The marathon Main Event is now over and Ryan Cairns was the player with all the chips at the end. It was an epic Day 2 that lasted nearly 17 hours with the final table taking up about half of that.
They played down from 48 returning players to the final table in about 7 hours, then took nearly 8 to decide the rest of the spots. They got four-ways by about 10:30 am, then played three more hours before it it was down to three. It then took another 3 hours or so to make to the heads-up portion of the game, and along the way the final three smoothed out the money so that 3rd place finished Gary Rooprai got $42k for second.
Heads up then took about another hour to complete and the final two made another deal that saw the chip leader at the time, Tyler Panas, secure $52,400 while Cairns agreed to take $49k for the shorter stack. Once the deal was made, things moved a bit quicker as Cairns doubled to even shortly after the deal, then found and ace with the best kicker to grab another double into the lead.
In the final confrontation, it came down to suited cards for both players. Panas shoved and Cairns tank-called with
. The board missed both players and Cairns' queen-high was best for the win.
This was Cairns fifth win, but was also the biggest score of his career, eclipsing his third-place finish in the Yellowhead Main Event from the 2022 Tournament of Champions where he picked up just shy of $30k. The score tonight should put Cairns at around $240k in total earnings on Hendon mob once it's posted.
The marathon final table for the Main Event is now over after Tyler Panas shoved for 2.1 million and Ryan Cairns called it off. Both players were suited, but Cairns had the best of it with against
. The board of
missed both hands, leaving the queen high to take it down. Panas had secured a $52,400 payout earlier when he had the chip lead, however.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
11,400,000 | 2,700,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
The final two players evened out the money a bit prior to this hand, and Tyler Panas secured $52,400 while Ryan Cairns agreed to $49k as the short stack. The next hand, Panas shoved and Cairns called off after some thought.
It was ace-three for Panas against ace-seven for Cairns, and the seven played on a board of giving Cairns the double into a big lead.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
8,700,000 | 3,000,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
2,700,000 | 3,000,000 |
They are about even now after a big hand that saw Ryan Cairns chip up. I picked up the action on the flop reading and Cairns check-called a bet of 380k from Tyler Panas. Cairns checked called again for 500k on the
turn, then led for 1 million on the
river. Panas mucked but Cairns showed jack-high clubs for the turned pair and rivered flush.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
5,700,000 | 2,700,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
5,700,000 | 200,000 |
Gary Rooprai has been short for a while, and when he found a suited king he got his final 510k into the middle. Tyler Panas called with a better suited king and held to send Rooprai home in 3rd for the adjusted prize of $42,000.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
After 15 hours at the tables today, the final three players have decided to smooth out the money a bit. They didn't ICM chop based on the stacks, but first place will now get $55,000, 2nd $46,400, and 3rd will pocket $42,000.
They now play on to decide the final three spots.
Tyler Panas raised the button to 320k and Ryan Cairns defended with a call. Cairns check-called for 400k on flop, and they both checked through the
turn and river. Cairns showed
for top pair and took it down.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
5,500,000 | 700,000 |
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
3,000,000 | 400,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
2,900,000 | 1,100,000 |
Gary Rooprai is chipping up and is now in second place. He opened to 240k from the button and then called when Tyler Panas min-clicked it back. The flop saw Panas fire 260k and Rooprai called to the
turn.
Panas bet 500k, nearly half of Rooprai's remaining chips, but he came over the top with a shove for 1.2m. Panas called it off with aces including the ace of spades, but Rooprai was already there with . That removed a couple of outs from Panas who was looking for a 4th spade that wasn't a jack or a six, but the river bricked and Rooprai's flopped flush held.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
4,800,000 | 1,600,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
4,000,000 | 2,400,000 |
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
2,600,000 | 530,000 |
Gary Rooprai was left short before the break, but he just got a double coming back. The money went in on the flop showing and Tyler Panas bet 200k from the small blind. Roopari shoved all in for 770k and after some time in the tank, Panas called it off.
