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The third stop of the 2025 Pure Poker Tour kicks off on July 17 at Pure Casino Edmonton, with live coverage by Lyle Bateman throughout the series.
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Josh Myers Breaks His Podium Streak to Take His First PPT Trophy ($13,610)
After nearly 13 hours of play, Josh Myers has bested the field to win Event #10: $560 NLH. The tournament drew a field of 101 entries to create a prize pool of $47,975. For his effort, Myers takes home the lionshare of $13,610 after besting Mike Malm in heads-up play.
Position Player Prize 1 Josh Myers $13,610 2 Mike Malm $9,380 3 Kris Steinbach $6,100 4 Brayden Brown $4,690 5 Shawn Taghavi $3,610 6 Brett Worton $2,860 7 Alex Liu $2,250 8 Jerry Li $1,780 9 Michael Bernstein $1,455 10 Andy Truong $1,170 11 Colten Yamagishi $1,070 Malm battled back finding multiple doubles to bring the tournament to a near 1:1 chip deficit. However, Myers found a call with king-jack against Malm’s pocket sixes. The king on the flop gave him the edge, and Malm couldn’t improve to finish as the runner-up.
Myers flew through the tournament finding a top stack for the majority of the tournament. He continued his aggressive style to add to his stack, and found key jams in major spots to force his opponents to fold. Kris Steinbach and Malm both found eliminations to bring the field to three-handed, with Steinbach holding the chip lead.
Malm found a double leaving Myers as the short stack, but he wouldn’t maintain the position for long. A quick double put him back in the race, and he doubled twice through Steinbach to send him to the rail. Heads-up looked to be a short affair but Malm picked spots carefully and found mutliple doubles. However, it was short lived, as Myers found his first trophy and ended his streak of podium finishes.
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Mike Malm Eliminated in 2nd Place ($9,380)
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 1/101 Prizes: $47,975 
Mike Malm After finding a few doubles ups, Mike Malm moved all in and Josh Myers made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Mike Malm: 6♣6♥
Josh Myers: K♠J♥The board ran out [invalid notations] to send Malm out as the runner-up.
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Kris Steinbach Eliminated in 3rd Place ($6,100)
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 2/101 Prizes: $47,975 
Kris Steinbach After doubling through Kris Steinbach with Ace-Queen vs Jacks, Josh Myers called his all-in. Both players revealed their holdings.
Kris Steinbach: 8♦8♣
Josh Myers: A♦6♠The board ran out 7♦5♣4♠10♣A♣ to send Steinbach to the rail.
Josh Myers: 1,780,000
Mike Malm: 760,000 -
Malm Doubles
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 3/101 Prizes: $47,975 Kris Steinbach moved all in Mike Malm called for less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Mike Malm: J♥J♦
Kris Steinbach: 9♣9♥The board ran out 7♠2♠3♥10♠6♠ to give Malm the double.
Kris Steinbach: 1,110,000
Mike Malm: 900,000
Josh Myers: 320,000 -
Brayden Brown Eliminated in 4th Place ($4,690)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 3/101 Prizes: $47,975 
Brayden Brown Action was caught after the flop of 8♥6♦5♣, and Brayden Brown called an all in from Josh Myers. Both players revealed their holdings.
Brayden Brown: 9♦9♣
Josh Myers: Q♠8♠The board ran out 3♠8♦ to send Brown to the rail.
Josh Myers: 785,000
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Shawn Taghavi Eliminated in 5th Place ($3,610)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 4/101 Prizes: $47,975 
Shawn Taghavi Shawn Taghavi moved all in for 40,000 and received two calls.
The board of J♠2♣10♦9♠6♥ checked down.
Kris Steinbach revealed A♣9♦ to take the pot.
Kris Steinbach: 930,000
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Brett Worton Eliminated in 6th Place ($2,860)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 5/101 Prizes: $47,975 
Brett Worton Brett Worton called an all in from Shawn Taghavi. Both players revealed their holdings.
