2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #5 – Event #12: $1,500 PLO Main

Ryan Comely is the PLO champ in this series, as he has just taken down the PLO Main. Earlier in the week, Comlely bagged the win in the $560 NLH game, and now he’s come through for the win in the PLO Main as well.

Comely was one of the shorter stacks coming back into the money play for today, with his heads-up opponent, Cam Stewart, in the lead. Comely played a patient game through the day to stay alive, and when he got heads up against Stewart, he was about 3:1 down.

That changed in a hurry when Comely hit a runner-runner straight for a double to the lead, and then, just a few hands later, found another straight to the ten to crack the two-pair for Stewart and take down the win. It’s unclear whether Comely will jump into the two-card Main flight today, but either way, it’s a lock that he’ll be taking a shot tomorrow.

Cam Stewart has had a pretty good run in the last couple of PPT series. In September, he found multiple final tables and two heads-up situations. This time around, he’s been back to the final table a couple of times, and just got heads up in the PLO Main against Ryan Comely, who was fresh off his recent PLO Bounty win the other night.

Unfortunately for Stewart, second seems the best he can manage lately, as once again he fell in heads-up play. He had the chip lead all the way through the money play, up until the endgame against Comely. Two hands changed it up.

In the first, Comely rivered a straight to the king to crack a set of kings for Stewart. That doubled Comely into the lead, and just a few hands later, Stewart limped the button, then called when Comely made it 90k.

On the flop of K♣2♠6♥, Comely fired 210k, and Stewart called. The money went in on the 7♥ turn when Comely potted, then called off when Stewart shoved his remaining chips. Stewart was on two pair with K♥9♦6♦3♦ against top pair for Comely with A♦K♠10♠9♦.

The runout was all Comely with the river 8♣ hitting him in the gut for the ten-high straight and the win.

Cam Stewart potted the button to 90k, Ryan Comely repotted to 270k, then called when Stewart shoved. Stewart was ahead pre with A♣K♠K♥Q♥ against Q♠J♦J♠7♦ for Comely, but when the 10♥Q♣6♠9♣K♠ board was complete, Comely was straight to the king for the win. He had 1.155 million before the hand, so is now playing the lead with about 2.3 million to about 1.4 million for Stewart.

Adrian Baran was the short stack, and he ended his day in 3rd place today for the first five-figure payout from today’s game. I missed the action, but it looks like Ryan Comely’s stack of 965k now contains the chips that Baran was playing, while Cam Stewart is still the big leader with nearly 3 million to play with.

Cam Stewart has been leading in the money the whole way, and he’s still sitting on the big stack. He has about 3 million in front of him, with Ryan Comely on about 550k and Adrian Baran on the short stack with about 220k.

Ryan Comely limped the small blind into Adrian Baran, and he checked his option to a flop of 2♣4♠7♠. Comely bet 40k and Baran called to the 10♦ turn.

Comely potted to 155k and Baran called to see 2♥ on the river. Comely shoved the rest of his stack, and Baran eventually folded. Conely showed 9♠8♠5♠ while leaving his fourth card down, but said he was jack-high as he collected the pot.

Mike Malm, who was the 2024 API Player of the Year and is leading the race for 2025 as well, just took the last payout under $10k after he got his money in with kings. Adrian Baran called him off with an ace-queen, and despite Malm hitting trip eights, Baran found a two outer to bigger trips to take down the pot.

They are down to four now after Scot Munro hit the cage for fith place shortly after the break. He was the short stack at the break and had chipped down to 105k when he shoved his button. Mike Malm called from the small blind with more.

Malm was on Q♠10♦9♦8♦ against K♦J♠4♠3♣, and when the 2♦4♥A♥9♠A♣ board was complete, Malm’s pair of nines was the winner.

Cam Stewart is leading with more than 1.5 million at the break, while Ryan Comely also has more than 1 million in play. Full stacks for the final five are below.

Scot Munro limped the button, and Ryan Comely checked his option from the big blind. They both checked the flop of K♣9♠6♠, and Comely fired 30k on the 6♥ turn. Munro called to the 7♠ river, where Comely fired 100k.