Panas was good with a but he needed to fade spades as Rooprai was on
. The
river sealed the deal and Rooprai collected the pot after the meaningless
river.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
6,400,000 | 900,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
1,600,000 | 830,000 |
In the final hand of the previous level, Gary Rroprai raised the button to 200k and Tyler Panas called the big blind. Panas led for 200k on the flop and Rooprai called. Panas fired 280k on the
turn and got the call to
on the river.
Panas sized up to 600k and Rooprai hit the tank for quite a while before sliding in the call for almost half his stack. Panas showed for the rivered nut flush and Rooprai could only muck.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
7,300,000 | 3,950,000 |
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
3,130,000 | 1,670,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
770,000 | 2,130,000 |
Tyler Panas opened big to 360k, and Gary Rooprai hit the tank for a couple of minutes before he finally shoved fro 1.28 million. That sent Panas into the tank for a while as well, but he ultimately mucked showing an ace face up as he did.
Ryan Cairns opened to 200k from the button, but Gary Rooprai came over the top from the big blind to 500k. Cairns tanked for a bit before mucking, and Rooprai rolled over pocket aces.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
4,800,000 | 200,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
3,350,000 | 260,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
2,900,000 | 200,000 |
They are down to three now after Zhi Jiang got his short stack in with ace-jack but ran into aces for Ryan Cairns. An ace came on the turn and that was enough for Cairns to retake the lead.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
5,000,000 | 1,450,000 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Gary Rooprai raised to 160k from the button, then hit the tank when Zhi Jiang shoved his big blind for 650k. After about a minute or so, Rooprai folded to chip Jiang back up to about 900k.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
2,700,000 | 870,000 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
900,000 | 70,000 |
Gary Rooprai has a slight lead at the break, but its only by 20k over Ryan Cairns. Tyler Panas is a bit behind them with a bit more than 3 million while Zhi Jiang is under a million after a couple fo brutal rivers against Rooprai.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
3,570,000 | 430,000 |
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
3,550,000 | 100,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
3,090,000 | 90,000 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
970,000 | 142,000 |
There was just a massive confrontation between Zhi Jiang and Gary Rooprai. The hand started with Tyler Panas raising under the gun to 170k. He was called by Gary Rooprai on the button and Zhi Jiang in the big blind.
The flop was and it all kicked off. Action checked to Rooprai who fired 300k. Zhi Jiang shoved a covering stack and Rooprai called it off.
Rooprai flopped a set with pocket sevens, but Jiang had the flop stones with . Rooprai was looking for the board to pair, and it did so in an unusual fashion, coming
for the running riverboat and a big chip up to the lead.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
4,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
3,450,000 | 50,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
3,000,000 | 0 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
1,112,000 | 1,288,000 |
Zhi Jiang raised to 120k from the button and Gary Rooprai defended his big blind. Rooprai check-called for 90k on the flop and they both checked the
turn. Rooprai bet 400k on the
river and Jiang mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
2,400,000 | 200,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
2,000,000 | 100,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
3,500,000 | 500,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
3,000,000 | 600,000 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
2,600,000 | 700,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
2,100,000 | 200,000 |
Gary Rooprai opened to 100k under the gun, and Zhi Jiang flatted from the small blind. Ziang check-called for 100k on the flop and they both checked the
turn. Jiang checked again on the
river but shoved when Rooprai bet 350.
Rooprai hit the tank for a bit, but finally put in the call, guessing that Jiang had to have gone runner-runner to beat him. It turned out to be set over set as Jiang flopped a set of fives, but Rooprai rivered a set of nines for a big double up.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
3,300,000 | 350,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
2,300,000 | 1,000,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
4,000,000 | 150,000 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
3,650,000 | 770,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
2,400,000 | 0 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
1,300,000 | 250,000 |
Ryan Cairns raised to 100k from the button and Tyler Panas called from the big blind. The flop was and both players checked to the
turn. Panas checked again, then raised Cairns' 80k bet to 200k.
