It was a bit of a marathon today with play going more than 13 hours before they decided on a winner. In the end, when they got heads up they decided to cut a deal that saw Stefan Maloney get an extra $1k over second place money for $6,900 while Lavergne took the win, the trophy, and $7560.

The final two players decided to cut a deal that saw Stefan Maloney get an extra $1k for $6,900 while Marc Lavergne took the trophy and $7,560 for the win.

They are heads up now after Taran Parmar shoved his button for 345k and Marc Lavergne called it off from the big blind. Lavergne had pocket queens against for Parmar. The board ran clean for the queens and Parmar was out in 3rd place.

Marc Lavergne just took a huge hand against Stefan Maloney. It was limped preflop, but on the flop Maloney bet 60k, then called when Lavergne raised it to 120k. Maloney check-called for 200k on the turn, then shoved the river. Lavergne snap-called it with six-six-seven-eight for the riverboat and Maloney showed deuce-four-five for the big wrap.

It's been a decent couple of days for Kevin Schell. He won the Turbo game late last night, and now just finished 4th in the Mix game. I missed the action writing up the previous bust hand, but Stefan Maloney was seen stacking Schell's chips after the hand.

They are down to four now after Dylan Descheneaux ht the rail for 5th place. Stefan Maloney raised under the gun to 90k and Descheneaux shoved for 50k from his left. It folded to Taran Parmar, and he called Maloney's 90k to set the side pot. Parmar check-folded to 100k on the flop and Descheneaux was looking for an ace or a king with ace-king-nine-seven against queen-queen-seven-four for Maloney. The turn was a brick, but the river sealed the deal for Maloney with a set of queens.

Marc Lavergne opened to 40k before Taran Parmar reraised to 120k from his left. Lavergne called to the flop and Lavergne check-called for 70k. The board paired on the turn and the action went check-check as Parmar slowed down. The river brought more checks and Parmar showed pocket kings for the win. There was some discussion at the table about whether he should have value bet about 100k on the river, but Parmar said he was worried about getting tripped up by the paired jacks.

Dylan Descheneaux is the short stack with 110k. He shoved the cutoff with pocket eights and Taran Parmar called from the big blind with ace-eight. The pair held and Desceneaux chipped up to about 270k.

They are down to five now after Marc Lavergne sent another one to the rail. Amanda Belanger was short and shoved ace-queen, Lavergne called it off with eight-seven and hit two pair to take it down and send Belanger to the rail for 6th place.

They are down to 6 now after Marc Lavergne raised early, then snap-called when Maddie Sharma shoved the small blind. Sharma was short with but she ran into the rockets for Lavergne and couldn't find her outs.

They are down to 7 now as Level 21 is about to begin. Darrell Moore hit the rail just before the end of Level 20 to bring the field down to 7 left.

Taran Parmar raised to 30k early and Stefan Maloney called from middle. Sean O'Reilly shoved 131k from Maloney's left and it folded back to Parmar who made the call while Maloney mucked saying he was calling if Parmar folded.

Parmar was in rough shape preflop with against . Parmar spiked a deuce on the flop and then turned another one to take the lead with trip ducks and send O'Reilly out in 9h place.

They are in the money now after Kyle Hartree ran into a cooler to bust on the bubble. He shoved his button with ace-king, but Sean O'Reilly snapped it off with aces in the big blind. There was no miracle runout for the big slick and Hartree hit the rail in 12th place to put the remaining players in the money, including Andrew Kim, who has now short-stacked his way into the money.

Andrew Kim has been on a short stack for most of the day. At my first count on the break after Level 12 he has just 18k and he's still around on the bubble. He just got his final 13k in from the small blind after Marc Lavergne raised the button to 17k. It was for Kim against for Lavergne. Both players connected with the flop with Lavergne still ahead, but Kim smashed the turn for two pair. The river was a brick and Kim is still alive now with about 46k.

They are down to 12 now and play is hand-for-hand to the money. Manfred Gunther was the soft bubble tonight after Kevin Schell raised to 20k then snap-called when Gunther shoved the button. Gunther had pocket nines but ran into pocket tens for Schell. The tens held and they are now on the hard bubble to the money.

They are down to 13 now after three quick eliminations. Lina Niu and Martin Riley went out on the same hand with their stacks going to Amanda Belanger, while Charles Spiruda busted on the other table at the same time.

Lina Niu and Sean O'Reilly just had a big confrontation that saw O'Reilly with rainbow aces and leave Niu and her double-suited kings on a short stack now.

Martin Riley was very short, but potted to 21k early, leaving less than 10k behind. It folded to Amanda Belanger on the big blind and she repotted to put Riley all in. Rile was on against . Riley flopped an ace and a seven for two pair and the win.

Lina Niu limped from early position and Taran Parmar called from the small blind before big blind Michael Khan potted to 24k. Niu called while Parmar tank-folded before getting up from the table saying "I don't want to see this."

The flop came and the Niu shoved over a bet from Khan. The call was made and Khan was ahead with against for Niu. The turn was a brick biut the river shot Niu to the win with trips.

Meanwhile, Duff Charette hit the rail from the other table to bring the field down to 16 left.