Munro thought he was calling, but accidentally slid out a stack of whites worth 200k. Comely threw in the extra 100k chip for the call, showing [invalid notations] for the running boat against a spade flush for Munro, who only showed his two spades.

The PLO Main field is down to 5 left now after Tony Comely cashed out for 6th place today.

Cam Stewart opened the button to 35k, and Scot Munro called from the big blind to the flop of 4♦4♠6♣. They both checked to the 9♥ turn, where Munro fired 45k. Stewart called, and the river was 3♠.

The river action went check-check, and Munro announced “Almost a wheel,” showing ace-deuce. Stewart showed K♠K♣9♣5♥ for kings for the win.

Cam Stewart opened the action early to 35k, and Scot Munro called from the cutoff. Both Ryan Comely and Adrian Baran came along from the blinds to a flop of 7♣4♠9♣.

Comely fired out a pot bet of 155k, leaving just 38k behind. Baran and Stewart backed out quickly, but Munro hit the tak for a bit before raising to put Comely all in. Comely called with top set showing J♥J♣9♦9♠ against the wrap for Munro with 10♠10♦8♦7♠.

The 2♥A♠ runout didn’t change anything, and Comely doubled to more than 400k.

Adrian Baran opened to 35k from the hijack, and Angelo Jopek called from the cutoff with a smaller stack. It all kicked off on the [invalid notations], but Baran was on a set of rockets with A♠A♦8♣2♥. The runout didn’t change anything, and Jopek hit the rail for 7th place today.

They are down to seven left in the PLO Main after Deron Noksana took the 8th place spot today. I missed the action while writing up the previous hand.

The flop was already out, reading 8♣5♦4♠. Angelo Jopek was in the big blind and had a bet of 108k in front of him, but Scot Munro, from the hijack, reraised to 350k, sending Jopek into the tank.

He had about half his stack in for the bet, but after a bit more than a minute of staring at the board, he sent his hand to the muck. Munro showed a pair of sixes, which at least blocked the straights on board, and Jopek commented, “That would be a sick bluff id you didn’t have it. Pretty sure you had it.” Munro just smiled as he collected the pot.

The PLO Main is on their first break of Day 2 with the conclusion of Level 15. Day 1 ended with about 30 minutes to play in 15, so that’s where they picked things up today.

The short stacks coming into today ended their runs pretty early, with Preston Stevenson out first for 10th, followed quickly by Michael Baldwin in 9th.

Final Table Faces

Cam Stewart has a big lead going into Day 2 of the PLO Main, with 1.121 million in his bag. 2024 API Player of the Year and Leader for 2025, Mike Malm, is second with more than 700k. See below for the seats and stacks for the final 10 players, with everyone now guaranteed at least $2,420. They have just under 30 minutes to play in Level 15 when they return to the Day 2 action on Friday at noon.

They are still playing hand-for-hand in the PLO Main, with 11 left on the bubble to the end of the night. The clock reads 30 minutes remaining in Level 15, which means they’ve played five hands at 5k/10k/10k. Hand for hand will continue until the bust one more player.

John McCarthy, Nu Teliani, and Ryan Smith were the most recent exits from the PLO Main, putting the field at 11 players. They’ll bring the bags out at ten, so they are on the hard bubble now with the clock paused. They’ll take 2 minutes off the clock for each hand from here out until the next elimination, after which they’ll bag up to return tomorrow for the money play.

They are down to 14 remaining in the PLO Main now, which puts them just four players off the money. Erwin Elias was the most recent casualty to get the game to 14.

Cam Stewart picked up a huge pot just before the break after Pav Braich shoved the turn on a board of 6♦10♣7♣8♣J♥ with the bottom end of the straight, but Stewart topped the straight for a huge win to put him at 1 million.

They are down to 18 remaining in the PLO Main Now with about 20 minutes to play in Level 14. Deven Lane was the bubble to the final two tables, finishing his run in 19th place tonight.

