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Nicholas Peterson Silently Strikes to Win Event #5: $300 NLH ($7,500)
Nicholas Peterson Event #5 Winner Nicholas Peterson’s day started slow as his tournament life seemed average. However, he battled his way to the final table. With shallow stacks and an average of just 12 bb per player, Peterson crept up the count finding elimination after elimination. When he wasn’t knocking out players, he was stealing blinds and pots whenever possible.
He found a key elimination against Lee Spence, as a massive underdog. He flipped the odds flopping a full house, and sent Spence to the rail. From there, it was a cakewalk as Peterson silently demolished the remaining players with finesse.
Peterson has never had a second place finish, and today was no exception. Brouwer found a double flopping a straight against Peterson’s over cards. However it didn’t last, as Peterson sixes held in a flip to secure him another PPT trophy.
Event #5: $300 NLH Final Results
Position Player Prize 1 
Nicholas Peterson$7,500 2 Leo Brouwer$5,165 3 Brian Wells$3,360 4 Lee Spence$2,585 5 Ken Kaneda$1,990 6 Angel Ashton$1,575 7 Michael Powley$1,240 8 David Chau$980 9 Jerry Tria$800 10 Joe Herlein$640 11 Kenneth Budd$580 -
Leo Brouwer Eliminated in 2nd Place ($5,165)
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 1/103 Prizes: $26,420 
Leo Brouwer Leo Brouwer moved all in for 290,000 and Nicholas Peterson made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Leo Brouwer: A♠J♦
Nicholas Peterson: 6♥6♦The board ran out 3♠Q♣K♥Q♦8♥ to send Brouwer out as the runner-up.
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Brouwer Finds the Double
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 2/103 Prizes: $26,420 Leo Brouwer moved all in for 230,000, and Nicholas Peterson made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Leo Brouwer: 10♠9♣
Nicholas Peterson: J♦7♦The board ran out K♣Q♦J♣4♥3♣ for Brouwer’s flopped straight to hold.
Nicholas Peterson: 1,450,000
Leo Brouwer: 610,000 -
Brian Wells Eliminated in 3rd Place ($3,360)
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 2/103 Prizes: $26,420 
Brian Wells Brian Wells moved all in for 380,000, and Leo Brouwer made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Brian Wells: A♣3♠
Leo Brouwer: K♥10♥The board ran out 8♦4♠2♠Q♦K♦ for Wells to hit the rail.
Nicholas Peterson: 1,260,000
Leo Brouwer: 800,000 -
Lee Spence Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,585)
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 3/103 Prizes: $26,420 
Lee Spence Nicholas Peterson moved all in for 500,000, and Lee Spence for slightly less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Lee Spence: 6♥6♣
Nicholas Peterson: 4♦4♠The board ran out Q♠Q♣4♥A♥10♦ for Peterson to take the pot.
Nicholas Peterson: 1,140,000
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Ken Kaneda Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,990)
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 4/103 Prizes: $26,420 
Ken Kaneda Ken Kaneda moved all in for 165,000, and Nicholas Peterson made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Ken Kaneda: K♦7♥
Nicholas Peterson: A♠Q♦The board ran out 10♠4♦6♠3♠7♠ for Kaneda to hit the rail.
Nicholas Peterson: 385,000
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Angel Ashton Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,575)
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 5/103 Prizes: $26,420 
Angel Ashton Ken Kaneda moved all in for 165,000, and Angel Ashton called for 155,000. Both players revealed their holdings.
Angel Ashton: J♦10♦
Ken Kaneda: Q♦10♥The board ran out 6♥3♦4♠2♠4♥ to send Ashton to the rail.
Ken Kaneda: 345,000
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Ashton Doubles Through Spence
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 6/103 Prizes: $26,420 Angel Ashton moved all in for 60,000, and Lee Spence made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Angel Ashton: A♣5♦
Lee Spence: 10♦2♠The board ran out 4♥7♥A♥J♥9♣ to give Ashton the double.
