It took a bit more than 13 hours for Gary Rooprai to find his way through the 88 entries today for the win. He had quite a run at the final table getting aces multiple times for big chip-ups. In one specific instance his double-suited aces looked to be going down to then big stack Michael Khan when Khan turned two pair against him.

But Rooprai was running pure tonight and got the ace on the river for a set and the win. That gave him a much-needed double back into the game, and shortly after he found a cooler against Khan when Khan woke up with kings while Rooprai again had aces. The aces held and Rooprai took a dominating lead while leaving Khan on fumes, then sending him home on the next hand.

That left Rooprai with a big lead heads-up against Talal Shoush. Shoush was in tough and while he held on for nearly a full level, ultimately he went down on a poorly timed bluff when Rooprai turned trip queens. This looks like Rooprai's first live win though he was third in July's Main Event here on the PPT, then got himself four cashes at the WSOP-C Aug in Calgary.

KIt was a crazy heads up betwee n Talal Shoush and Gary Rooprai. It was limped preflop to the flop. Shoush check-called for 40k but it all kicked off on the turn. Shoush checked again, then potted over the 70k bet from Rooprai. Rooprai snap-potted and Shoush said "Oh Oh" with a smile. After a count of his remaining stack, he decided he was committed and put the rest in for a call. His was way behind the river was a brick for both and Shous had to settle for second place tonight.

In the big hand, all the money went in preflop when Michael Khan limped, Gary Rooprai potted to 90k, Khan repotted to 270k, then called when Rooprai shoved for 780k. It was a cooler with aces for Rooprai versus kings for Khan. The aces held to send Rooprai to 1.6 million while Khan was down to less the 200k, which he lost on the following hand.

It was a huge hand that saw chip leader Michael Khan stack up more chips. It started with a three-way limp to the flop. All three players checked to the turn where Talal Shoush checked his small blind before Khan made it 100k. That got button Gary Rooprai out of the way, but Shoush flatted to the river. Shoush led out for 180k and Khan called it with the riverboat holding ace-jack with a king. They both flopped Broadway and were trying to trap, but Khan turned a heart draw with his two pair, then rivered the boat.

There are just three left after Manfred Gunther hit the rail for 4th place tonight. He was the short stack at the table after Gary Rooprai doubled recently.

Michael Khan raised the button to 60k before Gary Rooprai potted his big blind to 190k. Khan repotted to put Rooprai all in, and he called it off. Rooprai was on double-suited aces with ten-seven against the double-suited jack-ten-seven-four. Khan turned two pair on him, but Rooprai rivered a set of aces to take it down.

They are down to 4 left in the PLO game now after Ryder Marzyk ran into pocket jacks (with eight-six) for the big stack Michael Khan and couldn't find his outs.

Michael Khan has been in nearly every hand and he raised the hijack to 40k for this one. Small blind Kyle Levicki potted to 135k, then called off the rest of his stack when Khan repotted it.

Levicki was in good shape pre with king-king-jack-six against nine-eight-seven-seven but Khan turned a seven to take it down.

Chip Leader Michael Khan raised to 40k from the button before Gary Rooprai defended his big blind with a pot-raise to 130k leaving himself just 93k behind. Khan thought for a few moments before mucking his hand and Rooprai showed queens and threes with no suits.

They are down to 6 remaining now after Deven Lane lost his short stack in 7th place for $1,016.

Michael Khan is the big stack right now with around 900k in front of him, but Tala Shoush looks to be pretty close with about 700k.

Michael Khan raised the hijack to 34k and Gary Rooprai called from the button. They both checked the flop and Khan check-called for 35k on the turn. He checked again on the river, then hit the tank when Rooprai fired 65k. He finally said out the call and his ace-ten-three-three was good against the ace-king-queen-jack for Rooprai.

They are down to seven in the PLO Big Bounty game now after Lonson Caldwell hit the rail while I was writing the previous hand.

Michael Khan raised to 30k from the hijack and Manfred Gunther called from the cutoff. Action checked through the turn and river flop and turn but Khan fired 20k on the river. Gunther called but his ace-ace-king-x was no good against the rivered set for Khan with ten-ten-nine-six.

Deven Lane just got a double when he shoved the small blind for 70k over a raise to 25k from Manfred Gunther in the middle. Gunther called but was behind with queen-queen-ten-five against king-king-ten-nine. There was a bit of a diamond sweat for Lane on the flop but the board was ultimately clean for the kings and Lane doubled up.

They are down to 8 just before the break after Duff Charette hit the rail for 9th place. I missed the action while uploading pictures.

There was no hand-for-hand tonight as they got straight into the money on the bubble. I'll grab some photos and final table names shortly.

Xiaoyi Wang was the most recent bust to get the game to 13 left now, just four off the money.

