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Josh Myers Takes Down Event #2: $340 NLH/PLO Mixed
It was a long night as over 12 hours of play led to another trophy win for Josh Myers. He came into the tournament, quickly amassing a big stack early in the day. As action closed in on the bubble, he used his stack and aggression to eliminate players and add to his chip count.
On the final table, he picked up pocket queens to find another elimination. However, his Pot Limit Omaha background was what carried him to the final five. From there he found elimination after elimination to take home his second PPT trophy of the year. This all culminated in a final hand against George Mounsef where Myers rundown, out flopped Mounsef’s pair of sevens.
Position Player Prize 1 
Josh Myers*$5,710 2 George Mounsef*$5,235 3 Stefan Maloney*$4,975 4 Myron Kusiak*$4,190 5 Holly Orleski$2,150 6 Tony Comely$1,705 7 Justin Pennelli$1,340 8 Scot Munro$1,060 9 Brett Doty$865 10 Nu Teliani$700 -
George Mounsef Eliminated in 2nd Place ($5,235)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 1/98 Prizes: $27,930 
George Mounsef An all in and call occurred between George Mounsef and Josh Myers. Both players revealed their holdings.
George Mounsef: 3♣4♠7♥7♦
Josh Myers: 10♥8♣9♠4♦The board ran out 8♦Q♠3♦9♥A♠ to give Myers the pot and the trophy.
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Stefan Maloney Eliminated in 3rd Place ($4,975)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 2/98 Prizes: $27,930 
Stefan Maloney Stefan Maloney call all in against Josh Myers and both players revealed their holdings.
Stefan Maloney: 7♥6♠5♦4♦
Josh Myers: A♣10♦7♣2♠The board ran out K♠8♥9♠3♦8♠ to send Maloney out in 3rd place.
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An Agreement Has Been Reached; Myron Kusiak Eliminated in 4th Place ($4,190)
Myron Kusiak The remaining four players have agreed to an ICM chop. Three of the four receive approximately $5,000, with Myron Kusiak taking home $4,190. The players have left $800 for the winner along with the trophy and merch.
No-Limit Hold’em
Myron Kusiak moved all in after the flop of 4♦4♥9♥, and Josh Myers made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Myron Kuriak: 9♦10♠
Josh Myers: Q♥Q♦The board completed with the A♣3♣ to send Kuriak to the rail.
Josh Myers: 1,030,000
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Mounsef Doubles Through Myers
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 4/98 Prizes: $27,930 Pot-Limit Omaha
After the flop of 6♠5♦K♦, Josh Myers led out for 150,000. George Mounsef moved all in for 360,000, and was snap called by Myers. Both players revealed their holdings.
George Mounsef: K♠K♥4♦3♠
Josh Myers: A♦7♦7♥8♠The board completed with the 3♥6♣ to rocket Mounsef to the chip lead.
George Mounsef: 760,000
Stefan Maloney: 650,000
Josh Myers: 630,000
Myron Kusiak: 400,000 -
A Monster Flop for Kusiak
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 4/98 Prizes: $27,930 Pot-Limit Omaha
Action was caught after the flop peeled Q♣6♠J♠. Myron Kusiak moved all in for 105,000, and Stefan Maloney took no time to make the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Myron Kusiak: Q♥Q♠8♠4♠
Stefan Maloney: 6♦6♠7♥8♠The turn gave Maloney hope as it came the 5♥. An inconsequential A♠ gave Kusiak the double up.
Stefan Maloney: 660,000
Myron Kusiak: 230,000 -
Holly Orleski Eliminated in 5th Place ($2,150)
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 4/98 Prizes: $27,930 No-Limit Hold’Em
Holly Orleski moved all in from the button for 80,000, and Stefan Maloney made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Holly Orleski: A♠6♦
Stefan Maloney: Q♥10♣The board ran out 4♠6♠K♥2♠10♥ to give Maloney the pot.
Stefan Maloney: 610,000
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Tony Comely Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,705)
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 5/98 Prizes: $27,930 
Tony Comely Pot-Limit Omaha
Tony Comely moved all in for 190,000, and was called by Stefan Maloney. Both players revealed their holdings.
Tony Comely: K♦K♣J♣9♦
Stefan Maloney: A♣A♥K♥10♦The board ran out 6♣4♦2♦6♠8♣ to give the pot to Maloney.
Stefan Maloney: 690,000
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Justin Pennelli Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,340)
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 6/98 Prizes: $27,930 
Justin Pennelli Pot-Limit Omaha
An all in and call occurred between Justin Pennelli, and Tony Comely. Both players revealed their holdings.
Justin Pennelli: A♦A♣K♣3♥
Tony Comely: 10♥9♠8♣6♠The board ran out 2♠10♣3♠A♠6♦ to give Comely the pot.
