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Michael St. Pierre-Porter Wins 6-Max for $9,334 in Deal
Michael St. Pierre Porter 6-Max Winner 2 
Michael St. Pierre Porter 6-Max winner The 6-Max is now complete with Michael St. Pierre-Porter standing atop the 60-entry field. He took the biggest score from nearly $40k in prizes, after the final four players cut an ICM deal while he was in the chip lead.
They came into Day 2 with 7 players remaining, after Calyton Gaudry took the min-cash at the end of Day 1. The final seven were very deep to start the day, but they were still down to five in about an hour. After that, things stalled at five for a while before defending champion Nu Teliani, who had started the day second in chips behind Mike Malm (runner-up for $7,575), ended her day in 5th.
That left the final four discussing a deal, and they finally arrived at what was mostly an ICM chop. Tony Ma and Mike Malm were the short stacks and agreed to $7,575 each, while Joe Roberts got just over $9k for the second stack, and St. Pierre-Porter got $9,334 for the big stack.
After that, they played for the trophy. Roberts & Ma busted quickly, but then Malm and St. Pierre-Porter battled heads up for about half an hour before they finally decided on who was taking home the trophy. It all ended in a bit of a cooler after St. Pierre-Porter flopped a boat with deuces on a deuce-four-four flop. Malm was on an overpair of jacks, and when the turn came an eight, the money went in.
St. Pierre-Porter held, but was slightly out-chipped by Malm. However, the hand left Malm with less than 100k, and he lost that in the next hand to send the trophy to St. Pierre-Porter for his third PPT win.
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Mike Malm Out in 2nd Place for $7,575
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 2/60 Prizes: $39,900 
Mike Malm 6-Max Michael St. Pierre-Porter just jumped into a huge lead after he flopped a set of ducks against Mike Malm’s jacks. Malm opened the button to 60k, and St. Pierre-Porter called.
On the 4♣2♥4♥ flop, St. Pierre-Porter check-called for 30k. The 8♦ turn is where it all kicked off. St. Pierre-Porter checked again, then shoved after Malm made it 190k. Malm called with an overpair of jacks, but it was no good against the flopped boat with deuces for St. Pierre-Porter.
Malm was dead to a jack or a four, and neither came when the river bricked. Malm technically had the biggest stack at the time, but he covered St. Pierre-Porter by less than 100k, so he was on fumes after the hand, and the rest went in shortly after to send the trophy to St. Pierre-Porter.
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Still Battling for the Trophy
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 2/60 Prizes: $39,900 Mike Malm and Michael St. Pierre-Porter are still battling heads up. St. Pierre-Porter is on his heels a bit, getting back to even but not managing to get much more than that. In the most recent hand, he flopped a straight versus Malm’s two pair, and he held for the win to get back to even.
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St. Pierre-Porter Doubles
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 2/60 Prizes: $39,900 The HU stacks are roughly even now after Michael St. Pierre-Porter outkicked Mike Malm. The money went in on the flop with both players hitting a nine. They both tripped up on the turn, but St. Pierre-Porter’s jack kicker played for the win and the double.
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Roberts and Ma Out
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 2/60 Prizes: $39,900 
Antonio Ma 6-Max 
Joseph Roberts 6-Max They are heads up in the 6-Max now between Mike Malm and Michael St. Pierre-Porter. The money has already been decided, but they are still playing for the official 1st place and the trophy.
Place Player Prize 3 
Tony Ma$7,575* 4 Joe Roberts$9,031* 5 Nu Teliani$2,635 6 Nadav Bitton$1,915 7 Deven Lane$1,475 8 Clayton Gaudry$1,155 -
It’s a Deal
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 The final four players have decided to cut a deal, which is very close to the ICM numbers. Both Mike Malm and Tony Ma are itching to get into the PLO Bounty game, so were looking to speed things up a bit. They are both short and agreed to take $7,575 each, while Joe Roberts secured $9,031 for the second stack, with Michael St. Pierre-Porter on the big stack getting $9,334.
They are now playing it out for the trophy.
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ICM Deal Talk
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 The final four players are chatting about an ICM deal right now, and trying to haggle about a few adjustments. It’s unclear if they’ll make a deal right now or not. See below for the current stacks with Michael St. Pierre-Porter leading.
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 2 Joseph Roberts 760,000 63 1 – 4 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 837,000 70 1 – 6 Mike Malm 455,000 38 1 – 7 Tony Ma 358,000 30 -
St. Pierre-Porter Flushes Malm for Big One
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised to 25k from the button, and both Mike Malm and Tony Ma called from the blinds. Malm led the small blind for 25k on the 3♣J♣6♠ flop.
Ma folded the big blind, but St. Pierre-Porter raised it to 90k. Malm called to the A♣ turn, where they both checked to the 6♣ that brought the fourth club to the board. Malm be 150k, and St. Pierre-Porter snapped it off, showing Q♣J♠ for the flopped pair and rivered clubs.
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St. Pierre-Porter Flops It
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 Michael St. Pierre-Porter opened the button to 25k, and Tony Ma defended his big blind with a call. Ma check-called for 15k on the A♣8♦8♥ flop, ad they both checked the J♠ turn.
Ma checked again on the 5♦ river before St. Pierre-Porter fired 50k. Ma called quickly, but mucked when St. Pierre-Porter tabled A♠3♠.
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Malm Leads at Break
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 Start of day leader Mike Malm is back on top during the break following Level 18. He has just over 900k in front of him, while Tony Ma is playing more than 700k.
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 2 Joseph Roberts 478,000 40 1 – 4 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 339,000 28 1 – 6 Mike Malm 908,000 76 1 – 7 Tony Ma 737,000 61 -
Nu Teliani Out in 5th Place for $2,635
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 
Nu Teliani 6-Max Nu Teliani opened the cutoff to 20k before Mike Malm raised the button to 60k. It folded back to Teliani, and after a few seconds, she shoved for a bit more than 300k.
Malm snapped it off, rolling over aces against the king-jack offsuit for Teliani. Malm flopped a set on 2♣A♣10♠3♦9♦ to send the defending champ to the cage for 5th-place money worth $2,635.
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St. Pierre-Porter Defends Big
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Tony Ma opened the button to 16k, and Michael St. Pierre-Porter was the only caller from the big blind. The flop was 8♣6♦K♥, and St. Pierre-Porter check-called for 14k.
Both players checked the 6♣ turn, and St. Pierre-Porter fired 60k. Ma tanked for a few seconds before mucking his hand, leaving himself on about 670k, compared to St. Pierre-Porter’s big stack of 720k.