Angel Ashton: 195,000
Lee Spence: 160,000 -
Michael Powley Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,240)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 6/103 Prizes: $26,420 
Michael Powley Lee Spence raised to 50,000 from under the gun, and Michael Powley called his remaining 45,000. Both players revealed their holdings.
Michael Powley: K♠7♠
Lee Spence: A♠9♣The board ran out 4♥4♣2♥2♣J♠ to give Spence the pot.
Lee Spence: 445,000
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Updated Stacks
Player Chip Count Leo Brouwer 695,000 Lee Spence 310,000 Angel Ashton 275,000 Nicholas Peterson 275,000 Brian Wells 210,000 Ken Kaneda 185,000 Michael Powley 70,000 -
David Chau Eliminated in 8th Place ($980)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 7/103 Prizes: $26,420 
David Chau David Chau moved all in for 111,000, and Nicholas Peterson moved over the top for 180,000. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their hands.
David Chau: A♠K♥
Nicholas Peterson: K♣K♠The board ran out 3♦9♠8♠2♣4♥ for Peterson to take the pot.
Nicholas Peterson: 351,000
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Jerry Tria Eliminated in 9th Place ($800)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 8/103 Prizes: $26,420 
Jerry Tria Action was caught after the flop of 7♣10♥8♦, and Jerry Tria moved all in for 63,000. Leo Brouwer made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Jerry Tria: 9♦5♦
Leo Brouwer: Q♠J♥The board completed with the A♠10♣ to send tria to the rail.
Leo Brouwer: 508,000
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Joe Herlein Eliminated in 10th Place ($640)
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 9/103 Prizes: $26,420 
Joe Herlein Joe Herlein moved all in for 30,000, and Brian Wells made the call.
Joe Herlein: 4♦2♦
Brian Wells: Q♥Q♠The board ran out Q♣7♥4♠8♠J♦ to send Herlein out just shy of the final table.
Brian Wells: 229,000
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Kenneth Budd Eliminated in 11th Place ($580)
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 10/103 Prizes: $26,420 
Kenneth Budd Kenneth Budd moved all in for 55,000, and Nicholas Peterson made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Kenneth Budd: Q♣J♥
Nicholas Peterson: A♥2♥The board ran out 8♠6♠A♠2♦7♠ to send Budd to the rail.
Nicholas Peterson: 233,000
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Clarke Falls to Burst the Bubble
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 11/103 Prizes: $26,420 
Jeffery Clarke Ken Kaneda moved all in from middle position, and Jeffery Clarke called for his remaining 14,000. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jeffery Clarke: K♦Q♥
Ken Kaneda: A♣7♦The board ran out 2♦9♦A♠3♠4♣ to burst the bubble.
Ken Kaneda: 243,000
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Faces of the Final Two Tables
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Tria Finds a Double
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 25/103 Prizes: $26,420 Jerry Tria moved all in for 69,500, and was called by the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jerry Tria: K♥K♠
Big Blind: 8♥8♦The board ran out J♠3♦7♣Q♦6♠ for Tria to find the double.
Jerry Tria: 151,000
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Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1st $7,500 2nd $5,165 3rd $3,360 4th $2,585 5th $1,990 6th $1,575 7th $1,240 8th $980 9th $800 10th $640 11th $580 -
Updated Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Chad Horseman 108,500 Malcolm Bolger 91,000 Jeffery Clarke 80,000 Brian Wells 78,500 Jerry Tria 73,000 -
Early Big Stacks
Player Chip Count John Donnelly 68,700 Suad Mirimi 59,400 Jeffery Clarke 59,200 James Adams 52,200 -
Right Fold, Wrong Time for Lothian
Level: 2 (100/200/200) Entries: 49/51 Prizes: $13,082 Rob Lothian raised to 1,200 from under the gun, and Greg Carroll moved all in for 14,100. Loretta Manley moved all in for 26,300, putting Lothian into the tank. He folded pocket tens face up, and both players revealed their holdings.
