On Tuesday, Chance Kornuth final tabled the opening event of the Poker Masters before finishing second to Isaac Baron. On Wednesday, Kornuth once again took on the role of bridesmaid as Ryan Laplante eliminated the final four players to win the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event for $186,000.

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With blinds of 25,000/50,000, Tim McDermott was down to just 140,000 when he moved all in with from early position. John Riordan made 545,000 from the button with . Thai Ha and Laplante folded their blinds. The board ran out to give Riordan a flush and eliminate McDermott in sixth place.

Five minutes later, defending Purple Jacket winner Ali Imsirovic went up against Laplante. From the cutoff, Laplante raised to 125,00 with – before Imsirovic re-raised from the button to 450,000 with and Laplante called. The flop gave Laplante the nut flush. Laplante bet 190,000 – exactly what Imsirovic had left – and Imsirovic called. The turn and river combo were unable to save Imsirovic from a fifth place finish.

Laplante found himself on the good end of a bustout an hour later. Riordan raised to 280,000 from the button with and Laplante defended his big blind with . After the flop, Riordan called Laplante’s pot-sized bet with his tournament life on the line. The turn moved Laplante ahead and the river was no help for Riordan and he was eliminated in fourth place.

While all the excitement in his home state of Pennsylvania has been focused on the launch of PokerStars PA, Thai Ha has been putting in the work at the Poker Masters. Following his eighth place finish in Event #1, Ha was guaranteed a better finish but couldn’t manage to grab a win. After Kornuth folded his button, Ha called from the small blind with before Laplante raised to 240,000 from the big blind with . The flop gave Ha a straight and he bet 560,000. Laplante instantly moved all in and Ha called. The turn gave Laplante a flush and Ha could only shake hands and say goodbye as the river completed the board.

Heads-up play began with Laplante holding a better than 2-1 chip lead over Kornuth. It took just two hands of one-on-one play for Kornuth to put a wrap on his first live win since December 2016. Kornuth raised to 240,000 from the button with and Laplante called with . The flop gave Laplante a flopped full house and Kornuth lead out for 225,000. Laplante moved all in and Kornuth called. The turn and river failed to give Kornuth any relief and he was eliminated in second place for the second time in two days.

“I’ve been working a lot on my training site, Learn Pro Poker, it’s a lot of GTO-based content. When you’re working on stuff like that it really helps a lot of aspects of your game and I’ve just been running very, very well this year,” Laplante said after the win.

Final Table Payouts

1. Ryan Laplante – $186,000
2. Chance Kornuth – $124,000
3. Thai Ha – $86,000
4. John Riordan – $62,000
5. Ali Imsirovic – $49,600
6. Tim McDermott – $37,200