Brett Worton: Q♥Q♦
Shawn Taghavi: A♠10♣The board ran out K♥J♦J♠8♣A♥ to give Taghavi the pot.
Shawn Taghavi: 520,000
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Chip Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Shawn Taghavi 265,000 Joshua Myers 680,000 Brayden Brown 325,000 Brett Worton 190,000 Mike Malm 630,000 Kris Steinbach 600,000 -
Alex Liu Eliminated in 7th Place ($2,250)
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 6/101 Prizes: $47,975 
Alex Liu Action was caught after the flop of J♥7♥10♠, and Alex Liu moved all in. Mike Malm made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Alex Liu: K♦J♦
Mike Malm: K♠K♥The board completed with the 5♥K♣ to send Liu to the rail.
Mike Malm: 515,000
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Jerry Li Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,780)
Level: 19 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 7/101 Prizes: $47,975 
Jerry Li Jerry Li moved all in and was called by Kris Steinbach. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jerry Li: K♥7♥
Kris Steinbach: A♣K♣The board ran out 5♠Q♦10♦9♥2♥ to send Li to the rail.
Kris Steinbach: 600,000
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Michael Bernstein Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,455)
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 8/101 Prizes: $47,975 
Michael Bernstein Michael Bernstein moved all in and was called by Mike Malm. Both players revealed their holdings.
Michael Bernstein: J♥10♠
Mike Malm: 9♥3♥The board ran out 9♦7♠A♦9♣3♦ to give Malm the pot.
Mike Malm: 250,000
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Myers Risks It All
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 9/101 Prizes: $47,975 Jerry Li raised to 24,000 from early position, and Josh Myers three-bet to 54,000. Li made the call.
The flop came 9♠6♦6♥, and Myers led out for 70,000. Li found the call.
After the turn peeled the Q♦, Myers moved all in for 292,000. Li was covered and went into the tank. He eventually found a fold for Myers to take the pot.
Josh Myers: 620,000
Jerry Li: 205,000 -
Final Table Faces
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Andy Truong Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,170)
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 9/101 Prizes: $47,975 
Andy Truong PPT#3 Andy Truong moved all in for 42,000 and was called by Josh Myers. Both players revealed their holdings.
Andy Truong: Q♠4♣
Josh Myers: K♣J♠The board ran out 5♦3♣10♥9♠8♦ to send Truong to the rail.
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Malm Bursts Bubble: Yamagishi Out in 11th
Level: 17 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 10/101 Prizes: $47,975 After Malm found a two outer to burst the bubble, Colten Yamagishi raised to 75,000 leaving a single 1,000 chip behind. Brayden Brown made the call.
After the flop peeled J♠3♥4♥, Yamagishi threw in his remaining 1,000 chip. Brown made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Colten Yamagishi: A♠3♣
Brayden Brown: K♣10♣The board completed with the K♦2♣ to send Yamagishi out in 11th.
Brayden Brown: 422,000
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Big Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Josh Myers 478,000 Mike Malm 272,000 Brayden Brown 258,000 Shawn Taghavi 233,000 Brett Worton 226,000 -
Worton Doubles
Level: 16 (3,000/6,000/6,000) Entries: 12/101 Prizes: $47,975 Middle position raised to 12,000, and three players made the call.
The flop came 6♠9♥7♦, and all four players checked around.
After the turn peeled the 5♥, the small blind was quick to check. Pei Li fired for 26,000 from the big blind, and Brett Worton made the call from the small blind.
The river came the 4♠, and Worton checked to Li. He moved all in and Worton called revealing 6♥6♦ to best Li’s A♥10♥.
Brett Worton: 204,000
Pei Li: 201,000 -
Myers Making Moves
Level: 15 (2,500/5,000/5,000) Entries: 16/101 Prizes: $47,975 Colten Yamagishi retold a hand that had just occurred. Middle position moved all in for 35,000, and both blinds made the call.
The flop came J♣5♣2♥, and Josh Myers checked from the small blind. Garry Sandhu moved all in for 165,000, and Myers made the call.
