2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #2 – Event #12: $300 NLH Deepstack Hyper

ichael St Pierre Porter is having a good week. This was his 3rd final table and second win since Event 6. He won Event 6, was 3rd in E7, and has now added the Event #12 trophy to his resume.

He got a huge double early in heads up when his ace-eight found a four-card straight to crack the queens of runner-up Gaetano Buda. That left Buda on fumes, but he doubled back a few times, and eventually managed to get back up to over a million.

That’s when it all came to an end, however. St Pierre-Porter shoved and after a bit of thought, Buda said “Let’s gamble.” St Pierre-Porter was ahead with king-ten over jack-six, and the king-high held for the win.

Final Results for Deepstack Hyper

Place	Player	Prize
1	Michael St Pierre-Porter	$7,364
2	Gaetano Buda	$5,080
3	Mike Hildebrand	$3,300
4	Jerry Kytwayhat	$2,540
5	Stefan Maloney	$1,955
6	Mike Malm	$1,550
7	Brent Baxter	$1,220
8	Brian Wells	$965
9	George Gializis	$785
10	Phil Kapronczai	$635

It wa sa swingy heads up, but in the end, it all came down to a huge hand where Michael St Pierre-Porter got there with ace-eight over Gaetano Buda’s queens when they were virtually even. That left Buda on fumes, but he doubled back up a few times to get back over a million before it all went in again with Buda on J♠6♣ against K♠10♥. The king-high held and Buda was forced to take second place.

Michael St Pierre-Porter shoved the button, and Gaetano Buda announced “Let’s gamble,” as he called it off with less. It was a classic race between fours for St Pierre-Porter and queen-jack of clubs for Buda. Buda flopped a jack and rivered a queen to take it with two pair.

Buda now has about 1.2 million to about 2.7 million for St Pierr-Porter.

They started heads up nearly even, but then a huge hand nearly felted Gaetano Buda. It was all in before the flop with Buda on queens and Michael St Pierre-Porter on ace-eight. St Pierre-Porter ran out to a four-card straight on the 8 and Buda was left with about 50k behind. He doubled that up shortly after and the final two players are now on a break.

They are now heads up between Michael St Pierre-Porter and Gaetano Buda. See below for the recent cashers.

Place	Player	Prize
3	Mike Hildebrand	$3,300
4	Jerry Kytwayhat	$2,540
5	Stefan Maloney	$1,955
6	Mike Malm	$1,550

They are down to 6 left now in the side game. Below is a look at the cashing players so far.

Place	Player	Prize
7	Brent Baxter	$1,220
8	Brian Wells	$965
9	George Gializis	$785
10	Phil Kapronczai	$635

They are at the final table now with nine players left after Phil Kapronczai was the first player out in the money tonight. I likely won’t have any time to watch this, but I’ll get a winner’s photo once it’s done. Stefan Maloney, Brent Baxter, Gaetao Buda, Michael St Pierre-Porter, and MIke Malm are among the players at the final table.

The side game is now in the money after DJ Sharma bubbled tonight. I’m still watching the final table of the PLO, however, so it looks like I may not get a chance to watch this one.

The numbers for the side game are confirmed at $25,394. 10 players will get a share of that with the winner pocketing more than $7,300. Full prizes are listed under the Payouts tab.

Entries are now closed on the side game, though players can still jump into the satellite over in the poker room for a couple more hours. The final number on the board was 99 entries and, if that holds, it will mean 10 players sharing in $25,394 in prizes later tonight.

I’ll confirm all the numbers when the prizes are posted shortly.

There are just over 30 minutes left to get into tonight’s side game, though there is also a satellite starting in the poker room at 7:30 tonight with 1 in 7.5 entries getting a ticket to the Main Event.

With action in Level 5, the field in the side game is up to 65 and climbing. Entries are still open for about an hour and 20 minutes and it’s likely this game will see quite a few rebuys between now and then. The final numbers on this one are likely to be above 80, with 100 entries not out of sight.

The prizes are at $10k at the end of Level 1 of the Deepstack Hyper, with entries open until the start of Level 10.

At the start of the series, a version of this game ran with four cards. The Thursday side game is a redo of that, but with two cards instead of four. The hyper-fast action gets going at 5 PM.

Entries for this one are open until about 7:30 PM (9 levels plus a break), and players get 40k to start for this deep stack game. Blinds, on the other hand, will be lightning-fast at 15 minutes, creating a dynamic that should drive action considerably, especially during late-stage play.

This is a side game on Thursday, with the $450 PLO as my main focus that day. Given the nature of the blinds for this Hyper, I’m not sure if it will still be running when the PLO trophy is awarded, so this game MIGHT only get numbers and results updated, depending on how the rest of the day goes.

ichael St Pierre Porter is having a good week. This was his 3rd final table and second win since Event 6. He won Event 6, was 3rd in E7, and has now added the Event #12 trophy to his resume.