They are down to 19 in the PLO Main now, with about 25 minutes to play in Level 14. The prizes are in and the field is confirmed at 75 entries, with 10 bags at the end of the night.

The winner tomorrow is set to pocket $28,110, and a total of three players will bag five-figure scores. See below for the full payouts for tomorrow’s action, though depending on how quickly they get to 10 players tonight, they might keep playing a bit into the money.

25 minutes remain in Level 12, and the field is down to 28 players left. That should put them 18 players off the bags for tonight, but I’m still waiting on the prizes to confirm all the numbers. I’m still predicting 10 bags with $96,188 to play for on Day 2.

While I am still waiting on the numbers to be confirmed, it looks like the PLO Main will be playing for just shy of $100k. There are 75 entries on the board at the end of registration, and 39 players are still in action.

If these numbers hold, then 10 players will bag chips later tonight and return tomorrow to fight for a piece of $96,188 in total prizes. I’ll confirm those numbers when the prizes are posted shortly.

It looks like Nu Teliani is leading the way as players are just about to return from dinner. Entries will close when they sit down again in less than 5 minutes, so it looks like this game will close entries with around $95k in total prizes, a decent showing for the first running of this format.

The prizes are now over $85k as Level 9 begins. That puts the PLO Main in the final level of open entry; however, entries will remain open through the 30-minute dinner break that follows this level.

I still expect to see a few more entries before the end of dinner in a bit more than an hour, but it seems likely this game will end with 80 or fewer entries.

The prizes for the PLO Main are now approaching $85k with 64 entries on the board. Level 8 is about to begin, which leaves them a bit less than 2 hours away from the end of entries.

Yong Lu looks to be leading at the break following Level 6. The players are just about to sit down for Level 7 to play the final three levels of open entry.

Lu has more than 140k in front of him, while Adrian Baran, in town for his first event from Regina, has 124k to play with right now.

There are just over 20 minutes left in Level 6, with the second break of the day scheduled following this level. After that, there are three more levels of late entry, plus the dinner break, before entries shut down at the start of Level 10 at around 7 PM tonight.

That makes it likely we’ll see 10-20 more entries for this one at least before it shuts down for the night.

The players are just back from their first break of the day, with 40 entries on the board and 35 players at the felt. Angelo Jopek looks to be leading after taking a big pot from Skyler York before the break. He is one of three players with more than twice the start stack now, but there are also a few others who have stacked up well above the start already.

Level 3 is about to begin with 31 entries on the board. That puts the prizes at nearly $40k before the first break, with more than 5 hours left to enter the Day 1 action. API Player of the Year for 2024, and leader for 2025, Mike Malm, is among the newer players in a seat, along with Ali Khani, Colte Yamagishi, Brady O’Hara, and Nu Teliani just buying into the game.

Level 1 is nearly complete in the PLO Main with 18 players fighting it out. I expect the numbers to hit at least 50 today, and possibly higher, and there are already a few players in the mix that I haven’t seen in a game so far this week. Adrian Baran is in from Sask for his first game this series, and I also spotted Calgary’s Angelo Jopek at a table for the first time this week in this one. Along with them, I can see Pete Fylyma, Cam Stewart, Kirk Nilson, Nick Milkovich, and Skyer York, among others.

Event #12: $1,500 PLO Main Day 1 ($1,350 + $150)

Thursday’s main action is the PLO Main. This game looks to be replacing a smaller $450 PLO game that ran in this slot during the last series, and is something of a renewal of the High Roller with an extra two cards.

The Day 1 action gets going on Thursday at Noon. The blinds are 40 minutes long, and players have 7 hours to enter the game, with the desk set to close at 7 PM when they sit down for Level 10. After that, they’ll play down to 12.5% of the starting field before bagging up to return for Day 2 on Friday, with all players in the money.

Players should note that there has been an update to the structure, and players will get 50k in chips for their $1,500 buy-in, making the game a bit deeper than the original 40k. This game will be my main focus on Thursday, and I should be on the floor pretty close to the start of play, depending on how late Wednesday ends up running.