They are down to 17 left now after Benson Westwood raised under the gun with queens, then called off when Darrell Moore shoved the big blind. The stack were essentially equal, though Westwood had 500 more and it was a race against the ace-king for Moore.

Moore turned the ace to take the lead and Westwood couldn't find his queen on the river. He was left with 500 which was all-in from the big blind the next hand, and it folded to Moore in the small blind whose ace-seven was dominating the seven-three for Westwood. Westwood found a three on the flop but there was also an ace. The turna nd river bricked and Westwood was out.

Here is a look at the players on the final two tables, 7 off the money.

They are 10 off the money now with 21 players remaining. Weston Pring and Skyler York, both of whom were on the 6-Max FT last night, were the recent busts.

Here is a look at the chip counts from the last break for the remaining 23 players.

There are 15 minutes left in Level 12 with the field down to 25 now. I should be able to get a full look at the chips on break so stay tuned to find out how they stack up.

Level 12 is just beginning with 27 players left in the game on the final three tables. That puts them 16 players away from the money with a break scheduled at the end of this level.

I've just had a look around at the final four tables to pick out a few big stacks. It looks like Ottawa's Michael Khan (who was second in the Flip & Go event in Calgary last month) is the leader right now with about 180k in front of him, but there are a few more players in the 100k range as well.

Nohad Teliani looks to be playing about 150k while last night's Turbo winner Kevin Schell and local PLO grinder Stefan Maloney both have about 140k each. Geordi Lobe looks to have about 110k in front of him and Kyle Hartree is playing 100k or so.

There are just over 5 minutes to play in Level 10 and the field is now down to 36 players on the final four tables. They have two more levels to play before the next break and I'll try to get complete chips on that break, though there may still be too many people for that.

The prizes are in and the field is confirmed at 106 entries for the Mix game tonight. That means 11 players will share just over $30k in prizes with the winner set to pocket $8,572.

There are 41 players left in the game now with Level 10 just underway so they need to get through 30 more players until the money.

NLH/PLO Mix Prizes

The players are back in their seats for Level 9 and entries are officially closed. The unconfirmed total at the end of dinner was 106 entities for prizes just over $30k. If that number is confirmed when the prizes are posted, it will mean 11 players get a piece of those prizes later in the evening.

There are about 30 minutes remaining in the dinner break now and when players sit down for Level 9 at ~7pm entries will be closed for the Mix Game. Right now it looks like 11 players will share in $28,785 in prizes, but that could change if there are more entries in the next 30 minutes.

They are up to 90 entries on the board as the final level of entries begins. Players will go for a 45-minute dinner break following this level, and when they return for Level 9 at about 7 pm, entries will be closed for the Mix game.

Entries for the Mix game will end at about 7:00 pm when players return from the dinner break following Level 8. That puts the end of entries about 100 minutes from now. There are currently 84 entries on the board for prizes of $23,940.

The field is up to 81 entries with 20 minutes to play in Level 6. They are currently playing fur-card poker with 50 players still in their seats.

There are about 5 minutes to play in Leve 5 and the field is now up to 73 entries for prizes of more than $20k. 48 players are still at the felt right now with just over two hours left to enter the game.

Level 5 has just begun with players back in their seats after their first break of the day. They'll play four more levels followed by a dinner break after which entries will be closed for the Mix game.

There are now 54 entries on the board with just under 15 minutes to play in Level 4. They'll take their first break of the day following this level, then return for four more levels of poker before dinner and the end of entries. The registration desk is set to close at about 7:00 pm tonight when the players finish dinner and sit down for Level 9 action.

The Ottawa contingent has just arrived in Edmonton including Circuit ring winners Duff Charrette and Michael Khan, as well as moving company owner Marc Lavergne in action for the Mix game. Among the other players in the game so far today are Gary Rooprai, Benny Sarnelli, Ron Lauzon, Jon Jacquard, winner of last night's Turbo Kevin Schell, KKPoker rep Gusto Katievo, Kyle Hartree, Brett Worton, Zeyu "Skytrain" Huang, Ryan Comely, Martin Riley, Stefan Maloney, Justin Pennell, Lina Niu Weston Pring, Preston Stevenson, Leo Zhang, Mike Malm, Skyler York, DJ Sharma, Julius Roque, and Rafael Nitafan.

There are a bit less than 5 minutes to play in Level 2 with the field now at 34 entries and prizes of $9,690. That puts them 2 entries away from $10k in prizes.

Level 2 has just begun with 25 players in their seats and no busts yet. This is the first round of PLO for the day with all subsequent even-numbered levels playing with four-cards.

There are a bit more than 15 minutes left to play in Level 1 with the field up to 21 players now. So far, there have been no busts so all players who have bought in are still at the felt.

There are 14 players in their seats for the opening hands of no limit hold'em here in the Mix game. They have about 30 minutes of play with two cards before action switches to the first PLO round for Level 2.

Tuesday is NLH/PLO Mix day. For $340, players will sit down with $25k in chips for 30-minute levels throughout the day. Entries will be open for 8 levels with the desk set to shut at around 7 pm at the end of the dinner break following Level 8.

The action will start with two cards and they'll play hold'em in all odd-numbered levels. Level 2 will be the first four-card level, with all even-numbered rounds going with PLO.

This game will be my main focus for Tuesday, though I may be a bit late to the floor.