He got a huge double early in heads up when his ace-eight found a four-card straight to crack the queens of runner-up Gaetano Buda. That left Buda on fumes, but he doubled back a few times, and eventually managed to get back up to over a million.

That’s when it all came to an end, however. St Pierre-Porter shoved and after a bit of thought, Buda said “Let’s gamble.” St Pierre-Porter was ahead with king-ten over jack-six, and the king-high held for the win.

Final Results for Deepstack Hyper

Place	Player	Prize
1	Michael St Pierre-Porter	$7,364
2	Gaetano Buda	$5,080
3	Mike Hildebrand	$3,300
4	Jerry Kytwayhat	$2,540
5	Stefan Maloney	$1,955
6	Mike Malm	$1,550
7	Brent Baxter	$1,220
8	Brian Wells	$965
9	George Gializis	$785
10	Phil Kapronczai	$635

It wa sa swingy heads up, but in the end, it all came down to a huge hand where Michael St Pierre-Porter got there with ace-eight over Gaetano Buda’s queens when they were virtually even. That left Buda on fumes, but he doubled back up a few times to get back over a million before it all went in again with Buda on J♠6♣ against K♠10♥. The king-high held and Buda was forced to take second place.

Michael St Pierre-Porter shoved the button, and Gaetano Buda announced “Let’s gamble,” as he called it off with less. It was a classic race between fours for St Pierre-Porter and queen-jack of clubs for Buda. Buda flopped a jack and rivered a queen to take it with two pair.

Buda now has about 1.2 million to about 2.7 million for St Pierr-Porter.

They started heads up nearly even, but then a huge hand nearly felted Gaetano Buda. It was all in before the flop with Buda on queens and Michael St Pierre-Porter on ace-eight. St Pierre-Porter ran out to a four-card straight on the 8 and Buda was left with about 50k behind. He doubled that up shortly after and the final two players are now on a break.

They are now heads up between Michael St Pierre-Porter and Gaetano Buda. See below for the recent cashers.

Place	Player	Prize
3	Mike Hildebrand	$3,300
4	Jerry Kytwayhat	$2,540
5	Stefan Maloney	$1,955
6	Mike Malm	$1,550

They are down to 6 left now in the side game. Below is a look at the cashing players so far.

Place	Player	Prize
7	Brent Baxter	$1,220
8	Brian Wells	$965
9	George Gializis	$785
10	Phil Kapronczai	$635

They are at the final table now with nine players left after Phil Kapronczai was the first player out in the money tonight. I likely won’t have any time to watch this, but I’ll get a winner’s photo once it’s done. Stefan Maloney, Brent Baxter, Gaetao Buda, Michael St Pierre-Porter, and MIke Malm are among the players at the final table.

The side game is now in the money after DJ Sharma bubbled tonight. I’m still watching the final table of the PLO, however, so it looks like I may not get a chance to watch this one.

The numbers for the side game are confirmed at $25,394. 10 players will get a share of that with the winner pocketing more than $7,300. Full prizes are listed under the Payouts tab.

Entries are now closed on the side game, though players can still jump into the satellite over in the poker room for a couple more hours. The final number on the board was 99 entries and, if that holds, it will mean 10 players sharing in $25,394 in prizes later tonight.

I’ll confirm all the numbers when the prizes are posted shortly.

There are just over 30 minutes left to get into tonight’s side game, though there is also a satellite starting in the poker room at 7:30 tonight with 1 in 7.5 entries getting a ticket to the Main Event.

With action in Level 5, the field in the side game is up to 65 and climbing. Entries are still open for about an hour and 20 minutes and it’s likely this game will see quite a few rebuys between now and then. The final numbers on this one are likely to be above 80, with 100 entries not out of sight.

The prizes are at $10k at the end of Level 1 of the Deepstack Hyper, with entries open until the start of Level 10.

At the start of the series, a version of this game ran with four cards. The Thursday side game is a redo of that, but with two cards instead of four. The hyper-fast action gets going at 5 PM.

Entries for this one are open until about 7:30 PM (9 levels plus a break), and players get 40k to start for this deep stack game. Blinds, on the other hand, will be lightning-fast at 15 minutes, creating a dynamic that should drive action considerably, especially during late-stage play.

This is a side game on Thursday, with the $450 PLO as my main focus that day. Given the nature of the blinds for this Hyper, I’m not sure if it will still be running when the PLO trophy is awarded, so this game MIGHT only get numbers and results updated, depending on how the rest of the day goes.