They are still playing hand-for-hand in the PLO Main, with 11 left on the bubble to the end of the night. The clock reads 30 minutes remaining in Level 15, which means they’ve played five hands at 5k/10k/10k. Hand for hand will continue until the bust one more player.

John McCarthy, Nu Teliani, and Ryan Smith were the most recent exits from the PLO Main, putting the field at 11 players. They’ll bring the bags out at ten, so they are on the hard bubble now with the clock paused. They’ll take 2 minutes off the clock for each hand from here out until the next elimination, after which they’ll bag up to return tomorrow for the money play.

They are down to 14 remaining in the PLO Main now, which puts them just four players off the money. Erwin Elias was the most recent casualty to get the game to 14.

Cam Stewart picked up a huge pot just before the break after Pav Braich shoved the turn on a board of 6♦10♣7♣8♣J♥ with the bottom end of the straight, but Stewart topped the straight for a huge win to put him at 1 million.

They are down to 18 remaining in the PLO Main Now with about 20 minutes to play in Level 14. Deven Lane was the bubble to the final two tables, finishing his run in 19th place tonight.

They are down to 19 in the PLO Main now, with about 25 minutes to play in Level 14. The prizes are in and the field is confirmed at 75 entries, with 10 bags at the end of the night.

The winner tomorrow is set to pocket $28,110, and a total of three players will bag five-figure scores. See below for the full payouts for tomorrow’s action, though depending on how quickly they get to 10 players tonight, they might keep playing a bit into the money.

25 minutes remain in Level 12, and the field is down to 28 players left. That should put them 18 players off the bags for tonight, but I’m still waiting on the prizes to confirm all the numbers. I’m still predicting 10 bags with $96,188 to play for on Day 2.

While I am still waiting on the numbers to be confirmed, it looks like the PLO Main will be playing for just shy of $100k. There are 75 entries on the board at the end of registration, and 39 players are still in action.

If these numbers hold, then 10 players will bag chips later tonight and return tomorrow to fight for a piece of $96,188 in total prizes. I’ll confirm those numbers when the prizes are posted shortly.

It looks like Nu Teliani is leading the way as players are just about to return from dinner. Entries will close when they sit down again in less than 5 minutes, so it looks like this game will close entries with around $95k in total prizes, a decent showing for the first running of this format.

The prizes are now over $85k as Level 9 begins. That puts the PLO Main in the final level of open entry; however, entries will remain open through the 30-minute dinner break that follows this level.

I still expect to see a few more entries before the end of dinner in a bit more than an hour, but it seems likely this game will end with 80 or fewer entries.

The prizes for the PLO Main are now approaching $85k with 64 entries on the board. Level 8 is about to begin, which leaves them a bit less than 2 hours away from the end of entries.

Yong Lu looks to be leading at the break following Level 6. The players are just about to sit down for Level 7 to play the final three levels of open entry.

Lu has more than 140k in front of him, while Adrian Baran, in town for his first event from Regina, has 124k to play with right now.

There are just over 20 minutes left in Level 6, with the second break of the day scheduled following this level. After that, there are three more levels of late entry, plus the dinner break, before entries shut down at the start of Level 10 at around 7 PM tonight.

That makes it likely we’ll see 10-20 more entries for this one at least before it shuts down for the night.

The players are just back from their first break of the day, with 40 entries on the board and 35 players at the felt. Angelo Jopek looks to be leading after taking a big pot from Skyler York before the break. He is one of three players with more than twice the start stack now, but there are also a few others who have stacked up well above the start already.

Level 3 is about to begin with 31 entries on the board. That puts the prizes at nearly $40k before the first break, with more than 5 hours left to enter the Day 1 action. API Player of the Year for 2024, and leader for 2025, Mike Malm, is among the newer players in a seat, along with Ali Khani, Colte Yamagishi, Brady O’Hara, and Nu Teliani just buying into the game.