They are down to 14 left after Francis Fan hit the rail. He shoved a tiny but more over a limp-fest and they went five ways to the flop. It checked to Deven Lane in the cutoff who fired 21k and that got rid of everyone except blinds Kyle Levicki and Ryder Marzyk. It checked around to Lane again on the turn and he bet 35k, but both he and Marzyk snap-mucked when Levicki potted.

Levicki flopped the straight with ace-king-seven-three against jack-eight-three-three for Fan. The straight held and they are down to 14 now.

Ryder Marzyk just sent Khang Luong to the rail. The action opened with Kyle Levicki making it 10k from the hijack and he was called by Ryder Marzyk in the cutoff, Khan Luong on the button, and Tala Shoush in the big blind. The flop was and it checked to the short-stacked Luong who potted to 46.5k. Everyone folded back to Marzyk who repotted to put Luong all in.

The call was made with Luong on ten-nine-eight-six with three diamonds against ace-jack-jack-nine for Marzyk. The jacks held for the win and they are down to 15 left.

Gary Rooprai limped under the gun, and London Caldwell, Colten Yamagishi, Michael Khan, and Duff Charette all came along for the ride. It checked around on the flop but when it checked to Rooprai on the turn he fired 15k. That was enough to get rid of everyone else and Rooprai showed for trips and the flush draw.

They are down to 16 players left now with Julius Roque and Ryan Smith as the bustouts from the final two tables so far. There are about 5 minutes remaining in Level 14 with the next break scheduled for the end of Level 16. Action is moving pretty slowly right now with the average stack at over 40 big blinds, though that will drop to just over 30 when the level changes, assuming no more busts.

Here is a look at the chip stacks for the final two tables with Ryder Marzyk and Lonson Caldwell leading with over 300k each.

They are down to 18 players left in the PLO Big Bounty on thw final two tables. That puts them 9 players off the money with about 5 minutes to play in Level 12. I'll try to grab full chips counts for the remaining players at the upcoming break.

The prizes are in and 88 entries are confirmed. That means the combined prize pool is $41,800 with $17,600 of that in the bounty pool. That leaves $24,200 for the prizes to be divided nine ways at the end of the night with the winner set to pocket $7,746.

Full prize details will be loaded under the Payouts tab shortly.

It Looks like Ryder Marzyk is the chip leader right now with around 300k in front of him. The next biggest stack looks to be in front of Francis Fan with about 180k. Gary Rooprai is on about 170k while Brad German looks to be on about 160k. Johnny Dalphond has about 150k while Michael Khan is playing about 140k.

I'm still waiting on the prizes to confirm all the numbers but the field is now down to 26 players left with about 10 minutes to play in Level 10. It seems pretty certain there will be 9 players getting paid later today -- the only question at this point is what the final prize pool total will be.

Entries are now closed for the PLO Big Bounty with 88 entries on the board. That number is still yet to be confirmed but if it holds, it will mean that 9 players will share in $24,200 in prizes later tonight with another $17,600 in bounties awarded throughout the day.

I'll confirm the numbers shortly when the prizes are posted.

The PLO Big Bounty players are on their dinner break now, which means there are just under 30 minutes to get into the game. The field is at 87 now for combined prizes of $41,325 ($17,400 bounties, $23,925 prizes). Entries will be closed when they sit down for Level 9 in about 25 minutes.

This is the final level of entry for the PLO Big Bounty with the field at 83 entries. That puts the combined prizes at $39,425 with just under an hour to get into the game.

There are now 80 entries in the field for the PLO Big Bounty for combined prizes of $38,000 ($22k in prizes, $16k in bounties). There are just under 20 minutes to play in Level 7 and a bit more than an hour to buy into the game.

Among the players I spotted in my last trip through the room were Michael Khan, Sea O'Reilly, Ryan Comely, Johnny Dalphond, Leo Zhang, Brady O'hara, Sheraz Nasir, Benson Westwood, Maddie Sharma, Colten Yamagishi, Deven Lane, Francis Fan, Ryan Smith, Shawn Taghavi, Julius Roque, Duff Charette, Ron Lauzon, Nicholas Malkovich, Keith Schultz, Kyle Levicki, Kyle Hartree, and Khang Luong.

Level 6 is just beginning with the field now at 68 entries. That puts the total prizes at $32,300 with $13,600 of that in the bounty pool and the rest waiting for prizes later in the night.

With the action in Level 5 and about 15 minutes to play, the field is at 64 entries now for combined prizes of $30,400. $17,600 of that is waiting for prizes later tonight while $12,800 is in the bounty pool. There are still about 2 hours to enter the game.

It's time for the PLO Big Bounty game! For $560, players start with 30k in chips to play 30-minute levels until a winner is decided. $300 of the buy-in goes to prizes while $200 goes on the player's head for a bounty.

The game kicks off at 1 pm and players will have 8 levels to buy in. Entries will close at the start of Level 9 which should be at about 5:45 pm when the dinner break concludes.

I might be late to the floor for this one, but once I arrive it will be my man focus for the day.