York calling from the blinds. There was a healthy side pot by the time the 3♥9♠7♥8♠K♠ board, which Lane took with his king-jack of hearts, sending Yamagishi out on the bubble.
Stay tuned for the final counts going into Day 2, coming within the hour.
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Yamagishi Makes the Quiet Move
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 10/75 Prizes: $49,875 Colten Yamagishi isn’t usually shy at the poker table, but in this case, he put his finger to his lips in a move to silence the table as he quietly slid in 83k of his remaining 84k from the button. The table played along with Deven Lane quietly folding his small blind, and Skyler York solently asking for a count with a point from the big.
York mucked a the [pcm]As[/pcn] face up, and Yamagishi showed the 2♠ as he pulled in the pot. “That’s a pro poker move right there, shoving with a deuce on the bubble,” said tablemate Tony Ma with a smile.
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Hand-For-Hand to the Money
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 10/75 Prizes: $49,875 The field is down to 10 left after Daniel Lefebvre hit the rail recently while I was finishing up the side game. The clock is now paused with two minutes coming off manually for each hand played until the next elimination. Given the lateness of the hour, it seems likely they’ll bag up once the bubble bursts tonight.
Nu Teliani still looks to be the big leader with three full stacks of whites in front of her.
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Yamagishi Moves on Lane
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 11/75 Prizes: $49,875 Colten Yamagishi raised the button to 12k before Deven Lane reupped it to 36k from the small blind. Daniel Lefebvre folded his big, and Yamagishi hit the tank for a bit before announcing all-in. Lane quickly mucked his hand to send the pot to Yamagishi.
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Teliani Leads Final 11
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 11/75 Prizes: $49,875 Nu Teliani is the big leader going into Level 16 with 797k, with the next best stack at 363k. Full stacks & seats for the final 11 are below.
T-S Player Chips 2 – 1 Tony Ma 247,000 2 – 2 Colten Yamagishi 181,000 2 – 3 Deven Lane 150,000 2 – 4 Daniel Lefebvre 225,000 2 – 5 Skyler York 363,000 2 – 6 Michael “Berny” Bernstein 122,000 3 – 1 Nu Teliani 797,000 3 – 2 Ali Razzaq 300,000 3 – 3 Cameron Stewart 171,000 3 – 4 Ramaz Haymour 272,000 3 – 5 Lee Clarke 144,000 -
Down to 12
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 12/75 Prizes: $49,875 They are down to the final two tables now in the 6-Max with 12 players left. It’s still uncertain if they will bag up at 9 or 7 tonight.
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Sarnelli Doubles with Running Hearts
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 15/75 Prizes: $49,875 Benny Sarnelli was down to 48k and shoved from the button. Deven Lane had a think about it from the small blind before ultimately folding, but Colten Yamagishi woke up with an ace-eight and called it off. Sarnelli was suited in hearts with king-nine, and it looked even worse for him after Yamagishi flopped an eight, but when the 5♥J♣8♣7♥8♥ board was complete, Sarnelli’s hearts capped the trips of Yamagishi.
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6-Max May Play Until Final Table
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 15/75 Prizes: $49,875 The 6-Max game hits the money at 9 players tonight, and according to the schedule, that should be the end of Day 1. However, if the players all agree, the casino staff have agreed to let them play to the final table today, if they choose, which would be seven players remaining.
15 players are still alive now, so they need to get rid of 6 more to hit the money, and 8 more to hit the final table.
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Lefebvre Leads Final 17 Stacks at Break
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 17/75 Prizes: $49,875 T-S Player Chips 1 – 2 Ramaz Haymour 143,500 1 – 3 Michael “Berny” Bernstein 212,500 1 – 4 Benny Sarnelli 75,000 1 – 5 Deven Lane 178,000 1 – 6 Colten Yamagishi 125,500 2 – 1 Damiel Lefebvre 478,000 2 – 2 Cameron Stewart 172,000 2 – 3 Matthew Ouellette 89,500 2 – 4 Tony Ma 151,000 2 – 5 Julius Roque 55,500 2 – 6 Skyler York 272,000 3 – 1 Ali Razzaq 139,500 3 – 2 Lee Clarke 287,500 3 – 3 Stephen Dauphinais 99,000 3 – 4 Nu Teliani 323,500 3 – 5 Dale Chalifoux 215,500 3 – 6 Zeyu Huang 77,000 -
Lefebvre Stacking Up
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 17/75 Prizes: $49,875 Tony Ma opened the cutoff to 5.5k and Daniel Lefebvre called from the big blind. He check-called for 5k on the A♠Q♣4♦ flop, and again for 13k on the 3♥ turn.