Greg Carroll: A♠A♥
Loretta Manley: K♣K♥It seemed Lothian had made a good fold, until the flop came the 10♥2♣6♦. The board completed with the 7♠6♥ to give Carroll the pot.
Greg Carroll: 29,900
Rob Lothian: 19,800
Loretta Manley: 12,200 -
A Flaming Start for Event #5: $300 NLH
Level: 1 (100/100/100) Entries: 38/39 Prizes: $10,004 
A Packed Room for PPT #5 Action is underway in Event #5, and the field is rapidly growing. Among those who joined the fray early are previous PPT winners Rob Lothian and Benny Sarnelli. Paul Shakir and Kenneth Budd are also among the field. Both players found a top four cash in yesterday’s Event #4: $300 PLO Deepstack Hyperturbo, and will be looking for to make the same happen today.
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Little NLH on the Evening Menu for Saturday
Event #5: $300 NLH ($270 + $30)
Date: Nov 22, 6 PM Blinds: 20 Minutes Starting Stack: 20k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~9:30 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The side game on Saturday night is the $300 NLH, playing out alongside Day 1b of Event #3. The action begins at 6 PM, and players can get a 20k stack as late as 9:30, when they sit down for Level 10. Levels will be 20 minutes long throughout the game.
Varam Sidhu, Winner of E05 In September’s PPT #4, Varan Sidhu took down this one, heads up over Stacey Diederich. Honourable mention goes to Leo Brouwer, who bagged 3rd in this one after chopping the Seniors for the win.
This will be the second priority for Alek Gillies on Saturday, as he’ll be watching Day 1b of Event #3 most closely until it bags up for the night. I’ll be back on task to close out the series starting on Tue, Nov 25.
2025 PPT5 E5 
2025 PPT5 Sched
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Nicholas Peterson Silently Strikes to Win Event #5: $300 NLH ($7,500)
Nicholas Peterson Event #5 Winner Nicholas Peterson’s day started slow as his tournament life seemed average. However, he battled his way to the final table. With shallow stacks and an average of just 12 bb per player, Peterson crept up the count finding elimination after elimination. When he wasn’t knocking out players, he was stealing blinds and pots whenever possible.
He found a key elimination against Lee Spence, as a massive underdog. He flipped the odds flopping a full house, and sent Spence to the rail. From there, it was a cakewalk as Peterson silently demolished the remaining players with finesse.
Peterson has never had a second place finish, and today was no exception. Brouwer found a double flopping a straight against Peterson’s over cards. However it didn’t last, as Peterson sixes held in a flip to secure him another PPT trophy.
Event #5: $300 NLH Final Results
Position Player Prize 1 Nicholas Peterson$7,500 2 Leo Brouwer$5,165 3 Brian Wells$3,360 4 Lee Spence$2,585 5 Ken Kaneda$1,990 6 Angel Ashton$1,575 7 Michael Powley$1,240 8 David Chau$980 9 Jerry Tria$800 10 Joe Herlein$640 11 Kenneth Budd$580 -
Leo Brouwer Eliminated in 2nd Place ($5,165)
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 1/103 Prizes: $26,420 Leo Brouwer Leo Brouwer moved all in for 290,000 and Nicholas Peterson made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Leo Brouwer: A♠J♦
Nicholas Peterson: 6♥6♦The board ran out 3♠Q♣K♥Q♦8♥ to send Brouwer out as the runner-up.
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Brouwer Finds the Double
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 2/103 Prizes: $26,420 Leo Brouwer moved all in for 230,000, and Nicholas Peterson made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Leo Brouwer: 10♠9♣
Nicholas Peterson: J♦7♦The board ran out K♣Q♦J♣4♥3♣ for Brouwer’s flopped straight to hold.
Nicholas Peterson: 1,450,000
Leo Brouwer: 610,000 -
Brian Wells Eliminated in 3rd Place ($3,360)
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 2/103 Prizes: $26,420 Brian Wells Brian Wells moved all in for 380,000, and Leo Brouwer made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Brian Wells: A♣3♠
Leo Brouwer: K♥10♥The board ran out 8♦4♠2♠Q♦K♦ for Wells to hit the rail.
