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Jason Law Battles Back to Win Event #8: $230 NLH
Jason Law Wins Event #8 $230 NLH After over 9 hours of play, Jason Law has emerged the victor of Event #8: $230 NLH. He bested the 109 player field that created a prize pool of $20,710. At three-handed, Law made a deal with Bradley Spencer, and Taylor Olson. Each player received $4,000 with $560 along with the trophy up for play.
Shortly after, Law found a double when his king-jack rivered a straight against Spencer’s ace-queen. From there he never looked back finding back-to-back eliminations to take home his first PPT Trophy.
Event #8: $230 NLH Final Results
Position Player Prize 1 
Jason Law*$4,560 2 Bradley Spencer*$4,000 3 Taylor Olson*$4,000 4 Kris Steinbach$2,025 5 Collin Armstrong$1,560 6 Ryan Cairns$1,235 7 Gerald Chung$970 8 Tony Comely$770 9 Iona Bliss$625 10 Leo Brouwer$505 11 Phong Ky$460 -
Bradley Spencer Eliminated in 2nd Place ($4,000)
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 1/109 Prizes: $20,710 
Bradley Spencer Action was caught after the turn came the 4♥5♦7♥J♥. Bradley Spencer moved all in, and Jason Law made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Bradley Spencer: J♠9♥
Jason Law: K♥5♠The river came the 6♥ to send Spencer out as the runner-up.
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Taylor Olson Eliminated in 3rd Place ($4,000)
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 2/109 Prizes: $20,710 
Taylor Olson After the flop of J♠9♣3♦, and Jason Law moved all in. Taylor Olson made the call for less and both players revealed their holdings.
Taylor Olson: 6♠6♣
Jason Law: K♥K♦The board completed with the J♣A♦ to send Olson to the rail.
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Olson Takes it Down
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 3/109 Prizes: $20,710 Action was caught after the flop of Q♣9♠5♠, and Bradley Spencer was quick to check. Taylor Olson led out for 90,000, and Spencer made the call.
The turn came the 6♥, and Spencer checked to Olson. He moved all in for 205,000, and Spencer found the fold. Olson revealed that he had “flopped two pair.’
Bradley Spencer: 975,000
Taylor Olson: 680,000
Jason Law: 620,000 -
Kris Steinbach Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,025)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 3/109 Prizes: $20,710 
Kris Steinbach $230 Jason Law opened to 65,000, and Kris Steinbach defended his big blind.
After the flop of K♦Q♠3♥, Steinbach led out for 50,000. Law moved all in, and Steinbach called for less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Kris Steinbach: Q♣10♥
Jason Law: K♠6♠The board completed with the 8♥A♥ to send the pot Law’s way.
Jason Law: 720,000
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Collin Armstrong Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,560)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 4/109 Prizes: $20,710 
Collin Armstrong Collin Armstrong moved all in for 160,000, and Bradley Spencer made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Collin Armstrong: K♠Q♠
Bradley Spencer: A♣10♦The board ran out K♦2♥7♠9♣A♠ to send Armstrong to the rail.
Bradley Spencer: 1,250,000
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Updated Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Bradley Spencer 1,085,000 Taylor Olson 415,000 Kris Steinbach 270,000 Jason Law 255,000 Collin Armstrong 160,000 -
Ryan Cairns Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,235)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 5/109 Prizes: $20,710 
Ryan Cairns $230 Ryan Cairns moved all in for 210,000 from under the gun, and Bradley Spencer made the call from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Ryan Cairns: 5♥5♦
Brandley Spencer: Q♥Q♠The board ran out 4♥J♣7♠9♥7♥ for Cairns to hit the rail.
Bradley Spencer: 1,070,000
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Gerald Chung Eliminated in 7th Place ($970)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 6/109 Prizes: $20,710 
Gerald Chung Gerald Chung moved all in, and Kris Steinbach made the call for his remaining 95,000. Both players revealed their holdings.
