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PPT staff have barely had time to break down the tables from PPT #4 at Pure Casino Yellowhead and it’s almost time for the penultimate series of the 2024 season. Series #5 is across town at Pure Casino Edmonton and is a shortened schedule from the full series with just one week of poker action and 11 events.
The first PPT branded action for Series #5 kicks off at 1 pm Sunday, Oct 13 with a 1 in 10 satellite game for $T equivalent to entry in all open events for the series. Buy-in for the game is $430 ($390 + $40) and players start with 25k in chips for 30-minute levels.
There is more satellite action on Oct 14 with main series action kicking off on Oct 15 with the Seniors First at noon, an open NLH game starting at 4 pm, and a satellite game at 7 pm. That kicks off seven days of PPT action that includes the ever-popular 6-Max and PLO Big Bounty games as well as the two-flight Main Event and the $2k “Series Saver” High Roller to finish it out.
Check out live updates and reporting from the Pure Poker Tour Series #5 by Lyle Bateman. Chose an event of your choice down below:
| Level: | 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) |
| Entries: | 14/93 |
| Prizes: | $87,467 |
They are hand for hand now with the clock paused as they are one elimination away from the bags. They are currently playing the final hand of Level 14 so it looks likely they’ll bring out the bags before the next break.
| Level: | 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) |
| Entries: | 20/110 |
| Prizes: |
They are now 9 players off the money spots with 20 players left in the Turbo side game. There are just over 10 minutes to play in Level 14 and the average stack is just over 20 big blinds.
| Level: | 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) |
| Entries: | 16/93 |
| Prizes: | $87,467 |
They are down to 16 left in Day 1a with about half of Level 14 complete. That puts them just three players off the end of the opening flight to the Main.
| Level: | 13 (1,500/3,000/3,000) |
| Entries: | 18/93 |
| Prizes: | $87,467 |
They are down to 18 players left on the final two tables now with just under 5 minutes to play in Level 13. That puts them five eliminations away from the bags, so it’s an open question now whether they’ll make the next break following Level 15 or not. Even if they do, it’s unlikely they’ll play much later than Level 16 tonight.
| Level: | 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) |
| Entries: | 32/110 |
| Prizes: | $18,810 |
The field is confirmed at 110 entries for total prizes of $18,810. The winner tonight will pocket $5,339 with the min-cash in 11th place set for $417. Full prizes will be posted under the Payouts tab shortly.
| Level: | 13 (1,500/3,000/3,000) |
| Entries: | 21/93 |
| Prizes: | $87,467 |
Below is a look at the remaining stacks and where everyone is seated. They are now 8 away from the bags coming out.
| Seat | Table 15 | Chips | Table 16 | Chips | Table 17 | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shariq Khn | 77,500 | Garett Maybery | 67,500 | ||
| 2 | Alex Liu | 215,500 | Aman Dhaliwal | 69,500 | ||
| 3 | Jolnar Teliani | 179,500 | Naleen Naraya | 248,000 | Daniel Hicks | 142,000 |
| 4 | Geordi Lobe | 149,000 | Ryan Smith | 86,000 | ||
| 5 | Kim Graham | 42,500 | Victor Xie | 264,500 | ||
| 6 | Willie Santos | 206,000 | Daniel Lefebvre | 128,000 | ||
| 7 | DJ Sharma | 286,000 | Brian Wells | 75,000 | ||
| 8 | John Dalphind | 95,000 | Kyle Bonazzo | 171,500 | Pav Braich | 102,000 |
| 9 | Chad Horseman | 26,500 | Weston Pring | 139,500 |
| Level: | 8 (500/1,000/1,000) |
| Entries: | 46/105 |
| Prizes: | $17,955 |
There are about 20 minutes left to enter the Turbo game and the field has just recently cracked 100 entries for prizes just shy of $18k. There will be a break following this level in about 5 minutes, and when they return for Level 9 and about 9:15 pm, entries will closed and the field will be set.
Expect fast action to the end once the entry desk is closed.
| Level: | 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) |
| Entries: | 23/93 |
| Prizes: | $87,467 |
There are about 25 minutes left in Level 12 and there is a break scheduled following this level. The field is now down to 23 remaining, just 10 eliminations off the end of the night. I’ll have a look around at the break and grab chip counts for the remaining players.
| Level: | 11 (1,000/2,000/2,000) |
| Entries: | 27/93 |
| Prizes: | $87,467 |
They are down to 27 left in Day 1a of the Main Event now with about 5 minutes to play in Level 11. That means they are just 14 players away from the end of the day.
| Level: | 6 (300/600/600) |
| Entries: | 52/92 |
| Prizes: | $15,732 |
The prizes are now over $15k with 92 entries on the board and Level 6 ticking down toward the end. There are still 52 players alive in the game with about 45 minutes left to enter or rebuy.
