It was a heads-up for the ages that lasted almost four hours with each player having the lead at various points. In part, the length was down to the fact that the average stack to start HU was almost 140 big blinds, but neither player was willing to give an inch.

In the end, Matt Jarvis had to get there from behind to take down Dylan Descheneaux. Both players made excellent bets, calls, and folds through the game, and in the final hand, Descheneaux flopped top pair against a flush draw for Jarvis with and the money went in.

While Jarvis likely expected to get there with his club draw, instead he turned a deuce and rivered a seven to go runner-runner two-pair for the win. Jarvis was certainly dialed in today, but as is the case with tournament poker, he also had a few huge spots go his way, even before the final hand. Early in Day 2, he went runner-runner two-pair against fellow BC grinder and Day 2 chip leader MIke Kim to send him to the rail, then once they got to the final table, he brutally dispatched Tina Nguyen when he got kings in the small blind and she woke up with queens in the big.

That's just tournament poker, however, and Jarvis was on form for the whole game. This was Jarvis' fifth career win, but his first since 2014 when he won the High Roller at WPT Montreal.

It was an epic heads-up battle and not just because it was close to four hours long. Both players were dialed in and in the end, it came down to a cooler. Matt Jarvis was on the right end of a few of them tonight, and this was another example. The money went in on the flop showing .

Jarvis was on a flush draw with against top pair for Descheneaux with . "More outs," said Jarvis when the came on the turn to pair him up, and he had the game in hand when the double-paired him on the river.

Matt Jarvis opened to 280k, then hit the tank hard when Dylan Descheneaux shoved for 2.35 million. "It's really close," he muttered as he thought about it for a couple of minutes before mucking to put Descheneaux close to 3 million again.

While the average stack now is about 34 bigs, Dylan Descheneaux has less than 20 now, but he just got some back. He called a bet of 250k from Matt Jarvis, then check-called for 180k on the flop. He jammed the turn and forced a fold from Jarvis. Jarvis still has the big stack though.

It's been an epic heads-up battle tonight with more than three hours in the books now. They are just on a break with Matt Jarvis in the big lead, but Dylan Descheneaux isn't going gently and they are still 35 big blinds on average when they return from the break so there's still some play in this.

The flop read and after a check from Matt Jarvis, Dylan Descheneaux bet 480k into a pot of almost 700k and took it down. He is now chipping back up and has more than 3 million but still trails Jarvis.

The turn was out on a wet board of and Dylan Descheneaux check-called a bet of 350k. The river brought in the backdoor diamonds and Descheneaux checked again.

Matt Jarvis slid out a bet of 540k and Descheneaux called pretty quickly. "Nuts," said Jarvis, showing the as Descheneaux mucked his hand.

They are playing for a lot of money heads up, but with last call just announced, the two players decided on a beer level. The battle continues, but now with beer.

No cards were shown, but it looks like there was almost a huge showdown. Dylan Descheneaux limped, then three-bet after Matt Jarvis raised to 640k. Jarvis shoved and Descheneaux let out an audible groan, tanked for a bit, then elected to let go of his hand.

Matt Jarvis looks to have more almost 5.5 million now with Dylan Descheneaux under 3 million, but the battle continues.

Matt Jarvis just took the lead again in a hand where he rivered the nut flush, but Dylan Descheneaux managed to get out of it without too much damage. Descheneaux opened to 130k, then called when Jarvis bumped it up to 460k.

Both players checked through the flop and turn, and Jarvis again checked the river. Descheneaux elected not to fire at it and checked it back with Jarvis showing for the rivered nuts.

Dylan Descheneaux has pulled back into a slight lead now, but Matt Jarvis is clawing it back whenever he does. In the most recent hand, Descheneaux limped, then called when Jarvis made it 175k. Jarvis led for 190k on the flop and Descheneaux called.

The turn was checked around, but Jarvis fired big for 510k on the river and Descheneaux let it go.

They are basically dead-even now after a hand where Matt Jarvis check-raised a flop from 60k to 190k. Dylan Descheneaux called the flop but then folded to the bet of 375k on the very bricky looking turn

They are back at the felt now for Level 25.

Players are on a break and will return to play in about 10 minutes. Dylan Descheneaux has a lead of about 1.5 million now and when they return for Level 25 they'll finally be less than 100 big blinds deep.

Matt Jarvis raised to 90k, then called when Dylan Descheneaux reraised it to 290k. Jarvis called to see on the flop.

Desceheneaux check-called for 330k on the turn, and he checked again on the river. Jarvis thought for a  bit, then checked saying "I'm not going to go for thin value." His check proved prescient as Descheneaux showed for the rivered straight.

