Pure Poker Tour Series #6 – Event #4: $670 NLH

Event #4 is now over after about 10 hours of Day 2 play. Eric Wasylenko added another trophy to his growing collection from the PPT with yet another side event win.

He was third in chips when the final table started but the shorter the table got, the bigger Wasy’s stack got. He started his run by sending Mo Alamelhuda home in 5th place with the bigger pair, then found a pair of queens to send Shane Kozniuk to the rail in 3rd. That gave him a huge lead over runner-up Shane Brotherwood, and it didn’t take long to finish it out.

In the final hand, Brotherwood got his short stack in good with king-ten against six-four but Wasy spiked a four on the flop and held for the win.

Shane Brotherwood had a tough job ahead of him when he got heads up against Eric Wasylenko. Not only did Wasy have the chip lead but he’s also a heads-up specialist from his online days. In the final confrontation, Brotherwood shoved king-ten, and Wasy was pretty much priced in to call with any two.

He called it off with six-four then proceeded to hit the flop when it ran out 8♣9♣4♦7♠A♠ and it was all over.

Eric Wasylenko raised his button to 100k then snapped it off when Shan Kozniuk shoved the small blind. Wasy’s queens were well ahead of the A♦4♦ for Kozniuk. The board ran clean for the queens, and Kozniuk was out in 3rd place.

Wasy is now heads up against Shane Brotherwood with a big chip lead.

Eric Wasylenko leads the way at the break between Levels 24 & 25.

They are down to three left after Mike Malm ended his run in 4th place. He took the final payout of less than $10k.

Mo Alamelhuda was left short after doubling up Mike Malm a few hands previously and he got the rest in blind-on-blind against Eric Wasylenko. He was in trouble with pocket threes against pocket eights and the board wasn’t able to help him get ahead.

Mike Malm called the small blind, then snapped it off when Mo Alamelhuda shoved his big with more. Malm had jacks over eights for Alamelhuda, and the board didn’t change anything. That puts Malm up to around 800k and drops Alamelhuda down to about 330k.

In the first hand, Eric Wasylenko raised under the gun to 60k and got a call from Shane Kozniuk in the cutoff as well as Mo Alamelhuda in the big blind. They all checked the [invalid notations] turn Wasy fired 70k and took it down.

In the very next hand, Alamelhuda limped the small blind, then jammed over Wasy’s big blind raise to 100k. “Such pretty cards,” Wasy said with a smile as he mucked his hand.

Eric Wasylenko raised under the gun to 60k, then called off a shove from big blind Jayvee Lumahan for 205k. It was a race between Wasy’s eights and ace-queen for Lumahan and the board of 4♣2♣4♠J♣7♠ didn’t improve Lumahan.

They are down to 6 players left now in Event #4 with Skyler York ending his day in 7th place. I missed the action while I was having my dinner.

Shane Brotherwood is leading at the break, but Mo Alamelhuda is right on his heels.

Shane Brotherwood opened to 45k from the hijack and Mo Alamelhuda called from the small blind, as did Jayvee Lumahan from the big. They all checked the 10♠4♠Q♠ flop but when Alamenhuda checked the 10♦ turn Lumahan shoved for about 200k, enough to push out the other two hands.

They are about 5 minutes from the next break and I’ll grab another round of chips counts then.

Shane Brotherwood raised early to 35k before Kyle Hartree shoved 100k from the small blind. Brotherwood called to the race between his sevens and the ace-queen for Hartree. Brotherwood flopped a seven on the 7♣5♥10♦J♣9♠ runout and Hartree was out in 8th place tonight.

It was a massive cooler that sent Colten Yamagishi to the rail in 9th place today. Mo Alamelhuda opened from the middle to 25k and Yamagishi called from the hijack.

Alamelhuda bet 22k on the 10♠5♦9♦ flop and Yamagishi called. They both checked the 3♠ turn, and Alamelhuda checked the [invalid notations] river. Yamagishi through for a bit then slid out a bet of 81k. Alamelhuda came over the top with a check-shove to put Yamagishi at risk.

Yamagishi tanked for quite a while before he announced “Call” but his pocket kings were no good against the pocket aces of Alamelhuda.

Inthe first hand, Shane Kozniuk opened to 25k and got calls from Mike Malm and Mo Alamelhuda in the blinds. It checked around to Kozniuk on the 7♦3♣A♠ flop and he fired 30k to take it down.

In the next hand, Skyler York raised the cutoff to 25k and Colten Yamagishi called from the big blind. Yamagishi check-called 16k on the flop and they both checked the turn on the board of 3♣J♣K♣10♦.

Both players checked the 8♣ river and Yamagishi showed K♥Q♠ for the win.

