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Pav Braich Defies the Odds to Win Back to Back PPT Main Event Titles ($50,000)
Pav Braich Wins Back to Back PPT Main Events The final PPT Main Event of 2025 saw a surge of entries. A field of 355 combined for a prize pool $333,878. Pav Braich did the unthinkable and weathered the storm of Day 2 to find back to back main event victories. Pav entered the day as one of the short stacks. However, he wouldn’t let that hold him back. He found a double with kings early in the day to fall to the middle of the pact.
He found another timely pot with queen-seven to close in on the 1,000,000 chip mark. As play got down to the final table, Braich’s patience was on full display. Braich found himself battling with other short stacks for ladders. He played disciplined finding key all-ins and stealing pots where he could. Finally with play five-handed Braich launched his attack. He found big hands on the button picking up dead money and stealing the blinds repeatedly.
Soon after he found a key double up with pocket nines against ace-queen. The four remaining players all sat similar in stacks with each holding 2-3 million in chips. Sanchez seemed to have nine lives, finding river after river against Braich when at risk. However, Braich held steady and eliminated him find a full house with ace-six.
At three handed, chips flew eventually settling with all remaining players sharing a similar stack of 3,500,000. Johnny Dalphond, Luteng Li, and Braich agreed to chop for $47,000 leaving $3,000 and the trophy for the winner. From there, Braich made short work of the competition. Braich eliminated Li flopping a pair of tens against his overcards. Dalphond battled back finding a double to even the chip stacks.
However, Braich would not be denied. Immediately after, he called off Dalphond’s jam with pocket eights. He flopped a set turning Dalphond dead to accomplish the incredible feat of back to back Main Event titles. With this he soars past the $400,000 USD lifetie earnings.
Event #14: $1,100 Main Event Final Table Results
Position Player Prize 1 
Pav Braich*$50,000 2 Johnny Dalphond*$47,000 3 Luteng Li*$47,000 4 Teo Sanchez$23,430 5 Chris Hak$18,040 6 Julius Roque$14,295 7 Quentin Siffledeen$11,245 8 Saeed Ganji$8,905 9 Eric Wasylenko$7,265 -
Johnny Dalphond Eliminated in 2nd Place ($47,000)
Level: 29 (60,000/120,000/120,000) Entries: 1/355 Prizes: $333,878 
Johnny Dalphond Main Event The previous hand Johnny Dalphond moved all in, and was called by Pav Braich. He was drawing slim with just an open ended straight draw. However, he smashed the river to find the double up and even the stacks.
The following hand, after a raise and three-bet, Dalphond moved all in for 5,040,000. Pav Braich made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Johnny Dalphond: A♠6♣
Pav Braich: 8♥8♦The board ran out J♥K♦8♣4♠10♦ to give Braich the back to back PPT Main Event trophies.
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Luteng Li Eliminated in 3rd Place ($47,000)
Level: 28 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 2/355 Prizes: $333,878 
Luteng Li PPT Main Event Luteng Li lost a healthy chunk of his stack the previous hand, with Pav Braich firing 1,200,000 on the river into the 3,500,000 pot. Li made the call and Braich revealed pocket queens for the nut full house.
Li moved all in for 790,000 from the button, and Braich was quick to make the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Luteng Li: A♠Q♥
Pav Braich: K♦10♠The board ran out 5♦6♦10♥J♦8♠ to send Li out in the podium place.
Pav Braich: 7,460,000
Johnny Dalphond: 3,175,000 -
Li Doubles; Players Agree to a Chop
Level: 28 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 3/355 Prizes: $333,878 Pav Braich opened to 200,000 from the button. Luteng Li moved all in for 1,470,000 from the big blind, and Braich made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Luteng Li: A♦5♣
Pav Braich: A♥8♦The board ran out 9♥4♠K♦3♣2♥ for Li to find the double. With the three players sitting at similar stack sizes, they agreed to an even chop guaranteeing everyone $47,000. The winner would receive the coveted Main Event PPT trophy, along with $3,000. Any leftover prize pool will be donated to the dealers/house as a tip.
Pav Braich: 3,660,000
Johnny Dalphond: 3,500,000
Luteng Li: 3,400,000 -
Bullets for Braich
Level: 28 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 3/355 Prizes: $333,878 Action was caught after the board ran out K♥4♠2♦7♦9♥, and Luteng Li checked to Pav Braich.
He fired for 800,000, and Li found the call.
Braich revealed A♦A♥ to take the pot.
Pav Braich: 6,750,000
Luteng Li: 2,150,000
Johnny Dalphond: 1,725,000 -
Teo Sanchez Eliminated in 4th Place ($23,430)
Level: 28 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 3/355 Prizes: $333,878 
Teo Sanchez Main Event Teo Sanchez opened to 200,000 from the cutoff. After finding back to back doubles, Pav Braich moved all in. Sanchez call for his remaining 1,000,000 and both players revealed their holdings.
Teo Sanchez: K♣Q♣
Pav Braich: A♣6♠The board ran out 9♣4♣9♥A♥A♦ to send the pot to Braich.
Pav Braich: 4,740,000
Luteng Li: 4,120,000
Johnny Dalphond: 1,840,000 -
Sanchez Has Nine Lives
Level: 27 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 4/355 Prizes: $333,878 Pav Braich opened to 160,000, and Teo Sanchez defended his big blind.
The flop came 6♣2♥10♠, and Sanchez was quick to check. Braich fired for 230,000, and Sanchez moved all in for 650,000. Braich found the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Teo Sanchez: A♦6♥
Pav Braich: 6♦7♣The board completed with the 7♦10♥ for Sanchez to find the double.
Luteng Li: 5,600,000
Johnny Dalphond: 2,550,000
Teo Sanchez: 1,660,000
Pav Braich: 650,000 -
Sanchez Finds a Miracle River
Level: 27 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 4/355 Prizes: $333,878 Teo Sanchez moved all in for 840,000, and Pav Braich moved all in over the top. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Teo Sanchez: K♣10♠
Pav Braich: J♥J♠The board ran out 6♦10♥9♦4♦10♦ for Sanchez to take the pot.
Teo Sanchez: 1,630,000
Pav Braich: 1,420,000 -
Braich and Sanchez Chipping Up
Level: 27 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 4/355 Prizes: $333,878 After an initial raise, Pav Braich moved all in for around 1,000,000. Johnny Dalphond moved all in over the top. Braich’s pair of nines faded the overs of Dalphond to find the double.
The following hand, Teo Sanchez opened to 160,000 from the cutoff. Luteng Li three-bet to 520,000, and Sanchez moved all in for 1,560,000. Li went into the tank, but found the fold for all players to sit with a similar size stack.
Luteng Li: 2,900,000
Johnny Dalphond: 2,580,000
Pav Braich: 2,400,000
Teo Sanchez: 2,260,000 -
Chris Hak Eliminated in 5th Place ($18,040)
Level: 27 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 4/355 Prizes: $333,878 
Chris Hak PPT Main Event Chris Hak moved all in for 410,000 from the button. Teo Sanchez made the call from the small blind, and both players revealed their holdings.
Chris Hak: K♦7♥
Teo Sanchez: A♠9♠The board ran out J♠10♥7♦8♠A♣ to give Sanchez the pot.
Luteng Li: 4,430,000
Johnny Dalphond: 4,035,000
Pav Braich: 1,160,000
Teo Sanchez: 1,010,000 -
Updated Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Big Blinds Luteng Li 4,550,000 57 Johnny Dalphond 3,770,000 47 Chris Hak 810,000 10 Pav Braich 720,000 9 Teo Sanchez 710,000 9 -
Sanchez Takes it Down
Level: 26 (30,000/60,000/60,000) Entries: 5/355 Prizes: $333,878 Chris Hak called from the small blind, and Teo Sanchez checked his option.
The flop came 6♣5♣J♠, and both players were quick to check.
After the turn peeled the J♣, Hak checked to Sanchez. He fired for 60,000, and Hak made the call.
The river came the 3♦, and both players checked their option. Sanchez revealed 2♦6♥ to take the pot.
Teo Sanchez: 1,150,000
Chris Hak: 1,020,000 -
Julius Roque Eliminated in 6th Place ($14,295)
Level: 26 (30,000/60,000/60,000) Entries: 5/355 Prizes: $333,878 
Julius Roque Main Event Just before the break, Julius Roque lost a big pot against Lutang Li. Li revealed Ace-Ten on the A♠5♦3♥5♣7♠ board leaving Roque with just 100,000 chips.
Roque moved all in from early position noting that he “liked the music,” playing at the time. Chris Hak raised to 500,000, and the remaining players folded. Both players revealed their holdings.
Julius Roque: 7♦10♦
Chris Hak: A♠K♥The board ran out J♠4♣4♠A♥J♦ to send the pot Hak’s way.
Chris Hak: 1,870,000
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Sanchez Finds Life and Updated Stacks
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 6/355 Prizes: $333,878 Johnny Dalphond opened to 150,000 from middle position, and Chris Hak made the call. Teo Sanchez raised to 550,000, leaving just 120,000 behind. Dalphond made the call.
The flop came 8♣7♣9♦, and Sanchez moved all in for his remaining 120,000. Dalphond made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Teo Sanchez: K♦K♣
Johnny Dalphond: K♥Q♣The board completed with the 7♠2♥ to give Sanchez the double.
Luteng Li: 4,330,000
Johnny Dalphond: 2,360,000
Teo Sanchez: 1,640,000
Chris Hak: 1,620,000
Pav Braich: 510,000
Julius Roque: 100,000 -
Quentin Siffledeen Eliminated in 7th Place ($11,245)
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 6/355 Prizes: $333,878 
Quentin Siffledeen Main Event Quentin Siffledeen moved all in for 440,000 from the button, and Luteng Li called from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Quentin Siffledeen: J♠J♦
Luteng Li: A♣K♦Siffledeen looked poised to take the pot as the turn came 10♣5♦8♦8♠. However, the K♠ on the river, sent him to the rail.
Luteng Li: 3,270,000
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Roque Doubles With Cowboys
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Julius Roque opened to 100,000 from the small blind, and Johnny Dalphond moved all in from the big blind. Roque called off his 255,000, and both players revealed their holdings.
Julius Roque: K♠K♣
Johnny Dalphond: A♥10♥The board ran out 3♦10♠9♦5♠5♥ to send the pot Roque’s way.
Johnny Dalphond: 2,970,000
Julius Roque: 560,000 -
Li Makes the Hero Call
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Action was caught after the board ran out Q♣10♥6♠4♣K♠, and Teo Sanchez fired 620,000 into the 750,000 pot. Luteng Li went into the tank.
After quite some time, he made the call. Sanchez showed 9♠7♣ for the bluff, and Li revealed Q♦J♠ to take the pot.
Johnny Dalphond: 3,250,000
Luteng Li: 2,810,000
Chris Hak: 1,880,000
Quentin Siffledeen: 750,000
Teo Sanchez: 705,000
Pav Braich: 500,000
Julius Roque: 350,000 -
Dalphond Always Has It
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Action was caught after the flop of J♠Q♦6♥, and Johnny Dalphond fired for 220,000 from the small blind. Chris Hak made the call from the big blind.
After the turn peeled the 3♥, Dalphond continued for 500,000. Hak went into the tank, but eventually found the fold. Dalphond revealed 6♦6♣ for a flopped set.
Johnny Dalphond: 3,000,000
Chris Hak: 1,670,000 -
Sanchez Flushes Roque Out
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Teo Sanchez opened to 80,000 from the cutoff, and Julius Roque defended his big blind.
The flop came Q♠3♠4♦, and both players were quick to check.
After the turn peeled the Q♦, Roque led out for 100,000. Sanchez made the call.
The river came the 6♦ completing the backdoor flush draw. Roque checked to Sanchez who fired for 340,000. After going into the tank, Roque made the call. Sanchez revealed K♦10♦ to take the pot.
Teo Sanchez: 1,620,000
Julius Roque: 1,010,000 -
Ten High is a Monster for Hak
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Julius Roque opened to 105,000 from the button, and Chris Hak defended his big blind.
The flop came K♦3♠4♠, and Hak was quick to check. Roque fired for 100,000, and Hak made the call.
After the turn peeled the 5♥, Hak checked to Roque. He continued for 340,000, and Hak found the call.
The 2♦ completed the board, and both players opted to check. Hak revealed 10♠8♠ to best Roque’s 10♦7♦.
Chris Hak: 1,890,000
Julius Roque: 1,300,000 -
Dalphond Leading the Field
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Johnny Dalphond opened to 90,000 from late position, and Luteng Li defended his big blind.
The flop came Q♥2♦2♣, and Li was quick to check.
Dalphond fired for 80,000, and was rewarded with the pot. Play has tightened as the pay jumps become significant in value at the final table.
Johnny Dalphond: 2,700,000
Luteng Li: 1,230,000 -
All Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Johnny Dalphond 2,270,000 Julius Roque 1,720,000 Quentin Siffledeen 1,465,000 Pav Braich 1,410,000 Luteng Li 1,355,000 Chris Hak 1,190,000 Teo Sanchez 950,000 -
Li Doubles Through Siffledeen
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Quentin Siffledeen opened to 70,000 from middle position, and Luteng Li moved all in for 740,000. Siffledeen made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Luteng Li: J♥J♠
Quentin Siffledeen: A♣Q♦The board ran out 8♦2♥J♣4♦3♠ for Li to find the double.
Luteng Li: 1,495,000
Quentin Siffledeen: 1,470,000 -
Siffledeen Shows the Bluff
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Quentin Siffledeen opened to 70,000 from the button, and both blinds made the call.
The flop came K♣4♦2♣, and the blinds checked to Siffledeen. He fired for 60,000, and Teo Sanchez raised to 210,000. Siffledeen made the call.
After the turn peeled the 4♣, Sanchez was quick to check. Siffledeen fired for 250,000, and was rewarded with the pot. He revealed 3♦5♦ for the stone bluff.
Quentin Siffledeen: 1,965,000
Teo Sanchez: 940,000 -
Saeed Ganji Eliminated in 8th Place ($8,905)
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 
Saeed Ganji Main Event Saeed Ganji opened to 60,000 from under the gun, and Johnny Dalphond defended his big blind.
The flop came J♦K♥10♦, and Dalphond led out for 120,000. Ganji moved all in for approximately 350,000, and Dalphond made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Saeed Ganji: A♦A♥
Johnny Dalphond: Q♣J♠The board completed with the 9♠3♥ to send the pot Dalphond’s way.
