It took Talal Shoush and Jason Heang so long to finish heads up, they actually ran out of blinds. The final level on the schedule was 40k/80k/80k but they had to go to an impromptu 50k/100k/100k level to finally finish it out.

They came into the final phase of the game about even in chips after Heang sent Ali Razzaq to the rail in third place. Shoush was about 200k ahead at that point, but the lead tipped back and forth several times over the next two hours with both players managing to avoid cooler spots and making disciplined folds when the situation called for it. When the blinds go to 40k/80k/80k they decided to chop the money and play for the trophy, but it still took a full level to end it.

In the final level, there were only 32 big blinds in play, but it still took a bit of a heads-up cooler to get the money in. It came down to a coin flip between deuces for Shoush and ace-jack for Heang but the deuce in the window meant the coin was pretty heavily weighted to Shoush's side.

Shoush had a bit more than $90k in wins on Hendon Mob coming into this event, so even with the exchange rate, the chopped win tonight will certainly push him into six-digit territory. This was Shoush's fourth career win.

It was quite the heads-up battle with both players holding the lead at various times and in the end it took more than 2 hours to decide it. In fact, they played so long they ran out of blinds with the final level playing at an extra level of 50k/100k/100k.

In the end, it came down to a not-so-classic race between ace-jack for Jason Heang and pocket deuces for Talal Shoush. There wasn't much of a sweat when there was a deuce in the window - the set held and Shoush had the big stack at the time so took it down. They chopped the money about an hour ago, so all they were playing for in the end was the trophy and glory but they still put their all into it.

Talal Shoush just took a big lead when he turned a boat with king-six and got a full double.

They've decided to chop the money and play for the trophy now with stacks back to nearly even.

Jason Heang just jumped back to the lead after they both limped preflop, the Talal Shoush check-called the flop for 70k. Both players checked the turn but after a check from Shoush on the river, Heang fired 120k. Shoush callled, but mucked when Heang showed an eight for the flopped pair.

They are back to even stacks again now with just under five minutes to go in Level 25.

The final two players on break now with Jason Heang leading with about 1.9 million to 1.3 million for Talal Shoush.

Jason Heang is in the lead now with about 2 million to 1.2 million for Tala Shoush.

They are heads up now with nearly even stacks after Ali Razzaq hit the rail in third place. He raised to 70k, then shived when Jason Heang reraised. Heang snap-called with ace-king against ace-three but Heang smashed the board with two kings to take it down.

That leaves Heang about 200k behind Shoush to start heads up.

Daniel Lefebvre raised to 50k from the button and Talal Shoush called the big blind. Shoush check-called for 35k on the flop and he led for 70k on the turn.

Lefebvre raised it to 200k and after some time in the tank, Shoush made the call. He checked the river, then hit the tank hard when Lefebvre shoved. He muttered to himself going over the hand before finally sliding in the call. Lefebvre was on top pair with but Shoush spiked the big blind special with for two pair and the win.

Shoush is now the chip leader.

Daniel Lefebvre raised to 50k under the gun and Jason Heang called from the button to see on the flop. Both players checked to the turn where it all kicked off.

Lefebvre bet 90k, then snap-called when Heang shoved. Heang was open-ended with but bricked when th hit the river, leaving the two pair for Lefebvre with with the pot.

Daniel Lefebvre raised to 45k before Talal Shoush shoved from the small blind. Lefebvre put in the quick call and was in good shape with against for Shoush.

Lefebvre hit his king on the flop of but Shoush flopped a heart draw. The turn brought the flush and the river bricked to give Shoush the double. After the hand, Ali Razzaq, who was in the big, said he folded ace-deuce.

They are down to four left in the 6-Max now after Ross Wilson couldn't win a race against Jason Heang. Wilson had ace-king suited but the pocket nines for Heang held and Wilson hit the rail in 5th place.

Jason Heang raised the button to 45k and Ali Razzaq defended his big with a call. The flop ca,e and Razzaq check-raised from 30k to 200k, then called when Heang shoved for a bit more.

Jason Heang:
ALi Razzaq:

Both players flopped the jack but Heang had the kicker and held to take down the double.

The final five players have moved to the poker room to finish the night out with Danial Lefebvre leading.

I'm a bit late with the final table players as there's been some action but here is the look at all of the seven players to make the FT tonight.

There was no Cinderella story for Ali Khani as he couldn't spin up his single chip. He threw it in under the gun and was called three ways. It checked to Ross Wilson on the button on the flop and he fired 25k. Daniel Lefebvre called from the small blind but big blind Jason Heang mucked.

Both players checked the turn, and Levebre led out for 30k on the river bringing the fourth club to the board. "So gross," muttered Wilson before finally tossing in 30k for the call. Lefebvre flopped the four with eight-four, but Wilson had a queen to take the side pot.

