There wasn't really any heads-up play tonight as the final two players agreed to a chop as soon as play got two ways. They both agreed to $9,500 with the remaining $668 and the trophy on the table to play for. They ran it out with a single all-in hand, winner take all, and Ajay Gill nailed it when he was the first to reveal a card, and he showed the gut card to a four-card gutshot draw on the board.

Runner-up Pav Braich could only hope to chop after he revealed a brick for his first card, but he bricked #2 as well to give Gill the title in what was a fast-moving game that didn't even run 11 hours. One interesting story from the final table tonight emerged from some visitors to Canada. Japanese couple Hideki Takafuji and Akaya Muraishi not only both final-tabled the event today, but they were also the runner-up team to Team Lothian in Saturday's tag Team event.

While they have likely had a good weekend from a poker perspective, there may also have been some domestic strife as it was Takafuji who sent Muraishi to the rail tonight for ninth place. For his part, Takafuji managed to ladder to 7th in today's event.

The final two players just cut a deal to take $9,500 each and play a single hand for the remainder and the trophy. The final hand played out pretty wild -- the dealer laid out a board of and Pav Braich told Ajay Gill to open one card at a time. Gill opened his first card as the hitting the gutshot board straight. Braich revealed a deuce, then Gill flipped over another four.

"So I need a four for a chop?" Braich asked as he rolled over his final card. It wasn't a four, and Gill had the win.

Thet are heads up now after Angie Scriba shoved her button with but ran into pocket fives for Pav Braich. Scriba flopped a deuce, but bricked the rest of the board for Braich to win.

Pav Braich raised the small blind to 50k and Ajay Gill called it from the big. Braich fired 20k on the flop, then 80k on the turn. He slid out a 200k stack of whites on the river and Gill called after a bit of tank time. Braich showed but it was no good against the for Gill.

It's three-handed now after Gary Rooprai sent the rest of his chips to Pav Braich. Rooprai shoved with king-nine of clubs and Braich called it off with . The ace on the flop held for Braich and they are down to three.

Pav Braich opened to 40k under the gun, and Angie Scriba called from the big blind. She bet 100k on the flop, then snapped it off when Braich shoved.

Braich was on pocket fives against the nut flush draw for Scriba with . The turn was the giving the flush to Scriba but setting up Braich for a possible riverboat. The bricked for Nraich though and Scriba is up to more than 700k.

Just before the break, Gerald Chung found a bit of a miracle to survive. He was all in against Gary Rooprai, but ran his suited jack into the pocket queens for Rooprai. Rooprai had him covered and it looked like he'd be going home in 5th place, but the bard ran out all diamonds with both players having all-black hands.

Shortly after the break, however, Chung's luck ran out as he sent his chips to Ajay Gill to his left.

Pav Braich has more than half the chips in play five-handed at the break. They'll be back for Level 21 in less than 10 minutes.

They are down to 5 now with about 5 minutes to play until the next break. Colton Yamagishi was the 6th-place finisher tonight but I've been unable to watch any action yet. I'll grab chip counts for the remaining players at the break.

They are down to 6 left now with 10 minutes to play in Level 20 after Hideki Takafuji ended his run in 7th place. He and 9th-place finisher Ayaka Muraishi were the runners-up in the tag team event last night as well, so they've both has a decent couple of days here on the PPT.

They are down to seven now after two quick busts while I was processing the picture. Akaya Muraishi hot the rail in 9th place followed by Rob Lothian in 8th place.

They are now at the final table after Julius Roque was the 10th-place finisher. They are going to the 9-handed FT now to avoid playing with five and four. I'll grab final table photos shortly.

They are down to ten left now after Aman Dhaliwal hit the rail in 11th place. Meanwhile, Angie Scriba just doubled again on the other table in a reverse of her previous double. She had pocket tens and she was up against the ace-nine for Colton Yamagishi. In this case, the tens held and Scriba is now on around 300k.

Angie Scriba was all in against big stack Gary Rooprai. Rooprai was on pocket tens while Scriba was looking for a three-outer with her ace-nine. The board looked good for the tens until the river.