Level 1 is nearly complete in the PLO Main with 18 players fighting it out. I expect the numbers to hit at least 50 today, and possibly higher, and there are already a few players in the mix that I haven’t seen in a game so far this week. Adrian Baran is in from Sask for his first game this series, and I also spotted Calgary’s Angelo Jopek at a table for the first time this week in this one. Along with them, I can see Pete Fylyma, Cam Stewart, Kirk Nilson, Nick Milkovich, and Skyer York, among others.

Event #12: $1,500 PLO Main Day 1 ($1,350 + $150)

Thursday’s main action is the PLO Main. This game looks to be replacing a smaller $450 PLO game that ran in this slot during the last series, and is something of a renewal of the High Roller with an extra two cards.

The Day 1 action gets going on Thursday at Noon. The blinds are 40 minutes long, and players have 7 hours to enter the game, with the desk set to close at 7 PM when they sit down for Level 10. After that, they’ll play down to 12.5% of the starting field before bagging up to return for Day 2 on Friday, with all players in the money.

Players should note that there has been an update to the structure, and players will get 50k in chips for their $1,500 buy-in, making the game a bit deeper than the original 40k. This game will be my main focus on Thursday, and I should be on the floor pretty close to the start of play, depending on how late Wednesday ends up running.

Ryan Comely is the PLO champ in this series, as he has just taken down the PLO Main. Earlier in the week, Comlely bagged the win in the $560 NLH game, and now he’s come through for the win in the PLO Main as well.

Comely was one of the shorter stacks coming back into the money play for today, with his heads-up opponent, Cam Stewart, in the lead. Comely played a patient game through the day to stay alive, and when he got heads up against Stewart, he was about 3:1 down.

That changed in a hurry when Comely hit a runner-runner straight for a double to the lead, and then, just a few hands later, found another straight to the ten to crack the two-pair for Stewart and take down the win. It’s unclear whether Comely will jump into the two-card Main flight today, but either way, it’s a lock that he’ll be taking a shot tomorrow.

Cam Stewart has had a pretty good run in the last couple of PPT series. In September, he found multiple final tables and two heads-up situations. This time around, he’s been back to the final table a couple of times, and just got heads up in the PLO Main against Ryan Comely, who was fresh off his recent PLO Bounty win the other night.

Unfortunately for Stewart, second seems the best he can manage lately, as once again he fell in heads-up play. He had the chip lead all the way through the money play, up until the endgame against Comely. Two hands changed it up.

In the first, Comely rivered a straight to the king to crack a set of kings for Stewart. That doubled Comely into the lead, and just a few hands later, Stewart limped the button, then called when Comely made it 90k.

On the flop of K♣2♠6♥, Comely fired 210k, and Stewart called. The money went in on the 7♥ turn when Comely potted, then called off when Stewart shoved his remaining chips. Stewart was on two pair with K♥9♦6♦3♦ against top pair for Comely with A♦K♠10♠9♦.

The runout was all Comely with the river 8♣ hitting him in the gut for the ten-high straight and the win.

Cam Stewart potted the button to 90k, Ryan Comely repotted to 270k, then called when Stewart shoved. Stewart was ahead pre with A♣K♠K♥Q♥ against Q♠J♦J♠7♦ for Comely, but when the 10♥Q♣6♠9♣K♠ board was complete, Comely was straight to the king for the win. He had 1.155 million before the hand, so is now playing the lead with about 2.3 million to about 1.4 million for Stewart.

Adrian Baran was the short stack, and he ended his day in 3rd place today for the first five-figure payout from today’s game. I missed the action, but it looks like Ryan Comely’s stack of 965k now contains the chips that Baran was playing, while Cam Stewart is still the big leader with nearly 3 million to play with.

Cam Stewart has been leading in the money the whole way, and he’s still sitting on the big stack. He has about 3 million in front of him, with Ryan Comely on about 550k and Adrian Baran on the short stack with about 220k.

Ryan Comely limped the small blind into Adrian Baran, and he checked his option to a flop of 2♣4♠7♠. Comely bet 40k and Baran called to the 10♦ turn.