Cairns called to the river and Panas fired 500k. Cairns called but mucked when Panas showed
for the flopped straight that improved on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
4,150,000 | 1,300,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
2,400,000 | 730,000 |
Ryan Cairns is still the big leader, but Zhi Jiang is chipping up nicely. The average stack for Level 25 will be about 57 big blinds, but Cairns has nearly twice the average while Rooprai and Panas barely have an average stack between them.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
5,450,000 | 790,000 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
2,880,000 | 2,225,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
1,670,000 | 480,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
1,550,000 | 100,000 |
In the second of two quick exits following Stephen Dauphinais's 7th place exit, Trevor Cameron ended his run in 5th place for $16,870.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Trevor Cameron | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
I missed the action writing up the Stephen Dauphinais hand, but Ali Khani followed him to the payout desk for 6th place.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ali Khani | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Stephen Dauphinais took the first payout over $10k when he cour-bet shoved his big blind over a raise from Gary Rooprai on the button and a three-bet from Ryan Cairns in the small. Rooprai folded but Cairns snapped it off with pocket tens against for Dauphinais. He turned a seven but it wasn't enough to save him and he hit the rail for 7th place.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Stephen Dauphinais | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
It was a huge hand when the case king came on the turn. It gave Trevor Cameron two pair with kings and tens, but Rooprai had pocket kings for the set. That gave him a double back to nearly 1.5 million.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
1,450,000 | 700,000 |
Trevor Cameron | ![]() |
655,000 | 695,000 |
They are down to 7 now after Ron Lightning lost his short stack fro 8th place today.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ronald Lightning | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
I arrived at the table with the hand complete and the dealer counting a double out for Tyler Panas from the stack of Gary Rooprai. Panas was at risk with kings against ace-queen for Rooprai, and the kings held.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
4,660,000 | 1,345,000 |
Trevor Cameron | ![]() |
1,350,000 | 185,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
1,190,000 | 200,000 |
Ali Khani | ![]() |
900,000 | 120,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
750,000 | 1,055,000 |
Stephen Dauphinais | ![]() |
670,000 | 430,000 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
655,000 | 170,000 |
Ronald Lightning | ![]() |
450,000 | 225,000 |
I missed the action while I was doing the pictures, but Shane Brotherwood hit the rail for 9th place shortly after they sat down at the final table.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Shane Brotherwood | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
I missed the action while I was doing some updates on other games, but they are now at the Main Event final table after Sarvesh Pershad hit the cage in 10th place. His chips went to the ever-increasing stack of Ryam Cairns.
I'll grab some FT photos shortly.
They are down to 10 players left now in the Main Event after a big hand saw Trevor Cameron raise the hijack only to face a shove for 330k from Jayvee Lumahan on the button. Cameron hit the tank for a bit, asking out loud "Should I even be thinking about calling with this?"
He finally tossed in the call and was live with against the pocket queens for Lumahan. Cameron flopped a gutshot and turned the wheel on a board of
and Lumahan hit the cage for 11th place.
Ryan Cairns raised to 60k under the gun. Ali Khani mucked on the button saying "I'm supposed to call, but I'll stay out of your way". Zhi Jiang then bumped it up to 240k from the small blind and Cairns wryly said to Khani "Aren't you glad you stayed out of my way" as he mucked his hand to Jiang's three-bet.
Jiang showed jacks as he collected the pot and Cairns said Jiang would have "dominated him" if he'd called.
Level 23 is now underway with the final 11 Main Event players in action. Blinds are 15k/30k/30k with an average stack of just over 1 million, or about 33 big blinds. Ryan Cairns leads by a mile with Gary Rooprai playing about half as much as him for second.