Nicholas Peterson: 1,260,000
Leo Brouwer: 800,000 -
Lee Spence Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,585)
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 3/103 Prizes: $26,420 Lee Spence Nicholas Peterson moved all in for 500,000, and Lee Spence for slightly less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Lee Spence: 6♥6♣
Nicholas Peterson: 4♦4♠The board ran out Q♠Q♣4♥A♥10♦ for Peterson to take the pot.
Nicholas Peterson: 1,140,000
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Ken Kaneda Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,990)
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 4/103 Prizes: $26,420 Ken Kaneda Ken Kaneda moved all in for 165,000, and Nicholas Peterson made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Ken Kaneda: K♦7♥
Nicholas Peterson: A♠Q♦The board ran out 10♠4♦6♠3♠7♠ for Kaneda to hit the rail.
Nicholas Peterson: 385,000
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Angel Ashton Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,575)
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 5/103 Prizes: $26,420 Angel Ashton Ken Kaneda moved all in for 165,000, and Angel Ashton called for 155,000. Both players revealed their holdings.
Angel Ashton: J♦10♦
Ken Kaneda: Q♦10♥The board ran out 6♥3♦4♠2♠4♥ to send Ashton to the rail.
Ken Kaneda: 345,000
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Ashton Doubles Through Spence
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 6/103 Prizes: $26,420 Angel Ashton moved all in for 60,000, and Lee Spence made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Angel Ashton: A♣5♦
Lee Spence: 10♦2♠The board ran out 4♥7♥A♥J♥9♣ to give Ashton the double.
Angel Ashton: 195,000
Lee Spence: 160,000 -
Michael Powley Eliminated in 7th Place ($1,240)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 6/103 Prizes: $26,420 Michael Powley Lee Spence raised to 50,000 from under the gun, and Michael Powley called his remaining 45,000. Both players revealed their holdings.
Michael Powley: K♠7♠
Lee Spence: A♠9♣The board ran out 4♥4♣2♥2♣J♠ to give Spence the pot.
Lee Spence: 445,000
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Updated Stacks
Player Chip Count Leo Brouwer 695,000 Lee Spence 310,000 Angel Ashton 275,000 Nicholas Peterson 275,000 Brian Wells 210,000 Ken Kaneda 185,000 Michael Powley 70,000 -
David Chau Eliminated in 8th Place ($980)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 7/103 Prizes: $26,420 David Chau David Chau moved all in for 111,000, and Nicholas Peterson moved over the top for 180,000. The remaining players folded, and both players revealed their hands.
David Chau: A♠K♥
Nicholas Peterson: K♣K♠The board ran out 3♦9♠8♠2♣4♥ for Peterson to take the pot.
Nicholas Peterson: 351,000
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Jerry Tria Eliminated in 9th Place ($800)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 8/103 Prizes: $26,420 Jerry Tria Action was caught after the flop of 7♣10♥8♦, and Jerry Tria moved all in for 63,000. Leo Brouwer made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Jerry Tria: 9♦5♦
Leo Brouwer: Q♠J♥The board completed with the A♠10♣ to send tria to the rail.
Leo Brouwer: 508,000
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Joe Herlein Eliminated in 10th Place ($640)
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 9/103 Prizes: $26,420 Joe Herlein Joe Herlein moved all in for 30,000, and Brian Wells made the call.
Joe Herlein: 4♦2♦
Brian Wells: Q♥Q♠The board ran out Q♣7♥4♠8♠J♦ to send Herlein out just shy of the final table.
Brian Wells: 229,000
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Kenneth Budd Eliminated in 11th Place ($580)
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 10/103 Prizes: $26,420 Kenneth Budd Kenneth Budd moved all in for 55,000, and Nicholas Peterson made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Kenneth Budd: Q♣J♥
Nicholas Peterson: A♥2♥The board ran out 8♠6♠A♠2♦7♠ to send Budd to the rail.