The flop was already out reading and Dylan Descheneaux check-called a bet of 55k. He opted to lead for 60k on the turn and Jarvis called to the river.

Descheneau slid out a bet of 130k and Jarvis didn't take long to call. Descheneaux had ace-queen for turned top pair and Jarvis said "Nice hand" as he mucked his cards.

The final two players just paused the clock for a few minutes to chat about the money. In the end, they didn't make much of a change, but 1st place will now get $70k even, down from $73,497 while second place will get that much added to the total for a modified prize of $55,357.

Matt Jarvis and Dylan Descheneaux Heads Up for the Hardware

Matt Jarvis opened to 65k then called when Dylan Descheneaux raised to 190k. Descheneaux fired 125k on the flop and 420k on the turn. Jarvis called both times, then hit the tank hard when Descheneaux slid out 950k on the river.

Jarvis thought for quite a while before he slid his cards to the dealer. "I'll show one time," said Descheneaux, rolling over for king-high.

"Nice bet," said Jarvis. With the game now heads up, the blinds have dropped to 30 minutes in length.

Matt Jarvis is playing about 4.5 million to 3.7 million for Dylan Descheneaux. They are almost 140 big blinds average right now, but given the way the coolers and beats have been coming tonight, it doesn't seem that unlikely for it to get in.

It's heads up now in the Main Event and it's been a night of coolers with Matt Jarvis on the top end of a few tonight. In the latest example, Colten Yamagishi woke up with ace-jack on the button and ran into Jarvis' aces. The aces held and Yamagishi had to settle for 3rd.

The final three players are back in action now for Level 23 with blinds at 15k/30k/30k.

Colten Yamagishi opened under the gun to 50k before Eric Wasylenko three-bet the small blind to 175k. Yamagishi called to a flop of . Wasy bet 100k and Yamagish flatted to the turn.

Wasylenko fired another bet of 200k and again Yamagishi made the call. Both players checked the on the river and Yamagishi's ace-queen just out-kicked the ace-jack for Wasy. Wasylenko won the Player of the Series this time around on the back of his wins in both Event #2 and #5, and he made a very solid run at going three-for-three in multi-day games in this series.

That left Wasy short and he hit the rail on the following hand for 4th place. The final three players are on what may well be the final break of the game, however they are remarkably deep at the moment with the average stack at more than 90 bigs.

Matt Jarvis has been on the right end of a couple of sick hands today, and he's now playing around half the chips in play. Earlier in the night he sent fellow West Coaster Mike Kim to the rail when he ran out to two pair with queen-jack to crush Kim's kings.

He just woke up with kings in the small blind with Tina Nguyen finding queens in her big. The kings held for a massive cooler in the blinds, and Jarvis is playing almost 4 million of the 8.2 million in play.

Colten Yamagishi raised to 50k from the cutoff and Matt Jarvis called from the button along with Tina Nguyen from the small blind. She led for 75k on the flop and only Yamagishi made the call.

Nguyen checked the turn, and Yamagishi bet 115k. Nguyen went into the tank for a bit and Yamagishi said "I got it." It took her a few more seconds to fold her ace-nine of clubs face up, and Yamagishi showed pocket tens as he collected the pot.

Matt Jarvis is in the lead now after a big hand with Eric Wasylenko and Dylan Descheneaux. I arrived at the table with action on the turn and the board showing . They check it around to the river where Jarvis put in a bet of 135k, Both players called him, but they both mucked when he showed king-jack for turned top pair.

They are down to 5 remaining now after Kris Steinbach hit the rail for 6th place money worth $16,170.

Normally, the final table of the Main EVent plays out on Monday but since this year's event got to the FT so quickly today they decided to keep playing. With just 6 players left now, it's at least possible the game will end tonight, though the players will still have the option of calling it a night and coming back to finish it tomorrow.

For now, they play on, but it's an open question how much later they'll play today and whether there will be Main Event action tomorrow or not.

With play now six-handed, Dylan Descheneaux has taken the lead with more than 2 million chips while Matt Jarvis and Eric Wasylenko are in second and third with 1.8m and 1.7m respectively.

There are just 6 players left on the final table now after Daniel Lefebvre hit the rail in 7th place. To no one's surprise, the winner of the last two High Rollers here on the PPT immediately jumped over to the Super High Roller to see if he can't go three-for-three.

They are down to 7 players left now on the Main Event final table after Ambrose Ng hit the rail in 8th place for $11,320. I missed the action as I was getting the final table pictures sorted out.

