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Cameron Stewart Dominates in Event #2: $450 NLH/PLO
Cameron Stewart NLH/PLO Winner Cameron Stewart put on a clinic as he soared through the field of the NLH/PLO Mix to take down another PPT trophy. The event found 78 entries for a total prize pool of $29,640. He took home the lion share of $10,080 besting Anthony Madden in heads-up play.
Early on into the final table, Madden looked to be the table leader finding an early elimination on Ben Sarnelli. Madden continued to dominate to control over half of the chips in play with four players remaining. After Nu Teliani fell, stacks evened with under a 200,000 gap between the largest and smallest.
Stewart found an elimination onto Cory Rotar waking up with single suited kings in PLO against Rotar’s Queens. Trips on the board gave Stewart the stronger full house, and momentum into heads-up play. Madden battled back from being short-stacked before calling an all in with K♣Q♣. Stewart’s A♥8♦ turned two pair and the river was inconsequential for him to take the pot.
Event #2: $450 NLH/PLO Results
Position Player Prize 1 
Cameron Stewart$10,080 2 Anthony Madden$6,815 3 Cory Rotar$4,445 4 Nu Teliani$2,965 5 Colten Yamagishi$1,955 6 Ben Sarnelli$1,420 7 Bruce Drake$1,100 8 
Mike Neigho$860 -
Anthony Madden Eliminated in 2nd Place ($6,815)
Level: 15,000/30,000/30,000 Entries: 1/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 5:38 AM 
Anthony Madden Anthony Madden opened to 75,000, and Cameron Stewart moved all in. Madden made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Anthony Madden: K♣Q♣
Cameron Stewart: A♥8♦The board ran out K♦A♣5♥8♠5♠ for Stewart to take the pot and the trophy.
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Cory Rotar Eliminated in 3rd Place ($4,445)
Level: 15,000/25,000/25,000 Entries: 2/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 4:53 AM 
Cory Rotar Pot-Limit Omaha
Cory Rotar bet the pot, and Cameron Stewart repotted. Rotar moved all in, and Rotar made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Cory Rotar: Q♦Q♣10♠5♥
Cameron Stewart: K♠K♣6♣2♥The board ran out 3♣3♠6♠3♥5♣ for Stewart to bring play to heads-up.
Cameron Stewart: 1,230,000
Anthony Madden: 720,000 -
Updated Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Cameron Stewart 720,000 Anthony Madden 675,000 Cody Rotar 555,000 -
Nu Teliani Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,965)
Level: 10,000/15,000/15,000 Entries: 3/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 3:59 AM 
Nu Teliani The cutoff made the call, and Nu Teliani raised to 70,000 from the button. Cameron Stewart moved all in for 240,000, and Taliani made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Nu Teliani: K♠J♦10♦9♥
Cameron Stewart: A♠K♣Q♥4♠The board ran out 5♣9♠8♥10♠3♠ for Stewart to take the pot
Cameron Stewart: 495,000
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Madden Making Moves
Level: 6,000/12,000/12,000 Entries: 4/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 3:34 AM Anthony Madden called from under the gun. Nu Teliani raised to 40,000, and Madden made the call.
The flop came K♦5♦7♥, and Madden was quick to check. Teliani fired for 40,000, and Madden made the call.
Both players checked the 2♣ turn.
The 10♠ completed the board, and Madden led out for 50,000. Teliani made the call, and saw the bad news of Madden’s K♣Q♠.
Anthony Madden: 1,100,000
Nu Teliani: 168,000 -
Colten Yamagishi Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,955)
Level: 5,000/10,000/10,000 Entries: 4/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 3:07 AM 
Colten Yamagishi Pot-Limit Omaha
Action was caught after the flop of 3♦8♥2♦, and Colten Yamagishi led out for 75,000. Nu Teliani moved all in, and Yamagishi made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Colten Yamagishi: A♥5♥6♦4♦
Nu Teliani: A♦K♠Q♠9♦The board completed with the 10♦J♣ for Yamagishi to hit the rail.
Nu Teliani: 339,000
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Ben Sarnelli Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,420)
Level: 4,000/8,000/8,000 Entries: 5/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 2:36 AM 
Ben Sarnelli Action was caught after the board ran out Q♠2♣8♥K♣A♦, and Ben Sarnelli moved all in for 87,000. Anthony Madden made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Ben Sarnelli: A♣Q♠
Anthony Madden: J♥10♣Madden took the pot bring the field down to five.