Kris Steinbach: A♦9♣
Gerald Chung: K♠J♥The board ran out A♣6♣9♥Q♥8♥, leaving Chung with just 6,000 behind.
The following hand he moved all in. Steinbach made the call along with two players and he found a pair of eights on the river to eliminate Chung.
Kris Steinbach: 256,000
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Tony Comely Eliminated in 8th Place ($770)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 7/109 Prizes: $20,710 
Tony Comely $230 Kris Steinbach raised to 400,000, and Bradley Spencer moved all in for 337,000. Tony Comely called for 300,000, and the three players revealed their holdings.
Tony Comely: K♥K♦
Bradley Spencer: A♣A♦
Kris Steinbach: 10♠10♥The board ran out 8♦6♣J♣3♦J♦ to give Spencer the triple up.
Bradley Spencer: 1,024,000
Kris Steinbach: 115,000 -
Iona Bliss Eliminated in 9th Place ($625)
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 8/109 Prizes: $20,710 
Iona Bliss After losing the majority of her stack with ace-king against king-ten suited, Iona Bliss moved all in for her remaining 105,000. Jason Law moved all in over the top, and the remaining players folded. Both players revealed their holdings.
Iona Bliss: J♦10♥
Jason Law: Q♦Q♠The board ran out 5♣6♠K♠A♥7♥ for Law to take the pot.
Jason Law: 233,000
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Leo Brouwer Eliminated in 10th Place ($505)
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 9/109 Prizes: $20,710 
Leo Brouwer Leo Brouwer moved all in and Iona Bliss made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Leo Brouwer: K♥K♦
Iona Bliss: A♠J♥The board ran out 3♠3♦7♥A♣2♥ for Brouwer to hit the rail.
Iona Bliss: 215,000
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All Remaining Players
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Phang Ky is the First Elimination in the Money ($460)
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 10/109 Prizes: $20,710 Phang Ky moved all in for 40,000, and Ryan Cairns made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Phang Ky: Q♥J♥
Ryan Cairns: A♥K♥The board ran out 10♥4♣K♣6♦J♦ for Cairns to take the pot.
Ryan Cairns: 256,000
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Shane Hall Falls to Burst the Bubble
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 11/109 Prizes: $20,710 
Shane Hall Jason Law opened to 16,000, and Shane Hall moved all in for 76,000. Law made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Shane Hall: 10♠10♥
Jason Law: A♣7♥The board ran out 5♥A♦6♠7♠7♣ to burst the bubble.
Jason Law: 345,000
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Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1st $5,880 2nd $4,050 3rd $2,630 4th $2,025 5th $1,560 6th $1,235 7th $970 8th $770 9th $625 10th $505 11th $460 -
Chip Leaders as Registration Closes
Player Chip Count Gerald Chung 178,500 Tony Comely 128,000 Sal Haji 98,000 -
Bateman Walks Away With the Winner
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 47/99 Prizes: $18,810 Action was caught after a three way all-in occurred. After the flop of 5♥6♥10♣, Shawn Taghavi moved all in, and the remaining player folded. The three players revealed their holdings.
Lyle Bateman: 8♥8♣
Middle Position: 10♦10♠
Shawn Taghavi: Q♣Q♦Bateman’s tournament life looked all but over. However, the running hearts of the A♥3♥ left him with the winning hand. As he was getting up to leave, the table reiterated that Bateman had in fact won the pot. With the pot, Bateman sits slightly over the average stack of 40,000.
Shawn Taghavi: 62,900
Lyle Bateman: 45,300 -
Reporter in the Fray
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 46/83 Prizes: $15,960 
Lyle Bateman Lyle Bateman frequents the pearl showroom reporting on the series throughout the week. However, tonight he is on the opposite side of the table. He recently jumped into Event #8: $230 NLH, and is looking to capture his first PPT trophy. Just over an hour remains in late registration, with a winner to be determined by the end of the night.