Johnny Dalphond: 2,340,000
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Eric Wasylenko Eliminated in 9th Place ($7,265)
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 8/355 Prizes: $333,878 
Eric Wasylenko PPT Main Event Eric Wasylenko moved all in for 225,000 from middle position. Action folded to Chris Hak who called from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Eric Wasylenko: J♥10♣
Chris Hak: A♦9♥The board ran out 4♠2♠7♥8♥2♣ to send Wasylenko to the rail.
Chris Hak: 1,610,000
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Siffledeen Heating Up
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 9/355 Prizes: $333,878 Johnny Dalphond opened to 70,000 from early position. Quentin Siffledeen three-bet to 200,000 from middle position, and Dalphond made the call.
The flop came 7♠4♣3♦, and Dalphond was quick to check. Siffledeen moved all in for 780,000, and Dalphond made the fold. Siffledeen revealed K♥K♣. The following hand, he took down the blinds after opening to 70,000.
Johnny Dalphond: 1,870,000
Quentin Siffledeen: 1,325,000 -
Hak Finding Stacks
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 9/355 Prizes: $333,878 Action was caught after the board ran out 2♥7♦3♥Q♥10♣. Julius Roque fired for 200,000 from middle position.
Chris Hak moved all in for 775,000, and Roque went into the tank. Eventually, Roque made the fold for Hak to take the pot.
Julius Roque: 1,850,000
Chris Hak: 1,400,000 -
Hak Doubles Through Wasylenko
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 9/355 Prizes: $333,878 Eric Wasylenko opened to 50,000 from early position. After a few calls, Chris Hak moved all in for 350,000. Wasylenko moved all in over the top, and the remaining players found a fold. Both players revealed their holdings.
Chris Hak: 10♦10♣
Eric Wasylenko: A♦J♣The board ran out 6♣8♠9♥7♥7♠ for Hak to find the double.
Chris Hak: 915,000
Eric Wasylenko: 210,000 -
Mike Malm Falls Short of the Final Table
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 9/355 Prizes: $333,878 
Mike Malm PPT Main Event Julius Roque opened to 80,000, and Mike Malm moved all in for 660,000. Roque made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Mike Malm: A♥10♥
Julius Roque: A♣Q♥The board ran out 8♦4♠J♥Q♠5♠ to send Malm to the rail.
Julius Roque: 2,410,000
Position Player Prize 10 Mike Malm$5,860 11 Michael St. Pierre-Porter$4,790 12 Lina Niu$4,790 -
12 Left in the Main
Level: 22 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 12/355 Prizes: $333,878 The Main Event field is down to 12 now after Michael Baldwin hit the rail for 13th place tonight.
Place Player Prize 13 Michael Baldwin$4,165 14 Tony Ma$4,165 15 Mitch Heidt$4,165 16 Annee Ngo$3,620 -
Dalphond in the Lead
Level: 22 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 13/355 Prizes: $333,878 Johnny Dalphond and Quentin Siffledeen both have more than 1 million for the top two spots. See below for the full counts from the final 13 players in the Main.
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 1 Julius Roque 520,000 20.8 1 – 2 Chris Hak 340,000 13.6 1 – 3 Michael Baldwin 180,000 7.2 1 – 5 Mike Malm 835,000 33.4 1 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 1,355,000 54.2 1 – 8 Lina Niu 950,000 38.0 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 785,000 31.4 3 – 3 Pav Braich 950,000 38.0 3 – 5 Johnny Dalphond 1,795,000 71.8 3 – 6 Luteng Li 700,000 28.0 3 – 7 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 470,000 18.8 3 – 8 Saaed Ganji 925,000 37.0 3 – 9 Eric Wasylenko 620,000 24.8 -
Braich Nearing a Million
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 13/355 Prizes: $333,878 Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised to 40k from the cutoff, and defending champ Pav Braich called from the big blind. Both players checked the 7♦8♣6♣ flop, and Braich led for 50k on the 2♠ turn.
They went back to checks on the 8♥ river, and Braich showed Q♣7♥ for eights and sevens and the win. He is now sitting with just shy of a million, while Quentin Siffledeen is at around 1.4 million. I’ll grab some full counts at the break shortly.
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13 Remain
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 13/355 Prizes: $333,878 They are down to 13 remaining now, just 4 off the final table.
Place Player Prize 14 Tony Ma$4,165 15 Mitch Heidt$4,165 16 Annee Ngo$3,620 -
Braich Doubles with Pair over Pair
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 15/355 Prizes: $333,878 Eric Wasylenko opened the action under the gun, making it 40k. Pav Braich shoved the hijack for 290k before Michael St. Pierre-Porter reshoved with more from the small blind.
Wasy got out of the way quickly, and the defending champ Braich was in great shape with kings over jacks for St. Pierre-Porter. The runout of A♥9♥A♦Q♠Q♥ didn’t change anything, and Braich got a double with his kings.
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Niu Takes it on Turn
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 15/355 Prizes: $333,878 Michael Baldwin raised the middle to 40k, and Lina Niu defended her big blind with a call. She check-called for 40k on the J♦A♣Q♥ flop, then open-shoved the turn 10♦ with a covering stack. Baldwin didn’t take long to much his hand and send the pot to Niu.
Meanwhile, on the other table, Annee Ngo ended her day in 16th place for $3,620.
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16 Left
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 16/355 Prizes: $333,878 The field is down to 16 left with about 5 minutes to play in Level 20. Rob Charlebois and Alemu Makonen were the recent busts.
Place Player Prize 17 Alemu Makonen$3,620 18 Rob Charlebois$3,620 -
Final Two Tables
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 18/355 Prizes: $333,878 They are down to 18 left in the Main Event now, and they are just setting the final two tables. Vince Lam and Andy Truong were the most recent exits, with Truong shoving 110k from the hijack with ace-five. Pav Braich reshoved from the small blind for 165k, and Truong was looking for an ace against the pocket sevens for Braich (who is the defending champ of this game).
The runout was 5♠J♥J♠2♣10♠, and the sevens stayed in front to put Braich up to about 300k.
Place Player Prize 19 Andy Truong$3,225 20 Vince Lam$3,225 -
Niu Doubles, Leaves Yamagishi on Fumes
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 20/355 Prizes: $333,878 Colten Yamagishi raised to 30k early, and Lina Niu called from the big blind. She led out for 30k on the 3♦J♥8♠ flop, Yamagishi raised to 65k, Niu shoved, and Yamagishi called it off with a bit more.
Yamagishi had the overpair of kings, but he was in bad shape against the flopped set of threes for Niu. The runout didn’t change anything, the Niu got the double, leaving Yamagishi on about 40k. That went in the following hand, and he hit the rail for 21st place.
Meanwhile, Nos Vaynshteyn had busted just before Yamagishi for 22nd.
Place Player Prize 21 Colten Yamagishi$3,225 22 Nos (Mikhail) Vaynshteyn$3,225 23 Justin Pennell$3,225 -
Wasylenko Doubles
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 22/355 Prizes: $333,878 Eric Wasylenko was short at the last count, and he raised under the gun to 65k, leaving just 5k behind. Michael Baldwin repopped the button to 110k before Michael St. Pierre-Porter shoved.
Wasy flicked in his last chip to be all in for 70k, which Baldwin mucked his hand to send some dead money to St. Pierre-Porter. Wasy was on pocket sevens, racing against ace-queen for S. Pierre-Porter, and the low board of 3♣9♦3♥2♠2♥ kept the sevens in front for the double to about 200k.
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Dalphond Leads Final 22
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 22/355 Prizes: $333,878 Justin Pennell hit the rail in 23rd place just before the break to bring the game to 22 players remaining. See below for a look at the stacks & seats for the final 22.
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 1 Colten Yamagishi 847,000 56.5 1 – 2 Alemu Makonen 372,000 24.8 1 – 5 Mike Malm 92,000 6.1 1 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 786,000 52.4 1 – 7 Johnny Dalphond 1,436,000 95.7 1 – 8 Lina Niu 742,000 49.5 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 505,000 33.7 3 – 1 Chris Hak 352,000 23.5 3 – 2 Mitch Heidt 293,000 19.5 3 – 3 Pav Braich 210,000 14.0 3 – 4 Tony Ma 598,000 39.9 3 – 5 Anne Ngo 482,000 32.1 3 – 6 Luteng Li 375,000 25.0 3 – 7 Vince Lam 174,000 11.6 3 – 9 Andy Truong 141,000 9.4 5 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 85,000 5.7 5 – 2 Rob Charlebois 245,000 16.3 5 – 3 Julius Roque 395,000 26.3 5 – 5 Saaed Ganji 860,000 57.3 5 – 6 Michael Baldwin 630,000 42.0 5 – 8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 740,000 49.3 5 – 9 Nos Vaynshteyn 130,000 8.7 -
Down to 23 Remaining
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 23/355 Prizes: $333,878 Nadav Bitton, who started today in the chip lead, was the most recent casualty from the Main Event to bring the field down to 23 players left.
Place Player Prize 24 Nadav Bitton$3,225 25 Francis Fan$3,225 26 Deven Lane$3,225 -
Ganji Gets River Shove Through
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 25/355 Prizes: $333,878 Julius Roque opened from the hijack to 25k, then called when Saeed Ganji bumped the button up to 60k. Roque check-called for 20k on the A♦6♣9♠ flop, then again for 50k on the K♥ turn.
Roque checked again on the 4♠ river, but mucked when Ganji shoved. In the next hand, Francis Fan busted from the same table in 25th place in a hand I didn’t see. Deven Lane preceded him to the cage for 26th place.
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Final 26 Players & Seats
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 26/355 Prizes: $333,878 I’ll grab another round of chip counts at the upcoming break in a bit less than an hour, but in the meantime, below is a look at how the final 26 players are seated today.
T-S Player 1 – 2 Alemu Makonen 1 – 3 Nadav Bitton 1 – 4 Justin Pennell 1 – 5 Mike Malm 1 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 1 – 7 Johnny Dalphond 1 – 8 Lina Niu 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 3 – 1 Chris Hak 3 – 2 Mitch Heidt 3 – 3 Pav Braich 3 – 4 Tony Ma 3 – 5 Anne Ngo 3 – 6 Luteng Li 3 – 7 Vince Lam 3 – 8 Deven Lane 3 – 9 Andy Truong 5 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 5 – 2 Rob Charlebois 5 – 3 Julius Roque 5 – 4 Francis Fan 5 – 5 Saaed Ganji 5 – 6 Michael Baldwin 5 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 5 – 8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 5 – 9 Mike Vaynshteyn -
St. Pierre-Porter Takes it on the Turn; Bitton Cracks Aces
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 26/355 Prizes: $333,878 Michael St Pierre-Porter raised the hijack to 20k, and both Julius Roque and Francis Fan came along from the blinds. It checked to St. Pierre-Porter on the J♦J♥7♠ flop, and he fired 20k.
Roque folded the small, but Fan stuck around with a call to the 8♦ turn. He checked again, then folded when St. Pierre-Porter bet 50k.
Meanwhile, as that hand was finishing on Table 5, Table 1 saw start-of-day leader Nadav Bitton all in, at risk, against Quentin Siffledeen. Siffledeen was on the rockets, but Bitton’s 10♠8♠ found two pair on the flop when the board ran out 10♦8♥2♣6♦3♦ and Bitton doubled to stay alive.
That hand saw the end of Level 18, and the blinds are now 6k/12k/12k in Level 19, with the next break coming in just under an hour.
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Final Three Tables
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 26/355 Prizes: $333,878 They have just broken down to the final three tables, with 26 players remaining. Brad Stevens ended his day in 28th place for the final payout of $2,370, while Gerald Chung made the pay jump to $3,225 for 27th place.
Place Player Prize 27 Gerald Chung$3,225 28 Brad Stevens$2,370 29 Richard Gilliard$2,370 -
Bitton Takes it Blind on Blind
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 28/355 Prizes: $333,878 Alemu Makonen limped the small blind, and Nadav Bitton checked his option from the big. They both checked the 3♣J♦Q♥ flop before Makonen led for 8k on the K♣ turn.
Bitton called to the [invalid notations] against A♣6♠ for Bitton.
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Siffledeen Leads Final 29
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 29/355 Prizes: $333,878 Quentin Siffledeen is the chip leader after the first break of Day 2, with just shy of 1 million in play. Colten Yamagishi has almost 900k in his stack for second, with Johnny Dalphond, Julius Roque, and Luteng Li rounding out the top five. Full counts for the final 29 players are below, with the most recent cashers following (see the Payouts tab for a full list of prizes so far, as well as the future payouts).
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 1 Gerald Chung 173,000 17.3 1 – 2 Alemu Makonen 330,000 33.0 1 – 3 Nadav Bitton 430,000 43.0 1 – 4 Justin Pennell 225,000 22.5 1 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 993,000 99.3 1 – 7 Johnny Dalphond 742,000 74.2 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 423,000 42.3 2 – 1 Anne Ngo 223,000 22.3 2 – 2 Richard Gilliard 343,000 34.3 2 – 3 Lina Niu 380,000 38.0 2 – 4 Pav Braich 106,000 10.6 2 – 5 Saaed Ganji 365,000 36.5 2 – 7 Luteng Li 575,000 57.5 2 – 9 Mike Malm 296,000 29.6 3 – 1 Chris Hak 390,000 39.0 3 – 2 Mitch Heidt 320,000 32.0 3 – 3 Brad Stevens 132,000 13.2 3 – 4 Tony Ma 394,000 39.4 3 – 6 Francis Fan 214,000 21.4 3 – 7 Vince Lam 268,000 26.8 3 – 8 Deven Lane 94,000 9.4 3 – 9 Andy Truong 159,000 15.9 5 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 276,000 27.6 5 – 2 Rob Charlebois 562,000 56.2 5 – 3 Julius Roque 602,000 60.2 5 – 6 Michael Baldwin 156,000 15.6 5 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 876,000 87.6 5 – 8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 422,000 42.2 5 – 9 Mike Vaynshteyn 118,000 11.8 Place Player Prize 30 Yeping Shan$2,370 31 Daniel Lefebvre$2,370 32 Jimmy Lee$2,370 -
32 Left
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 32/355 Prizes: $333,878 They are down to 32 remaining, with about 25 minutes to play in Level 17. I’ll grab a full chip list at the upcoming break following this level. Below is a look at the cashing players so far — the full list of prizes will be under the Payouts tab, but I’ll post recent busts as we go.
Place Player Prize 33 Kris Steinbach$2,370 34 Christopher Newbergher$2,370 35 Fouad Lofti$2,370 36 Van Le$2,370 37 Yong Lu$1,810 38 Nick Milkovich$1,810 39 Khang Luong$1,810 40 Jason Law$1,810 41 Cam Stewart$1,810 42 Lynne Stephenson$1,810 43 Deron Noksana$1,810 44 Johnny Yu$1,810 45 Mike Malm$1,798 -
Final Four Tables in the Main
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 36/355 Prizes: $333,878 Yong Lu took the final payout of $1,810 for 37th place tonight, bringing the field down to 36 on the final four tables. The next elimination will get paid $2,370, with that pay level in place until 27th place, when it jumps to $3,225.