Middle Position: A♠10♠
Josh Myers: 10♣8♣
Garry Sandhu: J♠5♠The board completed with the 7♣9♦ to give Myers the pot.
Josh Myers: 373,000
Garry Sandhu: 11,000 -
A Sneaky Play From Brown
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 21/101 Prizes: $47,975 Action was caught after the turn of J♠6♥K♥6♠, and both players were quick to check.
After the turn peeled the A♣, Colten Yamagishi led out for 25,000 from the small blind.
Brayden Brown three-bet to 60,000 from the big blind, and Yamagishi went into the tank. Eventually he found the fold, for Brown to take the pot.
Brayden Brown: 217,000
Colten Yamagishi: 194,000 -
Leading Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Josh Myers 273,000 Joe Gallo 207,500 Colten Yamagishi 195,000 Ivanna Yatsiuk 134,500 Shawn Taghavi 134,000 -
Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1 $13,610 2 $9,380 3 $6,100 4 $4,690 5 $3,610 6 $2,860 7 $2,250 8 $1,780 9 $1,455 10 $1,170 11 $1,070 -
Myers Makes the Call
Level: 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 30/101 Prizes: $47,975 Paul Brar raised to 6,000 from late position, and Josh Myers defended his big blind.
The flop came 5♠9♥J♥, and Myers checked to Brar. He fired for 4,000, and Myers made the call.
After the turn peeled the 6♥, Myers again checked. Brar continued for 10,000 and was called.
Both players checked after the river peeled the J♦. Myers revealed 9♠3♠ to take the pot.
Josh Myers: 173,000
Paul Brar: 93,500 -
Yamagishi Gets it Through
Level: 11 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 29/101 Prizes: $47,975 Colten Yamagishi raised to 4,000 from early position and four players made the call.
The flop came 9♦A♥4♦, and the big blind was quick to check. Yamagishi continued for 7,500, and only Daniel Luczyk called from middle position.
After the turn peeled the 3♣, both players were quick to check.
The Q♥ completed the board, and Yamagishi fired for 30,000. Luczyk made the fold for Yamagishi to take the pot.
Colten Yamagishi: 150,300
Daniel Luczyk: 49,500 -
Nuts Only for Dunham
Level: 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 44/101 Prizes: $47,975 Action was caught after the turn of 4♣5♣10♣2♣, and both players were quick to check.
The river peeled the 9♥, and Cameron Stewart checked from middle postion.
Eric Dunham moved all in for 24,300, and was rewarded with the pot. He revealed A♣J♥ for the ace high flush.
Eric Dunham: 59,800
Cameron Stewart: 46,300 -
Pennell Picks it Up
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 46/101 Prizes: $47,975 Joe Gallo opened to 2,500 from late position, and Justin Pennell made the call from the button. The small blind also made the call.
The flop came the K♠9♦2♥, and the small blind was quick to check. Gallo continued for 2,500, and only Pennell made the call.
After the turn peeled the Q♥, both players checked their option.
The river was the 10♠, and Gallo checked to Pennell. He fired for 5,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Justin Pennell: 46,400
Joe Gallo: 42,800 -
Registration Ends; Biggest Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Todd Cochrane 179,500 Kris Steinbach 113,200 Josh Myers 109,500 DJ Sharma 103,500 Andy Truong 101,000 Shawn Taghavi 95,100 -
No Fear for Steinbach
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 47/92 Prizes: $43,700 Action was caught after the flop of 8♠2♠10♠, and Hassan Issa checked from middle position. Kris Steinbach fired from late position for 4,500, and Issa made the call.
The turn peeled the A♠, and both players were quick to check.
After the river peeled the 9♠, Issa led out for 4,000. Steinbach called and revealed 7♠7♦ to take the pot.
Kris Steinbach: 97,500
Hassan Issa: 16,200 -
Sharma Time Activated
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 48/86 Prizes: $40,850 
DJ Sharma Hongeui Liu raised to 2,600 from the cutoff, and DJ Sharma made the call.
The flop came 2♥5♣K♠, and Sharma was quick to check. Liu fired for 3,000, and Sharma made the call.