Both players checked the 8♠ river, and Ma mucked his hand when Lefebvre rolled over A♣2♥ for top pair. Lefebvre looks to one of the big stacks right now with about 350k in front of him, but I’ll get some exact counts in about 10 minutes.
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9 Off the Bags
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 18/75 Prizes: $49,875 The 6-Max field is down to 18 remaining, putting them 9 off the end of Day 1. There are about 30 minutes left in Level 12, with another break to follow, and I’ll grab chip counts for all players then. See below for the prizes the top 9 will be fighting for on Day 2 tomorrow.
Place Prize 1 $15,965 2 $10,475 3 $6,980 4 $4,985 5 $3,740 6 $2,695 7 $2,095 8 $1,645 9 $1,295 -
Almost $16k for the Winner
Level: 11 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 20/75 Prizes: $49,875 The prizes are up, and the winner tomorrow will be pocketing just shy of $16k. It turns out only 9 players will get a piece of the prizes, which also means that Day 1 will end with 9 players remaining.
There are about 5 minutes remaining in Level 11, and the next break will come at the end of Level 12. I’ll grab another full round of chip counts at the break for all remaining players.
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Down to 4 Tables
Level: 11 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 24/75 Prizes: $49,875 Entries are now closed for the 6-Max, and while I’m still waiting for the prizes to confirm, it looks like they got 75 entries for the game today. If that holds, it will mean 10 players sharing in nearly $50k in prizes on tomorrow’s Day 2.
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Clarke Leads on Dinner
Level: 10 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 28/75 Prizes: $49,875 There have been a couple of new entries since I grabbed this list of chips, but Lee Clarke is leading on the dinner break. They’ll be in action in Level 10 within a few minutes, but below is a look at the 26 stacks I counted at the start of the dinner break.
T-S Player Chips 1 – 1 Alex Liu 40,000 1 – 2 Ramaz Haymour 125,000 1 – 3 Nicholas Peterson 29,000 1 – 4 Benny Sarnelli 192,000 1 – 6 Colten Yamagishi 150,000 2 – 1 Damiel Lefebvre 23,500 2 – 3 Matthew Ouellette 224,000 2 – 4 Tony Ma 223,000 2 – 5 Phillip Louie 78,000 2 – 6 Dale Chalifoux 161,000 3 – 2 Lee Clarke 288,500 3 – 3 Stephen Dauphinais 116,000 3 – 4 Ryan McFadyen 96,500 3 – 5 Ryan Cairns 33,000 3 – 6 Zeyu Huang 40,000 4 – 1 Skyler York 154,000 4 – 2 Eric Wasylenko 40,000 4 – 3 Alan Zhu 86,500 4 – 4 Brett Doty 129,000 4 – 5 Cameron Stewart 106,000 4 – 6 Julius Roque 38,500 5 – 1 Jason Ross 128,000 5 – 2 Michael “Berny” Bernstein 182,000 5 – 3 Nu Teliani 194,000 5 – 4 Ali Razzaq 30,500 5 – 6 Brett Worton 56,000 -
Nearing 65 Entries for 6-Max
Level: 8 (500/1000/1000) Entries: 33/64 Prizes: $42,560 The 6-Max field is now one entry shy of 65, with prizes at $42,560. There are still 33 players at the felt, with entries closing in just over 90 minutes when they return from dinner for Level 10.
Among the players in the 6-Max mix are Colten Yamagishi, Ramaz Haymour, Nicholas Peterson, Francis Fan, Phillip Louie, Tony Ma, Eric Wasylenko, Deven Lane, Alex Liu, Zeyu Huang, Skyler York, Ali Razzaq, Michael “Berny” Bernstein, Nu Teliani, Ed Zurawell, Brett Worton, Benny Sarnelli, and Shawn Taghavi.
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Ouellette Leads at Break
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 35/55 Prizes: $36,575 There are currently 6 tables in action, and I’ve just collected the chip leader’s count from each table. It looks like Matthew Ouellette is the big leader right now with about 170k, with three others over 100k, and two more closing in on that number.