That left the Main pot with Khani to decide. "I just need a club, right?" he said, flipping his cards one-by-one. Unfortunately for him there were no clubs to be found in his ace-five and he hit the rail in 6th place.

Ali Khani just lost a race with pocket fives against Ross Wilson's king-queen. Wilson hit his queen on the river to take the lead and when the chips were counted down, Khani had exactly one thousand more than Wilson, so Khani is still barely alive with a single green chip in front of him.

They are down to six players left now after Bash Ramahi was the first to hit the rail from the final table. Most of the damage happened when both he and Daniel Lefebvre hit the flop with Ramahi spiking a seven with nine-seven against a ten for Lefebvre with ten-eight.

The next hand Ramahi ran into Lefebvre again for the rest of the chips when his ace-queen hit the ace-king of Lefebvre to put the final nail in.

They are about to set the final table after Ryan Comely went out blind on blind. Daniel Lefebvre shoved the small and Comely called from the big with less.

They both had an ace, but Lefebvre's was bigger and he held for the win.

They are down to eight players left now on the bubble to the final table after the exit of Josh Starborn. He got his money in good, shoving over an open from Daniel Lefebvre with tens against . Lefebvre is running hot though as he turned the diamonds but still had to fade a fourth one as one of Starborn's tens was the diamond. The river bricked and Starborn left the room complaining about not being able to beat eight-seven with tens.

They are down to nine players left now after Stephen Dauphinais hit the rail in 10th place for $2,200. They'll go to the final table at seven players to avoid playing four and three on two tables.

They are down to 10 players left now after Shawn Taghavi shoved his button over a raised from Daniel Lefebvre in the cutoff. Lefebvre called and was dominating with ace-jack over jack-ten. Taghavi flopped an open-ended draw but bricked turn and river to hit the cage in 11th place.

They are down to 11 remaining in the 6-Max now after Karim Chatur just hit the rail in 12th place for $1,800.

It was a long hand-for-hand on the bubble, with all remaining players seemingly pretty dialed in. There was one all-in and call that got chopped with both players holding ace-queen, and it finally came down to a cooler when Ali Razzaq raised the button, and Kevin Martin shoved all-in from the small blind for less.

Razzaq snap-called and it was ace-king for Razzaq against ace-queen for Martin. The GGPoker streamer called for a queen but it never came while Razzaq hit his king on the turn.

In the very first hand after the clock was restarted, Dylan Descheneaux hit the rail in 13th place for $1,600.

They are still hand-for-hand to the money but they took a break following the final hand in Level 16. They'll be back in action shortly for Level 17 and the remainder of bubble play.

Ali Razzaq has the big stack at the moment, with Daniel Lefebvre also over 500k. See the Chip Counts tab for a full look at the final 14 stacks on the bubble.

The clock is now paused and they are playing hand-for-hand to the money with 14 players remaining in action. Two minutes are manually coming off the clock for every hand until the next elimination puts them in the money.

They are down to 16 players left with just under 25 minutes to play in Level 16. They'll go hand-for-hand to the money at 14 players.

They are down to 18 players left now and the three-table redraw is underway. There are just over 15 minutes left in Level 15 now and they are scheduled for another break after Level 16.

There are 19 players left in the game now with 20 minutes to go in Level 15. They will redraw for new seats after the next elimination, and among the players still battling for cash is GGPoker stream Kevin Martin

There are just 23 players left in the game now on the final four tables. That puts the 10 players off the money spots with just over 10 minutes to play in Level 14.

The action is slowing a bit now as they play down to 4 tables. There are 26 players left now with just under 20 minutes to go in Level 14. Among the players still alive are Shawn Taghavi, Colten Yamagishi, Stephen Dauphinais, Ali Razzaq, Ali Khani, Kris Steinback, Pav Braich, David Chau, Dylan Descheneaux, Kali Shuali, Jason Tran, Ross Wilson, Mal Hagan, and GGPoker streamer Kevin Martin, a Big Brother Canada winner who also recently appeared on The Traitors Canada.

They are now down to 28 players on five tables, 15 players off the money spots. There will be a full redraw at the final three tables (18 players) as well as the final table (7 players).

They are down to 31 players left in the action now with a bit less than 10 minutes to the next break. That puts them 18 players off the money. I'll have a look around at the break to see if I can pick up some big stacks.

They are closing in on the money with the field now down to 36 players on six full tables with about 15 minutes to play in Level 11.

They are down to 39 players left at the start of Level 11 now, playing on seven tables.

There is just under 10 minutes remaining in Level 10 and the field is now down to 43 players left. There are two more levels after this one before the next break in the action.

The numbers are confirmed, and Event #8 is the biggest one-day field and biggest prize pool of the series so far. 13 players will be sharing in the $86,450 in prizes at the end of the night tonight with the top three players all pocketing five-figure scores.