After the turn peeled the 3♠, Sharma again checked to Liu. He continued for 6,000, and Sharma made the call.
The river peeled the A♠, and Sharma again checked. Liu blasted for 12,500, and Sharma snap called. He revealed A♦2♣, to best Liu’s 10♠10♥.
DJ Sharma: 55,000
Honguei Liu: 7,900 -
Brown Slow Plays to Perfection
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 51/83 Prizes: $39,425 Ali Razzaq opened to 1,200 from the button, and Brayden Brown three-bet to 4,000 from the small blind. Razzaq made the call.
The flop came 6♦9♠Q♥, and Brown continued for 3,000. Razzaq took little time to make the call.
After the turn peeled the 6♣, Brown elected to check to Razzaq. He moved all in for around 8,000, and Brown snap called.
Ali Razzaq: K♥3♥
Brayden Brown: A♦A♠No river could help Razzaq, as the board completed the A♥ to send him to the rail.
Brayden Brown: 103,500
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Early Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Andy Truong 109,200 Cameron Stewart 90,400 Kris Steinbach 69,500 Todd Cochrane 64,500 Brayden Brown 57,500 Ron Lauzon 56,300 -
More than $30k in Prizes
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 50/66 Prizes: $31,350 The field is at 66 entries with about 5 minutes to play in Level 4. There’s a break in the action coming after this level, then four more levels of poker, plus a 30-minute dinner break, until entries close for the main game today. That means it’s still looking pretty good for a 100+ field today, but at this point, it doesn’t look like tit will be THAT much higher than 100.
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Nearing $30k in Prizes
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 45/59 Prizes: $28,025 The field is now 5 entries off of $30k in prizes with 59 entries on the board to start Level 4. They’ll take their first break of the day following this level, then return for four more levels of poker with entries open.
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More than $20k in Prizes
Level: 2 (100/200/200) Entries: 42/44 Prizes: $20,900 The field is now up to 44 entries for prizes of almost $21k, with Level 2 just underway. Entries are still open for more than 4 hours, so there’s lots of time to hit a 100+ field today.
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26 Entries to Start
Level: 1 (100/100/100) Entries: 26/26 Prizes: $11,875 Event #10 is off to a decent start with 26 players in their seats for the opening hands. Among the players in their seast early today are Cliff Green, Kirk Nilson, Devon Jacobs, Andy Truong, Pam MacNaughton, Curtis Singleton, Karin S, Ali Razzaq, Malcolm Bolger, Bernice McLennan, and Ron Lauzon.
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$560 NLH On Deck for Wednesday
2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #10: $560 NLH ($500 + $60)
Date: Jul 23, 1 PM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 25k Late Entry: 8 Levels (~5:45 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The main game on Wednesday is Event #10: $560 NLH. The action gets going at 1 PM, and players can buy into the game for 8 levels. Including the breaks, that will put the last chance to buy in at about 5:45 PM.
Players start with 25k in chips, and blind levels will be 30 minutes long, until heads up, when they drop to 20 minutes. This is a one-day event, so someone will win the trophy before they close the action.
This game should be the main focus of reporting on Wednesday.
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Josh Myers Breaks His Podium Streak to Take His First PPT Trophy ($13,610)
After nearly 13 hours of play, Josh Myers has bested the field to win Event #10: $560 NLH. The tournament drew a field of 101 entries to create a prize pool of $47,975. For his effort, Myers takes home the lionshare of $13,610 after besting Mike Malm in heads-up play.
Position Player Prize 1 Josh Myers $13,610 2 Mike Malm $9,380 3 Kris Steinbach $6,100 4 Brayden Brown $4,690 5 Shawn Taghavi $3,610 6 Brett Worton $2,860 7 Alex Liu $2,250 8 Jerry Li $1,780 9 Michael Bernstein $1,455 10 Andy Truong $1,170 11 Colten Yamagishi $1,070 Malm battled back finding multiple doubles to bring the tournament to a near 1:1 chip deficit. However, Myers found a call with king-jack against Malm’s pocket sixes. The king on the flop gave him the edge, and Malm couldn’t improve to finish as the runner-up.
