Day 7 consisted of two one-day games on the schedule, with radically different structures. The early game on Wednesday was the $560 NLH with 30-minute blinds and a 25k start stack. Later in the day, stacks and blinds got reversed for the Deepstack Hyper, which had 40k to start, with 15-minute blinds.
In Event #10, they were playing for $45,125 in total prizes by the time entries closed, with 95 on the board. When the dust settled, it was local regular Ryan Comely grabbing his latest PPT trophy, but his first one from the new 2025 design batch.
Meanwhile, across the room, the Deepstack Hyper was playing out in record time, finishing at the same time as E10, despite starting 4 hours later and drawing nearly the same crowd with a field of 92 for prizes of $23,598. The game came down to a battle between Jo Teliani and Martin Campeau from Montreal, with Campeau ultimately prevailing in a short heads-up battle.
Ryan Comely Bags First PPT Diamond to Add to his Collection of Old Trophies
Event #10: $560 NLH
| Entries: | 95 |
| Total Prizes: | $45,125 |
| Winner: | Ryan Comely ($9,494 Deal) |
It took about 13 hours to play through the 95 entries for Event #10: $560 NLH, and in the end, local reg Ryan Comely grabbed his first PPT trophy from the new 2025 design batch. He already owns two PPT trophies from the old design batch, which was retired at the end of 2024, but he now has a shiny new PPT Diamond to add to his collection.
As they hit the money bubble, it was Brett Worton who was leading the way, but a long money bubble gave Worton some grief. He was seated at the same table as Comely, and he reported that Worton “didn’t win a hand” through the whole bubble play, which lasted nearly 2 full levels of 30-minute blinds.
In the end, Worton ended up as the bubble, dropping in 11th just before the money. David Chau quickly ended his run in 10th before they set the final table. Keith Graham and Colten Yamagishi quickly followed Chau to the rail from the final table before play stalled a bit 7 ways.
Brett Higgns, who ultimately ended in second tonight, was leading the final six after Jan Rofuli ended his run in 7th. Matthew Ouelette, who has a PPT Main trophy in his collection from earlier in the year, bowed out shortly after in 6th place.
Jason Law and Johnny Dalphond were next to fall, in order, leaving just three players left. Stacks were relatively close at that point, so the final three cut a deal. Shawn Taghavi was the big stack and secured just shy of $10k in the deal, then quickly busted in 3rd, sending most of his chips to Comely and shooting him to the lead.
That left Comely and Higgins heads up for the trophy (and the extra $1k that they left in the pot). Both Comely and Higgins had agreed to $8,494 each, but the winner would also get the extra $1,000 and the trophy, along with the official win for the Hendon Mob reports.
Heads up didn’t last long. Higgins was short by that point, and when Comely woke up with aces and decided to slow play them, Higgins walked right into the trap after flopping a pair of tens. The money went in on the turn of K♦10♣3♣6♠9♦, and Comley’s aces held for the win.
Comely grabbed his third PPT trophy along with $9,494, while Higgins collected $8,494 for second place.
Final Results for Event #10
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ryan Comely | $9,494* |
| 2 | Brett Higgins | $8,494* |
| 3 | Shawn Taghavi | $9,994* |
| 4 | Johnny Dalphond | $4,510 |
| 5 | Jason Law | $3,475 |
| 6 | Mathew Ouellette | $2,750 |
| 7 | Jan Rofuli | $2,165 |
| 8 | Colten Yamagishi | $1,715 |
| 9 | Keith Graham | $1,400 |
| 10 | David (Du) Chau | $1,130 |
Martin Campeau Takes Down First PPT Trophy in Deepstack Hyper
Event #11: $300 Deepstack Hyper
| Entries: | 92 |
| Total Prizes: | $23,598 |
| Winner: | Martin Campeau ($6,850) |
The Deepstack Hyper was the side game on Wednesday, starting four hours after the main game (Event #10). Once they got going at 5 PM, the field drew a respectable 92 entries before the desk closed at about 8:15 PM.
Despite starting four hours later and playing with significantly more chips, the 15-minute blinds still kept the game moving fast. It was about 9 hours from the opening hands until Martin Capmeau was collecting his first-place prize, as this game finished at roughly the same time as Event #10, ~2 AM.
Because both games were in the money at the same time, I didn’t have much chance to watch any action in this one, as I was barely able to keep up with the busts from each game. I did manage to catch a bit of the heads-up action, with Campeau coming back from behind against Jo Teliani for the win.
Teliani started the short heads-up phase with the chip lead, but then couldn’t hold. In just a couple of hands, Campeau doubled into the lead when he hit trip tens against Teliani’s ace-eight, then shortly after woke up with ace-eight himself and held over Teliani’s king-jack for the win after flopping an ace.
It looks like Campeau only had three cashes on his resume on Hendon Mob, and all three of those came 20 years ago in 2005. His best score is a 2nd place from a game at the 2005 Fall Pot of Gold, Reno, where he made $16k USD, and this looks to be his first live win, and will slot in at #2 on his lifetime cash list.
Final Results for Deepstack Hyper
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Campeau | $6,850 |
| 2 | Jo Teliani | $4,720 |
| 3 | Weston Pring | $3,065 |
| 4 | Shaun Moriarty | $2,360 |
| 5 | Shane Hall | $1,815 |
| 6 | Rob Lothian | $1,440 |
| 7 | Mitch Edwards | $1,130 |
| 8 | Luteng Li | $898 |
| 9 | Murray Duval | $730 |
| 10 | Alexander Richmond | $590 |