James Werry hit the rail just before dinner to bring the field down to 11 remaining. Below is a look at all the chips for the remaining players, who will be back at the felt in about 15 minutes for Level 23
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
3,315,000 | 965,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
1,805,000 | 510,000 |
Trevor Cameron | ![]() |
1,165,000 | 465,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
990,000 | 670,000 |
Sarvesh Pershad | ![]() |
960,000 | 510,000 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
825,000 | 475,000 |
Ali Khani | ![]() |
780,000 | 40,000 |
Jayvee Lumahan | ![]() |
450,000 | 250,000 |
Shane Brotherwood | ![]() |
325,000 | 115,000 |
Stephen Dauphinais | ![]() |
240,000 | 780,000 |
Ronald Lightning | ![]() |
225,000 | 155,000 |
James Werry | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Trevor Cameron and Jay Tran were all in with almost exactly the same stack with Cameron holding the best. They were both suited in spades, but Cameron had queen-ten to jack-six for Tran. The board ran clean for the queen-high and Tran was out the next hand
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Trevor Cameron | ![]() |
700,000 | 95,000 |
Jay Tran | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
After about 90 minutes of small-ball action that saw the field stable at 17, they are down to 13 over the span of about 5 minutes. Quentin Siffledeen sent a huge pot to Ryan Cairns before hitting the rail when the case king came in a hand where Siffledeen was on ace-king and Cairns had pocket kings. Peter Griffin followed from the same table as Russ Sluchinski was busting from the other table, then Lin NIu headed to the payout desk for 14th place.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
2,350,000 | 1,550,000 |
Lina Niu | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Russ Sluchinski | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Peter Griffin | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Quentin Siffledeen | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Zhi Jiang opened early for 50k, and Jay Tran (who won a Main Event on the PPT last year) raised it up to 125k two to his left. Jiang called and they both shut down after that, checking through the board. Jiang showed tens and Tran mucked.
There are about 40 minutes left in Level 22, and the remaining players will get a chance to have some dinner for 30 minutes at the end of this level.
Lina Niu has been at risk with her short stack a few times recently and got them through, but she just got a nice double back to over 500k to give her a bit more breathing room. That's still a bit less than the average stack of 665k, but she's playing 20 bigs now at least.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Lina Niu | ![]() |
530,000 | 410,000 |
Stephen Dauphnais raised to 50k from the cutoff, and Sarvesh Pershad called from the big blind. He checked the flop and mucked when Dauphinais fired 85k.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Stephen Dauphinais | ![]() |
1,020,000 | 15,000 |
Sarvesh Pershad | ![]() |
450,000 | 100,000 |
Trevor Cameron raised early to 55k, then tank-called when Ryan Cairns raised from his left to 120k. Action slowed down and the players checked through the board, and Cameron's king-queen outflopped the pocket tens for Cairns.
Ron Lightning opened to 45k under the gun and Russ Sluchinski shoved for 150k from the middle. Tyler Panas had a long think about calling from the small blind, but ultimately gave it up, as did Lightning.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Ronald Lightning | ![]() |
380,000 | 185,000 |
Russ Sluchinski | ![]() |
245,000 | 5,000 |
Ashkan Razavi hit the cage for 18th place just before the break, so there are 17 players still alive in the Main Event to start Level 21. I grabbed a full set of counts on the break, and Quentin Siffledeen, with almost 1.6 million, has taken the lead from Gary Rooprai, but Rooprai is still sitting pretty with almost 1.3 million
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Quentin Siffledeen | ![]() |
1,580,000 | 110,000 |
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
1,295,000 | 95,000 |
Stephen Dauphinais | ![]() |
1,005,000 | 0 |
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
800,000 | 80,000 |
Ali Khani | ![]() |
740,000 | 75,000 |
Jayvee Lumahan | ![]() |
700,000 | 19,000 |
Peter Griffin | ![]() |
670,000 | 225,000 |
Trevor Cameron | ![]() |
605,000 | 95,000 |
Ronald Lightning | ![]() |
565,000 | 100,000 |
Sarvesh Pershad | ![]() |
550,000 | 340,000 |
Jay Tran | ![]() |
505,000 | 15,000 |
Shane Brotherwood | ![]() |
440,000 | 140,000 |
James Werry | ![]() |
430,000 | 190,000 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
350,000 | 70,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
320,000 | 20,000 |
Russ Sluchinski | ![]() |
250,000 | 20,000 |
Lina Niu | ![]() |
120,000 | 140,000 |
Ashkan Razavi | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Stephen Dauphinais raised to 30k under the gun, and he was called by Shane Brotherwood from the small blind and Russ Sluchinski from the big. It checked to Dauohinais on the flop and he fired 30k.