Comely potted to 155k and Baran called to see 2♥ on the river. Comely shoved the rest of his stack, and Baran eventually folded. Conely showed 9♠8♠5♠ while leaving his fourth card down, but said he was jack-high as he collected the pot.

Mike Malm, who was the 2024 API Player of the Year and is leading the race for 2025 as well, just took the last payout under $10k after he got his money in with kings. Adrian Baran called him off with an ace-queen, and despite Malm hitting trip eights, Baran found a two outer to bigger trips to take down the pot.

They are down to four now after Scot Munro hit the cage for fith place shortly after the break. He was the short stack at the break and had chipped down to 105k when he shoved his button. Mike Malm called from the small blind with more.

Malm was on Q♠10♦9♦8♦ against K♦J♠4♠3♣, and when the 2♦4♥A♥9♠A♣ board was complete, Malm’s pair of nines was the winner.

Cam Stewart is leading with more than 1.5 million at the break, while Ryan Comely also has more than 1 million in play. Full stacks for the final five are below.

Scot Munro limped the button, and Ryan Comely checked his option from the big blind. They both checked the flop of K♣9♠6♠, and Comely fired 30k on the 6♥ turn. Munro called to the 7♠ river, where Comely fired 100k.

Munro thought he was calling, but accidentally slid out a stack of whites worth 200k. Comely threw in the extra 100k chip for the call, showing [invalid notations] for the running boat against a spade flush for Munro, who only showed his two spades.

The PLO Main field is down to 5 left now after Tony Comely cashed out for 6th place today.

Cam Stewart opened the button to 35k, and Scot Munro called from the big blind to the flop of 4♦4♠6♣. They both checked to the 9♥ turn, where Munro fired 45k. Stewart called, and the river was 3♠.

The river action went check-check, and Munro announced “Almost a wheel,” showing ace-deuce. Stewart showed K♠K♣9♣5♥ for kings for the win.

Cam Stewart opened the action early to 35k, and Scot Munro called from the cutoff. Both Ryan Comely and Adrian Baran came along from the blinds to a flop of 7♣4♠9♣.

Comely fired out a pot bet of 155k, leaving just 38k behind. Baran and Stewart backed out quickly, but Munro hit the tak for a bit before raising to put Comely all in. Comely called with top set showing J♥J♣9♦9♠ against the wrap for Munro with 10♠10♦8♦7♠.

The 2♥A♠ runout didn’t change anything, and Comely doubled to more than 400k.

Adrian Baran opened to 35k from the hijack, and Angelo Jopek called from the cutoff with a smaller stack. It all kicked off on the [invalid notations], but Baran was on a set of rockets with A♠A♦8♣2♥. The runout didn’t change anything, and Jopek hit the rail for 7th place today.

They are down to seven left in the PLO Main after Deron Noksana took the 8th place spot today. I missed the action while writing up the previous hand.

The flop was already out, reading 8♣5♦4♠. Angelo Jopek was in the big blind and had a bet of 108k in front of him, but Scot Munro, from the hijack, reraised to 350k, sending Jopek into the tank.

He had about half his stack in for the bet, but after a bit more than a minute of staring at the board, he sent his hand to the muck. Munro showed a pair of sixes, which at least blocked the straights on board, and Jopek commented, “That would be a sick bluff id you didn’t have it. Pretty sure you had it.” Munro just smiled as he collected the pot.

The PLO Main is on their first break of Day 2 with the conclusion of Level 15. Day 1 ended with about 30 minutes to play in 15, so that’s where they picked things up today.

The short stacks coming into today ended their runs pretty early, with Preston Stevenson out first for 10th, followed quickly by Michael Baldwin in 9th.

Final Table Faces

Cam Stewart has a big lead going into Day 2 of the PLO Main, with 1.121 million in his bag. 2024 API Player of the Year and Leader for 2025, Mike Malm, is second with more than 700k. See below for the seats and stacks for the final 10 players, with everyone now guaranteed at least $2,420. They have just under 30 minutes to play in Level 15 when they return to the Day 2 action on Friday at noon.