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St. Pierre-Porter Leads to Start Level 17
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Michael St. Pierre-Porter is in the lead as Level 17 is about to kick off. He got most of those chips in the last level when he won a race against Joseph Roberts for a double to stay alive, and has chipped up a bit more since then. There are still almost 300 big blinds in play, so the action is still very deep, with Nu Teliani’s short stack still playing 28 bigs.
T-S Player Chips (Estimate) BB 1 – 2 Joseph Roberts 400,000 50 1 – 4 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 720,000 90 1 – 5 Nu Teliani 220,000 28 1 – 6 Mike Malm 450,000 56 1 – 7 Tony Ma 550,000 69 -
Ma With Rockets Again
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Tony Ma is showing nothing but aces in recent hands. He opened under the gun to 12k, and only Nu Teliani called to a flop from the small blind.
They both checked the 4♠4♦Q♣ flop, and after a check from Teliani on the 3♥ turn, Ma fired 18k. Teliani called to the 3♣ river, where she led for 15k. Ma called and showed pocket aces once again, while Teliani mucked her hand to send another pot to Ma with aces.
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Ma Gets River Value with Rockets
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Mike Malm made it 20k from the cutoff before Tony Ma bumped it up to 50k from the button. It folded back to Malm, who made the call.
The flop was K♦K♣5♦ ad Malm check-called for 30k. The [invalid notations] turn saw the 2024 API champ check-call again, this time for 70k.
The river 5♣ double-paired the board, with diamonds, but after another check from Malm, Ma fired small for 30k. Malm called, but mucked when Ma rolled over two red aces.
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Malm Leads Final 5
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Mike Malm is still leading, with defending champ Nu Teliani close behind. All the players are still pretty deep at the moment, with the short stack of Tony Ma still on almost 50 bigs.
Final Five Stacks & Seats at Break
T-S Player Chips Big Blinds 1 – 2 Joseph Roberts 317,000 53 1 – 4 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 406,000 68 1 – 5 Nu Teliani 700,000 117 1 – 6 Mike Malm 736,000 123 1 – 7 Tony Ma 287,000 48 -
St. Pierre-Porter Finds a Double
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Joeseph Roberts opened to 12.5k from the button before small blind Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised it up to 102.5k. Nu Telienia folded her big, and, after asking to see how much St. Pierre-Porter had behind, he shoved a covering stack.
St. Pierre-Porter called it off quickly for a race between his big slick and pocket tens for Roberts. St. Pierre-Porter found an ace on the flop of a board that completed J♠A♣5♥J♣4♣ and held to grab a double. The hand put him up to about 450k while Roberts dropped to about 350k.
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Down to 5
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 The 6-Max field is down to five players remaining now, with Deven Lane and Nadav Bitton the first two players to drop on Day 2. I missed the action while i was getting things sorted out for today’s side event, but I’m on task now following this one to the end.
Place Player Prize 6 Nadav Bitton$1,915 7 Deven Lane$1,475 8 Clayton Gaudry$1,155 -
6-Max Day 2 is Set to Roll
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 7/60 Prizes: $39,900 The final seven players are in their seats for the start of Day 2, and cards will be in the air shortly. They are returning for 3:30 remaining in Level 14 with blinds at 2k/4k/4k, and today’s action will proceed until the winner is crowned.
The field is still pretty deep, with nearly 600 big blinds still on the table between the final 7 players, so today could be a bit of a marathon before the prizes are finally sorted out.
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Mike Malm Leads Stacked Final 7 into Day 2 of 6-Max
Event #7: $780 NLH 6-Max ($700 + $80)
Date: Day 1: Nov 24, 1 PM
Day 2: Nov 25, 1 PMBlinds: 40 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Entries: 7/60 Prizes: $39,900 Day 2 of the 6-Max is set, with seven players returning. There were 60 entries on Day 1 by the time the registration desk closed, digging a prize pool almost $40k deep
The left 8 players in the money, but Clayton Gaudry took the 8th place min-cash just before the end of Day 1 play, leaving just seven players remaining. Gaudry earned $1,155 for the min-cash, and all players returning for Day 2 are guaranteed at least $1,475.
2024 Alberta Poker Index Player of the Year, Mike Malm, leads the way into the final day. He has more than 660k, for 166 big blinds, and is well in front. It won’t be an easy run to the trophy for him, as the other six players aren’t exactly “dead seats” in this one.
Mike Malm 6-Max Joseph Roberts 6-Max Nu Teliani 6-Max Malm leads a very stacked table, including defending champ Nu Teliani, Tony Ma, Nadav Bitton, Michael St. Pierre-Porter, and Deven Lane, as well as Joseph Roberts with the second-best stack. Malm, Roberts, and Teliani all have more than 100 bigs coming into Day 2.
Day 2 Chips for the 6-Max
Player Chips BB Mike Malm 664,500 166 Joseph Roberts 463,000 116 Nu Teliani 404,000 101 Antonio Ma 378,500 95 Nadav Bitton 257,000 64 Michael St. Pierre Porter 185,500 46 Deven Lane 88,000 22 Day 2 action kicks off at 1 PM, and with the game still quite deep, I expect it to be a fairly long day before the winner is decided. I am taking over the reporting duties once again, starting on Tuesday, and will be on task for the rest of the week, but I want to give a shoutout to Alek Gillies for covering me while I was in Montreal and doing an excellent job.
Payouts for the 6-Max
Place Player Prize 1 $13,570 2 $9,175 3 $5,985 4 $3,990 5 $2,635 6 $1,915 7 $1,475 8 Clayton Gaudry$1,155 
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Mike Malm Chip Leads Heading into Day 2 of the 6-Max
Mike Malm 6-Max Seven remain from the sixty player field, in Event #7: $760 NLH 6-Max. Mike Malm headlined the day, and in the end secured the largest stack with 664,500. Rounding out the top three are Joseph Roberts and Nu Teliani with 463,000 and 404,000 respectively. Play will resume tomorrow at 1 PM with blinds of 2,000 and 4,000 (4,000 big blind ante). The lion share of $13,570 sits up top with the prize pool having combined for $39,900.
Player Chip Count Big Blinds Mike Malm 664,500 166 Joseph Roberts 463,000 116 Nu Teliani 404,000 101 Antonio Ma 378,500 95 Nadav Bitton 257,000 64 Michael St. Pierre Porter 185,500 46 Deven Lane 88,000 22 -
Clayton Gaudry Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,155)
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 7/60 Prizes: $39,900 
Clayton Gaudry 6-Max Action was caught after the turn came the 8♦3♦4♣4♦, and Joseph Roberts moved all in for 213,500. Clayton Gaudry made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Joseph Roberts: K♦6♦
Clayton Gaudry: Q♦10♦The board completed with the 3♥ for Gaudry to be left with 174,500.
The following hand Gaudry moved all in for his remaining stack, and Antonio Ma made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Clayton Gaudry: K♥10♣
Antonio Ma: J♥J♦The board ran out Q♥Q♣5♥4♠Q♠ to send Gaudry out in 8th place.