Myers flew through the tournament finding a top stack for the majority of the tournament. He continued his aggressive style to add to his stack, and found key jams in major spots to force his opponents to fold. Kris Steinbach and Malm both found eliminations to bring the field to three-handed, with Steinbach holding the chip lead.
Malm found a double leaving Myers as the short stack, but he wouldn’t maintain the position for long. A quick double put him back in the race, and he doubled twice through Steinbach to send him to the rail. Heads-up looked to be a short affair but Malm picked spots carefully and found mutliple doubles. However, it was short lived, as Myers found his first trophy and ended his streak of podium finishes.
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Mike Malm Eliminated in 2nd Place ($9,380)
Level: 25 (25,000/50,000/50,000) Entries: 1/101 Prizes: $47,975 Mike Malm After finding a few doubles ups, Mike Malm moved all in and Josh Myers made the call. Both players revealed their holdings.
Mike Malm: 6♣6♥
Josh Myers: K♠J♥The board ran out [invalid notations] to send Malm out as the runner-up.
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Kris Steinbach Eliminated in 3rd Place ($6,100)
Level: 24 (20,000/40,000/40,000) Entries: 2/101 Prizes: $47,975 Kris Steinbach After doubling through Kris Steinbach with Ace-Queen vs Jacks, Josh Myers called his all-in. Both players revealed their holdings.
Kris Steinbach: 8♦8♣
Josh Myers: A♦6♠The board ran out 7♦5♣4♠10♣A♣ to send Steinbach to the rail.
Josh Myers: 1,780,000
Mike Malm: 760,000 -
Malm Doubles
Level: 23 (15,000/30,000/30,000) Entries: 3/101 Prizes: $47,975 Kris Steinbach moved all in Mike Malm called for less. Both players revealed their holdings.
Mike Malm: J♥J♦
Kris Steinbach: 9♣9♥The board ran out 7♠2♠3♥10♠6♠ to give Malm the double.
Kris Steinbach: 1,110,000
Mike Malm: 900,000
Josh Myers: 320,000 -
Brayden Brown Eliminated in 4th Place ($4,690)
Level: 22 (15,000/25,000/25,000) Entries: 3/101 Prizes: $47,975 Brayden Brown Action was caught after the flop of 8♥6♦5♣, and Brayden Brown called an all in from Josh Myers. Both players revealed their holdings.
Brayden Brown: 9♦9♣
Josh Myers: Q♠8♠The board ran out 3♠8♦ to send Brown to the rail.
Josh Myers: 785,000
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Shawn Taghavi Eliminated in 5th Place ($3,610)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 4/101 Prizes: $47,975 Shawn Taghavi Shawn Taghavi moved all in for 40,000 and received two calls.
The board of J♠2♣10♦9♠6♥ checked down.
Kris Steinbach revealed A♣9♦ to take the pot.
Kris Steinbach: 930,000
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Brett Worton Eliminated in 6th Place ($2,860)
Level: 21 (10,000/20,000/20,000) Entries: 5/101 Prizes: $47,975 Brett Worton Brett Worton called an all in from Shawn Taghavi. Both players revealed their holdings.
Brett Worton: Q♥Q♦
Shawn Taghavi: A♠10♣The board ran out K♥J♦J♠8♣A♥ to give Taghavi the pot.
Shawn Taghavi: 520,000
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Chip Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Shawn Taghavi 265,000 Joshua Myers 680,000 Brayden Brown 325,000 Brett Worton 190,000 Mike Malm 630,000 Kris Steinbach 600,000 -
Alex Liu Eliminated in 7th Place ($2,250)
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 6/101 Prizes: $47,975 Alex Liu Action was caught after the flop of J♥7♥10♠, and Alex Liu moved all in. Mike Malm made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Alex Liu: K♦J♦
Mike Malm: K♠K♥The board completed with the 5♥K♣ to send Liu to the rail.