Player Chips Matthew Ouellette 170,000 Zeyu Huang 111,000 Brett Doty 107,000 Stephen Dauphinais 101,000 Cameron Stewart 94,000 Julius Roque 93,000 -
Five Minutes to Second Break
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 36/54 Prizes: $35,910 The 6-Max game is heading toward the second break of the day, with about 5 minutes to play in Level 6. The field is now at 54 entries for prizes of almost $36k, with just under 3 hours left to enter the game.
I’ll have a look around on the break to see who is stacking chips the highest right now.
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Nearing 50 Entries
Level: 5 (300/500/500) Entries: 35/47 Prizes: $31,255 Level 5 is about halfway complete with 47 entries on the board. That puts the prizes at $31,255 with 3 hours and 45 minutes left to enter the game. Entries close at the start of Level 10, at about 8 PM tonight, so I’m still expecting another 20-ish entries at least before it shuts down for the day.
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34 Entries on First Break
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 30/34 Prizes: $22,610 The 6-Max game is on the first break of the day with three levels now in the books. The field is at 34 entries for prizes of more than $22k.
Entries are still open for a bit less than 5 hours, with the desk set to close around 8 PM tonight. I expect to see another 30+ entries for this at least before they close the desk.
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Monday is 6-Max Day


Event #7: $780 NLH 6-Max ($700 + $80)
Date: Day 1: Sep 22, 1 PM
Day 2: Sep 23, 1 PMBlinds: 40 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:00 PM) Day 1 Ends: 12.5% of the Field, In the Money The main Monday game at PPT #4 is the 6-Max. Play starts at 1 PM, and players get 40,000 in chips to start. Levels will be 40 minutes long, and entries are open for 9 levels, or until about 8 PM.
This is a two-day event, and Day 1 will play until players are in the money with 12.5% of the field remaining, no matter how late that goes. The money play will happen on Tuesday at 1 PM.

Shawn Taghavi, Winner of the July 6-Max Last time out, the game saw 77 entries for prizes of more than $51k. Shawn Taghavi added to a pretty decent series with his second trophy, after winning the Seniors to start the week.
This game will be my main focus for the day, but I’ll be late to the floor after a very long Sunday. I should be on task before the second break at the latest.


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Nu Teliani Defeats Skyler York Heads Up for 6-Max Title
Level: 24 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 1/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Nu Teliani, Winner of the 6-Max 
Skyler York, runner-up in 6-Max After the 6-Max game played 4-handed for several levels, they went from 4 to 1 in just a few minutes. After Lee Clark and Deven Lane hit the rail for 4th and 3rd, respectively, Nu Teliani and Skyler York were very even in chips. They played a few small pots without showdown before the big confrontation.
York opened the button to 90k, then called when Teliani reraised it to 220k. She fired 180k on the 2♥K♦4♣ flop. York repopped it to 460k, and Teliani came back over again to 740k. York flatted to see 2♣ on the turn, then faced a shove from Teliani.
She had him covered by just a few chips, but he called it off. He had pocket sixes, but he was behind the K♠Q♥ for Teliani. The Q♣ river improved her more, and York had to settle for second place tonight. This was Teliani’s 18th live win, and will add ~$10k USD to her Hendon Mob earnings, which were just over $600k going into the game.
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Clark, Lane Out; Now Heads Up
Level: 24 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 2/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Deven Lane 
Lee Clarke Lee Clarke hit the rail for 4th today, shortly after he was left short in the hand against Skyler York. Shortly after, short-stack Deven Lane followed him to the cage for 3rd place, leaving Nu Teliani and Skyler York battling it out for the win.
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Clarke to Fumes
Level: 24 (20000/40000/40000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 It was limped in the blinds between Skyler York and Lee Clarke to see Q♣10♣3♦ on the flop. Both players checked the flop and the 5♠ turn, but it got a bit crazy on the river 10♠. York bet 90k, then called it when Clarke reraised to 200k.
Clarke was on the jack-eight bluff against 5♥4♥ for a turned pair. The hand left Clarke with just 180k behind.
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York Takes Two, Lane Takes One
Level: 23 (15000/30000/30000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 There’s been a lot of recent action, with Skyler York getting a couple of big pots, while Deven Lane grabbed a double. The action started when York jammed 215k from the button, and was called by Lee Clarke. Clarke’s ace-ten had York’s ten-seven suited dominated, but York flopped a gutty and turned the straight for the double.