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Little NLH On the Side for Monday
Event #8: $230 NLH ($200 + $30)
Date: Nov 24, 6 PM Blinds: 20 Minutes Starting Stack: 20k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~9:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The smaller-stakes players will be interested in the Monday night side game, as it’s the cheapest trophy event (excluding the Team) of the series. For $230, players get 20k in chips for 20-minute levels until a winner is decided.
There will be nine levels of late entry, ending at about 9:15 PM. From there, they’ll play until one player has all the chips.
Bernice McLennan, winner of Event #8 Last series, it was Bernice McLennan who overcame the 85 player field to take home her first PPT trophy. She took home $4,565 of the $16,150 prize pool for her efforts.
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Micro NLH on the Monday Side
Event #8: $230 NLH ($200 + $30)
Date: Nov 24, 6 PM Blinds: 20 Minutes Starting Stack: 20k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~9:30 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The late game for Monday evening is the smallest buy-in of the series, the $230 NLH. Action gets going at 6 PM, and entries are open until about 9:30.
That makes 9 levels of open entry, with levels playing for 20 minutes throughout the game. Once entries are closed, they’ll play down to a winner, with 10% of the field getting a payday of some kind.
Bernice McLennan, winner of Event #8 In September, Bernice McLennan came through to take down the game. She took it down over Adam Bishop heads up after a wild final table that included a hand where she cracked the quads of Hugh Armstrong with a straight flush to send him out in 3rd.
Alek Gillies will handle the reporting duties on this one, with the caveat that he’ll be watching Day 1 of the 6-Max more closely until it bags, then finishing his night here. I’ll be in the chair for reporting duties starting with Tuesday’s action.
2025 PPT5 E8 
2025 PPT5 Sched
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Jason Law Battles Back to Win Event #8: $230 NLH
Jason Law Wins Event #8 $230 NLH After over 9 hours of play, Jason Law has emerged the victor of Event #8: $230 NLH. He bested the 109 player field that created a prize pool of $20,710. At three-handed, Law made a deal with Bradley Spencer, and Taylor Olson. Each player received $4,000 with $560 along with the trophy up for play.
Shortly after, Law found a double when his king-jack rivered a straight against Spencer’s ace-queen. From there he never looked back finding back-to-back eliminations to take home his first PPT Trophy.
Event #8: $230 NLH Final Results
Position Player Prize 1 Jason Law*$4,560 2 Bradley Spencer*$4,000 3 Taylor Olson*$4,000 4 Kris Steinbach$2,025 5 Collin Armstrong$1,560 6 Ryan Cairns$1,235 7 Gerald Chung$970 8 Tony Comely$770 9 Iona Bliss$625 10 Leo Brouwer$505 11 Phong Ky$460 -
Bradley Spencer Eliminated in 2nd Place ($4,000)
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 1/109 Prizes: $20,710 Bradley Spencer Action was caught after the turn came the 4♥5♦7♥J♥. Bradley Spencer moved all in, and Jason Law made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Bradley Spencer: J♠9♥
Jason Law: K♥5♠The river came the 6♥ to send Spencer out as the runner-up.
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Taylor Olson Eliminated in 3rd Place ($4,000)
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 2/109 Prizes: $20,710 Taylor Olson After the flop of J♠9♣3♦, and Jason Law moved all in. Taylor Olson made the call for less and both players revealed their holdings.
Taylor Olson: 6♠6♣
Jason Law: K♥K♦The board completed with the J♣A♦ to send Olson to the rail.
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Olson Takes it Down
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 3/109 Prizes: $20,710 Action was caught after the flop of Q♣9♠5♠, and Bradley Spencer was quick to check. Taylor Olson led out for 90,000, and Spencer made the call.
The turn came the 6♥, and Spencer checked to Olson. He moved all in for 205,000, and Spencer found the fold. Olson revealed that he had “flopped two pair.’