Anthony Madden: 788,000
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Yamagishi Eliminates Drake
Level: 4,000/8,000/8,000 Entries: 6/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 2:24 AM Colten Yamagishi opened to 17,000 from late position, and Bruce Drake moved all in for 24,000 from the big blind. Yamagishi made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Bruce Drake: A♥6♦
Colten Yamagishi: A♠Q♣The board ran out 8♣5♣2♦7♥J♠ to give Yamagishi the pot.
Colten Yamagishi: 246,000
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Early Big Stacks
Player Chip Count DJ Sharma 91,700 Justin Pennell 91,500 Michael Bingham 79,500 Tim Salangsang 78,700 -
First Open Trophy of PPT #3 is the NLH/PLO Mix
Event #2: $450 NLH/PLO Mixed ($300 + $40)
Date: Jul 16, 5 PM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 25k Late Entry: 8 Levels (Entries End ~9:30 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The whole field gets their first shot at a trophy from PPT #3 with Event #2: $340 NLH/PLO Mix. The game starts at 5 OM on Jul 16, and will run until a winner is decided. Traditionally, this game runs very late, with the trophy often handed out after 6 AM.
Players sit down with 25k in chips for 30-minute levels. They can enter or rebuy for the first 8 levels of play, putting the end of entries at about 9:30 PM. As is traditional with the Mix game, odd-numbered levels starting with L1 are played with two cards, while even-numbered levels starting with L2 are played with four cards.
Ross Wilson Event #2: $340 NLH/PLO Mixed Winner In the May series, Ross Wilson started an epic series with a win in this one. He ran roughshod over the 95-entry field to take it down and start his Player of the Series run. In the end, Wilson scored another win in a PLO event later in the series, but fell just shy of Main Event winner Cam Stewart for the PoS title. The race came down to the wire with the final day of Main Event action deciding it.
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Cameron Stewart Dominates in Event #2: $450 NLH/PLO
Cameron Stewart NLH/PLO Winner Cameron Stewart put on a clinic as he soared through the field of the NLH/PLO Mix to take down another PPT trophy. The event found 78 entries for a total prize pool of $29,640. He took home the lion share of $10,080 besting Anthony Madden in heads-up play.
Early on into the final table, Madden looked to be the table leader finding an early elimination on Ben Sarnelli. Madden continued to dominate to control over half of the chips in play with four players remaining. After Nu Teliani fell, stacks evened with under a 200,000 gap between the largest and smallest.
Stewart found an elimination onto Cory Rotar waking up with single suited kings in PLO against Rotar’s Queens. Trips on the board gave Stewart the stronger full house, and momentum into heads-up play. Madden battled back from being short-stacked before calling an all in with K♣Q♣. Stewart’s A♥8♦ turned two pair and the river was inconsequential for him to take the pot.
Event #2: $450 NLH/PLO Results
Position Player Prize 1 Cameron Stewart$10,080 2 Anthony Madden$6,815 3 Cory Rotar$4,445 4 Nu Teliani$2,965 5 Colten Yamagishi$1,955 6 Ben Sarnelli$1,420 7 Bruce Drake$1,100 8 Mike Neigho$860 -
Anthony Madden Eliminated in 2nd Place ($6,815)
Level: 15,000/30,000/30,000 Entries: 1/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 5:38 AM Anthony Madden Anthony Madden opened to 75,000, and Cameron Stewart moved all in. Madden made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Anthony Madden: K♣Q♣
Cameron Stewart: A♥8♦The board ran out K♦A♣5♥8♠5♠ for Stewart to take the pot and the trophy.
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Cory Rotar Eliminated in 3rd Place ($4,445)
Level: 15,000/25,000/25,000 Entries: 2/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 4:53 AM Cory Rotar Pot-Limit Omaha
Cory Rotar bet the pot, and Cameron Stewart repotted. Rotar moved all in, and Rotar made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Cory Rotar: Q♦Q♣10♠5♥
Cameron Stewart: K♠K♣6♣2♥The board ran out 3♣3♠6♠3♥5♣ for Stewart to bring play to heads-up.