Only Sluchinski called to turn where both players checked to the
river. Sluchinski checked again but mucked when Dauphinais shoved a covering stack.
Meanwhile, on another table, Joon Park lost his stack to bubble the final two tables.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Stephen Dauphinais | ![]() |
1,005,000 | 5,000 |
Russ Sluchinski | ![]() |
270,000 | 20,000 |
Joon Park | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Stephen Dauphinais | ![]() |
1,000,000 | 300,000 |
Ronald Lightning | ![]() |
665,000 | 95,000 |
Shane Brotherwood | ![]() |
580,000 | 286,500 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
300,000 | 100,000 |
Russ Sluchinski | ![]() |
290,000 | 110,000 |
Ashkan Razavi | ![]() |
290,000 | 400,000 |
Sarvesh Pershad | ![]() |
210,000 | 29,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
1,200,000 | 150,000 |
Ryan Cairns | ![]() |
880,000 | 786,000 |
Ali Khani | ![]() |
815,000 | 672,000 |
Jayvee Lumahan | ![]() |
719,000 | 520,000 |
Jay Tran | ![]() |
520,000 | 110,000 |
James Werry | ![]() |
240,000 | 340,000 |
Trevor Cameron opened to 36k from the cutoff, and Lina Niu called from the small blind before Joon Park shoved for 216k from the big. He got the shove through for a chip up to over 300k again, and I grabbed the counts from the rest of the table at the same time.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Quentin Siffledeen | ![]() |
1,470,000 | 575,000 |
Trevor Cameron | ![]() |
700,000 | 547,000 |
Peter Griffin | ![]() |
445,000 | 226,000 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
420,000 | 360,000 |
Joon Park | ![]() |
326,000 | 514,000 |
Lina Niu | ![]() |
260,000 | 160,000 |
They are down to 19 players left now, with one elimination to fo to the final two tables. Ron Toledo and Mehmet Siginc (who won the PLO Big Bounty earlier in the week) were the most recent exits.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Mehmet Siginc | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Ron Toledo | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Andrew van Graans was the 22nd place finisher tonight with Level 20 just now underway.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew van Gaans | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Tyler Panas opened to 30k from the hijack and Asjkan Razavi called from the button before Russ Sluchinski raised it up to 100k from the big blind. That was enough to earn him the pot. In the next hand on the same table, Andrew van Gaans shoved under the gun and got it through.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Stephen Dauphinais | ![]() |
700,000 | 549,500 |
Ashkan Razavi | ![]() |
690,000 | 70,000 |
Tyler Panas | ![]() |
400,000 | 155,000 |
Russ Sluchinski | ![]() |
400,000 | 75,000 |
Andrew van Gaans | ![]() |
150,000 | 142,500 |
I've finally had a chance to watch some action, and Zhi Jiang just got a nice double through Lina Niu. It was blind on blind when Jiang shoved for about 25k and Niu said "I have to call."