Bradley Spencer: 975,000
Taylor Olson: 680,000
Jason Law: 620,000 -
Kris Steinbach Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,025)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 3/109 Prizes: $20,710 Kris Steinbach $230 Jason Law opened to 65,000, and Kris Steinbach defended his big blind.
After the flop of K♦Q♠3♥, Steinbach led out for 50,000. Law moved all in, and Steinbach called for less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Kris Steinbach: Q♣10♥
Jason Law: K♠6♠The board completed with the 8♥A♥ to send the pot Law’s way.
Jason Law: 720,000
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Collin Armstrong Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,560)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 4/109 Prizes: $20,710 Collin Armstrong Collin Armstrong moved all in for 160,000, and Bradley Spencer made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Collin Armstrong: K♠Q♠
Bradley Spencer: A♣10♦The board ran out K♦2♥7♠9♣A♠ to send Armstrong to the rail.
Bradley Spencer: 1,250,000
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Updated Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Bradley Spencer 1,085,000 Taylor Olson 415,000 Kris Steinbach 270,000 Jason Law 255,000 Collin Armstrong 160,000 -
Ryan Cairns Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,235)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 5/109 Prizes: $20,710 Ryan Cairns $230 Ryan Cairns moved all in for 210,000 from under the gun, and Bradley Spencer made the call from the big blind. Both players revealed their holdings.
Ryan Cairns: 5♥5♦
Brandley Spencer: Q♥Q♠The board ran out 4♥J♣7♠9♥7♥ for Cairns to hit the rail.
Bradley Spencer: 1,070,000
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Gerald Chung Eliminated in 7th Place ($970)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 6/109 Prizes: $20,710 Gerald Chung Gerald Chung moved all in, and Kris Steinbach made the call for his remaining 95,000. Both players revealed their holdings.
Kris Steinbach: A♦9♣
Gerald Chung: K♠J♥The board ran out A♣6♣9♥Q♥8♥, leaving Chung with just 6,000 behind.
The following hand he moved all in. Steinbach made the call along with two players and he found a pair of eights on the river to eliminate Chung.
Kris Steinbach: 256,000
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Tony Comely Eliminated in 8th Place ($770)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 7/109 Prizes: $20,710 Tony Comely $230 Kris Steinbach raised to 400,000, and Bradley Spencer moved all in for 337,000. Tony Comely called for 300,000, and the three players revealed their holdings.
Tony Comely: K♥K♦
Bradley Spencer: A♣A♦
Kris Steinbach: 10♠10♥The board ran out 8♦6♣J♣3♦J♦ to give Spencer the triple up.
Bradley Spencer: 1,024,000
Kris Steinbach: 115,000 -
Iona Bliss Eliminated in 9th Place ($625)
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 8/109 Prizes: $20,710 Iona Bliss After losing the majority of her stack with ace-king against king-ten suited, Iona Bliss moved all in for her remaining 105,000. Jason Law moved all in over the top, and the remaining players folded. Both players revealed their holdings.
Iona Bliss: J♦10♥
Jason Law: Q♦Q♠The board ran out 5♣6♠K♠A♥7♥ for Law to take the pot.
Jason Law: 233,000
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Leo Brouwer Eliminated in 10th Place ($505)
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 9/109 Prizes: $20,710 Leo Brouwer Leo Brouwer moved all in and Iona Bliss made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Leo Brouwer: K♥K♦
Iona Bliss: A♠J♥The board ran out 3♠3♦7♥A♣2♥ for Brouwer to hit the rail.
Iona Bliss: 215,000
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All Remaining Players
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Phang Ky is the First Elimination in the Money ($460)
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 10/109 Prizes: $20,710 Phang Ky moved all in for 40,000, and Ryan Cairns made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Phang Ky: Q♥J♥
Ryan Cairns: A♥K♥The board ran out 10♥4♣K♣6♦J♦ for Cairns to take the pot.
