Curtis Singleton Leads 6-Max Final 10; Trevor Emir-Ahmet Ships Event #8 After Wild Three-Handed War

We’re down to ten in Event #7: $780 NLH 6-Max, and once again it’s Curtis Singleton out front after bagging 456,000—his second chip lead of the series after topping Day 1a of Event #3. Singleton’s riding high and told Lyle Bateman this run is powered by what he’s calling “black dick energy”—literally, as he’s swapped out his lucky duck card protector for a small black phallus.

He’s the only player above 400k, but it’s a tight race behind him. Shawn Taghavi (390,000), Matt Klapstein (387,000), Ali Khani (373,500), and Michael St Pierre-Porter (372,500) are all within striking distance. The field of 77 is down to just 10, and they’ll return today at 1 PM in Level 15 (2,500/5,000/5,000) to battle it out for the lion’s share of the $51,205 prize pool. Levels stay 40 minutes until heads-up, where they’ll drop to 20.

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Trevor Emir-Ahmet Wins Event #8 After Nearly 3 Hours of 3-Handed Grind

It was looking like a turbo finish in Event #8 until they got down to three, but then the brakes slammed hard. Even after a three-way deal, it took nearly three hours to finish, and Trevor Emir-Ahmet was the last man standing with the trophy and $3,590.

It wasn’t an easy path. Emir-Ahmet held the lead early, but once Benny Sarnelli busted Bernice McLennan in 3rd, Trevor was the short stack. He found a lifeline jamming king-five suited into Sarnelli’s queen-ten of clubs—Sarnelli flopped a flush draw but bricked it, flipping the script.

Not long after, Sarnelli found himself with just four bigs and called off with seven-six suited. Emir-Ahmet had ace-four, flopped trips, and held to lock up his first PPT title. The final table saw a three-way deal between Trevor, Sarnelli, and McLennan, each locking up $3,200 with the trophy and extra cash on the line.

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