Tina Nguyen

Eric Wasylenko

Kris Steinbach

Matt Jarvis

Dylan Descheneaux

Daniel Lefebvre

Colten Yamagishi

Ambrose Ng

Mike Baldwin

They are down to 8 players left now on the final table and everyone remaining is now guaranteed a five-figure payout. Mike Baldwin was the player to just miss out on five figures when his day ended in 9th place for $9,000.

They are down to 9 players left on the final table now after Cody McKay hit the rail in 10th place. Eric Wasylenko is still in the lead with Matt Jarvis in 2nd place. See below for a look at the cashing players to date.

Ian Alvarado just hit the rail in 11th place to bring the field down to 10 left on the bubble to the final table. He had the short stack coming back from break and couldn't find the double.

Multi-day wizard Eric Wasylenko is the chip leader after the break with 11 players left. Below is a look at the final 11 stacks from break with Matt Jarvis and Colten Yamagishi also playing more than 1 million.

In the first hand, Matt Jarvis raised to 32k under the gun and got a call from Ambrose Ng in the big blind. Both players checked the flop but when Ng checked the turn, Jarvis bet 42k and got the fold.

On the other table, there was a four-club, paired, wheel board out and Kris Steinbach was facing a bet of 130k from Eric Wasylenko. After some time in the tank he made the call, but mucked when Wasy showed the for the nut flush.

Meanwhile, Brant Taylor hit the rail in 12th place shortly after.

They are down to 12 left now after Robert Langevin joined his brother Pierre on the rail and Bash Ramahi lost his stack shortly after. Robert managed to ladder up once over Pierre, while Ramahi's chips ended up in the stack of Eric Wasylenko.

There are just 14 players left in the Main Event now after Nu Teliani hit the rail in 15th place for the first payout of $6,670.

There are just 15 players left in the Main Event now to start Level 20. Ryan Cairns was the most recent bust to bring the game to 15 left.

It was blind-on-blind when the money went in between Kris Steinbach (sb) and Bash Ramahi (bb). It was roughly a coin flip with Ramahi on ace-ten against king-jack for Steiner. The ace held on a board that missed them both and Ramahi chipped up to 300k.

Jayvee Lumahan was the most recent exit from the final two tables to bring the game down to 16 left. The average stack at the moment is about 40 big blinds.

Main Event Payouts to 17th Place

Pierre and Robert Langevin were sitting together for basically the whole day. When the third table broke, they both got moved to Table 2, though they were no longer side-by-side. However, Pierre is now on the rail after exiting in 18th place. but brother Robert is still in the mix.

Krzysztof Slaski was the bubble to the final two tables shortly after they came back from the break. Below is a look at the stacks collected during the break with what should be updates for all stacks now.

Darcy VanWachem and Mike Kim just hit the rail to bring the field down to 20, and Kim went out brutally to November Niner Matt Jarvis. Kim was in great shape for a huge double to over 1 million with kings over queen-jack for Jarvis, but Jarvis ran out to twp pair with a queen and a jack on board to send the start-of-day leader to the rail in perhaps the sickest pot of the day so far.

I arrived at the action on the river with the board reading and big blind Ian Alvarado was facing a shove from Matt Jarvis after a bet of 60k. There was a pretty big pot already in the middle, and Alvarado tanked for more than a minute before finally giving up his hand to send a big pot to Jarvis without a showdown.

Meanwhile, on another table, Francis Fan hit the rail in 23rd place.

There are still 23 players left in the game with about 30 minutes to go until the next break.

Level 18 has just begun and the field is down to 23 players left now. Deven Lane from Regina hit the rail shortly before Level 17 ended for 24th place and the first payout of $4,650.

They are down to 24 players left in the Main Event now with just over 10 minutes to play in Level 17. Stephen Green was the most recent exit in 25th place for the final payout of $4,220. The next player out can expect to pocket $4,650.

Results for First Two Payout Levels from the Main Event

It looks like multi-day crusher Eric Wasylenko could be on his way to winning his third multi-day event at this series. He has chipped up considerably since the start of the day and now looks to be the chip leader with more than 700k. Tina Nguyen just grabbed a double to about 600k when her kings held against the flopped flush draw for Ambrose Ng for a big double, while Matt Jarvis has chipped up to about 560k for the third-place stack right now.

They switched positions after the redraw and moved to a new table, but the Langevin twins still somehow managed to get seated next to each other again after the redraw. They are on Table 3 now in seats 2 and 3, but this time, Robert has position on Pierre.

Taran Parmar just hit the rail in 26th place for the second payout of $4,220. There is one more payout for that amount before it jumps to $4,650 at 24th place.