Joseph Roberts: 463,000
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Colin Orleski Falls to Burst the Bubble
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 8/60 Prizes: $39,900 
Colin Orleski 6-Max Colin Orleski moved all in for 53,000, and Nu Teliani made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Colin Orleski: A♥4♣
Nu Teliani: Q♠J♥The board ran out K♣2♦9♣Q♦2♣ to send Orleski to the rail. The remaining players have locked up $1,155, with $13,570 sitting for the eventual winner.
Nu Teliani: 313,000
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Gaudry Finds the River
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 10/60 Prizes: $39,900 Action was caught after the board ran out K♥6♥J♦5♥5♣. Clayton Gaudry moved all in for 154,000.
Nadav Bitton went into the tank before flicking in the call. Gaudry revealed 5♣6♠ to best Bitton’s jack high flush.
Nadav Bitton: 486,000
Clayton Gaudry: 336,000 -
All Remaining Players in the 6-Max
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St. Pierre Porter Send Duval to the Rail
Level: 13 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 11/60 Prizes: $39,900 Under the gun raised to 8,000, and Michael St. Pierre Porter made the call. Murray Duval three-bet to 23,000, and under the gun made the fold. St. Pierre Porter moved all in, and Duval called for less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Murray Duval: 8♠8♥
Michael St. Pierre Porter: J♠J♦The board ran out 7♣2♦J♠9♣7♦ for Duval to hit the rail.
Michael St. Pierre Porter: 357,500
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Roberts Finds the Double
Level: 13 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 13/60 Prizes: $39,900 The cutoff opened to 7,000, and Joseph Roberts moved all in for 89,500 from the button. Murray Duval made the call from the big blind, and both players revealed their holdings.
Joseph Roberts: A♦K♣
Murray Duval: J♠J♣The board ran out 4♣A♣4♥7♦7♣, for Roberts to find the double.
Joseph Roberts: 156,500
Murray Duval: 78,000 -
Those Leading at the Break
Player Chip Count Nadav Bitton 540,500 Mike Malm 358,500 Clayton Gaudry 281,000 Nu Teliani 214,500 Murray Duval 182,500 -
Teliani Takes it Down
Level: 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 15/60 Prizes: $39,900 Action was caught after the flop of 9♠6♥5♠, and Antonio Ma was quick to check. Nu Teliani fired for 110,000, putting Ma all in for his remaining 84,000.
“If I choose hearts I call,” Ma announced as he shuffled his cards back and fourth. He pulled diamonds instead revealing 7♦7♥, and made the laydown.
Teliani revealed 10♥10♣ as she took the pot.
Nu Teliani: 210,000
Antonio Ma: 84,000 -
Sharma Time Strikes Again
Level: 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 16/60 Prizes: $39,900 
DJ Sharma in Action Cameron Stewart opened to 5,500, and DJ Sharma made the call.
The flop came A♣K♠A♠, and Stewart led out for 4,000. Sharma raised to 12,500, and Stewart found the call.
After the turn peeled the J♠, Stewart checked to Sharma. He blasted for 36,000, and Sharma revealed Q♠10♥ for the turned straight. Stewart mentioned that he folded suited Ace-Three for Sharma to take the pot.
DJ Sharma: 179,000
Cameron Stewart: 84,500 -
Stewart Eliminates Ramahi
Level: 11 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 19/60 Prizes: $39,900 Bash Ramahi opened to 5,000 from the cutoff, and Cameron Stewart defended his big blind.
The flop came 6♦6♠4♥, and Stewart checked to Ramahi. He fired for 10,000, and Stewart made the call.
After the turn peeled the Q♣, Stewart checked his option. Ramahi moved all in for 31,000, and Stewart snap called. Both players revealed their holdings.
Bash Ramahi: K♣6♣
Cameron Stewart: 9♦5♥The board completed with the 8♦, for Ramahi to hit the rail.
Cameron Stewart: 104,000
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Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1st $13,570 2nd $9,175 3rd $5,985 4th $3,990 5th $2,635 6th $1,915 7th $1,475 8th $1,155 -
Just Quads for Ma
Level: 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 22/60 Prizes: $39,900 Antonio Ma opened to 3,000 from under the gun, and Michael Bernstein three-bet to 7,500. Ma made the call.
The flop came J♦3♦7♠, and Ma was quick to check. Bernstein fired for 6,000, and Ma flicked in the call.
Action slowed with both players having checked on the 7♣ turn.
The river peeled the 5♥, and Ma led out for 4,000. Bernstein raised to 13,500, and Ma re-raised to 34,000. Bernstein found the call, and Ma revealed 7♥7♦ for quads.
Antonio Ma: 135,500
Michael Bernstein: 1,500 -
Duval Grinding Back
Level: 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 24/60 Prizes: $39,900 Colten Yamagishi opened to 3,000, and both blinds made the call.
The flop came 3♠K♦8♣, and action checked to Yamagishi. He continued for 2,500, and both players flicked in a call.
After the turn peeled the K♥, all three players checked their option.
The river came the 5♦, and Murray Duval led out for 6,500. Kris Steinbach folded along with Yamagish, for Duval to take the pot.
Kris Steinbach: 75,000
Colten Yamagishi: 59,000
Murray Duval: 54,000 -
Updated Stacks at the Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Nadav Bitton 435,000 Mike Malm 289,500 Nu Teliani 167,000 Clayton Gaudry 161,000 DJ Sharma 146,000 -
Stewart Doubles Through Ouellette
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 27/59 Prizes: $39,235 After an initial raise, Cameron Stewart moved all in for 57,200. Matthew Ouellette made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Cameron Stewart: Q♥Q♣
Matthew Ouellette: A♥10♥The board ran out K♥9♠6♣4♥10♠ for Stewart to find the double.
Cameron Stewart: 116,800
Matthew Ouellette: 57,000 -
Gaudry Plays it Back
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 26/57 Prizes: $37,905 Jo Teliani opened to 3,000 from under the gun. Clayton Gaudry raised to 9,000 from the small blind, and Teliani made the call.
The flop came K♥8♣9♠, and Gaudry was quick to check. Teliani blasted for 30,000, and Gaudry raised putting her all in for around 70,000.
Teliani was quick to fold, and Gaudry revealed 7♠10♣ for only an open ended straight draw.
Clayton Gaudry: 133,700
Jo Teliani: 40,600 -
From Bluff to Best for Teliani
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 27/56 Prizes: $37,240 
Nu Teliani Action was caught after the flop of J♦2♠J♠, and Eric Wasylenko checked his option. Nu Teliani led out for 3,500, and Wasylenko raised to 8,000. Teliani four-bet to 18,000, and Wasylenko made the call.