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Wasy Repops, Gets it Through
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 37/355 Prizes: $333,878 In the final hand of Level 16 on Table 5, Michael St. Pierre Porter raised the cutoff to 12k, but Eric Wasylenko repopped it to 33k from the button. Both blinds folded back to St. Pierre-Porter, and he tanked for a few seconds before giving up the hand. He had about 180k after the hand, with Wasy now on about 450k.
I’ll grab a round of full counts at the break coming at the end of this level, in a bit less than an hour.
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Down to 38 Remaining
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 38/355 Prizes: $333,878 The field is down to 38 remaining now after Khang Luong ended his day in 39th today. There are two more payouts at $1,810 before the pay jumps to $2,370 at the final 4 tables.
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Lynne Stephenson’s Queens Lose the Race
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 40/355 Prizes: $333,878 The field is down to 40 now, after some quick exits. Deron Noksana & Cam Stewart both came into today short, while Lynne Stephenson had more than 200k to start the day, but ran her queens into ace-king, and couldn’t hold against a king on board.
In my opening post, I said the first break would come following Level 18, but I forgot that Day 2 is 1 hour blinds. The first break will actually come following Level 17, and there will be breaks every 2 levels until the day is complete.
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Day 2 is Underway
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 43/355 Prizes: $333,878 The final 44 players in the Main Event are now back in their seats for Day 2. Level 15 is nearly complete, and they’ll move straight into Level 16, with the first break of the day coming after Level 18. Early action saw the first exit from the game — short-stack Johnny Yu got his 42.5k in within the first 10 minutes of play and couldn’t find a double.
Mike Malm took the 45th-place spot with his small bag from Day 1a, while Yu ended his run in 44th.
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Bitton Leads Day 2 Stacks by More than 150k
Event #14: $1,100 NLH Main Event Day 2 ($990 + $110)
Date: Nov 30, Noon Blinds: 60 Minutes Entries: 44/355 Prizes: $333,878 ($67,950 for 1st) Chip Leader: Nadav Bitton (712k) Day 2 of the Main Event is set, with 44 players coming back to compete for a share of more than $330k in prizes. One player has already cashed out for the 45th-place min-cash — Mike Malm bagged on both days, but his 1a stack was less than 100k, so that one comes out of play, and he gets $1,798 befire he even plays a hand with his bigger 1b stack.
Nadav Bitton is the big stack to start Day 2, and he’s the biggest by quite a bit. He bagged up 712k, while second place in 1b, Colten Yamagishi, bagged 552k. Rob Charlebois (1b, 552.5k) & Eric Wasylenko (1a leader, 515k) also bagged up more than half a million for Day 2.
Top Ten Stacks for Day 2
Player Chips BB Nadav Bitton 712,000 284.8 Colten Yamagishi 552,500 221.0 Rob Charlebois 530,000 212.0 Eric Wasylenko 515,000 206.0 Julius Roque 436,000 174.4 Luteng Li 399,500 159.8 Tony Ma 385,000 154.0 Michael Baldwin 377,000 150.8 Saaed Ganji 349,000 139.6 Chris Hak 327,000 130.8 The Day 2 action will start with just over 12 minutes remaining in Level 15 (2.5k/5k/5k), the end of the line for Day 1b action. 1a went more than a level longer, but those players will have their blinds rolled back to start Day 2. Blinds are 60 minutes long for Day 2, but they’ll drop to 30 minutes for heads-up play.
Day 2 Players, Sorted by Table-Seat (T-S)
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 1 Gerald Chung 142,000 56.8 1 – 2 Johnny Yu 42,500 17.0 1 – 3 Nadav Bitton 712,000 284.8 1 – 4 Justin Pennell 136,000 54.4 1 – 5 Christopher Newbergher 183,500 73.4 1 – 6 Khang Luong 137,000 54.8 1 – 7 Johnny Dalphond 157,000 62.8 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 159,500 63.8 2 – 1 Anne Ngo 280,000 112.0 2 – 2 Richard Gilliard 173,000 69.2 2 – 3 Lina Niu 217,000 86.8 2 – 4 Pav Braich 152,500 61.0 2 – 5 Saaed Ganji 349,000 139.6 2 – 6 Jason Law 279,000 111.6 2 – 7 Luteng Li 399,500 159.8 2 – 8 Daniel Lefebvre 290,000 116.0 2 – 9 Lynne Stephenson 202,000 80.8 3 – 1 Cam Stewart 78,000 31.2 3 – 2 Van Le 184,000 73.6 3 – 3 Brad Stevens 301,000 120.4 3 – 4 Tony Ma 385,000 154.0 3 – 5 Alemu Makonen 151,000 60.4 3 – 6 Kris Steinbach 288,000 115.2 3 – 7 Vince Lam 230,000 92.0 3 – 8 Deven Lane 137,500 55.0 3 – 9 Andy Truong 105,000 42.0 4 – 1 Nick Milkovich 229,000 91.6 4 – 2 Mitch Heidt 107,000 42.8 4 – 3 Jimmy Lee 193,000 77.2 4 – 4 Mike Vaynshteyn 168,000 67.2 4 – 5 Rob Charlebois 530,000 212.0 4 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 270,500 108.2 4 – 7 Mike Malm 188,000 75.2 4 – 8 Francis Fan 173,500 69.4 4 – 9 Deron Noksana 20,500 8.2 5 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 515,000 206.0 5 – 2 Yong Lu 168,000 67.2 5 – 3 Julius Roque 436,000 174.4 5 – 4 Yeping Shan 147,000 58.8 5 – 5 Fouad Lofti 90,000 36.0 5 – 6 Michael Baldwin 377,000 150.8 5 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 552,500 221.0 5 – 8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 136,000 54.4 5 – 9 Chris Hak 327,000 130.8 Day 2 Players, Sorted by Name
T-S Player Chips BB 3 – 5 Alemu Makonen 151,000 60.4 3 – 9 Andy Truong 105,000 42.0 2 – 1 Anne Ngo 280,000 112.0 3 – 3 Brad Stevens 301,000 120.4 3 – 1 Cam Stewart 78,000 31.2 5 – 9 Chris Hak 327,000 130.8 1 – 5 Christopher Newbergher 183,500 73.4 5 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 552,500 221.0 2 – 8 Daniel Lefebvre 290,000 116.0 4 – 9 Deron Noksana 20,500 8.2 3 – 8 Deven Lane 137,500 55.0 5 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 515,000 206.0 5 – 5 Fouad Lofti 90,000 36.0 4 – 8 Francis Fan 173,500 69.4 1 – 1 Gerald Chung 142,000 56.8 2 – 6 Jason Law 279,000 111.6 4 – 3 Jimmy Lee 193,000 77.2 1 – 7 Johnny Dalphond 157,000 62.8 1 – 2 Johnny Yu 42,500 17.0 5 – 3 Julius Roque 436,000 174.4 1 – 4 Justin Pennell 136,000 54.4 1 – 6 Khang Luong 137,000 54.8 3 – 6 Kris Steinbach 288,000 115.2 2 – 3 Lina Niu 217,000 86.8 2 – 7 Luteng Li 399,500 159.8 2 – 9 Lynne Stephenson 202,000 80.8 5 – 6 Michael Baldwin 377,000 150.8 5 – 8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 136,000 54.4 4 – 7 Mike Malm 188,000 75.2 4 – 4 Mike Vaynshteyn 168,000 67.2 4 – 2 Mitch Heidt 107,000 42.8 1 – 3 Nadav Bitton 712,000 284.8 4 – 1 Nick Milkovich 229,000 91.6 2 – 4 Pav Braich 152,500 61.0 4 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 270,500 108.2 2 – 2 Richard Gilliard 173,000 69.2 4 – 5 Rob Charlebois 530,000 212.0 2 – 5 Saaed Ganji 349,000 139.6 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 159,500 63.8 3 – 4 Tony Ma 385,000 154.0 3 – 2 Van Le 184,000 73.6 3 – 7 Vince Lam 230,000 92.0 5 – 4 Yeping Shan 147,000 58.8 5 – 2 Yong Lu 168,000 67.2 
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Bitton is the Biggest B-Bag
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 25/199 (45/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) Nadav Bitton will be the big stack going into Day 2, as he bagged up both the 1b and overall lead with more than 700k in his bag. That’s more than 200k ahead of 1a leader Eric Wasylenko, and, in fact, two other 1b players — Colten Yamagishi & Rob Charlebois — also eclipsed Wasy’s stack to push him to 4th overall for Day 2.
The full Day 2 stacks and seats will be coming shortly, but below is a look at the 25 stacks from 1b that made it through. Note that Mike Malm bagged a small stack on 1a, then came back today and bagged bigger, so he’ll get an automatic min-cash for the small bag and play the big one with 44 remaining on Day 2.
Player Chips BB Nadav Bitton 712,000 284.8 Colten Yamagishi 552,500 221.0 Rob Charlebois 530,000 212.0 Julius Roque 436,000 174.4 Luteng Li 399,500 159.8 Saaed Ganji 349,000 139.6 Brad Stevens 301,000 120.4 Jason Law 279,000 111.6 Quentin Siffledeen 270,500 108.2 Mike Malm 188,000 75.2 Chrinstopher Newbergher 183,500 73.4 Francis Fan 173,500 69.4 Richard Gilliard 173,000 69.2 Mike Vaynshteyn 168,000 67.2 Teo Sanchez 159,500 63.8 Pav Braich 152,500 61.0 Alemu Makonen 151,000 60.4 Yeping Shan 147,000 58.8 DevenLane 137,500 55.0 Khang Luong 137,000 54.8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 136,000 54.4 Fouad Lofti 90,000 36.0 Cam Stewart 78,000 31.2 Johnny Yu 42,500 17.0 Deron Noksana 20,500 8.2 -
Bags Are Coming
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 25/199 (45/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) The clock is now paused with 12:17 remaining in Level 15, and they are about to go hand-for-hand to the money. However, there was a hand in progress as they paused the clock, and that hand saw one player eliminated to get them to the bags.
Stay tuned for the 1b chip counts shortly, and the Day 2 seat assignments to follow after that.
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Final Three Tables
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 27/199 (47/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) They are now two off the bags, and one away from hand-for-hand play with 27 players left. There are now about 18 minutes remaining in Level 15. Just as a reminder, Day 1a played until about 5 minutes remaining in Level 16, so it looks like a good bet that the Day 2 blinds will be rolled back a bit to start the day on Sunday.
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3 Off the Bags
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 28/199 (48/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) About 20 minutes remain in Level 15, and the field is now down to 28. They’ll break down to the final three tables after the next elimination, then pause the clock after 27th place busts, playing hand-for-hand for the rest of the night until they make it to 25.
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7 Off the Bags
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 32/199 (52/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) They are down to 32 left in 1b of the Main, putting them just 7 eliminations off the bags coming out. Level 15 has just begun, so it seems probable they’ll find a bubble towards the end of this level, or the start of Level 16, but they still need to lose a few more players before that happens.
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Nearly $68k for the Winner Tomorrow
Level: 13 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 39/199 (59/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) The prizes are in and the field is confirmed at 355 entries across both starting days. That puts the prizes at $333,878, with just shy of $68k up top for the win tomorrow. Everyone making Day 2 is guaranteed at least $1,798. See the Payouts tab for a look at the full prizes, with the top ten spots below.
Place Prize 1 $67,950 2 $46,860 3 $30,460 4 $23,430 5 $18,040 6 $14,295 7 $11,245 8 $8,905 9 $7,265 10 $5,860 -
Bitton Leads Big on Break
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 44/199 (64/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) Nadav Bitton is the big leader on the break following Level 12. The 1b field is down to 44 to start Level 13, with Bitton on more than 500k already. Jason Law, who booked TWO landmarks in last night’s satellite game, is second with 326. See below for a look at a few other big stacks.
Player Chips BB Nadav Bitton 537,000 179.0 Jason Law 326,000 108.7 Julius Roque 281,000 93.7 Fouad Lofti 276,000 92.0 Khang Luong 238,500 79.5 Rob Lothian 220,000 73.3 Colten Yamagishi 220,000 73.3 Teo Sanchez 174,500 58.2 -
Final Five Tables, 20 Off the Bags
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 45/199 (65/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) Level 12 is nearly complete, with just a few minutes remaining til the next break. The field is down to 45 players, putting them 20 eliminations off the money. I’ll have a quick look around the final five tables on break to try to find some of the big stacks in the field today.
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Down to 58 Left
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 58/199 (78/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) Just over 30 minutes remain in Level 12, with another break scheduled following this level. There are 58 players left in 1b now, and the numbers are confirmed for 25 bags at the end of the night. I don’t have the full prizes yet, but they should be posted shortly.
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199 Entries for 1b
Level: 10 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 83/199 (103/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) Entries for the Main Event are now closed, and the final tally for 1b looks to be 199. That number is yet to be confirmed, but when it is, it will mean 25 players getting bags from today’s event.
That should put the Day 2 field at 45 players returning to play for $333,878 in total prizes on Sunday.
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Less than an Hour to Enter
Level: 9 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 83/192 (103/348 combined) Prizes: $180,576 (Combined: $327,294) The 1b field is now over 190 entries, for just shy of 350 total across both days. That puts the current combined prizes at $327,294, but it seems likely we’ll still see a few more entries before the desk shuts down in about 50 minutes. I’m still expecting around 200 for the final 1b number.
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More than $300k in Prizes
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 95/165 (115/321 combined) Prizes: $155,183 (Combined: $301,901) Level 7 is just over half complete, and the 1b field is now at 165 entries. That puts the combined total over 320 for prizes of almost $302k. There are still about 2.25 hours left to get into today’s flight, so a final field today of 200+ isn’t out of the question.
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Final Three Levels of Entry
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 91/157 (111/313 combined) Prizes: $147,659 (Combined: $294,377) The 1b field just capped 1a, with evel 7 about to begin. There are now 157 entries in Day 1b, 1 more than Day 1a, but there are still almost three hours left to enter today’s flight. With no second chances after entries close, I expect rebuys to be fairly brisk until entries close at about 8:15 PM, and the combined field right now is just a few entries shy of $300k.
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More than 300 Entries
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 92/149 (112/305 combined) Prizes: $140,135 (Combined: $286,853) The combined field is now over 300 entries with 149 entries on the board. Level 6 has just over 30 minutes to play, with the second break of 1b to follow. That means there are still about 3.5 hours left to get into today’s final flight to the Main Event, with entries set to close at around 8:15 when they return from dinner.