Mike Malm: 515,000
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Jerry Li Eliminated in 8th Place ($1,780)
Level: 19 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 7/101 Prizes: $47,975 Jerry Li Jerry Li moved all in and was called by Kris Steinbach. Both players revealed their holdings.
Jerry Li: K♥7♥
Kris Steinbach: A♣K♣The board ran out 5♠Q♦10♦9♥2♥ to send Li to the rail.
Kris Steinbach: 600,000
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Michael Bernstein Eliminated in 9th Place ($1,455)
Level: 20 (10,000/15,000/15,000) Entries: 8/101 Prizes: $47,975 Michael Bernstein Michael Bernstein moved all in and was called by Mike Malm. Both players revealed their holdings.
Michael Bernstein: J♥10♠
Mike Malm: 9♥3♥The board ran out 9♦7♠A♦9♣3♦ to give Malm the pot.
Mike Malm: 250,000
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Myers Risks It All
Level: 19 (6,000/12,000/12,000) Entries: 9/101 Prizes: $47,975 Jerry Li raised to 24,000 from early position, and Josh Myers three-bet to 54,000. Li made the call.
The flop came 9♠6♦6♥, and Myers led out for 70,000. Li found the call.
After the turn peeled the Q♦, Myers moved all in for 292,000. Li was covered and went into the tank. He eventually found a fold for Myers to take the pot.
Josh Myers: 620,000
Jerry Li: 205,000 -
Final Table Faces
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Andy Truong Eliminated in 10th Place ($1,170)
Level: 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000) Entries: 9/101 Prizes: $47,975 Andy Truong PPT#3 Andy Truong moved all in for 42,000 and was called by Josh Myers. Both players revealed their holdings.
Andy Truong: Q♠4♣
Josh Myers: K♣J♠The board ran out 5♦3♣10♥9♠8♦ to send Truong to the rail.
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Malm Bursts Bubble: Yamagishi Out in 11th
Level: 17 (4,000/8,000/8,000) Entries: 10/101 Prizes: $47,975 After Malm found a two outer to burst the bubble, Colten Yamagishi raised to 75,000 leaving a single 1,000 chip behind. Brayden Brown made the call.
After the flop peeled J♠3♥4♥, Yamagishi threw in his remaining 1,000 chip. Brown made the call and both players revealed their holdings.
Colten Yamagishi: A♠3♣
Brayden Brown: K♣10♣The board completed with the K♦2♣ to send Yamagishi out in 11th.
Brayden Brown: 422,000
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Big Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Josh Myers 478,000 Mike Malm 272,000 Brayden Brown 258,000 Shawn Taghavi 233,000 Brett Worton 226,000 -
Worton Doubles
Level: 16 (3,000/6,000/6,000) Entries: 12/101 Prizes: $47,975 Middle position raised to 12,000, and three players made the call.
The flop came 6♠9♥7♦, and all four players checked around.
After the turn peeled the 5♥, the small blind was quick to check. Pei Li fired for 26,000 from the big blind, and Brett Worton made the call from the small blind.
The river came the 4♠, and Worton checked to Li. He moved all in and Worton called revealing 6♥6♦ to best Li’s A♥10♥.
Brett Worton: 204,000
Pei Li: 201,000 -
Myers Making Moves
Level: 15 (2,500/5,000/5,000) Entries: 16/101 Prizes: $47,975 Colten Yamagishi retold a hand that had just occurred. Middle position moved all in for 35,000, and both blinds made the call.
The flop came J♣5♣2♥, and Josh Myers checked from the small blind. Garry Sandhu moved all in for 165,000, and Myers made the call.
Middle Position: A♠10♠
Josh Myers: 10♣8♣
Garry Sandhu: J♠5♠The board completed with the 7♣9♦ to give Myers the pot.
Josh Myers: 373,000
Garry Sandhu: 11,000 -
A Sneaky Play From Brown
Level: 14 (2,000/4,000/4,000) Entries: 21/101 Prizes: $47,975 Action was caught after the turn of J♠6♥K♥6♠, and both players were quick to check.