Action slowed on the 2♥, as both players checked.
The river came the 4♣, and Wasylenko checked to Teliani. She fired for 10,000, and Wasylenko flicked in the call. Teliani revealed 2♦6♦ to best Wasylenko’s pocket sevens.
Nu Teliani: 160,900
Eric Wasylenko: 77,200 -
Bitton Soars to the Chip Lead
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 27/53 Prizes: $35,245 Action was caught after the board ran out 8♦7♣10♥4♥9♥. An all in and call had occurred between Nadav Bitton and Kris Steinbach with both players having revealed their holdings.
Nadav Bitton: 10♠4♠
Kris Steinbach: Q♠Q♣After dealer verification, Bitton’s all in was for 139,000. With the double he soared through the ranks to become the current chip leader.
Nadav Bitton: 286,700
Kris Steinbach: 34,900 -
Value Town for Malm
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 26/52 Prizes: $34,580 Action was caught after the board ran out A♠8♠J♠A♥5♠. Nadav Bitton was quick to check.
Mike Malm fired 50,000, into the 30,000 pot.
Bitton went into the tank, but eventually found the call. He revealed K♠K♦ bested by Malm’s A♦5♦.
Mike Malm: 243,800
Nadav Bitton: 169,700 -
Blind for Sharma Time
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 26/50 Prizes: $33,250 
DJ Sharma PPT#5 Event #3 DJ Sharma moved all in for 20,300 and announced that he was “playing blind.” John Donnelly moved all in over the top, and the remaining players folded. Both players revealed their holdings.
DJ Sharma: 4♥3♠
John Donnelly: K♥J♥Sharma found hope on the flop of 3♦8♣J♣. However, the 9♣K♠ runout have the pot to Donnelly.
John Donnelly: 76,400
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Pring Makes the Right Call
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 25/47 Prizes: $31,255 Action was caught after the board ran out 3♦2♠J♣8♥J♦, and Weston Pring was quick to check.
Skyler York fired for 7,500 into the 16,000 pot, and Pring went into the tank.
Pring talked about how he had made “All the wrong decisions today.” However, he found the call, and York revealed K♥Q♠ for the bluff. Pring’s 5♦3♣ was enough to take the pot.
Weston Pring: 61,000
Skyler York: 7,700 -
Duval Digs Deep
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 26/45 Prizes: $23,940 Murray Duval called from the small blind, and Nicholas Peterson raised to 2,600. Duval made the call.
The flop came K♦7♣10♦, and Duval led out for 2,500. Peterson was quick to call.
After the turn came the 5♥, Duval continued for 4,000. Peterson flicked in the call.
The 6♠ completed the board, and Duval moved all in for 14,400. He was rewarded with the pot, as Peterson made the fold.
Nicholas Peterson: 47,000
Murray Duval: 33,400 -
Leaders at the Break
Player Chip Count Mike Malm 205,600 Clayton Gaudry 124,800 Nadav Bitton 117,100 -
Malm Heating Up
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 27/41 Prizes: $23,940 Under the gun opened to 1,500, and Mike Malm made the call from middle position. Both blinds made the call as well.
The flop came A♥K♣4♣, and action checked around.
After the turn peeled the 6♥, and action checked to Malm. He fired for 3,000, and Murray Duval made the call.
The river was the 6♠, and Duval was quick to check. Malm continued for 3,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Mike Malm: 193,200
Murray Duval: 43,700 -
Big Bluff for Bitton
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 25/38 Prizes: $23,940 Action was caught after the board ran out A♦K♥7♣8♣10♥, and Nadav Bitton checked from the small blind.
Antonio Ma fired for 2,500, and Bitton was quick to raise to 11,000.
Ma went into the tank, but eventually found the fold. Bitton revealed Q♠4♥ for the pure bluff.
Nadav Bitton: 86,300
Antonio Ma: 46,200 -
Steinbach Finds a Dirty River
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 25/38 Prizes: $23,940 Action was caught after the board ran out 6♠A♥9♣A♣5♥, and Nu Teliani led out for 1,000.
Steinbach took some time before raising to 10,000.
“Do you have Ace-Five?” Teliani asked as she flicked in the call. Her instincts were spot-on, as Steinbach revealed A♠5♦ to best her 8♦7♥.
Kris Steinbach: 99,800
Nu Teliani: 40,200 -
Miracle River for Law
Level: 5 (300/500/500) Entries: 25/36 Prizes: $23,940 Action was caught after the turn of 3♣4♠A♦6♥, and Jason Law went all in for his remaining 8,800. Clayton Gaudry snap called, and both players revealed their holdings.
Jason Law: A♠9♣
Clayton Gaudry: A♣K♥The board completed with the 9♠ to save Law’s tournament life.
Clayton Gaudry: 107,500
Jason Law: 56,100 -
Malm Making Moves
Level: 5 (300/500/500) Entries: 26/36 Prizes: $23,940 Action was caught after the board ran out Q♣3♦3♠Q♦10♥ with 7,000 in the pot. Mike Malm was quick to check to Antonio Ma
He fired for 1,000, from the button, and Malm raised to 7,000. Ma went into the tank looking for any read he could find. He revealed the 10♣ before mucking his hand, while Malm showed the K♣.
Mike Malm: 106,500
Antonio Ma: 51,700 -
Monday is 6-Max Day
Event #7: $780 NLH 6-Max ($700 + $80)
Date: Day 1: Nov 24, 1 PM
Day 2: Nov 25, 1 PMBlinds: 40 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:00 PM) Day 1 Ends: 12.5% of the Field, In the Money The main Monday game at PPT #5 is the 6-Max. Play starts at 1 PM, and players get 40,000 in chips to start. Levels will be 40 minutes long, and entries are open for 9 levels, or until about 8 PM.
This is a two-day event, and Day 1 will play until players are in the money with 12.5% of the field remaining, no matter how late that goes. The money play will happen on Tuesday at 1 PM.
Nu Teliani, Winner of the 6-Max Last series, it was Nu Teliani who bested the 75 player field. The event drew a prize pool of $49,875 with Teliani taking the lion share of $15,965. Skyler York ($10,475) and Deven Lane ($6,980) rounded out the top three for the event.
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Mike Malm Chip Leads Heading into Day 2 of the 6-Max
Mike Malm 6-Max Seven remain from the sixty player field, in Event #7: $760 NLH 6-Max. Mike Malm headlined the day, and in the end secured the largest stack with 664,500. Rounding out the top three are Joseph Roberts and Nu Teliani with 463,000 and 404,000 respectively. Play will resume tomorrow at 1 PM with blinds of 2,000 and 4,000 (4,000 big blind ante). The lion share of $13,570 sits up top with the prize pool having combined for $39,900.