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100 Live Bodies in Day 1b
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 100/135 (120/291 combined) Prizes: $126,968 (Combined: $273,686) Level 4 is nearly complete, and the 1b field is at 135 entries, with 100 players in their seats right now. That puts the combined field at almost 300 entries, for prizes of just under $275k, with more than 4 hours left to enter today’s final flight.
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Combined Prizes Over $250k
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 92/112 (112/268 combined) Prizes: $105,336 (Combined: $252,054) The players are back in their seats for Level 4, with about 35 minutes remaining in the level. The 1b field is at 112 entries for a combined field of 268, and prizes of $252,054. They only need another 50 entries today to cap $300k, and that seems like a full lock, while another 105 entries today will put the prizes over $350k.
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100 Entries Before First Break
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 82/100 (102/256 combined) Prizes: $94,050 (Combined: $240,768) The combined prizes are over $240k, with less than 5 minutes to play in level 3. The 1b field is at 100 exactly as Level 3 ticks down to a close and the players prepare for their first break of 1b. That puts the combined field over 250 entries and climbing — a final field for today’s flight of more than 200 seems like a lock at this point. A 1b field of 200 would put the final field at a bit more than 350 entries for combined prizes just shy of $335k.
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Almost $230k in Prizes
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 83/88 (103/244 combined) Prizes: $82,764 (Combined: $229,482) The 1b field is already pretty huge, with almosyt 90 entries on the board to start Level 3. The players haven’t even gone for their first break of the day, so today’s field is already well ahead of the 1a pace. Assuming the current pace continues, a final prize pool between $350k and $400k seems pretty likely.
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Nearing 250 Combined Entries
Level: 2 (100/200/200) Entries: 77/79 (97/235 combined) Prizes: $74,300 (Combined: $221,018) The combined prizes are over $220k already, with the 1b action in Level 2 now. There are almost 80 entries on the board halfway through the second level of play today, for a combined total now of 235 entries and prizes of just over $221k.
So far, today’s flight looks easily on pace to push $350k in combined prizes by the end of entries today.
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Wasylenko Leads 1a Stacks
Event #14: $1,100 NLH Main Event ($990 + $110)
Date: Day 1a: Nov 28, 1 PM
Day 1b: Nov 29, 1 PM
Day 2: Nov 30, NoonBlinds: 40/60 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: 12.5% of the Field Entries: 20/156 Prizes: $146,718 The opening flight to the Main Event has landed with 20 players still on board. Eric Wasylenko, who is a bit of a crusher on the PPT to say the least, bagged the big stack from 1a by quite a bit.
Wasy has 515k in his bag, with Tony Ma #2, but a long way back at 385k. Michael Baldwin, Chris Hak, and Daniel Lefebvre round out the top five counts from the opening flight, with Lefebvre just shy of 300k. The full stacks for the 20 1a qualifiers are below.
1b will be a bigger repeat of 1a. The action kicks off at 1 PM, and entries are open for just over 7 hours, closing at about 8:15 PM. Day 1 plays until there are 12.5% of the starting field remaining, and Day 1a played until 5 minutes remaining in Level 16 (3k/6k/6k). That means that will be the biggest possible start for Day 2, but if 1b ends earlier, they’ll roll back the Day 2 blinds to wherever it ends.
There is already nearly $150k in the prize pool from 1a alone, so $300k+ looks like an easy lock. I generally predict 1b will be 50% bigger than 1a, and if that holds, it should mean a final field around 375 entries for prizes of more than $350k. It remains to be seen if it gets that big (or even bigger).
Player Chips Eric Wasylenko 515,000 Tony Ma 385,000 Michael Baldwin 377,000 Chris Hak 327,000 Daniel Lefebvre 290,000 Kris Steinbach 288,000 Anne Ngo 280,000 Vince Lam 230,000 Nick Milkovich 229,000 Lina Niu 217,000 Lynne Stephenson 202,000 Jimmy Lee 193,000 Van Le 184,000 Yong Lu 168,000 Johnny Dalphond 157,000 Gerald Chung 142,000 Justin Pennell 136,000 Mitch Heidt 107,000 Andy Truong 105,000 Mike Malm 82,000 2025 PPT5 E14 2025 PPT5 Sched -
Hand for Hand
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 21/156 Prizes: $146,718 They are down to 21 now, one off the bags to end the night. The clock is paused, and they’ve played four hands with two minutes coming off for each one.
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Soft Bubble
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 22/156 Prizes: $146,718 They are two off the end of the night now, after Paul Brar ended his day in 23rd. They’ll go pause the clock after the next elimination, then play hand-for-hand until they hit 20 players and the bags come out.
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Wasy Leads Final 23
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 23/156 Prizes: $146,718 Level 16 is about to begin, and Eric Wasylenko is the big leader right now. He’s the only player with more than 500k, and, in fact, the only player with more than 400k as well. Michael Baldwin, who was on the PLO Main final table earlier today, is second with 385k, while Tony Ma, Kris Steinbach, and Jimmy Lee round out the top five. Full stacks and seats for the final 23 players are below.
T-S Player Chips 2 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 527,000 2 – 2 Nick Milkovich 265,000 2 – 4 Lynne Stephenson 232,000 2 – 6 Mitch Heidt 124,000 2 – 7 Daniel Lefebvre 62,000 2 – 8 Jimmy Lee 310,000 2 – 9 Gerald Chung 134,000 4 – 1 Mike Malm 140,000 4 – 2 Paul Brar 84,000 4 – 3 Kris Steinbach 338,000 4 – 4 Tony Ma 364,000 4 – 5 Chris Hak 306,000 4 – 6 Michael Baldwin 385,000 4 – 7 Yong Lu 81,000 4 – 8 Van Le 151,000 5 – 1 Andy Truong 78,000 5 – 2 Anne Ngo 137,000 5 – 3 Terrell Gaskin 100,000 5 – 4 Vince Lam 149,000 5 – 5 Lina Niu 137,000 5 – 6 Johnny Dalphond 109,000 5 – 7 Ryan Cairns 243,000 5 – 8 Justin Pennell 169,000 -
Three Off the Bags
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 23/156 Prizes: $146,718 20 Minutes are left in Level 15, and they are now three players off the bags, and tw players from the hand-for-hand bubble play. It seems likely the clock will be paused for the final hands around the end of this level.
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5 Off the Bags
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 25/156 Prizes: $96,188 Just over 10 minutes are left in Level 14, and the field is down to 25 players left. That leaves them five eliminations off the end of the night, and it still looks like the bubble will come sometime late in Level 15. The average stack is over 45 bigs, but there are a few players out there with very short stacks, so they’ll need to double soon, or else try again tomorrow in Day 1b.
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31 Remain after 12 Levels
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 31/156 Prizes: $146,718 Level 13 is just beginning, with players back from the first post-dinner break. There are 31 players still alive, putting the 11 off the bags for today, so it’s still looking like a good bet that the bubble tonight will come sometime before the next break after Level 15.
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Final Four Tables for 1a
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 35/156 Prizes: $146,718 Just under 30 minutes remain in Level 12, and Day 1a is now 15 players off the end of the night. The field is down to 35 players, and play will stop today when they get to 20 players. At the current pace, it looks like they will likely hit the bubble somewhere around the end of Level 15, but that remains to be seen.
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Down to 5 Tables
Level: 11 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 45/156 Prizes: $146,718 The field is now down to 45 players left, putting the 25 players away from the end of the night. About 5 minutes have passed on Level 11, and the average stack right now is a bit more than 50 big blinds
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156 Entries for 1a
Level: 10 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 54/156 Prizes: $146,718 Entries are now closed for Day 1a of the Main Event, with 156 entries on the board to start Level 10. If that holds on review, then 20 players will be bagging chips later tonight for Sunday’s Day 2, and $146,718 in prizes will move forward.
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Van Le Leads 1a on Dinner
Level: 9 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 51/153 Prizes: $143,897 About 20 minutes remain in the dinner break, and entries will close when they return from dinner for Level 10. The current field is at 153 entries, with 51 players still alive, but there may still be a few new entries before the desk closes.
Van Le looks to be the leader right now with 230k in front of him, but Annee Ngo is close behind with 225k. 2024 API Player of the Year Mike Malm looks to be 3rd with just shy of 200k, though I didn’t count all the stacks and instead just looked for the biggest ones. See below for a look at the ten biggest I spotted.
Player Chips Van Le 230,000 Annee Ngo 225,000 Mike Malm 195,000 Lynne Stephenson 189,000 Kris Steinbach 177,000 Dave McLeod 166,000 Michael Baldwin 155,000 Nick Milkovich 153,000 Lina Niu 137,000 Eric Wasylenko 101,500 -
About an Hour Left in Entries for 1a
Level: 9 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 56/146 Prizes: $137,313 Just under 20 minutes remain in Level 9, and players will be on their dinner break following this level. Dinner will last 45 minutes, and entries are closed when they sit down for Level 10, so the 1a entries are just over an hour away from closing right now.
Given the current number, it looks like they’ll end with more than 150 entries for today’s flight, which bodes well for a prize pool that might approach $400k by the end of 1b entries.
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Final Two Levels of Entry
Level: 8 (500/1000/1000) Entries: 63/130 Prizes: $122,265 Lewvel 8 has just begun with 130 entries on the board. That puts the 1a prizes at more than $122k and climbing, with about 2 hours left to enter today’s flight. Of course, they’ll do it all over again tomorrow with the second flight on Day 1b, with the top 12.5% from both flights reconvening on Sunday for the money play on Day 2.
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Nearing 120 Entries for 1a
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 67/117 Prizes: $110,039 The 1a prizes are now over $110k with 117 entries on the board. Less than 5 minutes remain in Level 6, with the second break of the day following this level.
After that, there are three more levels of open entry today, and while I expect entries to slow somewhat for the final three levels of entry, it still seems likely the 1a total will be 130+.
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Closing in on 100 Entries
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 68/95 Prizes: $89,348 About 5 minutes remain in Level 4 in Day 1a of the Main Event and the field is now just 5 entries shy of 100 for today’s flight. That puts the prizes so far at just shy of $90k, with about 3.5 hours left to enter today’s flight. 100+ seems like a lock now, and the only real question is how much bigger than 100 1a will get.
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Nearing $80k in Prizes
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 65/83 Prizes: $78,062 They ate just a few entries away from $80k in prizes for Day 1a, with players just back in action from the first break of the day. There are just under 4 hours remaining with entries open, so it’s still looking like an easy bet to have a field well over 100 entries today.
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More than 50 Entries
Level: 2 (100/200/200) Entries: 47/53 Prizes: $49,847 The field is one entry shy of $50k in prizes now, with just under 15 minutes to play in Level 2. There are still about 6 hours left to enter today’s flight, plus a full second flight tomorrow, so this is already looking like a pretty solid turnout.
Given the numbers so far, it looks like a safe bet to crack 100 entries for today’s flight, and the final number could flirt with 150 entries.
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Nearly 40 Entries for Opening Level
Level: 1 (100/100/100) Entries: 38/38 Prizes: $35,739 There are still about 5 minutes to play in Level 1, and the Day 1a field is already nearing 40 entries. That is a pretty decent turn-out for the opening level of a Day 1a, and it looks like the day may get 100 or more entries before the end, if the pace stays on target.
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27 Entries to Start Day 1a
Level: 1 (100/100/100) Entries: 27/27 Prizes: $25,394 The opening flight to the Main Event is now underway with about 15 minutes played in Level 1. It’s a pretty respectable early turnout for 1a, with 27 players in their seats early in Level 1, and a fairly steady stream of players still jumping in. Preston Stevenson is among the players in the Main flight today, after he jumped right into this one after his min-cash in the PLO Main earlier today.
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Flight #1 to the Main Event Now Boarding
Event #14: $1,100 NLH Main Event ($990 + $110)
Date: Day 1a: Nov 28, 1 PM
Day 1b: Nov 29, 1 PM
Day 2: Nov 30, NoonBlinds: 40/60 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: 12.5% of the Field It’s time for the opening flight to the Main Event. Players can take their first shot at what is virtually guaranteed to be the biggest prize pool of the series, starting at 1 PM on Friday.
Blinds on Day 1 run for 40 minutes, and there are nine levels of poker with entries open. There’s a dinner break following Level 9, and once the players return for Level 10, Day 1 entries will be closed. After that, the game plays down to 12.5% of the starting field, no matter how long it takes, but generally the day will last 15-17 levels before the bags come out
Main Event Winner, Pav Braich In September, local reg Pav Braich came through for his first Main EVent title on the PPT. There were some deals at the end, with Braich collecting $38,626 of $274,626 in total prizes after defeating Cam Stewart heads up. Stewart was at the end of an amazing series with multiple final table appearances and two heads-up battles. Stewart isn’t likely to be in the Main for Day 1a, as he is chip leading the PLO Main, which plays its Day 2 on Friday, but no doubt he’ll be firing on Saturday, looking to go one spot better this time. For his part, Braich was just a few spots away from Day 2 in the PLO Main, and he’ll no doubt be taking a shot to repeat his title in the opening flight.
I won’t be watching the opening flight very closely until the PLO Main is over, but I’ll keep up to date on the numbers and try to get a few chip counts at breaks, with full results coming at the end of the day.
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Hand for Hand
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 21/156 Prizes: $146,718 They are down to 21 now, one off the bags to end the night. The clock is paused, and they’ve played four hands with two minutes coming off for each one.
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Soft Bubble
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 22/156 Prizes: $146,718 They are two off the end of the night now, after Paul Brar ended his day in 23rd. They’ll go pause the clock after the next elimination, then play hand-for-hand until they hit 20 players and the bags come out.
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Wasy Leads Final 23
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 23/156 Prizes: $146,718 Level 16 is about to begin, and Eric Wasylenko is the big leader right now. He’s the only player with more than 500k, and, in fact, the only player with more than 400k as well. Michael Baldwin, who was on the PLO Main final table earlier today, is second with 385k, while Tony Ma, Kris Steinbach, and Jimmy Lee round out the top five. Full stacks and seats for the final 23 players are below.