Jiang was best with the suited against
for Niu. The board ran clean for the ace-high and Jiang is still alive with about 60k now.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Lina Niu | ![]() |
420,000 | 80,000 |
Zhi Jiang | ![]() |
60,000 | 258,000 |
Bobby Gropp was the most recent exit from the Main to bring them down to 22 players remaining with about 30 minutes to play in Level 19.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Bobbty Gropp | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
They are down to 23 left now with two quick exits right after the break, and the room is likely to get a bit quieter as result. DJ Sharma, whose shouts of "Sharma TIME!" can be heard throughout the room, in addition to his signature laugh, can always be heard whenever he's in action, ended his run in 25th today while Ron Lauzon, who is always one of the friendliest and most talkative players at any table, ended his day in 23rd. Lauzon was also chosen as the staff-selected Player of the Series this time around, a unanimous choice that was met with a healthy round of applause from the entire field when it was announced earlier today, indicating just how well-like Lauzon is in the local community.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
DJ Sharma | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Ron Lauzon | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
I wasn't able to get a complete stack update at the break, but I managed to get a look at a few of the bigger ones out there still. It looks like Gary Rooprai is still the leader, but Quentin Siffledeen is closing in fast with just under 900k. Joon Park has the Hammer as well with about 840k and he and Siffledeen are side-by-side on the same table, so fireworks could ensue at some point, especially blind on blind. Ash Razavi and Ron Lightning are also stacking big with more than 700k each.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Gary Rooprai | ![]() |
1,050,000 | 19,000 |
Quentin Siffledeen | ![]() |
895,000 | 617,500 |
Joon Park | ![]() |
840,000 | 176,000 |
Ashkan Razavi | ![]() |
760,000 | 411,000 |
Ronald Lightning | ![]() |
760,000 | 265,000 |
Jay Tran | ![]() |
630,000 | 361,500 |
James Werry | ![]() |
580,000 | 346,000 |
Mehmet Siginc | ![]() |
500,000 | 144,000 |
Russ Sluchinski | ![]() |
475,000 | 36,500 |
25 players went out for the first break of the day today after Clayton Littke, Leo Zhang, and PPT ambassador Haven Taylor were the most recent exits just before they went for the break, with Taylor busting on the final hand of Level 18.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Clayton Littke | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Leo Zhang | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Haven Taylor | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Christopher Lawson was the 29th-place finisher today, bringing the field to 28. I'm still working on backend stuff at my desk, so I've been unable to watch much of the action so far today.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Christopher Lawson | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Richard Rex and Dylan Webb were the most recent casualties from the Main Event. They are now down to 29 remaining, 2 off the three-table redraw.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Dylan Webb | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Richard Rex | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Pam MacNaughton and Oleksandr Pugach were the most recent exits from the Main Event, bringing the field down to 31 and moving the payouts into the third level for $2,550.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Oleksandr Pugach | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Pam MacNaughton | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Things are moving so quickly today that I'm having trouble keeping up with the busts. I haven't really had time to watch any action as more players are busting as I am entering the previous info. Most recently, Brett Uhrich, Christopher Lastiwka, and Kris Steinbach all hit the rail. Steinbach is in for his second cash of the tournament as his Day 1a surrendered stack got paid out in 49th place this morning.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Brett Uhrich | ![]() |
49,000 | 0 |
Christopher Lastiwka | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Kris Steinbach | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
They are down to 36 players left now on the final four tables of the game.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Brian Anderson | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Kyle Bonazzo | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Jason Law | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Josh Mercredi | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
They are moving pretty quickly today. With about 20 minutes to play in Level 17, the field is down to 40 now after Brad German and Joseph Anderson busted recently.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Brad German | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Joseph Anderson | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
They are down to 42 players left in the Main Event Day 2 now after the recent exits of David Pietrzyowski and Avery Aloneissi.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Avery Aloneissi | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
David Pietrzyowski | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
They are down to 44 now with the first table of the day broken. Jeff Forester was the most recent exit in 45th place.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Jeff Forester | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
They are down to 45 players left now after two quick eliminations for Herbert Zamora in 48th place, Hiro Harada in 47th place, and Tina Nguyen in 46th.
Player | Chips | Progress | |
---|---|---|---|
Tina Nguyen | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Hiro Harada | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
Herbert Zamora | ![]() |
0 | 0 |
They are about to get underway for Day 2 of the Main. I've clarified what happens with Kris Steinbach's second stack - He gets paid twice today! Steiner has already grabbed the min-cash for today in 49th place and he's still playing his second stack, so he'll have another payout somewhere between 48th and 1st. Gonna make for an interesting submission to Hendon mob lol.
The action is now underway with 5 min remaining in Level 16 with Level 17 about to start for 60 minutes.
Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
17 | 2 | Ali Khani | 143,000 |
15 | 8 | Andrew van Gaans | 292,500 |
16 | 6 | Ashkan Razavi | 349,000 |
15 | 2 | Avery Aloneissi | 52,000 |
14 | 7 | Bobbty Gropp | 204,000 |
13 | 6 | Brad German | 94,500 |
18 | 2 | Brett Uhrich | 49,000 |
16 | 2 | Brian Anderson | 176,500 |
17 | 1 |
Christopher Lastiwka
|
83,000 |
16 | 8 |
Christopher Lawson
|
162,000 |
18 | 3 | Clayton Littke | 322,500 |
18 | 9 | David Pietrzyowski | 48,000 |
16 | 7 | DJ Sharma | 324,000 |
14 | 6 | Dylan Webb | 103,000 |
15 | 9 | Gary Rooprai | 1,069,000 |
14 | 8 | Haven Taylor | 508,500 |
17 | 3 | Herbert Zamora | 42,000 |
13 | 9 | Hiro Harada | 98,000 |
15 | 3 | James Werry | 234,000 |
13 | 2 | Jason Law | 125,000 |
17 | 7 | Jay Tran | 268,500 |
17 | 4 | Jayvee Lumahan | 144,000 |
16 | 4 | Jeff Forester | 77,500 |
14 | 3 | Joon Park | 664,000 |
15 | 7 | Joseph Anderson | 290,500 |
13 | 5 | Josh Mercredi | 170,000 |
13 | 3 | Kris Steinbach | 152,000 |
17 | 6 | Kyle Bonazzo | 220,000 |
17 | 5 | Leo Zhang | 377,000 |
13 | 4 | Lina Niu | 340,000 |
13 | 8 | Mehmet Siginc | 356,000 |
15 | 1 | Oleksandr Pugach | 188,500 |
14 | 9 | Pam MacNaughton | 200,500 |
15 | 5 | Peter Griffin | 219,000 |
14 | 4 | Quentin Siffledeen | 277,500 |
14 | 5 | Richard Rex | 63,000 |
16 | 1 | Ron Lauzon | 109,000 |
15 | 4 | Ron Toledo | 77,000 |
15 | 3 | Ronald Lightning | 495,000 |
16 | 9 | Russ Sluchinski | 438,500 |
18 | 4 | Ryan Cairns | 94,000 |
16 | 5 | Sarvesh Pershad | 239,000 |
15 | 6 |
Shane Brotherwood
|
403,000 |
13 | 7 |
Stephen Dauphinais
|
150,500 |
17 | 9 | Tina Nguyen | 86,000 |
18 | 5 | Trevor Cameron | 153,000 |
18 | 8 | Tyler Panas | 245,000 |
14 | 1 | Zhi Jiang | 318,000 |
Event: | #8 - $1,100 Main Event ($990 + $110) |
Date: | Day 2, July 28, 1 pm |
Blinds: | 60 Minutes |
Entries: | 377 |
Day 2: | 48 |
Prizes: | $354,569 ($66,230 for the Winner) |
The Day 2 field is now set with 48 players returning. Technically, there are 49 players returning, but Kris Steinbach bagged stacks on both Day 1a and 1b so only 48 stacks will be in play on Sunday. I'm unsure how Steinbach's surrendered stack will be handled when Day 2 kicks off, but I'll update that tomorrow.
Gary Rooprai will be the big stack to start Day 2 as he bagged more than a million on 1b. Joon "Huge Hammer" Park has the second stack with 664k while PPT ambassador Haven Taylor is 3rd with 508,500. Ron Lightning and Russ Sluchinski round out the top five counts. Full stack details can be found under the Chip Counts tab.
Day 1a was the earliest finisher, so Day 2 will kick off with just over 5 minutes remaining in Level 16 with Level 17 played as a one-hour Day 2 level. This game might finish out on Sunday night, but players should be aware that it could come back for a Day 3 on Monday, depending on how the day plays.
I'll be posting a seat list shortly for Day 2, but there were some anomalies on the sheets I got at the end of the night, so I'm not 100% confident the posted draw will be correct. Players and stacks will be accurate, but the seats may be a bit out of whack, but PPT staff will have the actual seat assignments ready for the start of the day, so players will know where they sit before the game kicks off.