Player Chip Count Big Blinds Mike Malm 664,500 166 Joseph Roberts 463,000 116 Nu Teliani 404,000 101 Antonio Ma 378,500 95 Nadav Bitton 257,000 64 Michael St. Pierre Porter 185,500 46 Deven Lane 88,000 22 -
Clayton Gaudry Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,155)
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 7/60 Prizes: $39,900 Clayton Gaudry 6-Max Action was caught after the turn came the 8♦3♦4♣4♦, and Joseph Roberts moved all in for 213,500. Clayton Gaudry made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Joseph Roberts: K♦6♦
Clayton Gaudry: Q♦10♦The board completed with the 3♥ for Gaudry to be left with 174,500.
The following hand Gaudry moved all in for his remaining stack, and Antonio Ma made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Clayton Gaudry: K♥10♣
Antonio Ma: J♥J♦The board ran out Q♥Q♣5♥4♠Q♠ to send Gaudry out in 8th place.
Joseph Roberts: 463,000
Antonio Ma: 378,500 -
Colin Orleski Falls to Burst the Bubble
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 8/60 Prizes: $39,900 Colin Orleski 6-Max Colin Orleski moved all in for 53,000, and Nu Teliani made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Colin Orleski: A♥4♣
Nu Teliani: Q♠J♥The board ran out K♣2♦9♣Q♦2♣ to send Orleski to the rail. The remaining players have locked up $1,155, with $13,570 sitting for the eventual winner.
Nu Teliani: 313,000
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Gaudry Finds the River
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 10/60 Prizes: $39,900 Action was caught after the board ran out K♥6♥J♦5♥5♣. Clayton Gaudry moved all in for 154,000.
Nadav Bitton went into the tank before flicking in the call. Gaudry revealed 5♣6♠ to best Bitton’s jack high flush.
Nadav Bitton: 486,000
Clayton Gaudry: 336,000 -
All Remaining Players in the 6-Max
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St. Pierre Porter Send Duval to the Rail
Level: 13 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 11/60 Prizes: $39,900 Under the gun raised to 8,000, and Michael St. Pierre Porter made the call. Murray Duval three-bet to 23,000, and under the gun made the fold. St. Pierre Porter moved all in, and Duval called for less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Murray Duval: 8♠8♥
Michael St. Pierre Porter: J♠J♦The board ran out 7♣2♦J♠9♣7♦ for Duval to hit the rail.
Michael St. Pierre Porter: 357,500
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Roberts Finds the Double
Level: 13 (1,500/3,000/3,000) Entries: 13/60 Prizes: $39,900 The cutoff opened to 7,000, and Joseph Roberts moved all in for 89,500 from the button. Murray Duval made the call from the big blind, and both players revealed their holdings.
Joseph Roberts: A♦K♣
Murray Duval: J♠J♣The board ran out 4♣A♣4♥7♦7♣, for Roberts to find the double.
Joseph Roberts: 156,500
Murray Duval: 78,000 -
Those Leading at the Break
Player Chip Count Nadav Bitton 540,500 Mike Malm 358,500 Clayton Gaudry 281,000 Nu Teliani 214,500 Murray Duval 182,500 -
Teliani Takes it Down
Level: 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 15/60 Prizes: $39,900 Action was caught after the flop of 9♠6♥5♠, and Antonio Ma was quick to check. Nu Teliani fired for 110,000, putting Ma all in for his remaining 84,000.
“If I choose hearts I call,” Ma announced as he shuffled his cards back and fourth. He pulled diamonds instead revealing 7♦7♥, and made the laydown.
Teliani revealed 10♥10♣ as she took the pot.
Nu Teliani: 210,000
Antonio Ma: 84,000 -
Sharma Time Strikes Again
Level: 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 16/60 Prizes: $39,900 DJ Sharma in Action Cameron Stewart opened to 5,500, and DJ Sharma made the call.
The flop came A♣K♠A♠, and Stewart led out for 4,000. Sharma raised to 12,500, and Stewart found the call.
After the turn peeled the J♠, Stewart checked to Sharma. He blasted for 36,000, and Sharma revealed Q♠10♥ for the turned straight. Stewart mentioned that he folded suited Ace-Three for Sharma to take the pot.
DJ Sharma: 179,000
Cameron Stewart: 84,500 -
Stewart Eliminates Ramahi
Level: 11 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 19/60 Prizes: $39,900 Bash Ramahi opened to 5,000 from the cutoff, and Cameron Stewart defended his big blind.
The flop came 6♦6♠4♥, and Stewart checked to Ramahi. He fired for 10,000, and Stewart made the call.
After the turn peeled the Q♣, Stewart checked his option. Ramahi moved all in for 31,000, and Stewart snap called. Both players revealed their holdings.
Bash Ramahi: K♣6♣
Cameron Stewart: 9♦5♥The board completed with the 8♦, for Ramahi to hit the rail.
Cameron Stewart: 104,000
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Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1st $13,570 2nd $9,175 3rd $5,985 4th $3,990 5th $2,635 6th $1,915 7th $1,475 8th $1,155 -
Just Quads for Ma
Level: 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 22/60 Prizes: $39,900 Antonio Ma opened to 3,000 from under the gun, and Michael Bernstein three-bet to 7,500. Ma made the call.
The flop came J♦3♦7♠, and Ma was quick to check. Bernstein fired for 6,000, and Ma flicked in the call.
Action slowed with both players having checked on the 7♣ turn.
The river peeled the 5♥, and Ma led out for 4,000. Bernstein raised to 13,500, and Ma re-raised to 34,000. Bernstein found the call, and Ma revealed 7♥7♦ for quads.
Antonio Ma: 135,500
Michael Bernstein: 1,500 -
Duval Grinding Back
Level: 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 24/60 Prizes: $39,900 Colten Yamagishi opened to 3,000, and both blinds made the call.
The flop came 3♠K♦8♣, and action checked to Yamagishi. He continued for 2,500, and both players flicked in a call.
After the turn peeled the K♥, all three players checked their option.
The river came the 5♦, and Murray Duval led out for 6,500. Kris Steinbach folded along with Yamagish, for Duval to take the pot.
Kris Steinbach: 75,000
Colten Yamagishi: 59,000
Murray Duval: 54,000 -
Updated Stacks at the Dinner Break
Player Chip Count Nadav Bitton 435,000 Mike Malm 289,500 Nu Teliani 167,000 Clayton Gaudry 161,000 DJ Sharma 146,000 -
Stewart Doubles Through Ouellette
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 27/59 Prizes: $39,235 After an initial raise, Cameron Stewart moved all in for 57,200. Matthew Ouellette made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Cameron Stewart: Q♥Q♣
Matthew Ouellette: A♥10♥The board ran out K♥9♠6♣4♥10♠ for Stewart to find the double.