Ryan Cairns: 256,000
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Shane Hall Falls to Burst the Bubble
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 11/109 Prizes: $20,710 Shane Hall Jason Law opened to 16,000, and Shane Hall moved all in for 76,000. Law made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Shane Hall: 10♠10♥
Jason Law: A♣7♥The board ran out 5♥A♦6♠7♠7♣ to burst the bubble.
Jason Law: 345,000
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Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1st $5,880 2nd $4,050 3rd $2,630 4th $2,025 5th $1,560 6th $1,235 7th $970 8th $770 9th $625 10th $505 11th $460 -
Chip Leaders as Registration Closes
Player Chip Count Gerald Chung 178,500 Tony Comely 128,000 Sal Haji 98,000 -
Bateman Walks Away With the Winner
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 47/99 Prizes: $18,810 Action was caught after a three way all-in occurred. After the flop of 5♥6♥10♣, Shawn Taghavi moved all in, and the remaining player folded. The three players revealed their holdings.
Lyle Bateman: 8♥8♣
Middle Position: 10♦10♠
Shawn Taghavi: Q♣Q♦Bateman’s tournament life looked all but over. However, the running hearts of the A♥3♥ left him with the winning hand. As he was getting up to leave, the table reiterated that Bateman had in fact won the pot. With the pot, Bateman sits slightly over the average stack of 40,000.
Shawn Taghavi: 62,900
Lyle Bateman: 45,300 -
Reporter in the Fray
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 46/83 Prizes: $15,960 Lyle Bateman Lyle Bateman frequents the pearl showroom reporting on the series throughout the week. However, tonight he is on the opposite side of the table. He recently jumped into Event #8: $230 NLH, and is looking to capture his first PPT trophy. Just over an hour remains in late registration, with a winner to be determined by the end of the night.
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Little NLH On the Side for Monday
Event #8: $230 NLH ($200 + $30)
Date: Nov 24, 6 PM Blinds: 20 Minutes Starting Stack: 20k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~9:15 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The smaller-stakes players will be interested in the Monday night side game, as it’s the cheapest trophy event (excluding the Team) of the series. For $230, players get 20k in chips for 20-minute levels until a winner is decided.
There will be nine levels of late entry, ending at about 9:15 PM. From there, they’ll play until one player has all the chips.
Bernice McLennan, winner of Event #8 Last series, it was Bernice McLennan who overcame the 85 player field to take home her first PPT trophy. She took home $4,565 of the $16,150 prize pool for her efforts.
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Micro NLH on the Monday Side
Event #8: $230 NLH ($200 + $30)
Date: Nov 24, 6 PM Blinds: 20 Minutes Starting Stack: 20k Late Entry: 9 Levels (~9:30 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The late game for Monday evening is the smallest buy-in of the series, the $230 NLH. Action gets going at 6 PM, and entries are open until about 9:30.
That makes 9 levels of open entry, with levels playing for 20 minutes throughout the game. Once entries are closed, they’ll play down to a winner, with 10% of the field getting a payday of some kind.
Bernice McLennan, winner of Event #8 In September, Bernice McLennan came through to take down the game. She took it down over Adam Bishop heads up after a wild final table that included a hand where she cracked the quads of Hugh Armstrong with a straight flush to send him out in 3rd.
Alek Gillies will handle the reporting duties on this one, with the caveat that he’ll be watching Day 1 of the 6-Max more closely until it bags, then finishing his night here. I’ll be in the chair for reporting duties starting with Tuesday’s action.
2025 PPT5 E8 2025 PPT5 Sched
| Position | Player | Prize |
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| 1 | Jason Law | *$4,560 |
| 2 | Bradley Spencer | *$4,000 |
| 3 | Taylor Olson | *$4,000 |
| 4 | Kris Steinbach | $2,025 |
| 5 | Collin Armstrong | $1,560 |
| 6 | Ryan Cairns | $1,235 |
| 7 | Gerald Chung | $970 |
| 8 | Tony Comely | $770 |
| 9 | Iona Bliss | $625 |
| 10 | Leo Brouwer | $505 |
| 11 | Phong Ky | $460 |