Level 19 has just begun with the final table still full. Mo Alamelhuda leads the way with 751k but Skyler York isn’t far behind with 727k while Eric Wasylenko is playing 567k with Shane Brotherwood also in the 500k club.

The final table is now set and they are moving to the feature table on the stage. Xinrui Cui was the bubble to the final table after his kings saw a brutal flop against Eric Wasylenko.

Money was all in before the flop when Wasy raised the cutoff, then shoved over the reraise from Cui on the button. Cui snapped it off and was in good shape with kings over ace-jack for Wasy. The flop had other ideas, however, as the board ran out [invalid notations] to send Vui home in 10th place.

Stay tuned for pictures of the final nine.

They are down to 1 left now after the 11th-place exit of Shawn Taghavi. The next elimination will put them at the final table and they are currently playing five and five on two tables.

There are 11 players left in Event #4 now after Garrett Chin busted out in 13th place followed shortly after by Mal Hagan in 12th place. There are just over 30 minutes to play in Level 17.

Kyle Hartree opened under the gun to 12l and Mo Alamelhuda called from the small blind. They both checked the 4♦5♠9♠ flop but Alamelhuda fired 17k on the J♦ turn.

Hartree called to the 7♥ river then hit the tank when Alamelhuda bet 42k. He eventually found a fold showing a jack as he folded, and Alamelhuda said “I had it” as he stacked up the pot. Alamelhuda is up over 500k now while Hartree looks to be playing about 250k.

They are down to 13 after Jimmy Lee hit the rail in the final hand before the break. He was all in with ace-jack against the queens of Kyle Hartree. Shane Brothewrwood commented that he was calling with his ace-jack if Hartree hadn’t already called, revealing the two of Lee’s outs were dead.

Hartree hit his queen on the flop for a set and the win while Lee took 14th place tonight. See below for the final 13 counts picked up during the break with Brotherwood currently in the lead.

They are down to 14 now after Steve Chung, who started today in second chips position, hit the rail in 16th followed by John Calliou in 15th place.

They are down to 16 now after Matthew Ouellette ended his day in 18th place and Landon Crowter took 17th place. Level 15 has just begun with a break following this level and I’ll grab full chip counts for the remaining players at the break.

Shawn Taghavi opened the middle to 8k and got three callers — Mo Alamelhuda from the hijack, Steve Chung from the cutoff, and Jimmy Lee from the small blind. The flop was 4♠K♣5♠ and Taghavi checked, Alamelhuda fired 10k, Chung called and Lee and Taghavi mucked their hands.

Both remaining players checked the 10♠ turn but Alamelhuda fired 25k on the A♠ river. Chung came over the top to 50k, and after about a minute in the tank, Alamelhuda mucked his hand. “Show once,” he said, and Chung obliged, showing A♥4♥ for two pair as he raked in the pot.

Shane Kozniuk (who was identified last night with the last name Sparklingeyes as was in the system) opened under the gun to 7.5k, then four-bet to 207.5k after Xinrui Cui raised it to 20k from the middle. That was enough to force Cui all in with a call, which he made for a jacks into aces showdown.

Cui found the help he needed on the turn of the 9♥8♦4♣J♠K♠ board to double up to about 300k while Kozniuk is now down to about 200k.

I picked up the action on the flop of J♥2♣3♥ with Brotherwood check-raising from 8.5k to 17k, then called when Jimmy Lee reraised again to 37k. They both checked it through the 4♣7♦ turn and river and Brotherwood’s J♠8♥ was good for the pot.

They are down to two tables with 18 players left now after David Johnson took 19th place tonight.

They are down to 19 now in Event #4 after Deven Lane couldn’t find a spin up. He came in with fumes of 12k so he was always needing some quick help today but the small bag on Day 1a guaranteed him a min-cash of $1,110.

Day 2 action is now underway with 20 players returning. Everyone is in the money now with the min-cash set at $1,110.

With the very early end to Day 1b, the action today picked up in Level 12 with blinds of 1.5k/2.5k/2.5k.

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The Day 2 field is now set with 20 players returning from a starting field of 160. Mike Malm, who is having a great year and is leading the API PoY race, bagged the overall lead with just under 400k from Day 1b. Day 1a leader Steve Chung will be second to start the day with double Main Event champion Eric Wasylenko in 3rd.

Day 2 action kicks off at 1 pm on Sunday and they’ll play down to a winner. As 1b ended well before 1a, the Day 2 action will start in Level 12 with 12 minutes remaining where 1b ended tonight. Blinds will remain and 40 minutes for Day 2 play.

I should be focused on this game until it ends.

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