Cameron Stewart: 116,800
Matthew Ouellette: 57,000 -
Gaudry Plays it Back
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 26/57 Prizes: $37,905 Jo Teliani opened to 3,000 from under the gun. Clayton Gaudry raised to 9,000 from the small blind, and Teliani made the call.
The flop came K♥8♣9♠, and Gaudry was quick to check. Teliani blasted for 30,000, and Gaudry raised putting her all in for around 70,000.
Teliani was quick to fold, and Gaudry revealed 7♠10♣ for only an open ended straight draw.
Clayton Gaudry: 133,700
Jo Teliani: 40,600 -
From Bluff to Best for Teliani
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 27/56 Prizes: $37,240 Nu Teliani Action was caught after the flop of J♦2♠J♠, and Eric Wasylenko checked his option. Nu Teliani led out for 3,500, and Wasylenko raised to 8,000. Teliani four-bet to 18,000, and Wasylenko made the call.
Action slowed on the 2♥, as both players checked.
The river came the 4♣, and Wasylenko checked to Teliani. She fired for 10,000, and Wasylenko flicked in the call. Teliani revealed 2♦6♦ to best Wasylenko’s pocket sevens.
Nu Teliani: 160,900
Eric Wasylenko: 77,200 -
Bitton Soars to the Chip Lead
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 27/53 Prizes: $35,245 Action was caught after the board ran out 8♦7♣10♥4♥9♥. An all in and call had occurred between Nadav Bitton and Kris Steinbach with both players having revealed their holdings.
Nadav Bitton: 10♠4♠
Kris Steinbach: Q♠Q♣After dealer verification, Bitton’s all in was for 139,000. With the double he soared through the ranks to become the current chip leader.
Nadav Bitton: 286,700
Kris Steinbach: 34,900 -
Value Town for Malm
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 26/52 Prizes: $34,580 Action was caught after the board ran out A♠8♠J♠A♥5♠. Nadav Bitton was quick to check.
Mike Malm fired 50,000, into the 30,000 pot.
Bitton went into the tank, but eventually found the call. He revealed K♠K♦ bested by Malm’s A♦5♦.
Mike Malm: 243,800
Nadav Bitton: 169,700 -
Blind for Sharma Time
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 26/50 Prizes: $33,250 DJ Sharma PPT#5 Event #3 DJ Sharma moved all in for 20,300 and announced that he was “playing blind.” John Donnelly moved all in over the top, and the remaining players folded. Both players revealed their holdings.
DJ Sharma: 4♥3♠
John Donnelly: K♥J♥Sharma found hope on the flop of 3♦8♣J♣. However, the 9♣K♠ runout have the pot to Donnelly.
John Donnelly: 76,400
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Pring Makes the Right Call
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 25/47 Prizes: $31,255 Action was caught after the board ran out 3♦2♠J♣8♥J♦, and Weston Pring was quick to check.
Skyler York fired for 7,500 into the 16,000 pot, and Pring went into the tank.
Pring talked about how he had made “All the wrong decisions today.” However, he found the call, and York revealed K♥Q♠ for the bluff. Pring’s 5♦3♣ was enough to take the pot.
Weston Pring: 61,000
Skyler York: 7,700 -
Duval Digs Deep
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 26/45 Prizes: $23,940 Murray Duval called from the small blind, and Nicholas Peterson raised to 2,600. Duval made the call.
The flop came K♦7♣10♦, and Duval led out for 2,500. Peterson was quick to call.
After the turn came the 5♥, Duval continued for 4,000. Peterson flicked in the call.
The 6♠ completed the board, and Duval moved all in for 14,400. He was rewarded with the pot, as Peterson made the fold.
Nicholas Peterson: 47,000
Murray Duval: 33,400 -
Leaders at the Break
Player Chip Count Mike Malm 205,600 Clayton Gaudry 124,800 Nadav Bitton 117,100 -
Malm Heating Up
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 27/41 Prizes: $23,940 Under the gun opened to 1,500, and Mike Malm made the call from middle position. Both blinds made the call as well.
The flop came A♥K♣4♣, and action checked around.
After the turn peeled the 6♥, and action checked to Malm. He fired for 3,000, and Murray Duval made the call.
The river was the 6♠, and Duval was quick to check. Malm continued for 3,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Mike Malm: 193,200
Murray Duval: 43,700 -
Big Bluff for Bitton
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 25/38 Prizes: $23,940 Action was caught after the board ran out A♦K♥7♣8♣10♥, and Nadav Bitton checked from the small blind.
Antonio Ma fired for 2,500, and Bitton was quick to raise to 11,000.
Ma went into the tank, but eventually found the fold. Bitton revealed Q♠4♥ for the pure bluff.
Nadav Bitton: 86,300
Antonio Ma: 46,200 -
Steinbach Finds a Dirty River
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 25/38 Prizes: $23,940 Action was caught after the board ran out 6♠A♥9♣A♣5♥, and Nu Teliani led out for 1,000.
Steinbach took some time before raising to 10,000.
“Do you have Ace-Five?” Teliani asked as she flicked in the call. Her instincts were spot-on, as Steinbach revealed A♠5♦ to best her 8♦7♥.
Kris Steinbach: 99,800
Nu Teliani: 40,200 -
Miracle River for Law
Level: 5 (300/500/500) Entries: 25/36 Prizes: $23,940 Action was caught after the turn of 3♣4♠A♦6♥, and Jason Law went all in for his remaining 8,800. Clayton Gaudry snap called, and both players revealed their holdings.
Jason Law: A♠9♣
Clayton Gaudry: A♣K♥The board completed with the 9♠ to save Law’s tournament life.
Clayton Gaudry: 107,500
Jason Law: 56,100 -
Malm Making Moves
Level: 5 (300/500/500) Entries: 26/36 Prizes: $23,940 Action was caught after the board ran out Q♣3♦3♠Q♦10♥ with 7,000 in the pot. Mike Malm was quick to check to Antonio Ma
He fired for 1,000, from the button, and Malm raised to 7,000. Ma went into the tank looking for any read he could find. He revealed the 10♣ before mucking his hand, while Malm showed the K♣.
Mike Malm: 106,500
Antonio Ma: 51,700 -
Monday is 6-Max Day
Event #7: $780 NLH 6-Max ($700 + $80)
Date: Day 1: Nov 24, 1 PM
Day 2: Nov 25, 1 PMBlinds: 40 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~8:00 PM) Day 1 Ends: 12.5% of the Field, In the Money The main Monday game at PPT #5 is the 6-Max. Play starts at 1 PM, and players get 40,000 in chips to start. Levels will be 40 minutes long, and entries are open for 9 levels, or until about 8 PM.