T-S Player Chips 2 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 527,000 2 – 2 Nick Milkovich 265,000 2 – 4 Lynne Stephenson 232,000 2 – 6 Mitch Heidt 124,000 2 – 7 Daniel Lefebvre 62,000 2 – 8 Jimmy Lee 310,000 2 – 9 Gerald Chung 134,000 4 – 1 Mike Malm 140,000 4 – 2 Paul Brar 84,000 4 – 3 Kris Steinbach 338,000 4 – 4 Tony Ma 364,000 4 – 5 Chris Hak 306,000 4 – 6 Michael Baldwin 385,000 4 – 7 Yong Lu 81,000 4 – 8 Van Le 151,000 5 – 1 Andy Truong 78,000 5 – 2 Anne Ngo 137,000 5 – 3 Terrell Gaskin 100,000 5 – 4 Vince Lam 149,000 5 – 5 Lina Niu 137,000 5 – 6 Johnny Dalphond 109,000 5 – 7 Ryan Cairns 243,000 5 – 8 Justin Pennell 169,000 -
Three Off the Bags
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 23/156 Prizes: $146,718 20 Minutes are left in Level 15, and they are now three players off the bags, and tw players from the hand-for-hand bubble play. It seems likely the clock will be paused for the final hands around the end of this level.
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5 Off the Bags
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 25/156 Prizes: $96,188 Just over 10 minutes are left in Level 14, and the field is down to 25 players left. That leaves them five eliminations off the end of the night, and it still looks like the bubble will come sometime late in Level 15. The average stack is over 45 bigs, but there are a few players out there with very short stacks, so they’ll need to double soon, or else try again tomorrow in Day 1b.
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31 Remain after 12 Levels
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 31/156 Prizes: $146,718 Level 13 is just beginning, with players back from the first post-dinner break. There are 31 players still alive, putting the 11 off the bags for today, so it’s still looking like a good bet that the bubble tonight will come sometime before the next break after Level 15.
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Final Four Tables for 1a
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 35/156 Prizes: $146,718 Just under 30 minutes remain in Level 12, and Day 1a is now 15 players off the end of the night. The field is down to 35 players, and play will stop today when they get to 20 players. At the current pace, it looks like they will likely hit the bubble somewhere around the end of Level 15, but that remains to be seen.
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Down to 5 Tables
Level: 11 (1000/2000/2000) Entries: 45/156 Prizes: $146,718 The field is now down to 45 players left, putting the 25 players away from the end of the night. About 5 minutes have passed on Level 11, and the average stack right now is a bit more than 50 big blinds
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156 Entries for 1a
Level: 10 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 54/156 Prizes: $146,718 Entries are now closed for Day 1a of the Main Event, with 156 entries on the board to start Level 10. If that holds on review, then 20 players will be bagging chips later tonight for Sunday’s Day 2, and $146,718 in prizes will move forward.
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Van Le Leads 1a on Dinner
Level: 9 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 51/153 Prizes: $143,897 About 20 minutes remain in the dinner break, and entries will close when they return from dinner for Level 10. The current field is at 153 entries, with 51 players still alive, but there may still be a few new entries before the desk closes.
Van Le looks to be the leader right now with 230k in front of him, but Annee Ngo is close behind with 225k. 2024 API Player of the Year Mike Malm looks to be 3rd with just shy of 200k, though I didn’t count all the stacks and instead just looked for the biggest ones. See below for a look at the ten biggest I spotted.
Player Chips Van Le 230,000 Annee Ngo 225,000 Mike Malm 195,000 Lynne Stephenson 189,000 Kris Steinbach 177,000 Dave McLeod 166,000 Michael Baldwin 155,000 Nick Milkovich 153,000 Lina Niu 137,000 Eric Wasylenko 101,500 -
About an Hour Left in Entries for 1a
Level: 9 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 56/146 Prizes: $137,313 Just under 20 minutes remain in Level 9, and players will be on their dinner break following this level. Dinner will last 45 minutes, and entries are closed when they sit down for Level 10, so the 1a entries are just over an hour away from closing right now.
Given the current number, it looks like they’ll end with more than 150 entries for today’s flight, which bodes well for a prize pool that might approach $400k by the end of 1b entries.
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Final Two Levels of Entry
Level: 8 (500/1000/1000) Entries: 63/130 Prizes: $122,265 Lewvel 8 has just begun with 130 entries on the board. That puts the 1a prizes at more than $122k and climbing, with about 2 hours left to enter today’s flight. Of course, they’ll do it all over again tomorrow with the second flight on Day 1b, with the top 12.5% from both flights reconvening on Sunday for the money play on Day 2.
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Nearing 120 Entries for 1a
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 67/117 Prizes: $110,039 The 1a prizes are now over $110k with 117 entries on the board. Less than 5 minutes remain in Level 6, with the second break of the day following this level.
After that, there are three more levels of open entry today, and while I expect entries to slow somewhat for the final three levels of entry, it still seems likely the 1a total will be 130+.
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Closing in on 100 Entries
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 68/95 Prizes: $89,348 About 5 minutes remain in Level 4 in Day 1a of the Main Event and the field is now just 5 entries shy of 100 for today’s flight. That puts the prizes so far at just shy of $90k, with about 3.5 hours left to enter today’s flight. 100+ seems like a lock now, and the only real question is how much bigger than 100 1a will get.
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Nearing $80k in Prizes
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 65/83 Prizes: $78,062 They ate just a few entries away from $80k in prizes for Day 1a, with players just back in action from the first break of the day. There are just under 4 hours remaining with entries open, so it’s still looking like an easy bet to have a field well over 100 entries today.
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More than 50 Entries
Level: 2 (100/200/200) Entries: 47/53 Prizes: $49,847 The field is one entry shy of $50k in prizes now, with just under 15 minutes to play in Level 2. There are still about 6 hours left to enter today’s flight, plus a full second flight tomorrow, so this is already looking like a pretty solid turnout.
Given the numbers so far, it looks like a safe bet to crack 100 entries for today’s flight, and the final number could flirt with 150 entries.
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Nearly 40 Entries for Opening Level
Level: 1 (100/100/100) Entries: 38/38 Prizes: $35,739 There are still about 5 minutes to play in Level 1, and the Day 1a field is already nearing 40 entries. That is a pretty decent turn-out for the opening level of a Day 1a, and it looks like the day may get 100 or more entries before the end, if the pace stays on target.
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27 Entries to Start Day 1a
Level: 1 (100/100/100) Entries: 27/27 Prizes: $25,394 The opening flight to the Main Event is now underway with about 15 minutes played in Level 1. It’s a pretty respectable early turnout for 1a, with 27 players in their seats early in Level 1, and a fairly steady stream of players still jumping in. Preston Stevenson is among the players in the Main flight today, after he jumped right into this one after his min-cash in the PLO Main earlier today.
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Flight #1 to the Main Event Now Boarding
Event #14: $1,100 NLH Main Event ($990 + $110)
Date: Day 1a: Nov 28, 1 PM
Day 1b: Nov 29, 1 PM
Day 2: Nov 30, NoonBlinds: 40/60 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: 12.5% of the Field It’s time for the opening flight to the Main Event. Players can take their first shot at what is virtually guaranteed to be the biggest prize pool of the series, starting at 1 PM on Friday.
Blinds on Day 1 run for 40 minutes, and there are nine levels of poker with entries open. There’s a dinner break following Level 9, and once the players return for Level 10, Day 1 entries will be closed. After that, the game plays down to 12.5% of the starting field, no matter how long it takes, but generally the day will last 15-17 levels before the bags come out
Main Event Winner, Pav Braich In September, local reg Pav Braich came through for his first Main EVent title on the PPT. There were some deals at the end, with Braich collecting $38,626 of $274,626 in total prizes after defeating Cam Stewart heads up. Stewart was at the end of an amazing series with multiple final table appearances and two heads-up battles. Stewart isn’t likely to be in the Main for Day 1a, as he is chip leading the PLO Main, which plays its Day 2 on Friday, but no doubt he’ll be firing on Saturday, looking to go one spot better this time. For his part, Braich was just a few spots away from Day 2 in the PLO Main, and he’ll no doubt be taking a shot to repeat his title in the opening flight.
I won’t be watching the opening flight very closely until the PLO Main is over, but I’ll keep up to date on the numbers and try to get a few chip counts at breaks, with full results coming at the end of the day.
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Bitton is the Biggest B-Bag
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 25/199 (45/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) Nadav Bitton will be the big stack going into Day 2, as he bagged up both the 1b and overall lead with more than 700k in his bag. That’s more than 200k ahead of 1a leader Eric Wasylenko, and, in fact, two other 1b players — Colten Yamagishi & Rob Charlebois — also eclipsed Wasy’s stack to push him to 4th overall for Day 2.
The full Day 2 stacks and seats will be coming shortly, but below is a look at the 25 stacks from 1b that made it through. Note that Mike Malm bagged a small stack on 1a, then came back today and bagged bigger, so he’ll get an automatic min-cash for the small bag and play the big one with 44 remaining on Day 2.
Player Chips BB Nadav Bitton 712,000 284.8 Colten Yamagishi 552,500 221.0 Rob Charlebois 530,000 212.0 Julius Roque 436,000 174.4 Luteng Li 399,500 159.8 Saaed Ganji 349,000 139.6 Brad Stevens 301,000 120.4 Jason Law 279,000 111.6 Quentin Siffledeen 270,500 108.2 Mike Malm 188,000 75.2 Chrinstopher Newbergher 183,500 73.4 Francis Fan 173,500 69.4 Richard Gilliard 173,000 69.2 Mike Vaynshteyn 168,000 67.2 Teo Sanchez 159,500 63.8 Pav Braich 152,500 61.0 Alemu Makonen 151,000 60.4 Yeping Shan 147,000 58.8 DevenLane 137,500 55.0 Khang Luong 137,000 54.8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 136,000 54.4 Fouad Lofti 90,000 36.0 Cam Stewart 78,000 31.2 Johnny Yu 42,500 17.0 Deron Noksana 20,500 8.2 -
Bags Are Coming
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 25/199 (45/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) The clock is now paused with 12:17 remaining in Level 15, and they are about to go hand-for-hand to the money. However, there was a hand in progress as they paused the clock, and that hand saw one player eliminated to get them to the bags.
Stay tuned for the 1b chip counts shortly, and the Day 2 seat assignments to follow after that.
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Final Three Tables
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 27/199 (47/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) They are now two off the bags, and one away from hand-for-hand play with 27 players left. There are now about 18 minutes remaining in Level 15. Just as a reminder, Day 1a played until about 5 minutes remaining in Level 16, so it looks like a good bet that the Day 2 blinds will be rolled back a bit to start the day on Sunday.
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3 Off the Bags
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 28/199 (48/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) About 20 minutes remain in Level 15, and the field is now down to 28. They’ll break down to the final three tables after the next elimination, then pause the clock after 27th place busts, playing hand-for-hand for the rest of the night until they make it to 25.
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7 Off the Bags
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 32/199 (52/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) They are down to 32 left in 1b of the Main, putting them just 7 eliminations off the bags coming out. Level 15 has just begun, so it seems probable they’ll find a bubble towards the end of this level, or the start of Level 16, but they still need to lose a few more players before that happens.
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Nearly $68k for the Winner Tomorrow
Level: 13 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 39/199 (59/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) The prizes are in and the field is confirmed at 355 entries across both starting days. That puts the prizes at $333,878, with just shy of $68k up top for the win tomorrow. Everyone making Day 2 is guaranteed at least $1,798. See the Payouts tab for a look at the full prizes, with the top ten spots below.
Place Prize 1 $67,950 2 $46,860 3 $30,460 4 $23,430 5 $18,040 6 $14,295 7 $11,245 8 $8,905 9 $7,265 10 $5,860 -
Bitton Leads Big on Break
Level: 13 (1500/3000/3000) Entries: 44/199 (64/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) Nadav Bitton is the big leader on the break following Level 12. The 1b field is down to 44 to start Level 13, with Bitton on more than 500k already. Jason Law, who booked TWO landmarks in last night’s satellite game, is second with 326. See below for a look at a few other big stacks.
Player Chips BB Nadav Bitton 537,000 179.0 Jason Law 326,000 108.7 Julius Roque 281,000 93.7 Fouad Lofti 276,000 92.0 Khang Luong 238,500 79.5 Rob Lothian 220,000 73.3 Colten Yamagishi 220,000 73.3 Teo Sanchez 174,500 58.2 -
Final Five Tables, 20 Off the Bags
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 45/199 (65/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) Level 12 is nearly complete, with just a few minutes remaining til the next break. The field is down to 45 players, putting them 20 eliminations off the money. I’ll have a quick look around the final five tables on break to try to find some of the big stacks in the field today.
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Down to 58 Left
Level: 12 (1500/2500/2500) Entries: 58/199 (78/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) Just over 30 minutes remain in Level 12, with another break scheduled following this level. There are 58 players left in 1b now, and the numbers are confirmed for 25 bags at the end of the night. I don’t have the full prizes yet, but they should be posted shortly.
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199 Entries for 1b
Level: 10 (1000/1500/1500) Entries: 83/199 (103/355 combined) Prizes: $187,160 (Combined: $333,878) Entries for the Main Event are now closed, and the final tally for 1b looks to be 199. That number is yet to be confirmed, but when it is, it will mean 25 players getting bags from today’s event.
That should put the Day 2 field at 45 players returning to play for $333,878 in total prizes on Sunday.
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Less than an Hour to Enter
Level: 9 (600/1200/1200) Entries: 83/192 (103/348 combined) Prizes: $180,576 (Combined: $327,294) The 1b field is now over 190 entries, for just shy of 350 total across both days. That puts the current combined prizes at $327,294, but it seems likely we’ll still see a few more entries before the desk shuts down in about 50 minutes. I’m still expecting around 200 for the final 1b number.
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More than $300k in Prizes
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 95/165 (115/321 combined) Prizes: $155,183 (Combined: $301,901) Level 7 is just over half complete, and the 1b field is now at 165 entries. That puts the combined total over 320 for prizes of almost $302k. There are still about 2.25 hours left to get into today’s flight, so a final field today of 200+ isn’t out of the question.
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Final Three Levels of Entry
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 91/157 (111/313 combined) Prizes: $147,659 (Combined: $294,377) The 1b field just capped 1a, with evel 7 about to begin. There are now 157 entries in Day 1b, 1 more than Day 1a, but there are still almost three hours left to enter today’s flight. With no second chances after entries close, I expect rebuys to be fairly brisk until entries close at about 8:15 PM, and the combined field right now is just a few entries shy of $300k.
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More than 300 Entries
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 92/149 (112/305 combined) Prizes: $140,135 (Combined: $286,853) The combined field is now over 300 entries with 149 entries on the board. Level 6 has just over 30 minutes to play, with the second break of 1b to follow. That means there are still about 3.5 hours left to get into today’s final flight to the Main Event, with entries set to close at around 8:15 when they return from dinner.
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100 Live Bodies in Day 1b
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 100/135 (120/291 combined) Prizes: $126,968 (Combined: $273,686) Level 4 is nearly complete, and the 1b field is at 135 entries, with 100 players in their seats right now. That puts the combined field at almost 300 entries, for prizes of just under $275k, with more than 4 hours left to enter today’s final flight.