See the Payouts tab for a full look at the prizes for tonight.

While the numbers are still being confirmed, this looks like the biggest single-day field of the series so far with 130 unofficial entries when registration closed. Assuming that holds, they will be playing for $86,450 in prizes (the biggest prize pool so far as well) and 13 players will be sharing a piece of the pot.

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

It looks like Dylan Descheneaux is crushing the field so far today with 164k. Sopheak Heang has about 150k while Ali Razzaq has 145k. See below for a few other notable stacks from the field.

They are now on the dinner break with the field now at 125 entries and 54 players in their seats. Registration is closed when they return for Level 9 and numbers and prize confirmations should be coming shortly after that.

The prizes are now over $80k and still growing with about five minutes to play until the dinner break. There are now 123 entries on the board with 59 still in action for total prizes of $81,795. Registration will be open throughout the 30-minute dinner break following this level and will close when they sit down for Level 9 at about 5:45 pm.

This event is now the biggest prize pool of the series so far with 114 entries for $75,810 in prizes. Level 8 has just begun and they are 15 entries away from also being the biggest one-day field of the series so far, which is currently held by Day 1b of Event #5 at 128 entries.

The field is now up to 108 entries which puts almost $72k into the prize pool. So far, the biggest prize pool of the series has been Event #5 for $74,100, so with more than an hour still left in registration, it looks pretty certain this will turn into the biggest prize pool so far.

They just hit 100 entries for the 6-Max as Level 6 is ending. Level 7 will begin in less than 1 minute, and the prizes are now over $66k.

There are still about 10 minutes left in Level 6 and the entries are now up to 93 with 60 players still alive. That puts the prize pool now at $61,845 but there are still more than 90 minutes to enter the game.

There are now 84 entries in the pool for a total of $55,860 to play for now. Among the other players I spotted recent were Nicholas Peterson, last night's Turbo runner-up Ryan Comely, Deven Lane, Nohad "Nu" Teliani, and Karim Chatur.

There are 80 entries on the board to start Level 5, and Joon Park and Jason Tran were among the more recent entries today. I've also seen double winner Eric Wasylenko with chips in front of him today, so it looks like he's looking to add a third trophy to his Alberta haul from this trip.

They are on the first break of the day now with the end of Level 4. There are 76 entries on the board which puts $50,540 into the prize pool so far. As mentioned in the previous post, entries are open until about 5:45 pm, at the end of the dinner break following Level 8.

There are just under 15 minutes left in Level 4 and players will be heading out for a break at the end of this level. There are currently 70 entries on the board with 58 players in their seats for total prizes of $46,550 so far.

Just as a mea culpa, I messed up the intro post on this one pretty bad. The posted structure sheet had a few errors on it and I was aware of them, but I forgot when I was doing the post at 3 am and just read the structure sheet lol.

Entries are open until the start of Level 9,  which should put the last chance to enter at 5:45 pm this evening. Also, players should bring an extra $110 along as the prize is $780 instead of my previously posted $670.

Thet are over 50 entries now for the 6-max with a bit more than 20 minutes left in Level 3. Among the other players I've spotted today are DJ Sharma, Dylan Descheneaux, Julius Roque, David Chau. Jimmy Lee, and Bernice McLennan, while Kris Steinbach and Pete Fylyma both in for their first event in this series.

Kevin Martin and his crew are in town this week playing some events and making some content here at Pure Casino Yellowhead. He arrived near the start of Level 2 and grabbed a seat. In addition to Martin, Ryan Smith has arrived in town for his first event of the series, and other faces I spotted so far include Adam Lamers, who is part of Martin's crew, as well as Ali Khani, Leo Zhang, Ron Lauzon, Weston Pring, Shawn Taghavi, Steve Azizi, Michael "Berny" Bernstein, Preston Stevenson, Rob Lothian, Rob Limpert, Ross Wilson, Stephen Dauphinais, Mike Kim, and last night's Turbo winner, Bash Ramahi.

I was a bit late to the floor today as I had a few personal issues to take care of first. Level 2 has just begun and there are 40 entries on the board now with 38 players still at the felt.

The main focus on Wednesday will be the 6-Max game. Numbers have been increasing through the week and this is one of the more popular formats on the schedule, so I expect to see the biggest one-day field so far this series.

Action gets going at 1 pm with players sitting down to a 25k starting stack. They'll play 30-minute levels throughout the day until heads up when it will drop to 20 minutes.

Entries are open for 6 levels with the desk closing at the start of Level 7, which should be around 4:15 pm. This is a one-day event so they'll play until a winner, and I expect it to be a pretty late one. I will likely be late to the floor tomorrow, but I'll be around for most of the game after the first level or two.