This is a two-day event, and Day 1 will play until players are in the money with 12.5% of the field remaining, no matter how late that goes. The money play will happen on Tuesday at 1 PM.
Nu Teliani, Winner of the 6-Max Last series, it was Nu Teliani who bested the 75 player field. The event drew a prize pool of $49,875 with Teliani taking the lion share of $15,965. Skyler York ($10,475) and Deven Lane ($6,980) rounded out the top three for the event.
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Michael St. Pierre-Porter Wins 6-Max for $9,334 in Deal
Michael St. Pierre Porter 6-Max Winner 2 Michael St. Pierre Porter 6-Max winner The 6-Max is now complete with Michael St. Pierre-Porter standing atop the 60-entry field. He took the biggest score from nearly $40k in prizes, after the final four players cut an ICM deal while he was in the chip lead.
They came into Day 2 with 7 players remaining, after Calyton Gaudry took the min-cash at the end of Day 1. The final seven were very deep to start the day, but they were still down to five in about an hour. After that, things stalled at five for a while before defending champion Nu Teliani, who had started the day second in chips behind Mike Malm (runner-up for $7,575), ended her day in 5th.
That left the final four discussing a deal, and they finally arrived at what was mostly an ICM chop. Tony Ma and Mike Malm were the short stacks and agreed to $7,575 each, while Joe Roberts got just over $9k for the second stack, and St. Pierre-Porter got $9,334 for the big stack.
After that, they played for the trophy. Roberts & Ma busted quickly, but then Malm and St. Pierre-Porter battled heads up for about half an hour before they finally decided on who was taking home the trophy. It all ended in a bit of a cooler after St. Pierre-Porter flopped a boat with deuces on a deuce-four-four flop. Malm was on an overpair of jacks, and when the turn came an eight, the money went in.
St. Pierre-Porter held, but was slightly out-chipped by Malm. However, the hand left Malm with less than 100k, and he lost that in the next hand to send the trophy to St. Pierre-Porter for his third PPT win.
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Mike Malm Out in 2nd Place for $7,575
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 2/60 Prizes: $39,900 Mike Malm 6-Max Michael St. Pierre-Porter just jumped into a huge lead after he flopped a set of ducks against Mike Malm’s jacks. Malm opened the button to 60k, and St. Pierre-Porter called.
On the 4♣2♥4♥ flop, St. Pierre-Porter check-called for 30k. The 8♦ turn is where it all kicked off. St. Pierre-Porter checked again, then shoved after Malm made it 190k. Malm called with an overpair of jacks, but it was no good against the flopped boat with deuces for St. Pierre-Porter.
Malm was dead to a jack or a four, and neither came when the river bricked. Malm technically had the biggest stack at the time, but he covered St. Pierre-Porter by less than 100k, so he was on fumes after the hand, and the rest went in shortly after to send the trophy to St. Pierre-Porter.
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Still Battling for the Trophy
Level: 21 (10000/20000/20000) Entries: 2/60 Prizes: $39,900 Mike Malm and Michael St. Pierre-Porter are still battling heads up. St. Pierre-Porter is on his heels a bit, getting back to even but not managing to get much more than that. In the most recent hand, he flopped a straight versus Malm’s two pair, and he held for the win to get back to even.
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St. Pierre-Porter Doubles
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 2/60 Prizes: $39,900 The HU stacks are roughly even now after Michael St. Pierre-Porter outkicked Mike Malm. The money went in on the flop with both players hitting a nine. They both tripped up on the turn, but St. Pierre-Porter’s jack kicker played for the win and the double.
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Roberts and Ma Out
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 2/60 Prizes: $39,900 Antonio Ma 6-Max Joseph Roberts 6-Max They are heads up in the 6-Max now between Mike Malm and Michael St. Pierre-Porter. The money has already been decided, but they are still playing for the official 1st place and the trophy.
Place Player Prize 3 Tony Ma$7,575* 4 Joe Roberts$9,031* 5 Nu Teliani$2,635 6 Nadav Bitton$1,915 7 Deven Lane$1,475 8 Clayton Gaudry$1,155 -
It’s a Deal
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 The final four players have decided to cut a deal, which is very close to the ICM numbers. Both Mike Malm and Tony Ma are itching to get into the PLO Bounty game, so were looking to speed things up a bit. They are both short and agreed to take $7,575 each, while Joe Roberts secured $9,031 for the second stack, with Michael St. Pierre-Porter on the big stack getting $9,334.
They are now playing it out for the trophy.
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ICM Deal Talk
Level: 20 (10000/15000/15000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 The final four players are chatting about an ICM deal right now, and trying to haggle about a few adjustments. It’s unclear if they’ll make a deal right now or not. See below for the current stacks with Michael St. Pierre-Porter leading.
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 2 Joseph Roberts 760,000 63 1 – 4 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 837,000 70 1 – 6 Mike Malm 455,000 38 1 – 7 Tony Ma 358,000 30 -
St. Pierre-Porter Flushes Malm for Big One
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised to 25k from the button, and both Mike Malm and Tony Ma called from the blinds. Malm led the small blind for 25k on the 3♣J♣6♠ flop.
Ma folded the big blind, but St. Pierre-Porter raised it to 90k. Malm called to the A♣ turn, where they both checked to the 6♣ that brought the fourth club to the board. Malm be 150k, and St. Pierre-Porter snapped it off, showing Q♣J♠ for the flopped pair and rivered clubs.
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St. Pierre-Porter Flops It
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 Michael St. Pierre-Porter opened the button to 25k, and Tony Ma defended his big blind with a call. Ma check-called for 15k on the A♣8♦8♥ flop, ad they both checked the J♠ turn.
Ma checked again on the 5♦ river before St. Pierre-Porter fired 50k. Ma called quickly, but mucked when St. Pierre-Porter tabled A♠3♠.
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Malm Leads at Break
Level: 19 (6000/12000/12000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 Start of day leader Mike Malm is back on top during the break following Level 18. He has just over 900k in front of him, while Tony Ma is playing more than 700k.
T-S Player Chips BB 1 – 2 Joseph Roberts 478,000 40 1 – 4 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 339,000 28 1 – 6 Mike Malm 908,000 76 1 – 7 Tony Ma 737,000 61 -
Nu Teliani Out in 5th Place for $2,635
Level: 18 (5000/10000/10000) Entries: 4/60 Prizes: $39,900 Nu Teliani 6-Max Nu Teliani opened the cutoff to 20k before Mike Malm raised the button to 60k. It folded back to Teliani, and after a few seconds, she shoved for a bit more than 300k.
Malm snapped it off, rolling over aces against the king-jack offsuit for Teliani. Malm flopped a set on 2♣A♣10♠3♦9♦ to send the defending champ to the cage for 5th-place money worth $2,635.