Tony Comely: 260,000
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Scot Munro Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,060)
Level: 17 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 7/98 Prizes: $27,930 
Scot Munro Scot Munro moved all in for 330,000, and was called by Josh Myers. Both players revealed their holdings.
Scot Munro: 8♦8♠
Josh Myers: Q♣Q♦The board ran out 5♦J♣Q♥K♠9♥ to send Pennelli to the rail.
Josh Myers: 910,000
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Final Table Faces
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Big Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Josh Myers 357,000 Nu Teliani 292,000 Scot Munro 194,000 Mohammed Alamelhada 182,000 -
Prize Pool Announced
Place Prize 1st $8,100 2nd $5,585 3rd $3,630 4th $2,795 5th $2,150 6th $1,705 7th $1,340 8th $1,050 9th $865 10th $700 -
Murray is Flushed Out by Sarnelli
Level: 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 34/98 Prizes: $27,930 Action was caught after the flop of 8♣7♠5♣, and six players checked to Jenna Murray on the button. She firde for 4,500, and was called by three players.
The turn was the 3♣, and both blinds checked to Ben Sarnelli. He moved all in for 33,100, and Murray went into the tank. Eventually, she found a call and both players revealed their holdings.
Ben Sarnelli: A♣Q♣K♦2♥
Jenna Murray: K♣7♣Q♥J♦The board completed with the 5♥ to give Sarnelli the full double.
Ben Sarnelli: 105,800
Jenna Murray: 17,200 -
Players Leading the Charge as Registration Closes
Player Chip Count Mike Malm 246,000 Josh Myers 153,100 George Mounsef 124,000 Thanh Tu 121,000 -
Lauzon Wins in Spades
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 42/88 Prizes: $25,080 The short stacked cutoff moved all in for 4,500, with three players having made the call.
The flop came 5♥Q♠10♠, and all three players checked the flop.
After the turn peeled the 7♠, action checked to Ron Lauzon. He fired for 3,000, and received a call from Kirk Miller.
A fourth spade in the form of the 8♠ completed the board, and Lauzon fired for 6,000. Miller open folded 5♠5♣, and Lauzon revealed A♠10♥ to take the pot.
Ron Lauzon: 41,900
Kirk Miller: 40,100 -
Those Living Large at the Break
Player Chip Count Pete Flyma 107,400 Skyler York 104,200 Mike Malm 69,800 Nu Teliani 64,700 -
Trieu Breaks His Rut
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 43/56 Prizes: $15,960 Pot-Limit Omaha
Action was caught after the flop of A♦J♦3♣. Doug Trieu moved all in with his late position opponent calling with less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Late Position: A♥A♣7♠3♣
Doug Trieu: J♠J♥10♠8♥Trieu who had recently been running poorly, found a miracle turn of the J♣ to make quads. They held as the river came the K♥ for Trieu to send his opponent to the rail.
Doug Trieu: 47,200
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Murray’s Here to Defend Her Title
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 33/42 Prizes: $11,970 The cutoff, button, and small blind made the call. Jenna Murray checked her big blind.
The flop came 8♥9♣J♣, and action checked to the button. He fired for 1,000, and only Murray made the call.
After the turn peeled the 6♥, Murray checked to her opponent. He fired for 2,000, and Murray raised to 5,000. A quick fold rewarded her with the pot.
Jenna Murray: 29,700
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An Evening Mix for Opening Day
Event #2: $340 NLH/PLO Mixed ($300 + $40)
Date: Nov 20, 4 PM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 25k Late Entry: 8 Levels (~8:30 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The side game on opening day is the NLH/PLO Mix. This ever-popular format kicks off at 4 PM on Thursday as the first open-entry event of the series.
Players buy in for 25k in chips and play 30-minute levels all night, alternating between no-limit hold’em in the odd-numbered levels and pot limit Omaha in the even-numbered levels. Late entry is open for 8 levels, putting desk closure at about 8:30 PM.
Jenna Murray Event #2 Winner In September’s PPT #4, it was Casino Edmonton server Jenna Murray who took down the big prize, heads up over Devin Frank. She bagged her first trophy after a fourth-place finish in the previous Main here at Yellowhead, as well as $7k in a HU deal with Frank to finish it out.
Expect this to be a late one. Alek Gillies is on keys for the opening half of the series, as I’ll be out of town until Monday.
2025 PPT5 Sched
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Josh Myers Takes Down Event #2: $340 NLH/PLO Mixed
It was a long night as over 12 hours of play led to another trophy win for Josh Myers. He came into the tournament, quickly amassing a big stack early in the day. As action closed in on the bubble, he used his stack and aggression to eliminate players and add to his chip count.
