Mike Malm Leads the $780 6-Max Into Day 2, Jason Law Completes Comeback Run in the $230 NLH

The action inside the Pearl Showroom didn’t slow down for a second as two very different storylines played out across Events #7 and #8. One was a deep-stack, high-pressure 6-Max where the region’s toughest regulars traded heavy blows all day. The other was a fast-paced $230 NLH sprint that ended with a deal, a comeback, and one brand-new PPT champion.

Malm Dominates a Tough Field in the $780 6-Max

Sixty entries piled into Event #7: $780 NLH 6-Max, building a prize pool of $39,900 and putting $13,570 up top for Tuesday’s eventual winner. After a full day of momentum swings, wild bluffs, brutal coolers, and some of the cleanest value bets of the series, just seven players survived. And sitting at the top of the leaderboard yet again is Mike Malm.

Malm finished the night with 664,500 — good for 166 big blinds — on the heels of a day packed with pressure spots and perfectly timed aggression. His biggest pots came in the middle stages after he picked off Nadav Bitton’s kings with ace-five on a spade-soaked runout, jumping him back into the upper tier of the counts.

Joseph Roberts (463,000) and Nu Teliani (404,000) round out the top three, both navigating high-variance stretches and crucial double-ups to lock up their seats to Day 2.

The bubble burst when Colin Orleski’s ace-four couldn’t fade Teliani’s queen-jack on a turn queen. From there, short-stacked Clayton Gaudry briefly climbed back into contention after rivering a boat against Bitton’s flush, but ultimately went out in eighth place after running kings into jacks and then bricking his final all-in.

Event #7: $780 NLH 6-Max End of Day Chip Counts

The seven surviving players return Tuesday at 1 p.m. with blinds at 2,000/4,000 (4,000 ante) and all guaranteed $1,475 for their efforts.

Jason Law Rallies From Behind and Claims the Trophy in Event #8: $230 NLH

Event #8 drew a healthy 109-player field, generating a $20,710 prize pool and a long grind to the finish line. More than nine hours after cards hit the air, Jason Law stood alone with the trophy — but it didn’t come easy.

A massive three way all-in occurred between previous side event annihilator Kris Steinbach, Tony Comely, and Bradley Spencer. Steinbach’s Tens and Comely’s Kings, couldn’t improve against Spencer’s Aces. Spencer now held a massive chip lead with over half the chips in play seven-handed.

Eliminations were rapid, but Law and Taylor Olson battled back to bring narrow the chip gap substantially. With just three remaining Law, Spencer, and Olson agreed to a deal, locking up $4,000 each while leaving $560 and the trophy still to play for. From there, Law flipped a switch.

First he doubled through Spencer when his king-jack rivered a straight against ace-queen, stealing back the momentum he’d lost during the middle stages. Moments later, Law sent Olson out in third after kings held against sixes on a dry board. Heads-up, Spencer held the early lead, but Law struck gold again — this time calling Spencer’s shove on a three-heart board with K♥5♠. The river brought the six of hearts, ending Spencer’s run and giving Law his first PPT title.

Event #8: $230 NLH Final Results