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Combined Prizes Over $250k
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 92/112 (112/268 combined) Prizes: $105,336 (Combined: $252,054) The players are back in their seats for Level 4, with about 35 minutes remaining in the level. The 1b field is at 112 entries for a combined field of 268, and prizes of $252,054. They only need another 50 entries today to cap $300k, and that seems like a full lock, while another 105 entries today will put the prizes over $350k.
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100 Entries Before First Break
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 82/100 (102/256 combined) Prizes: $94,050 (Combined: $240,768) The combined prizes are over $240k, with less than 5 minutes to play in level 3. The 1b field is at 100 exactly as Level 3 ticks down to a close and the players prepare for their first break of 1b. That puts the combined field over 250 entries and climbing — a final field for today’s flight of more than 200 seems like a lock at this point. A 1b field of 200 would put the final field at a bit more than 350 entries for combined prizes just shy of $335k.
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Almost $230k in Prizes
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 83/88 (103/244 combined) Prizes: $82,764 (Combined: $229,482) The 1b field is already pretty huge, with almosyt 90 entries on the board to start Level 3. The players haven’t even gone for their first break of the day, so today’s field is already well ahead of the 1a pace. Assuming the current pace continues, a final prize pool between $350k and $400k seems pretty likely.
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Nearing 250 Combined Entries
Level: 2 (100/200/200) Entries: 77/79 (97/235 combined) Prizes: $74,300 (Combined: $221,018) The combined prizes are over $220k already, with the 1b action in Level 2 now. There are almost 80 entries on the board halfway through the second level of play today, for a combined total now of 235 entries and prizes of just over $221k.
So far, today’s flight looks easily on pace to push $350k in combined prizes by the end of entries today.
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Wasylenko Leads 1a Stacks
Event #14: $1,100 NLH Main Event ($990 + $110)
Date: Day 1a: Nov 28, 1 PM
Day 1b: Nov 29, 1 PM
Day 2: Nov 30, NoonBlinds: 40/60 Minutes Starting Stack: 30k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: 12.5% of the Field Entries: 20/156 Prizes: $146,718 The opening flight to the Main Event has landed with 20 players still on board. Eric Wasylenko, who is a bit of a crusher on the PPT to say the least, bagged the big stack from 1a by quite a bit.
Wasy has 515k in his bag, with Tony Ma #2, but a long way back at 385k. Michael Baldwin, Chris Hak, and Daniel Lefebvre round out the top five counts from the opening flight, with Lefebvre just shy of 300k. The full stacks for the 20 1a qualifiers are below.
1b will be a bigger repeat of 1a. The action kicks off at 1 PM, and entries are open for just over 7 hours, closing at about 8:15 PM. Day 1 plays until there are 12.5% of the starting field remaining, and Day 1a played until 5 minutes remaining in Level 16 (3k/6k/6k). That means that will be the biggest possible start for Day 2, but if 1b ends earlier, they’ll roll back the Day 2 blinds to wherever it ends.
There is already nearly $150k in the prize pool from 1a alone, so $300k+ looks like an easy lock. I generally predict 1b will be 50% bigger than 1a, and if that holds, it should mean a final field around 375 entries for prizes of more than $350k. It remains to be seen if it gets that big (or even bigger).
Player Chips Eric Wasylenko 515,000 Tony Ma 385,000 Michael Baldwin 377,000 Chris Hak 327,000 Daniel Lefebvre 290,000 Kris Steinbach 288,000 Anne Ngo 280,000 Vince Lam 230,000 Nick Milkovich 229,000 Lina Niu 217,000 Lynne Stephenson 202,000 Jimmy Lee 193,000 Van Le 184,000 Yong Lu 168,000 Johnny Dalphond 157,000 Gerald Chung 142,000 Justin Pennell 136,000 Mitch Heidt 107,000 Andy Truong 105,000 Mike Malm 82,000 2025 PPT5 E14 2025 PPT5 Sched
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Pav Braich Defies the Odds to Win Back to Back PPT Main Event Titles ($50,000)
Pav Braich Wins Back to Back PPT Main Events The final PPT Main Event of 2025 saw a surge of entries. A field of 355 combined for a prize pool $333,878. Pav Braich did the unthinkable and weathered the storm of Day 2 to find back to back main event victories. Pav entered the day as one of the short stacks. However, he wouldn’t let that hold him back. He found a double with kings early in the day to fall to the middle of the pact.
He found another timely pot with queen-seven to close in on the 1,000,000 chip mark. As play got down to the final table, Braich’s patience was on full display. Braich found himself battling with other short stacks for ladders. He played disciplined finding key all-ins and stealing pots where he could. Finally with play five-handed Braich launched his attack. He found big hands on the button picking up dead money and stealing the blinds repeatedly.
Soon after he found a key double up with pocket nines against ace-queen. The four remaining players all sat similar in stacks with each holding 2-3 million in chips. Sanchez seemed to have nine lives, finding river after river against Braich when at risk. However, Braich held steady and eliminated him find a full house with ace-six.
At three handed, chips flew eventually settling with all remaining players sharing a similar stack of 3,500,000. Johnny Dalphond, Luteng Li, and Braich agreed to chop for $47,000 leaving $3,000 and the trophy for the winner. From there, Braich made short work of the competition. Braich eliminated Li flopping a pair of tens against his overcards. Dalphond battled back finding a double to even the chip stacks.
However, Braich would not be denied. Immediately after, he called off Dalphond’s jam with pocket eights. He flopped a set turning Dalphond dead to accomplish the incredible feat of back to back Main Event titles. With this he soars past the $400,000 USD lifetie earnings.
Event #14: $1,100 Main Event Final Table Results
Position Player Prize 1 Pav Braich*$50,000 2 Johnny Dalphond*$47,000 3 Luteng Li*$47,000 4 Teo Sanchez$23,430 5 Chris Hak$18,040 6 Julius Roque$14,295 7 Quentin Siffledeen$11,245 8 Saeed Ganji$8,905 9 Eric Wasylenko$7,265 -
Johnny Dalphond Eliminated in 2nd Place ($47,000)
Level: 29 (60,000/120,000/120,000) Entries: 1/355 Prizes: $333,878 Johnny Dalphond Main Event The previous hand Johnny Dalphond moved all in, and was called by Pav Braich. He was drawing slim with just an open ended straight draw. However, he smashed the river to find the double up and even the stacks.
The following hand, after a raise and three-bet, Dalphond moved all in for 5,040,000. Pav Braich made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Johnny Dalphond: A♠6♣
Pav Braich: 8♥8♦The board ran out J♥K♦8♣4♠10♦ to give Braich the back to back PPT Main Event trophies.
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Luteng Li Eliminated in 3rd Place ($47,000)
Level: 28 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 2/355 Prizes: $333,878 Luteng Li PPT Main Event Luteng Li lost a healthy chunk of his stack the previous hand, with Pav Braich firing 1,200,000 on the river into the 3,500,000 pot. Li made the call and Braich revealed pocket queens for the nut full house.
Li moved all in for 790,000 from the button, and Braich was quick to make the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Luteng Li: A♠Q♥
Pav Braich: K♦10♠The board ran out 5♦6♦10♥J♦8♠ to send Li out in the podium place.
Pav Braich: 7,460,000
Johnny Dalphond: 3,175,000 -
Li Doubles; Players Agree to a Chop
Level: 28 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 3/355 Prizes: $333,878 Pav Braich opened to 200,000 from the button. Luteng Li moved all in for 1,470,000 from the big blind, and Braich made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Luteng Li: A♦5♣
Pav Braich: A♥8♦The board ran out 9♥4♠K♦3♣2♥ for Li to find the double. With the three players sitting at similar stack sizes, they agreed to an even chop guaranteeing everyone $47,000. The winner would receive the coveted Main Event PPT trophy, along with $3,000. Any leftover prize pool will be donated to the dealers/house as a tip.
Pav Braich: 3,660,000
Johnny Dalphond: 3,500,000
Luteng Li: 3,400,000 -
Bullets for Braich
Level: 28 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 3/355 Prizes: $333,878 Action was caught after the board ran out K♥4♠2♦7♦9♥, and Luteng Li checked to Pav Braich.
He fired for 800,000, and Li found the call.
Braich revealed A♦A♥ to take the pot.
Pav Braich: 6,750,000
Luteng Li: 2,150,000
Johnny Dalphond: 1,725,000 -
Teo Sanchez Eliminated in 4th Place ($23,430)
Level: 28 (50,000/100,000/100,000) Entries: 3/355 Prizes: $333,878 Teo Sanchez Main Event Teo Sanchez opened to 200,000 from the cutoff. After finding back to back doubles, Pav Braich moved all in. Sanchez call for his remaining 1,000,000 and both players revealed their holdings.
Teo Sanchez: K♣Q♣
Pav Braich: A♣6♠The board ran out 9♣4♣9♥A♥A♦ to send the pot to Braich.
Pav Braich: 4,740,000
Luteng Li: 4,120,000
Johnny Dalphond: 1,840,000 -
Sanchez Has Nine Lives
Level: 27 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 4/355 Prizes: $333,878 Pav Braich opened to 160,000, and Teo Sanchez defended his big blind.
The flop came 6♣2♥10♠, and Sanchez was quick to check. Braich fired for 230,000, and Sanchez moved all in for 650,000. Braich found the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Teo Sanchez: A♦6♥
Pav Braich: 6♦7♣The board completed with the 7♦10♥ for Sanchez to find the double.
Luteng Li: 5,600,000
Johnny Dalphond: 2,550,000
Teo Sanchez: 1,660,000
Pav Braich: 650,000 -
Sanchez Finds a Miracle River
Level: 27 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 4/355 Prizes: $333,878 Teo Sanchez moved all in for 840,000, and Pav Braich moved all in over the top. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their holdings.
Teo Sanchez: K♣10♠
Pav Braich: J♥J♠The board ran out 6♦10♥9♦4♦10♦ for Sanchez to take the pot.
Teo Sanchez: 1,630,000
Pav Braich: 1,420,000 -
Braich and Sanchez Chipping Up
Level: 27 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 4/355 Prizes: $333,878 After an initial raise, Pav Braich moved all in for around 1,000,000. Johnny Dalphond moved all in over the top. Braich’s pair of nines faded the overs of Dalphond to find the double.
The following hand, Teo Sanchez opened to 160,000 from the cutoff. Luteng Li three-bet to 520,000, and Sanchez moved all in for 1,560,000. Li went into the tank, but found the fold for all players to sit with a similar size stack.
Luteng Li: 2,900,000
Johnny Dalphond: 2,580,000
Pav Braich: 2,400,000
Teo Sanchez: 2,260,000 -
Chris Hak Eliminated in 5th Place ($18,040)
Level: 27 (40,000/80,000/80,000) Entries: 4/355 Prizes: $333,878 Chris Hak PPT Main Event Chris Hak moved all in for 410,000 from the button. Teo Sanchez made the call from the small blind, and both players revealed their holdings.
Chris Hak: K♦7♥
Teo Sanchez: A♠9♠The board ran out J♠10♥7♦8♠A♣ to give Sanchez the pot.
Luteng Li: 4,430,000
Johnny Dalphond: 4,035,000
Pav Braich: 1,160,000
Teo Sanchez: 1,010,000 -
Updated Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Big Blinds Luteng Li 4,550,000 57 Johnny Dalphond 3,770,000 47 Chris Hak 810,000 10 Pav Braich 720,000 9 Teo Sanchez 710,000 9 -
Sanchez Takes it Down
Level: 26 (30,000/60,000/60,000) Entries: 5/355 Prizes: $333,878 Chris Hak called from the small blind, and Teo Sanchez checked his option.
The flop came 6♣5♣J♠, and both players were quick to check.
After the turn peeled the J♣, Hak checked to Sanchez. He fired for 60,000, and Hak made the call.
The river came the 3♦, and both players checked their option. Sanchez revealed 2♦6♥ to take the pot.
Teo Sanchez: 1,150,000
Chris Hak: 1,020,000 -
Julius Roque Eliminated in 6th Place ($14,295)
Level: 26 (30,000/60,000/60,000) Entries: 5/355 Prizes: $333,878 Julius Roque Main Event Just before the break, Julius Roque lost a big pot against Lutang Li. Li revealed Ace-Ten on the A♠5♦3♥5♣7♠ board leaving Roque with just 100,000 chips.
Roque moved all in from early position noting that he “liked the music,” playing at the time. Chris Hak raised to 500,000, and the remaining players folded. Both players revealed their holdings.
Julius Roque: 7♦10♦
Chris Hak: A♠K♥The board ran out J♠4♣4♠A♥J♦ to send the pot Hak’s way.
Chris Hak: 1,870,000
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Sanchez Finds Life and Updated Stacks
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 6/355 Prizes: $333,878 Johnny Dalphond opened to 150,000 from middle position, and Chris Hak made the call. Teo Sanchez raised to 550,000, leaving just 120,000 behind. Dalphond made the call.
The flop came 8♣7♣9♦, and Sanchez moved all in for his remaining 120,000. Dalphond made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Teo Sanchez: K♦K♣
Johnny Dalphond: K♥Q♣The board completed with the 7♠2♥ to give Sanchez the double.
Luteng Li: 4,330,000
Johnny Dalphond: 2,360,000
Teo Sanchez: 1,640,000
Chris Hak: 1,620,000
Pav Braich: 510,000
Julius Roque: 100,000 -
Quentin Siffledeen Eliminated in 7th Place ($11,245)
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 6/355 Prizes: $333,878 Quentin Siffledeen Main Event Quentin Siffledeen moved all in for 440,000 from the button, and Luteng Li called from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Quentin Siffledeen: J♠J♦
Luteng Li: A♣K♦Siffledeen looked poised to take the pot as the turn came 10♣5♦8♦8♠. However, the K♠ on the river, sent him to the rail.
Luteng Li: 3,270,000
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Roque Doubles With Cowboys
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Julius Roque opened to 100,000 from the small blind, and Johnny Dalphond moved all in from the big blind. Roque called off his 255,000, and both players revealed their holdings.
Julius Roque: K♠K♣
Johnny Dalphond: A♥10♥The board ran out 3♦10♠9♦5♠5♥ to send the pot Roque’s way.
Johnny Dalphond: 2,970,000
Julius Roque: 560,000 -
Li Makes the Hero Call
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Action was caught after the board ran out Q♣10♥6♠4♣K♠, and Teo Sanchez fired 620,000 into the 750,000 pot. Luteng Li went into the tank.
After quite some time, he made the call. Sanchez showed 9♠7♣ for the bluff, and Li revealed Q♦J♠ to take the pot.