On the final table, he picked up pocket queens to find another elimination. However, his Pot Limit Omaha background was what carried him to the final five. From there he found elimination after elimination to take home his second PPT trophy of the year. This all culminated in a final hand against George Mounsef where Myers rundown, out flopped Mounsef’s pair of sevens.
Position Player Prize 1 Josh Myers*$5,710 2 George Mounsef*$5,235 3 Stefan Maloney*$4,975 4 Myron Kusiak*$4,190 5 Holly Orleski$2,150 6 Tony Comely$1,705 7 Justin Pennelli$1,340 8 Scot Munro$1,060 9 Brett Doty$865 10 Nu Teliani$700 -
George Mounsef Eliminated in 2nd Place ($5,235)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 1/98 Prizes: $27,930 George Mounsef An all in and call occurred between George Mounsef and Josh Myers. Both players revealed their holdings.
George Mounsef: 3♣4♠7♥7♦
Josh Myers: 10♥8♣9♠4♦The board ran out 8♦Q♠3♦9♥A♠ to give Myers the pot and the trophy.
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Stefan Maloney Eliminated in 3rd Place ($4,975)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 2/98 Prizes: $27,930 Stefan Maloney Stefan Maloney call all in against Josh Myers and both players revealed their holdings.
Stefan Maloney: 7♥6♠5♦4♦
Josh Myers: A♣10♦7♣2♠The board ran out K♠8♥9♠3♦8♠ to send Maloney out in 3rd place.
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An Agreement Has Been Reached; Myron Kusiak Eliminated in 4th Place ($4,190)
Myron Kusiak The remaining four players have agreed to an ICM chop. Three of the four receive approximately $5,000, with Myron Kusiak taking home $4,190. The players have left $800 for the winner along with the trophy and merch.
No-Limit Hold’em
Myron Kusiak moved all in after the flop of 4♦4♥9♥, and Josh Myers made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Myron Kuriak: 9♦10♠
Josh Myers: Q♥Q♦The board completed with the A♣3♣ to send Kuriak to the rail.
Josh Myers: 1,030,000
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Mounsef Doubles Through Myers
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 4/98 Prizes: $27,930 Pot-Limit Omaha
After the flop of 6♠5♦K♦, Josh Myers led out for 150,000. George Mounsef moved all in for 360,000, and was snap called by Myers. Both players revealed their holdings.
George Mounsef: K♠K♥4♦3♠
Josh Myers: A♦7♦7♥8♠The board completed with the 3♥6♣ to rocket Mounsef to the chip lead.
George Mounsef: 760,000
Stefan Maloney: 650,000
Josh Myers: 630,000
Myron Kusiak: 400,000 -
A Monster Flop for Kusiak
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 4/98 Prizes: $27,930 Pot-Limit Omaha
Action was caught after the flop peeled Q♣6♠J♠. Myron Kusiak moved all in for 105,000, and Stefan Maloney took no time to make the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Myron Kusiak: Q♥Q♠8♠4♠
Stefan Maloney: 6♦6♠7♥8♠The turn gave Maloney hope as it came the 5♥. An inconsequential A♠ gave Kusiak the double up.
Stefan Maloney: 660,000
Myron Kusiak: 230,000 -
Holly Orleski Eliminated in 5th Place ($2,150)
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 4/98 Prizes: $27,930 No-Limit Hold’Em
Holly Orleski moved all in from the button for 80,000, and Stefan Maloney made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Holly Orleski: A♠6♦
Stefan Maloney: Q♥10♣The board ran out 4♠6♠K♥2♠10♥ to give Maloney the pot.
Stefan Maloney: 610,000
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Tony Comely Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,705)
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 5/98 Prizes: $27,930 Tony Comely Pot-Limit Omaha
Tony Comely moved all in for 190,000, and was called by Stefan Maloney. Both players revealed their holdings.
Tony Comely: K♦K♣J♣9♦
Stefan Maloney: A♣A♥K♥10♦The board ran out 6♣4♦2♦6♠8♣ to give the pot to Maloney.
Stefan Maloney: 690,000
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Justin Pennelli Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,340)
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 6/98 Prizes: $27,930 Justin Pennelli Pot-Limit Omaha
An all in and call occurred between Justin Pennelli, and Tony Comely. Both players revealed their holdings.
Justin Pennelli: A♦A♣K♣3♥
Tony Comely: 10♥9♠8♣6♠The board ran out 2♠10♣3♠A♠6♦ to give Comely the pot.
Tony Comely: 260,000
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Scot Munro Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,060)
Level: 17 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 7/98 Prizes: $27,930 Scot Munro Scot Munro moved all in for 330,000, and was called by Josh Myers. Both players revealed their holdings.