Cameron Stewart: 1,230,000
Anthony Madden: 720,000 -
Updated Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Cameron Stewart 720,000 Anthony Madden 675,000 Cody Rotar 555,000 -
Nu Teliani Eliminated in 4th Place ($2,965)
Level: 10,000/15,000/15,000 Entries: 3/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 3:59 AM Nu Teliani The cutoff made the call, and Nu Teliani raised to 70,000 from the button. Cameron Stewart moved all in for 240,000, and Taliani made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Nu Teliani: K♠J♦10♦9♥
Cameron Stewart: A♠K♣Q♥4♠The board ran out 5♣9♠8♥10♠3♠ for Stewart to take the pot
Cameron Stewart: 495,000
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Madden Making Moves
Level: 6,000/12,000/12,000 Entries: 4/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 3:34 AM Anthony Madden called from under the gun. Nu Teliani raised to 40,000, and Madden made the call.
The flop came K♦5♦7♥, and Madden was quick to check. Teliani fired for 40,000, and Madden made the call.
Both players checked the 2♣ turn.
The 10♠ completed the board, and Madden led out for 50,000. Teliani made the call, and saw the bad news of Madden’s K♣Q♠.
Anthony Madden: 1,100,000
Nu Teliani: 168,000 -
Colten Yamagishi Eliminated in 5th Place ($1,955)
Level: 5,000/10,000/10,000 Entries: 4/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 3:07 AM Colten Yamagishi Pot-Limit Omaha
Action was caught after the flop of 3♦8♥2♦, and Colten Yamagishi led out for 75,000. Nu Teliani moved all in, and Yamagishi made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Colten Yamagishi: A♥5♥6♦4♦
Nu Teliani: A♦K♠Q♠9♦The board completed with the 10♦J♣ for Yamagishi to hit the rail.
Nu Teliani: 339,000
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Ben Sarnelli Eliminated in 6th Place ($1,420)
Level: 4,000/8,000/8,000 Entries: 5/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 2:36 AM Ben Sarnelli Action was caught after the board ran out Q♠2♣8♥K♣A♦, and Ben Sarnelli moved all in for 87,000. Anthony Madden made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Ben Sarnelli: A♣Q♠
Anthony Madden: J♥10♣Madden took the pot bring the field down to five.
Anthony Madden: 788,000
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Yamagishi Eliminates Drake
Level: 4,000/8,000/8,000 Entries: 6/78 Prizes: $29,640 Local Time: 2:24 AM Colten Yamagishi opened to 17,000 from late position, and Bruce Drake moved all in for 24,000 from the big blind. Yamagishi made the call, and both players revealed their holdings.
Bruce Drake: A♥6♦
Colten Yamagishi: A♠Q♣The board ran out 8♣5♣2♦7♥J♠ to give Yamagishi the pot.
Colten Yamagishi: 246,000
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Early Big Stacks
Player Chip Count DJ Sharma 91,700 Justin Pennell 91,500 Michael Bingham 79,500 Tim Salangsang 78,700 -
First Open Trophy of PPT #3 is the NLH/PLO Mix
Event #2: $450 NLH/PLO Mixed ($300 + $40)
Date: Jul 16, 5 PM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 25k Late Entry: 8 Levels (Entries End ~9:30 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The whole field gets their first shot at a trophy from PPT #3 with Event #2: $340 NLH/PLO Mix. The game starts at 5 OM on Jul 16, and will run until a winner is decided. Traditionally, this game runs very late, with the trophy often handed out after 6 AM.
Players sit down with 25k in chips for 30-minute levels. They can enter or rebuy for the first 8 levels of play, putting the end of entries at about 9:30 PM. As is traditional with the Mix game, odd-numbered levels starting with L1 are played with two cards, while even-numbered levels starting with L2 are played with four cards.
Ross Wilson Event #2: $340 NLH/PLO Mixed Winner In the May series, Ross Wilson started an epic series with a win in this one. He ran roughshod over the 95-entry field to take it down and start his Player of the Series run. In the end, Wilson scored another win in a PLO event later in the series, but fell just shy of Main Event winner Cam Stewart for the PoS title. The race came down to the wire with the final day of Main Event action deciding it.
| Position | Player | Prize |
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| 1 | Cameron Stewart | $10,080 |
| 2 | Anthony Madden | $6,815 |
| 3 | Cory Rotar | $4,445 |
| 4 | Nu Teliani | $2,965 |
| 5 | Colten Yamagishi | $1,955 |
| 6 | Ben Sarnelli | $1,420 |
| 7 | Bruce Drake | $1,100 |
| 8 | Mike Neigho | $860 |