After the turn peeled the A♣, Colten Yamagishi led out for 25,000 from the small blind.
Brayden Brown three-bet to 60,000 from the big blind, and Yamagishi went into the tank. Eventually he found the fold, for Brown to take the pot.
Brayden Brown: 217,000
Colten Yamagishi: 194,000 -
Leading Stacks at the Break
Player Chip Count Josh Myers 273,000 Joe Gallo 207,500 Colten Yamagishi 195,000 Ivanna Yatsiuk 134,500 Shawn Taghavi 134,000 -
Prize Pool Announced
Position Prize 1 $13,610 2 $9,380 3 $6,100 4 $4,690 5 $3,610 6 $2,860 7 $2,250 8 $1,780 9 $1,455 10 $1,170 11 $1,070 -
Myers Makes the Call
Level: 12 (1,500/2,500/2,500) Entries: 30/101 Prizes: $47,975 Paul Brar raised to 6,000 from late position, and Josh Myers defended his big blind.
The flop came 5♠9♥J♥, and Myers checked to Brar. He fired for 4,000, and Myers made the call.
After the turn peeled the 6♥, Myers again checked. Brar continued for 10,000 and was called.
Both players checked after the river peeled the J♦. Myers revealed 9♠3♠ to take the pot.
Josh Myers: 173,000
Paul Brar: 93,500 -
Yamagishi Gets it Through
Level: 11 (1,000/2,000/2,000) Entries: 29/101 Prizes: $47,975 Colten Yamagishi raised to 4,000 from early position and four players made the call.
The flop came 9♦A♥4♦, and the big blind was quick to check. Yamagishi continued for 7,500, and only Daniel Luczyk called from middle position.
After the turn peeled the 3♣, both players were quick to check.
The Q♥ completed the board, and Yamagishi fired for 30,000. Luczyk made the fold for Yamagishi to take the pot.
Colten Yamagishi: 150,300
Daniel Luczyk: 49,500 -
Nuts Only for Dunham
Level: 10 (1,000/1,500/1,500) Entries: 44/101 Prizes: $47,975 Action was caught after the turn of 4♣5♣10♣2♣, and both players were quick to check.
The river peeled the 9♥, and Cameron Stewart checked from middle postion.
Eric Dunham moved all in for 24,300, and was rewarded with the pot. He revealed A♣J♥ for the ace high flush.
Eric Dunham: 59,800
Cameron Stewart: 46,300 -
Pennell Picks it Up
Level: 9 (600/1,200/1,200) Entries: 46/101 Prizes: $47,975 Joe Gallo opened to 2,500 from late position, and Justin Pennell made the call from the button. The small blind also made the call.
The flop came the K♠9♦2♥, and the small blind was quick to check. Gallo continued for 2,500, and only Pennell made the call.
After the turn peeled the Q♥, both players checked their option.
The river was the 10♠, and Gallo checked to Pennell. He fired for 5,000, and was rewarded with the pot.
Justin Pennell: 46,400
Joe Gallo: 42,800 -
Registration Ends; Biggest Stacks on Break
Player Chip Count Todd Cochrane 179,500 Kris Steinbach 113,200 Josh Myers 109,500 DJ Sharma 103,500 Andy Truong 101,000 Shawn Taghavi 95,100 -
No Fear for Steinbach
Level: 8 (500/1,000/1,000) Entries: 47/92 Prizes: $43,700 Action was caught after the flop of 8♠2♠10♠, and Hassan Issa checked from middle position. Kris Steinbach fired from late position for 4,500, and Issa made the call.
The turn peeled the A♠, and both players were quick to check.
After the river peeled the 9♠, Issa led out for 4,000. Steinbach called and revealed 7♠7♦ to take the pot.
Kris Steinbach: 97,500
Hassan Issa: 16,200 -
Sharma Time Activated
Level: 7 (400/800/800) Entries: 48/86 Prizes: $40,850 DJ Sharma Hongeui Liu raised to 2,600 from the cutoff, and DJ Sharma made the call.
