Day 8 at the 2025 PPT #5 saw two games in action. At noon, players sat down for Day 1 of the PLO Main, while later in the day, the $280 NLH Bounty ran as the side game.
Technically, the trophy for the PLO Main wasn’t awarded until partway through Day 9, as that game bagged up when they hit the money to play out Day 2 on Friday. The bounty game, on the other hand, started and finished on Day 8.
Ryan Comely Wins Second Trophy in PLO Main
Event #12: $1,500 PLO Main ($1,350 + $150)
| Date: | Nov 27-28, 2025 |
| Blinds: | 40 Minutes |
| Entries: | 75 |
| Prizes: | $96,188 |
| Winner: | Ryan Comely ($28,110) |
It took about 14 hours on Day 1 to whittle down from 75 entries to the 10 paid spots, with a bubble that lasted almost a full level of play. Those ten players then bagged up their chips to return for the money play on Friday, with Cam Stewart in the lead as the only player with more than 1 million chips in his bag.
Stewart maintained that lead throughout most of the final table, at least until the end game against Ryan Comely. Comely, on the other hand, came into Day 2 as one of the shorter stacks, playing just shy of 250k to start the final day. They were joined on Day 2 money by a pretty solid list of PLO crushers, including Comely’s younger brother Tony, Adrian Baran from Regina, 2025 API Player of the Year leader and 2024 winner, Mike Malm, Scot Munro, Angelo Jopek, Deron Noksana, Michael Baldwin, and Preston Stevenson.
Stevenson and Baldwin came into Day 2 very short, with less than 100k each, and they busted out pretty quickly on Day 2. In the end, it was a pretty short day overall, with the whole day finished in about 5 hours. Stewart held the lead until he got heads up with the elder Comely, and started the heads up with about a 3:1 lead.
That all changed in two big hands, both of which saw Comely hit a straight. In the first, Comely was in behind with queen-jack-jack-seven, with one suit, against ace-king-king-queen. Comely flopped his queen, but Stewart was still ahead with the kings.
The nine-king runout flipped the script, however, giving Comely the king-high straight to cap Stewart’s rivered set of kings. That doubled Comely to more than 2 million, and the chip lead, and a couple of hands later, he ran out to a straight again after Stewart flopped two pair, and the game was over.
This was the 3rd time Stewart’s been heads up in the last two PPT series, but he is yet to finally make it to the top spot. Given the regularity with which he makes final tables, however, that just seems like a matter of time.
Comely, for his part, picked up his second trophy of the week with the win. He won the $560 NLH earlier in the week for his first trophy from the new 2025 batch of PPT Diamonds, then added a mini version of the Main Event style crystal. “Both of my kids got a trophy this week, so they’re happy,” Comely joked after the game.
Final Results for PLO Main
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ryan Comely | $28,110 |
| 2 | Cam Stewart | $19,380 |
| 3 | Adrian Baran | $12,595 |
| 4 | Mike Malm | $9,690 |
| 5 | Scot Munro | $7,460 |
| 6 | Tony Comely | $5,910 |
| 7 | Angelo Jopek | $4,650 |
| 8 | Deron Noksana | $3,680 |
| 9 | Michael Baldwin | $3,005 |
| 10 | Preston Stevenson | $2,420 |
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Steve Azizi Wins NLH Bounty for $4,700 after Deal
Event #13: $280 NLH Bounty ($200 + $50 + $30)
| Date: | Nov 27, 5 PM |
| Blinds: | 20 Min |
| Entries: | 124 |
| Prizes: | $29,450 ($23,250 prizes, $6,200 bounties) |
| Winner: | Steve Azizi ($4,700 after deals) |
The side game on Day 8 was the $280 NLH Bounty, and it took about nine hours to play through what turned into the biggest open-entry field of the series. 124 entries generated a prize pool of $29,450, with $23,250 of that divided between the top 12 players, and the rest in bounties.
It was a fairly turbo affair, with the numbers dropping regularly. They played through the bubble and onto the final table quite quickly, and there wasn’t really a lull in the action as players kept heading to the cage. Jerry Tria was the last player to take the published payout, after he busted in 5th place for $1,679 + 7 Bounties.
With the game at four, and the stacks getting pretty short, the final four agreed to a deal that gave everyone $3,500 guaranteed, with the trophy and $1,700 to play for. They also kept their bounties and took that component out of play.
Bounties for the Final Four Players
| Player | Bounties ($) |
|---|---|
| Dustin Froelich | 6 ($300) |
| Dale Chalifoux | 8 ($400) |
| Steve Azizi | 7 ($350) |
| Justin Pennell | 6 ($300) |
Dale Chalifoux and Dustin Froelich (who was getting his first live cash in this one) found a payslip pretty quickly. That left Azizi heads up with Justin Pennell, both local regulars who know each other well.
It was Azizi’s night. The big confrontation happened on a virtual flip, with Pennell on ace-three and covering Azizi with queen-jack of hearts.
Azizi had to get there the hard way, but get there he did. The paired flop came nine-nine-eight, with a seven on the turn. Azizi called for a ten, and the dealer obliged, dropping the ten of diamonds on the river. That gave Azizi the straight to the queen, and a huge chip lead.
Pennell found one double to try to stage a comeback, but it wasn’t to be. In the final hand, Pennell turned a pair and rivered two pair, but Azizi caught the king-high straight on the same river to end the game and grab his first PPT trophy.
Final Results for NLH Bounty
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Azizi | $4,700* |
| 2 | Justin Pennell | $4,000* |
| 3 | Dustin Froelich | $3,500* |
| 4 | Dale Chalifoux | $3,500* |
| 5 | Jerry Tria | $1,679 |
| 6 | Michael St. Pierre-Porter | $1,330 |
| 7 | Jim Giddings | $1,046 |
| 8 | Jeff Forester | $828 |
| 9 | Bill Lubyk | $545 |
| 10 | Jason Law | $501 |
| 11 | Karin Schulenburg | $501 |
| 12 | Brad Stevens | $436 |