He then picked up a pot with pocket tens after running out to tens full against Deven Lane. York opened and Nu Teliani called before Lane jammed the big blind. York called, and got another big pot with his full house.
After that, Lane got it in with pocket sixes against ace-jack for Teliani, and the sixes held to double him back into the game.
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Lane Gets There to Survive
Level: 22 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 Lee Clarke limped the button before Nu Teliani raised big from the small blind with a stack of gold 100k chips. Deven Lane called off with about 350k from the big blind, while Clarke got out of the way.
Lane had the best of it with [invalid notations] against Q♣J♥ for Teliani, but Teliani spiked her jack on the flop to take the lead. However, by the time the J♠2♥2♦6♥4♥ board was complete, Lane had running hearts for the nut flush and a double up.
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Teliani Leads at Break, York on her Heels
Level: 22 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 The players are on a break following Level 21, and Nu Teliani is still in the lead, but Skyler York is right behind her.
T-S Player Chips 14 – 1 Skyler York 992,000 14 – 2 Lee Clarke 658,000 14 – 3 Nu Teliani 1,100,000 14 – 5 Deven Lane 300,000 -
Clarke Gets There to Stay Alive
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 The flop was already out when I got to the table, showing K♥3♥5♦. Lee Clarke checked the big blind before Nu Teliani made it 44k to go.
Clarke came over the top with a check-shove for 169k, and Teliani called it off to put him at risk. She was playing the best with pocket queens, but Clarke was drawing to the hearts. He bricked the turn, but the river saved him when the board ran out K♠A♥.
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Lane Doubles
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 Nu Teliani raised the small blind to 45k, then called it off when Deven Lane shoved the big for 204k. She had queen-ten versus ace-four for Lane, and Lane spiked his four on the flop of 3♥4♥5♣3♦ and held for the double. There is another break coming in about 10 minutes, and I’ll update the counts then.
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Telieni Doubles Back to Lead
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 It was a huge pot between Lee Clarke in the small blind and Nu Teliani in the big. Teliani had been chipped down from her previous big lead, and Clarke was sitting on the big stack.
He opened the small to 60k, then called when Teliani pumped it up to 200k. Clarke check-shoved the 7♦3♠A♦ flop, and Teliani called it off to put herself at risk.
Clarke was on diamonds with the king-eight, while Teliani was on top pair with ace-jack. Clarke turned the 8♥ to give him more outs, but the river J♣ gave Teliani two pair and the big double.
She is now back well over a million, while Clarke was left with about 320k to play.
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York Won’t be Pushed Around
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 Skyler York raised the button to 35k, but Lee Clarke decided to make a move from the small blind, putting it up to 80k. Nu Teliani folded her small blind before York hit the tank for about 30 seconds, then 4-bet to 190k. Clarke quickly got rid of his hand to send the 3-bet to York’s stack.
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Tony Ma Out in 5th Place for
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 4/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Tony Ma There are four left in the 6-Max now after Tony Ma went out in 5th place. I missed the action, but he’d been the short stack at the table for a while and was putting himself at risk fairly often.
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Clarke with Dramatic Double
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 5/75 Prizes: $49,875 Lee Clarks shoved the cutoff for 194k, and after some time in the tank, Nu Teliani called from the button to put him at risk. Clarke was ahead with A♦J♦ versus A♥5♥ for Teliani.
Teliani ended up ruining her flush, but Clarke had already flopped her dead on the board of J♥J♠J♣3♥2♥.
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York Rivers It; Clarke Takes on on Turn
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 5/75 Prizes: $49,875 It was limped preflop between blinds Tony Ma and Skyler York, and they both checked the K♦K♥2♠ flop. On the 10♥ turn, Ma led for 20k and York called. They went back to checks on the 5♠ river, and Ma announced jack-high, but mucked when York rolled over 5♥4♥ for the rivered pair of fives with a busted flush draw.
A few hands later, Lee Clarke raised the button to 25k, and Deven Lane came along from the big blind. They both checked the 2♠10♠10♥ flop, and Lane check-folded to 15k on the A♠ turn.