The flop came 2♥5♣K♠, and Sharma was quick to check. Liu fired for 3,000, and Sharma made the call.
After the turn peeled the 3♠, Sharma again checked to Liu. He continued for 6,000, and Sharma made the call.
The river peeled the A♠, and Sharma again checked. Liu blasted for 12,500, and Sharma snap called. He revealed A♦2♣, to best Liu’s 10♠10♥.
DJ Sharma: 55,000
Honguei Liu: 7,900 -
Brown Slow Plays to Perfection
Level: 6 (300/600/600) Entries: 51/83 Prizes: $39,425 Ali Razzaq opened to 1,200 from the button, and Brayden Brown three-bet to 4,000 from the small blind. Razzaq made the call.
The flop came 6♦9♠Q♥, and Brown continued for 3,000. Razzaq took little time to make the call.
After the turn peeled the 6♣, Brown elected to check to Razzaq. He moved all in for around 8,000, and Brown snap called.
Ali Razzaq: K♥3♥
Brayden Brown: A♦A♠No river could help Razzaq, as the board completed the A♥ to send him to the rail.
Brayden Brown: 103,500
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Early Big Stacks
Player Chip Count Andy Truong 109,200 Cameron Stewart 90,400 Kris Steinbach 69,500 Todd Cochrane 64,500 Brayden Brown 57,500 Ron Lauzon 56,300 -
More than $30k in Prizes
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 50/66 Prizes: $31,350 The field is at 66 entries with about 5 minutes to play in Level 4. There’s a break in the action coming after this level, then four more levels of poker, plus a 30-minute dinner break, until entries close for the main game today. That means it’s still looking pretty good for a 100+ field today, but at this point, it doesn’t look like tit will be THAT much higher than 100.
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Nearing $30k in Prizes
Level: 4 (200/400/400) Entries: 45/59 Prizes: $28,025 The field is now 5 entries off of $30k in prizes with 59 entries on the board to start Level 4. They’ll take their first break of the day following this level, then return for four more levels of poker with entries open.
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More than $20k in Prizes
Level: 2 (100/200/200) Entries: 42/44 Prizes: $20,900 The field is now up to 44 entries for prizes of almost $21k, with Level 2 just underway. Entries are still open for more than 4 hours, so there’s lots of time to hit a 100+ field today.
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26 Entries to Start
Level: 1 (100/100/100) Entries: 26/26 Prizes: $11,875 Event #10 is off to a decent start with 26 players in their seats for the opening hands. Among the players in their seast early today are Cliff Green, Kirk Nilson, Devon Jacobs, Andy Truong, Pam MacNaughton, Curtis Singleton, Karin S, Ali Razzaq, Malcolm Bolger, Bernice McLennan, and Ron Lauzon.
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$560 NLH On Deck for Wednesday
2025 Pure Poker Tour Series #3 – Event #10: $560 NLH ($500 + $60)
Date: Jul 23, 1 PM Blinds: 30 Minutes Starting Stack: 25k Late Entry: 8 Levels (~5:45 PM) Day 1 Ends: One-Day Event The main game on Wednesday is Event #10: $560 NLH. The action gets going at 1 PM, and players can buy into the game for 8 levels. Including the breaks, that will put the last chance to buy in at about 5:45 PM.
Players start with 25k in chips, and blind levels will be 30 minutes long, until heads up, when they drop to 20 minutes. This is a one-day event, so someone will win the trophy before they close the action.
This game should be the main focus of reporting on Wednesday.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Josh Myers | $13,610 |
| 2 | Mike Malm | $9,380 |
| 3 | Kris Steinbach | $6,100 |
| 4 | Brayden Brown | $4,690 |
| 5 | Shawn Taghavi | $3,610 |
| 6 | Brett Worton | $2,860 |
| 7 | Alex Liu | $2,250 |
| 8 |  Jerry Li | $1,780 |
| 9 | Michael Bernstein | $1,455 |
| 10 | Andy Truong | $1,170 |
| 11 | Colten Yamagishi | $1,070 |