Nicholas Peterson: 233,000
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Clarke Falls to Burst the Bubble
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 11/103 Prizes: $26,420 Jeffery Clarke Ken Kaneda moved all in from middle position, and Jeffery Clarke called for his remaining 14,000. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jeffery Clarke: K♦Q♥
Ken Kaneda: A♣7♦The board ran out 2♦9♦A♠3♠4♣ to burst the bubble.
Ken Kaneda: 243,000
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Faces of the Final Two Tables
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Tria Finds a Double
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 25/103 Prizes: $26,420 Jerry Tria moved all in for 69,500, and was called by the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jerry Tria: K♥K♠
Big Blind: 8♥8♦The board ran out J♠3♦7♣Q♦6♠ for Tria to find the double.
Jerry Tria: 151,000
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Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1st $7,500 2nd $5,165 3rd $3,360 4th $2,585 5th $1,990 6th $1,575 7th $1,240 8th $980 9th $800 10th $640 11th $580 -
Updated Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Chad Horseman 108,500 Malcolm Bolger 91,000 Jeffery Clarke 80,000 Brian Wells 78,500 Jerry Tria 73,000 -
Early Big Stacks
Player Chip Count John Donnelly 68,700 Suad Mirimi 59,400 Jeffery Clarke 59,200 James Adams 52,200 -
Right Fold, Wrong Time for Lothian
Level: 2 (100/200/200) Entries: 49/51 Prizes: $13,082 Rob Lothian raised to 1,200 from under the gun, and Greg Carroll moved all in for 14,100. Loretta Manley moved all in for 26,300, putting Lothian into the tank. He folded pocket tens face up, and both players revealed their holdings.
Greg Carroll: A♠A♥
Loretta Manley: K♣K♥It seemed Lothian had made a good fold, until the flop came the 10♥2♣6♦. The board completed with the 7♠6♥ to give Carroll the pot.
Greg Carroll: 29,900
Rob Lothian: 19,800
Loretta Manley: 12,200 -
A Flaming Start for Event #5: $300 NLH
Level: 1 (100/100/100) Entries: 38/39 Prizes: $10,004 A Packed Room for PPT #5 Action is underway in Event #5, and the field is rapidly growing. Among those who joined the fray early are previous PPT winners Rob Lothian and Benny Sarnelli. Paul Shakir and Kenneth Budd are also among the field. Both players found a top four cash in yesterday’s Event #4: $300 PLO Deepstack Hyperturbo, and will be looking for to make the same happen today.
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Little NLH on the Evening Menu for Saturday
Event #5: $300 NLH ($270 + $30)
Date: Nov 22, 6 PM Blinds: 20 Minutes Starting Stack: 20k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~9:30 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The side game on Saturday night is the $300 NLH, playing out alongside Day 1b of Event #3. The action begins at 6 PM, and players can get a 20k stack as late as 9:30, when they sit down for Level 10. Levels will be 20 minutes long throughout the game.
Varam Sidhu, Winner of E05 In September’s PPT #4, Varan Sidhu took down this one, heads up over Stacey Diederich. Honourable mention goes to Leo Brouwer, who bagged 3rd in this one after chopping the Seniors for the win.
This will be the second priority for Alek Gillies on Saturday, as he’ll be watching Day 1b of Event #3 most closely until it bags up for the night. I’ll be back on task to close out the series starting on Tue, Nov 25.
2025 PPT5 E5 2025 PPT5 Sched
| Position | Player | Prize |
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| 1 | Nicholas Peterson | $7,500 |
| 2 | Leo Brouwer | $5,165 |
| 3 | Brian Wells | $3,360 |
| 4 | Lee Spence | $2,585 |
| 5 | Ken Kaneda | $1,990 |
| 6 | Angel Ashton | $1,575 |
| 7 | Michael Powley | $1,240 |
| 8 | David Chau | $980 |
| 9 | Jerry Tria | $800 |
| 10 | Joe Herlein | $640 |
| 11 | Kenneth Budd | $580 |