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Cameron Stewart Out in 6th Place for $2,695
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 5/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Cameron Stewart The field is down to 5 left now after Cameron Stewart hit the rail in a hand I missed while I was out of the room. There are now about 20 minutes remaining in Level 19, and the average stack is 50 big blinds, but Nu Teliani has 110 of the 250 big blinds in play right now.
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Ma Shoves the Spades
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 6/75 Prizes: $49,875 Tony Ma raised the cutoff to 25k, then called when Skyler York three-bet to 60k from the button. The all spade flop was A♠Q♠10♠, and Ma Shoved for 125k. York hit the tank for a bit, but ultimately gave up his hand.
“Umm, check, I mean,” said Ma with a smile. “I played that hand so badly.”
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Teliani with Heaps
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 6/75 Prizes: $49,875 Chips & Seats from the Break
T-S Player Chips 14 – 1 Skyler York 431,000 14 – 2 Lee Clarke 299,000 14 – 3 Nu Teliani 1,312,000 14 – 4 Cameron Stewart 163,000 14 – 5 Deven Lane 470,000 14 – 6 Tony Ma 200,000 -
Ali Razzaq Out in 7th Place for $2,095
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 6/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Ali Razzaq The 6-Max hame is now down to 6 left after Ali Razzaq was the first player off the final table. They have a break in about 15 minutes and I’ll get full counts for the remaining players then.
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Bernstein, Haymour, First to Exit
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 7/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Michael “Berny” Bernstein 
Ramaz Haymour The 6-Max game is quickly down to the final table of 7 after both tables lost a player on the same hand. Michael “Berny” Bernstein busted for 9th place right before Ramaz Haymour took 8th place on the other table.
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6-Max Money Shots
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 9/75 Prizes: $49,875 
Nu Teliani 
Lee Clarke 
Ramaz Haymour 
Cameron Stewart 
Ali Razzaq 
Deven Lane 
Skyler York 
Michael “Berny” Bernstein 
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6-Max Money Play About to Begin
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 9/75 Prizes: $49,875 The 6-Max action for Day 2 is about to get going with 8 minutes remaining in Level 17. Nu Teliani is the big leader to start the day – Stay tuned for some pictures of the money players.
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Teliani Leads Day 2 of Six Max


Event #7: $780 NLH 6-Max ($700 + $80)
Date: Day 1: Sep 22, 1 PM
Day 2: Sep 23, 1 PMBlinds: 40 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Entries: 75 Prizes: $49,875 ($15,965 for 1st) The final day of the 6-Max is set with 9 players returning. Nu Teliani is leading the way by a significant margin with 866k. Her closest rival is Deven Lane with 470k, much of which he acquired in the final hand by knocking out Colten Yamagishi on the bubble while taking a nice side pot from Skyler York at the same time. That dropped York to 3rd overall with 398k to end the day.
The Day 2 action gets going at 1 PM, and they’ll play to a winner on Tuesday. All players are guaranteed $1,295, but there’s $15,965 waiting up top for the winner.
They are still two eliminations away from the 7-handed final table, so there will be no redraw to start Day 2. See below for seats and stacks of the 9 players in the 6-Max money.
Day 2 Players by Name
T-S Player Chips 3 – 2 Ali Razzaq 147,000 3 – 3 Cameron Stewart 380,000 2 – 3 Deven Lane 470,000 3 – 5 Lee Clarke 120,000 2 – 6 Michael “Berny” Bernstein 126,000 3 – 1 Nu Teliani 866,000 3 – 4 Ramaz Haymour 181,000 2 – 5 Skyler York 398,000 2 – 1 Tony Ma 336,000 Day 2 Players by Seat
T-S Player Chips 2 – 1 Tony Ma 336,000 2 – 3 Deven Lane 470,000 2 – 5 Skyler York 398,000 2 – 6 Michael “Berny” Bernstein 126,000 — 3 – 1 Nu Teliani 866,000 3 – 2 Ali Razzaq 147,000 3 – 3 Cameron Stewart 380,000 3 – 4 Ramaz Haymour 181,000 3 – 5 Lee Clarke 120,000 


| Place | Player | Prize |
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| 1 | $15,965 | |
| 2 | $10,475 | |
| 3 | $6,980 | |
| 4 | $4,985 | |
| 5 | $3,740 | |
| 6 | $2,695 | |
| 7 | $2,095 | |
| 8 | $1,645 | |
| 9 | $1,295 |