It turns out Rob Lothian also busted just before the three-table redraw taking the first payout at $4,220 to bring the game down to 26 now.

There were four quick exits to start Level 17 to bring the field down to 27 and the three-table redraw. Westin Pring, Shawn Taghavi, Kyle Ho, and Derek Leterneau were the players to fill out the $3,790 pay level and the next player out jumps to $4,220.

Jason Tran won this Main Event in the last Yellowhead series in September this year, and he bagged a Day 2 stack in this one as well. However, we won't be seeing him go back-to-back at Yellowhead as he just hit the rail in 32nd spot in the final hand before the break on Table 1.

Jason Tran, Winner of the Main Event from PPT #4 in September

The Main Event players are on their first break of Day 2 now with 32 players left in the action. They'll be back at the felt in a bit more than 10 minutes for Level 17 with blinds at 4k/8k/8k.

They are down to 33 players left now with about 15 minutes to play in Level 16. They'll go for the first break of the day at the end of this level. Benny Sarnelli was the most recent exit from the Main in 34th place.

There's a bit of an unusual situation on Table 2 at the moment. Twin brothers Robert and Pierre Langevin are seated next to each other in seats 7 and 8. Both of them are now in the money, but blind-on-blind confrontations on that table could have family implications down the road.

They are down to 34 players left in the game now after Keith Shultz was the first player to collect cash from the Main Event with a 35th-place finish for $3,790. That's payout for all places to 28th place and it jumps to $4,220 at 27th.

MIke Kim hasn't had a great first few levels today after starting the day as the chip leader. He is down to about 150k now with just over 30 minutes to go in Level 16 and a recent hand against Francis Fan took some of it.

I arrived at the action on the turn with the board reading and Fan was all in with the big stack, putting Kim to the test for his tournament life. He found the muck, but his stack is quite a bit shorter than when the day began.

Brant Taylor opened the cutoff to 15k before Rob Limpter three-bet the small blind to 45k. Taylor hit the tank for a bit and counted out his stack, electing to flat call to the flop. Limpert checked, Talyor shoved, and Limpert nearly beat him into the pot with the snap-call.

Rob Limpert:
Brant Taylor:

It was a massive cooler that likely was seeing the money in the middle no matter how it played with both players flopping a set. Limpert couldn't find his case jack for the win and hit the rail on the stone bubble today while the remaining 35 players are now in the money today.

Bash Ramahi and Brady O'hara were all in at risk against the start-of-day leader Mike Kim. O'hara was on a suited ace against pocket sevens for Kim and the Rockets for Ramahi. The board ran clean for the aces which sent O'hara to the rail on the soft bubble and gave Ramahi a chip.

Ramahi was on his feet with his coat on as the board ran out. "How do I hold there?" Ramahi joked as he sat back down and collected the pot.

There are just over 20 minutes left in the opening level of Day 2 and the field is down to 37 left, two off the money. They'll break down to four tables and go hand-for-hand to the money after the next elimination.

Six tables didn't last long today as they'd broken down to the final five tables within the first few hands of the day. Dean May and Denis Halvadzija were the first two exits outside the money today to bring the field to 44 now.

They are in action for Day 2 of the Main Event now with Level 15 just started. The Final Table for this event usually plays out on Monday, and that's still a distinct possibility, but play will continue today for at least as long as the Super High Roller plays (so, about midnight) so there's a distinct possibility they could finish it all out in the Main Event today without needing Monday action.

Follow the action here through the day to find out how deep they make it.

Day 2 of the Main Event is now set with 46 players returning to the action. They are only playing for 35 paid spots, however, so there is still work to do for returning players.

Mike Kim is in the best position to make a deep run with a monster lead over the rest of the field. He bagged more than 550k on Day 1a, miles ahead of his closest competitor, WPT Global Canada Ambassador, November Niner, Bracelet winner, and fellow grinder from the West Coast, Matt Jarvis.

Jarvis bagged 362k on Day 1a, and Ian Alvarado (1a), Kris Steinbach (1b leader), and Francis Fan (1b) all managed to bag more than 300k to round out the top 5 stacks for Day 2.

Day 2 action kicks off at 1 pm so players are asked to be in the room by 12:45 so the bags can be opened and play started on time. As both Day 1 flights went the distance, they'll kick off Day 2 with the start of Level 15 and 60-minute levels. See below for a look at the Day 2 players sorted three ways, as well as a text table for seat assignments by table & seat.

Day 2 Players by Stack

Day 2 Players by Name

Day 2 Players by Seat

Payouts for the Tournament of Champions Main Event