Johnny Dalphond: 3,250,000
Luteng Li: 2,810,000
Chris Hak: 1,880,000
Quentin Siffledeen: 750,000
Teo Sanchez: 705,000
Pav Braich: 500,000
Julius Roque: 350,000 -
Dalphond Always Has It
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Action was caught after the flop of J♠Q♦6♥, and Johnny Dalphond fired for 220,000 from the small blind. Chris Hak made the call from the big blind.
After the turn peeled the 3♥, Dalphond continued for 500,000. Hak went into the tank, but eventually found the fold. Dalphond revealed 6♦6♣ for a flopped set.
Johnny Dalphond: 3,000,000
Chris Hak: 1,670,000 -
Sanchez Flushes Roque Out
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Teo Sanchez opened to 80,000 from the cutoff, and Julius Roque defended his big blind.
The flop came Q♠3♠4♦, and both players were quick to check.
After the turn peeled the Q♦, Roque led out for 100,000. Sanchez made the call.
The river came the 6♦ completing the backdoor flush draw. Roque checked to Sanchez who fired for 340,000. After going into the tank, Roque made the call. Sanchez revealed K♦10♦ to take the pot.
Teo Sanchez: 1,620,000
Julius Roque: 1,010,000 -
Ten High is a Monster for Hak
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Julius Roque opened to 105,000 from the button, and Chris Hak defended his big blind.
The flop came K♦3♠4♠, and Hak was quick to check. Roque fired for 100,000, and Hak made the call.
After the turn peeled the 5♥, Hak checked to Roque. He continued for 340,000, and Hak found the call.
The 2♦ completed the board, and both players opted to check. Hak revealed 10♠8♠ to best Roque’s 10♦7♦.
Chris Hak: 1,890,000
Julius Roque: 1,300,000 -
Dalphond Leading the Field
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Johnny Dalphond opened to 90,000 from late position, and Luteng Li defended his big blind.
The flop came Q♥2♦2♣, and Li was quick to check.
Dalphond fired for 80,000, and was rewarded with the pot. Play has tightened as the pay jumps become significant in value at the final table.
Johnny Dalphond: 2,700,000
Luteng Li: 1,230,000 -
All Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Johnny Dalphond 2,270,000 Julius Roque 1,720,000 Quentin Siffledeen 1,465,000 Pav Braich 1,410,000 Luteng Li 1,355,000 Chris Hak 1,190,000 Teo Sanchez 950,000 -
Li Doubles Through Siffledeen
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Quentin Siffledeen opened to 70,000 from middle position, and Luteng Li moved all in for 740,000. Siffledeen made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Luteng Li: J♥J♠
Quentin Siffledeen: A♣Q♦The board ran out 8♦2♥J♣4♦3♠ for Li to find the double.
Luteng Li: 1,495,000
Quentin Siffledeen: 1,470,000 -
Siffledeen Shows the Bluff
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Quentin Siffledeen opened to 70,000 from the button, and both blinds made the call.
The flop came K♣4♦2♣, and the blinds checked to Siffledeen. He fired for 60,000, and Teo Sanchez raised to 210,000. Siffledeen made the call.
After the turn peeled the 4♣, Sanchez was quick to check. Siffledeen fired for 250,000, and was rewarded with the pot. He revealed 3♦5♦ for the stone bluff.
Quentin Siffledeen: 1,965,000
Teo Sanchez: 940,000 -
Saeed Ganji Eliminated in 8th Place ($8,905)
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 7/355 Prizes: $333,878 Saeed Ganji Main Event Saeed Ganji opened to 60,000 from under the gun, and Johnny Dalphond defended his big blind.
The flop came J♦K♥10♦, and Dalphond led out for 120,000. Ganji moved all in for approximately 350,000, and Dalphond made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Saeed Ganji: A♦A♥
Johnny Dalphond: Q♣J♠The board completed with the 9♠3♥ to send the pot Dalphond’s way.
Johnny Dalphond: 2,340,000
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Eric Wasylenko Eliminated in 9th Place ($7,265)
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 8/355 Prizes: $333,878 Eric Wasylenko PPT Main Event Eric Wasylenko moved all in for 225,000 from middle position. Action folded to Chris Hak who called from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Eric Wasylenko: J♥10♣
Chris Hak: A♦9♥The board ran out 4♠2♠7♥8♥2♣ to send Wasylenko to the rail.
Chris Hak: 1,610,000
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Siffledeen Heating Up
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 9/355 Prizes: $333,878 Johnny Dalphond opened to 70,000 from early position. Quentin Siffledeen three-bet to 200,000 from middle position, and Dalphond made the call.
The flop came 7♠4♣3♦, and Dalphond was quick to check. Siffledeen moved all in for 780,000, and Dalphond made the fold. Siffledeen revealed K♥K♣. The following hand, he took down the blinds after opening to 70,000.
Johnny Dalphond: 1,870,000
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Hak Finding Stacks
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 9/355 Prizes: $333,878 Action was caught after the board ran out 2♥7♦3♥Q♥10♣. Julius Roque fired for 200,000 from middle position.
Chris Hak moved all in for 775,000, and Roque went into the tank. Eventually, Roque made the fold for Hak to take the pot.
Julius Roque: 1,850,000
Chris Hak: 1,400,000 -
Hak Doubles Through Wasylenko
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 9/355 Prizes: $333,878 Eric Wasylenko opened to 50,000 from early position. After a few calls, Chris Hak moved all in for 350,000. Wasylenko moved all in over the top, and the remaining players found a fold. Both players revealed their holdings.
Chris Hak: 10♦10♣
Eric Wasylenko: A♦J♣The board ran out 6♣8♠9♥7♥7♠ for Hak to find the double.
Chris Hak: 915,000
Eric Wasylenko: 210,000 -
Mike Malm Falls Short of the Final Table
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 9/355 Prizes: $333,878 Mike Malm PPT Main Event Julius Roque opened to 80,000, and Mike Malm moved all in for 660,000. Roque made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Mike Malm: A♥10♥
Julius Roque: A♣Q♥The board ran out 8♦4♠J♥Q♠5♠ to send Malm to the rail.
Julius Roque: 2,410,000
Position Player Prize 10 Mike Malm$5,860 11 Michael St. Pierre-Porter$4,790 12 Lina Niu$4,790 -
12 Left in the Main
Level: 22 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 12/355 Prizes: $333,878 The Main Event field is down to 12 now after Michael Baldwin hit the rail for 13th place tonight.
Place Player Prize 13 Michael Baldwin$4,165 14 Tony Ma$4,165 15 Mitch Heidt$4,165 16 Annee Ngo$3,620 -
Dalphond in the Lead
Level: 22 (15000/25000/25000) Entries: 13/355 Prizes: $333,878 Johnny Dalphond and Quentin Siffledeen both have more than 1 million for the top two spots. See below for the full counts from the final 13 players in the Main.
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 1 Julius Roque 520,000 20.8 1 – 2 Chris Hak 340,000 13.6 1 – 3 Michael Baldwin 180,000 7.2 1 – 5 Mike Malm 835,000 33.4 1 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 1,355,000 54.2 1 – 8 Lina Niu 950,000 38.0 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 785,000 31.4 3 – 3 Pav Braich 950,000 38.0 3 – 5 Johnny Dalphond 1,795,000 71.8 3 – 6 Luteng Li 700,000 28.0 3 – 7 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 470,000 18.8 3 – 8 Saaed Ganji 925,000 37.0 3 – 9 Eric Wasylenko 620,000 24.8 -
Braich Nearing a Million
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 13/355 Prizes: $333,878 Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised to 40k from the cutoff, and defending champ Pav Braich called from the big blind. Both players checked the 7♦8♣6♣ flop, and Braich led for 50k on the 2♠ turn.
They went back to checks on the 8♥ river, and Braich showed Q♣7♥ for eights and sevens and the win. He is now sitting with just shy of a million, while Quentin Siffledeen is at around 1.4 million. I’ll grab some full counts at the break shortly.
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13 Remain
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 13/355 Prizes: $333,878 They are down to 13 remaining now, just 4 off the final table.
Place Player Prize 14 Tony Ma$4,165 15 Mitch Heidt$4,165 16 Annee Ngo$3,620 -
Braich Doubles with Pair over Pair
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 15/355 Prizes: $333,878 Eric Wasylenko opened the action under the gun, making it 40k. Pav Braich shoved the hijack for 290k before Michael St. Pierre-Porter reshoved with more from the small blind.
Wasy got out of the way quickly, and the defending champ Braich was in great shape with kings over jacks for St. Pierre-Porter. The runout of A♥9♥A♦Q♠Q♥ didn’t change anything, and Braich got a double with his kings.
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Niu Takes it on Turn
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 15/355 Prizes: $333,878 Michael Baldwin raised the middle to 40k, and Lina Niu defended her big blind with a call. She check-called for 40k on the J♦A♣Q♥ flop, then open-shoved the turn 10♦ with a covering stack. Baldwin didn’t take long to much his hand and send the pot to Niu.
Meanwhile, on the other table, Annee Ngo ended her day in 16th place for $3,620.
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16 Left
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 16/355 Prizes: $333,878 The field is down to 16 left with about 5 minutes to play in Level 20. Rob Charlebois and Alemu Makonen were the recent busts.
Place Player Prize 17 Alemu Makonen$3,620 18 Rob Charlebois$3,620 -
Final Two Tables
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 18/355 Prizes: $333,878 They are down to 18 left in the Main Event now, and they are just setting the final two tables. Vince Lam and Andy Truong were the most recent exits, with Truong shoving 110k from the hijack with ace-five. Pav Braich reshoved from the small blind for 165k, and Truong was looking for an ace against the pocket sevens for Braich (who is the defending champ of this game).
The runout was 5♠J♥J♠2♣10♠, and the sevens stayed in front to put Braich up to about 300k.
Place Player Prize 19 Andy Truong$3,225 20 Vince Lam$3,225 -
Niu Doubles, Leaves Yamagishi on Fumes
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 20/355 Prizes: $333,878 Colten Yamagishi raised to 30k early, and Lina Niu called from the big blind. She led out for 30k on the 3♦J♥8♠ flop, Yamagishi raised to 65k, Niu shoved, and Yamagishi called it off with a bit more.
Yamagishi had the overpair of kings, but he was in bad shape against the flopped set of threes for Niu. The runout didn’t change anything, the Niu got the double, leaving Yamagishi on about 40k. That went in the following hand, and he hit the rail for 21st place.
Meanwhile, Nos Vaynshteyn had busted just before Yamagishi for 22nd.
Place Player Prize 21 Colten Yamagishi$3,225 22 Nos (Mikhail) Vaynshteyn$3,225 23 Justin Pennell$3,225 -
Wasylenko Doubles
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 22/355 Prizes: $333,878 Eric Wasylenko was short at the last count, and he raised under the gun to 65k, leaving just 5k behind. Michael Baldwin repopped the button to 110k before Michael St. Pierre-Porter shoved.
Wasy flicked in his last chip to be all in for 70k, which Baldwin mucked his hand to send some dead money to St. Pierre-Porter. Wasy was on pocket sevens, racing against ace-queen for S. Pierre-Porter, and the low board of 3♣9♦3♥2♠2♥ kept the sevens in front for the double to about 200k.
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Dalphond Leads Final 22
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 22/355 Prizes: $333,878 Justin Pennell hit the rail in 23rd place just before the break to bring the game to 22 players remaining. See below for a look at the stacks & seats for the final 22.
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 1 Colten Yamagishi 847,000 56.5 1 – 2 Alemu Makonen 372,000 24.8 1 – 5 Mike Malm 92,000 6.1 1 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 786,000 52.4 1 – 7 Johnny Dalphond 1,436,000 95.7 1 – 8 Lina Niu 742,000 49.5 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 505,000 33.7 3 – 1 Chris Hak 352,000 23.5 3 – 2 Mitch Heidt 293,000 19.5 3 – 3 Pav Braich 210,000 14.0 3 – 4 Tony Ma 598,000 39.9 3 – 5 Anne Ngo 482,000 32.1 3 – 6 Luteng Li 375,000 25.0 3 – 7 Vince Lam 174,000 11.6 3 – 9 Andy Truong 141,000 9.4 5 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 85,000 5.7 5 – 2 Rob Charlebois 245,000 16.3 5 – 3 Julius Roque 395,000 26.3 5 – 5 Saaed Ganji 860,000 57.3 5 – 6 Michael Baldwin 630,000 42.0 5 – 8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 740,000 49.3 5 – 9 Nos Vaynshteyn 130,000 8.7 -
Down to 23 Remaining
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 23/355 Prizes: $333,878 Nadav Bitton, who started today in the chip lead, was the most recent casualty from the Main Event to bring the field down to 23 players left.
Place Player Prize 24 Nadav Bitton$3,225 25 Francis Fan$3,225 26 Deven Lane$3,225 -
Ganji Gets River Shove Through
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 25/355 Prizes: $333,878 Julius Roque opened from the hijack to 25k, then called when Saeed Ganji bumped the button up to 60k. Roque check-called for 20k on the A♦6♣9♠ flop, then again for 50k on the K♥ turn.
Roque checked again on the 4♠ river, but mucked when Ganji shoved. In the next hand, Francis Fan busted from the same table in 25th place in a hand I didn’t see. Deven Lane preceded him to the cage for 26th place.
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Final 26 Players & Seats
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 26/355 Prizes: $333,878 I’ll grab another round of chip counts at the upcoming break in a bit less than an hour, but in the meantime, below is a look at how the final 26 players are seated today.
T-S Player 1 – 2 Alemu Makonen 1 – 3 Nadav Bitton 1 – 4 Justin Pennell 1 – 5 Mike Malm 1 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 1 – 7 Johnny Dalphond 1 – 8 Lina Niu 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 3 – 1 Chris Hak 3 – 2 Mitch Heidt 3 – 3 Pav Braich 3 – 4 Tony Ma 3 – 5 Anne Ngo 3 – 6 Luteng Li 3 – 7 Vince Lam 3 – 8 Deven Lane 3 – 9 Andy Truong 5 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 5 – 2 Rob Charlebois 5 – 3 Julius Roque 5 – 4 Francis Fan 5 – 5 Saaed Ganji 5 – 6 Michael Baldwin 5 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 5 – 8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 5 – 9 Mike Vaynshteyn -
St. Pierre-Porter Takes it on the Turn; Bitton Cracks Aces
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 26/355 Prizes: $333,878 Michael St Pierre-Porter raised the hijack to 20k, and both Julius Roque and Francis Fan came along from the blinds. It checked to St. Pierre-Porter on the J♦J♥7♠ flop, and he fired 20k.
Roque folded the small, but Fan stuck around with a call to the 8♦ turn. He checked again, then folded when St. Pierre-Porter bet 50k.