On one table, Rob Lothian raised the small blind to 32k and Pav Braich called from the big. Lothian fired 40k on the board and after a bit of tank time, Braich mucked.

On the other table, action was on the turn with the board reading and Angie Scriba bet 20k from the big blind. Colton Yamagishi, who was under the gun preflop, shoved a covering stack. That sent Scriba into the tank and after a minute or so she folded.

They are now in the money after Mike Malm was the bubble tonight. Action was on the flop reading and after a bet from big blind Ajaypal Gill, Malm shoved the cutoff and got a call. Malm had hit the six with seven-six ut he was behind the top pair for Gill with ten-eight. The rest of the board bricked for Malm and they are now in the money.

They are down to 12 left now with 12:25 remaining in Level 17. The clock is now paused for hand-for-hand play until the next elimination, with the clock dropping manually each hand. Juston Pennell was the most recent bust in a hand that saw Rob Lothian flop aces-full against ace-nine for Pennell and Jacks for Aman Dhaliwal.

There are 13 players left in the 8-Max now with Level 17 just getting started. That puts them two off the money and one away from the hand-for-hand bubble.

I grabbed all the chip counts at the last break and they are loaded into the backend now -- see the Chip Counts tab for a look at all the stacks.

There are just over 5 minutes to play until the next break and they are on the final two tables now with 16 remaining. Jolnar Teliani was the player who bubbled the final two tables tonight and they are now just 5 eliminations away from money.

They are on the bubble to the final two tables now with 17 left as Level 15 begins. The players will head out for another break following this level and it looks like they'll get to the bubble sometime in Level 16.

They are down to 22 players left now with Weston Pring among the recent exits from the game. That leaves them just 11 players away from the money spots with a bit more than 10 minutes to play in Level 14.

They are down to 24 players left now on the final three tables in the 8-Max game with Level 14 about to begin.

There are 27 players left to start Level 13, putting them 16 away from the money spots. There are just under three levels of play before the next break.

They are down to the final four tables now with 32 players left in the action and just over 10 minutes to play in Level 12.

Prizes for 8-Max

The numbers are in and the 8-Max field is confirmed at 108 entries for prizes of $41,010. The winner will get a bit more than $11.5k later tonight with the 11th place min-cash set at $909. Full prizes will be uploaded to the backend shortly.

Entries are now closed and the final number on the board is 108 entries. That is still to be confirmed, but if it holds it will mean 11 players share in $41,040 in prizes.I'll confirm all the numbers shortly when the prizes are posted.

I've had a wander around the tables during dinner and it looks like Gerodi Lobe is the current leader with almost 200k in front of him, Gary Rooprai is close behind with about 170k for what look like the two biggest stacks right now.

There are 107 entries on the board with about 5 minutes left in dinner and registration -- I'll update the numbers once they sit down for Level 11 shortly.

Level 10 has just begun with 94 entries on the board. That puts the prizes a bit higher than $35k with just under an hour to enter the game. There are 41 players still left alive.

Level 9 has just over 20 minutes to play which means there is a bit more than an hour left to enter the game. Entries remain open through the dinner break following Level 10 with the final chance to enter at about 6:55 when cards go in the air for Level 11.

There are 92 entries on the board right now with 46 players still at the felt for prizes of just shy of $35k.

The 8-Max game is up to 71 entries with players on the first break of the day following Level 5. They'll be back fro Level 6 in about 5 minutes with entries open until the start of Level 11.

The 8-Max game is underway in the Pearl room alongside Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty. There are 23 entries in the game with about 5 minutes to play in Level 1.

The 8-Max game is the side game on Sunday, running alongside Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty. The action for the 8-Max gets underway at 2 pm and players will have 10 levels (until about 6:55 pm) to enter the game or rebuy. Players buy-in for 25k worth of chips and will play 25-minute levels until a winner is decided.

I'll have most of my attention on the Mystery Bounty for the early part of Sunday, but I expect that one will finish relatively early so I'll be able to move over for 8-Max coverage after that.