Scot Munro: 8♦8♠
Josh Myers: Q♣Q♦The board ran out 5♦J♣Q♥K♠9♥ to send Pennelli to the rail.
Josh Myers: 910,000
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Final Table Faces
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Big Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Josh Myers 357,000 Nu Teliani 292,000 Scot Munro 194,000 Mohammed Alamelhada 182,000 -
Prize Pool Announced
Place Prize 1st $8,100 2nd $5,585 3rd $3,630 4th $2,795 5th $2,150 6th $1,705 7th $1,340 8th $1,050 9th $865 10th $700 -
Murray is Flushed Out by Sarnelli
Level: 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 34/98 Prizes: $27,930 Action was caught after the flop of 8♣7♠5♣, and six players checked to Jenna Murray on the button. She firde for 4,500, and was called by three players.
The turn was the 3♣, and both blinds checked to Ben Sarnelli. He moved all in for 33,100, and Murray went into the tank. Eventually, she found a call and both players revealed their holdings.
Ben Sarnelli: A♣Q♣K♦2♥
Jenna Murray: K♣7♣Q♥J♦The board completed with the 5♥ to give Sarnelli the full double.
Ben Sarnelli: 105,800
Jenna Murray: 17,200 -
Players Leading the Charge as Registration Closes
Player Chip Count Mike Malm 246,000 Josh Myers 153,100 George Mounsef 124,000 Thanh Tu 121,000 -
Lauzon Wins in Spades
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 42/88 Prizes: $25,080 The short stacked cutoff moved all in for 4,500, with three players having made the call.
The flop came 5♥Q♠10♠, and all three players checked the flop.
After the turn peeled the 7♠, action checked to Ron Lauzon. He fired for 3,000, and received a call from Kirk Miller.
A fourth spade in the form of the 8♠ completed the board, and Lauzon fired for 6,000. Miller open folded 5♠5♣, and Lauzon revealed A♠10♥ to take the pot.
Ron Lauzon: 41,900
Kirk Miller: 40,100 -
Those Living Large at the Break
Player Chip Count Pete Flyma 107,400 Skyler York 104,200 Mike Malm 69,800 Nu Teliani 64,700 -
Trieu Breaks His Rut
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 43/56 Prizes: $15,960 Pot-Limit Omaha
Action was caught after the flop of A♦J♦3♣. Doug Trieu moved all in with his late position opponent calling with less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Late Position: A♥A♣7♠3♣
Doug Trieu: J♠J♥10♠8♥Trieu who had recently been running poorly, found a miracle turn of the J♣ to make quads. They held as the river came the K♥ for Trieu to send his opponent to the rail.
Doug Trieu: 47,200
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Murray’s Here to Defend Her Title
Level: 3 (200/300/300) Entries: 33/42 Prizes: $11,970 The cutoff, button, and small blind made the call. Jenna Murray checked her big blind.
The flop came 8♥9♣J♣, and action checked to the button. He fired for 1,000, and only Murray made the call.
After the turn peeled the 6♥, Murray checked to her opponent. He fired for 2,000, and Murray raised to 5,000. A quick fold rewarded her with the pot.
Jenna Murray: 29,700
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An Evening Mix for Opening Day
Event #2: $340 NLH/PLO Mixed ($300 + $40)
Date: Nov 20, 4 PM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 25k Late Entry: 8 Levels (~8:30 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The side game on opening day is the NLH/PLO Mix. This ever-popular format kicks off at 4 PM on Thursday as the first open-entry event of the series.
Players buy in for 25k in chips and play 30-minute levels all night, alternating between no-limit hold’em in the odd-numbered levels and pot limit Omaha in the even-numbered levels. Late entry is open for 8 levels, putting desk closure at about 8:30 PM.
Jenna Murray Event #2 Winner In September’s PPT #4, it was Casino Edmonton server Jenna Murray who took down the big prize, heads up over Devin Frank. She bagged her first trophy after a fourth-place finish in the previous Main here at Yellowhead, as well as $7k in a HU deal with Frank to finish it out.
Expect this to be a late one. Alek Gillies is on keys for the opening half of the series, as I’ll be out of town until Monday.
2025 PPT5 Sched
| Position | Player | Prize |
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| 1 | Josh Myers | *$5,710 |
| 2 | George Mounsef | *$5,235 |
| 3 | Stefan Maloney | *$4,975 |
| 4 | Myron Kusiak | *$4,190 |
| 5 | Holly Orleski | $2,150 |
| 6 | Tony Comely | $1,705 |
| 7 | Justin Pennelli | $1,340 |
| 8 | Scot Munro | $1,060 |
| 9 | Brett Doty | $865 |
| 10 | Nu Teliani | $700 |