Meanwhile, as that hand was finishing on Table 5, Table 1 saw start-of-day leader Nadav Bitton all in, at risk, against Quentin Siffledeen. Siffledeen was on the rockets, but Bitton’s 10♠8♠ found two pair on the flop when the board ran out 10♦8♥2♣6♦3♦ and Bitton doubled to stay alive.
That hand saw the end of Level 18, and the blinds are now 6k/12k/12k in Level 19, with the next break coming in just under an hour.
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Final Three Tables
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 26/355 Prizes: $333,878 They have just broken down to the final three tables, with 26 players remaining. Brad Stevens ended his day in 28th place for the final payout of $2,370, while Gerald Chung made the pay jump to $3,225 for 27th place.
Place Player Prize 27 Gerald Chung$3,225 28 Brad Stevens$2,370 29 Richard Gilliard$2,370 -
Bitton Takes it Blind on Blind
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 28/355 Prizes: $333,878 Alemu Makonen limped the small blind, and Nadav Bitton checked his option from the big. They both checked the 3♣J♦Q♥ flop before Makonen led for 8k on the K♣ turn.
Bitton called to the [invalid notations] against A♣6♠ for Bitton.
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Siffledeen Leads Final 29
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 29/355 Prizes: $333,878 Quentin Siffledeen is the chip leader after the first break of Day 2, with just shy of 1 million in play. Colten Yamagishi has almost 900k in his stack for second, with Johnny Dalphond, Julius Roque, and Luteng Li rounding out the top five. Full counts for the final 29 players are below, with the most recent cashers following (see the Payouts tab for a full list of prizes so far, as well as the future payouts).
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 1 Gerald Chung 173,000 17.3 1 – 2 Alemu Makonen 330,000 33.0 1 – 3 Nadav Bitton 430,000 43.0 1 – 4 Justin Pennell 225,000 22.5 1 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 993,000 99.3 1 – 7 Johnny Dalphond 742,000 74.2 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 423,000 42.3 2 – 1 Anne Ngo 223,000 22.3 2 – 2 Richard Gilliard 343,000 34.3 2 – 3 Lina Niu 380,000 38.0 2 – 4 Pav Braich 106,000 10.6 2 – 5 Saaed Ganji 365,000 36.5 2 – 7 Luteng Li 575,000 57.5 2 – 9 Mike Malm 296,000 29.6 3 – 1 Chris Hak 390,000 39.0 3 – 2 Mitch Heidt 320,000 32.0 3 – 3 Brad Stevens 132,000 13.2 3 – 4 Tony Ma 394,000 39.4 3 – 6 Francis Fan 214,000 21.4 3 – 7 Vince Lam 268,000 26.8 3 – 8 Deven Lane 94,000 9.4 3 – 9 Andy Truong 159,000 15.9 5 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 276,000 27.6 5 – 2 Rob Charlebois 562,000 56.2 5 – 3 Julius Roque 602,000 60.2 5 – 6 Michael Baldwin 156,000 15.6 5 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 876,000 87.6 5 – 8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 422,000 42.2 5 – 9 Mike Vaynshteyn 118,000 11.8 Place Player Prize 30 Yeping Shan$2,370 31 Daniel Lefebvre$2,370 32 Jimmy Lee$2,370 -
32 Left
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 32/355 Prizes: $333,878 They are down to 32 remaining, with about 25 minutes to play in Level 17. I’ll grab a full chip list at the upcoming break following this level. Below is a look at the cashing players so far — the full list of prizes will be under the Payouts tab, but I’ll post recent busts as we go.
Place Player Prize 33 Kris Steinbach$2,370 34 Christopher Newbergher$2,370 35 Fouad Lofti$2,370 36 Van Le$2,370 37 Yong Lu$1,810 38 Nick Milkovich$1,810 39 Khang Luong$1,810 40 Jason Law$1,810 41 Cam Stewart$1,810 42 Lynne Stephenson$1,810 43 Deron Noksana$1,810 44 Johnny Yu$1,810 45 Mike Malm$1,798 -
Final Four Tables in the Main
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 36/355 Prizes: $333,878 Yong Lu took the final payout of $1,810 for 37th place tonight, bringing the field down to 36 on the final four tables. The next elimination will get paid $2,370, with that pay level in place until 27th place, when it jumps to $3,225.
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Wasy Repops, Gets it Through
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 37/355 Prizes: $333,878 In the final hand of Level 16 on Table 5, Michael St. Pierre Porter raised the cutoff to 12k, but Eric Wasylenko repopped it to 33k from the button. Both blinds folded back to St. Pierre-Porter, and he tanked for a few seconds before giving up the hand. He had about 180k after the hand, with Wasy now on about 450k.
I’ll grab a round of full counts at the break coming at the end of this level, in a bit less than an hour.
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Down to 38 Remaining
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 38/355 Prizes: $333,878 The field is down to 38 remaining now after Khang Luong ended his day in 39th today. There are two more payouts at $1,810 before the pay jumps to $2,370 at the final 4 tables.
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Lynne Stephenson’s Queens Lose the Race
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 40/355 Prizes: $333,878 The field is down to 40 now, after some quick exits. Deron Noksana & Cam Stewart both came into today short, while Lynne Stephenson had more than 200k to start the day, but ran her queens into ace-king, and couldn’t hold against a king on board.
In my opening post, I said the first break would come following Level 18, but I forgot that Day 2 is 1 hour blinds. The first break will actually come following Level 17, and there will be breaks every 2 levels until the day is complete.
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Day 2 is Underway
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 43/355 Prizes: $333,878 The final 44 players in the Main Event are now back in their seats for Day 2. Level 15 is nearly complete, and they’ll move straight into Level 16, with the first break of the day coming after Level 18. Early action saw the first exit from the game — short-stack Johnny Yu got his 42.5k in within the first 10 minutes of play and couldn’t find a double.
Mike Malm took the 45th-place spot with his small bag from Day 1a, while Yu ended his run in 44th.
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Bitton Leads Day 2 Stacks by More than 150k
Event #14: $1,100 NLH Main Event Day 2 ($990 + $110)
Date: Nov 30, Noon Blinds: 60 Minutes Entries: 44/355 Prizes: $333,878 ($67,950 for 1st) Chip Leader: Nadav Bitton (712k) Day 2 of the Main Event is set, with 44 players coming back to compete for a share of more than $330k in prizes. One player has already cashed out for the 45th-place min-cash — Mike Malm bagged on both days, but his 1a stack was less than 100k, so that one comes out of play, and he gets $1,798 befire he even plays a hand with his bigger 1b stack.
Nadav Bitton is the big stack to start Day 2, and he’s the biggest by quite a bit. He bagged up 712k, while second place in 1b, Colten Yamagishi, bagged 552k. Rob Charlebois (1b, 552.5k) & Eric Wasylenko (1a leader, 515k) also bagged up more than half a million for Day 2.
Top Ten Stacks for Day 2
Player Chips BB Nadav Bitton 712,000 284.8 Colten Yamagishi 552,500 221.0 Rob Charlebois 530,000 212.0 Eric Wasylenko 515,000 206.0 Julius Roque 436,000 174.4 Luteng Li 399,500 159.8 Tony Ma 385,000 154.0 Michael Baldwin 377,000 150.8 Saaed Ganji 349,000 139.6 Chris Hak 327,000 130.8 The Day 2 action will start with just over 12 minutes remaining in Level 15 (2.5k/5k/5k), the end of the line for Day 1b action. 1a went more than a level longer, but those players will have their blinds rolled back to start Day 2. Blinds are 60 minutes long for Day 2, but they’ll drop to 30 minutes for heads-up play.
Day 2 Players, Sorted by Table-Seat (T-S)
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 1 Gerald Chung 142,000 56.8 1 – 2 Johnny Yu 42,500 17.0 1 – 3 Nadav Bitton 712,000 284.8 1 – 4 Justin Pennell 136,000 54.4 1 – 5 Christopher Newbergher 183,500 73.4 1 – 6 Khang Luong 137,000 54.8 1 – 7 Johnny Dalphond 157,000 62.8 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 159,500 63.8 2 – 1 Anne Ngo 280,000 112.0 2 – 2 Richard Gilliard 173,000 69.2 2 – 3 Lina Niu 217,000 86.8 2 – 4 Pav Braich 152,500 61.0 2 – 5 Saaed Ganji 349,000 139.6 2 – 6 Jason Law 279,000 111.6 2 – 7 Luteng Li 399,500 159.8 2 – 8 Daniel Lefebvre 290,000 116.0 2 – 9 Lynne Stephenson 202,000 80.8 3 – 1 Cam Stewart 78,000 31.2 3 – 2 Van Le 184,000 73.6 3 – 3 Brad Stevens 301,000 120.4 3 – 4 Tony Ma 385,000 154.0 3 – 5 Alemu Makonen 151,000 60.4 3 – 6 Kris Steinbach 288,000 115.2 3 – 7 Vince Lam 230,000 92.0 3 – 8 Deven Lane 137,500 55.0 3 – 9 Andy Truong 105,000 42.0 4 – 1 Nick Milkovich 229,000 91.6 4 – 2 Mitch Heidt 107,000 42.8 4 – 3 Jimmy Lee 193,000 77.2 4 – 4 Mike Vaynshteyn 168,000 67.2 4 – 5 Rob Charlebois 530,000 212.0 4 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 270,500 108.2 4 – 7 Mike Malm 188,000 75.2 4 – 8 Francis Fan 173,500 69.4 4 – 9 Deron Noksana 20,500 8.2 5 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 515,000 206.0 5 – 2 Yong Lu 168,000 67.2 5 – 3 Julius Roque 436,000 174.4 5 – 4 Yeping Shan 147,000 58.8 5 – 5 Fouad Lofti 90,000 36.0 5 – 6 Michael Baldwin 377,000 150.8 5 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 552,500 221.0 5 – 8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 136,000 54.4 5 – 9 Chris Hak 327,000 130.8 Day 2 Players, Sorted by Name
T-S Player Chips BB 3 – 5 Alemu Makonen 151,000 60.4 3 – 9 Andy Truong 105,000 42.0 2 – 1 Anne Ngo 280,000 112.0 3 – 3 Brad Stevens 301,000 120.4 3 – 1 Cam Stewart 78,000 31.2 5 – 9 Chris Hak 327,000 130.8 1 – 5 Christopher Newbergher 183,500 73.4 5 – 7 Colten Yamagishi 552,500 221.0 2 – 8 Daniel Lefebvre 290,000 116.0 4 – 9 Deron Noksana 20,500 8.2 3 – 8 Deven Lane 137,500 55.0 5 – 1 Eric Wasylenko 515,000 206.0 5 – 5 Fouad Lofti 90,000 36.0 4 – 8 Francis Fan 173,500 69.4 1 – 1 Gerald Chung 142,000 56.8 2 – 6 Jason Law 279,000 111.6 4 – 3 Jimmy Lee 193,000 77.2 1 – 7 Johnny Dalphond 157,000 62.8 1 – 2 Johnny Yu 42,500 17.0 5 – 3 Julius Roque 436,000 174.4 1 – 4 Justin Pennell 136,000 54.4 1 – 6 Khang Luong 137,000 54.8 3 – 6 Kris Steinbach 288,000 115.2 2 – 3 Lina Niu 217,000 86.8 2 – 7 Luteng Li 399,500 159.8 2 – 9 Lynne Stephenson 202,000 80.8 5 – 6 Michael Baldwin 377,000 150.8 5 – 8 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 136,000 54.4 4 – 7 Mike Malm 188,000 75.2 4 – 4 Mike Vaynshteyn 168,000 67.2 4 – 2 Mitch Heidt 107,000 42.8 1 – 3 Nadav Bitton 712,000 284.8 4 – 1 Nick Milkovich 229,000 91.6 2 – 4 Pav Braich 152,500 61.0 4 – 6 Quentin Siffledeen 270,500 108.2 2 – 2 Richard Gilliard 173,000 69.2 4 – 5 Rob Charlebois 530,000 212.0 2 – 5 Saaed Ganji 349,000 139.6 1 – 9 Teo Sanchez 159,500 63.8 3 – 4 Tony Ma 385,000 154.0 3 – 2 Van Le 184,000 73.6 3 – 7 Vince Lam 230,000 92.0 5 – 4 Yeping Shan 147,000 58.8 5 – 2 Yong Lu 168,000 67.2 2025 PPT5 E14 2025 PPT5 Sched
| Position | Player | Prize |
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| 1 | Pav Braich | *$50,000 |
| 2 | Johnny Dalphond | *$47,000 |
| 3 | Luteng Li | *$47,000 |
| 4 | Teo Sanchez | $23,430 |
| 5 | Chris Hak | $18,040 |
| 6 | Julius Roque | $14,295 |
| 7 | Quentin Siffledeen | $11,245 |
| 8 | Saeed Ganji | $8,905 |
| 9 | Eric Wasylenko | $7,265 |
| 10 | Mike Malm | $5,860 |
| 11 | Michael St. Pierre Porter | $4,790 |
| 12 | Lina Niu | $4,790 |
| 13 | Michael Baldwin | $4,165 |
| 14 | Tony Ma | $4,165 |
| 15 | Mitch Heidt | $4,165 |
| 16 | Annee Ngo | $3,620 |
| 17 | Alemu Makonen | $3,620 |
| 18 | Rob Charlebois | $3,620 |
| 19 | Andy Truong | $3,225 |
| 20 | Vince Lam | $3,225 |
| 21 | Colten Yamagishi | $3,225 |
| 22 | Nos (Mikhail) Vaynshteyn | $3,225 |
| 23 | Justin Pennell | $3,225 |
| 24 | Nadav Bitton | $3,225 |
| 25 | Francis Fan | $3,225 |
| 26 | Deven Lane | $3,225 |
| 27 | Gerald Chung | $3,225 |
| 28 | Brad Stevens | $2,370 |
| 29 | Richard Gilliard | $2,370 |
| 30 | Yeping Shan | $2,370 |
| 31 | Daniel Lefebvre | $2,370 |
| 32 | Jimmy Lee | $2,370 |
| 33 | Kris Steinbach | $2,370 |
| 34 | Christopher Newbergher | $2,370 |
| 35 | Fouad Lofti | $2,370 |
| 36 | Van Le | $2,370 |
| 37 | Yong Lu | $1,810 |
| 38 | Nick Milkovich | $1,810 |
| 39 | Khang Luong | $1,810 |
| 40 | Jason Law | $1,810 |
| 41 | Cam Stewart | $1,810 |
| 42 | Lynne Stephenson | $1,810 |
| 43 | Deron Noksana | $1,810 |
| 44 | Johnny Yu | $1,810 |
| 45 | Mike Malm | $1,798 |
