By all accounts it was a bit of a rollercoaster for Daniel O'Leary today, but he ended the ride the best way possible. He said he was down to 4 big blinds more than once during the course of the game before bouncing back each time.

He went on a bit of a tear when play got 4-handed. Initially with four left, it looked like it would be Jason Ross that dominated the night. He had around half the chips in play and seemed set to run away withit, but after Benny Sarnelli sent Chantal Goulet home in 4th, O'Leary found a double against Ross to take a slight lead

He then drove the stake home with a pre-flop raising war where he ad Ross got all in with O'Leary on bog slick against queen-jack for Ross. A flopped ace later and O'Leary was heads up against Sarnelli with a huge lead.

Sarnelli tries to chip away at the mountain across from him, but he couldn't find any traction, and it finally went in when O'Leary limp-jammed over Sarnelli's raise. Sarnelli called with a  suited king, but ran into the ace for O'Leary. That was all he needed when the board ran out missing both players.

This is O'Leary's fourth PPT trophy to date. Notably, he binked back-to-back trophies earlier this year in Calgary on successive nights, so O'Leary seems to run pretty well here on the PPT.

It was always going to be a tough slog for Benny Sarnelli heads up. Daniel O'Leary went on a tear four-handed, collecting a huge chip lead after sending Jason Ross to the rail in third place. 

Sarnelli played a bit of small ball poker, trying to extend his short stack, but O'Leary wore him down. In the final hand, O'Leary limp-jammed from the button when Sarnelli raised him up to 60k. Sarnelli was pretty short and decided it was time to make his stand with a call. O'Leary had against for Sarnelli. The board bricked for both hands leaving the ace in front.

They are heads up now after Jason Ross hit the rail in third place. He'd doubled up Daniel O'Leary to surrender the big stack shortly after the break, so he was at risk when he raised to 100k from the small blind, then shoved over Daniel O'Leary's reraise to 230. O'Leary snapped it off and he had ace-king versus queen-jack for Ross. O'Leary nailed his ace on the flop and that was all he needed to send Ross to the rail.

They are three ways after Chantal Goulet hit the rail in 4th place tonight. Benny Sarnelli shoved the small blind with a suited king and Goulet called off from the big with queen-nine. Neither player hit the board so the king played for the win.

It was a race between the pocket sixes for Benny Sarnelli and king-queen for Chantal Goulet with all the money in before the flop. Sarnelli turned a six to get a lock on the hand .

It wa sa hige cooler that sent Jordan Hrynko to the rail in 5th place. He had ace-king but ran into the aces for Jason Ross while Benny Sarnelli folded jacks face up. The aces held and they are now four-handed.

They are down to five left in the Freezeout game now and I'm just now getting over to watch the rest. So far, Skyler York, Jonathan Chimuk, and Colin Armstrong are the players out in the money while Jason Ross Daniel O'Leary, Jordan Hrynko, Benny Sarnelli, and Chantal Goulet are the players still battling at the final table.

The final five will be on a break in about 15 minutes and I'll grab some chip counts then.

They are down to 16 left in the Freezeout game now with Level 12 just underway. That puts them 8 off the money spots and 7 from the final table.

The prizes are in and the field is confirmed at 76 entries for $21,660 in prizes. 8 players will share in those prizes later tonight with the winner set to pocket $7,367.

The registration desk is closed for the Freezeout now and the final tally on the board was 76 players. That number is yet to be confirmed, but if it holds, 8 players will share in $21,660 in prizes later tonight. There are 26 players left in the game with Level 9 just underway.

Level 8 is just getting started with 74 entries on the board to start the level. That puts the prizes now at $21,090 but there are still about 45 minutes left to enter this game.

The Freezeout is up to 71 entries now with Level 7 about halfway complete. There is about an hour of registration left now with the desk closing at about 9:30 pm tonight. The current prizes are $20,235.

The Freezeout game has less than 5 minutes to play in Level 5 with the field up to 65 entries now. That puts the prizes around $18.5k with a bit less than 2 hours left to get into the game.

Level 4 is just beginning with the field now at 53 entries for prizes of $15,105. This is the final level of play before the first break with four more levels of poker to follow before the end of entries.

Level 2 has about 10 minutes to play with the field up to 44 entries. That puts the prizes at $12,450 with about 3.5 hours left to enter the game.

The field for the Freezeout is up to 34 entries with about 10 minutes to play in Level 1. That puts the prizes now at $9,690, just a couple of entries away from $10k in prizes.

There are 24 players in their seats for the first level of play in the Freezeout game. Action is taking place in the Pearl room alongside the Mix game and entries are open for a bit more than 4 hours. Just a reminder, this is a straight freezeout, so there are no rebuys in today's side game.

The side game tonight is an old-fashioned freezeout game. The action gets going at 5 pm and players will have 8 levels to enter the game. That should put the final chance to enter at about 9:30 pm this evening. Players get 20k in chips to start with 30-minute blind levels throughout the night (20 minutes heads up).

I won't likely have much bandwidth for this one today until the Mix game is complete as that one will be my main focus. Once the Mix game decides a winner, however, I should make it over for the endgame of this one.