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St. Pierre-Porter Defends Big
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Tony Ma opened the button to 16k, and Michael St. Pierre-Porter was the only caller from the big blind. The flop was 8♣6♦K♥, and St. Pierre-Porter check-called for 14k.
Both players checked the 6♣ turn, and St. Pierre-Porter fired 60k. Ma tanked for a few seconds before mucking his hand, leaving himself on about 670k, compared to St. Pierre-Porter’s big stack of 720k.
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St. Pierre-Porter Leads to Start Level 17
Level: 17 (4000/8000/8000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Michael St. Pierre-Porter is in the lead as Level 17 is about to kick off. He got most of those chips in the last level when he won a race against Joseph Roberts for a double to stay alive, and has chipped up a bit more since then. There are still almost 300 big blinds in play, so the action is still very deep, with Nu Teliani’s short stack still playing 28 bigs.
T-S Player Chips (Estimate) BB 1 – 2 Joseph Roberts 400,000 50 1 – 4 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 720,000 90 1 – 5 Nu Teliani 220,000 28 1 – 6 Mike Malm 450,000 56 1 – 7 Tony Ma 550,000 69 -
Ma With Rockets Again
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Tony Ma is showing nothing but aces in recent hands. He opened under the gun to 12k, and only Nu Teliani called to a flop from the small blind.
They both checked the 4♠4♦Q♣ flop, and after a check from Teliani on the 3♥ turn, Ma fired 18k. Teliani called to the 3♣ river, where she led for 15k. Ma called and showed pocket aces once again, while Teliani mucked her hand to send another pot to Ma with aces.
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Ma Gets River Value with Rockets
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Mike Malm made it 20k from the cutoff before Tony Ma bumped it up to 50k from the button. It folded back to Malm, who made the call.
The flop was K♦K♣5♦ ad Malm check-called for 30k. The [invalid notations] turn saw the 2024 API champ check-call again, this time for 70k.
The river 5♣ double-paired the board, with diamonds, but after another check from Malm, Ma fired small for 30k. Malm called, but mucked when Ma rolled over two red aces.
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Malm Leads Final 5
Level: 16 (3000/6000/6000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Mike Malm is still leading, with defending champ Nu Teliani close behind. All the players are still pretty deep at the moment, with the short stack of Tony Ma still on almost 50 bigs.
Final Five Stacks & Seats at Break
T-S Player Chips Big Blinds 1 – 2 Joseph Roberts 317,000 53 1 – 4 Michael St. Pierre-Porter 406,000 68 1 – 5 Nu Teliani 700,000 117 1 – 6 Mike Malm 736,000 123 1 – 7 Tony Ma 287,000 48 -
St. Pierre-Porter Finds a Double
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 Joeseph Roberts opened to 12.5k from the button before small blind Michael St. Pierre-Porter raised it up to 102.5k. Nu Telienia folded her big, and, after asking to see how much St. Pierre-Porter had behind, he shoved a covering stack.
St. Pierre-Porter called it off quickly for a race between his big slick and pocket tens for Roberts. St. Pierre-Porter found an ace on the flop of a board that completed J♠A♣5♥J♣4♣ and held to grab a double. The hand put him up to about 450k while Roberts dropped to about 350k.
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Down to 5
Level: 15 (2500/5000/5000) Entries: 5/60 Prizes: $39,900 The 6-Max field is down to five players remaining now, with Deven Lane and Nadav Bitton the first two players to drop on Day 2. I missed the action while i was getting things sorted out for today’s side event, but I’m on task now following this one to the end.
Place Player Prize 6 Nadav Bitton$1,915 7 Deven Lane$1,475 8 Clayton Gaudry$1,155 -
6-Max Day 2 is Set to Roll
Level: 14 (2000/4000/4000) Entries: 7/60 Prizes: $39,900 The final seven players are in their seats for the start of Day 2, and cards will be in the air shortly. They are returning for 3:30 remaining in Level 14 with blinds at 2k/4k/4k, and today’s action will proceed until the winner is crowned.
The field is still pretty deep, with nearly 600 big blinds still on the table between the final 7 players, so today could be a bit of a marathon before the prizes are finally sorted out.
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Mike Malm Leads Stacked Final 7 into Day 2 of 6-Max
Event #7: $780 NLH 6-Max ($700 + $80)
Date: Day 1: Nov 24, 1 PM
Day 2: Nov 25, 1 PMBlinds: 40 Minutes Starting Stack: 40k Entries: 7/60 Prizes: $39,900 Day 2 of the 6-Max is set, with seven players returning. There were 60 entries on Day 1 by the time the registration desk closed, digging a prize pool almost $40k deep
The left 8 players in the money, but Clayton Gaudry took the 8th place min-cash just before the end of Day 1 play, leaving just seven players remaining. Gaudry earned $1,155 for the min-cash, and all players returning for Day 2 are guaranteed at least $1,475.
2024 Alberta Poker Index Player of the Year, Mike Malm, leads the way into the final day. He has more than 660k, for 166 big blinds, and is well in front. It won’t be an easy run to the trophy for him, as the other six players aren’t exactly “dead seats” in this one.
Mike Malm 6-Max Joseph Roberts 6-Max Nu Teliani 6-Max Malm leads a very stacked table, including defending champ Nu Teliani, Tony Ma, Nadav Bitton, Michael St. Pierre-Porter, and Deven Lane, as well as Joseph Roberts with the second-best stack. Malm, Roberts, and Teliani all have more than 100 bigs coming into Day 2.
Day 2 Chips for the 6-Max
Player Chips BB Mike Malm 664,500 166 Joseph Roberts 463,000 116 Nu Teliani 404,000 101 Antonio Ma 378,500 95 Nadav Bitton 257,000 64 Michael St. Pierre Porter 185,500 46 Deven Lane 88,000 22 Day 2 action kicks off at 1 PM, and with the game still quite deep, I expect it to be a fairly long day before the winner is decided. I am taking over the reporting duties once again, starting on Tuesday, and will be on task for the rest of the week, but I want to give a shoutout to Alek Gillies for covering me while I was in Montreal and doing an excellent job.
Payouts for the 6-Max
Place Player Prize 1 $13,570 2 $9,175 3 $5,985 4 $3,990 5 $2,635 6 $1,915 7 $1,475 8 Clayton Gaudry$1,155 2025 PPT5 E7 2025 PPT5 Sched
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael St. Pierre-Porter | $9,334* |
| 2 | Mike Malm | $7,575* |
| 3 | Tony Ma | $7,575* |
| 4 | Joe Roberts | $9,031* |
| 5 | Nu Teliani | $2,635 |
| 6 | Nadav Bitton | $1,915 |
| 7 | Deven Lane | $1,475 |
| 8 | Clayton Gaudry | $1,155 |
